Visiting Yorkville Library
Sheila McIlraith recalls weekly childhood visits to the Yorkville Library Branch, where the downstairs children's section was run by Lillian H. Smith — the first children's librarian in the British Empire.
Sheila McIlraith remembers weekly visits to the Yorkville Library Branch when she was a child living on Sherbourne Street. The children’s library, which was downstairs, was run by Lillian H. Smith, who was the first children’s librarian in the British Empire and whose name graces the Toronto Public Library’s children’s branch at 239 College St.
Yorkville Library.
Lillian H. Smith, the first children's librarian in the British Empire.