Fine Reminder Postcard from Edinburgh Libraries

Category

Library Item

Item no

35572

Title

Fine reminder postcard from Edinburgh Libraries

Description

Dear Sir (or Madam),

I beg to remind you that recently you incurred a fine of....... on an overdue book. I should be obliged if you would call at the above Library to pay the fine and claim your reader's ticket.

Yours faithfully
C. S. Minto
City Librarian and Curator

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1961

Size

7.6 x 12.7 cm

Type

Document

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Charles S. Minto was City Librarian and Curator from 1953 to 1970. He was the first City Librarian to have followed his entire career within the Edinburgh library service, and his years in office saw many new developments with expansion of facilities at the Central Library, increased branch and mobile library provision, and improved services to children, the housebound and hospital patients. In the wider field of Scottish Librarianship, C. S. Minto also served as President of the Scottish Library Association.

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