Rare, historical book collection donation caps U-of-L 50th Anniversary
LETHBRIDGE – In the words of University of Lethbridge President Mike Mahon, “Libraries are all about books and material that represents knowledge and history.”
For that reason, and as the institute of higher learning winds down celebrations for its 50th anniversary, the university was very grateful on Friday (Dec 1) to receive the donation of a private collection of rare Western Canadian history books.
The collection of 6,774 volumes was a gift from Dr. Robert Lampard, a former Red Deer physician who had collected the tomes over several decades.
“It was such an absolutely fabulous fit, of what I had and what the University of Lethbridge didn’t have – they’ve been waiting 50 years for a book collection to be donated and I feel extremely fortunate that they accepted mine.”