Bonar Law-Bennett Building
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| Location | 23 Dineen Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | May 1931 |
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The Bonar Law-Bennett Building is a former academic library for the University of New Brunswick and the current home of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
The building was named the Bonar Law-Bennett Library by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, after Bonar Law and R. B. Bennett, both prominent New Brunswick-born politicians who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister of Canada, respectively.
History
[edit | edit source]Construction on the building first began in 1929 under funding by the provincial government for the University of New Brunswick (UNB),[1] designed by architect H. Claire Mott. Initially named University Library, the building was completed and opened for use in January 1931, and officially opened in May 1931 by then-premier, John Babington Macaulay Baxter. In 1951, the building was expanded to add a new wing[2] with $250,000 in funding provided by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook in 1948,[1] who additionally had the building re-named to the Bonar Law-Bennett Library upon its official re-opening on May 15, 1951.[2]
In early May 1967, UNB began relocating its libraries to the new Harriet Irving Library.[3] The building was sold to the provincial government[2] and used as the New Brunswick Archives and Historical Resources Building,[4] later known as the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB).[2] PANB officially opened in the building on May 29, 1968.[5]
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