L. P. Fisher Public Library

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The L. P. Fisher Public Library, completed in 1912 is a landmark in the town of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. Named for Lewis Peter Fisher (1821-1905), a loyalist lawyer, mayor, and leading citizen of Woodstock who bequeathed $208,000 (a considerable sum in 1905) for local charitable purposes, including the construction of a free library.

After three years of construction, the library was completed in 1912, and designed in a Greek Revival style by architect G. Ernest Fairweather of Saint John, New Brunswick. The exterior is brick with limestone trim, and the interior is furnished in Honduran mahogany.

The historical collections of the library include 19th century census records, maps, newspapers, family histories, military and cemetery records.

[edit] Statistics (1999-2000)

Size: 546 m² (5877 square feet)
Total Collection: 26,253 volumes
Annual Circulation: 79,901 volumes

[edit] Significant holdings

Census 1851, 1871 and 1891 in hard copies for the area.
On microfilm the census for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901.
Marriage records for Carleton and York Counties
Set of Dan Johnston's "Vital Statistics from NB Brunswick Newspapers" 1784-1890
1876 Map of Carleton County naming all the homes and businesses
Carleton Sentinel 1849-present and Dispatch 1894-1919 (local papers) on microfilm
Muster Roll of the Carleton Light Dragoons, 1840.
Index to the Carleton Sentinel
RC records on microfilm
Families histories of Campbell, Collicott, Dibblee, Dow, Faulkner, Feero, Fisher, Flowers, Folwer, Gallagher, Grant, Joyall, Kinney, Lonstaff, Morehouse, Nicholson, Orser, Perry, Price, Raymond, Sharp, Shaw, Snow, Stoddard, Tompkins, Tomsom.
Extensive cemetery records