User:BiblioQC/sandbox/Isabella Christine McLennan
Isabella Christine Mclennan | |
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| Born | 1870 |
| Died | 1960 |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Father | Hugh McLennan |
| Relatives | John Stewart McLennan (brother) |
Isabella Christine McLennan was born in 1870 and died in 1960. She is best known for the donation upon her death of approximately $1 million to McGill University to build the McLennan Library Pavilion and its McLennan Travelling Libraries philanthropic project[citation needed] (Ref 1 - insert new reference).
Biography
[edit]She is the 13th child of Hugh McLennan and Isabella Stewart. She is their 4th daughter[citation needed] (Ref 1 - reuse existing reference).
In 1911, she helped establish the Hugh McLennan Fund for the McLennan Travelling Libraries[citation needed] (Ref 2 - insert new reference). The McLennan Travelling Libraries were founded in 1899 by Isabella's father, a project she continued for over fifty years[citation needed] (Ref 1 - reuse existing reference). In 1950, Isabella made a donation to the McLennan Travelling Libraries so that they could purchase a first bookmobile and again in 1956 for a second bookmobile[citation needed] (Ref 2 - reuse existing reference).
Her travelling libraries travelled across Canada and offered books to people who did not have access to a library[citation needed] (Ref 2 - reuse existing reference). Isabella directly supported the activities of the travelling libraries, including paying the full salary of its first director, Ms. Elizabeth G. Hall[citation needed] (Ref 4 - insert new reference).
McLennan Library Building
[edit]Following a donation totalling over $3 million[citation needed] (Ref 1 - reuse existing reference) in partnership with funding from the Government of Québec and other private donations, the Library's McLennan Pavilion officially opened at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 1969[citation needed] (Ref 5 - insert new reference).
The will intended that Isabelle's donation be used to purchase books, but due to space constraints in the existing McGill University Library, it was decided to use the funds received from Isabelle to build a new library[citation needed] (Ref 1 - reuse existing reference).