Friends House Library
The Toronto Monthly Meeting Library collection is available for the use of Toronto Monthly Meeting members and attenders.
Researchers interested in Quaker history or genealogy are welcome to consult the collection by appointment. Please email [email protected] to arrange a visit with one of our part-time librarians.
Our small collection is shelved according to the Dewey Decimal system. Currently, you can look library materials up by title, author and subject in a card catalog as well as in the online catalog.
Borrowing privileges are limited to Toronto Monthly Meeting members and attenders. Visitors staying at Friends House are welcome to read materials in the library during their stay; however, the library is not available as a meeting room or private study space.
Library staff are volunteers and not always available. If you need help with your research, please provide details by email. We may be able to direct you to a more convenient alternative source. Otherwise, you can schedule an appointment by emailing the library at [email protected].
For genealogical research, please also consult:
the Canadian Quaker Archives https://quaker.ca/archives/
the Canadian Friends Historical Association www.cfha.info/
or www.ancestry.ca
Researchers interested in Quaker history or genealogy are welcome to consult the collection by appointment. Please email [email protected] to arrange a visit with one of our part-time librarians.
Our small collection is shelved according to the Dewey Decimal system. Currently, you can look library materials up by title, author and subject in a card catalog as well as in the online catalog.
Borrowing privileges are limited to Toronto Monthly Meeting members and attenders. Visitors staying at Friends House are welcome to read materials in the library during their stay; however, the library is not available as a meeting room or private study space.
Library staff are volunteers and not always available. If you need help with your research, please provide details by email. We may be able to direct you to a more convenient alternative source. Otherwise, you can schedule an appointment by emailing the library at [email protected].
For genealogical research, please also consult:
the Canadian Quaker Archives https://quaker.ca/archives/
the Canadian Friends Historical Association www.cfha.info/
or www.ancestry.ca
Borrowing procedure
Members and attenders of Toronto Monthly Meeting and Canadian Yearly Meeting may sign out books, using the pocket card found inside each book.
If you are not listed in the Meeting’s directory and are here for the first time, please print clearly, your name, address, email and phone in the library register book on the desk. Leave the book card in the box provided for this purpose and replace it with a date due card as a reminder to bring the book back in one month.
When returning the book, please put it in the returns box on top of the library desk.
Members and attenders of Toronto Monthly Meeting and Canadian Yearly Meeting may sign out books, using the pocket card found inside each book.
If you are not listed in the Meeting’s directory and are here for the first time, please print clearly, your name, address, email and phone in the library register book on the desk. Leave the book card in the box provided for this purpose and replace it with a date due card as a reminder to bring the book back in one month.
When returning the book, please put it in the returns box on top of the library desk.