An image of the cover page to A Message to the Public by A.B. Walker

“A Message to the Public” by A. B. Walker: Adding an overlooked Canadian voice to UBC’s Rare Books and Special Collections

Searching for a book to add to UBC’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library, I discovered the intriguing pamphlet “A Message to the Public,” published in New Brunswick in 1905. For a Special Collections Library Management assignment, I argue UBC's RBSC should purchase this rare pamphlet written by one of Canada’s first Black lawyers and civil rights advocates.