Fifty Archives Treasures: The desk of John Davis Barnett and his extensive book collection

One tends to think of Stratford’s history as a “railway town” as distinct from the city’s current fame as a cultural centre based around the Shakespearean Festival. However, John Davis Barnett (1849-1926) was the master mechanic at the Grand Trunk Railway repair shops by day and an ardent book collector with a particular passion for…