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In the beginning, the library was contained in the first three levels and the last three levels were occupied by the Collège de Montréal. Today, the upper levels are hosting the special collections owned by the
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in 1967. In 2020, the seminary moved from the historic building on
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Hubert, Ollivier. (2007). Stratégies culturelles sulpiciennes: le livre. In D. Deslandres, J. A. Dickinson &O.Hubert (Eds), Les
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