The L. M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI), which was established in 1993 with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC), has two overall objectives: to promote scholarly inquiry internationally into the life, works, culture, and influence of L. M. Montgomery; and to encourage the informed celebration of one of Canada's best-known and best-loved authors and her works.
The LMMI is supported by a committee whose members are from the UPEI campus and Island community and work from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. An international advisory board was established in 1996. More recently, the LMMI has been developing research collections of rare and valuable publications and realia documenting Montgomery’s life and work, and has implemented a Visiting Scholar’s program. The LMMI collections and the Visiting Scholar’s office are housed at the UPEI Robertson Library.
