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SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
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1926.
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SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES
OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON
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BOSTON
PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES
1926.
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON: PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
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TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
ON JANUARY 1. 1926.
MICHAEL J. MURRAY, President.
Term expires April 30, 1926.
ARTHUR T. CONNOLLY. LOUIS E. KIRSTEIN.
Term expires April 30, 1927. Term expires April 30, 1929.
GUY W. CURRIER. WILLIAM A. GASTON.
Term expires April 30, 1928. Term expires April 30, 1930.
DIRECTOR. CHARLES F. D. BELDEN.
ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
The Trustees of the Pubhc Library of the City of Boston, organized in 1852, are now incorporated under the provisions of Chapter 1 14, of the Acts of 1878, as amended. The Board for 1852 was a preliminary or- ganization; that for 1853 made its first annual report. At first the Board consisted of one alderman and one common-councilman and five citizens at large, until 1867, when a revised ordinance made it consist of one alder- man, two common-councilmen and six citizens at large, two of whom retired, unless re-elected, each year, while the members from the City Council were elected yearly. In 1878 the organization of the Board was changed to include one alderman, one councilman, and five citizens at large, as before 1867; and in 1885, by the provisions of the amended city charter, the representation of the City Government upon the Board by an alderman and a councilman was abolished, leaving the Board as at present,, consisting of five citizens at large, appointed by the Mayor, for five-year terms, the term of one member expiring each year. The following citizens at large have been members of the Board since its organization in 1852:
Abbott, Samuel Appleton Browne, a.m., 1879-95. Appleton, Thomas Gold, a.m., 1852-56. Benton, Josiah Henry, ll.d., 1894-1917. Bigelow, John Prescott, a.m., 1852-68. BowDiTCH, Henry Ingersoll, m.d., 1865-67. BowDiTCH, Henry Pickering, m.d., 1894-1902. Boyle, Thomas Francis, 1902-12. Braman, Jarvis Dwight, 1869-72. Brett, John Andrew, ll.b., 1912-16. Carr, Samuel, 1895-96, 1908-22. Chase, George Bigelow, a.m., 1876-85. Clarke, James Freeman, d.d., 1879-88. Coakley, Daniel Henry, 1917-19. Connolly, Arthur Theodore, 1916- CuRRiER, Guy Wilbur, 1922- CuRTis, Daniel Sargent, a.m., 1873-75, De Normandie, James, d.d., 1895-1908. Dwight, Thomas, M.D., 1899-1908. Everett, Edward, ll.d., 1852-64. Frothingham, Richard, ll.d., 1875-79. Gaston, William Alexander, ll.b., 1923- Green, Samuel Abbott, m.d., 1868-78. Greenough, William Whitwell, 1856-88. Haynes, Henry Williamson, a.m., 1880-94. HiLLiARD, George Stillman, ll.d., 1872-75; 76-77. Kenney, William Francis, a.m., 1908-1921. Kirstein, Louis Edward, 1919- Lewis. Weston, 1868-79. Lewis, Winslow, m.d., 1867.
Lincoln, Solomon, a.m., 1897-1907.
Mann, Alexander, d.d., 1908-1923.
Morton. Ellis Wesley, 1870-73.
Murray, Michael Joseph, ll.b., 1921-
PiERCE, Phineas, 1888-94.
Prince, Frederick Octavius, a.m., 1888-99,
Putnam, George, d.d., 1868-77.
Richards, William Reuben, a.m., 1889-95.
Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, ll.d., 1852-68.
Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, ll.d., 1877-78.
Ticknor, George, ll.d., 1852-66.
Walker, Francis Amasa, ll.d., 1896.
Whipple, Edwin Percy, a.m., 1867-70.
Whitmore, William Henry, a.m., 1885-88.
Winsor, Justin, ll.d., 1867-68. The Hon. Edward Everett was President of the Board from 1852 to 1864; George Ticknor, in 1865; William W. Greenough, from 1866 to April, 1888; Prof. Henry W. Haynes, from May 7, 1888, to Mav 12, 1888; Samuel A. B. Abbott, May 12, 1838. to April 30. 1895; Hon. F. O. Prince, October 8, 1895, to May 8, 1899; Solomon Lincoln, May 12, 1899, to October 15, 1907; Rev. James De Normandie, January 31, 1908, to May 8, 1908; JosiAH H. Benton, May 8, 1908, to February 6, 1917; William F. Kenney, February 13, 1917, to Mav 7, 1920; Re\\ ALEXANDER Mann, May 7, 1920, to January 22, 1923; MsGR. Arthur T. Connolly, April 13, 1923 to June 13, 1924; Louis E. Kirstein, June 13, 1924 to June 19, 1925; Hon. Michael J. Murray since June 19, 1925.
LIBRARIANS.
(Frcm 1858 lo 1877, the chief executive officer was called Superintendent; since 1923 Director.)
Capen, Edward, Litrar/an, May 13. 1852 - December 16, 1874.
Jewett. Charles C. Super'mtendenl, 1858- January 9, 1868.
Winsor, Justin, ll.d., Supcrinlcndent, February 25, 1868 -Septem- ber 30, 1877.
Green, Samuel A., m.d.. Trustee, Acting Librarian, October 1 , 1 877 - September 30, 1878.
Chamberlain, Mellen, ll.d.. Librarian, October 1, 1878 -Septem- ber 30, 1890.
DwiGHT, Theodore F., Librarian, April 13, 1892 -April 30, 1894.
Putnam, Herbert, ll.d., Librarian, February 1 1. 1895 -April 30, 1899.
Whitney, James L.. a.m.. Acting Librarian, March 31, 1899 -De- cember 21, 1899; Librarian, December 22, 1 899 - January 31, 1903.
Wadlin, Horace G., LITT.D., Librarian, February 1, 1903 -March 15, 1917; Acting Librarian, March 15, 191 7 -June 15, 1917.
Belden, Charles F. D., ll.b.. Director, since March 15, 1917.
LIBRARY SYSTEM, JANUARY 1, 1926.
^Opened.
May 2, 1854
Jan. 28. 1871
May 1. 1872
16, 1873
5. 1874
5, 1874 25. 1875
7. 1875 1877 1877
3. 1878
6, 1880
July
Jan.
Jan.
Jan. *June
Aug.,
Sept., *Dec. *Jan.
Departments. tCenlral Library, Copley Square .
tEast Boston Branch, 276-282 Meridian St. .
§South Boston Branch, 372 Broadway .
IIFellowes Athenaeum Branch, 46 Miilmont St.
■j'Charlestown Branch, 43 Monument Square
tBrighlon Branch, Academy Hill Road
!J:Dorchester Branch, Arcadia, cor. Adams St.
JLower Mills Branch, Washington, cor. Richmond St.
|South End Branch, 65 West Brookline St. .
tjamaica Plain Branch, Sedgwick, cor. South St.
:j;Roslindaic Branch, 4210 Washington St.
■fWcst Roxbury Branch, 1961 Centre St.
^Mattapan Branch, 7 Babson St. .
jNorth End Branch, 3a North Bennct St. .
§Neponsel Branch, 362 Neponset Ave. .
§Ml. Bowdoin Branch, 202 Washington St.
§All8lon Branch. 138 Brighton Ave.
JCodman Square Branch, Washington, cor. Norfolk St.
;j;Mt. Pleasant Branch, Vine, cor. Dudley St.
JTyler Street Branch, Tyler, cor. Oak St. .
I' West End Branch, 131 Cambridge St.
:l:Upham's Corner Branch, 500 Columbia Rd.
§Warren Street Branch, 392 Warren St. .
§Roxbury Crossing Branch, 208 Ruggles St. .
§Boyl8ton Station Branch, The Lamarline, Depot Square
§Orient I leighls Branch, 1030 Bennington Si.
JCity Point Branch, Municipal Bldg., Broadway
§Parker Hill Branch, 1518 Tremont St.
tHyde Park Branch, Harvard Ave., cor. Winlhrop St
tFaneuil Branch, 100 Brooks St. .
§Andrew Square Branch, 396 Dorchester St.
§jcffries Point Branch. 195 Webster St.
H In the case of the Central Library and some of the branches the different location from that now occupied. * As a delivery station. tin building owned by City, and exclusively devoted to library uses. % In City building, in pari devoted to other municipal uses. § Occupies rented rooms. || T he lessee of the Fcl- lowcs Athenaeum, a private library association.
*Dec. 27. 1881
*Oct., 1882
*Jan. 1. 1883
*Nov. I, 1886
*Mar. 11. 1889
*Nov. 12. 1890
*Apr. 29, 1892
*Jan. 16. 1896 Feb.
*Mar. *May *Jan. *Nov.
I, 1896
6, 1896
1. 1896
8. 1897
I. 1897
*June 25, 1901
*July 18. 1906
*July 15. 1907
Jan. I. 1912
*Mar. 4. 1914
*Mar. 5. 1914
*Oct. 15. 1921
opening was in
CONTENTS.
Report of the Trustees .
Balance Sheet
Report of the Examining Committee Report of the Director .
Appendix to the Report of the Director Index to the Annual Report 1 925 .
18 11 25 48 67
Map of the Library System
At the end
To His Honor Malcolm E. Nichols,
Mayor of the Cii'y of Boston.
The Trustees of the PubHc Library of the City of Boston present the following report of its condition and affairs for the year ending December 31,1 925, being the seventy-fourth annual report.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD.
Mr. William A. Gaston, whose term as a Trustee expired on April 30, 1925, was re-appomted for a term ending April 30, 1930. The Board organized at the annual meeting on June 19, 1925, by the election of Judge Michael J. Murray as President, Mr. Guy W. Currier, Vice-President, and Miss Delia Jean Deery, Clerk.
RECEIPTS OF THE LIBRARY.
The receipts which may be expended by the Trustees for the maintenance of the Library consist of the annual appropriation by the Mayor and City Council, and the income from Trust Funds given to the institution and invested by the City Treasurer. During the past year these receipts were :
Annual appropriation ........
Special appropriation (Annex balance) ....
Income from Trust Funds ......
Unexpended balance of Trust Funds income of previous year
$863,772.00 1 1 ,799.39 19,235.72 56,579.93
$951,387.04
Receipts which are accounted for and paid into the City Treasury for general municipal purposes, during the past year have been as follows:
From fines $15,691.17
From sales of catalogues etc. ........ 56.93
From commission on telephone stations ...... 506.29
From sale of waste paper ......... 245.15
From payments for lost books ........ 1,262.01
Interests on bank deposits ......... 6.08
Total
$1 7.767.63
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ESTIMATES FOR 1926.
The estimates for the maintenance of the Library for the year ending December 31, 1926 in segregated budget form are as follows:
A — Personal service B — Service other than personal C — Equipment .... D — Supplies .... E — Materials .... F — Special items
Total .
$691,721.00
130,522.00
1 56,336.00
35,410.00
24,779.00
864.00
. $1,039,632.00
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
During the present year, covermg an eleven month period, there have been added to the Central Library and branches 85,163 volumes as against 81,687 in 1924-25. Of these 72,925 were acquired by purchase and 12,238 by gift, ex- changes, etc. The total expenditures for books, periodicals, news- papers and other library material from City appropriation and Trust Funds income, was $128,729.04. The total number of volumes in the Central Library and branches is 1 ,363,5 1 5.
CIRCULATION.
The total number of books issued for home use during the year was 3, 1 29,78 1 , for eleven months, as against 3, 1 32, 1 94 in 1924-25, twelve months. As the Director points out, the num- ber would soon be doubled if there were more books, more branches and the required service to meet the fast-growing de- mands made on the Library Department.
GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.
The Trustees are glad to report the following gifts and be- quests during ! 925 : in response to an appeal by the President in April setting forth the needs of the Library, the following gifts of money were received: from Mr. Percy Lee Atherton, $25, Mr. William York Peters, $25, and Mr. John T. Spaulding, $100. These were funded as the "Central Library Building Fund"
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and the Trustees voted that sums of money hereafter received without specific direction be added to this Fund until further action.
In October, Mr. Louis E. Kirstein gave to the Library $1000, stating his intention to add to the fund each year if able to do so. This was funded as the "Louis E. Kirstein Fund".
In December Mr. Morris Gest gave to the Library $2652.50, the gross receipts from a benefit performance for the Library of "The Miracle", which was funded as the "Morris Gest Fund',' the income to be used in the interest of dramatic art.
In December, a bequest under the will of Alice B. Chase of an oil painting of "Old Boston," a memorial to her husband Theodore Chase, was accepted by the Trustees under approval of the Art Commision.
Many important gifts of books and other library material have been received as usual during the year. A detailed state- ment of these may be found in the Director's report.
TRUST FUNDS.
The Trustees welcome bequests of money, and hope that gen- erous testators may remember the Library. It is from such sources only that they can make purchases of rare works, which give value and rank to a great educational institution but for which they hesitate to expend public funds appropriated for more popular and pressing use.
As a matter of interest to the public, the Board has pleasure in listing herewith the present trust funds of the Library, with ex- planatory notes.
Artz Fund. — Donation from MiSS VlCTORINE Thomas ArtZ, of Chi- cago; the income of this sum to be employed in the purchase of valuable, rare editions of the writings, either in verse or prose, of American and foreign authors. These books are to be known as the "Longfellow Memorial Collection." Received in 1896. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $10,000.00
Bates Fund — Donation made by JosHUA Bates, of London, in March, 1853.
"The income only of this fund is to be each and every year expended in the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority as
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may be found most needful and most useful." Payable to the
Mayor of the city for the time being.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $50,000.00
Bigelow Fund — Donation made by JoilN P. BiGELOW in August. 1850, when Mayor of the city.
The income from this fund is to be appropriated for the purchase of books for the increase of the library. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $1,000.00
Robert Charles Billings Fund — Bequest of ROBERT Charles Bil- LINGS.
"The sum to constitute a permanent fund for said library, to be called the Robert Charles Billings Fund, the income only to be used for the purposes of the purchase of books for said library." Re- ceived in 1903. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . $100,000.00
Bowditch Fund — Bequest of J. IngersoLL BowdiTCH. Received in 1890.
The whole income in each and every year to be expended in the purchase of books of permanent value and authority in mathematics and astronomy. Invested in City of Boston Four and one-quarter
per cent Bond $10,000.00
Bradlee Fund — Bequest of the Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee to the Boston Public Library. Received in 1897. Invested in City of Boston Four and one-half per
cent Bond $1,000.00
Joseph H. Center Fund — Bequest of JOSEPH H. Cenjer, the income thereof to be at all times applied to the purchase of books and other additions to the library. Received in 1905. Invested in
City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . . . . $1 ,000.00
City of Boston Three and one half per cent Bonds 38,500.00
Cash in City Treasury, December 3 1 , 1925 . . 43.14
$39,543.14
Children's Fund — Bequest of JosiAH H. Benton of $100,000, to be held as "The Children's Fund," and the income applied to the pur- chase of books for the use of the young, to be applied for those pur- poses only in years when the city appropriates for the maintenance of the Boston Public Library at least three per cent of the amount available for department exp>enses from taxes and income in said city. In any year when the city does not thus appropriate at least three per cent of the amount available for department expenses from taxes and
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income in said City, the income given in said will for the purchase of books shall be paid to the Rector of T rinity Church in the City of Boston to be by him dispensed in relieving the necessities of the poor.
Invested in
City of Boston; Four and one-quarter per cent Bond $1 5,000.00 City of Boston Four per cent Bond .... 62,000.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Three and one- half per cent Bond 20,000.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Four per cent
Bond 6,000.00
Cash in Treasury, December 31, 1925 . . . I 17.74
$103,117.74 Clement Fund — Bequest of the late Ff^ANK Clement, of Newton, to be known as the "Frank Clement Fund," the income to be applied to the purchase of books. Received in 1915.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $2,000.00
Henry Sargent Codman Memorial Fund — This is a contribution from the friends of Hf.NRY SargENT CoDMAN, to be used to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Codman by the purchase of books upon land- scape gardening.
It is the desire of the subscribers that a special book plate shall be inserted in each one of the volumes purchased, identifying it as part of their memorial collection. Received in 1 898. Invested in City of Boston Three and one half per
cent Bond $2,800.00
Cash in Treasury, December 31, 1925 . . . 54.41
$2,854.41 Cutter Fund — Bequest of Abram E. Cutter of four thousand dol- lars and his library of books, the income of the fund to be expended for the purchase of books, and for binding. Received in 1901. Invested in
City of Boston Three per cent Bond . . . $4,000.00
City of Boston Four and one half per cent Bond 100.00
Cash in Treasury, December 31, 1925 . , . 40.00
$4,140.00 lizabeth Fund — Bequest of SaRAH A. MatchetT, late of Brookline. who died October 6, 1910, the object of which is stated in the fol- lowing e.xtract from her will:
"I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be called the Eliza-
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beth fund, to be received, held and securely Invested, and only the net income therefrom expended every year in the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority as may be most useful in said Library." Inveskd in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $25,000.00
Daniel Sharp Ford Fund — A bequest of Daniel ShaRP Ford to the Public Library of the: City of Boston. Received in I 900. Invested in City of Boston Three per cent Bond . $6,000.00
Franklin Club Fund — Donation made in June, 1863, by a literary asso- ciation of young men m Boston, who, at the dissolution of the asso- ciation, authorized its trustees, 1 homas Minns, John J. French and J. Franklin Reed, to dispose of the funds on hand in such manner as to) them should seem judicious. They elected to bestow it on the Public Library, attaching to it the following conditions: "In trust, that the income, but the income only, shall, from year by year, be expended in the purchase of books of permanent value, for the use of the free Public Library of the city, and as far as practicable of such a character as to be of special interest to young men." 1 he trustees expressed a preference for books relative to government and political economy. Invested in City of Boston Four and one quarter
per cent Bond $1,000.00
Isabella Stewart Gardner Fund — Bequest of ISABELLA Stewart Gardner.
"To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library, for the Brown Musical Library, for a memorial to B. j. Lang." Received in 1924. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . $5,000.00
Morris Gest Fund — Donation made by Mr. Morris Gest in December 1925, the gross receipts from a benefit performance for the Library of "The Miracle", — $2,652.50, the income to be used in the in- terest of dramatic art. Deposited in Hibernia Savings Bank . . . $2,652.50
Green Fund — Donations of Dr. Samuel A. Green of $2,000, the income of which is to be expended for the purchase of books relating to American history. Received in 1878 and 1884. Invested in
City of Boston Four per cent Bond .... 1,500.00
City of Boston Three per cent Bond .... 500.00
$2,000.00 Charlotte Harris Fund — Bequest of CHARLOTTE HARRIS, late of Bos- ton, the object of which is stated in the following extract from her
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will: "I give to the Charlestown Public Library $10,000, to be invested of interest, which interest is to be appHed to the purchase of books published before 1850. I also give to said Public Library my own private library and the portrait of my grandfather, Richard Devens." Bequests accepted by City Council, July 31, 1877. Invested in City of Boston Four and one quarter
per cent Bond $10,000.00
Thomas B. Harris Fund — Bequest of Thomas B. HaRRIS, late of Charlestown, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library. Received in 1 884. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $1,000.00
Hyde Fund — Bequest of Franklin P. Hyde of Boston, to be known as the "Franklin P. Hyde Fund," the income to be applied to the purchase of books and other library material. Received in 1915. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . $3,600.00
Cash, December 31, 1925 32.40
$3,632.40
David P. Kimball Fund — Bequest of David P. KiMBALL.
"I give to the Public Library of the City of Boston, the income to be used for the purchase of books $10,000." Received in 1924. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . $10,000.00
Louis E. Kirstein Fund — Donation of $1,000 made by Mr. Louis E. KiRSTEIN in October 1925, "to be used for any purpose of the Li- brary that the Trustees see fit to put it to." Deposited in Hibernia Savings Bank . . . $1,000.00
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund — Extract from the will of KaTHERINE Knapp "To the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to be known as the Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, of which the income only shall be used for the purchase of books for said library. And I hereby request that such books be designated with an appropriate label or inscription, bearing the name of the Fund." Received in 1914. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $10,000.00
Abbott Lawrence Fund — Bequest of Abbott Lawrence, of Boston, Received in 1 860. The interest on this fund is to be exclusively appropriated for the purchase of books for the said hbrary having a permanent value. Invested in City of Boston Three and one half per
cent Bond $10,000.00
Edward Lawrence Fund — Bequest of EdWARD LaWRENCE, of Charles- town. Received in 1 886. The following clause from his will explains its purpose:
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"To hold and apply the Income and so much of the principal as they may choose, to the purchase of special books of reference to be kept and used only at the Charlestown branch of said Public Library." Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $500.00
Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund — Bequest of ELIZABETH Lewis, to be known as the Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund: "I give and bequeath to the Bos- ton Public Library the sum of $5,000 as a fund, the income of which is to be used for the purchase of such old and rare books as shall be fitly selected to augment the collection known as the John A. Lewis Library." Received in 1903. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $5,000.00
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund — Donation from the family of Charles Greely Loring, the income of which is to be expended for the purchase of books for the West End Branch. Received in 1896. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $500.00
Charles Mead Fund — Bequest of Charles MeaD, to constitute the Charles Mead Public Library Trust Fund for the promotion of the objects of the Public Library in such manner as the government of said library shall deem best, and so far as the government shall deem consistent with the objects of the library to be used for the benefit of the South Boston Branch Library. Received in 1 896. Invested in City of Boston Four and one half per
cent Bond $2,500.00
The Oakland Hall Trust Fund — By an interlocutory decree of the Probate Court for the County of Suffolk, the amount of $1 1 ,781 .44 was received, the same being one-half of the net amount received from the disposition of certain property held by the Trustees, under an indenture between Amor Hollingsworth, Sumner A. Burt and Amor L. Hollingsworth, all of Milton, Mass., and John H. McKendry, of Boston, Mass., entered into the sixth day of August, 1870. The above amount was accepted by the City, January 2, 1924, and the Trustees of the Public Library voted to invest the same under the name of "The Oakland Hall Trust Fund," the income to be applied to the purchase of books and other library material for the Mattapan Branch.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . $11 ,780.00 Cash, December 31, 1925 1.44
$11,781.44
John Boyle O'Reilly Fund — Donation received from the Papyrus Club to establish a fund in memory of John Boyle O'Reilly, late member of said club, the income of said fund to be devoted to the purchase of books for the Boston Public Library. Received in 1 897. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $1 ,000.00
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Phillips Fund — Donation made by JONATHAN PHILLIPS, of Boston,
in April, 1853.
The interest of this fund is to be used exclusively for the purchase
of books for said hbrary.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $10,000.00
Also a bequest by the same gentleman in his will dated September
20, 1849.
The interest on which is to be annually devoted to the maintenance of
a free Public Library.
Invested in City of Boston Three and one half per
cent Bond $20,000.00
Both of these items are payable to the Mayor of the city for the
time being. Pierce Fund — Donation made by HeNRY L. PieRCE, Mayor of the
city, November 29, 1873, and accepted by the City Council, De- cember 27, I 873.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . $5,000.00
Sarah E. Pratt Fund — Bequest from Sarah E. Pratt. late of Boston
under the I 4th clause of her will for the benefit of the Dorchester
Branch, $500.00.
Distribution of residue of estate on May 7, 1924, $964.30.
By vote of the trustees the bequest to be funded as the Sarah E.
Pratt Fund, the income to be applied to the purchase of books for the
Dorchester Branch. Received in January, 1922.
City of Boston Four and one-quarter per cent Bond 1,400.00
Cash in City Treasury, December 31, 1925 . . 64.30
$1,464.30 Scholfield Fund — Bequest of ARTHUR ScHOLFIELD, who died in New York, January 1 7, 1 883. The interest to be paid to certain heirs during their lives, and then to be used for the purchase of books of permanent value. The last heir, Joseph Scholfield, died November 1 8, 1 889, and by his will bequeathed to the City of Boston the sum of $1 1,766.67, which represents the income of said fund received by him up to the time of his death, to which was added $33.33 accrued interest on deposit up to the time of investment, to be added to the fund given by his brother. Invested in '
City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . . . $33,800.00 City of Boston Four and one quarter per cent Bond 12,000.00
City of Boston Four and one half per cent Bonds 6,000.00
City of Boston Five per cent Bonds . . . 10,000.00
$61,800.00
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Sewall Fund — Extract from the will of RiCHARD BlaCK SewalL: "Tenth. — I bequeath the following pecuniary legacies clear of lega- cy tax, namely. To the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston $25,000 (twenty-five thousand dollars) to be added to their funds and the income to be used for the purchase of books." Received in 1918. Invested in City of Boston Four and one-quarter per
cent Bond $25,000.00
Skinner Fund — Extract from the will of Francis SkinneR:
"Eleventh. — All my books and library I give and bequeath to my son, to be enjoyed by him during his life and after his death to be distributed as he shall appoint among such public libraries as he shall judge fit, and in case he makes no such appointment then to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston. "Sixteenth. — All the rest and residue of my said property of what- ever kind, I give and bequeath to Augustus P. Loring and J. Lewis Stackpole in trust to pay the net income to my son Francis Skinner, Jr., during his life, or to apply the same to his maintenance and sup- port, or the maintenance and support of any issue of his, as they shall think best during his life ; and at' his death to apply the income to the maintenance and support of his issue until his youngest child shall reach the age of 2 1 years and then to distribute said property among said issue, the issue of a deceased child to take the share a parent would have taken if living.
"If there shall be no issue surviving at the time of my son's death, then to turn the said property into cash and to divide it equally among the following legatees: The Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, Massa- chusetts, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Medical School of Harvard University, and the Free Hospital for Women, Brook- hne, Massachusetts. Invested in
City of Boston Three and one-half per cent Bond $40,000.00 City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . . . . 10,250.00
City of Boston Four and one-half per cent Bond 200.00
1 6 shares Worcester Street Railway Company . 1 ,280.00
Cash, December 31, 1925 2.14
$51,732.14 South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund — Donation of a citizen of South Boston, the income of which is to be expended for the benefit of the South Boston Branch Library. Received in 1 879. Invested in City of Boston Four and one-quarter per
cent Bond $100.00
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Mary Elizabeth Stewart Fund — Bequest of Mary ELIZABETH STEW- ART of $3,500 to the Trustees of the Boston PubHc Library. The Trustees voted under date of June 29, 1923, that tiie income be applied to the purchase of books and other library material. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $3,500.00
Partick F. Sullivan Bequest — Extract from will: "I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Boston Public Library the sum of Jive thous- and dollars, the principal or income of said sum to be expended by them for the purchase of Catholic standard books, said books to be approved by the Archbishop of the diocese of Boston, Mass., or by the President of the Trustees of Boston College, in Boston, Mass." Received in 1 908.
This bequest, together with interest amounting to $339.61 , has been expended for books.
Ticknor Bequest — By the will of George Ticknor, of Boston, he gave to the City of Boston, on the death of his wife, all his books and manuscripts in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, about four thousand volumes, and also the sum of four thousand dollars. After the receipt of said sums the city is required to spend not less than one thousand dollars in every five years during the twenty-five years next succeeding (i.e., the income of four thousand dollars, at the rate of five per cent per annum) in the purchase of books in the Spanish and Portuguese languages and literature. At the end of twenty-five years the income of said sum to be expended annually in the purchase of books of permanent value, either in the Spanish or Portuguese languages, or in such other languages as may be deemed expedient by those having charge of the library. The books be- queathed or purchased are always to be freely accessible for reference or study, but are not to be loaned for use outside of the Hbrary build- ing. If these bequests are not accepted by the city, and the trusts and conditions faithfully executed, the books, manuscripts and money are to be given to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. In order that the city might receive the immediate benefit of this contribution, Anna Ticknor, widow of the donor, relinquished her right to retain during her life the books and manuscripts, and placed them under the control of the city, the City Council having previously accepted the bequests in accordance with the terms and conditions of said will, and the Trustees of the Public Library received said be- quests on behalf of the city, and made suitable arrangements for the care and custody of the books and manuscripts. Invested in City of Boston Four and one-half per
cent Bond $4,000.00
William C. Todd Newspaper Fund — Donation by WiLLlAM C. ToDD, accepted by order of the City Council, approved October 30, I 897, the income to be at least two thousand dollars a year, to be ex-
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pended by the Library Trustees for newspapers of this and other
countries.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bond . $50,000.00
Townsend Fund — Donation from WiUiam Minot and William Minot, Jr., executors of the will of Mary P. ToWNSEND, of Boston, at whose disposal she left a certain portion of her estate in trust for such charitable and public institutions as they might think meritorious. Said executors accordingly selected the Pubhc Library of the City of Boston as one of such institutions, and attached the following con- ditions to the legacy: "The income only shall, in each and every year, be expended in the purchase of books for the use of the Hbrary ; each of which books shall have been pubhshed in some one edition at least five years at the time it may be so purchased." Received in 1879. Invested in City of Boston Three and one-half per
cent Bond $4,000.00
Treadwell Fund — By the will of the late Daniel Treadwell, of Cambridge, late Rumford Professor in Harvard College, who died February 27, 1872, he left the residue of his estate, after payment of debts, legacies, etc., in trust to his executors, to hold during the life of his wife for her benefit, and after her decease to divide the residue then remaining in the hands of the Trustees, as therein pro- vided, and convey one-fifth part thereof to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston.
By order of the City Council, approved May 1 7, 1872, said bequest was accepted and the Trustees of the Public Library authorized to receive the same and invest it in the City of Boston Bonds, income of which is to be expended by said 1 rustees in such manner as they may deem for the best interests of the Library. Invested in
City of Boston Four and one-half per cent Bond . $1,000.00
City of Boston Four and one-quarter per cent Bonds 3, 1 00.00
City of Boston Four per cent Bonds. . . . 9,850.00
Cash in City Treasury, December 31, 1925 . . 37.69
$13,987.69 Tufts Fund — Bequests of NatHAN A. TuFTS, of Charlestown, to be known as the "Nathan A. Tufts Fund," the income to be applied at all times to the purchase of books and other additions to the library to be placed in the Charlestown Branch. Received in 1 906. Invested in City of Boston Three and one-half per
cent Bonds $10,100.00
Cash in City Treasury, December 31, 1925 . . 31.77
$10,131.77
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Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund — Donation on account of the Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund, the income to be used for the purchase of books of a mihtary and patriotic character, to be placed in the alcove appropriated as a memorial to the Twentieth Regiment. Received in 1897. Invested in City of Boston Four and one-quarter per
cent Bond $5,000.00
Wales Fund — Extract from the will of George C. Wales :
"After the foregoing bequests I direct that the sum of five thousand dollars be paid to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, the same to be held, managed and invested by them, so as to produce an income ( and the said income to be applied to the pur- chase of such books for said Library as they may deem best." Re- ceived in 1918. Invested in City of Boston Four and one-quarter per
cent Bond $5,000.00
Mehitable C. C. Wilson Fund — Bequest of Mehitable C. C. Wil- son, the income to be expended for the purchase of books for the Boston Public Library. Invested in City of Boston Four per cent Bonds . $1 ,000.00
Whitney Funds — Bequests of James Lyman Whitney, who died Sep- tember 25. 1910.
Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund — The twelfth clause of his will di- rected that: One-tenth of said remaining income of the principal fund, I direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, to be held and accumulated by said Trustees and permanently invested and re-invested. T he first five thousand dollars of income so accumulated, including the income thereon arising during the period of accumulation, I request to be funded in the name of my sister, Alice Lincoln Whitney, and the income of said fund after its accumulation or so much of said income as may be required, to be paid to such employees of the said Library, who are sick and in need of help, as the Trustees may in their discretion deem most worthy (there are often such cases). Any amount of income from said accumulated fund not needed for the purpose just mentioned shall be used for the purchase of books and manuscripts. Invested in
City of Boston Five per cent Bond .... $ 500.00
City of Boston Four and one-quarter per cent Bond 1 ,000.00
City of Boston Four per cent Bonds .... 3,500.00
James Lyman Whitney Fund — The Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund having been established, all amounts of income of the principal fund paid to said Trustees, after the accumulation of said fund of five thousand dollars shall be held as the James Lyman Whitney Fund,
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and invested and reinvested and the income used in equal shares, one share for the purchase of rare and expensive books, and one share for the purchase and care of manuscripts; one half at least of the share devoted to manuscripts to be expended for their cataloguing and proper care. Invested in
City of Boston Four and one-half per cent Bonds . $1,200.00
City of Boston Four and one-quarter per cent Bonds 2,000.00
City of Boston Four per cent Bonds .... 7,450.00
Cash in City Treasury, December 31, 1925 . . 21.22
$10,671.22
In addition to the above Mr. Whitney created a trust, directing that
of the net income seven hundred dollars a year be paid to the Trustees
of the Public Library of the City of Boston, to be expended on
bibliographic work for the benefit of the Library. Central Library Building Fund — Donations in response to an appeal by
the Trustees in April 1925, setting forth the needs of the Library,
from
Percy Lee Atherton $ 25.00
William York Peters ....
John T. Spaulding
Invested in City of Boston four per cent Bond Donations — Besides the preceding, the following donations have been
made to the Public Library, and the amounts have been appro- priated for the purchase of books, according to the intention of the
donors, viz. :
J. Ingersoll Bowditch
Samuel Appleton, late of Boston .
Sally Inman Kast Shepard
James Brown, late of Cambridge .
Andrew Carnegie ....
Nathaniel I. Bowditch
James Nightingale ....
Dorchester and Milton Circulating Library, for the
benefit of the Dorchester Branch Library . . 335.13
25.00 00.00 50.00
$6,800.00 1.000.00 1 ,000.00 500.00 980.75 200.00 100.00
$10,915.88
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RECAPITULATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS.
Artz Fund .
Bates Fund .
Bigeiow Fund
Robert Charles Billings Fun
Bowditch Fund
Bradlee Fund
Joseph H. Center Fund
Central Library Building Fund
Children's Fund .
Clement Fund
Henry Sargent Codman M<
Cutter Fund
Elizabeth Fund
Daniel Sharp Ford Fun
Franklin Club Fund
Isabella Stewart Gardne
Morris Gest Fund
Green Fund .
Charlotte Harris Fund
Thomas B. Harris Fund
Hyde Fund .
David P Kimball Fund
Louis E. Kirstein Fund
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Abbott Lawrence Fund
Edward Lawrence Fund
Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund
Charles Grcely Loring Memorial F
Charles Mead Fund
The Oakland Hall Trust Fun
John Boyle O'Reilly Fund
Phillips Fund
Pierce Fund
Sarah E Pratt Fund
Scholfield Fund
Sewall Fund
Skinner Fund
South Boston Branch Library Trust
Mary Elizabeth Stewart Fund
Ticknor Fund
William C. Todd Newspaper Fun
Townsend Fund .
Treadwell Fund .
Nathan A. Tufts Fund
Twentieth Regiment Memoria
Wales Fund
Mehilable C C. Wilson Fund
Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund
James Lyman Whitney Fund
nd
^ 10,000.00 50,000.00 1,000.00 100,000.00 10,000.00 1,000.00 39,543.14 1 50.00 103,117.74 2.000.00 2,854.41 4.140.00 25,000.00 6.000 00 1 ,000 00 5,000.00 2,652.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 1,000.00 3,63240 10.000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 500.00 5,000.00 500.00 2.500.00 11.781.44 1.000.00 30,000.00 5,000.00 1.464.30 61 ,800,00 25,000.00 51.732.14 100.00 3,500.00 4,000.00 50,000.00 4,000.00 13,987 69 10,131.77 5,000.00 5,000.00 1 ,000.00 5,000.00 10.671.22
$719,758.75
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NEEDS OF THE LIBRARY.
The Trustees wish to call special attention to the report of the Director which contains many points of interest in relation to the Library. From the report it will be seen that many important re- pairs and improvements were carried out during the year. Much still remains to be done, and the Trustees have included in their budget estimates this year a request for special consideration for carrying on the work.
EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
The Trustees gratefully acknowledge the assistance rendered by the Examining Committee of the year. It appears that the Library can always rely on the generous and cheerful assistance of the best citizens whenever they are asked to render it service. The recommendations of the Committee desei-ve and have re- ceived careful attention. The Committee for 1925 consisted of:
Mr. Gordon Abbott. Mr. Jacob J. Kaplan.
Mr. Percy Lee Atherton. Mr. John C. Kiley.
Prof. E. Charlton Black. Mr. Malcolm Lang.
John T. Bottomley, M.D. Gen. Edward L. Logan.
Mr. W. Irving Bullard. Mrs. Joseph T. Mooney.
Miss Ida M. Cannon. Mr. Francis P. O'Connor.
Mr. Clifton H. Dwinnell. Mrs. Fred L. Pigeon.
Mr. Allan Forbes. Mrs. Arthur Rotch.
Mr. John I. Fitzgerald. Rev. Lyman V. Rutledge.
Mr. Hollis; French. Mr. Samuel Sigilman.
Mr. Lee M. Friedman. Miss Sara H. Stites.
Mr. Henry Lewis Johnson. Mr. Charles H. Tyler.
Mrs. Barrett Wendell.
The helpful and suggestive report of the Committee is ap- pended to the report of the Trustees.
CONCLUSION.
1 he Board notes with pleasure and satisfaction the election this year to the Presidency of the American Library Association of Mr. C. F. D- Belden, the able and efficient Director of the Boston Public Library.
It is interesting to observe in connection therewith that this is the second time that such an honor has come to our library, the
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former instance being when Mr. Justin Winsor, 50 years ago, was chosen as the first president of that association.
We desire also to record our warm appreciation of the splendid spirit of cooperation which everywhere prevails between the Di- rector and the entire library staff.
Michael J. Murray, Guy W. Currier, Arthur T. Connnolly, Louis E. Kirstein, William A. Gaston,
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BALANCE SHEET, RECEIPTS AND
Dr.
Central Library and Branches: To expenditures for
Permanent employees (exclusive of Printing and Binding Departments) ......
Temporary employees ......
Service other than personal Contrart woik (outsids) . Advertising
Transportation of persons . Cartage and Freight Light and power Rent, taxes and water Surety bond and insurance Communica'ion Cleaning towels, etc. Removal of snow Medical . ...
Expert .... Fees ....
General Plant Repairs
To expenditure for equipment
Machinery
Furniture and fittings
Office ....
Books :
City appropriation Trust funds income
Newspapers:
City appropriation Trust funds income Todd Fund
Periodicals
Photographs
Tools and instruments
General plant equipment .
To expenditures for supplies: Office ....
Food and ice . Fuel ....
Forage for animals Medical . ■ .
Laundry, cleaning and toilet Agricultural
Chemicals and disinfectants General plant
$97,130.06 22,598.38
1,367.01
1,566.88
$372,367.74 143.632.75
198.74
65.60
795.17
11,556.93
9.169.01
1 5.725.49
17.50
1,663.32
974.57
4.00
15,00
1 .429.69
51,35
45.291.59
3.426.20 6.580.15 1 ,872.63
119,728.44
2,933.89 9,710.76 355.95 1 ,066.49 2,252.55
6,733.26
383.87
17.496.51
19.55
37.54
1 ,802.64
258.20
50.08
1 ,908.70
$516,000.49
86,957.96
147.927.08
28.690.35
Carried fort>ard
$779,575.88
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EXPENSES, DECEMBER 31, 1925
By City Appropriation 1925 $863,772.00
Income from Trust funds ..... 19,235.75
Income from James L. Whitney Bibliograpliic account 350.00
Interest on deposit in London . . . . 191.47
By Balances Brought Forward from 1925:
Trust Funds income, City Treasurer . . . 56,579.93
Trust Funds Income on deposit in London . . 8,821.10
City appropriation on deposit in London . . . 3,970.43
James L. Whitney Bibliographic account . . 5,620.15
Library Building Addition, equipping and furnishing 1 1 ,799,39
Cr.
$883,459.19
86.791.00
CarrieJ forward
$970,340.19
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BALANCE SHEET, RECEIPTS AND
Dr.
Brought fonvarJ ....
To expenditures for material Building . . . ' .
Electrical ......
General plant ......
Special items
Pensions .......
James L. Whitney Bibliographic account
Binding Department:
Salaries .......
Slock
Equipment . . .
Lioht
Repairs ......
Electrical, tools, Ice and small supplies Freight ......
Printing Dep.artment: Salaries Stock. Equipment Light Repairs Outside work Furniture, tools
Freight Insurance
and small suppl
To Amount Paid into City Treasury: From fines ..... Sales of catalogues, bulletins and lists Commission on telephone stations Payments for lost books . Sale of waste paper . Interest on deposit .
To Balance, December 31, 1925:
Trust funds income on deposit in London . City appropriation on deposit in London . Trust funds income. City Treasury . James L. Whitney Bibliographic account Interest on deposit in London
Balance Unexpended:
General appropriation . . . • •
Special appropriation. Library Building Addition
110.00
3,773.39
12,69L66
791.56 231.82
47.944.44
4.971.15
2,191.73
45.67
38.95
487.92
27.00
9,903.23
2,624.06
6,118.97
30.42
123.84
40.76
1.544.37
2.93
89.61
15.691.17
56.93
506.29
1,262.01
245.15
6.08
3.392.67
3.250.45
56,722.87
5,738.33
191.47
1 5,885.65 1 1 ,799.39
$779,575;
16.575.05
1.023.38
55,706.85
20,478.19
1 7,767.63
69,295.79
27,685.04
$988,107.82
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EXPENSES, DECEMBER 31, 1925.
Brought forward . By Receipts:
From fines .... Sales of catalogues, bulletins and 1 Commission on telephone stations Payments for lost books . Sale of Wciste paper . Interest on deposit .
15.691.17
56.93
506.29
1,262.01
245.15
6.08
Cr.
$970,340 19
17,767.53
$988,107.82
REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
To THE Trustees of the Public Library OF THE City of Boston.
Gentlemen:
The Examining Committee takes pleasure in submitting its report for the year ending December 31, 1 925.
The Committee appointed for the current year, consisting of women and men of widely various interests, has given interested and thorough attention to the duties assigned to it. The Com- mittee was organized in the usual sub-committees and the various assignments were carefully investigated.
Each sub-committee has made a report in writing, and this will be filed with you for specific data. Through the considera- tion of these individual reports and discussions of them, the Ex- amining Committee wishes to record its highest regard for the service rendered by the Boston Public Library through the main library and its numerous branches. Members of our Committee found many of the branches actively engaged in supplying books in close alliance with public school work. There is also great need for the further development of the special libraries in con- nection with the higher grades of educational and technical work, in which Boston now has a large and growing community.
The subjects to which the Examining Committee urges special attention are as follows:
I The amount used for repairs on the main building, during the year, has been economically expended and the results so far, are satisfactory. It is urged that a further special appropriation be made for the coming year to continue the important work of restoration.
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The salaries of the staff of the Library are below the proper standards, and as soon as the report of the National Body on Library Standard Salaries is published, the question of a revision of the salaries in the Boston Public Library service should be studied and recommendations made by the next Committee.
The needs of the Library for endowment were never more urgent. The special libraries can be of great service to the large student body. The various groups in the Fine Arts Department need funds to acquire early examples and modern reference works in both the arts and sciences. A study of the question of endowment and contributions is urged so that steps may be taken to increase them.
The sub-committee on branch libraries gave careful atten- tion to the needs of different sections of the City, and these were the subject of full discussion by the general Committee. While it is advisable for the City to own eventually all its branches, as contrasted with using rented and often unsuitable premises, the Committee appreciates the fact that a definite program for new buildings, with ensuing increase in taxation, is a part of the larger policy of the City. It is essential, however, that a forward look- ing building program be followed so that the present un- satisfactory conditions in some branches be overcome, and the best library service possible rendered to all parts of the City.
A more general understanding of the importance of the ser- vice rendered by the Boston Public Library is essential to the future of this institution. Those who serve for one or more years on the Examining Committee have a much deeper appreciation of the far-reaching influence upon the pleasures and accomplishments of the youth and citizen- ship of this City, than before such contact. It is unfortu- nate that the membership of this Committee has such temp- orary contact with library affairs. That more continuous contact should be established between the library and individuals who in a sense will represent community in- terests, is urged.
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6. It was VOTED : That the Examining Committee recommend
that the Trustees consider ways and means of creating
a more continuing and more effective interest on the part
of the members of the Examining Committee, and suggest
that they be appointed in rotation for a term of three or
four years.
The circulation of over three miUion volumes annually, the
large use made of the reading rooms, the special libraries and the
reference works for school use in branch libraries are the visible
evidences of the successful administration of the Boston Public
Library. 1 hey also impose a responsibility for wise and liberal
development which needs a wider publicity of library affairs.
Adopted as the Report of the Examining Committee, Jan- uary 25, 1926.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
To THE Board of Trustees :
An amendment to the City Charter made by the General Court of the Commonwealth in 1924 (Chapter 479) advanced the fiscal year of the city one month. In consequence, the Re- port herewith respectfully submitted is for an eleven-month period, February I to December 31, 1925.
CIRCULATION AND ACCESSION OF BOOKS.
The total circulation for the entire library system for the eleven month year was 3,129,781 ; this is 12,413 volumes less than the circulation for 1924—25. The branch circulation, exclusive of deposits to schools and institutions, was 2,306,889, a gain of 23,1 12 over the previous year. Deposits amounted to 401,765 volumes.
Direct home circulation from the Central Library was 608,852 volumes, a loss of 14,1 72 from the figures of 1924—25.
Comparative stables of circulation statistics may be found on pages 48-5 1 of the Appendix.
It is interesting to note that the total circulation for the twelve- month period, ending January 31, 1926, was 3,307,782. The gain in circulation over a similar period in 1 924-25 was 1 75,588 volumes.
The total accessions for 1925 were 85,163 volumes, a gain of 4,308 over 1924-25. Of these 72,925 were acquired by pur- chase, 1 0,045 by gift, 1 ,93 1 by binding periodicals, 97 by binding newspapers, 1 20 by exchange and 45 through the Ameri- can Statistical Association. The purchases were distributed as follows: branches, 61,728 volumes, including 6,575 for the Deposit Collection ; Central Library, 1 1 , 1 43 volumes, including 3,586 bought with the income from trust funds.
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The expenditure for books for the year totals $128,729.04, an increase of $16,319.30 over last year. The city appropria- tion amounted to $103,487.85; $719.98 represents funds on deposit in London, and $24,521.21 was the income from trust funds.
Sub-divided, the expenditures from the City appropriation charged to the book fund, cover $9,644.76 for periodicals, in- cluding $3,600.09 for branches; $1,367.01 for newspapers, including $320.50 for branches; $92,782.77 for books, includ- ing $78,712.04 for branches.
The expenditures from Trust Funds show $1 ,566.88 paid for newspapers; $355.95 for photographs; $91.73 for lantern slides, and $22,506.65 for books.
The year 1 925 brought new obligations and emphasized those which are always pressing. The Fellowes Athenaeum Branch at Roxbury, which is affiliated with the Fellowes Athenaeum, has hitherto depended on funds supplied by the Trustees of the Athenaeum for its books. Owing to the increased cost of ad- ministering the Athenaeum, this arrangement could not longer be carried on and the purchase of current books for this branch was taken over by the Library and charged to the City book appropriation.
This year the Library, through the Director, has been enrolled as a member of the Founders of the Business Historical Society, Incorporated, of Boston, organized "to advance the scientific study and development of finance, trade, commerce, industry and business generally, by research and instruction."
The completion of negotiations with the German Patent Office, begun in 1924, has resulted in the receipt of the greater part of the Patentschriften issued since 1914; the auction sales have yielded a fair number of desirable books, a few of which are noteworthy; a special collection of modern Spanish literature has been added for circulation, and the accessions to the Division of Fine Arts have been constant and important. It would not be possible to include in this report even a small portion of the many works of interest bought during the year. The selection of titles which follows shows a few of the more important books acquired,
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Artinano y de Galdacano, Gerasio de. La arquitectura naval espanola (en madera) ; Bosquejo de sus condiciones y rasgos de su evolucion. Madrid. 1920. Illus.
Bible, N. T. The New 1 estament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, newly translated from the original Greek: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. Massachusetts Bay: Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill. 1870. Believed to be the earliest edition of the New Testament published in Boston. No other copy has been dis- covered.
Birrell, Augustine. Three essays. I. Book-buying. II. Book-binding. III. The office of literature- New York. The Grolier Club, 1924.
Boston Massacre. A short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March, 1 770, by the soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment; which with the XlVth Regi- ment were then quartered there: with some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe, pp. 1—48; Appendix, pp. 85—88. 8°, stitched. Printed by Order of the Town of Boston, and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen Street. I 770.
This is the second issue of the first edition published the same year. Pages 85-88, containing a letter to the Duke of Richmond and the names of the people in England to whom the pamphlet was sent, are not in the first issue.
Bowen, Frank C. The golden age of sail. With illustrations from con- temporary engravings and paintings in the Macpherson collection. London. 1925.
Emerson, William and Georges Cromort. Old bridges of France. A series of historical examples from Roman times to the end of the XVIH. century. New YorL 1925.
Evans, Lewis. The castle of Christianitie, detecting the long erring estate, asvvell of the Romaine Church, as of the Byshop of Rome: together with the defence of the Catholique faith. London. 1568. The first edition.
Grolier Club, New York. Catalogue of original and early editions of some of the poetical and prose works of English writers from Wither to Prior. New YorL 1905. 3 v.
Haebler, Conrad. Die deutschen Buchdrucker des XV. Jahrhunderts im Auslande. Munchen. 1924.
Heale, William. An apologie for women: or, an opposition to Mr. Dr. G(ager) his assertion. Who held in the Act at Oxforde. Anno. 1 608. That it was lawfull for husbands to beate their wiues. By W. H. of Oxford. 1 609. Galatea Collechon.
Hubert, Sir Francis. The deplorable life and death of Ed\^'ard the Second, King of England. Together with the downefall of the two
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vnfortunate fauroits, Gavestone and Spencer. London: 1628. The first (surreptitious) edition.
Kommission fiir den Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Band I. Liepzig. 1925. This great catalogue of Incunabula will be published in 1 2 volumes.
Morison, Stanley. Four centuries of fine printing. Upwards of six hundred examples of the work of presses established during the years 1500 to 1914. "With an introductory text and indexes by Stanley Morison. London. 1924.
Morison, Stanley, compiler and editor. Modern fine printing. An ex- hibition of printing issued in England, the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Czecho-Slovakia, Holland and Sweden during the twentieth century. London. 1925.
Musical Association (London). Proceedings. Sessions 1-43. 1874/75- 1916/17. London. 1875-1917.
By this purchase the imperfect set in the Brown Music Library was completed.
Passio domini nostri Jeus Christi ex quattuor evangelistis collecta. Gothic letter, double columns, with outline woodcut of the Virgin and Child and St. Anne on the last page. Sinenota, sed cociniae retro minores (M. Van Werden). 1499. Example of the Cologne press.
Salmony, Alfred. Sculpture in Siam. London. 1925.
Shakespeare, William. The plays of William Shakespeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies, left by the late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmond Malon, Esq. With a glossary. Lon- don. 1838. This volume was bought because it contained a so- called 'Tore-edge" painting of which the Library had no example. On the fore-edge is a painting illustrating Shakespeares' birthplace.
Theocritus. The idyls of Theocritus, (Bion and Moschus), rendered into English prose by Andrew Lang. Illustrated after drawings by W. Russell Flint. London. 1922. 2 v.
Ungerus, Christianus Theophilus. De Aldi Pii Manutii Romani vita meritisque in rem Hteratam liber . . . auctus cura S. L. Geret. Vitembergae. 1753.
Wilson, Hardy. Old colonial architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania. Sydney. 1924.
Year book. The. of oriental art and culture. 1924/25 (vol. 1-2,): London. 1925. Text, 1 v. Illus. Music; Atlas. 1 v. Edited by Arthur Waley.
During the year 17,916 volumes, 21,524 serials and 760 photographs have been received as gifts. These figures include 7,685 volumes and 1 2,1 26 serials received in the Branch Depart- ment and Information Office, — material duplicated in the Cen-
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tral Library. In addition, 53 newspaper subscriptions were continued by the publishers.
Gifts of money were received from the following :
Mr. Louis E. Kirstein, the sum of $1000, "to be used for any purpose of the Library that the Trustees see fit."
Mr. Morris Gest, $2,652.50, representing the entire gross re- ceipts from the special matinee of The Miracle given for the bene- fit of the Boston Public Library (Boston Opera House, Novem- ber 30). This was funded as the "Morris Gest Fund," the income to be used in the interest of Dramatic Art.
Mrs. Charles Weld, $15, used for the purchase of a book which the Library would not ordinarily buy.
The generous contributions from the Columbia Phonograph Company of New York, the General Phonograph Corporation of New York and the Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey, have enriched the Library Collection to the extent of 3 1 7 records. The Columbia Phonograph Com- pany gave 1 38 records, the General Phonograph Corporation, 41, and the Victor Talking Machine Company, 39. The gift of these records was made to enable the Library to illustrate the weekly lectures on the Symphony Concerts given by the Music Division.
Other gifts, with the names of the givers, are listed on pages 59-63 of the Appendix.
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
At the beginning of the fiscal year there were 123,994 cards available for current use. During the year 28,122 new regis- trations and 3 1 ,845 renewals, making a total of 59,967 cards, were added through the Central Library and branches. Bor- rowers who allowed their home use privileges to lapse number 54,534, leaving a total of 129,427 "live" cards on December 31, 1925; a gain of 5,433 over last year. The gain in regis- tered "live" cards for a five-year period has been 23,969.
Cards issued to teachers prior to February 1, 1925, numbered 9,432. Of this number 1,285 were renewed and 321 added during the year, making a total of 1 ,606 teacher's cards in use, compared with 1,561 in 1924-25.
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Of the 3,715 special privilege cards which had been issued up to February 1, 1925, there were 367 renewals and 139 new cards granted during the year, making a total of 506 special privilege cards in use, compared with 429 in 1924—25.
The outstanding feature of this year's development has been the extension of the filing cabinet to include 1 50,000 records, thus relieving overcrowded files and providing space for the expansion of the numerical record.
CATALOGUE AND SHELF DEPARTMENT.
The number of volumes and parts of volumes catalogued during 1925 was 106,158, representing 75,809 titles. The number of cards added to the catalogues was 1 78,082, of which number 140,321 were added to the catalogues in the Central Library, and 37,761 to those in the branches. Of the cards filed in the Central Library 55,524 were placed in the Bates Hall and Issue Department catalogues; 34,594 in the Official cata- logues; 15,665 in the Special Libraries catalogues; and 34,538 were sent to the Library of Congress and Harvard College Li- brary, or reserved for the making of lists on special subjects. From the Library of Congress the Boston institution has re- ceived in return galley proofs of its cards, useful for comparison and reference, and printed cards for books on the fine arts and technical subjects. From Harvard College the Library has re- ceived copies of their printed cards. By means of the "rush" system now in use, titles of new books, if bound, were filed in the catalogues the day after their shelf-numbers were assigned. The falling off from last year in the number of cards printed is owing to the loss of one experienced compositor in the Printing Department and the thorough overhauling of the linotype ma- chines.
Prmted catalogue cards for all new books has been set aside as copy for the Monthly Bulletin, and since December I , type- written cards have been made for the editor in advance of printing.
Much revision of classification and cataloguing has been done, some of which already appears in the catalogues while some still awaits printing.
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The abuse of the pubHc catalogues by soiled hands and rough handling continues to be a matter of much concern in spite of all efforts. Many cards and often entire subjects have to be re- placed long before they would need to be if carefully used. The fiction catalogue in the Issue Department has been almost entirely renewed during the year.
The routine work of the Shelf Division has proceeded as usual. Although more progress was made m shelf-readmg than in late years, still more could have been accomplished but for the changes in the Fine Arts and Technical Divisions, where a new classi- fication, based on the Library of Congress system, was devised and put into operation. There have been the usual readjust- ments in the shelving of books. In connection with the changes in the Special Libraries, the Map Division has been moved to Stack 6 and the cabinets formerly in the West Gallery have been moved to the North Gallery.
Statistics relating to the work of the Catalogue and Shelf Department may be found on page 52 of the Appendix.
PUBLICATIONS.
The Monthly Bulletin of Recent Books, which was begun in January, 1924, taking the place of the Quarterly^ Bulletin and the Weekly List of New Boo^s, has been continued in eleven issues, January-November, 1925; 2,075 copies being printed of each. The November number closes this series of the Bulletin.
Brief Reading Lists, Nos. 31-34. The subjects were as follows : No. 3 1 , Operas : a selected list of scores, librettos and related works, compiled by Richard G. Appel, of the Music Division. No. 32, the Circus, compiled by L. E. Taylor, of the Catalogue Department, in connection with the coming of two circuses to Boston in June. No. 33, The Miracle, compiled by Mary A. Tenney, of the Catalogue Department, in anticipa- tion of Morris Gest's production in Boston of the music-drama pantomime of that name. No. 34, A selected list of inexpen- sive books for Christmas presents, with names of publishers, prices and notes, compiled by Alice M. Jordan, Supervisor of Work with Children.
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Bibliographical lists have been prepared in connection with the programs of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the con- certs by the Lenox Quartet given in the lecture hall of the Library.
Library Life, the staff bulletin of the Library, continues to be published by an editorial board of ten members who share the work of gathering material, and four of whom are, in turn, Editor- in-Chief of one monthly issue. The paper is believed to have justified its existence as a record of library activities and a means of promoting acquaintance and co-operation.
A Guide to Serial Publications founded prior to 1918 and now or recently current m Boston, Cambridge, and vicmity, com- piled and edited by 1 homas Johnston Homer. Part IV has for some time been ready for the printer and a considerable por- tion of Part V is now also ready. Unusual conditions in the Printing Department have caused the publication to be delayed, but Part IV will probably appear soon; meanwhile use may be made of the material by consultation with Mr. Homer,
Opportunities for Adult Education in Greater Boston, 1925- 26. A list of free public lectures and public educational courses, offered by the Massachusetts Department of Education, Division of University Extension; The Lowell Institute; the Commission on Extension Courses; The Public Library of the City of Bos- ton; and other institutions.
BATES HALL.
The reference work of the Library has gone on at its usual even pace. The number of inquiries answered by mail has been larger than in any previous year, amounting to 807 letters, which came to us from 43 of the 48 states, three Provinces of Canada and eight foreign countries; of the total number, 151 asked for information on points of Genealogy,
Bates Hall has been well filled during the year, but it has always been possible to provide chairs for those who came. The largest recorded attendance, on Saturday, December 12, at 5 p.m. was 309; counting the stools at the Catalogue, the Hall accommodates 3 1 6. The total number of books brought from the stacks in the eleven-month period covered by this report
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was 229,189. The year has been marked by no excitement comparable to that caused by the cross-word puzzles of last year; although a recent contest devoted to American history has re- sulted in the mutilation of a number of volumes by persons who apparently think that the removal of a leaf from a book will keep it out of the hands of other contestants.
One hundred and fifty-two new titles have been added to the reference collection and 124 annuals or new editions sub- stituted for earlier issues. Two hundred and fifty-five books have disappeared from the collection during the year and 12 volumes missing in former years have come to light. The steady growth of the collection of Supreme Court Reports has necessi- tated the removal of some other legal reference works, most of which, however, were out of date.
The department has received some publicity through the daily broadcasting during a considerable portion of the year from station WEEI of answers to questions, for which credit was duly given to the Library by the announcer.
At the beginning of the year a new division, that of Genealogy, was created in the department and Miss Agnes C. Doyle, long first assistant, who has specialized in the subject for many years, was appomted assistant-in^charge ; a desk for her use was placed in the Hall near the shelves devoted to Genealogy and Heraldry. Some re-arrangement has made it possible to assemble a very good working collection of genealogical books on the shelves available; a card catalogue of coats of arms is now in progress. The change in organization is already justifying itself, and seems to have the approval of the public.
In connection with the appointment of Miss Doyle, Mr. Michael J. Conroy was advanced to the position of first assistant at the Bates Hall Catalogue.
A great improvement in the appearance of the Hall has been made by the laying of the handsome new floor covering of re- inforced rubber in the Catalogue enclosure, replacing the badly worn cork matting. TTie laying of this floor required the tem- porary removal of the catalogue cases and gave an opportunity for their rearrangement on a radial plan. High tables have been substituted for the old low ones, and thus far the new arrange-
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ment seems to have many advantages. The enclosure is less crowded and it is much easier to keep the drawers replaced in the cases. The lighting of the hall is also in process of improvement; lampshades of a modern pattern are being substituted for the old ones at the catalogues and book cases.
NEWSPAPER AND PATENT ROOMS.
The number of papers regularly filed in the Newspaper Room is 273. During the year nine papers ceased publication or were consolidated with other papers. There are 218 daily and 35 weekly papers received, of which 1 95 are published in the United States and 78 in foreign countries. The bound volumes now number 9,092, an mcrease of 97 volumes since the last report. Readers to the number of 1 8,8 1 4 consulted 34,083 bound volumes, as compared with 1 8,589 persons who used 34,057 during the preceding year.
From various sources missing numbers are constantly being added to the files of the 1 8th century papers. The Massa- chusetts Historical Society has made photostat copies of num- bers of the Boston Newsletter missing from the Library's file, which is new practically complete.
In the collection of Patent Documents, the total number of volumes is 18,461, the increase for the year being 910 volumes. More than 70,000 numbers of the Patentschrifien have been received from the German Patent office during the year. Some of the years must remain incomplete; the missing numbers are probably abandoned or secret. The volumes are now being made up and will shortly be bound.
The recorded number of persons using the files during the year (I 1 months) was 18,649, as compared with 18,465 during the previous twelve-month year. The number of volumes con- sulted was I 1 0,745, an increase of 112 over those used in 1 924- 25.
INFORMATION OFFICE, GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT ROOM AND OPEN SHELF ROOM.
The Information Office continues to be of great service in de- flecting from other departments inquiries which are readily an-
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svvered from directories, school and college catalogues, recent government documents, vocational information pamphlets, and publications of chambers of commerce. A large file of street and telephone directories has been maintained, partly through the generosity of Boston business houses who donated their dis- carded directories to the Library for exchange purposes. Many directories of other cities were procured in this way.
The Government Documents have been carefully studied and brought up to date during the past year. Now that many of the duplicate federal reports and bulletins, which formerly were sent free to this Room, must be paid for, only the most important and popular are ordered. A complete file of government docu- ments is available elsewhere in the Library. A title and sub- ject index has been made for the Trade Information Bulletin issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. It has greatly increased the usefulness of these bulletins and has been consulted by about three hundred persons every month.
The Vocational Information Service continues to gain in ef- ficiency ; last year about nine hundred new catalogues and pam- phlets were added from federal, state and city departments and from private organizations. There is a great demand for in- formation regardmg university extension courses.
The Open Shelf Room increases in popularity. An author and title catalogue of the collection has been made and has justified its existence. School students are beginning to use the room in larger numbers. Books covering topics of current in- terest are brought from the stacks and are made readily accessible to the public. Though the interest in memoirs, books of travel, poems and plays is as keen as ever, there has been a decided increase in the demand for books on the subjects treated in the American Library Association series, "Reading with a Pur- pose." The call for French, Spanish and Italian books is con- stant and can be met; but the demand for recent German books has been greater than the supply.
The summer service in the Court Yard during the noon hours was appreciated by readers and the circulation of books and magazines showed an increase over last year.
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PERIODICAL DEPARTMENT.
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P.M. 31,762 36,427 |
P.M. 21,786 23,841 |
P.M. 26,619 27,254 |
P.M. 12,827 13,763 |
The steady increase In the use of periodical literature for reference, especially by students, has made it necessary to rear- range the division, using the inner room for current periodicals and the outer for reference work. New equipment has been provided, releasing the wall space for shelving where the most used bound periodicals are now housed. There is a new rack for current periodicals, which have been first classified and then alphabetized. This new arrangement has proved satisfactory, both from the reader's and the Library's point of view.
AT THE HOURS 1921-22 .
1924-25 .
1925 ... 16,927 19,214 33,026 37,026 24,645 27,832 13,891
The use of bound and unbound periodicals shows the follow- ing increase over last year:
BOUND FILES.
Bound volumes consulted during the year 1924-1925 1925 (11 months)
Daytime (week-days) 49.315 50,260
Evening and Sunday 20,762 22,163
UNBOUND FILES.
Unbound periodicals consulted during the year 1924-1925 1925 (II months)
Daytime (week-days) 57,943 59,675
Evening and Sunday ..... 25,882 26,719
The current periodicals, exclusive of those issued by the state and federal governments, regularly filed for readers in the Peri- odical Department, number 1 ,258. In addition there are filed for use by readers in other departments current periodicals espe- cially related to the fields covered by such departments, as follows :
Fine Arts and Music Divisions of the Special Libraries . . . . 136
Ordering Department .......... 27
Statistical Department .......... 49
Teachers' Reference Room and Children's Room ..... 60
272 Periodical Room '258
Total number of current periodicals received 1530
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SPECIAL LIBRARIES.
The Special Libraries include all the collections housed on the third floor of the Central Building and comprise the divisions of Fine Arts, Music, Technology, and Special Collections (Barton- Ticknor Division).
Many changes have been made in the Special Libraries in the effort to secure better service and provide for the growth of the collections. Additional accommodation for readers and students has been made in the Special Libraries Reading Room and the West Gallery. Three new open-shelf alcoves have been or- ganized— Fine Arts, Art-Students' Reference, and Chemical Reference — and an alcove has been taken for the classified Fine Arts accessions. These open shelf additions necessitated the shifting of the entire Fine Arts and Technology book collections. All the book cabinets have been removed from the West and Barton Galleries. About eighty of these have been placed in the new cabinet storage room, made by flooring over the second balcony of the Statistical Room.
As explained in the last Annual Report, further changes on this floor are greatly needed. Plans have been made for steel stacks to be erected in the Barton Gallery alcoves and the ad- joining northwest corner room, an expedient which will release shelf space for the needed Book-Treasure Room and the united music collections, while it will, at the same time, keep together the special collections now in the Barton Gallery.
The Fine Arts Division has continued to build up its im- mense collection and, since last July, it has classified all acces- sions on an abridged Library of Congress scheme, having a special shelf-notation devised by Mr. Michael McCarthy of the Shelf Department. The entire Fine Arts open-shelf collection has been reclassified, revised, rearranged and shelf-listed, and an open-shelf collection of oversize books has been organized for the convenience of art students.
The Technology Division has continued to build up its ad- mirably organized book collection and special reference tools, described in the last Annual Report. A new reference tool is the open-shelf alcove devoted to serial sets in Chemistry.
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The Music Division in co-operation with the Extension Di- vision of the State Board of Education has arranged for several series of interpretative lectures on symphony concerts and operas and, for these lectures, has prepared programs and book-lists. The gift collection of phonograph records has been enlarged by 3 1 7 records from publishers.
The Barton-Ticknor Division (Special Collections) has con- tinued to draw attention to the treasures of the Library by monthly exhibitions of manuscripts and rare editions of famous authors, and Dr. Haraszti's critical descriptions of these exhibitions have appeared in Boston newspapers. In his new post of editor, Dr. Haraszti will continue to render this service to the Department and the Library.
From February 1 to December 31, 1925, the Department put on view thirty exhibitions. Of this number, twelve were of books and documents in the possession of the Library; thirty were loan exhibitions, only two of them consisting of books.
The number of books issued for home use from the Special Libraries during eleven months was 2 1 ,63 1 . In the same period, 28,921 pictures and 5,746 lantern slides were issued for use outside the Library.
WORK WITH CHILDREN.
The urgent demand for books for children could not be denied and 39,31 1 volumes, 53 percent of the total number of books purchased, were bought at a cost of $41 ,858.39.
Home use of books drawn on juvenile cards comprised 50 per cent of the total circulation of the Library system. In the branches alone the proportion was greater, amounting to 58 per cent of the total.
Fifty-three per cent of the card-holders of the Library are under sixteen years of age and are, therefore, classed as children. Registration in this class was increased 2,966 in 1925; although this does not seem as large an increase in normal development as might have been expected, it evidently kept pace with the gain in adult borrowers, being 54 per cent of the total gain. As the Library increases its corps of workers equipped by training and
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temperament to do intensive work with children, its efforts for a fuller registration will be likely to yield greater returns.
Growth in work with children is to be measured not only by an increase in cardholders and home circulation, but by improved accommodations in the libraries themselves. There have been minor improvements at a number of points, but nowhere else has the change been so marked as at Uphams Corner, where the swimming tank in the municipal building was taken over as a children's room in 1924 and transformed from a naturally cold interior into a cheerful and pleasant reading room. This ar- rangement afforded an excellent opportunity to organize the work with children and put a specially trained assistant in charge of it. The results of this step have been noticeable in increased circulation, better discipline and more constructive work with the children who frequent the branch.
In all parts of the library system the book collections show the effects of the larger expenditure of the last three years. Not only are the books in better condition, but the range of selection is wider, embracing a greater variety of interests. The reading of children to-day shows an earlier arrival at mature tastes and the sophistication caused by city life creates a demand for books written to suit an adult public. Where one child wanted mystery and detective stories ten years ago, there are now twenty who are eager to read them. Without catering to this demand, it is sometimes possible to offer as substitutes stirring narratives of adventure and travel to satisfy the craving for excitement.
Ability to choose acceptable substitutes and introduce them successfully depends upon an ever growing familiarity with books, no less than a gift for tactful approach to the reader. In order to prepare assistants for this type of personal service to young people, two courses in children's literature were given during the year to members of the staff in the Central Library and branches. It is believed that these lessons have helped the members of the classes to give more sympathetic and discriminating assistance to boys and girls who use the Library,
The Library has constant realization of the importance of the story hour as a means of introducing books to the children. Hundreds of children gather for the weekly story hours in dif-
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ferent parts of the city and the continued popularity of this feature is the best indication that it suppHes a need. Each year enlarges the opportunities offered the story tellers to go into the public schools and in these school visits the welcome grows more and more cordial at each return. It seems evident, too, that the Library, by supplying this entertainment, is building in another way for better citizenship in the community, since the story-hour establishes habits of quiet, orderly attention in marked contrast to the uproarious behavior often noted in the motion picture houses. Respect for the library building is always expected and good conduct becomes instmctive, for the story hour period at least.
Relations with the public schools have been friendly and, in some parts of the city, close. The Course in Citizenship re- cently adopted by the City of Boston occasioned many requests for books to help build character through the emphasis laid on qualities such as self-control, self-reliance, good workmanship, etc. The ingenuity and resourcefulness of attendants have been taxed to supply these requirements, as the call has been for spe- cific examples of each quality.
The Central Children's Room has been drawn upon for all these demands, since its readers are to be found in every quarter. Furthermore, it has made special contacts with many organiza- tions and individuals seeking assistance or enlightment on chil- dren's books. The collection of finely illustrated editions has been used by art sudents, by commercial illustrators, costumers and designers, by editors, teachers and parents, as well as by those who are simply book lovers. Numerous classes from different types of schools have come for instruction on the resources of the Library or for reference use of reserved books.
The fruitful and pleasant co-operation between the Children's Museum and the Children's Department continued through ex- hibits lent for display wherever showcases were available. Col- lections of objects from the Philippine Islands and Japan, besides natural objects — minerals, shells and birds^ — were specially en- joyed. Many of our library readers made a new and delightful connection with the Museum of Fine Arts when they were given invitations to attend the summer story hour there. It is a source of satisfaction to know that these three institutions can work in
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such happy association to enrich the Hves of the children of Bos- ton.
Two related problems confront the Children's Department at the Central Library. Solution of the one may mean solution of the other. These perplexities have to do with the reasonable claims of two groups, the pupils in the high schools and the teachers. Any expansion of the Children's Department should naturally be in the direction of better service to the young people just growing beyond books for children and not yet sufficiently experienced to use a large library to good advantage. There is ample proof of the need of greater attention to the require- ments of high school students and the Children's Department attempts to help whenever possible, but space for expansion is lacking, unless the adjoining room is used for the purpose, instead of for a Teachers' Reference Room as at present. On the other hand there has been a marked increase in the use of this room.
The work of the Teachers' Room is, however, properly a part of the general reference department. It began with a small col- lection of books for kindergarten teachers and now threatens to interfere with the legitimate function of the Children's Depart- ment. Not only does the presence of so many adult students complicate the work with children and tax the seating capacity of the room, but the multiplicity of their requirements lays an increasing burden upon the stafF. To keep up with the maga- zines on educational subjects, the growing bibliographies on topics of current importance, the material for debates, the Uni- versity Extension reserves, calls for the entire time of an experi- enced reference assistant. It is not fitting that students from three universities and many training schools should be obliged to come for their assignments to a room which is practically an adjunct to the Children's Department.
THE BRANCH SYSTEM.
The total circulation through the branches, including books issued from Central Library collections on borrowers' cards, was 2,816,073. This is a gain, in an eleven-month period, of 18,067 over 1924-25. The number of books issued from the Central
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Library through branches was 107,419; this includes 82,611 from the deposit collection and 24,808 from Central Library collections. Sixteen branches gained and fifteen lost in circula- tion. The greatest gains were at Mattapan, North End, Fel- lowes Athenaeum, Dorchester, Codman Square, Mt. Bowdoin, Uphams Corner and Orient Heights; the greatest losses were at Roxbury Crossing, Lower Mills and South End.
The branch circulation for the twelve-month period ending January 31, 1926, was 2,978,036 This shows a gain of 1 80,030 volumes over last year. In this period, twenty-eight branches gamed in circulation and three lost.
The number of volumes sent out on deposit to 326 agencies (207 schools, 53 fire engine houses, and 43 institutions of various kinds) was 86,400, as against 92,352 last year. The total number of volumes sent to schools was 56,328, compared with 59,216 last year. Of this number 21,630 were sent from the Branch Issue Division, Central Library, as compared with 1 9,393 the year before. The number of books issued on deposit from the branch libraries, chiefly to schools, was 34,698, com- pared with 39,823 the year before. The number of individual teachers supplied was 1,372 as against 1,312 in 1924-25.
Interlibrary loans for eleven months amounted to 1 ,704 vol- umes, 323 less than last year. Thirty-one volumes were bor- rowed from other libraries. Of the 1 ,41 1 applications received, 474 were refused.
In the branch system, adult education has developed along four lines : an obligatory course of training for branch assistants ; the preparation of numerous lists, several of which may be used as reading courses; the establishment in each branch of an in- formation file of material ; and an organized campaign of educa- tional publicity.
In the past six years the personnel turnover has amounted to only 22 per cent; compulsory retirement under the pension act accounts for 9 per cent of this, and marriage for 6 per cent. Considerable progress has been made in the type of examina- tion for library service. The old memory test has given way to tests for general information and judgment. Assistants who have been selected by these tests are now trained in a course which has
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been started this year. As outlined, it will cover four years. The training in the branches will be supplemented by courses given in the Central Library.
A uniform classification for pamphlets and ephemeral material has been devised for the entire branch system and in the past year this has been put into operation.
Traveling exhibits have followed a regular schedule during the year, as have the ninety-two posters covering a great variety of popular subjects. The book-wagon service instituted at Ty- ler Street during the summer months was very successful in es- tablishing friendly relations with people who had been diffident about coming to the library. Adult circulation at the branch, both fiction and non-fiction, was increased; the use of American- ization books was encouragingly large. Traveling libraries com- posed of units of twenty-five each — biography, music, modern poetry — were bought to supplement the branch collections on these subjects.
LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS.
The Library offered eighty-seven free public entertainments (lectures, concerts, miracle plays, etc.) in the thirty weeks of the lecture season. Of these, thirty-seven lectures were illus- trated with lantern slides; eight were concerts; and three were miracle plays. The entertainments covered the following fields : lectures on travel, 25 ; lectures on literature, and readings, 2 1 ; music lectures and concerts, 16; lectures on drama, plays, and dramatic readings, 1 1 ; lectures on art, 5 ; scientific lectures. 5 ; miscellaneous lectures, 4.
Fourteen lectures were given under the auspices of the Ruskin Club; six by the American Poetry Association, five by the Field and Forest Club, five by the Drama League, two by the Lincoln House Orchestra, one by the Dickens Fellowship. Six con- certs by the Lenox Quartet were given by Mrs. Elizabeth S. Coolidge. These were greatly enjoyed by an audience which filled the hall at each concert.
The Hall was also used every week-day, except Thursday, in the evening, and several mornings and afternoons as well, by
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the State Department of Education, Division of University Ex- tension, which offered for a nominal fee courses on a variety of subjects.
Thirty exhibitions were held in the Fine Arts Exhibition Room and the Barton-Ticknor Room. In the latter room the material shown was mainly bibliographical and included first editions and manuscripts relating to Longfellow, Nathaniel Bowditch, Thackeray, William Ellery Channing, the Battles of Lexingron and Bunker Hill.
There are certain exhibitions which are shown each year in the main exhibition room. These are the House Beautiful Cover Design Competition; the competitive poster designs made by school children for "Be Kind to Animals" Week; and "Fifty Books" chosen each year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts for excellence of format. In addition to these, two me- morial exhibitions of reproductions of the work of John Singer Sargent were given, one at the time of his death, the other to supplement the exhibition of originals at the Museum of Fine Arts. There were also exhibitions of colour prints; examples of the work of the Pre-Raphaelites; material relating to dramatic events of importance ; and various collections of book rarities.
STAFF INSTRUCTION.
The four courses of instruction for members of the staff de- scribed in last year's report were all brought to a successful con- clusion. In a number of cases it has been pleasant to see that these courses have enabled assistants to pass examinations neces- sary for promotion in the service. The present year a course is being given by Prof. Robert E. Rogers, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on the "Great Classics of Literature since the Renaissance." Twenty members of the staff are en- rolled in this course, which is the fifth in the important series on literary subjects given by Prof. Rogers under the auspices of the Massachusetts Division of University Extension. Two courses in children's literature are being given by Miss Jordan to members of the staff in the Central Library and branches.
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THE BINDERY AND PRINTING DEPARTMENTS.
During the year four new pieces of machinery were installed in the Bindery Department. These have added greatly to the efficiency of the department, and as a consequence it has not been necessary, with one exception, to replace any of those who have been retired. The output of the Bindery, (1 1 months), was 50,206 volumes, 3,202 more than in 1924-25. The number of recased new books was 9,458, a slight increase over last year.
The old linotypes in the Printing Department were exchanged for three new models and installed during the summer. These, with the new press bought in 1924-25, bring the machinery of the department up to date.
MECHANICAL AND OTHER CHANGES AND REPAIRS.
Owing to increased appropriations, real progress has been made in putting the Central Building and branch libraries in repair. The more important changes, in addition to those noted in other parts of the Report, are as follows:
New Uniflow engine and generator. One of the old engmes and generators was repaired.
New boilers in the Annex were retubed. The old boilers were removed from beneath the main stairway.
Book railway was repaired and rebuilt ; all its machinery is now in good running order.
New electrical "service elevator" replaced the old one at the Blagden Street entrance.
New ventilating system was installed for the Lecture Hall.
Major leaks were stopped on the roof of the Central Buildmg, although extensive repairs are still needed. The metal secondary roof and catch-pans over the hall were repaired and renewed where necessary.
A centrifugal pump was installed.
The Record Room was enlarged, painted and relighted. New lights were installed in the Fine Arts Gallery, Periodical and Statistical Rooms at the Central Library.
A sprinkler system was installed in two sections of the Central Library.
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The Fine Arts Gallery, Stack, floors 1-6, Printing Depart- ment, window trims and iron work at the Central Building were painted. The exterior and interior of the Faneuil Branch Li- brary were painted; at the Jamaica Plain Branch the walls were painted, as were the main room and children's room at Uphams Corner.
The upper gallery of the Statistical Room was floored over, giving much needed space for Fine Arts Department cabinets.
New shelving was installed in the Lower Mills, Mattapan, Neponset, Orient Heights, South Boston, and Uphams Corner Branches. Other minor improvements and repairs were made throughout the branch system.
This year it was also possible to improve the lighting in a number of the branches. Electric systems were installed at Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Faneuil, Hyde Park, Ja- maica Plain, North End, Orient Heights, and Uphams Corner Branches. At East Boston the lighting was changed from di- rect to indirect.
RETIREMENTS.
Durmg the year the following persons were retired under the Boston Retirement Act:
Fellowes Athenaeum Branch: Martha L. C. Berry, second assistant, (retired April 30, 1925), entered service 1883; Bindery Department: William P. Hemstedt, assistant foreman, (retired May 31 , 1925, voluntary), entered service 1883; Maxi- milian Eichhorn, forwarder, (retired August 31 , 1925), entered service 1904; Ordering Department: Emily O. Frinsdorff, first assistant, (retired August 31, 1925, voluntary), entered service 1894; Jamaica Plain Branch: Nellie F. Riley, first assistant, (retired October 31, 1925, voluntary), entered service 1882; Executive Department: Adelaide A. Nichols, auditor, (retired December 31,1 925) , entered service 1 868; Engineer and Jani- tor Department: Thomas J. Sexton, janitor-laborer, (retired De- cember 31, 1925), entered service 1916.
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CONCLUSION.
To the employees of the Library system the Director extends his sincere appreciation for the services they have rendered during the past eleven months. It is a pleasure to acknowledge all the honest and individual effort on the part of chiefs of departments, librarians of branches, and assistants generally, w^hich has given added prestige to the work of the institution. Special recognition is made of the loyal and efficient aid of Mr. Frank H. Chase, the Reference Librarian.
. Charles F. D. Belden,
Director,
APPENDIX.
TABLES OF CENTRAL AND BRANCH CIRCULATION.
|
1920-21 |
1921-22 |
.1922-23 |
1923-24 |
1924-25 |
1925t |
|
|
Central Library |
551,190 |
591,640 |
590,655 |
576,997 |
623,024 |
608,852 |
|
Branches: |
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|
Allslon |
41,369 |
47,328 |
53,598 |
57,705 |
60,358 |
63.434 |
|
Andrew Square |
30,76! |
33,944 |
33,413 |
51,991 |
68.196 |
68.772 |
|
Boylslon Station |
44,829 |
50,033 |
55,672 |
62,340 |
64,871 |
64.559 |
|
Brighton |
75,273 |
79,397 |
83,238 |
87,672 |
92.702 |
89.384 |
|
Charlestown |
9K455 |
98,780 |
101,140 |
99,035 |
98,433 |
95.288 |
|
City Point |
34.510 |
30.300 |
38.381 |
43,277 |
47,441 |
50.108 |
|
Codman Square |
91,721 |
101.792 |
103,810 |
113,529 |
114.950 |
119.758 |
|
Dorchester |
6S,873 |
70.396 |
67,810 |
75,608 |
88.628 |
90.123 |
|
Dor. Lower Mill |
18,040 |
17,765 |
17,577 |
25,801 |
27.259 |
25.488 |
|
East Boston |
111,813 |
120,234 |
120,993 |
125,968 |
128,771 |
125.820 |
|
Faneuil |
24,001 |
24,913 |
24,944 |
27,004 |
30,443 |
31.560 |
|
*Fellowes Athcnaeun |
1 80,469 |
80,933 |
79.125 |
71.673 |
76.007 |
84.765 |
|
Hyde Park |
79,592 |
80,855 |
82,498 |
89.716 |
95,334 |
93.582 |
|
Jamaica Plain |
58,228 |
60,507 |
59,970 |
64,022 |
68,630 |
67.232 |
|
Jeffries Point |
10,309 |
35,925 |
40,857 |
52,020 |
53.004 |
|
|
Maltapan |
l"6'439 |
20,499 |
20.497 |
27,699 |
48,789 |
58.290 |
|
Mount Bowdoin |
73,620 |
80,492 |
83,376 |
98.961 |
107,679 |
112.320 |
|
Mount Pleasant |
49,494 |
57,562 |
53,846 |
52.977 |
53,953 |
53.778 |
|
Neponset |
22,630 |
28,789 |
33.263 |
40,353 |
41,466 |
39.479 |
|
North End |
69,846 |
85,187 |
96,359 |
107,329 |
117,075 |
121.651 |
|
Orient Heights |
21,934 |
27,970 |
34240 |
30,580 |
40.605 |
45.395 |
|
Parker Hill |
48.89! |
49,209 |
49,459 |
44,081 |
37,038 |
39.860 |
|
Roslindale |
73,310 |
80,879 |
82,597 |
89.336 |
94.888 |
93,154 |
|
f^oxbury Cro.sing |
47,030 |
57,609 |
55,911 |
57,869 |
67.153 |
58,634 |
|
South Boston |
104,679 |
121,194 |
124,809 |
139,173 |
1 52.799 |
148,751 |
|
South End . |
99,75! |
97,403 |
99,543 |
MI ,682 |
117.845 |
112,578 |
|
Tyler Street |
31,343 |
40,039 |
39.973 |
42,270 |
37,321 |
37.436 |
|
Upham's Corner . |
113,846 |
119,375 |
120.257 |
109,731 |
95,975 |
100.288 |
|
Warren Street |
94,991 |
104,412 |
108.665 |
122.159 |
136.981 |
135.913 |
|
West End . |
123,137 |
136,431 |
142,470 |
I 54.267 |
157.321 |
1 52.043 |
|
West Roxbury |
54,956 |
66,470 |
74,970 |
81,199 |
88,249 |
88.482 |
Total . . 2,448,776 2,672,646 2.768,984 2,922,861 3,132,194 3,129,781
*Roxbury Branch renamed Fellowes Athenaeum Branch in 1923. *j" For a year of eleven months.
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The net gains and losses in circulation are presented, apart from the totals, in the following form:
ov€r preceding year
over preceding year
over preceding year
over preceding year
over preceding year
from preceding year
*EIevcn-month period. Gain for the twelve-monlh period was, 175,588
|
1920-21 |
gain |
|
1921-22 |
gain |
|
1922-23 |
gain |
|
1923-24 |
gain |
|
1924-25 |
gain |
|
♦1925 |
io.cs |
VOLUMES.
148.044 223,870
96,338 153,877 209,333
12.413
USE OF BOOKS. CIRCULATION FROM CENTRAL BY MONTHS.
|
SCHOOLS AND |
TOTALS |
|||
|
HOME USE |
INSTITUTIONS |
|||
|
HOME USE |
THROUGH |
THROUGH |
||
|
DIRECT |
BRANCH DEPT. |
BRANCH DEPT. |
||
|
February, 1925 . |
33,412 |
1 1 .746 |
21.440 |
66,598 |
|
March, " . |
31,165 |
10,528 |
22.405 |
64,098 |
|
April. " . |
31,406 |
11,206 |
23.270 |
65,882 |
|
May, " . |
28,440 |
9,240 |
24.420 |
62.100 |
|
Jun^, " . |
22,751 |
7,694 |
23.210 |
53.655 |
|
July, ;; . |
18.331 |
6.179 |
5,515 |
30.025 |
|
August, |
19.693 |
6.410 |
5,775 |
31,878 |
|
September, |
18.151 |
5.821 |
5.635 |
29,607 |
|
Oclober, " . |
25,635 |
8,463 |
10,945 |
45.043 |
|
November " . |
34,984 |
12.359 |
16,980 |
64,323 |
|
December, " . |
49,740 |
17.773 |
28,130 |
95,643 |
Totals
313,708
107,419
187,725
DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL CIRCULATION.
608,852
|
HOME |
SCHOOLS AND |
TOTALS |
||||
|
Central Library: |
USE |
institutions |
||||
|
a. Direct |
313,708 |
|||||
|
b. Through branches |
107,419 |
|||||
|
c. Schools and Institutions through |
||||||
|
Branch Department |
187,725 |
608,852 |
||||
|
branches: |
||||||
|
Ailston |
63.434 |
63,434 |
||||
|
Andrew Square |
68,772 |
68,772 |
||||
|
Boylston Station |
64,559 |
64,559 |
||||
|
Brighton . |
^ |
53.971 |
■}5A\i |
89,384 |
||
|
Charlestown |
84,645 |
10,643 |
95.288 |
|||
|
City Point |
50,108 |
50.108 |
||||
|
Codman Square |
112.774 |
' 6,984 |
119,758 |
|||
|
Dorchester |
73,542 |
16,581 |
90,123 |
|||
|
Dorchester Lower Mills |
25,488 |
25,488 |
||||
|
Carried forward |
597,293 |
69,621 |
666,914 |
501
Broufihl forruaril Plasl Boston Fatifuil Mydc Park Followes Aflicn<rum jamalra Plain . Jrffrios F^oint Maflapan Ml. Bowdoin Ml. r'lra-<anl . Neponsel . Norlh End OnenI Heiglils . Parkrr Hill Roslindaie . Roxbury Crossing South Boslon . South End 1 yier Sircot UpKams Coiner Warren Street West End West Roxbury
I otais
HOME
597,293
107,344
31,560
84,605
66,600
58,633
53,004
58,290
107,451
53,778
39,479
120,641
45,395
39,860
84,451
58,634
1 32,028
96,481
37,436
98.711
131,402
131,844
71,969
2,306,889
SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS
69.621 18,476
8,977 18,165 8,599
4.869
1,010
8,703
' 16,723 16.097
" 'K577
4,511
20.199
16,513
214,040
TOTAL
666.914
125,820
31,560
93,582
84,765
67,232
53,004
58.290
112.320
53,778
39,479
121.651
45.395
39,860
93,154
58,634
148,751
112,578
37.436
100.288
135.913
I 52.043
88,482
2.520.929
These figures arc condensed into the following :
Bool(s Icnl for JwiDc use, including circulalinn through Schools and Inslilulions.
From Central Library (including Central Library books issued through the branches) ..........
From branches (excluding books received from Central Library)
Total
Comparative.
Central library circulation (excluding schools and institutions) : Dire-t home use .... Through branches . . ' .
Branch l..ibraries circulation (ex- cluding schools and institutions) : Direct home use . . . ■
Schools and institutions circulation (in- cluding books f rem Central through ihc branch system)
334.188 117.089
1924-25.
451.277
2.283.777
397.140 3.132,194
313.708 107.419
608,852 2,520.929
3,129.781
1925.
421,127
2,306,889
401.765 3.129.781
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Under the inter-library loan system with other libraries the following use of books for the purpose of serious research is shown for two successive years :
Volumes lent from ih s Library to other libraries in Massachusetts Lent to libraries outside of Massachusetts .....
Totals ........ . ,
Applications refused:
From libraries in Massachusetts ......
From libraries outside of Massachusetts ....
Totals . Borrowed from othe
libr
for
|
1924-25. |
1925. |
|
1.770 257 |
1,449 255 |
|
2,027 |
1,704 |
|
342 82 |
370 104 |
|
424 |
474 |
|
20 |
3! |
The classified "home-use" circulation of the branches was as follows, for two successive years :
Fiction for adults Non-fiction for adults Juvenile fiction . Juvenile non-fiction .
1924-25.
VOLUMES. PERCENTAGE.
713,320 31
260,051 1 1
841.116 37
488,310 21
1925.
VOLUMES. PERCENTAGE.
720,31! 32
230,900 10
893,115 38
462.563 20
At the Central Library the classified "home-use" circulation shows the following percentage :
Non-fiction Fiction
1925-24. 1925.
PERCENTAGE. PERCENTAGE.
51.7 52.2
48J 47.8
BOOK ACCESSIONS. BOOKS ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE.
For the Central Library:
From City appropriation . . . ,
From trust funds income . . . .
For branches:
From City appropriation . . . .
From trust funds income . . . .
By Fellowes Athenaeum (for Fellowes Athenae- um Branch) ......
|
1924-25. |
1925. |
|
8,328 3.774 |
7,557 3.586 |
54.289 92
12,102
54,381 832
57.874 3.908
11.143
61.782
Totals
67,315
72,925
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The following statement includes the accessions by purchase combined with books received by gift or otherwise :
Accessions by purchase Accessions by gift
Accessions by Statisrical Deparlment Accessions by exchange Accessions by periodicals bound . Accessions by newspapers bound .
|
TOTAL |
||
|
CENTRAL. |
BRANCHES. |
VOLUMES. |
|
11.143 |
61 .782 |
72.925 |
|
9,244 |
801 |
10.045 |
|
45 |
45 |
|
|
120 |
. 120 |
|
|
1.787 |
144 |
1.931 |
|
79 |
.... |
97 |
Totals
22.436
62.727
85,163
THE CATALOGUE.
Totals
1924-25.
1925.
|
VOLS. AND |
VOLS. AND |
|||
|
Catalogued (new) : |
PARTS |
TITLES |
PARTS |
TITLES |
|
Central Library Catalogue |
24.135 |
13.608 |
24,314 |
14,702 |
|
Serials ..... |
4.685 |
5,868 |
||
|
Branches .... |
53.301 |
44,321 |
58,087 |
49,494 |
|
Recatalogued .... |
19.007 |
15,891 |
1 7,889 |
11.613 |
101,128 73.820
106,158 75,809
SHELF DEPARTMENT.
The number of volumes shelved and thus made available for public use. taken from the report of the Shelf Department, is
Placed on the Central Library shelves during the year:
General collections new books (including continuations) ....
Special collections, new books and transfers .....
Books reported lost or missing in previous years, but now found, transfers
from branches etc. ..........
Removed from Central Library shelves during the year:
Books reported lost or missing, condemned copies not yet replaced, trans- fers, etc. ...........
Net gain at Central Library Net gain at branches
Net gain, entire library system
22.308 1.874
1.467
25.649
14.102
11.547 18.704
30.251
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The total number of volumes available for public use at the end of each year since the formation of the Library is shown in the following statement:
|
1852-53 |
9,688 |
1889 . |
520,508 |
||||||
|
1853-54 |
16.221 |
1890 . |
536,027 |
||||||
|
1854-55 |
22,617 |
1891 . |
556.283 |
||||||
|
1855-56 |
28,080 |
1892 . |
576.237 |
||||||
|
185(^57 |
34,896 |
1893 . |
597.152 |
||||||
|
1857-58 |
70,851 |
1894 . |
610,375 |
||||||
|
1858-59 |
78,043 |
1895 . |
628,297 |
||||||
|
1859-60 |
85.031 |
1896-97 |
663.763 |
||||||
|
1860-61 |
97,386 |
1897-98 |
698.888 |
||||||
|
1861-62 |
105,034 |
1898-99 |
716,050 |
||||||
|
1862-63 |
110,563 |
1899-1900 |
746,383 |
||||||
|
1863-64 |
116.934 |
1900-01 |
781.377 |
||||||
|
1864-65 |
123.016 |
1901-02 |
812.264 |
||||||
|
1865-66 |
130,678 |
1902-03 |
835.904 |
||||||
|
1866-67 |
136,080 |
1903-04 |
848.884 |
||||||
|
1867-68 |
144,092 |
1904-05 |
871.050 |
||||||
|
1868-69 |
1 52.796 |
1905-06 |
878.933 |
||||||
|
1869-70 |
160,573 |
1906-07 |
903,349 |
||||||
|
1870-71 |
179,250 |
1907-08 |
922.348 |
||||||
|
1871-72 |
192.958 |
1908-09 |
941.024 |
||||||
|
1872-73 |
209.456 |
1909-10 |
961,522 |
||||||
|
1873-74 |
260.550 |
1910-11 |
987,268 |
||||||
|
1874-75 |
276.918 |
1911-12 |
1,006,717 |
||||||
|
1875-76 |
297,873 |
1912-13 |
. 1,049,011 |
||||||
|
1876-77 |
312,010 |
1913-14 |
1.067,103 |
||||||
|
1877-78 |
345,734 |
1914-15 |
1,098,702 |
||||||
|
1878-79 |
360,963 |
1915-16 |
1,121,747 |
||||||
|
1879-80 |
377.225 |
1916-17 |
1,139.682 |
||||||
|
1880-81 . |
390,982 |
1917-18 |
1.157.326 |
||||||
|
1881-82 |
404,221 |
1918-19 |
1.173.695 |
||||||
|
1882-83 |
422,116 |
1919-20 |
1.197.498 |
||||||
|
1883-84 . |
438,594 |
1920-21 |
1.224.510 |
||||||
|
1884-85 . |
453,947 |
1921-22 |
1,258.211 |
||||||
|
1885 . |
460,993 |
1922-23 . |
1 .284.094 |
||||||
|
1886 . |
479,421 |
1923-24 |
1.308.041 |
||||||
|
1887 . |
492,956 |
1924-25 |
1 .333,264 |
||||||
|
1888 . |
505.872 |
1925 . |
1,363,515 |
||||||
|
Volumes in entire library system . |
1,363.515 |
||||||||
|
Volumes in the branches . . . |
. |
365,567 |
|||||||
|
These volumes are located as |
follows: |
||||||||
|
Central Library . 997,948 |
Dorchester Lower Mills 2,668 |
||||||||
|
Allston |
5.465 |
East Boston |
20,870 |
||||||
|
Andrew Square |
5.179 |
Faneuil |
5,261 |
||||||
|
Boylston Station |
6,070 |
Fellowes Athenaeum |
36.343 |
||||||
|
Brighton |
19,201 |
Hyde Park |
34,402 |
||||||
|
Charlestown |
1 5,596 |
Jamaica Plain . |
17,733 |
||||||
|
City Point . |
7,546 |
Jeffries Point |
3.623 |
||||||
|
Codman Square . |
10,615 |
Mattapan |
4.130 |
||||||
|
Dorcheiter . |
, |
14,618 |
Mt. Bowdo |
n |
9.712 |
54
|
Mt. Pleasant |
5,739 |
South Boston |
19,698 |
||
|
Neponset |
4,159 |
South End . |
14,445 |
||
|
North End |
10,532 |
Tyler Street |
5,488 |
||
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Orient Heights . |
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THE BINDERY.
Number of volumes bound in various styles
Magazines stitched
Volumes repaired
Volumes guarded .
Maps mounted
Photographs, engravings, etc., mounted
Library publications folded, stitched and trimmed
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THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Requisitions received and filled .... Card Catalogue (Central Library) :
Titles exclusive of automatic reprint .
Cards finished (exclusive of extras) . Card Catalogue (Branches) :
Titles (Printing Department count) .
Cards fmished (exclusive of extras) . Signs .........
Blank forms (numbered series) . .
Forms, circulars and sundries (outside numbered series)
Catalogues, pamphlets and bibliographical programmes
1924-25. 181
16.470 188,328
696
31.218
3,862
4,016,630
80,225
51,750
1925. 293
1 1 ,058 140,321
568
37,761
1,825
3,613.725
42,531
67,520
THE LECTURES OF 1925-1926.
All lectures, except those marked with an asterisk (*) were illustrated with lantern slides.
1925 Oct. 1 . Inside a Harem, a Pyramid, a Tomb. Mrs. Alice How- land Macomber. Oct. 4. The Story of the Boston Theatre. Quincy Kilby. Oct. 5. ^This Changing World. Miss Lilian Whiting. (Ruskin
Club.) ^ Oct. 8. Around the World. Walter Wentworth Allerton. Oct. 1 I. The Route of the Resolute: a World Tour. John C. Bowker. F.R.G.S.
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From Hell Gate to Golden Gate. Henry Warren Poor, A.M. ^'The Music of the Bible. Charles N. Lanphere. ^"The Miracle": Its History and Presentation at Home and Abroad. Rudolph Kommer. Char-a-bancing in the British Isles. Guy Richardson. *Music Contrasts and Their Delights. Margaret Anderton. ^Ruskin's Museums. Mrs. May Smith Dean. (Ruskin Club.) How the Laymen should view Art. Royal B. Farnum. ''^Author's Reading from "God's Scarlet Law." Francis
Henry Wade, M.D. ^The Composition of Poetry. Charles Hammond Gibson. (American Poetry Association.) In Viking Lands and Waters. Charles Ernest White. *A Ritual for Armistice Day. Henry Augustine Smith, A.M. '^l. he Story of St. Francis in Graphic Language. Mrs. Elizabeth Ward Perkins. Mexico. Dr. Charles E. Spaulding. (Ruskin Club.) ^The English Comedy of Manners. Walter Pritchard Eaton. The Rocky Mountain Hike of 1925. Rev. Charles W. Casson. (Field and Forest Club Course.) Nov. 15. "^The Portrait of a Dramatist. Robert E. Rogers. A.M.
(Drama League Course.) Nov. 19. The New Jugo-Slavia. Emma G. Cummings. Nov. 22. *Amy Lowell and Present-Day Poetry. George Mark
Sneath. A.M. Nov. 23. ''^Goldsmith and Gray. Mr. Charles Hammond Gibson. (Ruskin Club.) ^Scandinavian Writers. Lorence Munson Woodside. '^The Spell of Lyric Poetry. Henry Harmon Chamberlin. (American Poetry Association.) New England Earthquakes: Yesterday, To-day and To- morrow. Kirtley Fletcher Mather, S.B., Ph.D. Balearic Islands and Cataluna. Ralph Adams Cram,
Litt.D., LL.D. Holiday Rambles in the Highlands and Lowlands of Eu- rope. Olive Ci Grigor. (Field and Forest Club Course.) ^Recital of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew." Walter
Bradley Tripp. (Drama League Course.) ^Reading of Dickens's "Christmas Carol." Walter Bradley Tripp. Alaska: the Land of Far Delight. Mrs. Charles B. Hall.
(Ruskin Club.) Popular Legends in Stained Glass. Orln E. Skinner.
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Dec. 20. *A Modern Opera: Pfitzner's "Palestrlna." Otto G. T. Straub.
Dec. 20. ^Miracle Plays from the York and Townley Cycles. Com- munity Service of Boston, Inc., and Citizens' Public Celebrations Association.
Dec. 2 I . ^Miracle Plays from the York and Townley Cycles. Com- munity Service of Boston, Inc., and Citizens' Public Celebrations Association.
Dec. 23. ^Miracle Plays from the York and Townley Cycles. Com- munity Service of Boston, Inc., and Citizens' Public Celebrations Association. ^Wordsworth. E. Charlton Black, LL.D. (American
Poetry Association.) ^Christmas: Music arranged by Mrs. Robert Nichols; Mes- sages, Mrs. Minnie Meserve Soule. (Ruskin Club.)
^The World's Great Songs. Mme. Beale Morey. 3. '''^"One Increasing Purpose." Dr. Henry H. Saunderson. '^The Influence of Shakespeare on Scott. Wilmon Brewer, Ph.D. (American Poetry Association.) Treasures of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Martha A. S. Shannon. ^'Reading of Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Mrs. Louisa C.
James. (Drama League Course.) '^Russian Choral Music. Henry Gideon. ^The Fluman Voice and How to Read It. Walter Babcock Swift. A.B., O.B., M.D., B.L.I. (Ruskin Club.) Cliff-House and Cave Exploration in Arizona. Alfred Vin- cent Kidder, Ph.D. (Field and Forest Club Course.) '"^Concert by Lincoln House Orchestra. Jacques Hoffman,
Conductor. The Chateau Country of France. Rev. Alwin E. Worman.
(Old Blake House Chapter, D.A.R.) The Glory of England, her Cathedrals and Scenic Beauty. Frederick Parsons, F.R.S.A. ^Visiting an Eastern King. Mrs. John Clarence Lee. Virgil and Virgil's Land. Dr. Davis Wasgatt Clark.
(Ruskin Club.) The Land of Evangeline. Rev. A. T. Kempton, D.D. ^Notable Fiction of the Year. John Clair Minot. '^Concert by the Lenox Quartet.
^'The Fervor of Humanity in the Thought and Art of Robert Browning. Helen Archibald Clarke. (American Poetry Association.) Feb. 4. A History of Lighting. Julius Daniels.
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Feb. 7. *An Afternoon with Dickens. Members of the Boston Branch of Dickens Fellowship. ^Concert by Lenox Quartet.
•"^Observance of Ruskin's Birthday: John Ruskin. E. Charl- ton Black. LL.D. (Ruskin Club.) Our National Forests. Philip W. Ayres. (Field and For- est Club Course.) The Theatre, from Henry Irving to Walter Hampden. Frank W. C. Hersey, A.M. (Drama League Course.) The Spell of the Italian Lakes. Mrs. James Frederick Hop- kins. (Ruskin Club.) The Jubilee Year of 1 925. William M. Stinson. S.J. ^'The Folk Song in the Concert Hall. John Tasker Howard. ^Concert by the Lenox Quartet. An Historical Pilgrimage from Maine to Florida in a House- boat. Alfred Johnson, A.M., Litt.D. Feb. 28. '^Portrait of a Modern Poet. Robert E. Rogers, A.M. (American Poetry Association.) ^Concert by the Lenox Quartet. Picturesque England from Chester to Clovelly. Ellen E. Page. ^In Word and Tone: a Program of Associated Poetry and
Music. Laura Huxtable Porter. ^Concert by the Lenox Quartet. "^'What's What in Books. John Clair Minot. (Ruskin
Club.) Motor Gypsymg and Mountain Climbing Across the Contin- ent. Carl S. Whittier. (Field and Forest Club Course.) Theatre Going in Europe To-day. Albert Hatton Gilmer, A.M. (Drama League Course.) ^Concert by the Lenox Quartet. French Highv/ays and Byways. Andre Morize, Agrege- des-Lettres. ^Concert by Lincoln House Orchestra. Jacques Hoffman, Conductor. This Realm! This England! Mrs. Arthur Dudley Ropes.
(Ruskin Club.) Our New and Proposed National Parks, East and West.
George H. Browne, A.M. Trails and Trail Building in the White Mountains. Charles
Winthrop Blood, Litt.B. City Health and Emergencies. Dr. Hollis Godfrey, LL.D.,
D.C.L.
''^Folk Songs of Europe. Catherine S. Swett, Assisted by members of the University Double Quartet and Radcliffe Choral Society.
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Apr. 8. England in Art and Story. Mrs. James Frederick Hopkins. Apr. 1 I , ^Aunt Clarissa Lends her Heirlooms of Two Centuries. Mrs.
M. Gertrude Cutter. Apr. 12. ■''"'The Educational Value of the Library. Mr. Henry A.
Higgins. Ruskin: A French Critic's View. Prof. Mel-
vin B. Webber. (Ruskin Club.) Apr. 26. ^Author's Reading. Dr. Henry H. Saunderson. (Ruskin
Club.)
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PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS, 1925.
Feb. 2. Photographs of stage settings loaned by the Theatre Arts Magazine. Portolan Atlas.
Photographs of a Shakespearian Costume Ball. 2 1 . Original designs for House Beautiful Cover Designs Com- petition. 26. Manuscript letters and first editions of Longfellow (Barton- Ticknor Room) . Color prints of great paintings (Medici and Seeman prints). Illustrations from the descriptive booklet of Balieff's Chauve
Souris. "Fifty Books of 1924," selected by the American Institute
of Graphic Arts. Bowditch memorial exhibition: manuscripts and book rarities from the Nathaniel Bowditch Collection. (Barton-Tick- nor Room). Competitive poster designs and medals loaned by the Massa- chusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to mark "Be Kind to Animals Week." 15, Manuscripts and printed memorials of the Battle of Lexing- ton, to commemorate the 150th Anniversary. (Barton- Ticknor Room). 21 . John Singer Sargent Memorial Exhibition. (Reproduction). 7. Photographs of old-time Base-ball Players from the Mc- Greevy Collection. 1 0. William Ellery Channing memorial exhibition. Manuscripts
and editions. (Barlon-Ticknor Room). 1 I . Reproductions of the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brother- hood. 2. Editions of the Book of Common Prayer, from the Benton Collection, 1 5. Music commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Memorials of the Battle of Bunker Hill. (Barton-Ticknor Room).
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July 1 . Documents and prints relating to the early history of the United States. I 8. Thackeray manuscripts and first editions commemorating the I I 4th anniversary of the author's birth. Sept. 23. Boston Theatre Memorials, in great part loaned by Mr. Quincy Kilby. Decorative color prints. Oct. 6. Oil paintings and photographs illustrating the Miracle, loaned by Morris Gest. 10. Columbus Day exhibition of rare books and maps. 29. Fifty Books of 1925. Nov. 3. The originals of Subercaseaux's water-color illustrations of the Life of Saint Francis, loaned by the Marshall Jones Company. 1 6. John Singer Sargent exhibition of reproductions, supplement- ing the exhibition of originals at the Museum of Fine Arts and including six oil copies by Sargent from Old Masters, loaned by Governor Fuller. Dec. 21. Editions of Miracle Plays. (Barton-Ticknor Room).
29. Paintings and photographs illustrating the Official Mission of the Due de Trevise to make known the Franco-Amer- ican Society La Sauvegarde de I'art francais.
SELECTED LIST OF GIFTS AND GIVERS.
Allen, John K. Liberty Loan Committee of New England.
Pubhcity Committee's Scrap Book in I 0 volumes.
Mr. Allen was organizer of the Publicity Committee and its Execu-
tice Officer during the five loans, 191 7—1919. Ailing, Carolyn E. Sixty-nine volumes of miscellaneous works, including a
number of publications relating to social service study and an illus- trated edition of the History of the World War, by Frank W.
Simonds, in five volumes. Baker, Leighton. Thirty-six volumes and I I pieces of music, some in
manuscript, mainly works of Benjamin F. Baker. Baxter, Sylvester. Sixty-five volumes of Spanish literature, history, fiction
and poetry, a number of which are autographed presentation copies
by the authors to Mr. Baxter. Blake, Miss Sarah Swan, Kittery Point, Maine. Diaries and letters of
Francis Minot Weld, M.D., with a sketch of his life; A brief history
and genealogy of the family of Weld, by Sarah Swan Weld Blake.
Privately printed. Boston, 1925. Bradford, Gamaliel, Wellesley Hills. Wives, by Gamaliel Bradford.
New York (1925)
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Brown, Abbie Farwell, Literary Executor of Oscar Fay Adams. The literary works of Oscar Fay Adams, including the manuscript of notes, written for William Morris's "Summer" (second part of "The Earthly Paradise") ; some two dozen short stories collected from magazines in which they first appeared; a collection of eighteen essays entitled "American Women of Yesterday"; a group of studies on "Men of Yesterday"; together with thirty short essays, stories and literary sketches, written in the course of the last quarter of the past century.
Buenos Aires, Province of. La Plata. Obras completas y correspondencia de Florentino Ameghino. Volume 4. La Plata, 1915. (Con- tinuing the set) .
Champney, Miss Lydia C, Estate of. Twenty volumes of miscellaneous works and a collection of music of I 38 volumes and unbound material.
Clark, William Andrews, Jr.. Library of Los Angeles. Some letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas, 1892-1897. (Heretofore unpublished.) With illustrative notes by Arthur C. Dennison, Jr. and Harrison Post, and an essay by A. S. W. Rosenbach. San Francisco, 1924. No. 1 1 2 of an edition of 225 copies.
Committee on Historical Records, Winchester, Mass. Winchester's War Records, Civil, Spanish-American, World. Published by the Town of Winchester, 1925.
Coolidge, John Gardner. Random letters from many countries, by John Gardner Coolidge. 1924. Autograph copy.
Coolidge, J. Randolph, Jr. Sixty-eight lantern slides of modern archi- tecture.
Councilman, Mrs. W. T. 363 volumes of miscellaneous works, includ- ing a number of text books, 204 numbers of periodicals. Geographic Magazine, St. Nicholas etc., a collection of sheet music and 50 librettos, and 90 photographs.
Cubberley, Mrs. Ellwood P., Stanford University, California. Notes concerning the Van Uxem family in France and the United States. Compiled by the sole male survivor of the name in America (Francis Van Uxem.) Privately printed. Los Angeles, 1923.
Curley, Hon. James M. Bronze medal to commemorate the 150th anni- versary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1 775-1925.
Dossert, Mrs. F. G., New York City. Mass in B minor for four voices, solo, chorus and orchestra, by Frank G. Dossert. Written to com- memorate the Golden Jubilee of Pope Leo the Thirteenth and produced in St. Peter's Rome, April 23, 1893, under the leadership of the composer. For the Allen A. Brown Music Library.
Dunham, Otis Emerson, Cambridge. History of Dunham-on-Trent, with Ragnall. Darlton, Wimpton, Kingshaugh, etc. A record of nine hundred years. By Rev. Howard Chadwick. Cambridge, I 924.
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Endicott, William Crowninshield, Danvers, Massachusetts. Memoir of Samuel Endicott ^^^th a genealogy of his descendants, by his great- grandson William Crowninshield Endicott, the younger. Boston. 1924. Privately printed in an edition of 125 copies.
The Explorers Club, Board of Directors, New York City. A set of facsimile reproductions of seven log books of William Scoresby, Sr., accompanied by an introductory brochure. New York, 1916, 1917. No. 83 of 300 copies printed and plates destroyed.
Farlow, Dr. John W. The child's song book for the use of schools and families, Boston, 1 830 ; the Musical Cabinet, by G. J. Webb and T. B. Hayward, 1841 — 1842; a bound collection of music for the Allen A. Brown Music Library.
Faxon, John Lyman, Estate of. Through Amos L. Faxon, Executor. The finished manuscript of the work entitled, "The Ancient Theatres of Europje", by John Lyman Faxon. (Eight volumes of manu- script with drawings).
Gannon, James P. J. Boston Public Library Employees Benefit Asso- ciation. Exercises at the dedication of the Tablet in honor of those men of the Library who served in the World War, Armistice Day, 1924. (Programs and clippings in bound volume.)
Gay, H. Nelson, Director, The Library for American Studies in Italy. Forty pubhcations relating to Italian affairs, including programs and souvenirs of the Keats-Shelley Memorial in Rome; bulletin of the Library of American Studies in Italy, Nos. 1—8; 26 numbers of II Piccolissimo, Giornale per i Ragazzi, 191 7—1919.
Good, Mrs. Isabella J. Two framed photographs of Mozart and Beeth- oven. Photographs by Bruckmann from paintings by C. Jaeger.
Great Britain, Commissioners of Patents. London. Specifications of inventions, 205 volumes.
Gress, Edmund G., Woodhaven, New York, through Norman T. A. Munder, Baltimore. Two photographs of Franklin, from the Dup- lessis portrait at the Metropohtan Museum of Art; Wish, the song of Frankhn, three-colored portrait and decorations engraved in wood by Percy Grassby. Published by Noman T. A. Munder & Com- pany, Baltimore.
Hallowell, J. Mott. (From the Library of R. P. Hallowell.) Forty- one volumes, mainly anti-slavery literature, including 1 3 volumes of the Index, 1870-1876; The Atlanta Constitution, 1887-1888, 4 v., and two framed pictures, one of Last Moments of John Brown, and one of a photograph of a bust of John Brown.
Harrison, Fairfax, Belvoir, Virginia. Virginia land grants. A study of conveyancing in relation to Colonial pohtics, by Fairfax Harri- son. Richmond. 1925.
Hewins, Mrs. Frank A. Twenty-five volumes for the West Roxbury Branch Library including 22 volumes of Bell's Cathedral Series.
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The Irish World, through Austin J. Ford, New York City. The Irish World, 1923-1925.
Johnson, Axel B. Vi Udvandrere, af Joost Dahlerup, Kobenhavn, 1924; Sange og Digte paa Dansk og Engelsk, af John Volk, New York, 1903, and six Victor Records of Danish music.
King, Mrs. Henry P. and Mr. John T. Spaulding, Sunset Rock. A portfolio of pencil sketches by Lester G. Hornby. Privately pub- lished for Mrs. Henry P. King and John T. Spaulding. Prides Crossing. 1924.
Kittredge, Prof. George Lyman, Cambridge. Sir Thomas Malory. By George Lyman Kittredge. Privately printed. Barnstable. 1925. Edition of 50 copies.
Leavens, T. C, Newtonville. A collection of music of 138 volumes and 70 pieces of sheet music including a number of full scores and organ music.
Livingston, Mrs. Luther S., Cambridge. Benjamin Franklin's letters to Madame Helvetius and Madame la Frete. With an explanatory note by Luther S. Livingston. Cambridge. 1925.
McNeil, Catherine C, New York City. The Clan Macneil. Clann Niall of Scotland. By the Macneil of Barra. Chief of the Clan. With an introduction by the Duke of Argyll. No. 81 of 200 auto- graphed copies. New York. 1923.
Mather, William G., Cleveland. The portraits of Increase Mather, with some notes on Thomas Johnson, an English mezzotinter. By Kenneth B. Murdock. For private distribution by William Gwinn Mather. Cleveland. 1924.
Mergenthaler Linotype Company, New York City. Linotype instruction book. By John R. Rogers. Brooklyn. 1925. Four copies.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Trustees of. New York City. (At the request of Mrs. Edward J. Tytus.) Metropolitan Museum of Art. Egyptian Expedition. Robb de Peyster Tytus Memorial Series, Volume 4, The tomb of two sculptors at Thebes, by Norman de Garis Davies. 1925. (Continuing the set.)
Minchin, Hamilton, London, England. Some early recollections of Sar- gent, by Hamilton Minchin. Letchworth. 1925, Edition of 50 copies.
Mixter, Mrs. S.J. Seventy-three volumes of miscellaneous works, includ- ing 1 5 publications on Bridge whist.
Mudgett, Mrs. Louis FI. Fourteen framed photographs of musical artists, critics and music societies presented to Louis H. Mudgett; also the Commemorative record of the Handel and Haydn Society of Bos- ton. 1815-1903.
Myers, Albert Cook, Philadelphia. Facsimile of Wilham Penn's first Charter to the people of Pennsylvania, April 25, 1682. Edited by Albert Cook Myers. One of 50 copies on special paper.
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Olmstead Brothers, Brookline. A system of parks and playgrounds for Birmingham. Prehminary report upon the park problems, needs and opportunities of the city and its immediate surroundings. By Olm- stead Brothers. (Birmingham, 1925.)
Page, L. C. & Company. Twenty-three volumes published by L. C. Page & Company.
Pember, Francis W., Warden of All Souls' College, Oxford. Catalogue of the Archives in the Muniment Rooms of All Souls' College. Pre- pared by Charles Trice Martin. London. 1877.
Robbins, Reginald C, Pans, France. Forty-three pieces of music, songs by Reginald C. Robbins. Paris. 1922-1924.
Sellers, Edwin Jaquett, Philadelphia. Sellers family of Pennsylvania and allied families. By Edwin Jaquett Sellers. Philadelphia. 1925. Edition of 1 50 copies.
Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia. Pubhcations re- lating to the Exposition of 1926. Exliibits. rules and regulations and colored posters of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
Strokoskas, Rev. Francis W., St. Peter's Lithuanian Church. Twenty- three volumes in Lithuanian. For the South Boston Branch library.
1 annenbaum, Dr. Samuel A., New York City. Reclaiming one of Shake- spere's signatures. By Samuel A. Tannenbaum, Baltimore. 1925.
1 appan, Miss M. A. Animal locomotion. An electro photographic in- vestigation of consecutive phases of animal movements, 1872—1885, By Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia. 1887.
1 itcomb, Everett. Sixty volumes, a miscellaneous collection of chamber music and piano works by the folloAving composers: ■ — Brahms, Bach, Strauss, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Rubinstein, Grieg, St. Saens, Wagner, Franck, Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt. Also nine pieces, compositions by Everett Titcomb, for the Allen A. Brown Library.
Welcher, The Misses, Hartford, Connecticut. The Warren, Little, Lothrop, Park, Dix. Whitman, Fairchild, Piatt, Wheeler, Lance and Avery pedigrees of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1847—1920. New York. 1925. Edition of 200 copies.
Wendell, W. G. and Ross L. Lynn, New York City. The Book of the Jacob Wendell Scholars. Privately printed. Boston. 1925.
Wigglesworth, Richard B. Assistant to the Agent General for Repara- tion Payments, Berlin.
Report of the Agent General for Reparation Payments, No. 30, 1925. Berlin.
Woodruff, Frederick O. Woodruff genealogy. Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, Conn., 1640—1, and ten generations of his descendants, together with genealogies of families connected through marriage Compiled by George N. Mackenzie and others. 50 copies printed. Boston, 1925.
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OFFICIALS OF THE LIBRARY.
Director, Charles F. D. Belden.
Assistant to Director, Robert A. Howes.
Reference Librarian Frank H. Chase.
Executive Secretary, Delia Jean Deery.
Auditor, Adelaide A. Nichols.
Bates Hall Centre Desk, Patent and Newspaper Department: Pierce E. Buckley, Chief.
Patent Division, William J. Ennis, Assistant in Charge.
Newspaper Division, Frederic Serex, Assistant in Charge. Bindery Department: James W. Kenney, Chief. Branch Department: Edith Guerrier, Supervisor of Branches.
Central Branch Issue Division, Alice V. Stevens, Assistant in Charge.
Branch Binding Division, Marian A. McCarthy, Assistant in Charge.
Shipping Division, Robert F. Dixon, Assistant in Charge. *For Branch Librarians, see below. Catalogue Department: Samuel A. Chevalier, Chief.
Card Division, T. Francis Brennan, Assistant in Charge.
Shelf Division, Michael McCarthy, Chief Classifier, in Charge. Children's Department: Alice M. Jordan, Supervisor of Wdrk with Children.
Children's Librarian, Central Library, Mary C. Toy, Editor: Zoltan Haraszti.
Engineer and Janitor Department: William F. Quinn, Supt. of Buildings. Genealogy Division: Agnes C. Doyle; Assistant in Charge. Information Office: John H. Reardon, Assistant in Charge. Issue Department: Frank C. Blaisdell, Chief. Ordering Department: Theodosia E. Macurdy, Chief, Periodical Room: Francis J. Hannigan, Assistant in Charge. Printing Department: Francis Watts Lee, Chief. Registration Department: A. Frances Rogers, Chief. Special Libraries Department: Winlhrop H. Chenery, Chief.
Fechnology Division, George S. Maynard, Assistant in Charge.
Music Division, Richard G. Appel, Assistant in Charge.
Barton-Ticknor Division, Everett B. 1 cwksbury. Assistant in Charge. Statistical Department: Horace L. Wheeler, Chief. Stock Room: Timothy J. Mackin, Custodian. ■^Branch Librarians:
Allston, Katherine F. Muldoon. Andrew Square, Elizabeth H. McShane. Boylston Station, Edith R. Nickerson.
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Brighton, Marian W. Brackett. Charlestown, Katherine S. Rogan. City Point, Alice L. Murphy. Codman Square, Elizabeth P. Ross. Dorchester, Edith F. Pendleton. East Boston, Laura M. Cross. Faneuil, Gertrude L. Connell. Fellowes Athenaeum, Mary E. Ames. Hyde Park, Grace L. Murray. Jamaica Plain, Katie F. Albert. Jeffries Point, Margaret A. Calnan. Lower Mills, Isabel E. Wetherald. Mattapan, Lois Clark. Mount Bowdoin, Theodora B. Scoff. Mount Pleasant, Margaret H. Reid. Neponset, Ellen C. McShane. North End, Mary F. Curley (acting). Orient Heights, Catharine F. Flannery. Parker Hill, Mary M. Sullivan. Roslindale, Annie M. Donovan. Roxbury Crossing, Katrina M. Sather. South Boston, M. Florence Cufflin. South End, Margaret A. Sheridan. Tyler Street, Marion C. Kingman. Upham's Corner, Beatrice C. Maguire. Warren Street, Beatrice M. Flanagan. West End, Fanny Goldstein. West Roxbury, Carrie L. Morse.
Central Library, Copley Square. 1
Branch Libraries, January 1, 1926.
ch, 3a Norlh Bennel Si. . ch. Shawmul Ave. and West Brooklir h, Cambridge, cor. Lynde Si. . nch, Tyler, cor. Oak Si. .
City Proper.
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Brighton.
Brighton Branch, Academy Hill Road
Allston Branch, 138 Brighton Ave.
Faneuil Branch, 100 Brooks Si. . Charlestown.
Charleslown Branch, M^ Dorchester.
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Dorchester Brai Codman Square Upham's Corne Lower Mills Bl Mallapan Bran<
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Ada h, Washington, cor. r Branch, Columbia Road, ( anch. Washington, cor. Rich, h, 7 Babson St. .
Norfolk Si. cor. Bird St. dSl.
Mount Bowdoin Branch. Washington, cor. Eldon St.
Neponsct Branch, 362 Neponiet Ave. . East Boston.
East Boston Branch. 276-282 Meridian St. .
Jeffries PoinI Branch. 195 Webster St.
Orient HeighU Branch. 1030 Bennilglon St. Hyde Park.
Hyde Park Branch. Harvard Ave., cor. Winlhrop St. Jamaica Plain.
ich, Sedgwick, cor. South Si. ch. Depot Square
Jamaica Plain Br: Boylslon Station Bri ROXBURY,
Fellowes Alheneum Warren Street Bran Mount Pleasant Bra
Branch. 46 Milmont St. .ch. 392 Warren St. . inch. Dudley, cor. Vine St Parker Hill Branch, 1518 Tremont St. Roxbury Crossing Branch. 208 Ruggles St. . South Boston.
South Boston Branch, 372 Broadway . Andrew Square Branch, 396 Dorchester St. . City Point Branch, Broadway, near H St. . West Roxbury.
West Roxbury Branch. Centre, near Ml. Vernon St Roslindale Br.incb, Washington, cor. Ashland St. .
Area of City (Land only) 45.60 S.|uare mile
Population (Census of 1925), 779,620.
INDEX.
Accessions, 2, 25, 27-28, 51-52. Atherton, Percy Lee, 2. Balance Sheet, expenses, 19, 21 ; re- ceipts, 18, 20. Barton-Tickiior Room, 37, 38. Bates Hall Centre Desk and Reference,
32-34.
Bindery, 45, 54.
Books, accessions, 2, 25; circulation, 2, 25, 38, 48-50; total number in Li- brary, 2, 53.
Branches, 41-43; accessions, 28; buildings, 45-46; circulation, 41-42, ^19-50; instiuction, 43 44; personnel, 42.
Buildings, 45-46.
Business Historical Society, 26.
Catalogue and Shelf Department, 30- 31. 52.
Chase, Alice B., Bequest of, 3.
Children's Department and Work with Children. 38-41; circulation, 38; in^ struction, 44; rooms, 39, 41.
Circulation, 2, 25, 38, 48-50.
Columbia Phonograph Company, 29.
Coolidge, Mrs. Elizabeth S., 43.
Director, 16; report of, 25-47.
Employees, instruction, 44; officials, 64, 65; retirements, 46.
Estimates, 2.
Examining Committee, members of, 16; report of, 22-24.
Exhibitions, 38, 44, 58-59.
Fellowes Athenaeum Branch, 26.
Finance, balance sheets, 18-21 ; ex- penditures, 26; receipts 1 ; trust funds, 3-15.
Fine Arts Department, 37.
Genealogy, Division of. 33.
General Phonograph Corporation, 29,
Gest, Morris, 3, 29.
Gifts and bequests, 2, 28, 29, 59-63.
Government documents, (See In- formation Office).
Information Office, 34-35.
Iiiterlibrary loans, 42, 51.
Kirstein, Louis E., 3, 29.
Lectures, 43-44, 54-58.
Music Division, 37, 38.
Needs of of the Library, 16.
Newspaper Room, 34.
Open Shelf Room. (See Information Office).
Patent Room, 34.
Periodical Room, 36.
Peters, William York. 2.
Printing Department, 45, 54.
Publications, 30, 31-32.
Registration Department, 29-30.
Repairs and improvements 16, 45-46.
Shelf Division, 31, 37. 52. 53.
Spaulding, John T., 2.
Special Libraries, 37-38.
Staff, (See Employees).
Story Hour. 39-40.
Teachers' Room, 41.
Technology Division, 37.
Trustees, organization of, 1 ; report of, 1-17. •
Trust funds, expenditures, 18, 20; re- ceipts, 19; statement of, 3-15.
Victor Talking Machine Company, 29.
Weld, Mrs. Charles, 29.
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