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ANNUAL RBPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES
Public Library
CITY OF BOSTON.
1896.
BOSTON:
MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE.
1897.
To His Honoe, Josiah Quincy,
Mayor of the City of Boston :
Sir : In compliance with the ordinance which requires the
Trustees of the Public Library to make an annual report of
its condition, they present the following as their forty-fifth
annual report for the year ending January 31, 1897.
As the annual return which the Librarian is directed to
make to the Trustees gives such complete and instructive
information touching every department of the library, and
exhibits so fully all the details of its management, they beg
leave to adopt this return as part of their own report ; other-
wise, this communication would be largely a repetition of
what the Librarian has so well stated.
The Trustees earnestly advise a careful consideration of
his report, not only by the city government but by all who
are interested in the success of the library and desire that it
should fulfil the expectation of its founders, and become a
great library, not only for general readers, but for students,
scholars, and scientists.
A repetition of some portions of his report, however, may
be desirable.
The ordinance touching the annual report of the Trustees
specially directs them to state the '^ condition of the library,
the number of books added thereto during the year, the re-
ports of the Cojnmittee for the examination of the library,
and the total amount of money received from fines and sales."
Our library system has been greatly enlarged, so that it
now comprises:
The Copley Square Central Library and the branch
libraries at
Brighton, Roxbury,
Charlestown, South End,
Dorchester, South Boston,
East Boston, West End,
Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury,
Mattapan, "]
Mt. Bowdoin, ! ^^ v r.
TVT .1 Ti • i,x ^Reading Rooms.
North Brighton, [ ^
Lower Mills, J
2 City Document No. 18.
Besides these 14 branches there are 12 delivery stations,
having- daily interchange with the Central Library.
Besides these, 13 engine-houses receive each 25 volumes
every month, and, in addition, deposits are sent to the Cot-
tage place School, to the North Bennet-street Industrial
School, and to the Tyler-street Vacation School.
We would remind the citizens that the Central Library is
open every day in the year, except on four of the legal holi-
days, and the West End branch is open every day except on
all the legal holidays.
The number of books added to the library during the year
was 33,468.
On the 31st of January, 1896, there were in the Central
Library and branches, 628,297 volumes, of which 469,874
were in the Central Library. On the 31st of January, 1897,
the number in all the departments was 663,763, of which
492,901 were in the Central Library.
As the Trustees are charged with the duty to " adopt such
measures as shall extend the benefits of the institution as
widely as possible," so that the people may acquire the
"wisdom and knowledge which in the Bill of Rights are
declared to be necessary for the preservation of their rights
and liberties," it is most important to know if the citizens
are using the library as much as they should ; if the love
and habit of reading increases, and if the books, giving in-
struction, and diffusing " wisdom and knowledge," as well as
mere pleasure, are generally read. We may be proud of
the architectural charms of our library building, and find
delight in its artistic decorations, but if the institution does
not accomplish the work for which libraries are designed it
is not a success.
It is gratifying to know that there is no doubt in the
matter. The Librarian's report shows not only great increase
in the circulation of the books for home use, but great in-
crease in the number of readers in the Central Library and
the several branches. It also shows great increase in the use
of books therein by students, and those engaged in literary
and scientific work.
Library Department. 3
The circulation for home use from the Central Library
increased from 251,561 in 1895, to 285,560 in 1896 ; 60,175
volumes were issued from the children's room at the Central
Library, an increase of many thousand volumes. As no
record is kept of the hall use of books in the Central Library
no accurate statement can be made of the number of readers
there, but it is known to be large ; nor can we state the
number of volumes taken from the shelves to be read. There
are over 100,000 books which may be so taken without a
call slip, and we can safely say that such use is very great.
At times nearly every seat in Bates Hall is occupied, and
often nearly 300 readers are seen busy there, with note book
and pencil.
The report of the Librarian shows that the number of
"active" (live) cards outstanding January 31, 1897, is
45,606, against 34,842 February 1, 1896,— a gain of 10,764
card-holders during the year, and also that there is a greatly
increased use of books " on the Fine Arts in connection with
lectures, classes and topical work generally."
Our newspaper-room attracts a large and increasing num-
ber of readers. We have 318 papers; 111 are published
abroad, 207 in the United States, and 85 in foreign languages.
On the average, 225 papers are received daily. It is appar-
ent that such reading is well appreciated by our citizens.
All these facts show, beyond a doubt, this gratifying result,
that the use of books increases greatly, and that the habit of
reading constantly grows. We need have no fear that the
library is not doing and well doing the work for which it
was established.
The Trustees would call attention to an important change
in the administration of the stations by the extension of the
" deposit " system.
Deposits of about 300 volumes are sent to each station,
placed on shelves accessible to the public, and circulated di-
rectly from the station. These deposits are changed from
time to time. This system has resulted in the increase of the
circulation through stations from about 40,000 books in
1895-96 to more than 120,000 in 1896-97. Notwithstanding
4 City Document No. 18.
tills increased circulation through deposits, the demand for
Central Library books on cards sent from stations, has not
decreased.
The number of books sent out on deposit during the past
year was 11,962 ; the number at this time on deposit is 3,906.
The books for deposit use are either withdrawn from the
Central Library collection, or bought expressly for the
purpose. Unless the former are duplicates, they must neces-
sarily sometimes be recalled from deposit at much incon-
venience and trouble, but it is hoped that we shall ultimately
have enough " regular deposit " books to meet all demands.
As reference has been made in previous reports to com-
plaints of delays in getting books, it is giatifying to know
that present methods have somewhat obviated the evil. The
Librarian says the pneumatic tubes and the book railways now
work with more certainty, and thus relieve a prominent cause
of delay ; futhermore, the attendants are better trained for
their work. Without doubt, however, much of the delay re-
sults from the fault of readers. During the year investiga-
tion showed that on 505 application slips the name of the
applicant was omitted ; on 1,163 slips the number of the
reader's table was omitted. In 7,066 cases, applicants were
not to be found at the table to which it was requested the
books should be brought. Still, there are delays which
should, if possible, be remedied ; but the chief of the Issue
Department thinks they are largely caused by " certain in-
conveniences in architecture and classification, and to incom-
jileteness in the catalogues and shelf-lists, which have not
been brought to correspond with changes in the shelves."
The Trustees and the Librarian appreciate the importance
of reducing all delays to a minimum, and their constant at-
tention will be given to such improvements as may enable all
readers to receive promptly their books.
In May, 1896, a system of inter-library loans was adopted,
by which certain libraries had the privilege of drawing our
books for specified uses, with the guaranty for their safe re-
turn. Rules were made to carry out this system, and during
the year 63 volumes were loaned to certain libraries of the
Commonwealth. As care is taken that no loss or damage to
the books can occur from such loans, and as only such books
as can be spared without inconvenience to our own readers
are loaned, the Trustees believe this comity will be generally
approved.
Our library is indebted to the Commonwealth for the
gift of a large part of the valuable land upon which it
Library Department. 5
stands ; and if we can requite the obligation by allowing its
people outside of Boston to enjoy some of our books through
inter-library loans, without prejudice to our own citizens, and
without injury to the library, we believe it is proper to do so.
In order to direct the reading public to sources of infor-
mation relating to topics of current interest, the Trustees
have sought to set on foot a plan for the publication in the
daily papers of short lists of titles which may be profitably
consulted by persons seeking trustworthy statements about
subjects which, from time to time, become matters of public
interest. In this effort the co-operation of several of the
daily papers has been secured, and it is hoped that, as the
educational value of the plan becomes more apparent, a
wider publication of such lists may appear practicable.
Many donations have been made to the library during the
year, some of them of great importance. They are fully set
forth in the Librarian's report. As evidence of the great
interest of our citizens in the success of the institution, they
have peculiar value. It is matter for congratulation that
this interest has extended beyond state lines, and led Miss
Victorine Thomas Artz, of Chicago, to make the generous
gift of $10,000 as a fund for the purchase of rare editions
of classic writers, to be known as the Longfellow Memorial
Collection. The Trustees indulge the hope that these gifts
will stimulate other friends of the librar}^ to make like
benefactions. We need additional endowments; we need
more means to make this library what it should be, — to
make it properly represent the culture and intelligence of
this community. If the citizens could realize how deficient
it is in many respects, and what is required for the supply
of these deficiences, it cannot be doubted that the necessary
means would be forthcoming, either from the City Govern-
ment, or from the private donations of the public-spkited
and patriotic.
The Trustees would remind the friends of the library that
out of the annual appropriation of $225,000, but $25,000
could be appropriated to the purchase of books. Adminis-
trative expenses increase so much that, with an income of
$250,000, not more than this amount is available for books.
Now, for a city of half a million of inhabitants, $25,000 a
year barely suffices for the more popular departments of
literature. It does not suffice for the multiplication of
copies of popular books required for so many readers, spread
over so large an area. The fact that last year 57 per cent
of the applications through the branches and stations for
6 CiTV Docu^iKNT No. 18.
books from the Central Library \A'ere fruitless, indicates the
present need of such multiplication of copies; to provide
these, and the necessary additions of current publications,
$25,000 per year is very inadequate. The moneys needed
to supply the wants of specialists must be obtained by
private gifts. If the library is to maintain its reputation as
one for the scholar and specialist and increase in usefulness,
it must he further endowed. The total annual income of
the Trust Funds is less than 19,000, and a large part of this
is restricted. Nine thousand dollars per year is practically
exhausted in supplying the most important of the current
publications to which the city funds will not extend. When,
therefore, opportunities occur for the purchase of special
collections which are occasionally put on the market, the
Trustees are powerless in the matter. We should improve
such opportunities if we would build up a great reference
library.
The Trustees earnestly desire to remove any impression
which may exist that the library is rich in endowment, or
that the appropriations from the city can do more than pro-
vide for the miscellaneous literature of the popular sort.
The library should have a reserve fund for emergencies.
The city has erected for the library a noble building ; but
the moneys it provides for its maintenance must be directed
to the educational needs of the great mass of citizens. The
funds required to enable the institution to render the service
which a great reference library can perform for the higher
scholarship must be contributed, as we have said, by
individuals.
As the Librarian gives in his report a full statement of
the financial condition of the library, its income and expen-
ditures, reference thereto will give information in the
matter; but as many may not closely examine his statement,
and as it is important that the government and the citizens
should fully understand what we have received, and what
we have disbursed in the administration of the library, the
Trustees repeat in condensed form what has been so minutely
set forth by him :
The total income of 1896, from all sources
was 1272,842 87
Made up as follows:
The General Appropriation of that year . -$225,000 00
Amount carried fonvard . . . $225,000 00
Library Department. 7
Amount brought forward, 1225,000 00
The Trust-Funds income for 1896, and the
unexpended income previous to 1896, from
Trust Funds 30,712 20
,The Miscellaneous income derived during the
year from fines, sales of library publica-
tions, rents of Old Library building, and
receipts, other than those above stated . 17,130 67
1272,842 87
The gross expenditures during 1896, includ-
ing the cost of maintaining the branches,
reading-rooms and stations were . . 243,366 81
1243,366 81
Balance $29,476 06
These expenditures were made —
From General Funds . . 1231,525 33
From Special Funds . . 11,820 32
From Exchange Account . 21 16
The above balance of -129,476.06 is largely
income from Trust Funds, restricted to the
purchase of books, and not to be used for
other purposes.
The amount of such restricted
income is . . . . $22,929 77
The Todd Fund, applicable
only to the purchase of news-
papers, makes a part of said
balance. It amounts to . 2,950 10 25,879 87
Balance of income, applicable to general
purposes |3,596 19
The increase of general expenditures in 1896
over those of 1895 was . . . . 122,917 28
The increase in the cost of maintaining
branches, reading-rooms and stations in
1896 over those of 1895 (included in
the increase of general expenditures) was $14,788 16
The largest items of increased expenditures were those
of Books and Salaries.
The increase in expenditures for books from city appro-
priations alone was $7,550.07.
8 City Document No. 18.
The increase in salaries is " accounted for in part as con-
tract increases under the graded system, and in part as
expenditures for departments of work either newly under-
taken, or not forming a full year's liability in 1895."
Special Appropriations.
The Balance of the Building Appropriation
February 1, 1806, was . . . . $il39,983 17
Expenditure in 1896 50,502 00
Balance 889,481 17
Against this balance are contract liabilities amounting to
$92,002.08.
There are also claims amounting to over $8,000 ; making
a deficit of $10,521.81, for which there is no present pro-
vision.
The balance of the Furnishing Appropriation
February 1, 1896, was . . . . 141,339 92
Expenditures in 1896 16,799 96
Balance $24,539 96
which is less than will be required for the adequate furnish-
ing of this building.
The alterations and repairs on the West Church property
on Cambridge street were completed during the year, and
we now have a building well adapted for a branch library.
It is in every way the most attractive and the most complete
of all the branches.
During the year nearly $3,000 have been expended in
repairs and for furniture at the different branches.
The Trustees regret to say that a large sum is required
to put the East Boston branch in proper condition, to repair
the building in which it is located, and furnish the necessary
equipment ; that the cost is wholly beyond their means, and
a special appropriation must be made for the work. East
Boston is remote from all other library facilities, and the
demands'of its 42,000 inhabitants for improved library accom-
modation, for larger rooms, more suitable furniture and better
books have been so great and so generally recognized, that in
July last an order was introduced into the City Council for a
loan of $75,000 to be expended on this branch, but the order
failed to be enacted.
In September last the Building Committee of the School
Board requested the Trustees to remove the South End
LiBEAKY Department. 9
Branch from its quarters in the basement of the High School
building on Montgomery street, as the room was needed for
school purposes.
The Trustees, having no funds for the purchase of a
building elsewhere for this branch, proposed to discontinue
it, as proximity to the Central Library seemed to make a
branch in the High School building unnecessary; but a peti-
tion having been received, signed by several hundred residents
of the vicinity, protesting against such discontinuance, and
demanding the retention of the branch where it was, until
another location could be secured, the Trustees decided to
take at present no further action in the premises. They
hope if the South End Branch is to be maintained, the means
for the purpose will be supplied by the government.
The Trustees would draw attention to the need of an ap-
propriation for certain additional work at the Central Library,
which may be considered as " Construction," and therefore
properly chargeable to Construction Account.
One hundred thousand dollars, at least, are needed for
these purposes. It was not to be expected, when the designs
of this great library building were made, that everything
needed for the accommodation of the institution could be
foreseen and supplied. Experience was required of new and
developing uses.
We would refer to some of these unanticipated demands.
It was found that the heating apparatus was insuificient
to warm certain parts of the building. This defect could not
have been foreseen when the plans of the apparatus were
made, because certain structural peculiarities in the building
presented conditions affecting the efficiency of the appara-
tus which could not be taken into account at the outset of
the plan.
The scheme for ventilation, notwithstanding the time and
study given to it by its designer, proved wholly inadequate
for the desired result, and we were compelled to expend
largely in improving it.
The apparatus is not yet what it should be; and further
moneys are required to perfect it.
We were obliged to purchase an auxiliary engine and dy-
namo for heating, lighting and power purposes. New wiring
for electric lights in the periodical and other rooms was re-
quired; also, additional fixtures for the delivery room, the
children's room and other departments. Standard lamps
were needed for the bookcases in Bates Hall. The cost of
them was 81,400.
10 City Dooument No. 18.
Certain work should be done on the roof phitform and
other part of the exterior of the building, which is properly
"construction," and chargeable to Construction Account and
not to Maintenance.
Two freight elevators are greatly wanted for the conve-
nient performance of the \York of the library.
Certain portions of the building, which have never been
completed, should be fitted up for administrative purposes.
A large room over the bound newspaper-room should be pre-
pared as a duj)licate room, and nearly half the basement fitted
for storage shelving, and other library accommodations.
As the room occupied by the patent collection is wanted
for a reading room, a gallery floor must be put up in the news-
paper-room for the accommodation of this collection.
The ceiling of the delivery room has never been finished,
and, if it is to be made as designed, to correspond with the
rest of the room, the cost will be large.
Certain important changes, involving considerable expense
must be made in some of the administration rooms, especially
in the branch rooms, where facilities were made for send-
ing out only about 5,000 volumes a year; but now there
should be provision for sending out at least 300,000. This
change would require the remodelling of one of the stack
floors at much expense. The domed rooms, those occupied
by the Barton-Ticknor and Fine Art collections, should
have lights around the domes.
The convenience of the public would be greatly served by
a complete system of clocks throughout the building; but
the Trustees have no funds for such purpose.
The above are only some of the needs of the library ;
many more and pressing ones might be named, which daily
experience shows are made indispensably requisite by the
growth of the library, the constant increase in numbers of
those who use it, and the development of new uses.
None of these or other necessary improvements can be met
from our annual appropriations, which are barely sufficient
for maintenance. We should have a further special " Build-
ing Appropriation."
Of late, when an item of such work, properly chargeable to
"Construction," has been so pressing that it cannot be de-
layed, we have been compelled to borrow for the time the
means for payment from our Furnishing Appropriation to be
returned hereafter.
The Trustees are able to report that the eight panels
which M. Puvis de Chavannes had engaged to paint for the
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decoration of the Staircase Hall, have been finished, as also
the work of Mr. Garnsey on the ceiling, required for the com-
pletion of the designs of the great artist. In the judgment
of those who may be considered experts these mural decora-
tions are considered a great success, and add largely to the
aesthetic claims of the building. They are evidently enjoyed
by the citizens, since large numbers of persons come daily to
see them.
Among the gifts to the library during the year 1896 was
the Macmonnies group, known as the Bacchante, and pre-
sented by the architect, Mr. McKim, as a decoration for the
fountain in the centre of the courtyard. Its exhibition has
led to a discussion of its fitness for that place, and the Trus-
tees still have the matter under consideration.
The Committee appointed by the Trustees to examine the
library during the past year consisted of John L. Bates,
Borden P. Bowne, Everett W. Burdett, Helen Cheever,
Joseph J. Corbett, Hasket Derby, George M. Garland,
Heloise E. Hersey, John E. Hudson, Emma Hutchins, John
J. McNulty, Leighton Parks, Azariah Smith, Caleb B.
Tillinghast, and Barrett Wendell.
Their full report, with its valuable comments and recom-
mendations, is appended hereto. As the date of their report
coincides with the date of this, the Trustees will not attempt
a present discussion of these recommendations, but will con-
tent themselves with noting here their appreciation of the
care, interest, and public spirit with which the Committee
has done its work.
During the year our esteemed co-Trustee, Gen. Francis A.
Walker, died. Although he served but a few months, his
deep interest in the librar}^ his great love of letters, and his
large experience as an educator, made his oiDinions and sug-
gestions touching the execution of our trusts most valuable.
The institution has lost in him a warm friend and advo-
cate, and the Trustees a useful and pleasant associate.
Frederick O. Prince,
President.
JosiAH H. Benton, Jr.
Henry P. Bowditch.
James De Normandie.
Solomon Lincoln.
Febnaary 1, 1897.
Adopted.
Attest :
Herbert Putnam, Clerk.
12 City Docu-ment No. 18.
RESOLUTIONS ON THE RETIREMENT OF
SAMUEL CAUR.
[A Trustee June 24, 1895— April 30, 1896.]
In Boaed of Trustees,
June 19, 1896.
As Mr. Samuel Carr has ceased to be a Trustee of the
Public Library by reason of the expiration of his term of
office, his associates on the board desire to express and
record their appreciation of his valuable services. It is
therefore
Resolved^ That Mr. Carr, by his faithful and successful
discharge of his official duties, is entitled to the gratitude of
the citizens and the friends of the library.
Always manifesting deep interest in his trust, he was
constant in attending our meetings and ready at all times
to perform his share of the work. To the many important
matters specially referred to his consideration he gave faith-
ful attention, exhibiting therein excellent judgment and
great executive ability.
His thorough knowledge of business principles and meth-
ods enabled him to render valuable assistance to the Board,
and made his work useful and beneficial.
Resolved, That the Trustees gratefully accord to him the
freedom of the alcoves, with the customary privileges.
LlBKAHY DePARTJMEXT. 13
RESOLUTIONS' ON THE DEATH OF
FRANCIS A. WALKER.
[A Trustee May 4, 1896 — January 5, 1897.]
Ik Board of Trustees,
January 15, 1897.
Resolved^ That the Trustees of the Public Library have
lost in Gen. Francis A. Walker an esteemed and valuable
associate. Although his term of service was short — being
less than a year — his deep interest in the library as an
instrument of public instruction, his ardent love of letters,
and his great experience as an educator, made at once his
suggestions and judgment, touching the many questions
affecting the administration of the important trusts reposed
in this Board, of great value.
Being so well equipped for the work, it is most unfortu-
nate, for the interests of this great public institution, that he
was not permitted to continue longer as a supervisor.
General Walker was a very remarkable man, eminent as a
soldier, an educator, a writer, a lecturer, and a scientist. His
great interest in public questions, especially those relating to
economics and finance, his studious habits, his extraordinary
capacity for work, his contagious enthusiasm in the prosecu-
tion of whatever he undertook, endeared him to the citizens
and made his death a public loss.
His industry and public spirit enabled him to respond to
constant calls to serve as member and manager of many
scientific, literary, educational, and other organizations. As
he was not impeded by weight of years, and apparently pos-
sessed great physical vigor, there was reason to believe his
career of usefulness would be long. But it was otherwise
ordained.
Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit.
14 City Document No. 18.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Trustees :
I have the honor to submit my report for the year 1896.
By reason of the change in the statistical year 1895, which
brought it into accord with the fiscal year, the statistics
given in last year's report represent a period of thirteen
months. This is to be regarded in comparing the statistics
given in this report (which embrace the twelve months end-
ing January 31, 1897) with those given in the report for
1895.
Since February 1, 1896, there have been added to the
operating departments of the library one branch library (the
West End), and three delivery stations of the deposit type.
To seven of the existing stations, one branch and two read-
ing rooms, the deposit feature has been added. This addi-
tion, with a change in method of compensation, has so
enlarged the scope of service in the case of these stations as
to entitle them to be re-classified. West Roxbury, formerly
classed as a mere delivery station, is now ranked as a branch,
having a permanent collection of some 4,000 volumes. On
January 31, 1897, the library system comprises:
The Central Library, Copley square.
Two branch libraries (Brighton and West End) in sepa-
rate buildings, owned by the city, and exclusively devoted to
library uses.
Six branch libraries (Charlestown, Dorchester, East Bos-
ton, Jamaica Plain, South End, and West Roxbury), in city
buildings in part devoted to other municipal uses.
One branch library (Roxbury), in a separate building de-
voted solely to the uses of a Public Library, but in which the
City Library is the lessee of a private library association.
One branch library (South Boston), occupying rented
rooms in a building devoted for the most part to commercial
uses.
Four branch reading rooms (Lower Mills, Mattapan, Mt.
Bowdoin, and North Brighton).
Ten delivery stations (B, G, H, J, M, N, P, Q, R, S),
with the "deposit" feature, one of which (Station S) is
maintained without present expense to the library for rent
or services of custodian, one of which (Station P) is in a
rented store, in charge of an employee on the library pay-roll,
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and eight of which are in stores, whose proprietors, with one
exception, give space, heat, light and service for a compen-
sation based on the number of books circulated by them ; and
two delivery stations (E and K), of the old type, through
which cards and books are issued from the Central Library,
and whose proprietors receive a fixed compensation of $250
per annum. This method of compensation still applies to
Station H also, although now a deposit station.
The delivery system of the library (a daily interchange
with the Central Library) extends to all of the above 26
branches, reading rooms, and stations, the transportation
being effected by the two library teams, save in the case of
seven, where local expresses are employed. The regular de-
livery system has since November 15 comprised, further, a
monthly delivery of a box of books to each of 13 fire com-
panies, and since January 25, 1897, a deliver}- twice each
week to the Hancock Grammar School, on Parmenter street.
The Central Librar}^ has been open every day in the year,
except June 17, July 4, September 1 (Labor Day), and
Christmas. On the other legal holidays (Washington's
Birthday, Patriots' Day, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving
Day), the Central Library was open as on Sundays, that is,
from 2 until 10 P.M., in all departments directly serving
the public. Of the branches, the West End has been open
on Sundays during these same hours throughout the year ;
and the Charlestown, East Boston, and South Boston
branches between March 15 and April 26, inclusive.
FINANCE.
The Auditor's statement (Appendix I. of this report)
shows fully the receipts and disbursements of this depart-
ment during the fiscal year.
Incojme.
The following figures, drawn from the Auditor's state-
ment, indicate income applicable to maintenance and pur-
chase of books :
General appropriation for 1896 . . . |225,000 00
Miscellaneous income, including receipts from
fines, sales of libra rj^ publications, rentals
of old library building, exchange accounts,
interest and balance from 1895 . . 17,130 67
Trust Funds : Income and balances . . 30,712 20
$272,842 87
16 City Document No. 18.
Under Trust Funds above, the^ figures include the Todd
Fund (balance $2,776.25, income 82,000), for the Newspaper
Room. The}' include also funds (e.^., the Harris Fund,
balance $3,688.21, income $300), the income of which is
restricted to a narrow area of purchase.
Not, of course, included under Income, are two principal
sums, representing endowments, which have become avail-
able during the year. These are : the sum of $10,000, given
by Miss Victorine T. Artz ; and the sum of $2,500 bequeathed
by Charles Mead, Esq. The Mead Fund has already been
invested, and the income to January 31, 1897, is included
above. The Artz Fund has not yet (February 1, 1897) been
invested. (Since invested in City of Boston bonds.)
Expenditures.
General appropriation : In addition to the detailed
statement of expenditures for the year 1896, Appendix I.
gives a comparative exhibit of the expenditures of this and
of the preceding year distributed under the several accounts.
This shows that the expenditures met by the general appro-
priation, supplemented by the revenue from the old building
and receipts from fines and sales, were :
In 1896 $281,525 33
In 1895 208,608 05
Increase in general expenditures . . $22,917 28
The cost of maintaining the branches, reading rooms, and
stations is included in the above. This item was :
In 1896 $62,785 39
In 1895 47,997 23
Increased expenditure for Branches, Reading
Rooms, and Stations in 1896 over 1895 . $14,788 16
At the Central Library increases in certain items were
offset by decreases in others. The items of largest increase
w^ere books and salaries. The expenditures for books and
periodicals from city appropriations alone were $7,550.07
greater in 1896 than in 1895. The increase in salaries is
accounted for in part as contract increases under the graded
system, in part as expenditures for departments of work
either newly undertaken or not forming a full year's liability
in 1895.
Library Department. 17
The above totals are exclusive of —
Expenditure for books, purchased with income
of Trust Funds |9,590 82
Expenditure for newspapers from the Todd
Fund 1,826 15
Expenditure for books and periodicals from
miscellaneous gifts ..... 403 35
$11,820 32
The gross expenditures for the year 1896, to be compared
with the gross income (f 272,842. 87), noted above, were
therefor :
General funds 1231,525 33
Special funds as above ..... 11,820 32
Exchange account ..... 21 16
Total expenditures 1243,366 81
An available balance on February 1, 1897, of $19,346.90
is made up as follows :
Applicable to general purposes . . . $3,596 19
Applicable to newspapers (Todd Fund) . 2,950 10
Applicable to the purchase of books :
Nominal balance
(m a i n 1 y Trust
Funds) . . $22,929 77
Less bills in hand and
outstanding orders, $2,140 95
Less reserve for con-
tinuations . . 4,000 00
Less C. Harris Fund 3,988 21 10,129 16 12,800 61
$19,346 90
Special Appropriations.
Those with existing balances are the Building appropria-
tion (construction of new Library Building) and Furnishing
appropriation (new building). The Auditor's Exhibit
shows :
Building appropriation : Balance February 1,
1896 $139,983 17
Expenditures 1896 50,502 00
Balance $89,481 17
Against which are contracts amounting to . $92,002 08
And claims amounting to over . . . $8,000 00
18 City Document No. 18.
The apparent deficit, if not otherwise provided for, must
be met out of the bahmce of the Furnisliing Appro[)riation
by reimbursement on account of furnishings hitlierto cliarged
to the liuilding appropriation. Much work, however, prop-
erly chaigeable to Construction, still remains to be done.
The above ligures take account of the amount (-13,280.14)
deducted from the I. P. Morris contract as a penalty for
demurrage on the engines.
Furnishing appropriation : Balance February,
1896 $41,339 92
Expenditures 1896 16,799 96
Balance 124,539 96
which is likely to be fully exhausted by work either already
contracted for or j^rojected.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
CENTRAL LIBRARY.
To the power plant at the Central Library has been added
an auxiliary engine of 50 h. p. capacity, directly connected
with a 40 K. W. dynamo. This carries the entire load from
6 A.M. until about 4 P.M., when the burden has to be shared
by one of the large (150 h. p.) engines. This new engine
thus combining with one of the large engines enables the
ventilating fans to be run throughout the library day, in-
stead of as heretofore only until 6 P.M. A change has
been made from the 220 volt to a 110 volt system through-
out, and the equalizer necessary with the larger voltage
abolished. This has necessitated the rewinding of the dyna-
mos and the substitution of 110-volt for 220-volt motors
throughout the system.
To the heating apparatus have been added 2,150 feet of
radiating surface on the Special libraries floor, and 366 feet
in the newspaper room and bindery. With these additions,
there has been no difficulty in keeping at a comfortable tem-
perature these rooms, part of which during last Avinter were
at times uninhabitable.
The following statistics have been so frequently called for
by other institutions that I include them here. Some of
them repeat, others correct, certain of the figures given on
page 17 of the last report:
Area of land (as given in 1892 report) . 64,844 sq. ft.
Area of courtyard (approximate) . . 12,075 sq. ft.
225
ft.
228
ft.
228
ft.
68
ft.
22.
9 ft.
Library Department. 19
Outside dimeiiijioiis of building (1892 report) —
Front on Dartmouth street and rear .
Front on Boy Is ton street ....
Front on Blagden street ....
Height from street level to top of cornice .
Height from cornice to ridgepole
Cubical contents (building alone as esti-
mated Februarjs 1897) (approximate), 3,315,689 cu. ft.
Floor area : Rooms open to
the public . . . 51,030 sq. ft.
Other rooms . . . 59,324 sq. ft.
Basement (cemented) . 34,399 sq. ft.
Total floor area . . 144,753 sq. ft.
Heating : Radiating surface . . . 30,000 sq. ft.
Lighting : 3,200 sockets for electric lights (wired for 3,500).
Ventilation: 2 fans: Intake (18 ft. in diameter) and ex-
haust.
Boilers: 3 — 100 h. p. each, of which one always in re-
serve.
Engines : 2 tandem compound, 150 h. p. each ; 1 Cross
compound, 50 h. p.
Dynamos: 2 — 100 K. W. Siemens-Halske, 110 volt; 1—40
K. W. Siemens-Halske, 110 volt.
Motors : 1 — 15 h. p.
1—8 h. p.
1 — 5 h. p.
3 — 2 h. p.
2 — 1 h. p.
Note. The removal of
the book railway from the
special libraries floor puts out
of use the 6 h. p. motor in-
stalled for its operation.
Steam Pumps : 2 boiler feed ; 1 elevator ; 2 fountain ; 1
low pressure, for ejecting water.
Air compressor for pneumatic tubes.
Elevators: 1 passenger, 2,500 lbs. lifting capacity; 7 book
elevators, operated by one motor.
Coal consumed: 1896 (approximate), 1,345 tons.
Daring the year a room near the Newspaper Reading
Room has been equipped with shelving for bound news-
papers. The room has a floor area of but 1,160 feet square,
out of which space must be left for readers. But its height
admitting of two tiers of cases, shelving has been contrived
for some 3,000 volumes. The files least used will have to
find accommodation in the basement : for these, shelving has
yet to be constructed. The cases above have sliding shelves,
to save the wear on the volumes in constant use. In the
basement cases of a simpler type will suffice.
In the decoration of the building the most important event
of the year has been the installation in October last, of the
20 City Documiont No. 18.
eight panels, by M. P. Puvis de Chavannes, which, at the
date of the hist report, were yet to be delivered. These
complete the contract of M. de Chavannes, and with the
subsequent treatment by Mr. Garnsey of the ceiling of the
Chavannes lobby, complete the decoration of the staircase
hall.
•Works of art given, accepted, and placed during the past
year have been: (1) The bronze bust of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, by Richard Edwin Brooks. This was ordered by
the Mayor of Boston, on authority of the City Council, and
was paid for by the city. (2) The marble bust of John G.
Whittier, by William Ordway Partridge, the gift of the
sculptor. (3) A portrait in oils of George Ticknor at the
age of forty. This is a copy of a portrait by Thomas Sully,
painted in 1831, and was given by Miss Anna E. Ticknor.
An interesting memorial, also, of Mr. Ticknor, is the large
mahogany cabinet-desk used by him. This was given to
the library by Mr. Ticknor's family after the death of Miss
Anna E. Ticknor ; and, with the portrait, has been placed in
the Barton-Ticknor room.
In the section of the Fine Art Department, devoted to
architecture, has been placed a memorial tablet to the late
Eugene Ldtang. It is of bronze, in a setting of marble ; was
designed by Mr. William E. Chamberlin ; was undertaken,
designed, and erected under the auspices of the Boston
Society of Architects, and bears the following inscription :
" Born at Boulleret, France, in the Province of Berri ; he
came to Boston in 1871 ; for twenty-two years he taught
architectural design at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology. In grateful memory of this loyal and faithful service
this tablet is erected by his pupils and friends."
Permission has been granted to the Society of Architects
to place in this room, on temporary deposit, a portrait of
Edward C. Cabot, the first president of the society.
The Children's Room has become enriched by a collection
of solar prints, enlarged under the direction, and at the
expense, of Mr. Arthur Astor Carey, from photographs
selected by him. They are suggestions for the decoration of
school-rooms ; and Mr. Carey has placed them on exhibition
here, for the purpose of showing what may be done at a com-
paratively small cost to cultivate the artistic sense in school
children. The cost of each print, framed and unframed, is
indicated in a catalogue, copies of which may be had at the
library on application.
The collection numbers some ninety prints, and comprises
famous examples of sculpture, the " Venus of Milo," the
ERRATA.
Page 20, line 30, /or faithful, read fruitful.
Page 23, line 2, read 663,763, of which 492,901.
Page 27, line ^,for Fellows', read Fellowes'.
Page 35, 8th and 4th lines from the bottom, read 45,606.
Page 46, last line, omit Appendix X., the by-laws, as re-
vised to date.
Page 47, /or XL, XII., XIII., XIV., read X., XI., XII.,
XIII.
work was to be done. On February 3, 1896, it was thrown
open to the public as the West End Branch. It is in equip-
ment the most modern, as it is in general aspect the most
attractive, of all the branches. In land, building, and equip-
ment alone (omitting books) it represents an outlay on the
part of the city of about -196,000.
Some new furniture and shelving have been added to the
equipment of nearly all of the branches. At Brighton and
at South Boston alterations and repairs have been more
thorough: counters remodelled, new reference cases built,
and various furnishings and fixtures added. In all, some
$2,000 has been spent on repairs at branches during the year,
and over $600 in furniture. This is exclusive of work done
by our own carpenter. At South Boston the Savings Bank,
which is our lessor, has retinted the branch rooms, and sup-
plied certain fixtures asked for.
The branch at East Boston is more desperately than any
other in need of repair and equipment ; but the need is so
radical as to constitute a bar to present action. The rooms
themselves are but a third of the size they should be ; they
are in an unsuitable building, and on the wrong floor of that
building. The furniture is meagre, battered, and ill-adapted
to its purpose. The books, although not meagre in number,
are meagre in interest, and, equally with the furniture, bat-
tered and ill-adapted to their purpose. To attempt to better
the equipment or the service in the present rooms is but to
palliate, at expense, conditions that must be dealt with
radically. East Boston is by itself a city of 42,000 inhabi-
tants, remote from other library facilities. Those furnished
by our East Boston Branch should be, at least, the equivalent
of those represented by the West' End Branch. In July
last an order was introduced into the City Council for a loan
painted in 1831, and was given by Miss Anna E. Ticknor.
An interesting memorial, also, of Mr. Ticknor, is the large
mahogany cabinet-desk used by him. This was given to
the library by Mr. Ticknor's family after the death of Miss
Anna E. Ticknor ; and, with the portrait, has been placed in
the Barton-Ticknor room.
In the section of the Fine Art Department, devoted to
architecture, has been placed a memorial tablet to the late
Eugene L^tang. It is of bronze, in a setting of marble ; was
designed by Mr. William E. Chamberlin ; was undertaken,
designed, and erected under the auspices of the Boston
Society of Architects, and bears the following inscription :
" Born at Boulleret, France, in the Province of Berri ; he
came to Boston in 1871 ; for twenty-two years he taught
architectural design at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology. In grateful memory of this loyal and faithful service
this tablet is erected by his pupils and friends."
Permission has been granted to the Society of Architects
to place in this room, on temporary deposit, a portrait of
Edward C. Cabot, the first president of the society.
The Children's Room has become enriched by a collection
of solar prints, enlarged under the direction, and at the
expense, of Mr. Arthur Astor Carey, from photographs
selected by him. They are suggestions for the decoration of
school-rooms ; and Mr. Carey has placed them on exhibition
here, for the purpose of showing what may be done at a com-
paratively small cost to cultivate the artistic sense in school
children. The cost of each print, framed and unframed, is
indicated in a catalogue, copies of which may be had at the
library on application.
The collection numbers some ninety prints, and comprises
famous examples of sculpture, the " Venus of Milo," the
LiBRAEY Department. 21
" Victory of Samothrace," as well as modern sculptures by
Fremiet and Barye ; photographs of Grecian and Egyptian
architecture, of Gothic cathedrals, of Venetian and Moorish
palaces ; specimens of wood-engraving by Diirer and others ;
of famous paintings and mural decorations ; and portraits of
George and Martha Washington ; of Lowell, Lincoln, Frank-
lin, and other famous Americans.
Branches.
The completion in January, 1896, of the alterations and
repairs upon the West Church property on Cambridge street
brought to the service of the library a building admirably
adapted to library uses, in a district where important library
work was to be done. On February f3, 1896, it was thrown
open to the public as the West End Branch. It is in equip-
ment the most modern, as it is in general aspect the most
attractive, of all the branches. In land, building, and equip-
ment alone (omitting books) it represents an outlay on the
part of the city of about 196,000.
Some new furniture and shelving have been added to the
equipment of nearly all of the branches. At Brighton and
at South Boston alterations and repairs have been more
thorough : counters remodelled, new reference cases built,
and various furnishings and fixtures added. In all, some
$2,000 has been spent on repairs at branches during the year,
and over $600 in furniture. This is exclusive of work done
by our own carpenter. At South Boston the Savings Bank,
which is our lessor, has retinted the branch rooms, and sup-
plied certain fixtures asked for.
The branch at East Boston is more desperately than any
other in need of repair and equipment ; but the need is so
radical as to constitute a bar to present action. The rooms
themselves are but a third of the size tliey should be ; they
are in an unsuitable building, and on the wrong floor of that
building. The furniture is meagre, battered, and ill-adapted
to its purpose. The books, although not meagre in number,
are meagre in interest, and, equally with the furniture, bat-
tered and ill-adapted to their purpose. To attempt to better
the equipment or the service in the present rooms is but to
palliate, at expense, conditions that must be dealt with
radically. East Boston is by itself a city of 42,000 inhabi-
tants, remote from other library facilities. Those furnished
by our East Boston Branch should be, at least, tlie equivalent
of those represented by the West' End Branch. In July
last an order was introduced into the City Council for a loan
22 • City Document No. 18.
of ?ii<75,000 for land and a building for the East I^oston
liranch. It did not come to enact'i ent.
In March last an order was passed looking to the purchase
of a building on West Springfield street for the use of the
South End Branch, but no action was taken. Assuming the
purchase to be desirable, the Trustees had not the funds
and the City Government did not offer to provide them. The
branch continued in its rooms in the basement of the High
School building on Montgomery street. In September a re-
quest was received from the Buildings Committee of the
School Board that the branch be removed, the room being
peremptorily needed for school uses. Before final action was
taken on this request the Trustees received a petition, signed
by several hundred citizens of the South End, in protest
against the discontinuance of the branch. The petition
recognized the proximity of the branch to the Central Library,
and admitted that some other location might be more de-
sirable, but was urgent against the vacation of the High
School rooms until such other location should have been se-
cured. The Trustees had no funds with which to rent rooms
for the branch, and on examining the terms of their occupancy
questioned their right under these circumstances to vacate
at once the rooms held by them rent free. The matter has
rested there, save that the need of the space for school uses
has been urged upon the City Council by the School Com-
mittee.
The introduction of the Deposit System into the delivery
stations has meant the equipment of each station with shelv-
ing, table, desk, and chairs ; it has involved in effect the
furnishing in each case of a room some 15 feet square.
Station P has involved more than this in bringing into ser-
vice a rented store (37 Broadway Extension), which has
been entirely furnished and is exclusively maintained by the
library.
Books.
Appendices II-V give the extent of the library by years,
a summary of the contents of the library on January 31,
1897, the net increase of the several departments during the
past 10 years, the actual accessions (as distinguished from
the books located), and the classification of the material in
the Central Library and branches on January 31, 1897.
According to last year's report it appears that the number
of volumes in the Central Library and branches on January
31, 1896, was 628,297, of which 469,874 were in the Central
Library. By the tables appended to this report it appears
Library Department. 23
that on January 31, 1897, the number in all departments is
659,089, of which 488,227 are in the Central Library.
The total expenditure for books and periodicals during
the past year was 140,1:30.23, as against -^31,774.13 in 1895.
This expenditure was distributed as follows:
City money expended for books :
For Central .... 113,695 77
For branches .... 11,692 48
Trust Funds expended for books :
B'or Central .... $8,867 44
For branches . . . . 125 44
125,388 25
8,992 88
134,381 13
City money expended for periodicals :
For Central .... |3,964 97
For branches .... 2,084 13
6,049 10
140,430 23
In a comparison of expenditures with statistics of additions,
the number of accessions^ rather than the number of books
actually located, should be considered. The accessions during
the past year (excluding mere transfers from one department
of the library to another) have been as follows :
Volumes. Volumes. Volumes.
Added by purchase . Central, 14,402 Branches, 9,599 Total, 24,001
Added by gift . , Central, 8,841 Branches, 626 Total, 9,467
Total accessions . Central, 23,243 Branches, 10,225 Total, 33,468
The above figures do not include 8,628 pamphlets not yet
fully examined. Otherwise pamphlets are included in ac-
cordance with the practice adopted some years ago of enter-
ing, cataloguing and binding each pamphlet as a separate
" volume."
In accordance also with a previous usage there are included
as " accessions " the product of 36 volumes of pamphlets which
have been dissected, and the several pamphlets bound sepa-
rately. This usage (which has the effect of making material
already on the shelves appear as a new addition to the
library) has been discontinued since June, 1896. The pam-
phlet collections since dissected appear in the tables under the
" increases " in the way of volumes, but I do not include
them here as " accessions."
24 City Document No. 18.
Gifts.
Among the gifts of especial interest received during the
year have been the following :
From Miss Victorine Thomas Artz, of Chicago, a fund of ten
thousand dollars (-110,000) ; " 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 of for-
eign authors." These books are to be known as the " Long-
fellow Memorial Collection."
From the late Charles Mead, of Boston, a legacy of
twenty-five hundred dollars (s|2,500), "to constitute a trust
fund, to be designated ' The Charles Mead Trust Fund,' for
the promotion of the objects of the Public Library ; " to be
used preferably for the benefit of the South Boston Branch
Library.
From Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, of Cambridge,
the "Galatea Collection of books relating to the History of
Women." This collection, the first instalment of which was
received February 11, 1896, now numbers 868 volumes. It
has been amassed during a period of nearly 50 years, in-
cluding books in various languages, and many that are rare
and curious, and represents, so far as known, the only general
collection of works on the subject in any public library.
Colonel Higginson desires this to be considered the nucleus
only of a collection which he hopes to see increased by other
givers, " who may gradually co-operate in building up a de-
partment of permanent value."
From the estate of Mrs. Bessie S. Lockwood, of Cambridge,
sixteen hundred and forty-three volumes, to be known, in
memory of her husband, as " The Hiland Lockwood Gift."
The gift includes, besides a various collection of American
history and literature, many volumes of bound periodicals,
newspapers, and public documents.
From the family of the late George Ticknor, besides the
large cabinet-desk of mahogany, used by Mr. Ticknor, now
placed in the Barton Ticknor library, seventy-five volumes,
mostly in folio, of engravings in the subjects of architecture
and painting ; also some three hundred and forty-one sup-
plementary engravings.
From Mr. and Mrs. James M. Codman, of Brookline, six
hundred and eleven volumes, forming, with photographs,
prints, etc., a notable and interesting library of landscape
architecture ; given " in memory of Henry Sargent Codman
and Philip Codman, landscape architects," by whom the col-
lection was made.
Library Department. 25
The Graupner Collection of Photographs. — This collection
given in August, 1896, as a memorial to Miss Harriet H.
Graupner, of Boston, by her friends, consists of over eleven
hundred photographs of paintings of the Renaissance period,
of all schools, with a small collection of representative Italian
sculptures. The various Italian schools of painting comprise
about two-thirds of the whole, and are represented by well-
selected examples of the founders and masters of each school.
The northern schools comprise good selections from the Van
Eycks, Memling, Van Dyck, Rubens, Rembrandt, Holbein,
Diirer, Schongauer, and others. Among pictures of the
Spanish schools are examples of Murillo, Velasquez, and the
minor painters.
From Dr. W. N. Bullard, of Boston, ten volumes of old
and rare books and manuscripts, including an example (im-
perfect) of early illumination, probably of the 14th century.
Three issues of the Venetian press, 1474, 1479, and 1489,
make a valuable addition to the library's examples of early
Italian printing. One of these, a " Mamotrectus," 1479, is
from the press of Nicolas Jen son.
From Dr. R. M. Bucke, of London, Ontario, thirteen
volumes of Whitman's works in various editions, the earliest
of which is the Thayer and Eldridge Boston edition of
1860-61; ten pieces of manuscript; and seventeen photo-
graphs and engraved portraits. This is understood to he the
first instalment of a collection of works by and relating to
Whitman, to be made primarily by friends of the poet.
From Allen A. Brown, Esq., 322 volumes for the Brown
Musical collection.
From Miss Susan Slavin, East Boston, 132 volumes of
English, French, Latin, and Spanish literature.
From Charles F. Atkinson, Esq., Boston, 242 volumes of
English literature, chiefly travels and the drama.
From the Commissioner of Patents of Great Britain, 74
volumes of British Patents.
From the German Patent Office, Berlin, 5,599 numbers of
the " Patentschrift." This illustrated work gives a list of
all the patents issued in the German Empire, and is a valu-
able addition to our patent collection.
From the estate of Samuel R. Urbino of Boston, 30 vol-
umes of French, Spanish, and Italian literature.
From the Due de Loubat, of Rome, a reproduction of a
Mexican figure-writing, known as the " Nahua book." The
original, Vatican codex 3,773, consists of nine pieces of tanned
deer-skin, folded in forty-eight leaves.
26 City Document No. 18.
From Arthur Astor Carey, Esq., Boston, a fine co})y of
Baiuhy, "Peintures d^coratives du grand foyer de I'Opdra,"
Paris.
From Robert C. Wintliro[), Esq., a MS. letter of Gov.
John Winthrop, dated March 29, 1(343. This to be placed
with the Chamberhiin collection.
From the heirs of Nathaniel I. Bowditch, two MS. copies
of the memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch, prefixed to the trans-
lation of the M^canique Celeste ; and two MS. volumes of
memorial notices of Nathaniel Bowditch, including copies of
letters.
From the Mt. Bowdoin Association, the 893 volumes re-
maining of the collection placed on deposit by the association
in our ]\It. Bowdoin Heading Room some years ago. The
title to these was formally transferred by the association to
the Trustees on February 27, 1897.
From Messrs. Curtis & Co., Boston, and Messrs. George
H. Policy & Co., Boston, sets of the photographs of the new
Public Library building, made under the direction of these
firms respectively.
It seems appropriate to mention also as among the gifts of
the year the dedication to the equipment of a Military Alcove
of the balance of the Twentieth Regiment Fund originally
contributed for the erection of one of the St. Gaudens lions in
the staircase hall. The exact sum that will be available for
the purchase of books cannot at this time be stated with pre-
cision ; it may reach 12,500 to be expended in immediate
purchases, and a fund of -15,000, of which the income is to
be used for additions. The initial expenditure will be for
material relating to the Civil War; and to this end a special
assistant under the chief cataloguer has been compiling a
list of such material of importance (as Regimental Histories)
not duplicating books already in the library. For this work
of compilation the Committee of the Regiment has assigned
a sum not exceeding |300 out of the fund.
Transfers.
It will be noticed that the tables show a considerable
number of volumes transferred from the branches to the
Central Library. The purpose of such transfer is to relieve
the branches of superfluous material — documents and un-
suitable titles or superseded editions — to make space for
books of current interest and practical value. It is our hope
in this way — by weeding out the " dead " matter, by weav-
ing in the "live" — to conform the collection at each branch
Library Department. 27
to the principle that it shall contain only books in active
use ; but these, books really useful in their line, convenient
in edition, and sound and attractive in appearance.
Additions to Branches.
Excluding the Fellows' Athenaeum, the branch libraries
vaiy in size from 4,000 to 30,000 volumes. Hitherto the
books for each have been bought and catalogued without re-
gard to the others. The present practice is in the case of
new accessions to purchase the same title for all ten branches.
The ten copies of the book are then catalogued at the Cen-
tral Library as one title (in fact the cataloguing involves
merely the printing of ten additional copies on smaller sized
stock of the catalogue card already set up for the Central
Library) . To this economy should be added ultimately the
publication of a single Finding List of Accessions that will
apply to every brancli as the " Y " list of " Selected Books
for Young Readers " now does. This can be done only when
a uniform system of notation will assign to the same title the
same call number at whatever branch the copy be located.
It makes a strong reason for revising, even at considerable
present expense, the system of classification and of notation
throughout the branches ; perhaps for introducing into every
branch the system in use at the West End.
In the column of books " condemned, lost, transferred and
missing "are included all books unaccounted for in the shelf-
reading of the year 1896. As explained in the last report
this method of entry takes the extreme view that books not
found in their places or recorded as elsewhere are to be
classed as no longer in the library. As a fact the larger
proportion of such books are but misplaced, and reappear
later on. Nine hundred and thirty-two volumes entered in
previous reports as "missing" have been found during the
past year. The reading of the shelves in the Central Library
is now especially difficult to conduct with precision, for the
reasons : (1), that the books are scattered over a large area,
in collections which are constantly varying as new uses de-
velop; (2), that certain shelf-lists (e. cj., those of Stack 4)
are, through erasures, interlineation, and cancellation, so con-
fused as to furnish a check-list in itself uncertain ; and (3),
that pressure of other work upon the shelf-department has
protracted the reading of the shelves fitfully over a long
period. When certain of the shelf-lists shall have been re-
written, and the force of the department shall permit two
members to be assigned continuously to the duty of reading,
more definite results may each year be reached.
28 City Document No. 18.
Assuming for the moment the figures as they stood Febru-
ary 1, 1897, to be final, tliey show but 38 volumes missing
from the Bates Hall reference shelves since the count of last
year. Considering that these shelves contain over 7,000
volumes, handled by the public absolutely without formality,
this number seems small ; and, as last year, the missing titles
are of books of relatively insignificant value. The other
" open " shelves in the Central Library are those of the
Special Libraries' floor, the Patent room and the Children's
room. Of the 90,000 volumes on the Special Libraries'
floor, 77 stood unaccounted for in the partial reading Feb-
ruary 1, 1897; of the 5,000 volumes in the Patent Library
none; but the "missing" from the Children's room num-
bered several hundred volumes. Many of these have been
carried off by children in mere misapprehension of the
rules, and this may also be asserted of many of the 249 vol-
umes missing from the Branch libraries since the system of
"■ open " shelves has been introduced there. But the arrest
during the year of one adult book thief with 27 library books
in his possession, and of some six juvenile thieves with 21
library books in their possession, (nearly all books from the
Children's room), shows that a percentage of the missing
volumes must be set down as stolen. Of course, the books
stolen are of a class easily replaced at no great cost; but
the total of loss is large enough, I fear, to be quoted to the
discredit of the system of open shelves. I am entirely un-
willing to admit that it touches the principle of open shelves.
Systematic theft by one or two individuals may proceed until
it involves hundreds of volumes without impeaching the
honesty of the general public. At the same time it is to be
hoped that the punishment of the recent offenders may so
serve as a deterrent that the figures for the coming year will
not have to be explained in justification of the system.
Binding.
During the year 8,145 books and 3,416 pamphlets have
been bound in the Library Bindery. 1,510 of the books bound
contained plates which required "guards." The work of the
Bindery included also 2,417 volumes repaired, 1,739 pam-
phlets stitched into covers, 472 maps mounted on cloth, 1,199
covers made for serials, 3,805 cards and 74 photographs
mounted, together with a mass of smaller miscellaneous work,
such as portfolios, pouches, blocks, etc.; even eight office
covered.
Library Department. 29
But there has now also been thrown upon the Bindery a
large amount of work of cutting stock to be used in our
Printing Department, and of folding and stitching library
publications issued through it. During the past year 58,424
copies of library publications have been so folded and
stitched. This work has required the addition to the Bindery
force of one forwarder and one sewing woman, and to the
equipment a new cutting machine of a modern, more power-
ful and more rapid type than the hand cutters already used.
This machine, with an electric motor for its operation, has
been purchased and installed at a cost of 1721.93.
Upon petition of the Bindery employees the working day
in the Bindery was reduced from ten to nine hours. The
change took effect on November 1, and was granted as an
experiment to continue for one year. The work done is being
carefully recorded, by way of cornparing the output for a
year under the nine-hour with that of the previous year
under the ten-hour system.
The outside contract work (binding in cheap form of
branch books and old Lower Hall books) has comprised the
binding of 8,931 volumes at a total cost of 11,420.72. A
large amount of minor repairing is done in the stacks by the
employees of the Issue Department.
Catalogues.
The number of volumes catalogued at the Central Library
during the year has been 50,794, embracing 31,875 titles.
The number of cards added to the catalogues is reported as
74,979. But these figures by no means indicate the extent of
the work, even of the catalogue department, a large part of
which cannot be tabulated. Of the Allen A. Brown library
of music, 4,654 volumes, with 4,547 titles, were catalogued in
1896; also of collections, 4,732 parts, with 4,421 titles. The
number of volumes catalogued since the work began is
8,309, representing 7,900 titles; also 10,888 parts. In the
statistics of cataloguing, " volumes " means separate publica-
tions. In the case of the Brown library a great number of
publications (as, songs) are apt to be grouped within one
cover. In cataloguing these cannot be grouped under a
single title, but must be entered separately. The work of
cataloguing this library extends also to an analysis of the
collections. What this involves may be judged from the fact
that the nine volumes of Warren's Collection of Catches,
Glees, etc., involved the cataloguing of over 600 titles.
Mr. Hunt estimates that this library, which stands in our
30 City Document No. 18.
records and iu our acknowledgments as a library of 7,671
volumes, comprises over 30,000 different publications. Tiie
work of cataloguing is proceeding as rapidly as is consistent
with the careful and scholarly labor with which it is being
conducted.
Bulletins. (^See infra.')
The Political Economy Catalogue. — Some 2,000 cards have
been added to the matter under compilation. Among these
accessions works on the currency question, as called out by
the late presidential campaign, are especially numerous.
Boston.— A list of the documents printed during the time
when Boston was under town government is ready for the
printer. The Chief Cataloguer proposes that when in proof
it be sent to other libraries for additions. The remaining
portion of the bibliography of Boston has been considerably
enlarged during the year.
A list of Historical Fiction relating to Rome was finished
early in the year. Work is in progress on Italy. It is pro-
posed to reserve the publication of these until the entire list
can be issued.
A Bibliography of the Higher Education of Women., com-
piled by members of the Association of Collegiate Alumnse
and under its auspices, is, at the request of the Associa-
tion, to be published by us, most of the expense of publication
being met by the purchase by the association of 2,000 copies.
This list has had to undergo some revision by our cataloguers
and the addition of recent titles. Seven pages of the forty-
eight have been put into type.
Consolidated Periodical List. — An important venture in the
direction of co-operative bibliography is the list of periodicals,
newspapers, transactions of societies, and other serial pub-
lications currently taken by the libraries of Boston and Cam-
bridge. In the preparation of this list, which has involved
great labor and detail, the 36 libraries interested have worked
together ; but the publication is undertaken by this library
alone. The matter is all in type (or properly in "slugs")
save an Index, which is nearly ready for the printer. It will
form a volume of perhaps 125 pages, and include about
5,400 different serials. We hope that it is merely prelimi-
nary to a list of all the files of serials in these libraries.
Such a list, not merely giving the title of each serial, but de-
scribing with precision the period covered by the file in each
library, would render an important service. We shall prob-
ably print such a list of the serials in the Boston Public
Library, and using it as a basis invite the information that
will swell it into a list inclusive of all these libraries.
Library Department. 31
Another enterprise in co-operative bibliography is the
'■'■Index to Architectural Illustrations'''' which is being under-
taken by the Athenseum, the Institute of Technology
and the Boston Public Library, and in which the libiaries
of Harvard and of Columbia Universities are likely to join.
The index will, of course, comprise only material in these
libraries ; but the material in these five libraries (including
the Architectural Departments of Harvard and the Listitute
and the Avery Collection at Columbia) covers a very wide
range. In Architecture the Index will group under the
name of each place illustrations of the architecture of that
place and under the name of each subject (e.g.^ cathedrals,
opera-houses — even minor subjects, as chancels) illustra-
tions of the architecture of that subject. At this library,
for our own use, there are to be indexed sculpture and paint-
ing as well as architecture.
This work is being done not by the Catalogue Department
but by the Fine Art Department under Mr. Fleischner.
Under his direction also the publications of the Arundel So-
ciety have been catalogued, and card catalogues with brief
entries have been made, or are in progress, of the Parker,
Ticknor and Thayer collections, as also of works on the Fine
Arts and Useful Arts. The titles are transcripts from the
cards in the general catalogues, or are cut from the catalogues
printed in volumes.
A card catalogue of the current newspapers has been pre-
pared by Mr. Blaisdell, and he is preparing such a catalogue
for the Patent Collection.
Branch Catalogues. — The cataloguing of new accessions
hitherto done independently at each branch is now done at
the Central Library, as explained above. A card catalogue
has been prepared for the West End Branch, and a finding
list of new books for the Roxbury Branch. At the branches,
also, however, some 5,000 volumes have been catalogued, in-
volving the writing of three times that number of cards.
Some 13,000 cards (10,557 at Roxbury) have been written
in revision of the branch card catalogues.
Recommendations fob Books.
The methods pursued by me in formulating my lists of
books for purchase were detailed at length in the special
report submitted by me May 29, 1896. The catalogue depart-
ment is more than any other called upon to report to me rec-
ommendations. Periodicals containing book lists or reviews
(50 or more in number), library catalogues, publishers' cir-
32
City D()Cu.mii:nt No. 18.
culars, booksellers' sale catalogues, and other bibliographical
publications are assigned to members of this department and
are examined by them and reported upon. The addition to
the staff of ]\Ir. John ISIurdoch brings to this work an edu-
cated judgment in scientific liteiature which has hitherto
been wanting. Mr. Murdoch entered the service less than
three months ago, and has not yet, of course, proceeded far
with his examination of the material in this libraiy and in
the libraries of this vicinity of which he is to make special
study with a view to proper differentiation in purchase.
But, at my request, he has drawn a preliminary memorandum
of the principles by which, in his opinion, we should be
guided in our purchases of scientific literature; and this
memorandum, submitted with the report of the chief cata-
loguer, I have had manifolded and place in your hands, to-
gether with certain other of the reports submitted by the
departments, which are specially deserving of your attention,
but which I cannot quote at sufficient length in a report in-
tended for publication.
The main portion of the report of the chief of the cata-
logue department appears above, many of his statements as
to the operations of the department being quoted verbatim.
Publications.
On Feb. 7, 1896, the office of editor of library publications
was created, and Lindsay Swift of the catalogue department
appointed to it. It ranks as a division of the catalogue de-
partment, under Mr. Whitney. During the past year the
following publications have been issued under supervision of
this editor:
Date.
Pages.
Size.
Edition.
Price.
1896.
16
29
16
176
16
16mo.
24ino.
sq. 16mo.
sq. 16mo.
sq. 16mo.
Svo.
8vo.
10,000
4,827
1,021
50
10,443
5,000
5,000
April
July
Selected List for Younger Readers,
Finding List, Roxbury Brancli. . . .
One cent.
Free.
October . . .
June,1896,)
to (
January, (
1897, )
Rules and Regulations, Revised. ..
Monthly Bulletin, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-10,
(0 f No. 10 an ed ition of 8,000 copies.)
Monthly Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 1
Free.
Free.
Free.
The Monthly Bulletin takes the place of the Quarterl}',
the last number of which was issued in January, 1896. The
LiBEARY Department. 33
Quarterly was issued in an edition of 1,800 copies, and priced
at 5 cents per copy to residents of Boston, 25 cents per copy
to non-residents. The Monthly, as appears above, has been
issued in an edition of 5,000 copies for free distribution, a
charge of 25 cents per year being made where it is mailed to
outsiders not on our exchange list. The Monthly Bulletin
differs, however, from the Quarterly of recent years, in being
primarily a record of accessions to the Central Library during
the month preceding its date of issue. The Bulletins of
the past year have, however, contained the following special
lists compiled from the general catalogue :
Bulletin No. 1-4, Transvaal and the Boers.
Bulletin No. 1-6, Index to Lists in Quarterly Bulletin.
Bulletin No. 7, Selected list of books on the Currency
Question.
Bulletin No. 10, List of English Translations of works of
Dumas the Elder (of this list 1,000 copies were reprinted,
also for free distribution).
These lists, so far as of books, have not attempted to be
complete bibliographies, but merely selections of titles by way
of suggestion. (A similar list was prepared for the Boston
papers of works on the A^enezuelan boundary dispute. This
was afterwards printed by the library as a broadside.)
The Monthly Bulletin begins with January, 1896. But the
first four numbers were issued as one in June, 1896. This
bulletin, like the other publications mentioned above, has
been set up upon our linotype machine and printed in the
Library Printing Department. The " slugs " have been re-
tained, and are being regrouped as matter for an "annual."
This will consolidate the monthly issues in one classification.
But with reference more especially to popular use it will
omit titles of less active or continuing interest, or of which
otherwise it is sufficient to have had a publication in the
Monthly Bulletin. It will, therefore, be designated as an
"Annual Selected List " of additions to the library rather than
as an Annual Bulletin. This experiment of consolidation with
elision and reclassification was a serviceable test of the
economy of the linotype as applied to library uses. The
chief of the Printing Department estimates that the propor-
tion of slugs already cast that could be used as they stand
as against new composition has been as five to one.
Publications in the hands of the printer pending February
1, are :
The Consolidated Serial List (96 pages, delivered ; com-
plete to Index).
The Annual Selected List (more than half done).
34 City Document No. 18.
Selected List for Younger Readers — revised edition incor-
porating 125 additional titles, with some excisions.
A pamphlet, descriptive of the Chamberlain Autograph
Collection. This has been in preparation for some montlis
upon the basis of material submitted by Mr. Edwin M. Ba-
con, specially emplo3red for the purpose. It will reach about
100 pages in print.
Printing Department.
I submit in full, for your examination, the report of the
chief of the Printing Department. The equipment of the
department now comprises 2 Mergenthaler linotype ma-
cliines, 1 Hoe stop-cylinder press, 1 job press, a proof press,
slug planing machine, job and body type, cabinets and the
other usual furnishings of a printing-office. All of the above
equipment has been bought outright by the library, save
one of the linotype machines, which was taken on rental
June last, with option of purchase at the end of one year,
rent paid being applied. Assuming this bought, the equip-
ment of the department represents a total investment of
about <fl3,000.
The present force of the department comprises, besides the
chief, two linotype operators, a pressman and a feeder.
We have not yet statistics of a full year's work with the
above equipment and force. It is not wise, therefore, to at-
tempt inferences as to the economy of this system of man-
aging the library printing as against outside contract and
ordinary composition. Tlie convenience in our undertakings
of a plant specially planned for our needs, and installed in
the library building hardly needs demonstration. Our Print-
ing Department not merely takes prepared copy and puts it
through the stages of composition and presswork; it furnishes
to us an expert printer whose judgment may be called in at
every stage of prejyaration of copy. This counsel may, and
does, modify in directions of economy and serviceability the
publishing enterprises of the library. But considerations of
this sort may better be deferred for a later report entering
into the subject in detail with adequate data from experi-
ence.
A chief interest of the past year has been the solution of
certain problems involved in the adaptation of the linotype
to the uses of specialized cataloguing. Hitherto the machine
had been used chiefly for newspaper work; we have had to
impose upon it the task of handling from 30 to 40 languages
and dialects. This meant the contrivance of nearly 300
Library Department. 35
accents and special characters. A type was specially made
for us by the Mergen thaler Company, from a design
submitted by Mr. Lee, and the accents have been con-
trived in large part by the use of diacritical marks, form-
ing piece accents, which are inserted in a groove upon
the slug itself, thus avoiding the ill appearance of this
device as usually employed with type. As this library
is in effect the pioneer in the use of the linotype for
this kind of work, these experiments are of a very general
importance.
The output of the department now includes all the printed
work of the librar^^, except that from engraved plates. Dur-
ing the past year it has included all of the publications
named above ; a Manual of House Rules, 16 pages, in an
edition of 500 copies, and the press work on a reprint from
the Bulletin of the list of works in the Russian lang'uasre.
But this is but part of its work. Twelve thousand seven
hundred and sixty-two titles, representing at least 100,000
cards have been printed for the Card Catalogue ; (the com-
position of these card entries keeps one linotype busy almost
continuously) ; about 2,250,000 call slips (of ten kinds),
600,000 pieces of other currently consumed stationery of
over 100 varieties, 30,000 circulars, besides blank books,
signs, notices, etc.
Registration.
Appendix VI. relates to the card-holders in this library.
The first table gives the statistics of registrations in the old
form. The other tables go much further. Starting with the
cards outstanding Feb. 1, 1896, classified according to the
department of the library (Central or Branch) through
which they were issued, it details the number of Registra-
tions, New Registrations and Renewals during the year, and
comparing these with the number of cards expiring by limita-
tion, deduces the number outstanding Jan. 31, 1897. In
addition, attempting to fulfil the promise of our last report,
it classifies by sex, age, and occupation, and by ward, the
43,345 persons who are active card-holders Jan. 31, 1897,
It also shows the percentage which the number of card-
holders in each ward bears to the total population of that
ward.
By these tables it appears that the number of active
("live") cards outstanding Jan. 31, 1897, was 43,345, as
against 34,842 outstanding Feb. 1, 1896, showing a gain of
10,764 card-holders during tlie year. This means that on
36 City Document No. 18.
J;in. ol, 1897, 30, ^„ per cent more persons stood qualified to
draw books for home use than stood qualified on Feb. 1,
1896.
In proportion to population, Ward 10 furnishes the largest
percentage of card-holders ; Ward 6 the smallest. The
census tables are not yet prepared Avhich would enable us to
compare the proportion of card-holders of the several occu-
pations with the number of inhabitants engaged in these
occupations respectively. Possibly our next report may con-
trive this. The present tables, especially those of distribu-
tion by ward, may indicate in a measure to what districts
effort needs most especially to be directed.
The number of Teachers' Cards issued from September,
1895 (when this privilege was instituted), to Jan. 31, 1897,
was 1,213. Of these, 795 are "live" cards on the latter
date, 629 of the 795 are held by resident teachers ; 166 by
non-residents (whose qualification, however, is that they
"give instruction in an institution of learning in the city
of Boston"). The 1,400 non-resident "students" who
hold cards are attending Boston schools or colleges {e. ^.,
the Harvard Medical School, Boston University, the Insti-
tute of Technology), whose authorities have filed a bond of
indemnity for any loss sustained by the library through
this use.
Use of the Library.
I have had manifolded and submit for your inspection the
reports in full of the following officials who have the con-
duct of departments directly serving the public : The Cus-
todian of Bates Hall, the Custodian of the Special Libraries
Floor, the Chief of the Issue Department, and the Super-
visor of Branches and Stations. The last-named official
took office only on Dec. 1, 1896. His report, however, com-
prises the work of the year so far as it may be made matter
of statistics, together with certain general observations upon
the condition and conduct of our outlying departments as he
has examined them during the past two months.
As regards statistics of use, I should repeat the caution
a4vanced in my last report against an assumption that these
statistics represent the work of the library. As there
stated, there are in the Central Library alone over 100,000
volumes which may be handled without the formality of a
call-slip. In each Branch and Reading Room, and now in
almost every Delivery Station, there are hundreds of other
volumes which are similarly treated. The current periodi-
Library Department. 37
cals in the Central and Branch Libraries and Reading Rooms
are for the most part on open tables, where they also may be
handled without the intervention of an attendant.
Of all this use no record is kept. There is a recorded
hall use, consisting of books issued upon slips from the
closed stacks. Omitting, however, as they do, the important
unrecorded use, these figures are so misleading that I have
directed them to be omitted altogether from the tables.
These tables indicate, therefore, merely the number of vol-
umes drawn for "home use" during the year. This is to be
remembered when a comparison is made between the " circu-
lation" of this library and the "circulation" of libraries
which include in their gross returns the number of books and
of periodicals used in the Reading Rooms.
In preceding reports mention has been made of delays in-
cident to the issue of books. That tlie number of these has
been greatly reduced is due thus far to the efficiency of the
service in the Issue Department in offsetting inconveniences
of architectural plan, of equipment, and of classification, and
imperfections in the present catalogues and shelf-lists. The
classification is being improved by the relocation of certain
material, the defects in the catalogues and shelf-lists are gradu-
ally being remedied (a complete remedy, however, being a
matter of months still to accomplish). But the inconveniences
in architectural plan have not yet been dealt with. Until
inter-communication be contrived between the stacks, addi-
tional book (and freight) elevators be provided, and the
space for the work of issue be made really adequate ; or the
work of issue be sub-divided by the removal of the " home
use" issue, to some other point, it is impossible to expect
that delays will be even considerably avoided. Meanwhile,
the service itself in the department is competent, faithful
and assiduous. And while delays must still occur, this may
at least be said : that no reader usmg the forms and remedies
prescribed need even noiv suffer delays either prolonged or re-
peated.
Rearrangement.
For convenience of administration certain changes are to
be made in the location of the books in the Central Library.
The Parker Library will be transferred to Stack 6, from which
the books much called for may be issued more readily to
Bates Hall; and all the Federal documents, together with
those of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of
Boston, are to be grouped on the Special Libraries floor.
33 City Document No. 18.
Sundays and Holidays.
As stated above, the Central Library, which has regularly
been open on Sundays from 2 till 10 P.M., in all depart
ments directly serving the public was during the past year
kept open during the same hours on four of the legal holi-
days. The experiment has been a marked success, the num-
ber of readers and of visitors equalling that on Sundays.
The Sunday use in the new building is partially indicated
by the average of books issued, — being 1,334 for the eight
hours, as against an average of 1,780 for the thirteen hours
of the secular day. The number of readers at any one time
reaches its maximum on a Sunday afternoon between 3 and
5 o'clock. The number of visitors had been expected to fall
off as the new building ceased to be a novelty. But it has
persisted undiminished. On the one Sunday during the
past six months on which a count was taken, 5,699 persons
entered the doorway between 2 and 6 P.M. The average
number per Sunday during the past two vears cannot have,
fallen short of 3,000.
The holiday showing the largest use was Washington's
Birthday, on which the recorded issue alone was 3,052
volumes. April 20, May 30, and November 26 stood about
on a par.
The only branch open on Sundays throughout the yetir Avas
the West End. Here, also, the use was ample justification.
There are three other branches whose location should seem
similarly to justify expectation of a large Sunday use. These
are Charlestown, East Boston, and South Boston. An ex-
periment was accordingly made during seven Sundaj-s of the
past year. It cannot be said to have been a complete success.
The number of readers averaged in the case of Charlestown
90 ; in the case of South Boston 101 per Sunday. The num-
ber at East Boston (where the record was not so accurately
kept) was less. Of the total of 634 persons at Charlestown
264 were children ; of the total of 706 at South Boston 542
were children. On the other hand, the experiment was un-
dertaken at a season of the year (March 15 to April 26)
least promising success; for the natural tendency of spring-
time is to diminish rather than increase the indoor use of
books. These branches while fairly located as regards dis-
trict are unfortunately situated in being in each case upon
the second floor, where the hospitalities they extend are less
obvious to passers-by.
The expense of the undertaking did not exceed $60 per
Sunday for the three branches. Should our funds permit I
shall recommend that it be resumed beginning Oct. 1, 1897.
Library Department. 39
I. — Reference Use.
As stated above, this report will not attempt statistics of
reference use. I must content myself with the general asser-
tion that this use is steadily enlarging in volume and advanc-
ing in apparent definiteness of purpose. The custodian of
Bates Hall calls your attention to what he deems a symptom
of the latter advance. To look in at this main Reading Room
and see the large majority of over two hundred readers busy
with note books is, in fact, to get an impression of serious
industry.
The report of the custodian of the Special Libraries shows
a special development in another direction: the systematic
and i3remeditated use of books on the Fine Arts in connec-
tion with lectures, classes and topical work generally. Mr.
Fleischner, the custodian, invites information in advance of
subjects to be taken up, and prepares a set of references, or has
ready to display the particular books needed for illustration.
His report gives a list of the groups of persons who during
the past year have availed themselves of this invitation. Li
many cases the lecture itself is given here on the basis of the
books displayed. February 6 (a date subsequent to the date
of this report but which I select as convenient to show recent
conditions) is a favorable example of a Saturday in this de-
partment. On this day various members of the course of
lectures on art being given by Mr. J. F. Hopkins, a class in
the Boston Art Students' Association, a class in the subject
of the Renaissance, two classes (from the public schools)
in Ornament, a club reading on the subject of French Cha-
teaux, two classes from private schools studying the Art of
Rome, and one stud3dng the Art of Greece — in all, some
two hundred and fifty persons made use of the reference
books, plates, photographs, etc., thus selected and set aside
for them in connection with subjects of definite inquiry.
Mr. Fleischner has for some months arranged in the Bar-
ton-Ticknor room a weekly exhibit of photographs of interest
not merely to the special student but also to the general
public. The following programme, arranged for the coming
few weeks, will indicate the range already deemed feasible
for such exhibits :
February 15-29. Issues of the Kelmscott Press.
February 22. Washington Portraits.
February 20. Saracenic Art, ] In connection with the
February 27. Cathedrals, I lectures by Mr. J. F.
March 6. Renaissance, [ Hopkins, Director of Art
March 13. Copley square, j in the Public Schools.
40 City Document No. 18.
March 20. Florentine Sculptors.
Mai-cb 27. Florentine Architects.
April 3. Industrial Arts (in connection with the
Arts and Crafts Exhibition at Copley Hall).
In connection with such exhibits the Graupner collection
has rendered essential and convenient service. In many-
instances (^e.g. the Kelmscott exhibit and that of the Wash-
ington portraits) the material in the library has been supple-
mented by courteous loans from private collections.
The activities of this department are not confined to books
upon the Fine Arts. The other use has not, however, ad-
vanced materially beyond that of the preceding year. The
use of the Barton-Ticknor, and other special collections, is a
highly specialized use. So, also, is that of the Allen A. Brown
Library of music, the resources of which cannot be fully
exhibited until the completion of the catalogue. In the
department of the Industrial Arts, however, a developing use
was expected, similar to that in the Fine Arts. It has not yet
taken place. We trust that the Arts and Crafts Exhibition
may stimulate it. And it is to take advantage of such
interest as this exhibition may arouse that Mr. Fleischner is
arranging for a special display of material from April 3 to 10.
Academic Use.
It is a fact, not perhaps generally appreciated, that to cer-
tain of the higher institutions of learning in Boston and
vicinity the Boston Public Library is, in effect, a university
library. It is such in an auxiliary way even to Harvard Uni-
versity; and it is such in a very important sense to Boston
University, the Institute of Technology, and other Boston
colleges and academies, and even to outside institutions, such
as Wellesley College. Not that these institutions lack effi-
cient libraries of their own, but the accessibility of the Boston
Public Library relieves them from the purchase of much
specialized material which their funds cannot well afford.
Even Dartmouth College has recently sent a class of students
for systematic research in one of our departments.
Newspaper Reading Room.
This room now contains 318 newspapers, of which the
greater part are purchased from the Todd fund — the I'e-
mainder gifts of the publishers; 111 are papers published
abroad; 207 are papers published in the United States; 85
Library Depaktment. 41
are in languages other than Ei>glish. On the average, 225
papers are received every day.
The use of the room is assiduous. The largest number of
readers noted at any one time has been : reading the Ameri-
can papers, 139; reading the foreign, 53. The maximum of
readers in the room at any one time reaches nearly to 200.
Of the papers taken the following are bound :
The Boston dailj^ papers and some Boston weekly papers.
The " New York Tribune."
The "Chicago Inter-Ocean.'
The "Atlanta Constitution.
The " London Times."
The "London Gazette."
" Le Figaro," Paris.
" Allgemeine Zeitung."
"Kolnische Zeitung."
The "Japan Weekly Mail."
The " North China Herald."
Public Stenographer and Typewriter.
Early in the ^-ear accommodation was furnished in the
building to a public stenographer and typewriter, whose
presence here has been a convenience to the library as well
as to the public. Apart from her local work, she has been
called upon to make copies and abstracts for inquirers living
at a distance. There is now about to be installed in the
building a Public Pay Station Telephone, which will be in
her chai'ge.
IL HOME USE.
Appendix VII. gives the number of books circulated for
home use during the past year from each department of the
library, compares this with such circulation for the year
1895, and tabulates the circulation of Branches and Delivery
Stations for the seven years beginning with 1890 and ending
with 1896.
From these tables it appears that the circulation for home
use in 1896 (12 months), compared with that for 1895 (13
months), is as follows :
Gain,
1895. 1896. 1896.
Central Library (including Cen-
tral Library books issued
through Branches and Sta-
tions) 279,494 326,254 46,760
Branches and Stations (direct
issue) 567,827 678,765 110,938
847,321 1,005,019 157,698
or eighteen per cent.
42 City Document No. 18.
The issue direct from the Central Library increased from
251,561 in 1895 to 285,500 in 1896. Sixty thousand one
hundred and seventy-three volumes were issued from the
Children's Room at the Central Library. A comparison of
nine months of 1896 with nine months of 1895 shows an
increase in the issue from this room from 28,342 volumes to
45,873.
The increase in the circulation through outlying depart-
ments is accounted for by the establishment of the West
End' Branch and of new Delivery Stations and by the addi-
tion to the stations of the Deposit feature. As stated above,
all of the stations, save two, now have Central Library books
(from 300 to 500 volumes each at one time) on deposit, which
may be drawn direct, without the delay of an application to
the Central Library. The aggregate of such issue during
the past year has reached 65,803 volumes.
An analysis shows that the increase in the circulation of
the stations has come at the expense of the branches, the
circulation of which has in every case, save that of Brighton,
fallen off from 1895. The decrease is, to be sure, in part
accounted for by the discrepancy in the periods compared
(the statistics for 1895 being for 13 months). This is not,
however, sufficient explanation of the decrease of 19,000
volumes at the South Boston Branch. The Custodian thinks
that an adequate explanation lies in the increased attractive-
ness of the branch for reference use on account of the insti-
tution of open shelves. Similar results are so naturally to
be expected of improved facilities for reference use, wherever
instituted, that I am surprised that the circulation from the
Central Library has increased rather than diminished.
The increased activity of the stations has been induced
by the change in compensation of the custodians from a
fixed sum per annum to a sum dependeJit upon the number
of volumes handled. The new method makes it their inter-
est to interest the local constituency, to provide ample and
attractive accommodations, to advertise these, and to win
pojDularity for the station by adequate and attentive service.
The library pays to each custodian upon this relative basis
more than it did upon the fixed. But it gets more — it gets
a distinct section of the store — in some cases a room twelve
to fifteen feet square ; it gets space for shelving and furni-
ture, and it requires a service in the charging of books, the
sending of fine notices, etc., such as was not exacted under
the old system.
There must not be overlooked, however, one disadvantage
in the present method. The compensation is based upon
Library Department. 43
the number of books circulated without regard to their char-
acter. The more popuUir the book, the more quickly it may-
be read and returned for reissue, the greater its profit to the
custodian. The demand of the custodian in the deposit col-
lections is therefore an increasing demand for the lighter fic-
tion. This tendency interferes with one purpose which we had
had in instituting this system of deposits — to raise the char-
acter of the reading by rendering locally accessible in these
collections books of a serious nature which might be examined
without formality and drawn without delay.
To pay one rate of compensation for fiction and a higher
rate for other literature may not prove impossible.
A more satisfactory solution may prove to be to limit our
contract with the proprietor of the store to a fixed sum for
the accommodations provided, and to place in charge of the
station a library employee on our regular pay-roll. The cost
of this method would undoubtedly exceed that of the present
one, unless the hours (now practically the full business day
and evening) should be so reduced that one attendant, at a
low salary, could manage the entire issue.
The Supervisor's report contains an analysis of expendi-
tures for these outlying departments, and among other figures
a computation of the relative cost of circulating each volume
issued by the branches as against the delivery stations. In
this computation he makes the worst case possible against
the branches, in assuming that the entire cost of maintenance
is to be charged against the circulation for home use. Even
thus, the result is to show that during the past year each vol-
ume circulated from a branch has cost us iDut 6 7-10 cents as
against 5 cents for each volume circulated through a station.
And it must be noted that a branch library performs other
functions (e.g.^ reference and reading-room use) not taken
account of in this. On the other hand, it must be remem-
bered that but two of our branches pay rent for the rooms
they occupy, while of the cost of the delivery stations a per-
centage is in each case chargeable as rent.
The computation goes, however, to disprove the impres-
sions of recent examining committees that the branches rep-
resent a greater expenditure for the work done than do the
stations. In the case of one station it cost the library 22
cents for each volume circulated during the yeaj- 1895, and
even 15 cents for each volume circulated during the year
1896. The increase in the number of volumes circulated has
steadily reduced the cost per volume during the past three
years But even at 5 cents, it is 2 cents per volume more
than the cost to the Chicago Public Library of its outlying
44 City Document No. 18.
circnliition. The remedy is not to reduce the facilities for
issue, but to increase the number of books issued.
Teachers' Cards.
Eight thousand and forty-seven volumes from the Cential
Library have been drawn upon teachers' cards during the
past year. During the first year of the use of these cards
(ending Oct. 1, 1896,) the issue upon them from the Central
and branches together amounted to 8,994 volumes. These
are classified by subject in the report of the chief of the issue
department.
Inter-Libraey Loans.
The report of the Issue Department shows also 63 books
loaned to other libraries upon their special application. It
is for other libraries of Massachusetts that such loans are
more particularly designed. They have the special claim
that we owe to the Commonwealth part of the land on
which this building stands. But it might be said that as the
Boston Public Library, more nearly than any other, stands for
New England as a whole in the material it attempts to accu-
mulate, so it may justly serve New England, as a whole, in so
far — (1) as this service is one that cannot be performed ex-
cept by it, and — (2) as this service may be rendered by it
without inconvenience to the citizens of Boston, at whose
cost it is maintained.
In May last a system of blanks was devised for conducting
these inter-library loans. These blanks are furnished by us
to such libraries as may be interested. The applicant library
agrees to be responsible for the care of the book, and to sub-
mit to a reasonable penalty in case of its loss or mutilation.
But the whole system is subject to the following limitations :
(1) the book asked for must be one out of the ordinary course
— not such as it is the ordinary duty of the applicant library
to supply; (2) it must be required for purpose of serious
research ; (3) it must be a book which may, without injury,
be sent by express ; and (4) it must be a book which may be
spared, for the time being, without inconvenience to our local
readers.
SERVICE.
The service has sustained several losses by death during
the past year. On February 18 died Mary E. Brock, Cus-
todian of the Brighton Branch. She had served the library
faithfully for twenty-one years. On September 16 died
Library Department. 45
Charles G. Russell, assistant in my office. Mr. Russell ,en-
tered the service on Dec. 4, 1895, so had been with us
less than a year up to the time of his death. But within
this short period he had gained thorough respect among his
associates for good judgment, a manly conscience as to his
own work, and a considerate regard for that of others. On
October 19 died Henry W. Powers, who had been in the
library service since Nov. 12, 1890; at first in the Jan-
itor Department, later as an engineer in charge of our book
railways. In Octobej' Sarah C. Godbold, Custodian of the
East Boston Branch, tendered her resignation, which took
effect December 1. No custodian has yet been appointed in
her place.
The reorganization of certain departments of the work at
the Central Libiary involved the discontinuance from Jan-
uary 1 of three employees who had been long in the service:
Mary A. Jenkins, Caroline E, Poree, and Edward Tiffany.
The necessity which led to this was a matter of extreme
regret.
Other Changes in the Service.
Mr. Carret, who had never fully recovered from the ill-
health which obliged him to ask for leave of absence in the
spring of 1896, last fall requested to be relieved of the con-
duct of the Shelf Department, and transferred to special
work. On Jan. 1, 1897, the change was made, and the
Shelf Department placed temporarily under the supervision
of Mr. Whitney, Chief of the Catalogue Department.
Additions to the Force.
On May 4 (Mrs.) Gertrude P. Sheffield was appointed to
take charge of the Children's room at the Central Library,
with general advisory supervision over the literature for
younger readers in all our departments. On June 23, an open
examination was held to fill the vacancy in the custodian-
ship of the Brighton Branch, caused by the death of Miss
Brock. As a result of the examination, Harriet Rice of
Brighton was appointed for a probationary term, beginning
August 1.
On October 1, Philip H. Savage was appointed Librarian's
Secretary, this title then being attached to the position for-
merly held by Mr. Russell.
On November 16, John Murdoch was appointed for special
service in connection with our departments of scientific liter-
ature. Mr. Murdoch's scientific training and his experience
40 City Document No. 18.
as libnuian (during a period of five years) of the Smith-
sonian Institution promise assistance in a direction in which
expert opinion had been lacking from our force.
On December 1, Hiller C. Wellman was appointed Su-
pervisor of Branches and Stations. This office is a newly
created one. Its purpose is to unify our outlying system, to
strengthen the collection of books, to improve the equipment,
and to introduce uniform and more modern methods of ad-
ministration. Its further fully as important purpose is to bring
the branches and stations into closer touch with the Central
Library, and so to improve the system of distribution that
the books in the Central Library may, in fact, as they are
now in name, be made to serve the city as a whole.
Including the five appointments above particularly de-
scribed, there have been 38 appointments to the service
during the past year, a large proportion of these to fill vacan-
cies. They may be classified as follows:
Central
Library. Branches.
Supervisor of Branches .... 1
Librarian's Secretary . . . . .1
Grade A, Special . . . . .1
Grade B . . . . . . .4
Grade B, Special 3
Grade C - 1
Grade C, Special 2 1
Grade D, Special 1 1
Grade E 13 1
r Engineer's, ^
Ungraded, < Binding, v Departments . 8
^ Printing, ) — —
34 4
Promotions (e.g., from grade E to grade D) are not in-
cluded in the above.
Seven general and six special examinations were held dur-
ing the year, at which 351 papers were handed in. Of the
351 applicants, 125 were male and 226 female.
On February 7, grades B Special and C Special were made
three-year grades. On February 28, the grade of the branch
first assistant was altered from D Special to C.
I may again call attention to the reports of the several
chiefs of departments, submitted with this. Each contains
data concerning interesting details upon which I cannot enter
here. Appendix VIII. gives the list of trustees for 45 years;
Appendix IX. of examining committees; Appendix X. the by-
Library Department. 47
laws, as revised to date; Appendix XL the schedule of library
service corrected to 1897 ; Appendix XIL statement concern-
ing the system of graded service ; Appendix XIII. correspond-
ence relating to gifts; Appendix XIV. the list of gifts and
givers.
An institution such as this presents so many aspects of
service to be rendered that perfection cannot be hoped ; the
variety of the opportunity multiplies the risks of imperfec-
tion. In a document intended for the public my inclination
is always to abstain from commendation of associates who
may, equally with the chief executive, be presumed to have
the interest of the service at heart. But I have often occa-
sion to regret that I cannot share with the public the knowl-
edge which I gain (as no one else can) of the earnestness,
conscience, good faith, and high endeavor which enter
into the work of employees of this library who get general
credit for no more than the routine performance of routine
duties.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) Herbert Putnam,
Librarian.
Feb. 1, 1897.
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City Document No. 18.
REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE
FOR 1896.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemen : The Examining Committee was organized
at a meeting held Oct. 2, 1896, by the choice of John E.
Hudson as Chairman, and Miss Heloise E. Hersey as Secre-
tary. The usual sub-committees, made up as follows, were
appointed :
Books.
Barrett Wendell, Chairman.
George M. Garland.
Leighton Parks.
Catalogues^ Bulletins and
Finding Lists.
Caleb B. Tillinghast,
Chairman.
Emma Hutchins.
Azariah Smith.
Branches, and New Modes of
Distrihution.
Borden P. Bowne, Chairman.
Helen Cheever.
John J. McNulty.
Finance.
Everett W. Burdett,
Chairman.
Joseph J. Corbett.
John L. Bates.
Administration.
John E. Hudson, Chairman.
Heloise E. Hersey.
Hasket Derby.
Caleb B. Tillinghast.
The reports of the sub-committees have been received and
considered by the full committee, who beg to report.
The vital point of the connection of the library with the
daily needs of the public, and the one that needs to be fash-
ioned and lubricated until the highest possible degree of effi-
ciency is readied, is the placing of the books called for in the
hands of the reader within the shortest possible time after the
call is indicated.
Allowance must always be made for the delays necessitated
by the erroneous and imperfect filling out of the call-slips,
for the unreasonable complaints due to the nervous impatience
of the patron, and for the delays and displacements which can
Library Department. 49
never be wholly prevented in a large library where the call
slip and the book must pass through several hands. Criti-
cism in this matter can never be wholly eliminated, but every
complaint should be immediately and carefully investigated,
not only to soothe the particular case, but to prevent, if pos-
sible, a similar complaint in the future.
The paramount reason for such criticism as may be well
founded may doubtless be traced to the youth and inexperi-
ence of those employed as runners, and the small compensation
paid them. Economy at this point involves the most serious
inconvenience and irritation to the public. Until more money
can be devoted to it, the greatest resjDonsibility rests upon the
executive authorities to devise every means to give life and
sjDirit to this department of the library work. The superin-
tendent of this force should be alert and decisive, and capable
of commanding the constant and complete activity of every
employee. Carelessness or inattention should lead to prompt
dismissal, and, if possible, some means of reward should be
devised for those who manifest exceptional promptness, intel-
ligence and care. The attention of the trustees is called
especially to this subject as one which affects every patron
of the library, and to the fact that every second of time saved
in the delivery of books saves valuable time to the reader, re-
moves a most frequent cause of complaint, and objectively
impresses the people with the efficient and business-like
methods of the administration of the library.
Occasional intimations to the effect that the ventilation of
the library is imperfect, more or less frequently found in the
columns of the daily press, and referred to among the
public, have again caused the attention of the committee
to be directed to this subject. And they are bound to say
that, not only has last year's state of things been greatly
improved upon, but that the air in all parts of the building-
has, with a single exception, been found singularly good at
each visit. In the corridors, the reading, newspaper, and
delivery rooms, and in Bates Hall, remarkably little close-
ness has been observed. Even in the little gallery above
the central entrance to the latter room, no foul air has been
met with. We are inclined to attribute the criticisms on
the ventilation to one of two causes ; either the fact that
on the days complained of the delivery and exhaust fans were
not in running order, as has occasionally been the case, or else
the presence of such a throng of visitors as occurs on Sunday
afternoons. A system of ventilation, sufficient and satisfac-
tory under ordinary circumstances, would here be apt to prove
insufficient.
50 City Document No. 18.
As in most buildings, the bad air of the library is met
with at the top. In the upper corridor, between the special
collections, where the Sargent pictures continue to attract
multitudes of sightseers, the atmosphere is, especially on
Sunday, vitiated and oppressive. No ample outlets have
yet been provided for the escape of foul air. As was stated
last year, such outlets, connected with the exhaust fan,
which is so near at hand, would cause a great change to be
wrought, and remove one of the reproaches of this magnifi-
cent structure.
The location of the retiring-rooms for men and women in
the front lower hall, hard by the main entrance, their con-
stant use, and, on crowded days, the almost ceaseless open-
ing and shutting of the doors, is a distinct sanitary evil, only
to be remedied by placing these offices in the back of the
building. But one abuse connected with the existing state
of things admits of a ready correction. We refer to the
lavatory arrangements. In the men's retiring-room is a
series of basins for washing, and hanging to the wall behind
them are two large roller towels. The crowd that, on cer-
tain daj^s, uses these chambers must be seen to be appre-
ciated. People await their turn in rows, and for hours
together there is no abatement in the throng. The basins
are in much demand, and the towels are perforce changed
four times a day. There are few more certain methods of
disseminating disease than a public towel, and the present
system should be immediately and finally abolished. It would
be better to wholly dispense with the lavatory than to ex-
pose its frequenters to the risks they here encounter. Either
the basins should be removed, or separate towels, not neces-
sarily of large size, be furnished each individual. No ques-
tion of expense should be allowed for a moment to stand in
the way of this reform.
We are glad to find that lights are to be supplied the
tables in the lower reading-room, as such are much needed.
In the Newspaper room a considerable improvement in light-
ing has been effected by supplying the central stands with
properly shaded lamps. The tables were already thus pro-
vided. But the old fixtures around the walls of this room
should be discarded. Originally introduced for the purpose
of general illumination, when it was intended to use this as
a lecture hall, they are entirely unfitted for reading pur-
poses, being destitute of shades, having their hght in part
cut off by a projecting flange or collar below the lamp, and
shining down on the eyes of the reader, who is obliged to
face them. Proper reading lamps, substituted for these now
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used for a purpose for which they were never intended,
would worthily complete the equipment of a room that is, in
other respects, unequalled in kindred institutions.
The use, and the constantly increasing use, of Bates Hall,
confirms the committee in the impression expressed in their
report of last year of the need of a general reading-room in
addition to the special rooms dedicated to special subjects, or
particular rooms to particular classes of people. The crowded
state of Bates Hall and its obvious un suitableness for the
purposes of such a room, leads the committee to suggest that
action be taken in the matter.
There seem to be but two means by which proper space
for a reading-room can be secured ; one is the purchase of
adjoining land, the other is the use of the space now devoted
to a court-yard. The great expense of the former plan makes
the latter seem the wiser. The committee would accordingly
recommend that the Trustees proceed at their convenience to
consider the advisability of the conversion of the court-yard
into a reading-room.
During the last year manifest improvements have been
made in the children's room. More books have been placed
there, and an attendant is always ready to study and supply
the wants of the children. Some good pictures have been
hung on the walls, and the air of cheerful hospitality is
noticeable. Much, however, still remains to be done. Books
should be added rapidly till not a vacant place remains on
the shelves. When new books call for more room, it should
be obtained by the removal of the volumes which experience
shows are least used. In no part of the library is it so neces-
sary that there should be active life and variety.
It would be practicable that a large table should be loaded
with books, maps, and pictures, illustrative of subjects of
current interest. Children learn more quickly than adults
from suggestion, and no device should be neglected to lead
them early into the delights of substantial reading. The
cheap papers and novels spare no pains to attract children,
and, unless the library is prepared to cope with these foes of
good taste, it will lose its hold upon many boys and girls at
the most impressionable age. Especially is it advisable that
books with many pictures shoulcl be ready to the hand of
children. Many a book which seems to an adult over the
head of a twelve-year-old boy will be found intensely inter-
esting to him when he has once been beguiled by illustra-
tions into beginning it. For example, books on Cuba, or on
Constantinople, or on modern Athens, might well be laid
within reach of the children at the present moment, and,
52 City Document No. 18.
even if they were sliglitly injured by the use made of them,
they would be doing service of a sort to make good citizens.
The plea may again be entered tliat there should be a fine,
large modern globe in the children's room, and that a map
of the United States should be hung in a conspicuous place
in the room.
Fifteen-minute talks on books, given by men and women
who knew how to talk about literature, would be an in-
valuable adjunct to the work of the children's room, and
would certainly attract even more children to the library on
Saturdays.
In regard to the buying of books, the committee beg to say
that they think the present management of such matters is
highly satisfactory.
The report of the Librarian, concerning the purchase of
books, submitted to the Trustees on May 29, 1896, which
they have examined, they heartily approve. They believe
that, as is therein suggested, it might be to the advantage of
the library if accredited representatives could, from time to
time, be sent abroad with the view to making purchases
which should increase the collections of rare and valuable
books. They repeat, however, their suggestion of last year,
that such purchases should be made either from the income
of invested funds or from special grants. The regular grants
of the city, they believe, should regularly be devoted and
confined to the more popular purposes of the library, as de-
fined in last year's report.
In view of the possibility of sudden emergencies, such as
the unexpected opportunity to purchase, at short notice,
considerable collections which delay might lose, they would
suggest, in this connection, that a permanent reserve fund
might be granted by the city, which would sensibly add to
the resources of the library.
The committee fully approve a principle which they un-
derstand lately to have governed the action of the Trustees ;
namely, that the Public Library should accept no gifts if so
hampered with conditions as in any way to interfere with
their use for library purposes, as distinguished from the pur-
poses of a museum. They are of opinion that, in all policy,
the Trustees should consider that the Public Library is a
library mstituted first for the citizens, and secondly for the
scholars of Boston. Any other purposes should always be
held subsidiary to these.
The committee would suggest that the practical value of
the collections of the United States patents would be greatly
increased by the purchase of a duplicate set of drawings,
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which might be so arranged as to render the consultation
of the documents now in the library a far more easy matter
than at present. This purchase, so obviously useful to citi-
zens, devoted to mechanical inventions, might properly be
made the object either of a special grant by the city or of a
judiciously solicited gift.
In all its essential features the method of cataloguing now
employed in the library commends itself to the committee as
productive of good results for the amount expended for this
purpose. A more systematic unification of the purchases for
the branches, which is now in contemplation, together with
the printed linotype card, will prove of great economic im-
portance. It will be readily seen that, as copies of the same
book are placed in each branch, the labor and expense will
be minimized when a duplicate printed card from the Central
Library does away entirely with the cost of cataloguing each
copy separately at every branch in which it is placed. Few
people probably realize the vast amount of work which is
accomplished by the cataloguing department, and it is pos-
sible that still fewer fully realize how comparatively useless
a large library would speedily become if this department
were not maintained with the highest degree of promptness
and efficiency. This demands the highest ability, the ripest
experience, and most discriminating judgment, a quick sense
of the scientific relations and the relative values of every
department of human knowledge, and the most alert and
efficient executive administration. This department of the
Boston Public Library is well organized under an accom-
plished and experienced chief. It does excellent service, but
there is more work that ought to be done than it can do.
The allowance for its maintenance should be more generous,
to the end that its bibliographical field may be extended, and
that all the details of its work may be kept up to date, and
fully abreast with the times.
The committee would repeat with still greater emphasis
their recommendation of last year, that what was formerly
known as the " lower-hall " catalogue, or a copy of it, should
be incorporated in the main catalogue as speedily as possible,
in order that the searcher who consults it may be sure he has
before him in one index the key to the entire resources of
the library.
Special card catalogues in the different departments of the
library would be found very useful so far as it is practicable
to prepare them. In a comparatively new department, like
that of music, this would involve only the printing of dupli-
cate cards at a merely nominal expense, and a special card
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catalogue in any other department, when once established,
could be maintained and continued in like manner.
The monthly bulletin of books added to the library has
met with a moderate, but growing, degree of success, some-
thing like three or four thousand copies of each issue having
been distributed to those who applied for them. It seems
to the committee that it might be made more generally use-
ful to those who desire to be guided to some good book to
read, if two or four pages of each issue should be devoted to
single-line titles of a good selection of recent books from the
classes best adapted for general reading. Such a list would
not be made up entirely of new books, nor would it attempt
in any degree to exhaust the resources of the library in any
particular direction. It should not be a stereotyped list.
Each issue of the bulletin should see many changes in it, and
books bearing upon topics of the day, of special interest,
should find a place in it. It should be a live, suggestive,
stimulating list of books, in which the ordinary reader would
find some attractive title. The committee are of the opinion
that it would be profitable to try the experiment of placing
these bulletins freely upon the reading tables in the library,
where every visitor would be at liberty to take one, without
inquiring at the desk, as he is now required to do, and that
the circulation of the bulletins through the branches and
schools should be stimulated. If ten thousand copies instead
of three thousand were circulated they would serve to
multiply the number of readers, and increase the circulation
of the best books in the homes of the people. It is also
suggested that the nominal charge for the admirable list of
books for the young be abolished, and that these lists be freely
given to all children who desire them. Any tendency to
wastefulness could be speedily detected, and checked by a
little watchfulness on the part of the attendant in charge of
the room.
The Newspaper room, with its collection of the daily
papers of the principal cities of all sections of this country,
and of the commercial centres of the world, is one of the
most unique and progressive features of the library. Though
it is well patronized, its importance is not so widely known
and recognized as it should be. A public-spirited citizen has
placed this mine of current information at the disposal of the
people of Boston, and all who visit its Public Library. It
has no parallel in the world. It should be made more useful,
especially to the merchant and the "stranger within our
gates." Here the visitor from any distant city or any foreign
land can find the familiar daily paj^er which contains the
Library Department. 55
latest news from his home. The committee suggest that a
list of the daily papers regularly received and on file in this
room be neatly printed upon a card, with a general invitation
to the people to visit the Newspaper room freely and consult
them, and that copies of this card, in frames if practicable,
be placed in conspicuous positions in all the railroad depots,
and waiting-rooms in the principal hotels, in the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce, and other associations of business
men, and such other public places as may seem expedient and
desirable.
Both branches and stations are in something of a transition
state at present. Many changes are making, and more are
proposed. On these matters criticism would be either belated
or premature. On other points the committee venture the
following suggestions :
The condition of the East Boston Branch seems to the
committee imperatively to demand attention at the earliest
possible opportunity. This branch is unfortunate (a) in its
room, which is dull and dingy by day, poorly lighted by
night, and unattractive and ill-ventilated all the time ; (5) in
its material equipment, both of books and furniture ; (c)
in its surroundings, being over a municipal court room and
opposite a police station ; and (c?) in its location with refer-
ence to the centre of the population it is meant to serve.
Meanwhile, the circulation of 63,443 volumes during the
past year places the branch fourth on the list, and shows the
eagerness of the demand for books.
The committee recommend most strongly that a special
appropriation be granted to re-locate and properly equip this
branch. This is, in their opinion, the first and most import-
ant change to be undertaken by the Board of Administration
with regard to the branches.
In the case of the South End Branch, the committee rec-
ommend that a deposit station be maintained in the present
location in the basement of the English High School build-
ing, and that the branch be relocated somewhere near the
Cathedral on Washington street. The branch has not suf-
fered in circulation from the proximity of the Central Library.
It ranks third among the branches as measured by circulation,
and the inhabitants of the district are strenuous against any
suggestion of its abandonment.
The re-location and a larger reading-room would greatly
increase its efficiency.
The South Boston Branch has attractive quarters, well
lighted and well arranged. The committee, however, raise
the question whether the $!2,500 rent would not pay the in-
")(') City Document No. 18.
terest on the cost of a building which would oive ampler
accommodations and possibly be more centrally located.
Seeing that the Federal Government is also paying a high
rent for a post-office building, the committee suggest the
query whether an arrangement might not be made with the
Federal Government for a joint building which would accom-
modate both the library and the post-office. This has been
done elsewhere.
The committee find the catalogues in need of renewal and
revision at most of the branches. At the Roxbury Branch
only three copies of the printed catalogues remain, and of
these the two allotted for public use are soiled and tattered
and the card catalogue is incomplete. Such a condition of
the catalogue seriously interferes with the use of the library.
In most of the branches, also, the committee find a lack of
shelf-room, and much of the shelving is so constructed as to
be difficult to use. Books are put into the shelves with the
front edge down, so that only the bottom ends appear. TJiis
leaves altogether too much to the imagination for the best
use of the libraiy.
There are also a great many unused books in the branch
collections, books which are no longer called for, and only
serve to fill up the shelves.
This matter of revising the catalogues, of shelving, and
of unused books seems to the committee to be something
which should be considered as a whole. The independent
collections of the Roxbury and Charlestown branches might
be catalogued by themselves ; and then all the other books,
both of these and of the other branches, might be treated in
something like a common scheme.
In the judgment of the committee, it is desirable, before
undertaking any revision of the catalogues or revising the
shelving, to form some more definite policy concerning the
branches than at present obtains. Owing to the lack of such
policy, the development of the branches hitherto has been
somewhat at random. The result is seen in the hetero-
geneous contents of the catalogues.
The committee venture suggestions as follows :
1. A branch should not be an independent library, but
should be subordinate to the Central Library ; and no work
should be undertaken by the branch which is already ade-
quately provided for by the Central Library.
2. It is not necessary that a branch should be a large
library. It cannot be this without an unnecessarj^ and costly
reduplication of books.
Library Depaetjient. 57
3. It is desirable that the books in the branch collection
should be as active as possible. Apart from an ample supply
of periodicals, both popular and solid, the branch collection
should consist of: (a), the fundamental works of reference;
(5), a carefully selected set of juvenile books ; (c), a collec-
tion of such books as are needed for cooperation with the
work in the schools, and (c?), a not very numerous collec-
tion of miscellaneous books for which there is a popular
demand. Books other than these should be drawn from
the Central Library, The purchase of new books for the
branches should be made in accordance with these consid-
erations.
4. Provision should be made for withdrawing from
branches books which are no longer in demand. Li this way
the branch collection might be kept alive, and less shelving
would be needed.
The revision of the existing collections could be done at
the present time in connection with the necessary prepara-
tion of new catalogues, so as to be much less expensive than
at any other period.
Li connection with the new shelving required, the com-
mittee call attention to the established principle in library
theory, that it is desirable that the readers, so far as possible,
should be allowed free access to the shelves. Many books
would be taken from the shelves and read which would never
be ordered from a catalogue. The committee recommend
that all modifications of shelving be made with this principle
in view. It is also recommended that in cases where no en-
largement of the collection of miscellaneous books open to
the public is at present possible, these collections should be
frequently changed, and should always contain a good pro-
portion of the more solid works.
The affairs of the Charlestown Branch remain in an un-
settled state, because of the complications arising from the
Harris fund, and the Harris collection. The transfer of the
collection to the Central Library would require an enabling
act by the Legislature, and the attempt to secure such an act
has failed hitherto, largely, it would seem, because of mis-
understanding on the part of the opponents. It is not pro-
posed to alienate the title of the city of Charlestown, nor to
divert the funds from the use mentioned in the bequest. The
only thing proposed is to remove the Harris collection to the
Central Library building. The reasons for doing this are :
(a) Greater safety. The collection is exposed to great fire
risk where it is and could hardly be replaced if destroyed.
58 City Document No. 18.
(/)) Greater utility. The collection has a scholarly, rather
than a popular interest, and as such would be most useful in
connection with the other special collections of the library.
Supposing the transfer made, the city of Charlestown re-
tains its title in the collection, and the funds are expended
for the increase of the collection, as directed in the bequest.
The people of Charlestown are as free as ever to draw
works from the collection through the Charlestown Branch.
The only difference would be that they must wait a few
hours before the books are delivered. But this would not be
a great hardship, as the calls for books from the collection do
not average four a month. The purchase of books is limited
to those published before 1850; and hence the collection
can never have any popular interest. For the scholars of
Charlestown the collection would be more conveniently
located in the Central Library, where they could then consult
the other collections also. The Charlestown Branch would
gain by the removal. A large and greatly needed increase
of room for popular books would be at once secured.
On all these accounts, the committee recommend a renewal
of the request for an enabling act from the Legislature per-
mitting the transfer of the Harris collection to the Central
building.
The desirability of bringing the library into closer connec-
tion with the public schools has long been apparent. The
ideal method would be to make the schools delivery and de-
posit stations. This seems so desirable that the committee
recommend a special appropriation for this purpose, if need
be, whenever the Board of Administration ask for it. The
committee hear with approval of a beginning in this direc-
tion about to be made at the North End. Owing to the
character of the population, the library circulation in this
district is largely of juvenile works ; and the school deposit
station is peculiarly adapted to this neighborhood.
But the committee are not satisfied that this meets all the
claims of the North End. The removal to the West End of
the branch originally in this section leaves the district with-
out library accommodations. The committee recommend the
establishment of a delivery and deposit station in the North
End, with an adequate reading-room.
The committee also recommend the deposit of a collection
of suitable books at Rainsford Island, for the use of the
House of Reformation for Juvenile Offenders. The present
custom of sending soiled and tattered volumes, the rubbish of
the library and the branches, does not tend to reform these
youths.
Library Department. 69
The circulation of books from the Central Library, through
the branches and delivery stations in 1895, showed a marked
falling off from that of 189-i. This was largely due to the
closing of the library to the public during the transfer to
Copley square. This falling off has disappeared during the
current year. Nevertheless, the circulation from the Central
Library through the branches and delivery stations still con-
tinues very small.
In the case of the branches there is a large circulation
from their own collections, but in most of the delivery sta-
tions there has been, until recently, no deposit of books at
the station ; and the whole expense of the station has been
incurred to circulate from one to four books a day. Great
improvements have been made, especially during the current
year, but much remains to be done in order to secure an ade-
quate return for the expense of the circulation.
Some reasons for the small circulation exist which admit of
removal. In the first place, the delivery stations have no
adequate catalogue of the Central Library. Here the remedy
is manifest. In the next place, not more than fifty per cent
of the orders received can be filled, owing to the absence of
the books from the Central Library. There seems to be no
way of completely meeting this difficulty except by buying
more copies of popular works. In the case of books dealing
with special topics some relief may be found in a form of order
recently adopted, which admits of substituting other works
on the same topic.
But the most effective of all the means for increasing the
popular circulation consists in the admirable plan of the
Librarian, adopted last year, of keeping deposits of books
accessible to the public at the delivery stations. Last year
there was but one deposit station ; this year there are
thirteen ; and the circulation from these deposits has in-
creased from 4,595 last year to 75,325 for the current year.
The circulation from the Central Library on borrowers' cards
at the delivery stations has increased from 18,774 for 1895,
to 29,340 for 1896. The circulation of the branches and
delivery stations for home use for the last three years is
shown in the folio wingf table :
60 City Document No. 18.
Circulation of Branches and Delivery Stations.
1804.
1895.
1896.
Including West Roxbury and Mt. Bow-
52.3,2.53
547,822
4,595
15,410
591,210
DrUi-enj Stations :
From deposit ....
75,325
12,230
Books received from branches on bor-
15,515
Total circulation of branches and sta-
tions, from deposits and from their
5.38,768
567,827
678,765
Belicenj Stations :
Books received on borrowers' cards
22,320
9,. 308
18,774
9,159
29,340
Branches :
Books received on borrowers' cards
from the Central Library ....
11,354
Total
31,628
27,933
40,694
It will be seen from this table (a) that there has been a
very great increase in the total circulation of branches and
stations in the last two years; (5) that this increase has been
largely clue to the deposit stations, and (c) that the increase
in the circulation of the stations has led to only a relatively
small decrease of the circulation of the branches. It is also
clear that the extension of the popular circulation of the
books of the library should be sought through the increase
and improvement of the delivery and deposit stations, rather
than through the enlargement and multiplication of the
branches.
These gratifying results constitute the highest praise of
the wisdom and energy which characterize the Board of Ad-
ministration.
The necessities of the Central Library, owing to its change
of abode, necessarily led for a time to a relative neglect of
Library Department. 61
the branches and stations. The large increase also of the
fixed expenses for the Central Library must tend in the same
direction, unless met by corresponding increase in the ap-
propriation. The amount spent on books in branches and
stations in 1894 was only 83,707. In inaugurating the new
policy which has led to such happy results, 810,000 were
spent for the same purpose in 1895, and 812,000 in 1896.
These sums have been expended mainly in placing full lists
of reference books and collections of selected reading for the
young and current literature in the branches, and in the
purchase of the necessary books for the deposit stations.
The committee recommend that the Board of Administra-
tion be granted such appropriation of money as may be needed
to continue the policy so happily inaugurated.
An examination of the report of the Auditor of the library
shows the annual receipts and disbursements to be in the
neighborhood of $250,000. The income is derived from ap-
propriations made by the City Government, and from trust
funds, donations, rents, interest, fines, sales of catalogues, etc.
The expenditures are made for a great variety of purposes,
many of them of very small amounts.
The total income for the year was . . . $272,700
The expenditures were, approximately . . 245,700
Besides the money appropriated by the city, and the income
on trust funds held by the City Treasurer, and the money
for minor current expenses in the hands of the Auditor of
the library, there are kept on deposit in London, funds to the
amount of about $20,000 for the purpose of meeting drafts
drawn for the purchase of books abroad.
The first question which occurs concerning a financial de-
partment so extensive and important is whether it is subject
to a thorough and comprehensive system of audit. On in-
vestigation, we ascertained that until a comparatively short
time ago no system of audit worthy of the name had been in
practise ; but we are pleased to report that recently a com-
prehensive and satisfactory method has been formulated and
is now in use. Not a single expenditure, however trivial, is
made without the prior authorization of the Board of Trus-
tees and the written authorization of the President.
The only suggestion which we have to make in this con-
nection is that it would be advisable, if practicable, to have
the expenditures in the binding and printing departments,
which amount, exclusive of salaries, to a considerable sum,
examined by some disinterested person not connected with
62 City Document No. 18.
the library, — preferably a member of tlie Examining Com-
mittee, especially appointed for that purpose, and familiar
with the market rates of labor, material and supplies for
which the payments are made. While we have no reason to
suppose that economy and discretion are not practised in
these departments, we think it would tend to perfect the
financial methods of the library, otherwise so satisfactory.
We renew the suggestion of our immediate predecessors
that the amount of real and personal property authorized to
be held b}^ the Library Corporation should be increased by
law. We are not prepared to state just what the amount of
such property now is, for we are not informed whether the
city or the Library Corporation has the title to certain
portions of it ; but the capacity of the Trustees, who consti-
tute the Corporation, to hold any amount of property which
they are likely to have or receive should be unquestioned.
It is reasonable to hope and expect, now that the library has
been housed in a building of such exceptional fitness and
beauty, and the usefulness of the collection so largely
extended, that large donations by will or otherwise may be
made, and it would be unfortunate in the extreme if it were
possible that any doubt could be raised as to the legal
capacity of the Corporation to accept such gifts.
We suggest that a careful estimate be made of the value
of the real and personal property now vested in the Trustees,
and that a bill be then framed and presented to the Legis-
lature, increasing the amount which may be so held, to such
an extent as to insure that the library will be in no danger
of losing any property or funds through legal inability to
acquire or hold them.
The building appropriation for the new library is, or when
all bills are paid will be, exhausted, and a considerable
additional sum is imperatively necessary to fit the building
for its intended uses. In a structure so large and so difficult
to adapt to the best administrative methods, certain changes
are unavoidable. Besides these, additional heating and
lighting apparatus have been found indispensable, the venti-
lating devices have needed improvement, rooms left unfinished
have been put into use, additional furniture has been needed,
and other expenditures have been found necessary to com-
plete and furnish the building. These facts make it desirable
that a considerable amount be added to that heretofore avail-
able for the purpose of putting the building into thoroughly
usable condition, not including, however, the completion of
important decorations, which may well be left for gradual
treatment as funds are available for that purpose.
Library Department. 63
We therefore endorse the application which has been made
to the present Legislature by or at the request of the Trustees
for an act to authorize the city to borrow the additional sum
of $100,000 for the completion of the building, and for other
necessary purposes. The necessity for this arises from the
fact that the large amount which will be realized from the sale
of the old library building will not be available for library
purposes.
The annual appropriation by the City Government for the
maintenance of the library and the purchase of books must
necessarily increase from year to year, to correspond with the
increase in population, and the extension of the use made
of the library. We think, however, that there should
always be available a special appropriation of a reasonable
amount for use solely for the purchase of books in large
numbers or of considerable value, which are now and then
put upon the market in this country or abroad, the oppor-
tunity for the purchase of which is but brief.
Scarcely anything would more effectually promote the
financial interests of the library than a thorough agreement
for cooperation between this and other large libraries in
the immediate vicinity. It would seem, for example, an
unnecessary waste of money to duplicate here the legal
treatises and reports which are available to any citizen in
the State Library ; and the same is true of books in other
branches of special knowledge. If, therefore, a thorough and
cordial system of cooperation could be brought about between
the Boston Public Library, the Library of Harvard College,
and the State Library of Massachusetts, not to mention several
important libraries not open to the general public, but more
or less accessible to students and specialists, it would mate-
rially decrease the expenses of the library in accumulating
books for special departments, and leave funds available for
more general purposes.
We would suggest that, in addition to printing in the
annual reports of the Trustees a list of the names of those
who contribute books or make gifts or donations of any
other character to the library, a small but artistic certificate
of a permanent character be prepared and furnished to all
such persons in the future, as a token of appreciation of
their thoughtfulness and generosity, instead of, or in addi-
tion to, the letter of acknowledgment now employed for that
purpose.
In conclusion, the committee beg to say that if it is to be
assumed that the Examining Committee itself is a portion of
the machinery to be examined and commented upon, they
64 City Document No. 18.
would suggest that very considerable changes are necessary
in that body to make it a seriously useful help in the admin-
istration of the library. It consists, and naturally so, of
busy people ; is appointed late in the year, that is, in the
busiest season of the year ; and the need of incorporating
its report in the report of the Trustees to the Mayor shortens
the time in which it has to work ; all of which things put a
pressure upon the action of the committee that almost certainly
results in perfunctory service. It neither has sufficient time
to study its problems —indeed, there is hardly time to
apprehend them — nor, from the character of its constitu-
tion, can it follow out, or observe the working out, of any
suggestions made by it.
The committee has no suggestions to make as to the solu-
tion of the difficult}^ if difficulty it be, but it is content to
leave the matter, having pointed out what it takes to be an
essential weakness in the Examining Committee, as it exists
at present. It is, of course, a matter for the Trustees them-
selves to determine whether the things shall go on as here-
tofore, exciting annually an amiable interest in the library
in the minds of a dozen or more people ; or whether the
Board of Visitors is to be made more permanent in its shape,
although the individuals may change (a certain part of the
individuals composing the committee being renewed each
year), in which case, perhaps, such a board should not be
appointed by the Trustees, and directed to report to them ;
or whether a still greater element of permanence shall be
given by a considerable increase in the Board of Trustees
itself, the examining committee being abolished.
Respectfully submitted.
By order of the Committee,
John E. Hudson, Chairman.
Heloise E. Hersey, Secretary.
APPENDICES.
1896.
LIST OF APPENDICES.
I. Financial Statement.
II. Extent of the Library by Years.
III. Net Increase of the Several Departments, including
Branches.
IV. Classification : Central Library.
V. Classification : Branches.
VI. Registration.
VII. Circulation.
VIII. Trustees for Forty-five Years.
IX. Examining Committees for Forty-five Years.
X. Library Service (April 1, 1897), including Sunday and Evening
Schedule.
XI. System of Civil Service.
XII. Correspondence.
XIII. Givers, and Amount of Gifts.
Library Department.
APPENDIX I.
Finance.
Boston Public Library,
Auditing Department, February 1, 1897.
To the Trustees:
Gentlemen : The undersigned herewith j^resents a statement
of the receipts and expenditures of the Library Department for
the financial year commencing February 1, 1896, and ending
January 30, 1897 ; also a statement concerning the Trust and
other funds, statements covering special appropriations, and a
statement of expenditures on account of the branches for the
twelve years ending 1896-97.
Respectfully,
A. A. Nichols,
Auditor.
Receipts.
City appropriation, 1896-97 $225,000 00
Rents from old Library Building :
Balance from
1895-96, . . $1,664 65
During the year . 5,749 00
87,413 65
Unexpended of the transfer to
Mattapan reading-room . . 45 73
Income from Trust Funds :
In hands of City Treas-
urer, Feb. 1, 1896, $10,328 19
During the year . *4,729 66
115,057 85
Less amount trans-
mitted to J. S.
Morgan & Co. . 14,936 85
^121 00
Fines and sales of catalogues:
In hands of City
Treasurer . . $4,177 41
7,459 38
232,459 38
Carried foricard $4,177 41 $121 00 $232,459 38
* The interest due on Trust Funds invested in City Bonds, from July 1,
1896, to January 1, 1897, amounting to 84,356.00 has not yet been placed to
the credit of the Library Trustees. The total income from Trust Funds for
the year is $9,085 66.
1,872
68 City Document No. 18.
Bnmcjht forward $4,177 41 $121 00 $232,459 38
Less amount trans-
mitted to J. S.
Morgan & Co. . 2,304 52
London accounts :
In hands of J. S.
Morgan & Co.,
Feb. 1, 1896 . $13,573 13
During the year . 17,241 37
Interest on deposit
to Jan. 1, 1897 . 178 00
30,992 50
In hands of Baring
Bros. & Co 72 75
Donations :
From W. C. Todd, •
unexpended Feb.
1, 1896 . . $2,776 25
During the year . 2,000 00
4,776 25
From Woman's Edu-
cation Association,
unexpended Feb.
1, 1896 . . $383 51
During the year . 12 71
From Andrew C. Wheelwright,
unexpended Feb. 1, 1896 . 32 50
From Miss Victorine T. Artz . 10,000 00
Exchange account: Lost books, sales
of duplicates, etc. :
Balance from
1895-96 . . $580 10
During the year . 217 14
797 24
Interest on bank deposit . . 1,322 14
396 22
The expenditures have been as follows :
General library accounts, including the cost of
maintaining the branches :
Salaries :
General administra-
tion . . $113,004 21
Sunday and evening
force . . . 17,558 07
8130,562 28
50,383 49
8282,842 87
Carried fonoard, . . . 0130,562 28 $282,842
Library Department.
69
Brought forward, .
Books :
City appropriation . 125,388 25
Income from Trust
Funds . . . 8,992 88
$130,562 28 $282,842 87
—
34,381 13
Periodicals
6,049 10
Binding :
Salaries
$11,847 61
Stock .
1,504
61
Equipment
488
75
Contract work .
1,665
73
1 F. (^06 7^
xO,0\j\} 1 o
Printing :
Salaries
$3,761
99
Stock
4,301
64
Equipment
2,774
89
Contract work .
1,517
IC
12,355 62
1,108 28
P"'urniture and fixtures
Gas .
1,790 90
Electric lighting
1,239 66
Water-rates .
1,366 10
Telephone service .
.
390 72
Expense, miscellaneous
1,451 26
Expense, cleaning .
.
4,612 68
Stationery and library su
pplies
3,886 46
Rents: Branch Libraries
and Read-
ing-Rooms .
.
4,884 00
Fuel
.
6,439 21
Repairs :
Stock and contract
work
13,648
74
Salaries
2,049
83
5,698 57
Transportation, including postage
1,969 13
Transportation between Central
Library and Branches
.
3,562 25
Rent of Deliveries, including Cus-
todians' services. .
.
.3,101 22
Subscriptions to news-
papers (Todd gift),
$1,826
15
Books and periodi-
cals for West End
Branch .
403
35
Books and odd num-
bers of periodicals .
21
10
0 0.^0 fifi
Carried forioard,
8242,605 96 6282,842 87
City Document No. 18.
Broaijlit forward^
West End Branch :
Inslallinji^ switpli, etc.,
Lord Electric Co.
120
50
Building fence, F.
W. Whitcomb .
20
00
Electric lighting
337
19
Fuel .
145
80
Furniture
87
50
Insurance
22
50
Water-rates .
8
40
Library supplies
109
80
8242,605 96 $282,842
Mattapan Reading- Room
Books, W. B. Clarke
and Co.
■Services of Custo-
dian, month of
January, 1896
$5 00
4 16
751 69
9 16
243,366 81
Balance on hand January 31, 1897.
139,476 06
The balance is made up of the following items, viz.
Cash in hands of City Treasurer,
Feb. 1, 1897, as follows:
Income from Trust Funds .
Rents from old Library Build-
ing
Fines and sales of catalogues
$121 00
2,274 05
532 89
Cash on deposit in London :
Trust Funds . . . .
General funds . . . .
Cash on deposit with New England
Trust Co., and on hand :
Unexpended of donations carried
to account of 1897-98:
W. C. Todd . . . .
Woman's Education Association .
A. C. Wheelwright
Exchange account : Lost books, etc.
Interest on bank deposit .
Victorine T. Artz fund
$14,051 74
7,422 69
S2,927 94
21,474 43
$2,950 10
22 27
3 10
^ 975 47
.
776 08
1,322 14
10,000 00
$39,476 .06
Library Department.
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.
A statement coiwparing the expenditures for the financial year ending Jan. 31,
1896, with the exjjenditures for the present financial year ending Jan. 31, 1897.
Salaries ;
General art ministration. . . .
" Sunday and evening force.
Binding : Salaries « . . .
" Stock
" Contract work
" Equipment
Books
Periodicals
Furniture and fixtures
Gas.
Electric lighting and power
Water rates
Telephone service
Expense: Miscellaneous
*' Cleaning
Printing : Equipment
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" Contract work
" Salaries
Stationery and Library supplies..
Fuel
Rents
Repairs : Stock and contract work.
Transportation : postage, etc
Transportation between Central Library and branches.
Rent of deliveries, including Custodians' services
Moving expenses.
$91,954 60
11,130 60
10,626 87
2,406 14
• 1,718 54
18,231 86
5,307 49
7,326 01
1,729 76
4,758 42
595 00
480 11
3.845 17
3,870 55
5,300 00
1,012 92
4,960 44
485 00
3,200 40
6,192 07
6,285 48
1,987 29
2,699 00
530 53
3,285 43
2,347 25
.$113,004 21
17,558 07
11,847 64
1,504 61
1,420 72
4.>;8 75
25,040 32
6,049 10
1,195 78
1,790 90
1,576 85
1,374 50
390 72
1,473 76
4,612 68
2,774 89
4,301 64
1,517 10
3,761 99
3,996 26
6,585 01
4,^84 00
3,689 24
2,049 83
1,969 13
3 562 25
3,105 38
$231,525 33
*This sum covers items which were paid out of the balance of the special appro-
priation for moving expenses, and which would otherwise have been spread among
the various classes of expenditures above enumerated.
The cost of maintaining the branches makes part of the general items of the several
appropriations :
Cost of branches, 1895-96
Cost of branches, 1896-97
$47,917 23
62,785 39
Amount expended for books is for bills paid out of the city appropriation only.
The amount expended for books and binding (not included above) paid from trust
funds and city money in hands of London bankers :
For 1895-96
For 1896-97
$9,516 29
9,590 82
Gross expenditure for the year 1895-96, amounting to S208,608.05, includes payments
made from the revenue derived from old Library Building for the West End and
Mattapan branches.
City Document No. 18.
West Church, remodelling and furnishin
Balance of city appropriation .
Payments :
Contractors :
J. J. Flynn
A. A. Sanborn (heating and ventilat
ing)
Robert D. Ireland (electric light
Mellish, Byfield & Co. (furniture)
A. D. Hicks & Son .
Architects, A. S. Jenney and T. A
Fox ....
Lord Electric Co. .
Smith & Forbes (plumbing)
John White (painting tower)
Furnishings
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969
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174
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ture, general appropriation .
$12,038 48
56 92
11,981 56
ibrary Building, furnishing :
Balance of city appropriation
$41,339 92
'ayments on account :
Mellish, Byfield & Co. .
$9,462 90
Ira G. Hersey ....
1,201 72
Samuel Hayward
1,140 00
Smith & Lovett
870 00
Torrey, Bright & Capen Co. .
825 95
Koopman & Co.
660 00
R. Hoe & Co. . . . :
235 75
Foster Brothers
300 00
Walworth Mfg. Co.
145 00
Irving & Casson . . .
100 00
Architects, A. S. Jenney & T. A
Fox
274 65
Richard Codman
272 59
Sundry small accounts .
1,311 40
16,799 96
Balance, February 1, 1897
$24,539 96
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LIBRARY BUILDING, DARTMOUTH STREET.
From July 1, 1887, to Jan. 31, 1897.
Amount
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for.
Amount
Certified
and Paid.
Balance
Uncertified.
John T. Scully
Woodbury & Leigliton, 1st contract
Woodbury & Leighton, 2d contract
R. C. Fisher & Co
R. Guastavino
Lindemann, T. C. R. T. Co
Batterson, See & Eisele
Post «fe McCord, 1st contract
Post & McCord , 2d contract
David Mcintosh, 1st contract
David Mcintosh, 2d contract
Bowker, Torrey & Co
IraG. Hersey
Snead& Co., Iron Works
Norcross Bros
General Electric Co ,
Isaac N. Tucker
M. T. Davidson
Augustus St. Gaudens
Archer & Pancoast
.John S. Sargent '
E. A. Abbey
P. Puvis de Chavannes
Bethlehem Iron Works
Freight on electrical machine (Knigbt & Son),
Siemens & Halske
I. P. Morris Co
W. J. McPherson
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Co
D. C.French
E. E. Garnsey
E. D.Leavitt
Lake Erie Engineering Works
$7,714 44
313,596 79
756,233 87
48,784 40
85,544 04
35,209 54
57,273 00
43,662 43
50,900 00
48,716 81
20,823 00
110,459 00
90,705 70
76,419 75
52,857 00
21,209 30
8,952 43
3,894 00
50,000 00
15,122 80
15,000 00
15,000 00
48,235 00
1,617 40
78 10
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13,889 86
5,158 91
997 12
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313,596 79
756,233 87
48,784 40
85,544 04
35,209 54
57,273 00
43,062 43
50,900 00
48,716 81
20,823 00
110,459 00
90,705 70
76,419 75
52,857 00
21,209 30
8,952 43
3,894 00
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7,500 00
9,500 00
48,235 00
1,617 40
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13,889 86
5,158 91
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6,028 87
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5,500 00
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Carried forward.
$2,047,847 64
$1,961 ,.583 56
Library Department, 77
LIBRARY BUILDING, DARTMOUTH S,TB.B^T.— Concluded.
Contracts.
Amount
Contracted
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Amount
Certified
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Balance
Uncertitied.
$2,047,847 64
1,975 00
4,215 00
350 00
398 00
597 00
26,107 82
50.387 77
70,457 06
66.388 54
97,624 72
5,027 25
$1,961,583 56
1,200 00
$86,264 08
775 00
4,215 00
350 00
398 00
Walworth Construction and Supply Co
Walworth Construction and Supply Co
A A Sanborn
Norcross Bros
597 00
26,107 82
50.387 77
70,457 06
66.388 54
97,624 72
5,027 25
Heating and ventilating
Architects' commission of 5 per cent
Architects' commission of 7i per cent
$2,371,375 80
$2,279,373 72
$92,002 08
Appropriation.
Payments
Balance uncertified.
Deficit
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. 2,279,373 72
S89,481 17
92,002 08
LONDON ACCOUNTS.
Balances
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1895-96.
Remit-
tances,
1896-87.
Total
Credits.
Expendi-
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1896-97.
Balances
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Baring Bros. & Co..
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£ s. d.
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3,.'j56 14 1
6,348 17 8
1,967 0 2
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LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS. — INVESTED IN CITY OF BOSTON BONDS.
GIVER.
Amount.
When delivered.
No. of Bond.
When due. | I
come.
Provisions.
sso.ono 00
1 20,000 00
( 10,000 00
March, IS.'iS
April, If 01
April, 1863
8,104
352
8,105
April, 1913
.Tan'y, lomi j,
April, 1913 )
S2,000
1,600
To buy " books ot \iermanent value."
j " To the maiutenancc of a free public library."
2 Jonat mn P
May, 1860
281
July, 1905
Books having a permanent value.
August, 18-7
2,579
Oct.. 1897
000
Books for Charlestown brnncli, published before 1860.
5,000 00
December, 1873
April, 1879
7,992
2,960
Jan'y, 1924
April, 1899
200
" Books of permanent value for the Bates Hall."
Books live years old in some one edition.
April, 1879
2,068
Oct., 1920
100
Books in Spanish and Portuguese Hve years old in some one edition.
August, IfoO
,Tune, 1863
Kovember, 187S
April. 1884
kl- Chib
1,000 00
[ 500 00
1.224
( 3,714
I 722
Jan'y, 1914
Oct., 1900 1
April, 1908)
April, 1914
40
20
10 Saimiel A. Green
political economy."
!■ Books relating to American history.
11 South Boston
100 00
September, 1879
5.590
July, 1919
4
For benefit ot South Boston branch.
12 Arthur Scholfiel.l
50,000 00
December, l!-83
1.223
Oct., 1913
2,oro
To be used for books ot permanent value.
U 800 00
Jnlv, 1890
0,300
JnlT, 1920
472
1000 00
April, 1884
1 October, 1885
1,244
April, 1914
For lienefltof Charlestown branch.
f 2,000 00
1 l.TOOOO
r 1,382
1,486
April, 1910 1
Oct., 1917 1
1 1,400 00
1,000 00
1 November, 1889
Nov. 15,1919 1
Oct., 1921
271
for Ihe best intereslof the Library.
1 350 00
1894
•2,452
Oct., 1923
1. 500 00
J January, 1896
1. 9,3S1
Jan'y, 1916 J
17 .1. Ingersoll Bowditcb
,„ I Charles Greely Loring I
'» 1 Memorial tmul ^1 - ■
500 00
10,000 00
600 00
May, 1886
January, 1890
January, 1896
1,383
1,816
9,479
April, 1916
Jan'y, 19;o
Jan'y, 1916
20
■.iO
■' To hold and apply the income and so much ot the principal as they
[the Trustees] may choose to the purchase ot special boots of refer.
For " the purchase ot books ot permanent value and authority In
mathematics and astronomy," to be added to the Bowdllch col-
lection.
Books tor West End branch.
2,600 00
" For the promotion of the ob.iects ot 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 ot the
library, to be used tor the beneflt ot the South Boston Branch
«200,350 00
S8,712
(1) Joshua Bates, bom near Boston, 1788, died in London, as thehead of tl
(2) Tlie sum of glO.OUO was a gift In iMr. PhUlit's' Ufetinie. The other SCO.ooo was bequeathi
(3) Mr. Lawrence died In August. 18&5, and this sum was a bequest.
U) The bequest of Charlotte Harris to the Charlestown branch. With it her private librar;
(6> The donation of Mayor Pierce, previous to his retirement from office. The principal
(6) This fund was received from VVllUam Ninol and William Minot. Jr.. executors of il
MEMORANDA.
Baring Brothers & Co.. :
■■ ed by his will, dated
books to said library.
of September, 1849.
y was also given.
interest may be expended as fs deemed best.
'I'ownsend's Will, to whom discretionary pow
gift of his Spanish and Portuguese library. It required that )?1,000. at least, shall bf
r. Bigelow on retiring from the mayoralty, and was traosferred by him to this p
he authority given them at the dissolution of that literary association.
ig as a memorial fund from the i .= _...-.. v..., ._ ^. .... ■
Charles " •"■■•-■•
le gave gmc
J five years for twenty-five years for the addition o
harles Mead Public Library Trust Fund.''
3 of which books a
3 be bought f
STOCKS AND CASH OTHER THAN CITY BONDS HELD BY TREADWELL FUND, PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Shares.
Par value
''t*rre'Jife''r
from Trustee.
Total as
received from
Trustee.
income.
Remarks.
15 B.&A.R.R.Co
6 B. & ProT R R Co
$100 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
$179 00
179 50
118 00
133 00
J2,685 00
1.077 00
1,062 00
133 00
88 00
$5,585 00
Less 88 CO
$5,497 00
100 00
37 69
.$128 00
60 00
48 00
6 00
9 Fitchburg R R Co
1 Vt. & Mass. R.R. Co
Cash
a certificate of 12 shares preferred stock In same conioratloo, par
value $100. Total, $1,200.
Less paid May 10, 1886. to City Collector, per order of Board ot
Trustees of Public Library.
100 00
Vlctorlnc Thomas Artz, " Longfellow Memorial Collection," $10,000, not yet Invested. • Includes Income on the one share below.
LiBRAKY Department. 85
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS.
BiGELOw Find. — This is a donation made by the late John P.
BiGELOW in August, 1850, when Mayor of the city.
The income from this fund is to be appropriated to the purchase of
books for the increase of the library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . ;J1,000 00
Payable to the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Library
for the time being.
Bates Fuxd. — This is a donation made by the late Joshua Bates,
of London, in March, 185-3.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . ^50,000 00
"The income only of this fund is to be, each and every year, ex-
pended in the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority
as may be found most needful and most useful." Payable to the Mayor
of the city for the time being.
BowDiTCH Fund. — This is the bequest of J. Ingeksoll Bowditch.
Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per
cent. Bond . ." $10,000 ,00
The vrhole income in each and every year to be expended in the pur-
chase of books of permanent value and authority in mathematics and
astronomy.
Phillips Fund. — This is a donation made by the late Jonathan
Phillips, of Boston, April, 18.5o.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $10,000 00
The interest on this fund is to be used exclusively for the purchase
of books for said librarv.
Also a bequest by the same gentleman in his will, dated September
20, 1849.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . $20,000 00
The interest on which is to be annually devoted to the maintenance
of a Free Public Library.
Both of these items are payable to the Mayor of the city for the
time being.
Abbott Lawrence Fund. — This is the bequest of the late Abbott
Lawrence, of Boston.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . $10,000 00
The interest on this fund is to be exclusively appropriated for the
purchase of books for the said library having a permanent value.
Edward Lawrence Fund. — This is the bequest of the late Edward
Lawrence, of Charlestown. The following clause from his will ex-
plains its purpose :
86 City Document No. 18.
"To hold and apply llie hicoino, 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 Charlestowii branch of said Public Library."
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, due
xVpril 1, lOlti ." $.500 00
Pierce Fund. — This is a donation made by Henry L. Pierce,
Mayor of the city, November 29, lyTo, and accepted by the City Coun-
cil, December 27, 1873.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $5,000 00
TowNSEND Fund. — This is a donation from William 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 may-
think meritorious. Said executors accordingly selected the Public
Library of the City of Boston as one of such institutions, and attached
the following conditions to the legacy : " The income only shall, in
each and every year, be expended in the purchase of books for the use
of the library ; each of which books shall have been published in
some one edition at least five years at the time it maybe so purchased."
Invested in one City of Boston Five per cent. Bond, for . $4,000 00
TiCKNOR Bequest. — By the will of the late 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 sum, 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 the said sum is to be expended annually
in the purchase of books of permanent value, either in the Spanish or
Portuguese language, or in such other languages as may be deemed ex-
pedient by those having charge of the Library. These 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 library build-
ing. If these bequests are not accepted by the city, and the trust 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, Avidow 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 bequests
on behalf of the city, and made suitable arrangements for the care and
custody of the books and manuscripts.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $4,000 00
Franklin Club Fund. — This is a donation made in June, 1863, by
a literary association of young men in Boston, who at the dissolution
of the association authorized its trustees, Thomas Minns, John J.
French, and J. Franklin Keed, to dispose of the funds on hand in such
a manner as to them should seem judicious. They elected to bestow it
on the Public Library, attaching to it the following conditions : " In
Library Department.
trust that the income, but the income only, shall year by year be ex-
pended in the purchase of books of permanent value for the use of the
free Public Library of the city, and, as far as ijractidable, of such a
character as to be of special interest to young men." The trustees ex-
pressed a preference for books relative to Grovernment and Political
economy.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . §1,000 00
Trkadwell Fund. — By the will of the late Daxiel Treadwell, of
Cambridge, late Kumford Professor in Harvard College, who died Feb-
ruary 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 provided, and con-
vey one-fifth part thereof to the Trustees of the Public Library of the
Ciity of Boston.
The City Council accepted said bequest, and authorized the Trustees
of the Public Library to receive the same, and to invest it in the City
of Boston Bonds, the income of which is to be expended by said trus-
tees, in such manner as they may deem for the best interests of the
library.
Invested in the City of Boston Four per cent. Bonds, for . $.5,.5.50 00
" " " Three and one-half per cent.
Bonds, for 1,400 00
Invested in 16 shares B. & A. K.R. Co. stock, par value
$100 each 1.600 00
Invested in 6 shares B. & P. R.R. Co. stock, par value §100
each 600 00
Invested in 12 shares Fitchburg R.R. Co. stock, par value
$100 each 1,200 00
Invested in 1 share Vt. ct Mass. R.R. Co. stock, par value
$100 each .... 100 00
$10,4.50 00
Charlotte Harris Fund. — Bequest of Charlotte Harris, late
of Boston, the object of which is stated in the following extract from
her will :
" I give to the Charlestown Public Libi*ary $10,000, to be invested on
interest, which interest is to be applied to the purchase of books pub-
lished before 1850. I also give to said Public Library my own private
library, and the porti-ait of my grandfather, Richard JDevens."' Be-
quest accepted by City Council, July 31, 1877.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . $10,000 00
Thomas B. Harris Fund. — Bequest of Thomas B. Harris, late
of Charlestown, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $1,000 00
Scholfield Fund. — Bequest of the late Arthur Scholfield. who
died in Xew York, .January 17. 1888. 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 Xovember
IS, 1889, and by his will bequeathed to the City of Boston the sum of
$11,800, which represents the income of said fund, received by him up
to the time of his death, to be added to the fund given by his brother.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $50,000 00
' ' " .; .. _ 11.800 00
$61,800 00
88 (Hty Document No. 18.
Grekn Fl'ND. — Donations of Dr. Samikt. A. (Jkkkx of $'2, 000, the
income of which is to be expended for the pnrchase of l)ooks rehiting
to American history.
Invested in two City of Boston Five per cent. Bonds, for . $1,500 00
one •' Four " Bond, for . 500 00
$2,000 00
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fitnd. — Donation of a
citizen of South Boston, tlie income of which is to be expended for the
benetlt of the Sonth Boston Branch Library.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . $100 00
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund. — This is a 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.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $500 00
Charles Mead Public Library Trust Fund. — Eeceived from
Charles Mead, executor of the estate of Charles Mead, the amount of
legacy of the late Charles Mead, to constitute the " Charles Mead Pub-
lic Library Trust Fund," for the promotion of the objects of the Pub-
lic 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.
Cash in treasury, January 31, 1897 $2,500 00
From Miss Victorine Thomas Artz, of Chicago, a fund of ten
thousand dollars, "the income of this sum to be employed in the pur-
chase of valuable rare editions of the writings, either in verse
or prose, of American and of foreign authors." These books are to
be known as the "Longfellow Memorial collection." . . $10,000 00
Recapitulation of Public Library Trust Funds.
Scholfield bequests $61,800 00
Bates donation 50,000 00
Phillips bequest 20,000 00
Bowditch bequest 10,000 00
Phillips donation 10,000 00
Charlotte Harris bequest 10,000 00
Abbott Lawrence bequest 10,000 00
Victorine T. Artz fund 10,000 00
Treadwell bequest 10,487 69
Pierce donation 5,000 00
Townsend bequest 4,000 00
Ticknor bequest 4,000 00
Charles Mead Public Library Trust Fund .... 2,500 00
Green donations 2,000 00
Bigelow donation 1,000 00
Thomas B. Harris bequest 1,000 00
Franklin Club donation 1,000 00
Edward Lawrence bequest 500 00
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund .... 500 00
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund .... 100 00
$213,887 69
Library Department.
APPENDIX 11.
89
EXTENT OF THE LIBKARY BY YEARS.
Years.
Yeaes.
Total volmnes
In the Libraries.
Yeaks.
i
Ha
1
1852-53
9,688
16
1867-68
144,092
31
1882-83
422,116
2
1853-54
16,221
17
1868-69
152,796
32
1883-84
438,594
3
1854-55
22,617
18
1869-70
160,573
33
1884-85
453,947
4
1855-56
28,080
19
1870-71
179,250
34
1885
460,993
5
1856-57
34,896
20
1871-72
192,958
35
1886
479,421
6
1857-58
70,851
21
1872-73
-209,456
36
1887
492,956
7
1858-59
78,043
22
1873-74
260,550
37
1888
505,872
8
1859-60
85,031
23
1874-75
276,918 ,
38
1889
520,508
9
1860-61
97,386
24
1875-76
297,873
39
1890
536.027
10
1861-62
105,034
25
1876-77
312,010
40
1891
556,283
11
1862-63
110,563
26
1877-78
345,734
41
1892
.176,237
12
1863-64
116,934
27
1878-79
360,963
42
1893
597,152
13
1864-65
123,016
28
1879-80
377,225
43
1894
610,375
14
1865-66
130,678
29
1880-81
390,982
44
1895
628,297
15
1866-67
136,080
30
1881-8 i
404,221 '
45
189(1-97
663,703
VOLUMES IN LIBRARY AND BRANCHES, JANUARY 31, 1897,
ACCORDING TO LOCATION.
Central Library
Duplicate-room ...
488,432
4,469
Brighton . .
10,800
29,403
Charlestown
492,901
East Boston
13,145
13,408
14,868
South End
14,284
9,974
3,968
Lower mils (Station A)
88
Mattapan (Station D)
97
^'^ ( Fellowes Athenajum
18,123
Mt. Bowdoin (Station F)
1,0CG
■g i i Collection owned by City.
^ '^ . Tq,tal, Koxbury branch.
17.922
36,045
North Brighton (Station L).. . .
Broadway Ext. (Station P). . . .
75
985
90
City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX III.
NET INCREASE OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
1
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Bates Hall
8,671
t,543
9,733
874
11,857
710
13,518
l's50
15,306
1*8 23
16,499
818
20,493
32 491
Lower Hall
loss 455
746
11,821
20,273
Duplicate room
443
1'S52
330
419
2,855
I'S 9,143
loss 542
1' 8 8,056
313
2,890
Brighton branch
146
46
130
91
167
98
23
292
107
1,217
Charlestown branch..
443
145
rs70
233
421
22
339
300
loss 16
loss 112
Dorchester branch...
546
423
309
269
222
209
134
358
loss 73
1,415
East Boston branch..
158
170
63
58
59
5
48
126
112
1,021
JamaicaPlain branch
417
335
294
150
214
112
221
329
273
1,277
*North End branch..
9
8
4
12
224
84
75
63
I'S 1,861
Roxbury branch
262
280
199
146
808
loss 352
147
382
48
1,202
Fellowes Athen£eum.
358
390
39.
361
438
289
318
318
407
348
South Boston branch.
310
284
1,59
115
200
51
55
401
loss 289
1,509
South End branch...
204
260
248
187
365
loss 67
26
276
138
1,435
West End branch....
1,897
6,522
1,555
W. Roxbury branch. .
Lower Mills Reading-
25
20
6
10
33
4
loss 8
85
73
74
3
Mattapan Reading-
24
Mt.Bowdoin Reading-
room
932
N9rth Brighton Read-
8
74
Broaiway Extension
261
724
Total
13,535
12,916
14,636
15,519
20,256
8,633
20,915
29,927
18,695
35 698
* Collection transferred to West End branch.
Library Department.
91
APPENDIX III. — Continued.
Located February 1, 1896 — Jakuaey 31, 1897
Central Library
Duplicate room
Brighton branch
Charlestown branch
Dorchester branch
East Boston branch
Jamaica Plain branch
Roxbury branch, City collection
Fellowes AthenaBum
South Boston branch
South End branch
West End branch
West Roxbury branch
Lower Mills Reading-room
Mattapan Reading-room
Mt. Bowdoin Reading-room
North Brighton Reading-room
Broadway Extension Reading-room.
23,702
2,890
1,274
1,694
1,656
1,332
1,401
1,770
433
2,129
1,527
1,629
1,419
24
934
Condemned
or missing.
1,806
241
tSll
124
568
85
620
92
Net gain.
20,273
1,217
Loss 112
1,415
1,021
1,277
1,202
348
1,500
1,435
1,555
loss 8
24
932
8,888
* 1,613 transferred to Central Library. t 82 transferred to Central Library.
J 192 transferred to Central Library. Includes the collection of boolvS destroyed
by fire some years ago, which appears not to have been inchuled in the annual tables
before.
02
City Document No. 18.
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APPENDIX IV.
CENTRAL LIBRARY CLASSIFICATIONS.
(Representing books located only.)
CLASSES.
Centkal Ull
Special Libkakies.
g
1838
1861
isGr.
XS,I
isr,
18~B
1880
1889
1890
1894
1.S94
1894
h
1877
189.
,809
Total,
3S
■1
ji
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1897.
II
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fi-
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si-
II
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1
447
4,750
3,G85
1,095
245
707
2C7
8!l
0.50
704
733
1,0S3
41
14
■2
8
9
.•S6
37
9
13
19
20
1,780
13,224
2-J,574
1(1,080
15,853
9,357
2,840
12,809
21,0-2
31,755
18,634
7,084
0,521
20,093
13,7.S0
18,039
249
36
11
22
2
1,387
3,882
322
1,0911
858
520
32C
1,423
1,181
06
329
732
3,518
1,300
ll!
2
8
197
5
083
303
21
58
31
26
132
4,107
250
30
136
3,204
2,474
337
254
017
20O
225
471
245
28
2-
84
2,4.59
184
191
53
248
OO
2,393
13,Ca5
14,64-
68.0-20
64,070
20,788
11,678
10
1
403
18
8
1
270
4
1
2
1
1
845
4,192
410
Ooneral history, biography tr ivcl and ge igrapliy
American history, gcograi liy liograi hy tra\el an 1 polite litoiatuic
English history, etc....
079
009
321
y
y,
"'
379
1
28
IX.
7,390
13,519
29,003
30,989
p g y
29
U
4,419
'
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I..rl5''rLcnce
101
2.819
0,727
.WIl,
-will.
^
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20 2.16
14,118
!
50
'
12,890
XXI.
PlneartB
7,071
129
147
will
14
^
43
•1,50
XXIV
Shakespeare
3,240
\\v
5411
XXVI
2,i)21
51
2,785
58
0,905
XXVII
Stack 4
38,080
:)8.csn
7.071
Totals
22..599
3,420
378,797
0,192
13,845
2,045
0,105
13,491
6,385
582
...
5,971
079
>,8I9
_'^
009
129
4,419
38,080
488,432
_
Kxi'LANATioN. — ('laes III. iiidudoft general lii8tory,
(Jliiss IV. inclu'lps thr> r-ollcrtPiI works of American '
Olasnen v.. VI., VII.. and VIll. have the wam
have the wanie srone for the respective
INI, Mir N.-ilirii;iii,ls, Swilzerland.anrttheScandln
HI.' r .Mill I [|iii s, education, phrenology, i
I baB a different classification.
NoTK, — The dates given In the special libraries column phow the year when Ihoy wnre acquired \
The totals given above are based upon actual count made after the reuioval in January, 1895.
Lib I ; a i ; y De p a i:tm ent.
93
APPENDIX V.
CLASSIFICATION.
Branch Libraries, January 31, 1S97, as Reported by Custodians
Genealogy and Her
aldrj'
Biography.
History
Fine Arts, Arch;eo-
logy
Geography, Travels. . .
Language
Literature
INIedicine, Hygiene. . . .
Natural Science
Philosophy, Ethics,
Education
Religion, Theology. .
Sociology
Law
Useful and Industrial
Arts
Amusements, Games,
Sports
Fiction
Books for the young. .
Bound periodicals —
Unclassified
Harris Collection
350
50
1,025
1,321
12
790
15
1,950
100
50
4,.384
1,700
12
1,526
1,5-20
3,022
301
1,282
293
4,643
474
3,000
500
1,454
425
1,775
1,000
2,986
2
1,532
1,217
207
1,087
52
1,944
120
328
194
365
278
24
5,253
2,489
986
25
1,063
44
331
155
14
81
61
4,432
2,217
567
5
1,101
1,174
271
739
132
128
110
31
181
47
4,407
1,797
1,332
ROXBURY.
1
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1
1
1
1
a
57
160
395
166
463
40
85
5
3
7
1,274
2,371
1,220
1,640
1,161
1,187
2.283
1,149
1,083
805
62
476
140
118
171
840
2,128
88P
1,259
628
50
150
65
42
105
1,978
3,820
1,519
1,332
977
77
371
99
138
61
276
510
545
563
422
436
296
133
306
207
651
1,281
316
298
842
500
661
230
. 197
202
40
122
25
43
5
274
156
353
199
76
206
66
58
98
59
4,631
956
4,267
4,199
1,337
2,323
25
1,807
2,250
1,972
3,020
2,206
1,653
350
474
17,922
18,123
14,868
14,284
9,974
412
312
213
254
937
1,121
72
94
City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX VI.
STATISTICAL RErORT OF THE REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT,
February 1, 1896— Jaijuary 31, 1897.
The first registration, 1854-58, had 17,066 names; the second,
1859-67, had 52,829 names; the third, 1868-April 30, 1886, had
227,581 names; the fourth, May 1, 1886-March 31, 1894,
had 124,396 names ; the fifth, April 1, 1894-December 31, 1894,
had 25,443 names.
Registrations, including old and new names, lost and filled
cards replaced, expired cards renewed, during each year, for the
five years prior to 1895 :
1890
14,175
1891
11,502
1892
11,707
1893
11,029
1894
Average, 15,677.
29,971
Library Departjsient.
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96
City Document No. 18.
CLxVSyiFICATIOX OF HOLDERS OF "LIVE CARDS
JANUARY 31, 1897.
By Sex and Occupation.
Permanent
residents.
* Non-
residents.
Special
cards.
Males.
Over 21 years of wje.
Professional classes
Teachers
Students
Business men
Unemployed
Laborers
Under 21 years of age.
Clerks
Office and errand boys
Unemployed
Pupils of Latin and High schools.
Pupils of Grammar schools
Other students
Females.
Over 21 years of age.
Professional classes
Teachers
Students
Business women —
Married
Single, unemployed
Under 21 years of age.
Clerks
Errand girls
Unemployed
Pupils of Latin and High schools.
Pupils of Grammar schools
Other students
Totals.
•2,479
253
760
5.428
1,288
534
283
685
6,024
275
117
1,136
35-2
2 621
6,171
5,085
3
103
675
20
12
* Including persons temporarily sojourning in Boston.
N.B. — Of the 1,213 teachers' cards issued prior to February 1, 1897, 795 are live
cards; of these, 629 are held bv permanent residents, in addition to their ordinary
cards (not included in permanent residents' column above), and 166 are held by non-
residents (which are included in non-residents' column above).
Library Department.
By Wards.
No. Of
card
holders
Population
census of '95.
Percentage
of card
holders.
o
1
No. of
card
holders
Population
census of '95.
Percentage
of card
holders.
1...
2...
3...
4...
5...
6...
7...
8...
9...
10...
11...
12...
1,145
726
928
562
819
630
1,260
3,409
1,891
5,272
3,218
3,412
1,107
21,007
21,588
13,943
13,375
27,860
16,973
23,130
23,174
22,554
19,930
21,591
24,900
.0545
.0336
.0665
.0420
.0630
.0226
.0742
.1499
.0816
.2337
.1614
.1580
.0444
14..
15..
16..
17..
18..
19..
20..
21..
22..
23..
24..
25..
1,471
978
1,108
1,030
1,181
1,374
2,906
3,122
1,854
1,831
2,387
1,925
19,186
18,623
16,320
21,114
21,679
22,372
21,528
19,274
22,289
18,2'83
18,240
15,001
.0525
.0678
.0487
.0544
.0614
.1349
.1349
.0831
.1000
.1308
.1283'
Total
45,606
496,920
.0917
98
City Document No. 18.
rUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHEES, AND PUPILS.
January 31, 1897.
General Schools.
Normal
Latin and High.
Grammar
Primary
Kindergartens .
Totals.
Number
of
schools.
1
11
56
525
61
Number of
Regulau Teachers.
Men. Women. Total
650
525
119
11
KS
767
525
119
Number
of pupils
at date.
201
4,574
35,886
27,827
3,401
71,940
Special Schools.
Number
of
schools.
Number of
Regular Teachers.
Average
number of
Men.
Women.
Total.
pupils.
1
1
1
13
1
27
7
7
151
27
108
25
Evening High :
2,059
215
175
Evening Elementary
12
5
3,308
Evening Drawing
637
20
233
6,527
Special teacher.^ (not included above).
21
75
96
LiBKARY Department.
APPENDIX VII.
99
CIRCULATION.
Home Use Only.
Central Library.
From Central
Through Branches &
Delivery Stations :
Brighton
Charlestown
Dorchester
East Boston
Jamaica Plain
North End (3mos.).
Roxbury
South Boston
South End
West End
West Roxbury
Station A
Hancock School.
129
509
601
S44
1,257
337
710
430
1,209
1,021
942
1,583
4,013
66
2,449
1,919
2,522
1,411
2,784
50
285
■ 688
690
864
1,573
533
852
1,359
885
1,187
1,678
2,5S4
4,617
775
2,438
1,491
2,607
1,517
2,516
1,696
1,428
3,228
1,111
1,308
*23,637
59,930
*56,097
*49,-704
94,073
97,104
89,219
l!690 from J. P.
3,716 from Dor.
4,820 from J. P.
4,382 from Dor.
762 from Bri.
1,734 from Dor.
4,109 from deposit.
486
*27,047
53,655
*50,098
63,443
*48,415
*82,732
77,999
16,658
629 from J. P.
2,752 from Dor'ter.
9,730 from deposit.
3,235 from J. P.
3,280 fromDor'ter.
5,439
6,961 from deposit.
201 from Brig'n.
2,649 from deposit.
1,726 fiom Dor'ter.
7,759 from deposit.
2,492
3,218
10,603
12,541
976 from Rox'y.
),850 from deposit.
Central Library.
Branches
1895.
1896.
Gain, 1896.
279,494
326,2.i4
46,760
567,827
678,705
110,938
847,321
1,005,019
' See also number sent to Delivery Stations from this branch.
100
City Document No. ,18.
APPENDIX Vlir.
TRUSTEES FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS.
The Hon. Edward Everett was President of the Board from
1852 to 1864; the late George Ticknor in 18(55; William W.
Greenough, Esq., from 1866 to April, 1888; from May 7,
1888, to May 12, 1888, Prof. Henry W. Haynes ; Samuel A. B.
Abbott, Esq., May 12, 1888, to April 30, 1895; Hon. F. O.
Prince since October 8, 1895.
The Board for 1852 was a preliminary organization ; that for
1853 made what is called the first annual report. At first it con-
sisted of one alderman and one common councilman and five citi-
zens at large till 1867, when a revised ordinance made it to con-
sist of one alderman, two common councilmen and six citizens at
large, two of whom retired, unless reelected, each year, while the
members from the City Council were elected yearly. In 1878
the organization of the Board was changed to include one alder-
man, 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.
Citizens at large in small, capitals.
Abbott, Samuel A, B., 1879-95.
Allen, James B., 1852-53.
Appleton, Thomas G., 1852-57.
Barnes, Joseph H., 1871-72.
Benton, Josiah H., Jr., 1894-96.
BiGELOW, John P., 1852-68.
BowDiTCH, Henry L, 1865-68.
BoAVDiTCH, Henry P., 1894-96.
Bradley, John T., 1869-70.
Bradt, Herman D., 1872-73.
Braman, Jarvis D., 1868-69.
Braman, Jarvls D., 1869-72.
Brown, J. Coffin Jones, 1861-62.
Burditt, Charles A., 1873-76.
Carpenter, George O., 1870-71.
Carr, Samuel, 189.5-96.
Chase, George B , 1876-85.
Clark, John M., 1855-56.
Clark, John T., 1873-78.
Clarke, James Freeman,
1878-88.
Clapp, William W., Jr., 1864-66.
Coe, Henry F., 1878.
Crane, Samuel D., 1860-61.
Curtis, Daniel S., 1873-75.
DeNormandie, James, 1895-96.
Dennie, George, 1858-60.
Dickinson, M. F., Jr., 1871-72.
Drake, Henry A., 186.3-64.
Erving, Edward S., 1852.
Everett, Edward, 1852-64.
Flynn, James J., 1883.
Frost, Oliver, 1854-55; 1856-58.
Frothingham, Richard, 1875-79.
Gaffield, Thomas, 1867-68.
Green, Samuel A., 1868-78.
Greenough, William W., 1856-88.
Guild, Curtis, 1876-77; 1878-79.
Harris, William G., 1869-70.
Haynes, Henry W., 1858-59.
Haynes, Henry W., 1880-95.
HiLLARD, George S., 1872-.75;
1876-77.
Howes, Osborne, Jr., 1877-78.
Ingalls, Melville E., 1870-71.
Jackson, Patrick T., 1804-65.
Jenkins, Edward J., 1885.
Keith, James M., 1868-70.
Kimball, David P., 1874-73.
Lawrence, James, 1852.
Library Department.
101
Lee, John H., 1884-85.
Lewis, Weston. 1867-68.
Lewis, Wkston, 1868-79.
Lewis, Wixslow, 1867.
Little, Samuel, 1871-73.
Messinger, Georse W., 1855.
Morse, Godfrey,"l883-84.
Morton, Ellis W., 1870-73.
Munroe, Abel B., 1854.
Newton, Jeremiah L., 1867-68.
Niles, Stephen K., 1870-71.
O'Brien, Hugh, 1879-82.
Pease, Frederick, 1872-73.
Perkins, William E., 1873-74.
Perry, Lyman, 1852.
Pierce, Phineas, 1888-94.
Plummer, Farnham, 1856-57.
Pope, Benjamin, 1876-77.
Pope, Richard, 1877-78.
Pratt, Charles E., 1880-82.
Prince, Fkedebick O.. 1888-96.
Putnam, Geokge, 1868-77.
Reed, Samson, 1852-53.
Richards, William R., 1889-95.
Sanger, George P., 1860-6).
Sears, Phillip H., 1859-60.
Seaver, Benjamin, 1852.
Shepard, Harvey K, 1878-79.
Shurti>eff, Nathaniel B.,
1852-68.
Stebbins, Solomon B., 1882-83.
Story, Joseph, 1855-56; 1865-67.
Thomas, Benjamin F., 1877-78.
TicKNOR, George, 1852-66.
Tyler, John S., 1863-64; 1866-67.
Walker, Francis A., 1890.
Warren, George W., 1852-54.
Washburn, Frederick L., 1857-58.
Whipple, Edwin P., 1868-70.
Whitmore William H., 1882-83.
Whitmore, William H., 1885-88,
Whitney, Daniel H., 1862-63.
Whitten, Charles V., 1883-85.
Wilson, Elisha T., 1861-63.
Wilson, George, 1852.
WiNSOR, Justin, 1867.
Wolcott, Roger, 1879.
Wright, Albert J., 1868-69.
10:
City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX IX.
EXA-MINIXa COMMITTEES FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS.
The following have served on the Examining Committees
for the years given. The names in italics are those of Trus-
tees who have acted as chairmen of the various committees.
The thirty-fourth year was from May 1 to December .31, 1885, a
period of eight months, for which no Examining Committee was
appointed.
Abbott, Hon. J. G., 1870.
Abbott, S. A. B., 1880, 1894.
Adams, Brooks, 1894.
Adams, Nebemiah, D.D., 1860.
Adams, Wm. T., 1875.
Alger, Rev. Wm. R., 1870.
Amory, Miss Anna S., 1890, 1891.
Andrew, Hon. John F., 1888.
Andrews, Augustus, 1892, 1893.
Appleton, Hon. Nathan, 1854.
Apthorp, Wm. F., 1883.
Arnold, Howard P., 1881.
Aspinwall, Col. Thomas, 1860.
Attwood, G., 1877.
Bailey, Edwin C, 1801.
Ball, Joshua D., 1861.
Bancroft, Robert H., 1894.
Bangs, Edward, 1887.
Barnard, James M., 1866.
Barry, Bev. Richard J., 1895.
Bartlett, Sidney, 1869.
Bates, Hon. John L., 1896.
Beebe, James M., 1858.
Beecher, Eev. Edward, 1854.
Bent, Samuel Arthur, 1890, 1891.
Bigelow, Jacob, M.D., 1857.
Bigelow, Hon. John P., 1856.
Blagden, George W., D.D., 1850.
Blake, John G., M.D., 1883, 1891.
Blake, 3Irs. Mary E., 1894.
Bodfish, Rev. .Joshua P., 1879, 1891.
Bowditch, Henry I., M.D.., 1855.
Bowditch, Henry I., M.D., 1805.
Bowditch, Henry P., M.D., 1881.
Bowditch, J. Ingersoll, 1855.
Bowman. Alfonzo, 1867.
Bowne, Prof. Borden P.. 1896.
Bradford, Charles F., 1868.
Brewer, Thomas M., 1865.
Brimmer, Hon. Martin, 1890, 1891.
Brooks, Beo. Phillips, 1871.
Brown, Allen A., 1894.
Browne, Alex. Porter, 1891.
Browne, Causten, 1876.
Buckingham, C. E., M.D., 1872.
Burdett, Everett W., 1896.
Burroughs, Bev. Henry, Jr., 1869.
Carr, Samuel, 1894.
Carruth. Herbert S., 1892.
Chadwick, James R., M.D., 1877.
Chamberlain, Hon. Mellen, 1894.
Chaney, Bev. George L., 1868.
Chase, George B., 1876.
Chase, George B., 1877, 1885.
Cheever, David W., M.D., 1894.
Cheever, Miss Helen, 1896.
Cheney, 3Irs. Ednah D., 1881.
Clapi), mUiam W., Jr., 1864.
Clarke, James Freeman, D.D., 1877.
Clarke, James Freeman, D.I)., 1882.
Clement, Edward H., 1894, 1895.
Coale, George, O. G., 1892, 1893.
Collar, William C, 1874.
Corbett, Hon. Joseph J., 1896.
Cudworth, Warren H., D.I)., 1878.
Curtis, Charles P., 1862.
Curtis, Daniel S., 1872.
Curtis, Thomas B., M.D., 1874.
Cushing, Thomas, 1885.
Dalton, Charles H., 1884.
Dana, Samuel T., 1857.
Dean, Benjamin, 1873.
Denny, Henry G., 1876.
Derby, Hasket, M.D., 1895, 1896.
Dexter, Bev. Henry M., 1866.
Dillingham, Bev. Pitt, 1886.
Dix, James A., 1860.
Doherty, Philip J., 1888.
Donahoe, Patrick, 1869.
Durant, Henry F., 1863.
Duryea, Joseph T., D.D., 1880.
D wight, John S., 1868.
Dwight, Thomas, M.D., 1880.
Easlburu, Manton, D.D., 1863.
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103
Eaton, "William S., 1887.
Edes, Henry H., 1886.
Eliot, Samuel, LL.D., 1868.
Ellis, Arthur B., 1888, 1889.
Ellis, Calvin, M.D , 1871.
Ellis, George E., D.D., 1881.
Endicott, William, Jr., 1878.
Evans, George W., 1887, 1888, 1889.
Everett, Sidney, 1895.
Farlow, John W., M.D., 1892, 1893.
Field, Walbridge A., 1866.
Fields, James T., 1872.
Fitz, Reginald H., 1879.
Filz, Walter Scolt, 1894.
Foote, Bev., Henry W., 1864.
Fowle, William F., 1864.
Freeland, Charles W., 1867.
Frost, Oliver, 1854.
Frothingham, Richard, 1876.
Furness, Horace Howard, LL.D.,
1882.
Gannett, Ezra 8., B.J)., 1855.
Garland, George M., M.I)., 1895,
1896.
Gay, George H., 1876.
Gilchrist, Daniel S., 1872.
Gordon, George A., D.D., 1885.
Gould, A. A., Jf.Z)., 1864.
Grant, Robert, 1884.
Gray, John C, Jr., 1877.
Green, Samuel A., M.D., 1868.
Green, Samuel S., 1895.
Greenourjh, William W., 1858, 1874,
1883, 1886.
Grinnell, Rev. C. E., 1874.
Hale, Rev. Edward E., 1858.
Hale, Mrs. George S., 1887, 1888.
Hale, Moses L., 1862.
Hale, Philip, 1893.
Haskins, Rev. George F., 1865.
Hassam, John T., 1885.
Hayes, Bon. F. B., 1874.
Haynes, Henry W., 1879.
Haynes, Henry W., 1881, 1884.
Hay ward, George, M.T)., 1863.
Heard, John, Jr., 1888, 1889, 1891.
Heard, John T., 1853.
Hellier, Charles E., 1895.
Herford, Brooke, D.D., 1884.
Herrick, Samuel E., D.B., 1888,
1889.
Hersey, Miss Heloise E., 1895, 1896.
Higginson, Thomas W., 1883.
Hill, Clement Hugh, 1880.
Hillard, Eon. George S., 185.3.
Hillarcl, Hon. George S., 1873.
Hodges, Richard M., M.D., 1870.
Holmes, Edward J., 1881, 1884. -
Holmes, Oliver W., M.D., 1858.
Holmes, Oliver W., Jr., 1882.
Homans, Charles D., M.D., 1867.
Homans, 3Irs. Charles D., 1885,
1886, 1887.
Homer, George, 1870.
Homer, Peter T., 1857.
Hubbard, James M., 1891.
Hubbard, William J., 1858.
Hudson, John E., 1895, 1896.
Hunnewell, James F., 1880, 1893,
1894.
Hutchins, Miss Emma, 1895, 1896.
Hyde, George B., 1879.
Irwin, Miss Agnes, 1894.
Jeffries, B. .Joy, M.D., 1869.
Jeffries, William A., 1893.
Jenkins, Charles E., 1879.
Jewell, Hon. Harvey, 1863.
Jordan, Eben D., 1873.
Kidder, Henry P., 1870.
Kimball, David P., 1874.
Kimball, Henry H., 1865.
Kirk, Edward N., D.D., 1859.
Lawrence, Hon. Abbott, 1853.
Lawrence, Abbott, 1859.
Lawrence, Miss Harriette S., 1890.
Lawrence, James, 1855.
Lee, Miss Alice, 1889, 1890, 1891.
Lewis, IVeston, 1872, 1878.
Lincoln, Hon. F. W., 1856.
Lincoln, Solomon, 1886.
Little, James L., 1864.
Lombard, Prof. Josiah L., 1868.
Loring, Hon. Charles G., 1855.
Lothrop, Loring, 1866.
Lowell, Augustvis, 1883.
Lowell, Edward J., 1885.
Lunt, Hon. George, 1874.
Lyman, George H., M.D., 1885.
McCleary, Samuel F., 1890.
McNulty, Rev. John J., 1896.
Manning, Rev. Jacob M., 1861.
Mason, Rev. Charles, 1857.
Mason, Robert M., 1869.
Maxwell, J. Audley, 1883.
Metcalf, Rev. Theodore A., 1888,
1889.
Minns, Thomas, 1864.
Minot, Francis, 1866.
Morison, Miss Mary, 1892, 1893, 1895.
Morrill, Charles J., 1885.
Morse, John T., Jr., 1879.
Morse, Robert M., Jr., 1878.
Morton, Hon. Ellis W., 1871.
Mudge, Hon. E. R., 1871.
Neale, RoUin H., D.D., 1853.
Noble, John, 1882.
Norcross, Otis, 1880.
O'Brien, Hon. Hugh, 1879.
O'Callaghan, John J., 1895.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1878.
Otis, G. A., 1860.
Paddock, Rt. Rev. Benj. H., 1876.
Parker, Charles Henry, 1888, 1889.
Parkman, Henry, 1885.
Parks, Rev. Leighton, 1882, 1896.
Perkins, Charles C, 1871.
104
City Document No. 18.
Perry, Thomas S., 1870. 1882, 1883,
1884, 188o, 1890, 1891.
Phillips, John C, 1882.
Phillips, Jonathan, 1854.
Pierce, Hon. Henry L., 1891.
Pingree, Miss Lalla B., 1894.
Prescott, AVilliam H., LL.D., 1853.
Prince, lion. F. O., 1888, 1889, 1890,
1891, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1890.
Putnam, George, I). I)., 1870.
Putnam, Hon. John P., 1865.
Randall, Charles M., M.D., 1884.
Rice, lion. Alexander H., 1860.
Robblns, Elliott, M.D., 1893.
Rogers, Prof., William B., 1861.
Rollins, J. Wingate, 1888, 1889.
Ropes, John C, 1872.
Rotch, Benjamins , 1863.
Runkle, Prof. J. D., 1882.
Russell. Samuel H., 1880.
Sampson, O. H., 1892, 1893.
Sanger, Hon. George P., 1860.
Seaver, Edwin P., 1881.
Shepard, Hon. Harvey N., 1888,
1889.
Sherwin, Mrs. Thomas, 1893, 1894.
Shurtleff, Hon. Nathaniel B., 1857.
Smith, Azariah. 1895, 1896.
Smith, Charles C, 1873.
Smith, Mrs. Charles C, 1881, 1886.
Smith, Miss Minna, 1892.
Sowdon, A. J. C., 1892, 1893.
Sprague, Charles J., 1859.
Sprague, Homer B., 1882.
Stedman, C. Ellery, M.D., 1888.
Stevens, Oliver, 1858.
Stevenson, Hon. J. Thomas, 1856.
Stockwell, S. K, 1861.
Stone, Col. Henry, 1885, 1886, 1887.
Story, Joseph, 1856.
Sullivan, Richard, 1883, 1884.
Teele, John O., 1886.
Thaxter, Adam W., 1855.
Thayer, George A., 1875.
Thayer, Rev. Thomas B., 1862.
Thomas, B. F., 1875.
Thomas, Seth J., 1856.
Ticknor, Miss Anna E., 1891.
Ticknor, George, 1853, 1854, 1855,
1859, 1863, 1866.
Tilliughast, Caleb B., 1895, 1896.
Tobey, Jirm. Edward S., 1862.
Todd, William C, 1894.
Twombly, Bev. A. S., 1883, 1884.
Upham, J. B., M.JD., 1865.
Vibbert, Rev. Geo. H., 1873.
Wales, George W., 1875.
Walley, Hon. Samuel H., 1862.
Ward, Rev. Julius H., 1882.
Ware, Charles E., M.D., 1875.
Ware, Darwin E., 1881.
Warner, Hermann J., 1867.
Warren, Hon. Charles H., 1859.
Warren, J. Collins, M.I)., 1878.
Waterston, Rev. Robert C, 1867.
Weissbein, Louis, 1893.
Wells, Mrs. Kate G., 1877.
Wendell, Prof. Barrett. 1895, 1896.
Wharton, William F., 1886.
Whipple, Edwin P., 1869.
Whitmore, William H., 1887.
Whitney, Daniel H., 1862.
Whitney, Henry A , 1873.
Wightman, Hon. Joseph M., 1859.
Williams, Harold, M.D., 1888, 1889,
1890.
Williamson, William C, 1881.
Wilson, Elisha T., M.D., 1861.
Winsor, Justin, 1867.
Winthrop, Hon. Robert C, 1854.
Winthrop, Robert C, Jr., 1887.
Woodbury, Charles Levi, 1871.
Woolson, Mrs. Abba Goold, 1888,
1889.
Wright, Hon. Carroll D., 1884.
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APPENDIX X.
SCHEDULE OF LIBRARY SERVICE.
i\''o^e.— This has been brought down to April 1, 1S97. The order followed is (1) b
rank in grades, and (2) alphabetically within each grade.
Summary,
Central Library . . . 150 Males 81
Branches and Reading-Rooms 59 " 14
Females
69
45
209 95
Evening and Sunday Service . *51 51
Extra assistance is employed at the branches.
114
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Name.
Entered.
Grade.
Putnam, Herbert
. 1895
Librarian.
Savage, Philip H. .
fMooney, George V.
**Bicknell Margaret M.
. 1896
. 1889
. 1896
Libr'n's Sec'y.
B. Special.
C. «
Deery, D. Jean .
Learned, Lucie A.
. 1891
. 1891
C. "
C. "
Cellarius, Theodore W. .
. 1892
D.
Nichols, Adelaide A.
. 1868
Auditor.
McFarland, Peter V.
u
. 1896
NASSIGNED.
D. Runner.
Xame.
Entered.
Grade.
Carret, Jose F.
. 1875
Tenney, Mary A.
. 1897
B. Special.
CATALO
^UE DEPARTMENT.
Whitney, James L. .
llSwift, Lindsay
Hunt, Edward B.
. 1869
. 1878
. 1883
Chief.
A. Special.
A. «
Burnell, Carrie.
. 1881
A.
Butler, Edward K., Jr.
. 1896
A.
Chevalier, Samuel A.
. 1894
A.
Rollins, Mary H.
Seaver, Mrs. Lillian F.
. 1886
. 1888
A.
A.
Rice, Edwin F.
. 1885
B. Special.
♦Serving from three to seven evenings a week each. The total number of positions
is 33 evening:* ; 3(! Sundays.
** Auditor's Assistant, f Custodian of Stock Room. H Editor Library
Publications.
106
City Document No. 18.
Entered.
Grade.
Cutler, Dora L.
. 1887
B.
Gould, Ida W.
. 1884
B.
Leavitt, Luella K. .
. 1895
B.
Brennan, T. Frank .
. 1890
D. Special.
Dolan, Charles T. .
. 1894
D.
*Murdoch, John
. 1896
A. Special.
ORDERING DEPARTMENT.
Macurdy, Theodosia E.
. 1889
Chief.
Browne, Alice .
. 1883
B. Special.
Coolidge, Marie
. 1893
B.
Frinsdorff, Emily 0.
. 1894
B.
Goddard, Mrs. Frances H.
. 1892
B.
McGrath, Mary A. .
. 1868
B.
Keleher, Alice A.
. 1891
D. Special.
McFarland, Thomas A.
. 1891
D. «
St. Louis, Robert E. .
. 1897
E.
SHELF
DEPARTMENT.
Roffe, William G. T.
. 1881
B. Special.
tLocke, John F.
. 1894
B.
Richmond, Bertha P.
. 1895
B.
Connor, George H. .
. 1891
C. Special.
Reardon, John H.
. 1897
C. «
Eberhart, John
. 1894
D. «
Lucid, John F.
. 1893
LTES HALL.
D. Runner.
Knapp, Arthur M. .
. 1875
Custodian.
tBlaisdell, Frank C. .
. 1876
A. Special.
Doyle, Agnes C.
. 1885
B.
Buckley, Pierce E. . • .
. 1891
C.
Plunkett, Albert J. .
. 1895
D.
Hardy, Charles A. .
. 1896
D. Runner.
SPECl
AL LIBRARIES.
Fleischner, Otto
. 1891
Custodian.
Hall, Belle S. . . .
. 1895
B.
Hitchcock, Grace A.
. 1895
B.
Lewis, Marian L.
. 1897
B.
Ward, Joseph W. .
. 1891
D. Special.
Cassidy, Margaret L.
. 1895
D.
Kelly, Charlotte H. .
. 1895
D.
Leonard, Michael F.
. 1895
D.
§Roett, Harry W. .
. 1895
D.
Smith, Arthur E. T.
. 1897
E.
* Temporary assifcnnient. t Engaged for temporary service.
t Supervisor of Patent and Newspaper Departments. § Qualified
for D. Special.
LiBRAKY Department.
lOi
Peirce, Florence E.
Ford, Mary E. A.
Maguinness, James
PERIODICAL ROOM.
Entered.
. 1896 B.
. 1895 D.
. 1897 E.
Special.
NEWSPAPER ROOM.
Serex, Frederic . . .1895 B.
Keenan, Matthew T. . .1896 D. Special.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
McGuffey, Margaret D.
*Sheffield, Mrs. Gertrude P.
Forrest, Gertrude E.
Barry, Edward F.
McCarthy, Michael, Jr,
Sheridan, Mary C.
Desmond, Louise L
Richards, Florence F
Shumway, Marion H
Wendte, Frederika
Cufflin, M. Florence
Cunniff, Nellie L.
Dowling, S. Jennie
McCausland, Bradley
Murphy, Annie G.
Reynolds, Mary A.
Roett, Louis W.
Shipman, Paul C.
Bertram, Lucy I.
Daly, Margaret C.
Fillebrown, Emily F
Glover, John H.
Gorman, John E.
McCarthy, Marion A
Wiechmann, Catherine A.
Alley, Gertrude E.
Caiger, Eliza F. A.
Connolly, Nelly L.
Ethier, Lillian E.
Hutchins, Fernald
Kiernan, Letitia M
Lucid, Joseph A.
Olson, Alphild
Olson, Bertha A.
Williams, Grace
Zaugg, Joanna
Zaugg, Otto E.
1895
Chief.
1896
B. Special.
1895
B. "
1890
C. "
1892
C. "
1881
c. «
1895
c.
1875
c.
1895
c.
1895
c.
1892
D. Special,
1895
D. "
1895
D. "
1895
D. "
1888
D. "
1894
D. "
1895
D. "
1895
D. "
1895
D.
1895
D.
1895
D.
1895
D.
1895
D.
1895
D.
1895
D.
1895
D. Runner.
1895
D. "
1895
D. "
1895
D. "
1896
D. "
1895
D. "
1895
D. "
1895
D. -
1895
D. "
1895
D. "
1895
D. «
1895
D. -
■In charge of Juvenile Dept.
108
City Document No. 18.
Kntcred.
Grade.
McKiernan, John L,
.
1896
E.
Shaughnessy, Mary A.
.
1897
E.
Stetson, Nina M. .
1896
E.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT
BRANCn DIVISION.
Wellman, Hiller C. .
1896
Supervisor of Branches
and Delivery Stations.
Ilobart, Martha N. .
1896
B.
Heimann, Otto A. .
1890
C. Special.
Morse, Maud M.
1877
C. "
Maier, Joseph A.
1892
D.
Conroy, Michael J. .
1897
E.
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
Keenan, John J.
1885
B. Special.
Murray, Ella K.
1886
C.
Shelton, Richard B. .
1895
D. Special.
Horrigan, M. Ellen .
1895
D.
PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Entered.
Position.
Lee, Francis W.
1894
Chief.
Geyer, Willfried H. .
1896
Pressman.
Greeley, Carrie P. .
1896
Compositor,
Land, Annie F.
1896
((
Ives, Birdsey F.
BINI
1896
)ERY.
Feeder.
Ryder, Frank .
1883
Foreman.
Collins, Dennis J.
1887
Finisher.
Fuerst, Alexander .
. 1896
Forwarder.
Heyer, William H. .
1891
((
Hoeffner, George.
1891
"
Ivory, John W.
1893
u
Lofstrom, Konrad A.
1892
t<
Murphy, John F.
1883
u
Hemstedt, William P.
1883
Pressman.
Bowen, Mrs. Sarah E.
1876
Sewer.
Doiron, Joanna
1896
((
Kilej, Margaret J. .
1889
"
Moriarty, Mary G. .
. 1875
"
Nolen, Sarah
. 1891
((
Potts, Ellen F.
. 1892
a
Soule, Ellen E. .
. 1891
u
ENGINEER AND JANITOR DEPARTMENT.
Niederauer, Henry . , . 1894 Chief Engineer.
McCready, Alexander . . 1895 Engineer.
Library Department.
109
Entered.
Position.
Malone, John P.
1895
Engineer.
O'Neill, Harry .
1896
u
Zittel, George, Jr. .
1891
((
Herland, Nils J.
1895
Fireman.
Moran, John A.
. 1894
u
Karlson, Charles W.
1896
Book Motors.
* Williams, John L. .
1886
Janitor.
Kilmurry, William .
. 1894
Assistant Janitor.
McCarty, Dennis
. 1888
Watchman.
McGee, Alexander D.
. 1896
Painter.
Wall, Frank A.
. 1897
Carpenter.
Hanna, William T. .
1895
Marble polisher.
Goode, Robert
1895
Elevator.
Coat room.
Whisnant, William B.
1895
EAST BOST
ON BRANCH.
Entered.
Grade.
Flanders, Emma W.
1888
c.
Wing, Alice M.
1873
c.
Bickford, Lillian A. .
. 1891
D.
Hosea, George H.
1873
Janitor.
SOUTH BOSI
^ON BRANCH.
BuUard, N. Josephine
1883 ■
C. Special.
Eaton, Ellen A.
1873
C.
Sampson, Idalene L.
1878
c.
McQuarrie, Annie C.
1894
D.
Orcutt, Alice B.
1887
D.
Parker, Helena L. .
. 1889
D.
Baker, Joseph .
1872
Janitor.
ROXBURTZ
BRANCH
Bell, Helen M.
. 1878
C. Special.
Berry, Elizabeth C. .
. 1883
C.
Puffer, Dorothy
. 1878
c.
Griggs, Sarah W. .
1886
D.
Lynch, Gertrude A.
1894
D.
Monahan, William .
1883
Janitor.
CHARLESTO
WN BRANCH.
Cartee, Elizabeth F.
1886
C. Special.
Livermore, Mrs. Susan E.
1885
C.
Reagen, Elizabeth R,
1895
c.
O'Neill, Margaret M.
1892
D.
Rogan, Katharine S.
1896
D.
Smith, Thomas E. .
1874
Janitor.
* Cliarge of book motors, evenings.
no
City Document No. 18.
BRIGHTON BRANCH
[.
Entered.
Grade.
Rice, Harriet
. 1896
C. Special.
Conley, Ellen F.
. 1891
C.
England, George A. .
. 1896
C.
Dale, M. Florence
. 1895
D.
Brock, James M.
. 1878
Janitor.
DORCHESTER BRANCH.
Reed, Mrs. Elizabeth T. .
. 1873
C. Special.
Griffith, Mary E.
. 1886
*C.
Donovan, Mary G. .
. 1891
D.
Hufton, Nellie E. .
. 1896
D.
Meffen, Margaret
. 1892
D.
Davenport, Edward .
. 1875
Janitor.
SOUTH
END BRANCH.
Sheridan, Margaret A.
. 1875
C, Special.
McGrath, Amelia F.
. 1888
C.
Lynch, Emma F.
. 1885
D.
Meehan, Margaret F.
. 1893
D.
MuUoney, William J.
. 1892
D.
JAMAICA PLAIN BRANCH.
Swain, Mary P. . . .1877 C. Special.
Riley, Nellie F. . . .1878 C.
Albert, Katie F. . . .1892 D.
Johnson, Timothy . . . 1876 Janitor.
WEST END BRANCH.
Davis, Mrs. Eliza R.
Barton, Margaret S.
Forbes, George W. .
McKirdy, Alice E. .
Mooney, Katharine G.
Riley, Mary E.
Kiley, Mary E.
Porter, Frank C.
Rossiter, John .
. 1877
C. Special.
. 1885
C.
. 1896
C.
. 1896
c.
. 1885
c.
. 1891
D.
. 1896
D.
. 1896
D. Runner.
. 1896
Janitor.
WEST ROXBURY BRANCH.
Morse, Carrie L. . . .1890 D. Special.
Carroll, Joseph . . . 1894 Janitor.
DELIVERY STATIONS.
Station. Custodian. Grade.
A. Lower Mills Reading Room Hill, M. Addie D. Special.
B. Roslindale Delivery Station Davis, William W.
C. West Roxbury Branch See above
D. Mattapan Reading Room .Capewell.Mrs. EmmaG.,D. Special.
Library Department.
Ill
station. Custodian. Grade.
E. Neponset Delivery Station Savil, Susan.
F. Mt. Bowdoin Reading Room Fairbrother, Mrs. EHz. G.,D. Special.
G. Allston Delivery Station Sampson & Padelford.
H. Aslimont Delivery Station "Weymouth, Clara E.
J. Dorchester Sta. Delivery Station. .Sexton, Mrs. Annie M.
K. Bird-st. Delivery Station Hoare, Mrs. Esther G.
L. No. Brighton Reading Room Muldoon, Katherine F. . .D. Special.
M. Crescent ave. Delivery Station Johnson, Charles E.,& Co.
N. Blue Hill ave. Delivery Station. ...Riker, Mrs. S. A.
P. B'way Extension Delivery Station. Ward, Langdon L.
Q. Upham's Corner Delivery Station. .Bird, Mrs. Thomas H.
R. Warren-st. Delivery Station Mowry, Albert D., & Co.
S. Roxbury Crossing Delivery Station. In Charge Boys' Institute.
EVENING AND SUNDAY SEKVICE.
6 P.M. TO 10 P.M. Winter Schedule.
Sundays, 2 to 10 p.m.
Bates Hall.
Officer in Charge.
Chevalier, Samuel A, See Issue Department
Fleischner, Otto. See Special- Libraries
Hunt, Edward B
Swift, Lindsay ....
Assistant.
Roffe, William G. T.
Walsh, William A. See Fine Arts .
Central Desk.
Buckley, Pierce E. .
Williams, David L. .
Care of Reference Books.
Heimann, Albert E. ...
Care of Lower Tube.
Pitts, James A. ....
Lucid, John F. ....
Runner.
Beckford, Fred A
Issue Department.
Officer in Charge.
Blaisdell, Frank C
Chevalier, Samuel A. See Bates Hall
Receiver of Books.
Blaisdell, Fred W
Deliverer of Books.
See Indicator. Runner .
See Deliverer of Books. Runner
See Care of Tubes
Reardon, John H.
Clarke, William S.
Care of Indicator.
Clarke, William S.
Hannigan, Walter T
Care of Slips,
Heimann, Otto A. .
Hughes, John A. .
Care of Tubes.
Hannigan, Walter T. See Indicator
Plunkett, Albert J. See Runner
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Care of Carriers. Hours.
Ilannigan, Frank J, . . . . . . .25
Runners.
Campbell, Charles D 25
Clarke, William S. See Indicator. Deliverer of Books. 7
Connors, Timothy J. ...... 25
Currier, Ulj'sses S. G 7
Doyle, Charles A 25
Ford, Daniel J. ....... 32
Glover, John II 16
Gorman, John E 16
Hard}', Charles A 16
Hughes, Thomas F 9
McFarland, Peter V 9
Martin, D. Clifford 25
Plunkett, Albert J. See Care of Tubes ... 7
Tenny, Robert M 25
Weller, Waldo W 25
SPECIAL LIBEAEIES FLOOE.
In Charge.
Fleischner, Otto. See Bates Hall .... 5
Barto:n^ Library.
In Charge.
Lee, Francis W 20
Tiffany, Edward 12
Assistant.
Leonard, Michael F. 12|-
Ward, John A 12|
Fine Arts Department.
In Charge.
Walsh, William A. See Bates Hall Assistant . . 17
Bourne, Frank A 12
Assistant.
McFarland, Thomas A . 12^
Ward, Joseph W. . ' 12|
Periodical Room.
Connors, John F 32
Registration Desk.
Fallon, William E 21^
Keenan, John J 3^
Patent Room and Juvenile Library,
Attendant.
Hemstedt, William P .16
Mooney, George V. . .• . . . . ,16
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Assistant, Hours.
Trueman, Nelson G. ...... 25
Newspaper Room.
Attendant.
Brennan, T. Frank 16
Connor, George H. ....... 16
Replacement or Books.
Barry, Edward F 12|^
McCarthy, Michael, Jr 12|
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APPENDIX XT.
SYSTEM OF SERVICE
As IX Force February 1, 1897.
The system of graded service with provision for examinations
as set forth in Article VI. of the By-laws quoted below was
adopted by the Trustees in April, 1895. Employees then in the
service were graded thereunder. The application of the system
to such employees was, however, made with this proviso, that it
should not of itself entitle any employee to an increase of salary
nor subject him to a decrease. In some cases, therefore, the
salaries of present employees do not yet accord precisely with
the salaries of the grades under which they are classed. But
increases of salary that may be recommended on the ground that
the service rendered is entitled to higher pay will be made only
in accordance with the scheme. And all promotions, as well as
new appointments, will be made in accordance with the scheme.
Extracts From By-Laws.
ARTICLE v., Section 1. — Examinations. Semi-annu-
ally, or oftener if expedient, examinations shall be held under
the direction of the Librarian, for admission, by promotion
or otherwise, to all grades of employment in the Public
Library, except the positions of Librarian, Assistant Librarian,
Librarian's Secretary, Auditor, Chief Cataloguer, Chief of Shelf
Department, Custodian of Bates Hall, Chief of Ordering
Department, Chief of Issue Department, Supervisor of Branches
and Stations, Chief Engineer, Chief of Printing Department, and
Chief of Bindery.
From the list of those persons who have successfully passed
the examinations of the grade in which they seek employment,
appointments shall be made by the Trustees upon nomination
by the Librarian in consultation with the head of the department
in which the appointment is to be made.
ARTICLE v., Section 2. — Vacations and Other Absences.
All persons regularly employed in the library, except per-
sons employed in the Engineer's or Janitor's departments, or
in the Bindery, shall be entitled to a vacation at the rate of
twenty-four days for each year in the service, exclusive of
legal holidays and of the weekly half-holiday allowed by the
city ordinance, to be arranged by the Librarian, No allowance
shall be made for absence from duty except as above provided.
Library Department. 115
Section" 3. The President or Librarian shall have power to
suspend, with loss of pay, any person in the library service
until the first succeeding meeting of the Corporation.
The following notice and application blank are furnished to
applicants for employment in the library service.
Notice to Applicants foe Employment.
Applications must be made upon the printed blanks furnished
by the library. Examinations for applicants will be held from
time to time as the needs of the service may require. Each
applicant will be notified of the examination to be held next
after the filing of his application.
The examinations are not strictly competitive. Other capaci-
ties being equal, preference will be given to persons attaining
the highest mark ; but in making selections from among those
who have taken the examination, other elements of fitness for
the particular positions to be filled will be taken into account.
The purpose of the examination being not to test the intelli-
gence of the applicants by an absolute standard, but rather to
range the applicants according to the relative intelligence
displayed by them, no absolute pass-mark is fixed ; nor is any
certificate or diploma given, but candidates will, if they desire,
be informed of their relative rank among those who have taken
examinations for the same grade.
The examination, moreover, is regarded as a preliminary test
merely. It must be followed by a lest of capacity in actual
service during a probationary period. And all appointments to
the service, even where carrying pay, are provisional and con-
ditioned upon proof of capacity for the particular positions to be
filled as shown in actual service.
The entire library service (excepting the Engineer, Janitor,
and Printing Departments and the Bindery ; and the Sunday
and Evening service which is paid by the hour) is divided into
grades. Each grade begins with a minimum salary and pro-
gresses to a maximum. The maximum reached, no further
increase is possible, except by promotion to a higher grade.
Such promotion also is based upon an examination, combined,
however, with certificate of capacity from the head of depart-
ment in which the employee has served.
The ordinary grades are supposed to provide for positions
where academic knowledge is necessary ; the special grades for
those positions where special capacities (as knowledge of type-
writing, executive ability, etc.) are more particularly required.
The grades are as follows :
1st year, 2d year, 3d year, 4th year,
per week. per week. per week. per week.
Grade E . . $3 50 U 00 $4 50
» D , . 5 00 6 00 7 00
« D (for runners) 5 00 5 50
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Ist year, 2(1 year, 3d year, 4th year,
per week. per week. per week. per week.
Grade C . . 87 50 $S 50 $9 50 $10 50
u B . . 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00
u A . . K) 50 17 50 18 50 19 50
« D Special 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00
u c " . 12 00 13 00 13 50
4' B " . 14 00 15 50 17 50
u A " . 23 50 25 50 27 50
It is expected that vacancies in Grade A will be filled by
promotion from Grade B after examination.
Persons who have entered the library service as runners in
Grade E and are certified by the head of the department to
have performed satisfactorily the duties of Grade E and to have
acquired a knowledge of location requisite for Grade D, may,
upon recommendation of the Librarian, at the end of six months
from the date when they entered the service, be promoted to
Grade D.
The qualifications for the various general grades so far as the
requirements of the general examination are concerned are as
follows :
Grade A.
Knowledge of Foreign Languages.
General History and Literature,
Library Science.
Experience in this library.
Grade B.
Knowledge of at least two Foreign Languages.
General History and Literature.
Library Science.
Grade C.
Equivalent of High School Education.
Knowledge of one Foreign Language.
Grade D.
Equivalent of Grammar School Education.
Knowledge of location and system in this Library.
Grade E.
Equivalent of Grammar School Education.
Applicants for positions in the higher grades must satisfy the
examiners of their ability to pass the examinations for all the
grades below that for which they make application.
To the above general qualifications must be added in each
case such special qualifications as may be requisite for the
particular positions to be filled.
Herbert Putnam,
Librarian.
Library Department. 117
Application Blank.
I hereby make application to be examined for a position in
Grade of the Public Library service of the City of Boston.
As part of my application I declare the answers to the follow-
ing questions to be true and in my own handwriting.
Each question must be answered or the blank will be returned.
1 . Are you married or single ?
2. "Where do you reside and what is your post-office address?
(Give town or city, including street and number.)
3. How long have you been a resident of said city or town ?
4. What is the date and place of your birth V
5. What is your fathei-'s and mother's full name? Give
name, whether living or dead.
6. Have you ever been examined for the public service in any
State or city ? If so, when, where, for what branch and grade of
t^he service, and with what result ?
7. Are you in good health? Have you any mental or
physical incapacity cf which you are aware ?
8. What is your present occupation and what has been your
past occupation ? Give places and dates of employment as near
as you can.
9. In what schools, academy, or college were you educated ?
Give the name and length of course in each.
10. Have you any experience, or do you po-sesa any special
qualifications, such as a knowledge of book-keeping, sten-
ography, typewriting, foreign languages, or a familiarity with
other branches of knowledge, which, in your opinion, would be
useful in the service of the Public Library, and not included'
among the requirements for the grade in which you are an
applicant ?
[Signature]
Boston, , 189
When Jillecl out, fold thrice (md return to the Librarian of
Fuhlic Library. Enclose any recom?nendations you desire to
submit.
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APPENDIX XII.
CORRESPONDENCE.
25 Buckingham street, Cambridge, February 11, 189G.
Herbert Putnam, Esq.
Dear Sir: I desire to give to the Boston Public Library a
special collection of books, now amounling to nearly one thou-
sand, and bearing on the general subject of the History of
Woman. I would make only the condition that these should be
placed, at least for the present, in an alcove or alcoves by them-
selves, in the hope that they may be used freely by students, and
that other donors may gradually cooperate in building up a
department of some permanent value.
It is needless to say that I should not desire to see any
general separation in any library between works relating to
men, and works relating to women, as this would be a thing
absurd and impracticable. But the great changes that have
gone on within recorded history in the social, industrial and
educational position of woman, render all this an important
theme for special study, and a proper basis for a separate depart-
ment in every large library. It is such a department that I
desire, with the aid of others, to establish ; and I am very con-
fident that it will find special students to whom it will be of value.
Indeed, this has proved to be the case more than once while
these books have been under my own roof.
I am not aware that such a department has before been
created in any public library, though one or two college libra-
ries in our Western States have been mentioned as beginning on
similar collections. Several large collections of books written
by women have been made in Europe ; and among my books
there are printed catalogues of two of these, both now scattered,
the Ferri and the Stainforth Libraries. But both these con-
tained the works of women only — not works about women;
and the same was the case with the remarkable library of
women's writings which I visited in the Women's Building at
Chicago, and most of whose contents are still kept together,
I believe, in that city. None of these, therefore, were general
collections like that at which I aim.
The collection has hitherto borne the name of " The Galatea
Collection of Books relating to the History of Woman," and is
roughly catalogued under that appellation ; but I do not in the
least require that this name should be made permanent, nor do
LiBEAEY DePARTJMENT. 119
I make any other condition whatever. I am satisfied that the
authorities of the Boston Public Library will fully consider the
suggestions already made, and will, if they accept the gift, carry
out these suggestions wisely. The books have been in process
of collection for nearly fifty years, and include a good many
that are rare and curious. They are in a variety of languages,
and many of them would now be duplicated with difficulty.
The question how far they should be used inside the building
and how far outside must be left wholly to your judgment.
The bulk of these books can be delivered ere long if they are
accepted ; but I may wish that some of them may be tempo-
rarily retained for my own use or that of my family. I desire
to add that I am influenced in making this gift, such as it is, not
only by the conviction that it is the best use to be made of the
collection, but by a warm regard for the Boston Public Library
itself ; having received from it many favors in years past and
having as a member of the Legislature taken an active part in
securing for it the piece of land on which its present building
stands.
I am yours very respectfully,
(Signed) Thomas Wentwoeth Higginson.
Mt. Bowdoin Library Association,
Boston, Mass., February 27, 189G.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemen: At a meeting of the Mt. Bowdoin Library
Association held on the 26th day of February, 1896, it was
unanimously
" Mesolved, That the books, book-cases and furniture belong-
ing to this association be presented to the Boston Public Library,
and that the president and secretary be authorized and re-
quested to execute the necessa,ry conveyance in the name of the
association."
In compliance with this resolution, the Mt. Bowdoin Library
Association hereby gives and transfers to the Trustees of the
Boston Public Library its books, comprising upwards of 800
volumes, its book-cases, desks, tables, chairs, curtains, furniture
and fixtures, all being in the Mt. Bowdoin reading-room.
The Mt. Bowdoin Library Association.
By (Signed) William Bellamy, President.
(Signed) J. L. Harbour, Secretary.
41 Marlborough street. May 6, 1896.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemen: I wish to offer to the Boston Public Library a
portrait of my father, to be placed in the room where the Tick-
IJd City Document No. 18.
nor Library is kept. It is an excellent copy of a painting, by
Thomas Sully of Philadelphia, executed in 1831 ; and represents
]Mr. Ticknor at the age of forty, in the prime of life ; differing,
therefore, from the portraits at present, more familiar to the
public, which represent him as an old man of seventy-six.
Sully's painting shows him as he was during the period when
he collected the books which form the Ticknor Library of
Spanish and Portuguese works.
I will send the painting, which I desire to present to the
library for your inspection. It i>< by Mr. George Sloane, of this
city, and I consider it an admirable copy.
It will need a tablet to be affixed to it, giving name and age
of the subject, which I will provide later.
Truly yours,
Anna Eliot Ticknor.
September, 22, 1896.
Hon. Josiah Qimicy, 3Iayor :
Dear Mr. Quincy : I have been appointed executor of the
will of Bessie S. Lockwood, of Cambridge, whose husband,
Hiland Lockwood (who died in September, 1874), was for many
years a resident of Boston. By her will, she bequeaths to the
city of Boston her husband's large and valuable library, the
same to be added to the Boston Public Library.
At some time, which may be mutually convenient, I shall be
ready to transfer this library to the proper city official.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Frank O. Squire.
Terms of Bequest.
" Fourth. To the city of Boston I bequeath my library, to
be added to the Public Library. "
Chicago, November 7, 1896.
Mr. Herbert Putnam :
I do not wish to abandon my project of a memorial donation
to the Boston Public Library, and I submit the following propo-
sition :
I will donate the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to the
Boston Public Library, 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 of foreign authors. Origi-
nal manuscripts may be included in the collection.
I will not make it a condition that these books and manu-
scripts shall be cared for as a separate collection, nor will I
restrict them absolutely from circulation.
Library Department. 121
I desire each of the books to have a distinctive book-plate,
that shall declare them to be a part of the Longfellow Memorial
Collection.
Very truly,
(Signed) Victorixe Thomas Artz.
The Metropole.
City of Boston,
In Common Council, November 19, 1896.
Ordered., That the City Treasurer be, and he hereby is,
authorized, in behalf of the city, to accept the legacy of twenty-
five hundred (2,500) dollars from the estate of the late Cbarles
Mead of this city, the same to constitute a trust fund to be
designated " The Charles Mead 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 said
government shall deem it consistent with the objects of the
library to be used for the benefit of the South Boston Branch
Library ; and it is further
Ordered., That the Treasurer invest and reinvest said sum,
and pay the income thereof for the purpose of the Public
Library, as designated by the Trustees of the Public Library of
the city of Boston.
Passed. Sent up for concurrence.
In Board of Aldermen, November 23, 1896.
Concurred.
Approved by the Mayor, November 25, 1896.
A true copy.
Attest :
(Signed) Johx T. Priest,
Asst. City Clerk.
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City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX Xin.
GIFTS, JANUARY 31, ISm, TO JANUARY 3], 1897.
(Books Only.)
See also llie Kcports of the Trustees iind Librarian, pp. 5,24.
Givers 1,545
Volumes 22,185
Numbers 9,159
Abbott, Samuel A. B.
Abbott, Br. W. C, Ruvenswood, Chicago, III. .
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas
Naturales, Mexico
Academia Nacional de Medicina, Lima, Peru .
Acaderaie Imperiale des Sciences, St. Petersburg, Biissia.
Academy of Natural Sciences, PMlndelphia, Pa.
Academy of Science of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
Actors' Fund of the U. S. of America ...
Adams, Prof. J. Q., PMladfdpMa, Pa.
Adams Academy, Quincy, 3Inss. ....
Aguilar Free Library, Neiu York City
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auhurn, Alu
Alabama Geological Survey, University, Ala. .
Alden, James S., Passaic, N.J.
Alfred University, Alfred, JSf.Y.
Allen, Charles E., Cedar Grove, Maine
Allen, Edward G., London, England ....
Allen, Rev. G. H., D.D., Cambridge, Mass.
Allen, Henry F
Aluminnin AVorld, Pnblisliers of, Neio York City
American Academy of Arts and Sciences ...
American Academy of Political and Social Science, Phila
delphia, Pa
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester. Mass.
American Anti-Vivisection S.ociety, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Salem, Mass. ........
American Baptist Home Mission Society, ISfetc York City
American Bar Association, Philadelphia, Pa. .
American Bible Society, New York City .
American Catholic News, New York City .
American Citizen Company ...
American Climatological Association, Philadelphia, Pa
American Colonization Society, Washington, D.C. .
American Conference on International Arbitration, New
York City
American Congregational Association
American Electric Meter Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Forestry Association, Washington, D.C. .
American Historical Association, Washington, D. C.
American Homes Publishing Company, Knoxville, Tenn
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American Humane Association on Vivisection in Amer-
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American Institute of Architects, Providence, R.I.
American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York City
American Iron and Steel Association, Philadelphia, Pa
American Jewish Historical Society, Washington, D.C.
American Laryngological Association, Washington, B.C.
American Millennial Association ....
American Missionary Association, New York City .
American New Church Tract and Publication Society
PhiladelpMa, Pa
American Nonconformist, Indianapolis, Ind.
American Otological Society, New Bedford, 3Iass. .
American Peace Society
American Philosophical Society, PhiladelpMa, Pa.
American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Ky.
American Society of Civil Engineers, Nino York City
American Society of Irrigation Engineers, Denver, Col. .
American Society of Railroad Superintendents, Asbury
Park, N. Y.
American Surgical Association, Phila'delphia , Pa.
American Veterinary College, New York City .
Amerikanische Turnzeitung, Milwaukee, Wis. .
Ames, Mrs. Adelbert, Lowell, Mass. .
Ames, John N., Chelsea, 3Ia.ss
Amherst College, Amherst, 3[ass. ...
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Mass
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass.
Angell, George T.
Anonymous
Apollo Club of Boston
Appalachian Mountain Club ....
Appleton, W. S 3 portraits
Apprentices' I^ibrary Company of Philadelphia, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Arbetaren Publishing Co., Worcester, Mass.
Argentine Republic. Oficina Meteorologica Argentina,
Buenos Aires, S.A
Argentine Republic, Consul in Boston . . . .
Argus (Swedish)
Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, Tucson, Ari-
zona
Arms, Miss Jennie M.
Arnold Arboretum .
Arnold, Howard P
Aron, Joseph, Paris, France
Art Clvib of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Arundel Society, London, England
Ashley, Prof. W. J., Cambridge, Mass
Ashton, J. N
Association of American Physicians, Philadelphia, Pa. .
Association of Engineering Societies, Philadelphia, Pa.
Associazione Tipografico-Libraria Italiana, Milan, Italy .
Atkinson, C. F
Atwell, C. B., Evanston, III
Atwood, John, Maiden, Mass
Aubrey, W. H. S., LL.D., Croydon, England .
Avery, Hon. Elroy M., Cleveland, Ohio ....
Bailey, F. H., A.M.
Baillie's Institution Free Library, Glasgow, Scotland
Baker, Marcus
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Balthvin. Prof. J. M., PriMccton, N.J
Baldwin, William II 281 pieces music
Bancroft, R II
Bangor rublic Library, Bamjor, Me. ....
Bangs, Outram
Bannon, .1. W., Company, New York City
Barker, Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa
Barnard Memorial
Barueaud, Charles, Chelsea, Mass
Barrow-in-Furness, Free Public Library, Lancashire,
England
Basel, Switzerland, Universitilts Bibliothek
Batchellor, Albert S., Littleton, N.H. ....
Bates College, Lewiston, Me
Battevsea Public Libi'ary, London, Emjland
Beal, Hon. Flavins O., Banf/or, 3{e
Becker, Pro/. George F., n'rts/iin^ion, D.C.
Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge,
Belfast, Ireland
Bell, Prof. Alexander G., Beinn Breach, Cape Breton,
N.S
Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
Benson, Rev. R. M • •
Bent, Allen H
Benton, Josiah H., Jr.
Berdwell, Arthur T., Springjield, Mass. . 2 pictures
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
Betis, Prof. Victor
Biblioteca Nacional, -Bitejios J.ires, -S^
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Florence, Italy,
Biblioteca Univer^taria Napoli, Naples, Italy .
Bibliotheek der Rijks-Universiteit, Leyden, Holland
Bibliothpque de FUniversite cVJJ trecht, Utrecht, Holland.
Bibliotheque de I'tTniversite Imperiale, St. Petersburg,
Russia
Bibliotheque de I'Universite Royale de Norvege, Chris-
tiania, Norway
Bibliotheque Sainte Genevieve, Paris, France .
Bigger, .J. H., Montville, Mass
Billings, Dr. John S., New York City . . . .
Bimetallic League, London, England . . . .
Bingham. Hon. Henry, Littleton, N.H. . . . .
Biological Society of Washington, Washington, B.C.
Birmingham, England, Free Libraries Committee .
Bishop, Seth Scott, B.S., M.D., LL.D., Chicago, III.
Blackburn Free Library, Museum and Art Gallery,
Blackburn, England
Blackwell, Samuel C, New York City . . . .
Blaisdell, Frank C
Blaney, Henry R.
Blank, S
Blatt, William M
Bley, Gustave, Paris, France
Blinn, Henry C., Canterbury, N.H
Blodgett, Albert X., M.D
Blumer, G. Alder, 3/. £), rtzca, A^.F. . . . .
Boardman, Samuel Lane, Portland, Me
Bolton Public Free Library, Bolton, England .
Bolton, C. E., Cleveland, Ohio
Bolton, Charles K., Brookline, Mass. . , . .
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City Hospital
City Messenger 18 Maps
City Registry Department
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Street Laying Out Department . .
Boston Art Club
Boston Associated Charities
Boston Budget
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston Children's Aid Society
Boston College
Boston Commercial . . . . .
Boston Courier, Publishers of
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Boston Daily Globe
Boston Daily Herald
Boston Daily Journal
Boston Daily Post
Boston Daily Traveler
Boston East Baptist Association, Readiny, Mass.
Boston Ideas
Boston Industrial Aid Society
Boston Industrial Home
Boston Merchants' Association
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Boston Protective Department
Boston Provident Association
Boston Society of Medical Sciences
Boston Society of Natural History
Boston Telegraph
Boston Times
Boston Transcript Company
Boston Transit Commission
Boston University
Boston Young Mens' Christian Union ....
Boston Young Women's Christian Association
Bostonian Society
Botanical Society of America, St. Louis, Mo. .
Botume, J. F.
Bourinot, J. G., C.M.G., LL.D., D.C.L., Lit. D., Ottawa,
Canada
Boutwell, Hon. George S
Bowditch, Prof. Henry P
Boveditch, Nathaniel I., heirs of
Bowditch, Dr. Vincent Y
Bowdoin College Library, BriinsKick, Me.
Bowen, Seranus, M.D.
Bowles, J. M
Bradford, England, Public Free Libraries and Art
Museum
Bradlee, Rev. C. D., Brookline, Mass. 192 newspapers
Braun, A. D. & Co., Nexo York City
Brecht, Gustave V., St. Louis, Mo
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Brighton Public Library, Brighton. Enf/land .
Brinton, Dauicl G., A. M , M.D., LL.D., Media, Pa
British and Foreign Bible Society, London, Enrjland
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