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EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES
OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON
1939
BOSTON
PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES
1941
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON: PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
4,10.41 I 2E00
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
ROBERT H. LORD, President
Term expires April 30, 1942
FRANK W. BUXTON
Term expires April 30. 1940
JOHN L. HALL ELLERY SEDGWICK
Term expires April 30, 1941 Tenn expires April 30, 1943
LOUIS E. KIRSTEIN
Term expires April 30, 1944
MILTON E. LORD
Director, and Librarian
FORM FOR GIF TS AND BEQUESTS
Gifts
/ give to I he Trustees of the Public Library of the City of
Boston the sum of „
to be used at the discretion of the Trustees (or for a purpose to
be specified).
Bequests for General Uses
/ give and bequeath to The Trustees of the Public Librar])
of the Cit^ of Boston the sum of
„ for the general uses of the Library.
Bequests for Specified Uses
/ give and bequeath to The Trustees of the Public Librar})
of the Ci/p of Boston the sum of
for the purchase of books (for the
purchase of books on a specified subject if desired, or for some
other purpose to be specified).
ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
The Library is a unit of the municipal government of the City of Boston and at
such is known as the Library Department of the City of Boston. It is governed by a
Board of Trustees.
The Trustees of the PubHc Library of the City of Boston were organized in 1852.
They are incorporated under the provisions of Chapter 114 of the Acts of 1878, as
amended. The Board for 1852 was a preliminary organization; that for 1853 made
the first annual report.
The legal title is The Trustees of the Public Lihrar^ of ihe City of Boston.
The Board of Trustees is made up of five citizens at large, appointed by the
Mayor of the City of Boston for five-year terms, the term of one member expiring each
year. The following citizens at large have been members of the Board since its
organization in 1852:
Abbott, Gordon. A.B.. 1926-1931.
Abbott, Samuel Appleton Browne, A.M.,
1879-95.
Appleton, Thomas Gold, A.M., 1852-56.
Benton, Josiah Henry, LL.D., 1894-1917.
Bigelow, John Prescott, A.M., 1852-68.
Bowditch, Henry Ingersoll, M.D., 1865-67.
Bowditch, Henry Pickering, MJ).,
1894-1902.
Boyle, Thomas Francis, 1902-12.
Braman, Jarvis Dwight, 1869-72.
Brett, John Andrew, LL.B., 1912-16.
Buxton, Frank W., A.B.. 1928-
Carr. Samuel, 1895-96, 190&-22.
Chase, George Bigelow, A.M., 1876-85.
Clarke, James Freeman, D.D., 1879-88.
Coakley. Daniel Henry. 1917-19.
Connolly. Arthur Theodore, 1916-1932.
Currier, Guy Wilbur. 1922-1930.
Curtis. Daniel Sargent, A.M., 1873-75.
De Normandic, James, D.D., 1895-1908.
Dwight. Thomas. M.D.. 1899-1908.
Dwinnell, Clifton Howard, B.S., 1927-28.
Everett, Edward, LL.D., 1852-64.
Frothinghara, Richard, LL.D., 1875-79.
Gaston, William Alexander, LL.B.,
1923-27.
Green, Samuel Abbott, M.D., 1868-78.
Greenough. William Whitwell, 1856-88.
Hall, John Loomer, A.B., LL.B.. 1931-
Haynes, Henry Williamson, A.M.,
1880-94.
Hilliard, George Stillman, LL.D.,
1872-75; 1876-77
Kenney, William Francis, A.M.,
1908-1921.
Kirsfein, Louis Edward, A.M., D.c.s.,
1919-
Lewis, Weston, 1868-79.
Lewis, Winslow, M.D., 1867.
Lincoln, Solomon, A.M., 1897-1907.
Lord, Robert Howard, PH.D., 1936-
Mann, Alexander, D.D.. 1908-1923.
Morton, Ellis Wesley, 1870-73.
Murray Michael Joseph, LL.B., 1921-26.
O'Connell, William Cardinal, 1932-36.
Pierce. Phincas. 1888-94.
Prince, Frederick Octavius, A.M., 1888-99,
Putnam, George, D.D., 1868-77.
Richards, William Reuben, A.M., 1889-95.
Sedgwick, Ellery. A.B., LITT.D., 1930-
Shurtleff. Nathaniel Bradslreet. LL.D.,
1852-68
Thomas. .Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.,
1877-78.
Ticknor, George, LL.D.. 1852-66.
Walker. Francis Amasa, LL.D., 1896.
Whipple, Edwin Percy, A.M., 1868-70.
Whitmore, William Henry, A.M., 1885-«8.
Winsor, Justin. LL.D., 1867-68.
PRESIDENTS OF THE TRUSTEES
Edward Everett, 1852-1864
George Ticknor 1865
William W. Greenough 1866-88
Henry W. Haynes, May 7, 1888-May 12, 1888
Samuel A. B. Abbott, May 12, 1888-April 30, 1895
Frederick O. Prince, October 8. 1895-May 8, 1899
Solomon Lincoln, May 12. 1899-October 15, 1907
James De Normandie, January 31, 1908-May 8 1908
Josiah H. Benton May 8, 1 908-February 6, 1917
William F. Kenney, February 13, 1917-May 7, 1920
Alexander Mann, May 7. 1920-January 22, 1923
Arthur T. Connolly, April 13, 1923-June 13, 1924
May 2, 1927-June 22, 1928
Louis E. Kirstein, June 13, 1924-June 19, 1925
June 22, l92S-June 21 1929
May 15. 1931 -May 20, 1932
May 6, 1936-May 7, 1937
Michael J. Murray, June 19 1925-July 2, 1926
Guy W. Currier, July 2, 1926-May 2, 1927
Gordon Abbott. June 21, 1929-June 20 1930
Frank W. Buxton. June 20, 1930-Mav 15, 1931
May 6, 1935-May6, 1936
Ellery Sedgwick. May 20, 1932-May 5,1933
May 7, 1937-May 6. 1938
John L. Hall. May 5, 1933-May 18, 1834
May 6, 1938^May 5, 1939
William Cardinal O'Connell, May 18, 1934-May 6, 1935
Robert H. Lord. May 5. 1939-
LIBRARIANS
From 1852 to 1858 the chief officer of the Library bore the title of Librarian;
fiom 1858 to 1877 Supcrintendeni; from 1877 to 1923 Librarian; from 1923 to 1934
Director; since 1934 Director, and Librarian.
Capen, Edward, Librarian, May 13, 1 852-December 16 1874.
Jewett, Charles C, Superintendent, 1858-January 9, 1868.
WiNSOR Justin, ll.D., Superintendent, February 25, 1868-Sepfember 30, 1877.
Green, Samuel A. M.D., Trustee, Acting Librarian, October I, 1877-September 30.
1878.
Chamberlain, Mellen, ll.d.. Librarian, October 1, 1 878-September 30. 1890.
DwicHT, Theodore F., Librarian, April 13, 1892-April 30, 1894.
Putnam, Herbert, ll.d., Librarian February 11, 1895-April 3, 1899.
Whitney, James L., a.m., Actiijg Librarian, March 31, 1 899-Decembcr 21. 1899;
Librarian, December 22 1899-January 31. 1903.
Wadlin, Horace G., LITT.D.. Librarian February 1. 1903-March 15. 1917; Acting
Librarian, March 15. 1917-June 15, 1917.
Belden, Charles F. D., a.m., ll b., litt.d.. Director March 15, 1917-Oclober 24,
1931.
Lord, Milton E. a.b.. Director and Librarian, since February 1, 1932,
LIBRARY SYSTEM, JANUARY 1, 1939
Departments.
^Central Library, Copley Square .
'East Boston Branch, 276-282 Meridian St.
§South Boston Branch, 372 West Broadway .
||FelIowc« Athenaeum Branch, 46 Millmont St.
*CharIestown Branch, 43 Monument Square
*Brighton Branch, 40 Academy Hill Road .
JDorchester Branch, Arcadia, cor. Adami St.
tLower Mills Branch, 1110 Washington, cor, Richmond St.
JSoulh End Branch, 65 West Brookline St.
t Jamaica Plain Branch, 12 Sedgwick, cor. South St.
iRoslindale Branch, 4210 Washington St.
*West Roxbury Branch, 1961 Centre St.
*Mattapan Branch, 8-10 Hazleton St. .
»North End Branch. 3a North Bennet St.
§Neponset Branch, 362 Neponset Ave,
§Mt. Bowdoin Branch, 275 Washington St.
§Allston Branch. 161 Harvard Ave. .
fCodman Square Branch. Washington, cor. Norfolk St
JMt. Pleasant Branch. 335 Dudley, cor Vine St.
♦West End Branch. 131 Cambridge St.
$Upham's Corner Branch. 500 Columbia Rd.
{Memorial Branch, cor. Warren and Townsend Sts.
♦Boylston Branch. 433 Centre St,
§Orient Heights Branch, 5 Butler Ave.
$City Point Branch, Municipal Bldg., Broadway
♦Parker Hill Branch. 1497 Trcmont St. .
♦Hyde Park Branch. 35 Harvard Ave., cor. Winthrop St.
♦Faneuil Branch, 419 Faneuil St.
§Andrew Square Branch, 394 Dorchester St.
•Jeffries Point Branch. 222 Webster St.
• Baker Library, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Jan. 15. 1927
♦Kirslein Memorial Library Building: 20 City Hall Ave. . . May 7, 1930
Business Branch, first and second floors;
Kirstein Branch, third floor.
§PhiIlips Brook* Branch, 12 Hamilton St., Rcadville . . . May 18, 193i
{School Department, 126 Tyler St July I. 1938
^ In the case of the Central Library and some of the branches the opening was in a
different location from that now occupied. *In building owned by City and
controlled by Library Board, fin building owned by City, and exclusively devoted
to library uses. Jin City building, in part devoted to other municipal uses. §OccuDie»
rented rooms. llThe lessee of the Fellowes Athenaeum, a private library association.
JUnder agreement with Harvard.
^Opened,
May
2.
1854
Jan.
28.
1871
May
1,
1872
July
16,
1873
Jan.
5,
1874
Jan.
5.
1874
Jan.
25.
1875
June
7,
1875
Aug.
1877
June.
1876
Dec.
3,
1878
Jan.
6,
1880
Dec.
27.
1881
Oct..
1882
Jan.
1,
1883
Nov.
1.
1886
Mar.
It.
1889
Nov.
12.
1890
Nov.
12.
1890
Feb.
1.
1896
Mar.
16,
1896
May
1,
1896
Nov.
1,
1897
June
25,
1901
July
18,
1906
July
15.
1907
Jan.
1.
1912
Mar
4,
1914
Mar
5.
1914
Oct.
15,
1921
CONTENTS
Report of the Trustees 1
Financial Statement 16
Report of the Examining Committee ... 22
Report of the Director 35
Appendices
A — Summary of Expenditures of the Library, 1930-1939 79
B — Appropriations and Expenditures for Personnel,
1930-1939 81
C — Appropriations and Expenditures for Books,
1930-1939 87
D — Personnel 90
E — Book Stock 110
F —Use of Books 144
G — The Catalogs 1 49
H — Printing and Binding . . . . . . 150
I — Lectures, Concerts, Exhibitions . . . . 151
J — Trust Funds . . . . . . . 1 60
K — Officers of the Library as of December 31,1 939 . 1 76
To The Honorable Maurice J. Tobin
Mayor of the Cifp of Boston.
Sir:
The Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston
present the following report of its condition and affairs for the
year ending December 31,1 939, being the eighty-eighth annual
report.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
The Corporation organized at the annual meeting on May 5,
1939 with the election of the Reverend Robert H. Lord as
President, Mr. Frank W. Buxton as Vice President, and Miss
Elizabeth B. Brockunier as Clerk.
Mr. Louis E. Kirstein, whose term as Trustee expired on
April 30, was reappointed for the term ending April 30, 1 944.
BUDGET ESTIMATES
The estimates submitted as of November 1, 1938 for the
maintenance of the Library during the year 1939 were later
amended and reduced. These estimates were as follows:
Item
A. — ■ Personal service
B. — -Service otlier tiian personal
C. — Equipment
D. — • Supplies
E. — Materials
F. — ■ Special items
H. — Emergency relief projects
Total .
Estimated
$1,070,388.58
129,149.50
1 58,550.00
24.795.00
26.875.00
1 .669.56
79.000.00
$1,490,427.64
Allowed
$1,039,859.34
103,404.00
61.300.00
21.192.00
19,600.00
1.669.56
41.786.20
$1,288,811.10
RECEIPTS OF THE LIBRARY
The receipts which may be expended by the Trustees for the
maintenance of the Library consist of the annual appropriation
by the Mayor and the City Council, and the income from Trust
Funds given to the institution and held and invested by the City
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Treasurer under the direction of the Trustees of the Library.
During the year 1 939 these receipts were :
Annual appropriation ........
Income from trust funds held by Trustees of Public Library
Income from other trust funds held for benefit of Public Library
LInexpended balance of trust funds income of previous years
Unexpended balance of gifts for immediate use ....
Total
$1,288,811.10
24.791.46
32.864.95
258.660.87
172.87
$1,605,301.25
Receipts which were accounted for and paid into the City
Treasury for general municipal purposes during the years were
as follows:
From fines $23,449.71
From sales of waste paper ......... 78.96
From sales of catalogs and other publications ..... 303.61
From commission on telephone pay stations ...... 548.82
From payments for lost books 655.08
Refunds, fees, etc. 66731
Total .... $25,703.49
EXPENDITURES OF THE LIBRARY
The total amount expended during 1 939 was $ 1 ,39 1 , 1 69. 1 0.
This was divided as follows :
From city appropriation $1,271,195.27
From the income of trust funds ........ 119.899.86
From gifts for immediate use 73.97
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY
The number of volumes added to the Library during the year
was 7 1 ,820, obtained chiefly by purchase, but in some part also
by gift and exchange.
Against the above-mentioned gain there was a total loss of
60,779 volumes, arising chiefly out of volumes reported lost
or missing, condemned copies not yet replaced, thus making the
net gain for the year 1 1 ,04 1 . The total number of volumes in
the Library at the close of the year was 1 ,704,729.
The total amount expended for books, periodicals, news-
papers, photographs, and other library material from the city
appropriation and the income of trust funds was $171,257.40.
USE OF THE LIBRARY
The total number of books borrowed for home use during
the year was 3,865,275. The use of books and other library
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materials within the Library's premises for reference and study
is for the most part unrestricted, and it is therefore impracticable
to record it.
In addition to the above noted use of the Central Library and
the thirty-two Branch Libraries, deposits of books were made
available to 946 agencies, including schools, institutions, and
engine houses.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FOR 1938 AND 1939
A comparison of certain statistics for 1939 with those for
1 938 is given below :
1938 1939
Total expenditures: city appropriation, trust
funds income, and gifts . . . $1,383,860.59 . . $1,391,169.10
Expended for books and otiier library ma-
terials from city appropriation and
trust funds income .
Number of volumes added
Number of volumes discarded
Total number of volumes in the Library
Number of volumes lent to borrowers .
Number of lard holders
156,631.89 . . 171.257.40
66,376 . , 71.820
73,369 . . 60.779
1,693.688 . . 1.704.729
3.979.850 . . 3.865.275
175.950 . . 175.800
BOOKS
A library exists in order to provide books. In our Central Li-
brary this is being done reasonably well because the Library has
a number of trust funds from which the income can be used for
the most part for no other purpose than the purchase of books of
a scholarly reference or research character.
For the Branch Libraries there are very few trust funds for
the purchase of books. Dependence has to be placed therefore
almost entirely upon the appropriations made by the City for
that express purpose. The amounts appropriated during the last
ten years are given below for comparative purposes.
1930 $160,000
1931 175.000
1932 160.000
1933 75.000
1934 100.000
1935 100.000
1936 55.000
1937 ....... 75.000
1938 73 875
1939 55.000
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The appropriations of recent years have been so restricted that
for the last five years the Branch Libraries have not been able
to add even enough books to replace those which were having
to be removed from use. As a result there are at present in the
Branch Libraries over 50,000 fewer volumes than five years ago.
Year by year the number of volumes removed from use has ex-
ceeded the number of volumes added by the following amounts :
1935 4,257
1936 9.091
1937 3,930
1938 20,841
1939 11,890
The result is that, whereas before the depression an average
gain of from 10,000 to 12,000 volumes might be expected an-
nually, there is now occurring each year an annual net loss in the
book stock of the Branch Libraries in approximately the same
amount.
It is clear that the continuing heavy reduction in the book
appropriations in recent years has fallen chiefly upon the direct
popular public service of the Library in its Branch Libraries.
The funds appropriated by the City for books are devoted al-
most exclusively to the purchase of books for the Branch Li-
braries. They are not used for meeting the book needs of the
Central Library ; the income from trust funds given for that pur-
pose only cares for those. Instead it has been directly upon the
work of the Branch Libraries, for the citizens of Boston in their
respective sections of the city, that the effects of the reduced
book appropriations by the City have fallen heavily.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT
For a period now extending for some five years back atten-
tion has been called to the increasingly crowded condition of the
Central Library building. Forty-five years have elapsed since
it was first occupied in 1 895. An annex to it was erected twenty-
two years ago in ] 9 1 7— 1 9 1 8. There has been no subsequent pro-
vision of additional space.
The ordinary annual growth in the book collections of a large
library of reference and research such as our Central Library
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is in itself a matter of direct concern in this respect. For every
eight volumes added one foot of additional shelving space is re-
quired. One hundred volumes require 12|/2 additional feet of
shelving; one thousand volumes, 125 feet of shelf space. For
ten thousand volumes there are needed 1 250 feet of shelving, or
approximately one quarter of a mile of running shelf space.
In 1939 alone there was a growth in the book collections in
the Central Library Vv'^hich totaled some 29,830 volumes, most
of which in recent 5'^ears were purchased from the income of trust
funds. These volumes placed side by side required well over half
a mile of additional shelving space. That this growth represented
only the ordinary annual increase in the book collections of the
Central Library is indicated by the comparable figures of growth
of 25,944 volumes in 1936, 24,996 volumes in 1937, and
25,447 volumes in 1938. Constant growth of this kind carries
with it increasing difficulties not only in the housing of the book
collections, but even more directly in the adminstration of the
books for public use in the public departments. An individual
volume in a large library which has a million volumes or more is
of value in most instances only insofar as it can be used in relation
to kindred volumes among the million or so other volumes in the
library's collections. The difficulties of accomplishing this in our
long since overcrowded Central Library building are becoming
steadily greater year by year.
So likewise has the space problem become acute in the matter
of provision of adequate facilities and quarters for the library
staff in the Central Library. The building was not constructed,
even in the original instance, with adequate provision of space
and facilities for the staff of a large library. From 1 895 to 1 939
the number of regular full time workers in the Central Library
building has increased from 1 72 to 347,, not to mention an addi-
tional group of W.P.A. workers which has at times been as
great as 125 in number. The staff quarters, originally inade-
quate, have been steadily encroached upon in one way or an-
other as the building has become increasingly crowded in all
directions. There is now crying need for improvement and ex-
pansion of toilet facilities, locker space, rest rooms, lunch rooms.
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training course class rooms, staff library, and the various mis-
cellaneous facilities and space necessary for a staff of several
hundred individuals. This has been a matter of pressing impor-
tance for a number of years.
It is therefore gratifying to be able to report here that during
1939 there was accomplished a first step toward relieving the
space problem in the Central Library for the immediate future.
On February 11,1 939 the heating and lighting plant operated
by the Library itself since 1895 was discontinued in favor of
purchasing steam and electricity from the Boston Edison Com-
pany. This arrangement was effected in order to achieve economy
in operating costs, economy in avoiding a capital replacement
which would become necessary w^ith the three years immediately
ahead in an important part of the generating plant if continued,
and finally economy in space in the crowded Central Library
building. By the end of the year all of the discontinued equip-
ment had been removed, except one engine. With the expected
removal of that in the early part of 1 940 a considerable amount
of basement space will then be available in which to set up addi-
tional book shelving and to arrange for improved locker and
toilet space for the library staff. Thereafter the next step will be
to effect re-allocation of departmental and other space to bring
relief in many crowded quarters of the building. The importance
of this for improving the Library's service to the public is great
indeed.
Another matter which is of urgency is that of effecting a
permanent solution of the problem of the tile roofing of the Cen-
tral Library building. In the original construction of the roof
no permanent under-roofing was provided under the decorative
tiles. Such an under-roof is highly necessary in a northern climate
in which the cracking and breaking of tiles through frost and
other action, plus the eventual loss of plasticity in the cement
binding the individual tiles together, result soon or late in breaks
and leaks in the tile roofing. With no under-roof to stop such
leaks, damage is threatened constantly to our fine building and
its invaluable contents. For a number of years the annual cost
of maintenance and repair of the tile roofing has ranged from
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ten to twelve thousand dollars a year. In 1937 the Library's
engineers made an exhaustive study of this roofing problem.
They recommended the construction of a permanent roof under
the decorative tiles as the only way in which to end the constant
annual expenditure for repairs and maintenance. Although the
cost of such a fundamental, but permanent, solution appears to
be great, it is nevertheless believed that as considerable as this
cost would be it would prove in the long run to be actually less
than that of following indefinitely the present uneconomical prac-
tice of annual patching and repairing of the present single tile
roof in cycles.
It is pleasant to be able to record here that in the course of
1 939 work was finally begun upon the repair and renovation of
the Old West Church which the West End Branch Library had
had to vacate in 1937 because of its unsafe condition. This work
has been carried on as a project of the Work Projects Admin-
istration of the Federal Government, under the sponsorship of
the Public Buldings Department of the City of Boston, acting
on behalf of the Library. It is expected that the v>^ork will be
completed in the first half of 1940.
Also it is pleasant to record that in 1 939 the Allston Branch
Library was provided with enlarged and improved quarters in
the same building in which it has occupied rented space since
1 929. This change was effected without increase in rental cost.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF PROJECTS CARRIED ON
UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF IHE LIBRARY
Under the auspices of the Work Projects Administration of
the Federal Government there was continued during 1939 the
long range program of activities designed to provide for the Bos-
ton Public Library improved and modern methods for the class-
ification and cataloging of its book collections.
Two large projects initiated in earlier years were carried on
to further points in 1 939. One of these had to do with effecting
a reclassification of the scholarly book collections of the Central
Library along the lines of the classification developed by the Li-
brary of Congress. The other was concerned with providing a
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uniform plan and process of cataloging for the book collections
of the Branch Libraries, as well as a reclassification of these
along uniform lines based on a simplified arrangement of the
decimal classification devised by Melvil Dewey.
Several hundred individuals were employed. Their wages
were provided by the Federal Government. Special provision
for incidental expenses was made by the City as the sponsor's
contribution.
These important activities were carried on as part of an ex-
tensive long range program. With minor exceptions this program
has functioned well over a number of years. Gradually there
was brought into being among the W.P.A. workers the substan-
tial body of reasonably well trained workers necessary for carry-
ing on such highly technical projects as the two described above.
Then in June 1939 the Emergency Relief Act of 1939 was
passed by the Congress with a mandatory provision that relief
workers who had been on W.P.A. projects for longer than
eighteen months were to be dismissed. The effects of this manda-
tory dismissal provision proved exceedingly disastrous for carry-
ing on the W.P.A. projects sponsored by the Library. Chit of
496 then employed on the two projects 443 (89%) had to be
dismissed by September 1 st. It subsequently proved possible to
have only relatively few of these trained workers of several years
experience restored to the rolls. The result has been a heavy
blow to the successful prosecution of the work.
GIFTS
The Library received many important gifts of books and other
library materials during the year. A list of the m.ore important
of these is to be found in the Appendix on pages 142—143,
There should be singled out here a particularly satisfying
evidence of continuing interest in the work of the Library. In
May there was received a 1 4th, and again in November a 1 5th,
anonymous gift of money for story telling in the public schools,
particularly in those parts of Boston in which the Library's own
branch library buildings are without adequate quarters for story
telling in the libraries themselves. Each of this long series of
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anonymous gifts — generally in the amount of fifty dollars, and
frequently more — has come from a single individual who once
had a direct share in the Library's work as a member of its staff.
Wliat is particularly pleasant is that these splendid gifts reveal
a continuing interest in the school children of Boston and the
work which the Boston Public Library attempts to do for them.
The donor is now no longer a resident of Boston and has indeed
a far more direct association at the present time with a community
other than Boston and a library other than the Boston Public
Library. It is striking tribute to the excellent work which Boston's
story tellers do so quietly and effectively in awakening an urge
and developing a love for good reading in school children.
It is the hope of the Trustees that from knowledge of an ex-
ample of this sort there may come recognition on the part of
citizens of Boston that the Library can put to good use gifts of
money or books, whether they be small or large, and for almost
any socially desirable purpose in which an individual donor may
be interested.
CARE AND INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
From time to time as necessary during the year meetings were
held by the Finance Committee of the Trustees for the purpose
of directing the City Treasurer in the investment of the funds to
which the Frustees hold title and of which the City 1 reasurer
serves as custodian on behalf of the Trustees.
Also the firm of Messrs. Stewart, Watts and Boliong, Cer-
tified Public Accountants, was retained to list and check the
holdings of both cash and securities belonging to the Trustees of
the Public Library and to certify that these had been found to
be actually in the custody of the City Treasurer. This listing and
checking was subsequently verified by the Trustees themselves
on June 6, 1939 by going personally to the vaults of the City
Freasurer.
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ADMINISTRATION Of TRUST FUNDS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE
WILL OF THE LATE JOSIAH H. BENTON
Under the twelfth clause of the Will of the late Josiah H.
Benton, and as subsequentlj'- modified by an Agreement of
Compromise dated January 15, 1935, the Trustees of the Pub-
lic Library were designated as the residuary legatee of the Ben-
ton Estate. The Will provided that the residuary estate should
be divided into two equal parts and designated as the Benton
Building Fund and the Benton Book Fund respectively. The
Trustees of the Public Library received also the Children's
Fund, established separately under another provision of the Will.
BENTON BUILDING FUND
January 22, 1938 - January 21. 1939
As required by the terms of the Will the Benton Building
Fund is held "as an accumulating fund, the income and interest
to be added to the principal and reinvested as principal, until the
total amount thereof shall be two million dollars ($2,000,000)
. . . such total sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) to be
applied to the enlargement of the present central library building
in Boston, or to the construction of another central library build-
ing in such part of the City as may be then most desirable for
the accommodation of the people of said City ..."
As an accumulating fund the Benton Building Fund had on
its anniversary date of January 22, 1 938 a principal amount of
$1,644,118.57. During the year immediately following, from
January 22, 1938 to January 21, 1939, inclusive, the income
and other additions were reinvested and added to the principal,
with the result that on January 22, 1 939 the principal amount
had then become $1,733,103.77.
The net income for the period of January 22, 1938 to Jan-
uary 21, 1939, inclusive, was in the amount of $54,997.67, rep-
resenting income from investments to the amount of $57,247.51
and a liquidating dividend to the amount of $26.75, and losses
from securities matured to the amount of $2,257.50 and admin-
istrative expenses to the amount of $ 1 9.09. This net income was
reinvested and added to the principal amount. Also there W£is
added to the principal amount during this period the sum of
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$33,987.53, received from the Surviving Trustee under the Will
of the late Josiah H. Benton, as part of the principal and in-
come of the Martha Ellen Fisher Trust, a life trust which had
been set up under the Will, with the provision that on its ex-
piration it was to become a part of the residuary estate and be
divided equally between the Benton Building Fund and the
Benton Book Fund. The total net additions to the principal
amount of the Benton Building Fund during the period from
January 22, 1 938 to January 21,1 939, inclusive, thus amounted
to $88,985.20.
BENTON BOOK FUND
January 22. 1938 - January 21. 1939
On its anniversary date of January 22, 1938 the Benton
Book Fund had a principal amount of $1,136,480.25. During
the year immediately following, from January 22, 1938 to Jan-
uary 21, 1 939, inclusive, there occurred a net increase in the
principal amount by the sum of $22,377.00, with the net re-
sult that on January 22, 1939 the principal amount had then
become $1,158,857.25.
The net loss in the principal amount was $2,003.75, repre-
senting losses from securities matured to the amount of $2,032.50,
less a liquidating dividend to the amount of $26.75, This was
offset by the addition to the principal amount during this period
of the sum of $24,382.75, received from the Surviving Trustee
under the Will of the late Josiah H. Benton, and representing
one half of the principal of the Martha Ellen Fisher Trust, a
life trust under the Will, which upon expiration was to become
part of the residuary estate and be divided equally between the
Benton Building Fund and the Benton Book Fund. The total
net additions to the principal amount of the Benton Book Fund
during the period from January 22, 1938 to January 21 , 1939,
inclusive, thus amounted to $22,377.00.
The net income from the Benton Book Fund for the period
was in the amount of $44,003.48, representing income from in-
vestments to the amount of $45,645.08, losses from income secur-
ities disposed of to the amount of $165.00, and administrative
expenses to the amount of $1 ,476.60. As provided by the Agree-
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ment of Compromise of January 15, 1935, this net income was
distributable in the proportions of 60 %and 40% to the Trus-
tees of the Public Library of the City of Boston and the Rector
of Trinity Church in the City of Boston respectively. It was
distributed as follows:
To the Trustees of the Public Library . . . $26,402.09
To the Rector of Trinity Church .... 1 7.601 .39
$44,003.48
In addition to the income set forth above, there v/as also dis-
tributed in 1939 the amount of $9,604.77, representing income
from the Benton Book Fund (chiefly that part received from
the Martha Ellen Fisher Trust) which had been delivered to
the Trustees of the Public Library in Jime 1 938 by the Surviv-
ing Trustee under the Will in connection with the third and final
payment of the assets of the Benton Estate. This additional in-
come was distributed in the proportion of 60% and 40% respec-
tively as follows:
To the Trustees of the PubUc Library . . . $5,762.86
To the Rector of Trinity Church .... 3,841.91
$9,604.77
The total payments to the Trustees of the Public Library thus
amounted to $32,164.95; to the Rector of Trinity Church,
$21,443.30.
USE OF INCOME FPxOM BENTON BOOK FUND
BY TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
That portion of the income from the Benton Book Fund
which is payable to the Trustees of the PubHc Library is to be
applied by them "for the purchase of books, maps and other
library material of permanent value and benefit for said Library ;
meaning and intending hereby that such income shall be applied
for books desirable for scholarly research and use." As of Jan-
uary 1 , 1 939 the Trustees had available for this purpose a bal-
ance of unexpended income in the amount of $234,038.14. As
of January 22, 1 939 they received a payment of income accrued
to that time in the amount of $32,164.95, thus making a total
balance of unexoended income in the amount of $266,203.09.
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Against this, during the calendar year 1 939, they expended for
books and other library material in accordance with the above
provision the sum of $96,156.20. As of December 31, 1939
the balance of unexpended income was $170,046.89.
USE OF INCOME FROM BENTON BUILDING FUND
BY TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
As provided by the terms of the Will the Benton Building
Fund is held '*as an accumulating fund, the income and interest
to be added to the principal and reinvested as principal, until the
total amount thereof shall be two million dollars ($2,000,000)
. . ." As set forth with detailed figures above, the Benton Build-
ing Fund has been held as such an accumulating fund, and the
income therefrom has been reinvested and added to the prin-
cipal amount.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE WILL
The Will requests that, in addition to publishing statements
setting forth the payments of income from the Benton Book
Fund and the investments in and accumulations of the Benton
Building Fund, the Trustees publish "a certificate that said in-
come is expended and said fund accumulated in accordance with
the directions of said will, according to their best examination
and judgment in the premises."
In accordance with this request the Trustees of the Public
Library hereby certify that according to their best examination
and judgment ( 1 ) the income of the Benton Book Fund has
been expended by them in accordance with the directions of the
aforesaid Will, as modified by the Agreement of Compromise
of January 15, 1935, and (2) the principal amount of and the
income from the Benton Building Fund have been invested and
accumulated in accordance with the directions of said Will.
THE children's FUND
In accordance with the terms of another provision of the Will
the Trustees of the Public Library paid in 1 939 to the Rector
of Trinity Church the sum of $3,632.61, representing the in-
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come from The Children's Fund for the period of January 1 to
December 31, 1938. The Children's Fund was given to the
Trustees of the PubHc Library under the Will, with the pro-
vision that the annual income therefrom should be available to
the Library in any 3'^ear only if certain conditions should be met
in that year. Inasmuch as these conditions could not be met for
the year ending December 31, 1 938, payment of the income
for that year was therefore made to the Rector of Trinity Church
as required by the Will.
OTHER TRUST FUNDS
The following payments were received during the course of
the year and funded in accordance with the provisions under
which they were made available to the Library :
George W, Moore Fund — Bequest of George W. Moore, of Bos-
ton, in the amount of $21 7.00, of which the income is to be used
for the general purposes of the Library;
Francis Jay Underbill Fund — The sum of $524.70, representing
certain proceeds under the settlement of the last will and testament
of Francis Jay Underbill, of Brooklyn, N. Y., from which the in-
come is to be expended for the purchase of books;
Boston Book Fair 1938 Fund — The sum of $1 72.70, received from
the Board of Trade of Boston Book Merchants, representing the
excess of receipts over expenditures by the Board in connection
with the Boston Book Fair as held in the Boston Public Library in
1938, from which the income is to be used for the benefit of the
Library Staff, in recognition of the excellent services of the various
members of the Staff to the Book Fair of 1 938.
The Trustees welcome bequests of money or books and hope
that generous testators may remember the Library. It is from such
sources only that they can make purchases of rare and other im-
portant books which give value and prestige to a great educational
institution such as the Boston Public Library.
As a matter of interest to the citizens of Boston the Board
has pleasure in listing the present trust funds of the Library with
explanatory notes. The list will be found on pages 163-1 lb.
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EXAMINING COMMITTEE
The Trustees acknowledge gratefully the assistance given by
the Examining Committee of 1939. Its membership included
the following individuals:
Mrs. Gordon Abbott
Mr. Philip J. Bond
Mr. Robert Cutler
Dr. Albert Ehren fried
Mr. Henry E. Foley
Mr. Allan Forbes
Miss Susan J. Ginn
Mr. Arthur L. Gould
Mr. Burnelle G. Hawkins
Mr. Herman H. Henkle
Rev. John S. Keating
Rev. Arthur L. Kinsolving
Mrs. Augustus P. Loring, Jr.
Mr. A. Lawrence Lowell
Mr. John L. Lowes
Mr. John W. Lowes
Mr. Keyes D. Metcalf
Mr. George N. Northrop
Rev. Phillips E. Osgood
Rev. Charles E. Park
Mrs. Charles B. Perkins
Mrs. Edward M, Pickman
Hon. Abraham E. Pinanski
Rev. Richard J. Quinlan
Mr. William K. Richardson
Mr. B. M. Selekman
M. Harlow Shapley
Mrs. Arthur A. Shurchff
Rev. Russell H. Stafford
Mrs. Donald C. Starr
Mrs. Joseph A. Tomasello
Mr. John P. Vaccaro
Dr. Henry Viets
Mr. Laurence Winship
Mrs. Frederick Winslow
Mr. Charles E. Wyzanski
Mrs. Roy A. Young
It is gratifying to have the generous and helpful assistance of
citizens who are willing to give freely of their time and interest
in examining and reporting upon the Library and its activities.
Special attention is called to the significant report of the Com-
mittee, which appears on pages 22-34 immediately following.
CONCLUSION
Attention is called to the report of the Director of the Library
as found on pages 35—78 below. It presents important informa-
tion concerning a number of developments in the Library in the
last ten years.
The Trustees wish to express here their appreciation of the
e^^orts of the library staff throughout the year to meet the needs
of the citizens of Boston.
Frank W. Buxton
John L. Hall
Louis E. Kirstein
Robert H. Lord
Lllery Sedgwick
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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Expenditures for Personnel:
Permanent and Probationary employee* (ex-
clusive of Printing and Binding Department
employees) ......
Sundays and Evenings, extra and other service
Expenditures kor Service Other Than Person/
Printing and binding .
Advertising
Transportation of persons .
Cartage and freight
Light, heat and power .
Rents, taxes and water
Bond and insurance premiums
Communication
Cleaning ....
Removal of ashes
Expert ....
Stenographic and copying
Fees .....
Photographic and blueprinting
General repairs
Miscellaneous services .
Expenditures for Equipment:
Electrical ....
Motorless vehicles
.Furniture and fillings
Office
Books:
City Appropriation
Trust funds income
Manuscripts:
Trust funds income
Periodicals:
City appropriation
Trust funds income
Newspapers :
City appropriation
Trust funds income
Microfilms:
City appropriation
Trust funds income
Lantern slides:
City appropriation
Trust funds income
Photostats :
City appropriation
Trust funds income
Posters, prints and maps:
City appropriation
Trust funds income
Phonograph records:
Trust funds income
Tools and instruments
General plant
Carried foru^ard
$43,493.78
93,316.04
10,030.87
1.844.87
\, 367 39
1.536.95
.75
7.871.08
71.65
667.00
20.60
.60
14.93
369.11
$869,652.92
89,938.53 $959,591.45
172.71
9.25
2,174.94
7,304.45
35,621.34
19,283.00
1,894.90
4.440.63
1,250.50
22.80
1 ,048.00
1 ,299.38
141.85
172.18
20,609.47
107.40 95.552.80
137.42
144.15
869.48
3.111.31
136,809.82
10,646.98
11,875.74
2.904.34
7,871.83
738.65
21,20
384.04
4.80
771.56
236.33 176.527.65
$1,231,671.90
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AND RECEIPTS, DECEMBER 31, 1939
Receipts From:
City Appropriation 1939
Income irom Trust Funds
James L. Whitney Bibliographic
Income from Children's Fund
Account
$1,288,811.10
56.956.41
700.00
3.261.48 $1,349,728.99
Carried iorward
$1 ,349.728.99
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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Brought forward
$1,231,671.90
Expenditures for Supplies:
Office
$7,749.65
Fuel
7.834.36
Medical ....
48.07
Laundry, cleaning, toilet
1.385.32
Educational and recreational
19.50
Agricultural
133.60
Chemicals and disinfectants .
198.24
Miscellaneous
1.643.17
19,011.91
Expenditures for Materials:
Building ....
4,581.64
Machinery ....
82.0!
Electrical ....
1.982.07
Miscellaneous
1,774.58
8.420.30
Pensions and Annuities
1 .298.55
Workmen's compensation
36.00
1.334.55
\V. P. A. Projects
39.997.19
Special Items:
James L. Whitney Bibliographic account
1,757.33
A. L. Whitney Fund, sick benefits
361.50
Trust Funds Income, Salary
1,500.00
Louis E. Kirstein Fund, Fuel
23.60
Judaica Bookshelf — in honor of Miss Fanny Go
dstein 73.97
Children's Fund, Rector of Trinity Church ,
3,914.09
7,630.49
Binding Department:
Salaries .......
60,065.58
Transportation of persons .
2.40
Gas, light and heat
807.82
Communication
78.30
Repairs ....
182.93
Furniture and furnishings
15.00
Tools and instruments .
27.65
Supplies ....
8.77
Electrical material
4.05
Slock
7,282.30
68,474.80
Printing Department:
Salaries ....
13,039.16
Gas, light and heat
784.10
Rent
7.50
Communication
77.86
Photographic and blueprinting
211.14
Repairs ....
15.50
Electrical equipment
36.00
Supplies ....
686.87
Material ....
7.86
Stock
3,657.81
Outside work
18.25
18,542.05
Carried forward
.1395,083.19
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AND RECEIPTS, DECEN/IBER 31, 1939
BroughA formard ....
Balances Brought Forward From 1938:
I rust funds income. City 1 reasury
James L. Whitney Bibliographic Account
H. C. Benfley Gift ....
Judaica Bookshelf ....
Children's Fund .....
$1,349,728.99
257,354.14
1306.73
13.70
159.17
3.632.61
262.466.35
Carried forward
$1,612,195.34
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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Brought foTTvard $1,395,083.19
Amounts Paid Into City Treasury:
Fines $23,449.71
Sales of catalogues, bulletins ..... 303.61
Commission on telephone stations ..... 548.82
Refunds, fees, etc. ....... 667.31
Sales of waste paper ....... 78.96
Payments for lost books 655.08 25,703.49
Balance, December 31, 1939:
Trust Funds Income, City Treasury .... 196,168.02
James L. Whitney Bibliographic Account . . 249.40
H. C. Bentley Gift 13.70
Judaica Bookshelf 85.20
Children's Fund 2,980.00 199,496.32
Balance Unexpended, December 31, 1939:
General Appropriation ...... 17,615.83
To Balance
$1,637,89(183
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AND RECEIPTS. DECEMBER 31, 1939
Brought forivard $1,612,195.34
Receipts From:
Fines 23.449.71
Sales of catalogues, bulletins ..... 303.61
Commission on telephone stations ..... 548.82
Refunds, fees, etc 667.31
Sales of waste paper ....... 78.96
Payments for lost look. 655.08 25,703.49
To Balance
$1,637,898.83
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REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE
To The Trustees of the Public Library
OF THE City of Boston.
Gentlemen: —
The Examining Committee for the year 1939 respectfully
submits its report.
The Committee met for organization in May. From the de-
tailed reports submitted to the Vice-Chairman since November
first, the members of the sub-committees have labored with even
more than the usual zeal and have given full time and service to
the vv^ork. Their reports have been filed with the Library for
examination and reference. The detailed analysis made of these
reports on file in the executive office and the care taken by the
officers of the Library to follow up each recommendation until
it is carried out demonstrates better than any general acknowl-
edgement how thoroughly and in what spirit the Director and
his assistants co-operate with the members of this Committee.
Again and again in the reports mention is made of the competent
and courteous help given to the individual members both in the
main building and the branch libraries,
FINANCE AND BOOKS
As the circulation of books to the public is the lif eblood of the
Library and the reason for its existence, this Committee renews
with increased emphasis the recommendations made by former
Committees that the situation as to the book stock of the branches
should be seriously considered and action taken. It urges a
larger percentage of the city funds for the purchase of books
but, fully realizing the financial situation in which the city finds
itself, it is not suggesting an increase in the total city appropri-
ation but a possible return to the proportional distribution of
funds that was found desirable in earlier years. During the
seven years, 1926-32, eighty-five cents of each dollar of city
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appropriations for salaries and books was spent for salaries,
fifteen cents for books; during the six years, 1933-38, ninety-
two cents for salaries, eight cents for books; during the current
year, ninety-five cents for salaries, five cents for books.
In presenting these dramatic figures no criticism is offered to
the reduction of money appropriated for books in the first years
of the shortage of funds as it may be necessary temporarily to
save the book account in order to avoid losses from a valuable
personnel but if the book collections decrease in quality and
quantity, the use falls off and the balance of the total appropri-
ation is impaired. Therefore, this Committee urges a careful
study of the proper relationship between the size of the book and
salary appropriations.
City appropriations for the purchase of books have been ap-
plied principally to the branch libraries. The collections in the
central library are maintained chiefly from trust funds whose
relative stability has kept accessions at a more normal level than
has been possible in the branches. The Committee has in this
connection three suggestions:
(1) That such proportion of the available trust funds as would
not prejudice the position of the central collections might be used
to bring the purchase of types of material, books, and periodicals
in the past acquired from city funds to a better level.
(2) That w^ith increased funds for scholarly books, efforts be
continued to avoid unnecessary duphcation between the Library
and other research libraries in the Metropolitan area and that a
division of fields of interest be adopted by the libraries concerned.
(3) That w^ith the limited funds available for buying books a
stricter supervision should be considered at the entrance to the
central library. From the experience of similar Hbraries a turnstile
and guard at the door reduces the loss of thousands of books. Also
spring locks are recommended for the doors of the stack to reserve
the use of the books to authorized members of the staff.
In 1929 the total sum expended for books, periodicals, and
newspapers was $141,829. In 1938 the comparable expendi-
ture was only $73,400, a difference of nearly fifty per cent.
Municipal economy is imperative but your Committee questions
v.hether the upkeep of a library without an adequate stock of
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books is true economy and whether such economy, as far as the
branch libraries are concerned, cannot be compared in some
degree to economies in legitimate welfare.
The situation is serious especially in the branches which serve
the less prosperous sections of the city. The book stock is in a
distressing condition. The total number of volumes is smaller
than it was five years ago and many of the books are so worn and
soiled as to discourage reading. This is especially true of chil-
dren's books. Many standard works cannot be replaced or re-
paired or new copies acquired. An effort is being made by a
member of the Committee to collect children's books from
friends. It is suggested that if a list of such needed books could
be published in the newspapers many would be sent in as the fact
that they were wanted for children would appeal to a large
public.
For a century the policy of the Boston Public Library has
been to "provide books that the people want to read while they
are new and as many copies as desired." Are we departing from
that policy at a time when particularly in the branch libraries
the printed v/ord is being brought to the unemployed, the un-
educated and the foreign bom to whom this source of information
must be made fully available if the American form of democratic
government is to endure? The work done by the branches
gives 2in efficient tool for adult education and is an indispensable
adjunct to our public school system.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT
Here there is presented verbatim the report of the Sub-Com-
mittee on Buildings and Equipment.
"The province of this committee might easily extend far, but
probably its greatest influence lies in discussing each year some
one topic that happens to interest its members, and this year it
may well be the arrangement and future development of the
central building in Copley Square.
"A..S originally planned and constructed the space in the build-
ing was carefully divided between three distinct objects, which
were kept completely separate. These were the use by the pub-
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lie, by the staff, and for the storage of books. In general, though
varying somewhat on different floors, the public was intended
to use the north and east sides of the quadrangle and the staff
the southeast corner, leaving for the stack the southwest part.
In fact the stack began close behind the delivery desk, and ran
unbroken around the comer until it ended in the middle of the
western wall. This plan of keeping the three functions of the
Library spacially separate is far from unimportant, but it has
been not a little broken down by subsequent changes and en-
largements. This is especially true of the stack, which in a h-
brary that does not, and probably cannot, allow readers to work
with some freedom among the shelves, should be kept apart, and
should never become — as it inevitably is too much to-day — a
thoroughfare between different parts of the building.
"Since there is a general belief that when the city can afford
it the central library will need enlargement the changes ought
to be very carefully planned with a view to the best distribution
of space and the possibility of still further growth in the stack.
This requires all the more thought because the ornamental parts
of the present structure — the outside facades and the public
portions of the interior — must be scrupulously pre3ei*ved. The
alterations and additions needed, even when not immediately
probable, should be constantly in the thoughts of the Director
and his staff, as in fact they are; and it would be well for
them to make tentative plans from time to time. For that pur-
pose, and for the other reasons, the committee would suggest
that complete detailed sets of blue prints of the past and present
internal arrangements of the building should at all times be avail-
able at the Library where the Director and Trustees can consult
them.
"Meanwhile not a little can be done to improve the distri-
bution of the space in the present building; but, of course, that
means catering to the needs of some departments by curtailing
the luxury of others, a proceeding that will inevitable cause com-
plaint ; but no activity of the Library has a vested right to room
that can be better used, and the Director should be encouraged
to allocate the space afresh when improvement in its use can thus
[26]
be made. Perhaps some temporary relief might be obtained
without additional expense to the city by using for the office of
the Branch Libraries and for certain other activities some school-
house abandoned by reason of the diminution in the number of
children in the older parts of Boston.
"From the point of view of good city finance we have another
suggestion to make : Repairs, for example, on the fast deteriorat-
ing tiled roof should not be allowed to become in arrears and
thus force general renovation at large expense. Such cautions
become insistent when, instead of trusting to indefinite future
growth, the city — now suffering from a deficit — must look
forward to a stationary population and perhaps diminishing
revenues from taxation."
STAFF FACILITIES
When the city can afford the much needed enlargement of the
central library careful plans should already have been developed
for further growth in the stack and the relief of the grave state
of staff facilities which have been crowded out by the enormous
extension of stack space. Since 1895 the collection of books
has increased over two and a half times and the personnel has
been enlarged from 1 72 to the present roster of 406. The drink-
ing water, eating quarters, lounges, locker rooms, rest rooms,
medical supplies and toilets are far below standard requirements
and inadequate, unattractive, and unsanitary.
Until the new plans can be carried out several years must
pass. We should not ask the personnel of the Library to suffer
such conditions a day longer than necessary.
Your Committee urges the following general recommenda-
tions in order to raise the standard to that required by the Com-
monwealth for Industrial Establishments and by the Boston
Building Law where persons are employed.
( 1 ) That certain departments be moved to other quarters to re-
lieve pressure and allow for re-allocations such as branch head-
quarters, binding, newspaper reading room.
(2) That rest rooms and lounges be cleared of lockers and new
locker space with adequate modern toilets be located near the point
of entrance for the staff.
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(3) That the whole problem of drinking water and the storing
and eating of food be investigated and solved.
These and other recommendations in detail arc on file for ex-
amination.
With full realization of the expense these changes would
bring, we feel that the City has a responsibility to its employees
as well to the public which they serve. We demand the highest
level of interest and effort from these men and women and then
compel them to use the outmoded equipment which our building
provides.
Similar recommendations have been made and changes urged
with increasing emphasis for several years. This Committee
can only add its testimony that such interior conditions in con-
trast to the beauty and dignity of the outside of our building
deny the Library's purpose which is to add to the mental and
physical health of the people in the City of Boston.
This Committee is fully conscious that the early steps neces-
sary for the carrying out of these recommendations are being
taken by the Trustees as rapidly as the conditions permit.
CATALOGS
The amount accomplished toward reclassifying of the book
collections and re-organizing the card catalogs during several
years was noted in this Committee's 1938 report. The loss of
large numbers of workers trained for his specific work raises a
serious problem. Should it be impossible to bring the relief
workers back now lost to the projects, a long range program of
re-organization should be planned within the regular budget of
the Library. A step in this direction has been the decision to
catalog and classify by the new codes, the major proportion of
new accessions. There is also need for revision of the records
of other currently useful books to avoid confusion and waste of
time.
The following suggestions given in detail in the report on file
relate to the use of the Bates Hall catalog:
( 1 ) The free distribution of small printed leaflets with brief
instructions on the use of the catalog is advised.
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(2) A guide card should be inserted in each catalog tray bearing
notations about the catalog, especially in regard to the meaning of
symbols and other guides.
(3) The development is advised of an annotated card catalog
of books on topics of current interest based on a "Selected List of
Books" appearing in MoRE BoOKS. Attractive posters in the Hall
should direct readers to proper sources of information and the staff
members daily and at special times should observe the effect of
these aids on the timid and confused,
(4) The public school officials should be asked to check up on
the instruction given to students in the use of library catalogs and
extend such instruction.
CHILDREN'S WORK AND WORK WITH SCHOOLS
It is recommended by your Committee that a contact service
be established between the schools and the branch libraries
which serve them. Teachers could then give v/aming to the
branch librarians of the assignments of reading so that the books
might be collected in advance. Also the campaign by the
teachers on the careful use of books could be pressed and fol-
lowed up. In this way the loss and defacing of books could be
further reduced.
The curtailment of the delivery of books to the class room
is only one example of the great need for more books in every
branch of the library sytem. Books for small children are es-
pecially needed as only a small proportion can be replaced or
acquired.
The Children's Room in the central library needs an over-
hauling of the electric lights to make reading easier and save cur-
rent. Complaints about the lighting in the older branches are
frequent and the v/hole m.atter is of such importance in the chil-
dren's case that it is suggested that an expert be employed to re-
port on the question. Year after year your Committee finds
many instances of inefficient lighting. It is as necessary to have
light by which books may be read without injury to the reader
as to make provision for the books themselves.
The Cronan "Story Hour" continues to be successful and the
librarians report great increase of attendance after each occasion.
The number of Story Hours has been curtailed and it is sug-
gested that they be restored as a wise investment.
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Serious overcrowding in the children's rooms in rented quarters
has been reported. In some cases a move has been made to
larger quarters where the rent was no greater. Your Committee
suggests that such changes should be considered in such other
cases when possible.
USE OF THE LIBRARY AND PUBLICITY
The reports of many of the sub-committees begin and end
with the absolute necessity of correcting the situation in regard
to the funds for books for the branch libraries. In this respect
careful consideration needs to be given to the increasing in-
equalities in the proportions of the expenditures for books, re-
pairs, and salaries. From whatever point of view the library
system is regarded, it becomes evident that the reason for the
existence of a public library is being denied if it can no longer
fulfil its prime function — the purchase and distribution of books.
The approximate purchase of books for the branch libraries is
$20,000 less than for the last two years. The branches will be
more than ever hampered in the replacement of worn out books
and the purchase of new ones. The Committee hopes that the
Trustees may be able to bring to the attention of the city officials
the fact that if the Library fails to maintain its pre-eminent po-
sition, the reputation of the city itself will suffer.
The situation can be improved by full use of every means by
which the needs and services of the Library are brought to the
attention of the public. The Director and his staff are doing all
in their power toward this end when the means at their disposal
are considered. Your Committee hopes that it may be possible
to give the many interesting activities and human happenings
within the Library system more publicity in the newspapers.
When a substantial sum can be set aside for the purpose, recom-
mendations made by former sub-committees should be carried
out, but even now measures can be taken to inform the public
that the Library will welcome donations of money and books.
The Committee was told that an ex-fireman had made a small
bequest to the Library in his will. The whole story would make
interesting reading and if the public knew of such bequests
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others would be encouraged lo follow such an example. The
Committee recommends that the Library have stamped on its
publications a short dignified request for gifts of libraries, money,
and books beginning with its insertion in More Books m order
that the effect may be studied before proceeding to more ex-
tensive action.
Complaints have been made in the branch libraries of lack of
police protection when disturbances arise. The Library as a
public institution has every right to police protection and it is
recommended that the matter be taken up with the Police Com-
missioner himself. Another point the Committee wishes to make
is the need for care in the placing of books on the open shelves.
It is felt that a standard of good taste should be insisted upon as
the shelves are open to minors, particularly those of high school
age.
BRANCH LIBRARIES
The branch libraries serve a city population that is continual-
ly shifting and by reason of these changes the regional distri-
bution of our branches is not at present sound. The branches
occupy our own buildings, municipal buildings and rented build-
ings. It is suggested that where the building is rented changes
could be made to cover the whole region more logically and bring
better service to the people who need it most.
Since the height of the depression their has been a steady fall-
ing off in the borrowing of books from the branch libraries. A
considerable volume of opinion links this falling off with the lack
of books.
Your Committee finds the greatest need among the branches
as in other departments of the Library is for BOOKS. Children's
books are urgently needed at
Boylston Codman Square Fellowes Athenaeum
Lower Mills Mt. Pleasant Neponset
North End South Boston Uphams Corner
Books of all kinds are particularly needed at
Andrew Square Brighton Charlestown
Dorchester East Boston Hyde Park
Lower Mills Mattapan Memorial
Phillips Brooks
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Hyde Park needs books on the useful arts, Uphams Comer
asks for books on the mechanical trades, Mt. Bowdoin is in
need of an additional encyclopedia. The North End Branch
wants Italian books. In every case the NEED FOR MORE BOOKS
cannot be too greatly stressed.
In connection with this recommendation it is to be pointed out
that the losses of books from the branch libraries have been re-
duced in the last five years from 12,000 to 7,000. Owing to
the excellent work in following up the persons who caused the
loss of the books, the condition is being gradually corrected.
The other two major needs in many branches is for better
lighting and interior painting. The Memorial Branch has not
been painted since 1926 as neither the Library nor the School
Board are apparently able to assume the expense. Recommen-
dation for better lighting and other matters in detail are on file
in reports on the branches by members of your Commitee who
wish to bear witness to the extraordinary understanding and
sympathy with the needs of the people in their communities
manifested by the branch library staffs.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
The findings of the Committee on Special Departments are
on file for examination in detail. Your Committee quotes from
their excellent report the recommendations in connection with
the Fine Arts Department, the Teachers' Department, the Rare
Book Department and the Music Department, also the Science
and Technology Department and the Statistical Department.
Fine Arts Department. The physical condition of these
rooms is not satisfactory. The West Gallery is dirty and the
paint on the walls of the out-of-town end of the Fine Arts Read-
ing Room is peeling and dropping off. The West Gallery is
crowded. It is much used by students and during the school
year by groups of students from the private schools. The space
at present in the Gallery has been reduced by the W. P. A.
timekeepers and by the collecting and distributing agent of the
bindery. When possible this space should be restored to the
Fine Arts Department. There is no set place ft)r exhibits and
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it is suggested that the Department work in concert with the Mu-
seum of Fine Arts and Fogg Museum, so that the impact upon
the public of a definite project be strengthened.
Teachers' Department. The Teachers* Department designed
for reference and research by teachers is well supplied with ma-
terial and used effectively. The shelf room is insufficient, and
as the valuable A.dams Collection of old books is at present tak-
ing up nearly one-half of the available shelf space, this should
be corrected if possible. The lighting and ventilation of this De-
partment are not good. Readers have great difficulty in seeing
the titles on the lower shelves. This condition is partly due to
two fine canvasses on the ceiling which absorb and interfere with
the reflecting of the lights. The ventilation is obtained only by
opening windows with resultant drafts. The room is often too
hot (sometimes 78° F) which is equally bad for readers and
books.
Rare Book Department. The present Reading Room for
the Rare Book Department has to be used as in other cases
throughout the building as a passage to the stacks. The present
stacks for the valuable books are not adequate as they are
of the open steel shelving made with no tops and backs and dust
sifts down upon them from above. Such shelving might be kept
covered by a dust curtain until better storage is provided, and
some careful person chosen to keep these shelves and alcoves as
free from dirt as possible.
Music Department. The situation in the Music Department
is at a standstill. Its location is against the use of the room for
serious study, as it is the thoroughfare to the Rare Book De-
partment, which makes it noisy and distracting.
Science & Technology Department & Statistical Depart-
ment. The physical facilities in the Science and Technology
Department are impaired by the fact that the card catalog is
kept in a different room from the reading room and the reading
room is combined with that of the Fine Arts Department. A
separate room for applied science is suggested where workers
could get books and current literature which would improve their
technical skills and make them better workmen. A substantial in-
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crease is reported in the reading of books dealing with skilled
labor. If this fact is an indication of a general trend it means
that this Department serv^es a very useful purpose in furthering
education among workers and supplementing the training af-
forded by our public schools.
It is noted in the Statistical Department that the books are
kept on open shelves which is not the case in the Science and
Technology Department. In pursuing research in a technical
field or at an advanced level a reader is much aided by inspect-
ing volumes the titles of which he may not know and others he
may want to look over rapidly before making up his mind to take
out the book. The open shelves on the second floor are not so
convenient to handle because there are few reading desks and
the light on this floor is poor. In all the important contemporary
fields this Department fills a great need in an excellent manner
but it could be richer in the orthodox and classical treatises of an
older date and in foreign material.
Business Branch. As in previous reports the congestion of
the Business Branch is emphasized — a condition that interferes
with the usefulness of this branch. It is recommended that either
the Business Branch should have more space in the building or
that some considerable proportion of the back files be moved
into some other space to make room available to readers.
CONCLUSION
The minimum requisites for a public or any other library are
books, a roof to shelter the books, and personnel to care for,
handle and distribute books. The crying needs of our Boston
Library may be taken in this logical order.
We must have books or we deny the cause of the Library's
existence, we must have an adequate roof and space in our build-
ing and we must so manage our resources that the health and
spirit of our staff are not impaired through impossible conditions
of crov/ding and lack of ordinary standards of sanitation.
The suggestions are reiterated by your Committee that even
with the need for rigid economy we should have more books in
the branch libraries, that some of the activities now functioning
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in the main building should be housed elsewhere, and that the
staff facilities should be improved.
Adopted as the report of the Examining Committee, Novem-
ber 20, 1939.
Elizabeth W. Perkins, Vice Chairman
Katherine Abbott
Philip J. Bond
Robert Cutler
Albert Ehrenfried
Henry E. Foley
Allan Forbes
Susan J. Ginn
Arthur L. Gould
Burnelle G. Hawkins
Herman H. Henkle
John S. Keating
Arthur L. Kinsolving
Rosamond B. Loring
A. Lawrence Lowell
John L. Lowes
John W. Lowes
Keyes D. Metcalf
George N. Northrop
Phillips E. Osgood
Charles E, Park
Hester Pickman
Abraham E. Pinanski
Richard J. Quinlan
WilHam K. Richardson
B. M. Selekman
Harlow Shapley
Margaret H. ShurcHff
Russell H. Stafford
Polly r. Starr
Trances 1 omasello
John P. Vaccaro
Henry R. Viets
Laurence Winship
Mary W. Winslow
Charles E, Wyzanski, Jr.
Amy B, Young
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
To THE Trustees of the Public Library
OF THE City of Boston:
I submit herewith the report of the Director of the Library
for the year ending December 31, 1 939.
SCOPE of IHE REPORT
In various quarters concern is being expressed over the mount-
ing expenditures for personnel in the Library during the last
ten years. A total expenditure for personnel which in 1 929 was
approximately three quarters of a million dollars annually has
increased in ten years time to be slightly over one million dollars
in 1939.
Such a sum is so large in itself and bulks so large (approxi-
mately 84% in 1939) in the total annual expenditure of the
Library for all purposes that a careful survey of what has been
happening over the ten year period appears clearly necessary.
This report will therefore be devoted entirely to such a survey.
The presentation will be along the following lines:
I. Introductory Statement.
Increasing Expenditures for Salaries and Wages from
1930 to 1939 Inclusive, (pp. 37-38)
II. Increase in Personnel Cost Arising Out of Salary In-
creases, (pp. 38—60)
Salary Increases, (pp. 38-47)
Up to June 4. 1937. (pp. 38-41)
As of June 4. 1937. (pp. 41-44)
As of June 3, 1938. (pp. 44^6)
IntheYear 1939. (pp. 46-47)
Status of Salaries in the Boston Public Library as of
December 31. 1939. (pp. 48-51)
Why Are There So Many Individuals in the Library
To Receive Step Rate Increases in Pay? (pp.51-
57)
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How Long Will It Take to Stabilize the Level of
Salaries and Wages in the Library? (pp. 57-59)
Summary of the Salary Situation in the Library,
(pp. 59-60)
III. Increase in Personnel Cost Arising Out of Increased or
Rearranged Activities, (pp. 60—72)
Distribution of Personnel, (pp. 60-61)
Distinction Between Regular Service and Extra Ser-
vice, (pp. 61-62)
Cost and Number of Personnel, (pp. 62-63)
Total Personnel, 1930-1939. (p. 62)
Full-Time Personnel, 1930-1939. (p. 63)
Extra Service Personnel, 1930-1939. (p. 63)
Summary of Changes in Number of Personnel, 1 930-
1939. (p.64)
Distribution of the Increase in Full-Time Personnel,
1930-1939. (pp.64-68)
Decrease in Full-Time Personnel of the Director's
Office, (p. 65)
Increase in Full-Time Personnel of the Division of
Business Operations, (p. 66)
Increase in Full-Time Personnel of the Circulation
Division, (pp. 66-67)
Increase in Full-Time Personnel of the Reference
Division, (pp. 67—68)
Flas the Executive Force Been Unduly Expanded?
(pp. 68-69)
Has There Been an Over-Staffing of the Library?
(pp. 69-72)
Summary of the Number of Personnel in the Library,
(p. 72)
IV. Conclusions, (pp. 73-74)
V. Recommendations, (pp. 74-77)
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I.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
INCREASING EXPENDITURES FOR SALARIES AND WAGES
FROM 1930 TO 1939 INCLUSIVE
From 1930 to 1939 inclusive the Library's expenditures for
salaries and wages have been as follows :
For the year ending December 31. 1939 . . $1,032,696.19
For the year ending December 31, 1929 . . 770.367.26
Increase in annual expenditure . . . . $ 262,228.93
This is an increase of 34%. It is attributable in the main to two
factors :
( 1 ) increases In individual salaries — salary increases as
granted year by year during the period from 1930 to 1939
inclusive amounted cumulatively by the end of 1939 to
$219,323.88 per year in the gross;
(2) increases and adjustments in the activities of the Library
— increased or rearranged activities necessitated the employment
by the Library of 105 more full-time workers in 1939 than
in 1929; at the entering rate of $20.00 per week ($1040.00
per year) the salary cost for these 1 05 full-time workers cumu-
lated to $109,200.00 (105 X $1040.00) additional per year
in the gross.
Both of the above large amounts are gross figures. Together
they total $332,155.99, as compared with the net figure of
$262,228.93 given above. Obviously gross figures serve only
in general illustration of what has been happening, as many fac-
tors act to reduce them. For example, an Assistant who has
reached the maximum of his grade at $37.00 per week may re-
sign. If the vacancy is to be filled, it is by the appointment of a
Probationary Assistant at the entering rate of $20.00 per week.
Or a Children's Librarian receiving $39.00 per week may re-
sign. The individual who is subsequently promoted to the posi-
tion begins in it at the prevailing minimum, which at present is
$32.00 pyer week. Likewise, for example, the addition of the
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1 05 full-time workers mentioned above was offset by a decrease
in the number of part-time workers to the equivalent of 20 full-
time workers, so that the net additional cost was actually that
for 85 full-time workers rather than 105. Even so, gross figures
such as the above must be given in order to show from what the
reduced net figures have com.e. For the actual net figures of in-
crease in the expenditures for personnel year by year from 1 930
to 1939, see Appendix D on pages 90-91 below.
Both these gross figures and the net figure as given above
indicate that it has been rather more because of increases in
individual salaries than because of increase in the number of
individuals employed that the increase in expenditure for per-
sonnel has become by the end of 1939 annually $262,228.93
greater than at the end of 1 929.
Each of these elements entering into the increasing cost of
personnel from 1930 to 1939 inclusive merits careful examin-
ation.
II.
INCREASE OF PERSONNEL COST ARISING
OUT OF SALARY INCREASES
SALARY INCREASES UP TO JUNE 4. 1937
Up to June 4, 1937 the level of salaries for library workers
in the Boston Public Library was widely recognized as un-
desirably low. In as many instances as not entering salaries were
$11.00 and $12.00 per week for high school graduates and
$15.00 per week for college graduates. A library school gradu-
ate might under certain circumstances be fortunate enough to re-
ceive $20.00 per week at entrance. More often his or her begin-
ning rate was no more than $15.00 per week, the same as for
college graduates with no library school training at all. Obviously
few library school graduates were interested in beginning at
$15.00 per week in the Boston Public Library. The average
beginning rate in general for graduates of the School of Library
Science in Simmons College was approximately $25.00 per
week ($1 300.00 per year). That for the graduates of the School
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of Library Service in Columbia University was frequently as
much as $30.00 per week ($1565.00 per year).
In the Boston Public Library the average of all salaries as
of June 1, 1929 was the low figure of $1434.45 per year
($27.49 per week) ; the determination of this average included
every salary from the lowest to the highest. The following table
(see also Appendix D on pages 1 00-1 03 below) shows the wide
extent to which low salaries then existed in 1929 in the Boston
Public Library, particularly for the library workers as compared
with the mechanical and similar workers:
% of Total No.
% of Total No. of Mechanical
Salary Range
o
Library Workers and Other Workers
Under $15.00 per week .
16.2% .... 0.8%
Under $20.00 per week .
27.8%
25.07o
Under $25.00 per week .
49.0%
36.5%
Under $30.00 per week .
73.3%
40.6%
Under $35.00 per week .
83.2%
54.6%
Under $40.00 per week .
89.3%
62.1%
Under $45.00 per week .
94.8%
87.1%
Under $50.00 per week .
96.7%
95.2%
From $10.00 to $14.99 per
week
16.2%
0.8%
From $15.00 lo $19.99 per
week
11.6%
24.2%
From $20.00 to $24.99 per
week
21.2%
11.5%
From $25.00 }o $29.99 per
week
24.3%
4.1%
From $30.00 to $34.99 per
Week
9.9%
14.0%
From $35.00 to $39.99 per
week
6.1%
7.5%
From $40.00 to $44.99 per
week
5.57«
9.1%
From $45.00 to $49.99 per
wee
'k .
1.9%
9.17o
A clear conclusion is to be drawn from these figures that the
workers in the mechanical and similar groups had already in
1929 a preferred position as compared with the workers in the
bibliolhecal group.
For the mechanical workers in the Library wages had been
stabilized at relatively high levels by 1929. The wage gains
achieved during the preceding boom years by similar workers in
private employ, frequently under conditions of organized labor,
worked to the benefit of those in city employ as well. Binders,
printers, engineers, firemen, watchmen, carpenters, painters, elec-
tricians, elevator operators, janitors, laborers, cleaners in the
service of the Library were all paid at the rates generally pre-
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vailing in the community, and ever since have continued to be
thus relatively well paid.
For the library workers, on the other hand, the period from
1 929 to 1 936 inclusive brought little improvement in their rela-
tively disadvantageous status. In only four of the seven years were
salary increases possible in appreciable amount, and then not to
the widespread extent necessary for raising the average level (see
Appendix D on pages 1 00-1 03 below) . Funds were never avail-
able to an extent sufficient to permit an annual increment to all
bibliothecal workers. In the central library particularly there
was an appreciable number who had had no improvement in
remuneration since 1927, and some not even since 1926 or
1925. By the end of 1936 seventy-eight per cent (78%) of all
the bibliothecal workers in the entire library system were still
receiving less than $30.00 per week. And even as many as 3 1 %
were receiving still under $20.00 per week. Janitors on the other
hand were and had been receiving $33.00. Seven eighths of the
33 branch librarians — who were in charge of whole buildings
— were receiving no more than $41.00, while rank and file
watchmen and firemen were being paid $41.50, carpenters and
painters $42.00, binders $43.00, printers $44.00, engineers
$48.00. For the mechanical workers these wage levels were en-
tirely proper in terms of prevailing rates. For the library workers
they were highly inadequate in terms of the nature of their work
and the preparation necessary for it. Unfortunately there were
for Hbrarians no higher levels existing elsewhere in the com-
munity with which to point the desirability of salary improvement
for those in the Boston Public Library. On the other hand, in
other departments of the City of Boston service, higher levels
of remuneration appeared to exist for work which appeared to
be of an equivalent nature or which had requirements not dis-
similar. And to reach these higher levels step by step there ap-
peared to exist in these other city departments an adequate
provision for annual increments in remuneration.
It was against such a background as this that the budgetary
allowance for the personal service account of the Library for
1936 was found to be not sufficient to permit other than highly
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limited action in the matter of step rate increases in pay for that
year. It became clear that special attention would have to be
given to effecting improvement in the situation. The Trustees
appointed a special committee from their own number to carry
out a thorough study of the problem and present findings to the
city administration. A group of the less well paid members of
the bibliothecal staff organized themselves in support of more
adequate remuneration. Conditions in general contributed to ac-
tion looking toward improvement. The result was that the bud-
getary allowance as established for 1937 was at a figure to per-
mit improvement to an appreciable degree.
SALARY INCREASES AS OF JUNE 4, 1937
As of June 4, 1937 it was possible for the first time to take
action on a widespread basis for the improvement of the general
salary level in the Library. This was carried out along two lines :
( I ) the establishment of an adequate minimum level of remuneration
for the bibliothecal workers;
(2) the uniform application of the principle of an annual increment
toward certain maxima for all bibliothecal workers instead of
for only a part of them as in preceding years.
The result was that in the case of 1 1 5 individuals a minimum of
$20.00 per week was established for Assistants or Probationary
Assistants who had qualified by passing the required Entrance
Examinations for the Graded Service of the Library, and that
to 303 other individuals an increase of $2.00 per week was given
toward the maxima of their grades. In addition there was given
to certain individuals a further increase in basic pay to per-
mit a discontinuance of ihcir extra work evenings, in substantial
completion of the program initiated in 1933 for the establish-
ment of the shift system in the central libraiy ; further, an increase
from 25 cents to 30 cents per hour was established in the mini-
mum rate of pay for part-time work. In all, 441 individual full-
time workers received increases in remuneration in 1937. The
extent to which this represented action on a widespread basis is
shown by the following figures:
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Year
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
No. of Fuli-Time Workers
Receiving Increases in Pay
None
None
203
173
149
441
The increases granted in 1937 ranged from $1.00 to $5.00 per
week. One individual received $1.00 per v^eek, 331 received
$2.00 per vv^eek, 1 7 received $3.00 per week, 1 9 received $4.00
per week, and 73 received $5.00 per week. The cost of the in-
creases as paid on a 12 months basis in the following year was
$63,905.12; for the remainder of 1937 only. $36,956.44.
This action in 1937 was primarily for the benefit of the lower
paid group of library workers. It provided first for lifting the
remuneration of the lowest paid group substantially toward a
more adequate minimum. It gave also to all of the library work-
ers in the middle remuneration group a single step increase
toward the maximum of their grades. It did not, however, make
any provision for this middle group of workers by way of adjust-
ment for the long period of preceding years when frequently not
even single step increases had been available to large numbers of
them toward long overdue improvement in their remuneration.
Nor did it make any provision for the upper group of positions,
since these were already reasonably well remunerated. So like-
wise did it not make provision for the mechanical workers, since
they had been relatively well paid from even before 1 929.
The following table shows the distribution of the library
workers by salary ranges before and after this widespread action
of 1937 (see also Appendix D on pages 100-103 below) :
Salary Range
From $10.00 to $14.99 per week
From $15.00 to $19.99 per week
From $20.00 to $24.99 per week
From $25.00 to $29.99 per week
From $30.00 to $34.99 per week
Under $15.00 per week
Under $20.00 per week
Under $25.00 per week
Under $30.00 per week
Under $35.00 per week
% of Total No. % of Total No.
of Library Workers of Library Workers
as of December 3 1 . 1 936 as of June 4. 1937
5.2%
26.0%
23.5%
23.7%
5.2%
5.2%
31.2%
54.7%
78.4%
83.6%
0.0%
2.9%
44.6%
19.6%
15.5%
0.0%
2.9%
47.6%
673%
82.8%
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The above figures substantiate clearly that the basic improve-
ment accomplished in 1937 was for the lower paid group of
library workers, particularly those (31.2% of the total num-
ber) who had been paid less than $20.00 per week prior to
1937. Even after this widespread action of June 4, 1937, how-
ever, nearly one half (47.6%) of the total number of library
workers still received under $25.00 per week.
By this 1937 action the average of the salaries in the Library
was increased from $1434.45 as of June 1, 1929 to $1530.15
as of June 4, 1937. This was substantial improvement. Still, of
the various City of Boston departments for which comparable
figures were readily available for that date, the Library Depart-
ment had even so the lowest average of salaries, as shown below
(see also Appendix D on page 106 below) :
AVERAGE OF SALARIES IN CITY OF BOSTON DEPARTMEN 1 S
JUNE. 1937
1 ransit Depailmcnt .
Law Deparlment
F" inance Commission .
School Buildings Department
Treasury Department .
Election Department .
Building Department .
School Department .
Street Laying-Out Department .
Auditing Department .
Weights and Measures Department
Boston Traffic Commission
Park Department, Cemetery Division
Assessing Department
City Clerk Department
Soldiers' Relief Department
Collecting Department
Supply Department
Park Department
Library Department .
$3,761.26
2,962.53
2,840.10
2.729.90
2,604.76
2.597.62
2.592.21
2.537.80
2.360.68
2,313.94
2.240.00
2,124.70
2,063.38
2.020.17
2,009.53
1.925.65
1,728.58
1.718.60
1 .690.43
1.530.15
In addition to the salary adjustments mentioned above a fur-
ther action was taken in the Library Department in 1937 which
was perhaps the most important of all for the Library for the
future. This was the announcement of the establishment as of
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Januar}' 1, 1938 of a new Classification of Personnel, with a
wide program of Qualifying Examinations and Promotional Ex-
aminations with which a system of pay increases was to be artic-
ulated. The new examinations were to be obligatory for all in-
dividuals entering the library service after Januaury 1 , 1 938 ;
as a voluntary choice, however, for those in the library service
prior to that date.
Under the new arrangements the old system of automatic step
rate increases in pay was to be abolished for all individuals en-
tering the library service after January 1 , 1 938. In its stead
there was to be established a new system of promotional increases
(grade increases), to be granted only on an earned basis after
measurement by specified examinations and upon recommenda-
tion after executive evaluation. The old system of automatic step
rate increases in pay would thus disappear entirely from Boston
Public Library practice as soon as all of the individuals in the
library service prior to January 1 , 1 938 had reached the max-
ima of their grades.
The implications of these new arrangements were far-reaching
for the development of the library staff and its remuneration.
SALARY INCREASES IN 1938
In 1938 salary increases were granted on a uniform step rate
basis of $2.00 per week for each individual worker who was not
then receiving the maximum remuneration for his grade, with the
exception of those individuals who were already being paid
$40.00 per week ($2100.00 per year) or more. To this latter
group of 36 individuals increases were not granted, in accordance
with the practice adopted in general for City of Boston depart-
ments for 1938. With this exception, however, the 1938 action
in granting salary increases in the Library was for a second year
on a widespread basis, just as had been the case in 1937. In-
creases of $2.00 per week were given 391 individuals as of June
3, 1938. The cost of these as paid on a 12 months basis in the
following year was $41,290.24; for the remainder of 1938
only, $24,118.76.
During 1938 the same group of the lower paid members of
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the bibliothecal staff who had organized themselves at the end
of 1936 in support of more adequate remuneration requested
that in addition to the regular step rate increases in pay granted
in 1938 special action should be taken looking toward further
improvement in the remuneration of the middle group of workers,
as distinguished from the lowest paid individuals for whom spe-
cial action had already been taken in 1 937. Its proposal was that
this middle group be divided into three categories, to be deter-
mined primarily in terms of increasing educational qualifications
and length of service, and that to these three categories there then
be given further increases of $1.00, $2.00, and $3.00 per week
respectively, in addition to the regular automatic step rate in-
creases to be granted in the amount of $2.00 each. Since an ap-
preciable portion of the library workers concerned would be in-
dividuals who had been in the library service for a considerable
period, there would thus be brought about by special action a
substantial step toward the improvement of their remuneration as
an offset to the long period during which many, particularly in
the central library, had had no improvement whatever in their
relatively low remuneration. It v^^ould permit thus a partial ad-
justment in their remuneration sooner than could be the case in
having to proceed over a period of 6 to 8 years by annual incre-
ments of $2.00 toward the maxima of their grades. The cost of
such special action would be approximately $35,000.00 on a
12 months basis.
To have added this sum of $33,000.00 to the large sum of
$41,000.00 necessary for the regular step rate increases of
$2.00 per individual as mentioned above would have resulted
in a total cost of $76,000.00 for salary increases for the year,
as compared with the cost of the 1937 action at $63,905.12 on
a 12 months basis.
In view of the large cost ($41 ,000.00) of merely the regular
step rate increases of $2.00 per individual, on the same basis as
that prevailing in city departments in general, it was not found
possible to take action in 1 938 except for the granting of these
step rate increases. 1 he financial situation of the City, not to
mention other considerations, put out of question an additional
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expenditure of $35,000.00 for special action on a basis such as
that which had been proposed.
It was instead suggested that under the new arrangements for
the classification of personnel which had gone into effect as of
January 1 , 1 938 there existed already in the provision of Quali-
fying Examinations and Promotional Examinations an oppor-
tunity for those who were in the library service prior to January
1 , 1 938 to demonstrate by voluntary action their eligibility for
additional remuneration on a promotional basis. It was pointed
out that the resulting advantages would be considerably beyond
those which would follow a distribution of increased remuner-
ation simply on the automatic basis which had been proposed. In
that very year of 1938 there would be offered the first oppor-
tunity for taking the new Qualifying Examinations and Promo-
tional Examinations.
SALARY INCREASES IN 1939
In 1939 salary increases were given on both the old and the
new bases. Step rate increases of $2.00 per week were granted
to all individuals who had been in the service of the Library
prior to January 1 , 1 938, on the same basis as that prevailing in
city departments in general, up to the maxima for their positions.
These were given to 425 individuals. The cost of these step
rate increases for the following 12 months would amount to
$43,171.20; for the remainder of 1939 only, $9,970.15. Pro-
motional increases (grade increases) also were given in 1939 to
1 30 individuals who had passed in 1 938 the required Qualify-
ing Examinations and Promotional Examinations as a basis for
receiving promotional recognition. The cost of these promotional
increases (grade increases) for the following 12 months would
amount to $16,247.10; for the remainder of 1939 only,
$3,986.28. The total cost for all increases in pay in 1939 —
both step rate increases and promotional increases — for the
following 12 months would amount to $56,887.59; for the re-
mainder of 1939 only, $13,956.43.
Of the 1 30 individuals receiving promotional increases in pay
in 1 939 only 5 had entered the service of the Library subsequent
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to January 1 , 1 938. Obviously there could be relatively few in-
dividuals entering the library service after January 1 , 1 938 who
would be ready for the 1938 Qualifying Examinations when
given in the following May and June; in another year their
number would supposedly be appreciably greater.
The remaining 125 individuals who received promotional in-
creases in 1939 had been members of the library staff prior to
January 1 , 1 938 and had voluntarily presented themselves for
Qualifying Examinations and Promotional Examinations in
1938, in order to demonstrate their eligibility for additional re-
muneration on a promotional basis. For the most part they were
individuals who had been in the library service over a consider-
able period and at lovv^er rates of remuneration than their edu-
cational and professional qualifications merited. By their volun-
tary efforts they had demonstrated their eligibility for increased
remuneration on a promotional basis. To them therefore these
promotional increases were granted in accordance with the pub-
lic announcement made on June 1, 1937 on the occasion of the
establishment of the new Classification of Personnel and Staff
Examinations. The total cost on a 1 2 months basis for promo-
tional increases for these 125 individuals was approximately
$16,000. By contrast, if additional remuneration had been
granted instead on a basis such as had been proposed in the pre-
ceding year by the organization of certain members of the library
staff mentioned above, the cost on a 1 2 months basis would have
been approximately $35,000.00. Further, such action would
have been on an arbitrary basis, as distinguished from the action
which was actually taken in 1 939 in terms of individual accom-
plishment on a promotional basis, by voluntary election on the
part of the individual. The opportunity to proceed on this basis
was open freely to all individuals who were members of the li-
brary staff before January 1 , 1 938. Without discrimination each
liad an opportunity to demonstrate in objective fashion and on
equal terms with all others his possession of certain specific com-
petences (or which he could be given increased recognition in
the form of improved remuneration on a promotional basis.
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STATUS OF SALARIES IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
AS OF DECEMBER 31. 1939
The action taken for the improvement of salaries in 1937,
1938, and 1939 was in each year on the widespread basis
necessar}' to raise the general salary level in the Library. The
following table shows the number of full-time workers receiving
increases in each of those three years as well as in the years im-
mediately preceding:
No. of Full-Time Workers
Year Receiving Increases in Pay
1932 None
1933 None
1934 203
1935 173
1936 149
1937 441
1938 391
1939 425
That the general salary level in the Library had been raised
is shown by the following figures indicating the average of all
salaries in the Library at significant dates:
Date Average of All Salaries
June 1. 1929 $1434.45
June 4, 1937 . ... 1530.15
December 31. 1939 '. ". . . . 1706.58
Whereas at the end of 1936 thirty-one per cent (31 %) of all
of the bibliothecal workers in the entire library system were being
paid less than $20.00 per week, at the end of 1939 the pro-
portion had decreased to 1.5%. Whereas at the end of 1936
over one-half (55%) still received under $25.00 per week, at
the end of 1939 the proportion was slightly over one-quarter
(26%). Whereas at the end of 1936 nearly four-fifths (78%)
were being paid less than $30.00, the proportion had become at
the end of 1939 slightly less than one-half (49%).
It will be recalled that by the end of 1 929 the mechanical and
similar workers in the Library had already had their wages
stabilized at relatively high levels, on the basis of the rates gen-
erally prevailing in the community, and that they had therefore
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already in 1 929 a preferred position as compared with the work-
ers in the bibliothecal group. It is interesting to compare the rela-
tive standing of the two groups at the end of 1929 and 1939,
as set forth in the following table (see also Appendix D on pages
100-103 below):
Salary Range
% of Total No.
of Library Workers
% of Total No. of
Mechanical & Other Workers
Unde
Unde
Unde
Unde
Unde
Unde
Unde
Unde
$15.00 per week
$20.00 per week
$25.00 per week
$30.00 per week
$35.00 per week
$40.00 per week
$45.00 per week
$50.00 per week
1929
16.2%
27.8%
49.0%
73.3%
83.2%
89.3%,
94.89?,
96.7%
1939
0.0%
1.5%
26.3%,
49.4%
68.8%
83.9%
89.4^^
95.1%
1929
0.8%,
25.0%
36.5%
40.6%
54.6%
62.1%
87.1%
96.2%o
1939
0.0%
19.3%
33.9'/;
37.3%
63.3%
66.7%
87.7%
95.3%
Salary Range
Fro.Ti $10.00 to
From $15.00 to
From $20.00 to
From $25.00 to
From $30.00 to
From $35.00 to
From $40.00 to
From $45.00 to
% of Total No. % of Total No. of
of Library Workers Mechanical & Other Workers
$14.99
$19.99
$24.99
$29.99
$34.99
$39.99
$44.99
$49.99
per Week
per week
per week
per week
per week
per week
per week
per week
1929
16.2%
1 1 .6%
21.2%
24.3%
9.9%
6.1%
5.5%
1.9%
1939
0.0%
1.5%
24.8%
23.1%
19.4%
15.1%
5.5%
6.3%
1929
0.8%
24.2%
11.5%
4.1%
14.0%
7.5%
25.0%
9.1%
1939
0.0%
19.3%
14.67o
3.4%
26.0%,
3.4%
21.0%
8.6%
The conclusion is to be drawn that the mechanical and similar
workers are at the end of 1939 still in a preferred position in
the matter of remuneration as compared with the bibliothecal
workers. For example, 49% of the bibliothecal workers still re-
ceive less than $30.00 per week, as compared with 37% of the
mechanical workers. Sixty-nine per cent (69%) of the bib-
liothecal workers still receive less than $35.00 per week, as com-
pared with 63% of the mechanical workers. Eighty-four (84%)
of the bibliothecal workers still receive less than $40.00 per
week, as compared with 67% of the mechanical workers.
For the other City of Boston departments figures are not
readily available to show the averages of salaries paid in the
various departments as of December 31, 1939. It will be re-
called, however, that in June 1937 — after the widespread sal-
ary revision in the Library Department accomplished as of June
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4, 1937 — the Library Department had the lowest average of
salaries at $1 530. 1 5. As stated above, the average in the Library
had by the end of 1939 become $1706.58. Substantial as this
improvement was, it was however presumably not large enough
to raise the relative position of the Library Department any more
than from the bottom place in the list of city departments to a
next to the bottom level. At $1706.58 the average for the Li-
brary Department was far below the average for the School De-
partment, which at $2537.80 in 1937 was apparently in the
neighborhood of the median point of the average for all city de-
partments. If there is reason to believe — and the signs point
that way — that the American public library is primarily an edu-
cational institution, it would seem not improper to compare the
average of salaries paid in the Library Department of the City
of Boston with that paid in the School Department of the City
of Boston.
Nor is the Boston PubHc Library average at $1706.58 con-
siderably below that prevailing in City of Boston departments
only. It may well be compared also with the latest available fig-
ure ( 1 938) for the average of all municipal salaries in all United
States cities of over 500,000 population. According to The
Municipal Year Boof( for 1939 (page 225), this average of all
municipal salaries in the large cities of the country was $1 950.00.
It is reasonably safe to assume that the figure has changed rela-
tively little in the meantime.
It has long been a commonplace that librarians' salaries in
general are everywhere low. The salaries paid in the Boston
Public Library are relatively not high. In many instances they
are below the average, as compared with the low standard for
library salaries existing in general throughout the country. This
may be seen from the following table of salary ranges in effect
as of November 1 , 1 939 for the larger part of the positions in
the public libraries of the leading cities of the United States
(see the April 1940 issue of the Bulletin of the American Li-
brary Association, vol. 34, p. 212) :
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City
First
Assistants
Baltimore ....
$1080
-
$1560
Boston ....
1720
-
1980
Buffalo
Chicago ....
1560
-
2340
Cincinnati ....
Cleveland ....
1500
-
2600
Detroit ....
2280
-
2340
Los Angeles . . . ^
2100
Milwaukee ....
1800
-
2220
New York City
New York Public Library .
1980
-
2220
Brooklyn Public Library .
1620
-
2100
Queens Borough Public Libi
ary 1320
-
2160
Philadelphia
1350
Pittsburgh ....
1500
-
1740
St. Louis ....
1320
-
1770
San Francisco
City
Children's Librarians
Baltimore ....
$1380
Boston
$1660
-
2040
Buffalo ....
Chicago ....
900
-
2880
Cincinnati ....
1300
-
1650
Cleveland ....
1380
-
2300
Detroit ....
Los Angeles ....
1380
-
1920
Milwaukee ....
New York City
New York Public Library .
1980
-
2220
Brooklyn Public Library .
1620
-
2100
Queens Borough Public Library 1320
-
2160
Philadelphia
1200
-
1740
Pittsburgh ....
1458
-
1740
St. Louis ....
1320
-
1770
San Francisco
1560
-
1920
Catalogers
$1320
_
$1740
1875
-
2080
1440
_
2880
1480
_
1860
1560
-
2800
1500
_
1920
1920
-
2160
1380
_
2220
1440
_
2220
1320
_
2160
1200
_
1840
1320
_
1800
1440
-
2160
Other
Professiona
lA
sistants
$1140
_
$2040
1040
_
2080
1320
_
2200
1320
_
2640
1260
_
1800
1380
-
3000
1560
-
3500
1500
_
2280
1560
-
2220
900
_
2220
1320
-
2100
1320
_
2820
1050
_
1300
1320
_
1800
990
_
1620
1200
-
1920
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE LIBRARY
TO RECEIVE STEP RATE INCREASES IN PAY?
The question is frequently raised in municipal circles in Bos-
ton as to why there are so many individuals to whom step rate
increases in pay are given in the Library Department as com-
pared with the other City of Boston departments. The following
table shows the number of individuals who received step rate
increases in pay in 1939 in the Library Department and in the
various city departments for which figures can be obtained from
the list of departmental changes published weekly in the Boston
City Record :
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Assessing Department ..... 3
Auditing Department ...... 16
Building Department ...... I
Collecting Department ..... 29
Election Department ...... 2
Fire Department . . . . . . 116
Health Department ...... 21
I lospital Department ...... 86
Institutions Department . . . . . 11
Law Department ...... 5
Library Department ...... 425
Overseers of Public Welfare .... 345
Park Department 4
Penal Institutions Department .... 55
Police Department ...... 233
Printing Department ...... 7
Public Buildings Department .... 2
Public Works Department 54
Registry Department ...... 6
Retirement Board ...... 3
Soldiers' Relief Department .... 9
Street Laying Out Department .... 3
Supply Department ...... 6
In this compilation there is no figure for the School Department.
It is not readily to be found in published form. The School De-
partment figure surpasses that of all other city departments, how-
ever. Not only is it the largest of the city departments, but also
it has a relatively high proportion of its large total personnel on
a sHding scale basis in the matter of remuneration. The depart-
ments having the next largest numbers receiving step rate in-
creases in 1939 were the Library Department with 425, the
Welfare Department with 345, the Police Department with
233, and the Fire Department with 1 1 6. On the other hand
certain of the other large departments such as the Hospital De-
partment and the Public Works Department had only 86 and
54 respectively.
Such differences as exist in the above respect are apparently
attributable to the fact that some city departments have most
or all of their workers on a step rate basis of remuneration extend-
ing from a beginning minimum to an eventual maximum, while
others have their workers for the most part at a fixed but higher
rate of remuneration which is in effect from the very beginning of
the appointment. In the Library Department only about one
fifth (that is, the 120 or so mechanical and similar workers) out
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of the total of nearly 600 workers are appointed at a beginning
rate which remains the established rate for the position without
any later change, and which is therefore at a higher rate than
would otherwise be the case. The remaining 460 or so biblio-
ihecal workers in the Library Department are all paid on a
sliding scale, step rate increase basis. The entering rate for them
is at the low minimum figure of $20.00 per week. From that
minimum their remuneration is increased by steps up to the maxi-
ma of their positions, in accordance with the following scale :
Probationary Assistants ....
. $20.00
- $25.00
Assistants
25.00
- 37.00
Second Assistants .....
41.00
First Assistants ......
45.00
Chiefs of Departments & Branch Librarians
! 50.00
- 60.00
In the Library Department in 1939, outside of the relatively
small group of mechanical and similar workers, not a single new
appointment was made to the library service other than at the
minimum beginning rate of $20.00 per week with but one ex-
ception. In fact, during the entire eight years from 1 932 to 1 939
inclusive, there have been only eleven out of the two hundred
or so appointments which have been made to the library service
which were not at the beginning rate of $20.00 or less. Of the
35 appointments made to the library service in 1 939, thirty-four
(34) were at this minimum beginning rate of $20.00 per week,
and the single remaining appointment was made at the minimum
beginning rate for chiefs of departments. Obviously, if all ap-
pointments are made at the relatively low rate of $20.00 per
week, an appreciable number of step rate increases are necessary
to bring eventually to each of the workers appointed the maxi-
mum rate of remuneration for his position.
This practice holds in the Library Department for four fifths
of the entire body of employees. In most of the city departments
it does not apparently hold to a similarly wide extent. In com-
parison with the new appointments made in 1 939 to the library
service in the Library Department there should be placed the
many appointments in other city departments which were made
at rates in excess of the $20.00 rate used ordinarily for all posi-
tions in the library service in the Library Department The fol-
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lowing list of such appointments has been compiled from the
weekly lists of departmental changes as published week by
week during 1939 in the Boston Cit^ Record:
1 — Associate physician (Hospital Dept.) .
— Supervisor of poultry (Penal Institutions Dept.)
— Resident physician (Institutions Dept.)
— Pharmacist (Institutions Dept.) .
— Second-class engineer (Hospital Depf.)
— Engineer (Institutions Dept.)
— Supervisor (Supply Dept.)
— Assistant corporation counsel
— Engineer (Penal Institutions Dept.)
— Engineer, second-class (Penal Institutions Dept.)
— Bookbinder (Printing Dept.)
— Marine fireman (Public Works Dept.)
2 — Firemen (Penal Institutions Dept.)
3 — iFirst-cIass firemen (Hospital Dept.)
2 — Second-class firemen (Hospital Depf.)
3 — Firemen (Institutions Dept.)
I — ^Fireman (Public Buildings Dept.)
1 — Monotype keyboard operator (Printing Dept.)
8 — Officers (Penal Institutions Dept.)
I — Plumbing inspector (Buildings Dept.)
4 — Cylinder press feeders (Printing Dept.)
1— Tollman-guard (Public Works Dept.)
1 — Senior assistant resident physician (Institutions Dept.)
1 — Assistant resident physician (Institutions Dept.)
I — Ambulance driver (Hospital Dept.)
1 — Supervisor (Hospital Dept.)
1 — Chief clerk (Law Dept.) ....
I — Superintendent golf course (Park Dept.)
2 — Assistant supervisors (Park Dept.)
1 — Ambulance driver (Public Buildings Dept.)
1 — Assistant supervisor (Supply Dept.)
I — Visiting dental surgeon (Hospital Dept.)
4 — Airport signal operators (Park Dept.)
4 — Porters and furnace lenders (Public Buildings Dept.)
1 — Lay inspector of animals (Health Dept.)
3 — Deckhands (Institutions Dept.) .
I — Deckhand and inland mate (Institutions Dept.)
3 — Male nurses (Hospital Dept.)
I — Resident physician on skin service (Hospital Dept.)
I I — Junior assistant resident physicians (Institutions Dept.)
2 — Assistant resident physicians (Institutions Dept.)
1 — Stockkeeper (Public Works Depf.)
I — Constable (Building Dept.) .
I — Constable (Overseers of Public Welfare)
8 — Junior law clerks (Law Dept.) .
10 — Law clerks (Law Dept.) .
2 — -Laborers (Printing Dept.) .
$57.50
53.09
5L75
50.11
48.00
48.00
47.92
47.92
45.00
45.00
42.20
41.50
41.50
41.50
41.50
41.50
41.50
41.40
38.67
38.33
36.60
36.50
36.42
36.42
36.00
35.79
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00
34.50
34.50
33.00
32.58
32.58
32.58
32.00
31.00
31.00
31.00
30.67
30.67
30.67
30.19
30.00
30.00
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—Janitor (Public Buildings Dept.) 30.00
—Secretary (Public Buildings Dept.) 30.00
— Assistant supervisor (Public Works Dept.) 30.00
— Assistant pa)anaster (Overseers of Public Welfare) .... 28.75
—Nurse (Hospital Dept.) 27.55
—Pharmacist (Hospital Dept.) 27.00
13 — Staff nurses (Institutions Dept.) 26.40
Assistant cook (Hospital Dept.) 26.00
Resident on neurosurgical service (Hospital Dept.) .... 25.17
Assistant pharmacist (Hospital Dept.) ....... 25.00
Technician (Hospital Dept.) ........ 25.00
Caddy master (Park Dept.) 25.00
1 — Stenographer (Law Dept.) 24.92
-Laboratory assistant (Hospital Dept.) ....... 24.92
I— Baker (Hospital Dept.) 24.50
-Pastry cook (Institutions Dept.) ........ 23.33
-Assistant in health education (Health Dept.) 23.00
98 — Floor duty nurses (Hospital Dept.) 23.00
12 — Floor nurses (Hospital Dept.) ........ 23.00
3— Staff nurses (Hospital Dept.) 23.00
3— Male nurses (Hospital Dept.) 23.00
5 — Medical social workers (Hospital Dept.) 23.00
I — Assistant dietitian (Hospital Dept.) 23.00
1— Chaplain (Hospital Dept.) 23.00
1 — Clerk-typist (Registry Dept.) 23.00
1 — Junior accountant (Supply Dept.) ....... 22.50
1 — Stenographer-Clerk (Boston Port Authority) 22.42
2— Matrons (Health Dept.) 22.00
1— Matron (Park Dept.) 22.00
1— Secretary (Public Buildings Dept.) 22.00
1 — Junior accountant (Supply Dept.) ....... 21.00
The giving of such a list as the above is not intended to imply
that the rates of pay for those various positions are too high or
too low, or in fact anything other than what is entirely proper
or just. They are given only to help in providing an answer to
the question as to why there appear to be so many more in-
dividuals to whom step rate increases in pay have to be given in
the Library Department as compared with other City of Boston
departments. Obviously more individuals have to be given step
rate increases — and also more step rate increases as such have
to be given — when the beginning rate is uniformly $20.00 per
week than when as in other city departments the newly appointed
individuals begin at rates which are generally more than $20.00,
and frequently very appreciably more. A library assistant, for
example, requires nine annual step rate increases of $100 per
3'ear ($2.00 per week) to proceed from a minimum entering
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rate of $1040 per year ($20.00 per week) to his maximum of
$1930 per year ($37.00 per week), as compared with the six
such step rate increases required for a clerical worker to go from
his minimum of $1000 to his maximum of $1600 per year, or
the live such step rate increases needed for a police patrolman
or a fireman to go from his minimum of $1600 to his maximum
of $2100.
One further reason that more step rate increases — and also
over a longer period — are having to be given in the Library
Department is that the prevailing rates of remuneration in the
Library Department are in the process of being raised from an
unusually low level toward the average level for all city depart-
ments, as set forth above. Until this average level has been ap-
proximated there will perforce have to be given step rate increases
to a larger number of individuals, and over a longer period, than
would otherwise be the case, if the workers in the Library De-
partment are to be given a treatment consistent with that accorded
to other city workers.
The basis on which stabilization of salaries on an improved
level is being sought in the Library Department is the following
salary schedule as established in 1937:
Probationary Assistant, Beginning
Probationary Assistant, 1st Step
Probationary Assistant, 2nd Step
Probationary Assistant, 3rd Step
Probationary Assistant, 4th Step
Probationary Assistant, 5th Step
Assistant, Beginning
Assistant, I st Step
Assistant, 2nd Step
Assistant, 3rd Step
Second Assistant
Children's Assistant
Reference Assistant
Cataloger
Classifier
Assistant, 4th Step
First Assistant .
Children's Librarian
Reference Librarian .
Cataloger and Classifier
Assistant, 5th Step .
Chiefs of Departments
Branch Librarians .
$20.00
2L00
22.00
23.00
24.00
25.00
25.00
29.00
33.00
37.00
4K00
4L00
4L00
4K00
4L0O
4L00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
$2610-$3I30
2610- 3130
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Tliis salary schedule did not in reality set up new levels. Even
as far back as 1929 there were individuals in nearly every one
of these categories who eventually received as much as the rates
set forth above. The difficulty existing then and up to 1937 was
that year after year funds were not being appropriated in suffi-
cient amount to permit a uniform application of these rates in
the granting of step rate increases. That the above rates are not
out of line with those existing elsewhere can easily be ascertained
by comparing them with the rates paid in other city departments
for work which is of a similar level or which requires not dis-
similar qualifications- If any doubt exists as to whether or not
these rates are adequate for what is expected of workers in the
Library, it will be quickly dispelled by an examination of the
qualifications set down for the various steps and grades of the
Boston Public Library service in the separate publication en-
titled Classification of Personnel and Staff Examinations issued
by the Library on June 1, 1937; and perhaps even more by a
perusal of the examination papers as actually set for the Li-
brary's Qualifying Examinations and Promotional Examina-
tions, as published by the Library each year after the annual
examinations have been held.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO STABILIZE
THE LEVEL OF SALARIES AND WAGES IN THE LIBRARY?
A study of the number of individuals who during the last
three years have been proceeding by step rate increases in pay
toward but have not yet reached the maxima of remuneration
for their positions gives the following figures:
1937 441
1938 427
1939 425
For the remaining members of this group of individuals who
were in the service of the Library before January 1 , 1 938 to
reach the maxima of remuneration for their positions there will
be necessary annual step rate increases in pay of $ 1 00 per year
over seven more years. The number of individuals who will be
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eligible on this basis for step rate increases year by year will be
as followrs:
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
388
368
338
283
231
159
77
2
Actually the number may be expected to be somewhat smaller
year by year, by reason of resignation, death, or other change
which cannot be foretold.
The cost for each of the years will be as follows:
1940
$38,450.
1941
36,100.
1942
33.000.
1943
27.850.
1944
21.750.
1945
14300.
1946
3.950.
1947
100.
Total cost
$175,500.
For these individuals who were in the library service prior
to January 1, 1938 stabilization of salary levels will also be
accelerated appreciably by their arriving with increasing rapid-
ity at the maxima of their steps and grades through the working
of the promotional system, with its promotional examinations
and resulting promotional increases in remuneration.
For those individuals who have entered the library service
sinc€ January 1, 1938 there is no question of stabilization of
salary levels. For them the old system of automatic step rate
increases in pay is not in use. They are to move ahead to in-
creased remuneration only on a promotional basis, through the
meeting of Qualifying Examinations and Promotional Examin-
ations, and upon subsequent recommendation following exec-
utive evaluation. When this promotional system is fully in effect
there are not Hkely to be in any one year more than 1 00 or so
individuals eligible for promotional increases in pay. From the
1938 examinations there were 130 individuals so ehgible; from
the 1939 examinations, 93 individuals; from the examinations
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in subsequent years, probably rather fewer. The resulting pro-
motional increases are likely to average from $100 to $150 a
year. There is reason to believe that the average is likely to be
nearer the lower figure than the higher. On this basis the annual
cost for such promotional increases will range from somewhere
in the neighborhood of $10,000 up to a possible maximum of
$1 5,000. This maximum figure is the equivalent of the difference
between the beginning salary ($1040.00) and the present aver-
age salary ($1706.58) for twenty individual full-time workers
in the Library Department. Since there is annually a turnover
in the personnel of the Library which is substantially greater
than this, it seems clear that there will exist no necessity of addi-
tional appropriation for the stabilization of salary levels for the
individuals who have entered the library service since January
I. 1938.
The question of stabilization of salary levels exists therefore
only for those individuals who entered the library service prior
to January 1 , 1 938 and who are moving by automatic annual
step rate increases to the maximum remuneration of their posi-
tions. For them to reach their maxima an additional seven years
will be needed, with an additional annual cost which will eventu-
ally come to a total amount of approximately $175,500.
SUMMARY OF THE SALARY SITUATION IN THE LIBRARY
Of the total increase of $262,228.93 in the annual personnel
expenditure of the Library over the period from 1 930 to 1 939
inclusive, the sum of $219,323.88 per year represents the gross
amount of the salary increases as granted year by year.
These salary increases have raised the average of all salaries
in the Library from $1434.45 in 1929 to $1530.15 in 1937
and to $1 706.58 at the end of 1939.
This average of all salaries for the Library Department was
in 1929 by far the lowest for all City of Boston departments.
It was still the lowest in 1937. It was apparently no higher than
next to the lowest at the end of 1939.
At the end of 1939 one half (49%) of the entire group of
library workers was still after several years of service being paid
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under $30.00 per week. This is the figure which the American
Library Association recommends as only the beginning rate
for hbrary school graduates, even when without actual library
experience.
As compared with the mechanical and similar workers em-
ployed by the Library the group of library workers was at the
end of 1939 in a continuingly unfavorable position. Forty-nine
per cent (49%) of the bibliothecal workers were still paid under
$30.00 per week, as compared with 37% of the mechanical
workers; 69% of the bibliothecal workers were paid under
$35.00, as compared with 63% of the mechanical workers;
84% of the bibliothecal workers were paid under $40.00, as
compared with 67% of the mechanical workers.
The wage ranges for the mechanical workers are already at
an adequate level. To stabilize at an equally adequate level
the salary ranges for the library workers who were in the library
service prior to January 1 , 1 938, annual step rate increases in
pay of $2.00 per week will be necessary in diminishing numbers
year by year over a period of seven more years. The cost of
such annual step rate increases over the seven year period will
total approximately $175,500.
in.
INCREASE IN PERSONNEL COST ARISING OUT
OF INCREASED OR REARRANGED ACTIVITIES
DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONNEL
The personnel of the library service is divided into two
groups :
(i) Full-Time Workers in the Regular Service
(2) Parl-Time Workers in the Extra Service
The full-time workers in the Regular Service are employed
on either a weekly or an annual salary basis. They numbered 580
as of December 31,1 939 and were distributed as follows :
General Adminislralive Offices . . . . . 13
Circulation Division (chiefly the Branch Libraries) . . . 257
Reference Division (chiefly the Central Library) . . . 183
Division of Business Operations . . . . • . 127
580
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The part-time workers in the Extra Service are employed by
the hour at rates of pay varying with the tasks performed. In
terms of the equivalent of full-time personnel they numbered 1 07
as of December 31, 1 939 and were distributed as follows :
Extra Assistants in the Central Library . . . . 31
Sunday and Evening Service in the Central Library . . 16
Extra Assistants in the Branch Libraries .... 53
Cleaners by the Hour in the Branch Libraries ... 7
107
The total number of workers in both the Regular Service and
the Extra Service numbered 687 as of December 31,1 939 and
were distributed as follows:
Full-Time Workers in the Regular Service . 580 . 84%
Part-Time Workers in the Extra Service . . 107 . 16%
687 100%
The total cost for all workers in both the Regular Service
and the Extra Service was $1,032,696.19 in 1939, which was
distributed as follows:
Full-Time Workers in the Regular Service $945,123.21 . 92%
Part-Time Workers in the Extra Service 87,572.98 . 8%
$1,032,696.19 . 100%
From these figures it is to be noted that the salaries and wages
of the full-time workers in the Regular Service account for 92%
of the total expenditure for personnel. In number these full-time
workers in the Regular Service constitute, however, 84% of
the total personnel of the Library.
DISTINCTION BETWEEN REGULAR SERVICE AN EXTRA SERVICE
The full-time workers in the Regular Service are a definitely
known quantity at all times. Their regular work is by the week
for six days each week.
The part-time workers in the Extra Service vary constantly
in number, chiefly on a seasonal basis. They are divided for the
most part into two groups:
( 1 ) extra workers (chiefly boys and girls in school and college)
in addition to the Library's regular full-time workers;
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(2) regular full-time workers employed in addition to their regu-
lar weekly working period to cover certain activities on Sun-
days and evenings on an extra basis with extra remuneration.
Extra work by regular full-time workers was abandoned in the
branch libraries a number of years ago, except for Sunday work ;
but in the central library it persisted up to 1933 to a highly
undesirable extent for covering the Library on both evenings
and Sundays. In the years from 1 933 to 1 938 there was finally
taken the long overdue step to establish gradually a shift or
platoon system for all workers in the central library except the
buildings force. At the present time regular full-time workers
are no longer employed on an extra basis with extra remuneration
except for the following:
( 1 ) Sunday Service in the Central Library — for both the
library and the buildings force;
(2) Evening Service in the Central Library — for the buildings
force only (with a half dozen exceptions from the library
force not yet entirely on the shift system).
COST AND NUMBER OF TOTAL PERSONNEL. 1930-1939
The total cost of personnel has increased from 1 930 to 1 939
inclusive as follows:
% of Change
Tolal Expenditures from 1929
1929 . . . $770.367.26
1939 . . . 1,032.696.19 . . . +33.9%
The total number of personnel has increased from 1930 to
1939 inclusive as follows:
% of Change
Tolal Personnel from 1929
1929 ... . 602
1939 .... 687 .. . +14.1%
For detailed figures year by year see Appendix D on pages
90-91.
It is to be noted that while the total expenditure for salaries
and wages for all personnel was increasing by 34% over the
ten year period the total number of all personnel was increased
by only 14%.
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COST AND NUMBER OF FULL-TIME PERSONNEL, 1930-1939
The total expenditure for salaries and wages for full-time
personnel has increased from 1 930 to 1 939 as follows :
% of Change
Total Expenditures from 1929
1929 . . . $663,747.98
1939 . . . 945,123.21 . . . +42.5%
The total number of full-time personnel as of December 3 1 st
in each year has increased from 1930 to 1939 inclusive as
follows :
Total Full-Time % of Change
Personnel from 1929
1929 .... 475
1939 .... 580 .. . +22.1%
For detailed figures year by year see Appendix D on pages
91-96.
It is to be noted that while the total expenditure for full-time
personnel was increasing by 43% over the ten year period the
total number of full-time personnel was increased by only 22%.
COST AND NUMBER OF EXTRA SERVICE PERSONNEL. 1930-1939
The total expenditure for salaries and wages for Extra Ser-
vice has decreased from 1 930 to 1 939 as follows :
% of Change
Total Expenditures from 1929
1929 . . . $104,032.28 .....
1939 . . . 85 661.98 . . . —17.6%
The total number of Extra Service personnel reduced to the
equivalent of full-time personnel as of December 31st in each
year has decreased from 1930 to 1939 inclusive as follows:
Total Extra Service Personnel
in Terms of Equivalent % of Change
of Fuil-Time Personnel from 1929
1929 .... 127 .... .
1939 .... 107 .. . —15.7%
For detailed figures year by year see Appendix D on page
91.
It is to be noted that the decrease of 1 6% in the total of Extra
Service personnel was paralleled by a decrease of 17% in the
total expenditure for Extra Service.
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, 1930-1939
The net increase in all personnel during the period from 1 930
to 1939 inclusive was 85, as follows:
Increase in full-time personnel -f-105
Deirease in extra service personnel .... ■ — 20
The increase in full-time personnel was distributed through
the period as follows:
From 1930 to 1931 inclusive +60
From 1932 to 1937 inclusive +57
The decrease in full-time personnel occurred as follows:
From 1938 to 1939 inclusive —12
DISTRIBUTION OF THE INCREASE IN FULL-TIME PERSONNEL,
1930-1939
The increase (+8) in full-time personnel in the Division of
Business Operations arose chiefly out of:
( 1 ) the establishment of the Executive Staff (Comptroller's
Office;
(2) the fining of a number of vacancies not included in the count
of full-time personnel on January 1 , 1 930, but filled sub-
sequent thereto.
The increase (+47) in full-time personnel in the Circulation
Division arose chiefly out of :
( 1 ) the establishment of the Executive Staff (the Chief Librarian
of the Circulation Division and the two Supervisors) ;
(2) the filling of a number of vacancies not included in the
count of full-time personnel on January 1 , 1 930, but filled
subsequent thereto;
(3) the removal of 6 branch libraries into new buildings or other
new quarters ;
(4) adjustments for increase in work or other reasons;
(5) the establishment of the Book Selection Department;
(6) the development of the School Department.
The opening of two new branch libraries (Kirstein and Phillips
Brooks) was offset by the closing of two branch libraries (Rox-
bury Crossing and Tyler Street).
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The increase (+51) in full-time personnel in the Reference
Division arose chiefly out of:
(1 ) the establishment of the Executive Staff (the Chief Librarian
of the Reference Division, the two Supervisors, and the
WPA Sponsor's Representative) ;
(2) the establishment of the Business Branch;
(3) the establishment of the Book Selection Department;
(4) the abolition of extra work evenings in the Central Library
through the establishment of the shift system.
Of all of the above-mentioned developments those of truly
surpassing importance were:
( 1 ) the establishment of the Business Branch ;
(2) the provision of improved and adequate quarters in new
buildings or otherwise for 6 branch libraries;
(3) the establishment of executive staffs adequate to the eco-
nomical operation of the three main divisions of the Library's
activities ;
(4) the abolition of the necessity for a great many members of the
staff of the Central Library to work additional time evenings
in order to make a living wage, this having been accomplished
through improved basic salaries and the establishment of the
shift or platoon system.
To gain an adequate understanding of the effect of these
various developments upon the number of personnel, it is neces-
sary to examine in more or less detail the changes in net personnel
which have occurred during the last ten years in each of the
four divisions of the Library:
( 1 ) the Director's Office ;
(2) the Division of Business Operations;
(3) the Circulation Division;
(4) the Reference Division.
DECREASE IN FULL-TIME PERSONNEL OF THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
During the ten year period from 1 930 to 1 939 inclusive the
full-time personnel of the Director*s Office was decreased by
one ( 1 ) individual.
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INCREASE IN FULL-TIME PERSONNEL
OF THE DIVISION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
During the ten year period from 1 930 to 1 939 inclusive the
full-time personnel of the Division of Business Operations had a
net increase of 8 individuals.
This increase arose chiefly out of ( 1 ) the establishment of the
Executive Staff (the Comptroller's Office) and (2) the filling
of a number of vacancies not included in the count of full-time
personnel on January 1, 1930, but filled subsequent thereto.
It is interesting to note that simply the filling of these vacancies
just mentioned accounted for an addition of 7 w^orkers. Inasmuch
as the net increase in full-time personnel for the Division of
Business Operations is set forth above as having been only 8,
it is evident that the establishment of the Executive Staff men-
tioned above must have been accomplished with offsetting de-
creases in personnel elsewhere in the Division, as was in fact
the case.
INCREASE IN FULL-TIME PERSONNEL
OF THE CIRCULATION DIVISION
During the ten year period from 1930 to 1939 inclusive the
full-time personnel of the Circulation Division had a net increase
of 47 individuals.
Here it is interesting to note that 24 out of the total increase
of 47 were attributable to the increased activities and the in-
creased coverage arising out of the removal of 6 branch Hbraries
into larger new buildings or other new quarters.
Ten ( 1 0) more of the additional workers were accounted
for through the requirements of increasing work throughout the
branch library system in general. During the ten year period
following 1929 there occurred a marked increase in the use of
public libraries everywhere. In 1 939 the Boston Public Library
lent a 7% larger number of volumes than it did in 1929. At the
height of the depression period in 1 932 it was lending as many
as 42% more volumes than in 1929. Approximately 90% of
this increase in circulation occurred in the branch libraries.
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Seven (7) more of the additional workers were accounted
for by the filling of vacancies existing on January 1 , 1 930 but
not included In the count of full-time personnel made at that
lime.
These three groups just mentioned account for 41 out of the
total increase of 47 in the Circulation Division. The remaining
increase of 6 workers was attributable to ( 1 ) the establishment
of the Executive Staff, (2) the establishment of the Book Selec-
tion Department, and (3) the development of the School De-
partment. Obviously the accomplishment of these developments
required offsetting decreases elsewhere in the personnel of the
Division.
INCREASE IN FULL-TIME PERSONNEL
OF mE REFERENCE DIVISION
During the ten year period from 1 930 to 1 939 inclusive the
full-time personnel of the Reference Division had a net increase
of 51 individuals.
Here the most extensive undertaking during the period was
the long overdue step, taken finally from 1 933 to 1 938, to estab-
lish a shift or platoon system for the library workers in the Cen-
tral Library. The net addition to the staff for this purpose
accounted for 33 out of the total increase of 5 1 , The carrying
of this undertaking to completion was one of the most important
single accomplishments in the Library over a long period. Its
importance lay in that ( 1 ) there was thereby finally abolished
the necessity for a great many members of the staff of the Cen-
tral Library to work additional time evenings for extra compen-
sation in order to make a living wage, and (2) there followed
therefrom an improved library service to the citizens of Boston.
The estabhshment of the Business Branch in 1930 accounted
for 1 2 more of the additional workers.
In these two directions alone 45 of the total increase of 51
for the Reference Division are accounted for. The remaining
increase of 6 workers was attributable to ( 1 ) the establishment
of the Executive Staff, and (2) the establishment of the Book
Selection Department. Here as in the other divisions the accomp-
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lishment of these developments was accompanied by offsetting
decreases elsewhere in the personnel of the Reference Division.
HAS THE EXECUTIVE FORCE BEEN UNDULY EXPANDED?
In the sections immediately preceding mention has been made
of the establishment of executive staffs for the three main divisions
of the Library. The purpose in developing these was to provide
executive staffs adequate to the economical operation of the
Library's activities. This appears to have been doubted in cer-
tain quarters. The charge has been made that under the present
administration of the Library there has occurred an unparalleled
expansion of the executive force. No definition of "the executive
force" is given, nor is the charge accompanied by supporting
details.
Since 1 93 1 , following the advent of a new administration
early in 1932, the Library has been undergoing a reorganization.
In the course of this there has occurred a number of changes in
nomenclature of positions and in the allocation of duties among
positions. It is therefore desirable to define "the executive force."
A fair definition for purposes of comparison between 1 93 1 and
1939 would seem to be to consider "the executive force" as
including all of the officers of the Library at the end of 1931
and at the end of 1 939. Such a definition would include depart-
ment heads and branch librarians, plus all other officers.
As to whether or not there has occurred an unparalleled ex-
pansion of the executive force from 1931 to 1939 inclusive,
the following statements of fact are pertinent.
On December 31, 1 93 1 the executive force was made up of
72 individuals, holding 76 different positions. On December 31,
1939 the executive force was made up of 72 individuals, hold-
ing 75 different positions.
The only out-and-out new positions which have been created
since 1 93 1 , and for which no counterparts of any sort existed
prior to 1932, are the following:
Chief Librarian of the Circulation Division
Chief of Book Selection in the Circulation Division
Chief of Book Selection in the Reference Division
Chief of School Department
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These are included in the 75 positions mentioned above as
existing on December 31,1 939.
As of December 31, 1 93 1 the annual salary expenditure for
the executive force totaled $169,117, or 19.82% of the total
annual expenditure by the Library for personnel. As of Decem-
ber 31,1 939 the annual salary expenditure for the executive
force totaled $203,495, or 19.70% of the total expenditure
by the Library for personnel.
From December 31, 1 93 1 to December 31,1 939 the annual
salary expenditure for the executive force increased by $34,378,
or 20.33%. For the same period the total annual expenditure
by the Library for personnel increased by $179,709.02, or
21.07%.
HAS THERE BEEN AN OVER-STAFFING OF THE LIBRARY?
There exists in some minds a v/onder as to w^hether there has
not been an over-staffing of the Library in general, and parti-
cularly so in the Central Library. This latter possibility is ex-
pressed in the observation that the Branch Libraries seem to be
more economically operated than is the Central Library.
The effecting of an adequate comparison in this respect is
difficult except upon the basis of thorough and authoritative
study. The work of a branch library is carried on with a rela-
tively limited number of titles — from 12,000 to 15,000 on the
average. Increased turnover of this limited stock can result in
an increased volum.e in use for which there may be necessary
only a duplication of copies of these titles and without increase
necessarily in their numbers. The central library, on the other
hand, has to maintain a book collection totaling over a million
volumes. Demand there is diversified. It is distributed among
mcmy titles, not concentrated on a relatively limited number as
in a branch library. The cost of maintenance of so much larger
a collection of books increases in what is essentially a sort of
geometric rather than a simple arithmetic progression. The larger
a large library of scholarly research collections becomes the
greater by far its cost of maintenance becomes, lo effect the
selection, then the purchase, and then the cataloging of the out-
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of-the-way book for a scholarly collection is obviously more
expensive than to do the same for the current or standard book
intended for a popular branch library collection. Also, to find
the proper place for a single new volume in a collection of a
million and more other volumes, in terms of the relationship of
the subject matter of the new volume to that of the numerous
other related volumes, is naturally more costly as a process than
to place a single new volume in a small collection of only 1 5,000
volumes. So likewise is the cost of distribution in the large central
library naturally greater than in a branch library. The very
bigness of the central library as a physical entity plays its part
here just as it does in the cost of maintenance. It is of the nature
of a large scholarly reference library that increasing costs follow
from increasing volume of use rather than decreasing costs be-
cause oi increasing volume of use.
It is undoubtedly primarily in connection with the distribution
of books that the query more often arises as to whether the
Library may perhaps be over-staffed. The distribution and use
of books is carried on directly before the eyes of the public,
thus differing from the preliminary preparation of books for
use, which is done behind the scenes or in units closed to the
public. In a unit rendering direct service to the public on the
other hand, the staff on duty is at all times in evidence, and
generally concentrated at one or more points. The size of the
staff necessary for duty at any one time has to be determined in
terms of adequate coverage, not only to care for the ordinary
volume of work but also to permit meeting as well as possible
the peak demands when they come. The incidence of the latter
is highly uncertain. Obviously, in order to meet them, there has
to exist at all times a margin in staff coverage.
The layman may unthinkingly assert that a unit appears to
be over-staffed in noting that there are more staff members on
duty than there are members of the public to be served at the
particular moment. He may be overlooking, however, that in
addition to the act of distributing books to readers or borrowers
there is an appreciable amount of additional work which has to
be carried on with these books as they are made ready for dis-
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tribution lime after time. He may be overlooking also the rush
hour or hours v. hich may have occurred only a short while before
or which are still to come later, when the size of the staff on duty
would appear to him in an entirely different relationship to the
number of customers. In a large store, by contrast, he observes
a similar situation, where behind the counter there appear to be
a number of unoccupied salespeople, and he is not inclined to
assert in this case that there is over-staffing. He knows that the
store cannot make a profit unless it has an adequate number of
salespeople, neither too few nor too many, and that it is not
likely to have more than are actually required. The store is only
providing what it has found to be necessary for rendering the
service which its customers require. So likewise is it in the case
of the Library. What appears on the surface to be over-staffing
may not necessarily be so.
That the Library has not been interested in making expendi-
tures for more personnel than it has believed to be necessary
for honestly rendering the service which its customers require is
to be seen from the following figures showing the unexpended
balances year by year in its appropriations for personnel (see
also Appendix B on page 81):
Year
1930
1932
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
Unexpended Balance in
Appropriation for Personnel
$2,469.59
5,915.83
4,319.90
11.396.63
2,744.49
2,660.74
9,248.39
1 5,949.59
7.163.15
Surely these figures are substantial enough to have permitted
adding personnel fairly freely in most years if it had been de-
sired to do just that. Instead they are themselves evidence that
there has been an honest attempt at a careful administration of
the funds entrusted to the Library.
The problem in the Library is apparently not one of over-
staffing as such. It appears instead to be one of finding the points
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at which present procedures may be improved, with the result
that a smaller personnel may be required for carrying them on.
SUMMARY OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL IN THE LIBRARY
The gross increase in the number of full-time workers from
1 930 to 1 939 inclusive was 1 1 7. Of this total increase of 1 1 7
sixty (60) were added during the first two years of the period,
namely, in 1 930 and 1 93 1 . The remaining 5 7 full-time workers
were added during the six year period from 1932 to 1937 in-
clusive.
During 1938 and 1939 there occurred a decrease of 12 in
the number of full-time workers. From 1929 to 1939 inclusive
there occurred also a decrease of 20 in the number of part-time
workers, in terms of their equivalent of full-time workers.
The net increase in personnel was therefore as follows :
Net increase in full-time workers .... -|-105
Net decrease in part-time workers . . . . — 20
Net increase . . . . . . -[-85
The more important developments causing this increase were :
(1) the establishment of the Business Branch;
(2) the provision of improved and adequate quarters in new
buildings or otherv^ise for 6 branch libraries;
(3) the establishment of executive staffs adequate to the eco-
nomical operation of the three main divisions of the Library's
activities ;
(4) the establishment of the shift or platoon system for the li-
brary workers of the Central Library, with a consequent
abolition of the necessity for a great many staff members to
work additional time evenings for extra compensation in order
to make a living wage.
Such developments speak for themselves as to their desirability
or necessity. They have not been accompanied by an over-
staffing of the Library or by an unparalleled expansion of the
executive force.
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IV.
CONCLUSIONS
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL
From 1930 to 1939 inclusive there occurred a net increase
of 85 in the total personnel of the Library. The period of in-
crease extended from 1930 to the end of 1937. This increase
was for entirely desirable ends. From 1938 on there set in a
steadily continuing decrease. This decrease may be and can be
continued to a still further point if the financial situation of the
City requires such action. It can be carried to any point what-
ever, provided that there is a vvillingness on the part of the public
and all concerned to pay the price for it. The price will be a
curtailment or even abandonment soon or late of present library
activities at one or more points.
IMPROVEMENT IN SALARIES
From 1930 to 1939 inclusive there was achieved substantial
improvement in the salary situation in the Library. Even with
this improvement the personnel of the Library is in all too many
instances not yet paid adequately. To pay it adequately will re-
quire an eventual additional annual expenditure of approximately
$175,500 above the expenditure for personnel on the pattern
and at the rates in effect at the end of i 939. There appear to be
several alternatives of action:
(1) Allcmalive no. 1 • — increase in expenditure for salaries by
whatever amount proves Anally necessary (approximately
$1 75,500) for salary increases, both step rate increases and
promotional increases — this luie of action will leave all li-
brary activities in the present pattern, without curtailment or
abandonment;
(2) Ahernalivc no. 2 — stabilization of expenditure for salaries
at the amount ($1,065,000) as necessary for 1940 follow-
ing the 1 939 increases in pay, and giving no further salary
increases except promotional increases — this line of action
will be possible without change in the present pattern of
library activities;
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(3) Allcrnativc no. 3 — stabilization of expenditure for salaries
at the amount ($1,065,000) as necessary for 1940 follow-
ing the 1939 increases in pay, and giving further salary
increases on both the step rate basis and the promotional
basis — this line of action will require a reduction in the
present pattern of library activities, either through curtailment
or abandonment at one or more points;
(4) Alternative no. 4 — reduction in expenditure for salaries, and
giving no further salary increases except promotional increases
— this line of action also will require a reduction in the
present pattern of library activities, either through curtail-
ment or abandonment at one or more points.
V.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. It is recommended that careful consideration be given
to the possibility of carrying out an authoritative survey — pre-
ferably by an outside agency or group — of the various ac-
tivities of the Library, w^ith the purpose of determining the points
at which present procedures may be improved, so that they may
be carried on by a smaller personnel. Such a survey would con-
cern itself with the question of whether or not there is in the Li-
brary an overstaffing in general and also in the executive force.
2. It is recommended that continuing action be taken for
the improvement of the salary level of the library workers, par-
ticularly for the middle group; that the salary level of the li-
brary workers be made at least commensurate with that of the
mechanical workers in the library service and that of workers
of comparable standing elsewhere in the City of Boston service ;
that this improvement in salary level be accomplished by taking
action in accordance with some one of the alternative procedures
listed above. These alternatives of action are recommended in
the following order of desirability :
(1) Alternative no. 3 as listed above — stabilization of expendi-
ture for salaries at the amount ($1,065,000) as necesnary
for 1940 following the 1939 increases in pay, and giving
further increases on both the step rate basis and the promo-
tional basis — this line of action requiring a reduction in the
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present pattern of library activities, either through curtail-
ment or abandonment at one or more points;
(2) Alternative no. 4 as listed above — reduction in expenditure
for salaries, and giving no further salary increases except
promotional increases — this line of action also requiring a
reduction in the present pattern of library activities, either
through curtailment or abandonment at one or more ponints;
(3) Alternative no. 2 as listed above — stabilization of expendi-
ture for salaries at the amount ($1,065,000) as necessary
for 1940 foUowfing the 1939 increases in pay, and giving no
further salary increases except promotional increases — this
line of action being possible without change in the present
pattern of library activities.
The first hvo of these recommended alternative procedures
will necessitate a reduction in the present pattern of hbrary ac-
tivities. The third will not.
The last two of the recommended alternative procedures pro-
vide for the giving of only promotional increases in pay. For
these in any one year the over-all appropriation for the personnel
service account in the budget will be sufficient in amount without
the necessity of appropriating an extra amount for the purpose.
3. It is recommended that if only limited action can be
taken in the matter of increases in pay preference be given to
granting promotional increases on as full a basis as possible rather
than step rate increases on only a limited basis.
The granting of promotional increases only will be more easily
possible and more easily justifiable than the giving of step rate
increases if only limited action can be taken in the way of in-
creases in pay. Promotional increases can be given within the
amount of the annual appropriation for personnel in any one
year; by contrast step rate increases will by their very extent
require an additional appropriation in each following year above
and beyond the amount of the personnel expenditure for the
year in which they are granted. Promotional increases will cost
in any one year from $10,000 to $15,000, depending upon the
degree of success of members of the library staff in meeting pro-
motional examinations and other requirements; by contrast step
rate increases will cost $38,450 in 1940. $36,100 in 1941,
$33,000 in 1 942, and so on in diminishing amounts year by year
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through 1947 to a total additional annual expenditure of ap-
proximately $175,500. Promotional increases are to be eventu-
ally the only increases in pay to be given in the Library; step
rate increases will no longer be given after those individuals who
were in the library semce prior to January 1 , 1 938 have eventu-
ally reached the maximum remuneration of their positions. Pro-
motional increases are possible to all members of the library staff
regardless of the date of entrance into the library service; by
contrast step rate increases are not possible under the new ar-
rangem.ents for the classification of personnel to those members
of the library staff who have entered the service of the Library
since January 1 , 1 938. Promotional increases are granted in
terms of individual accomplishment on a promotional basis, by
voluntary election of the individual; by contrast step rate in-
creases are given annually on an automatic basis.
4. It is recommended that, if in addition to promotional in-
creases step rate increases are granted in continuing fashion up
to the additional total cost of $1 75,500 over the necessary seven
year period, and if this is to be done without any increase beyond
the total amount of the personnel appropriation ($1,065,000)
necessary for 1 940 Tollowing the increases of 1 939, the curtail-
ment of library activities which will be necessary should be ac-
complished in accordance with the following program of reduc-
tion in the number of personnel :
Amount of reduction
Reduction in the
Year
in personnel expenditure
number of personnel
1st year (1940) .
. $38,450
22
2ncl year (1941) .
36,100
21
3rd year (1942) .
33.000
19
4lh year (1943) .
27 850
16
5th year (1944) .
21 750
12
6th year (1945) .
.' 14.300
8
7th year (1946) .
3,900
2
8th year (1947) .
100
0
$175,500
100
Such a reduction in personnel would be achieved through rigid
adherence to the policy of leaving vacancies unfilled as they
occur. It is not desirable to accomplish it by the discharge of
workers.
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In all directions it will have to be clearly understood that the
carrying through of any extensive program for the reduction of
personnel will result soon or late in a curtailment and abandon-
ment of library service. Branch libraries will have to be closed.
Service to the pubhc schools will have to be given up. Numerous
activities will have to be abandoned in the central library as well
as in the branch libraries.
All concerned — the library staff, the city administration, the
citizens of Boston — must appreciate fully that the number and
cost of personnel in the Library can at any time, as necessary or
desirable, be reduced to any point whatever, provided that there
is a xvillingness on the pari of all to pay the price for such re-
duction through curtailed service.
CONCLUSION
Inasmuch as this report has been given over to a survey of
the cost and number of personnel in the Library, there has had
to be placed in the following pages of Appendix the usual pre-
sentation concerning the significant happenings in the Library
during 1 939. There in summarized form will be found statistical
and other information of value and interest.
It is hoped that the preoccupation here with salary costs and
the like will be left after due consideration in the place which
it should properly hold in the minds and interest of all concerned.
The Library does not exist primarily for giving employment or
for expendmg funds to provide employment. No one believes of
course that it does. The widespread belief is instead that it is
an educational institution, a cultural institution, a social insti-
tution of ranking importance in the community, and that it does
highly valuable work in these directions. The results of this work
may be intangible in many instances. Certainly they are in gen-
eral not easily susceptible of measurement in dollars and cents.
They are none the less real in their value and influence, however.
The Library carried on its usual wide variety of activities
throughout 1939. Many of these had results which can be and
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are set forth in tangible form in the following pages of Appendix.
Ihose which had results which cannot be set down in black and
white will be remembered and cherished at their real value by
the many who profited from them.
To the members of the library staff who have carried the
daily burden of these many activities I express warm appreciation
of ever friendly cooperation. On their behalf, as well as on my
own, I extend grateful thanks for the constant interest, aid, and
support so generously extended by the Trustees of the Library,
Respectfully submitted,
Milton E. Lord
Director^ and Librarian
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APPENDIX A
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES OF THE LIBRARY. 1930 - 1939
Total Expenditures, 1930 - 1939
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
FROM ANNUAL FUOM SPECIAL
CITY CITY
APPROPRIATIONS APPROPRIAIIONS
!. 132,520.06
1.239,257.45
1.147.579.89
1.000.431.87
1.065.367.44
1.I39.1 14.88
1,116.657.14
1.204,994.47
1.231,278.52
1.231,198.08
$237,962.1 1
309,794.65
126,345.78
1,027.43
41.049.17
36.295.49
74,434.97
73,204.16
66,243.1 1
39,997.19
FROM
INCOME OF
TRUST FUNDS
$22,796.21
20.839.73
22.801.04
26,633.94
19.083.82
24,496.50
58.826.03
51.161.81
86.338.96
119.899.86
FROM
GIFTS FOR
IMMEDIATE U£
6.83
206.68
73.97
$1,393,278.38
1. 569.89 1. 83
1,296.726.71
1,028.093.24
1.125.500.43
1.199,906.87
1,249,924.97
1,329.567.12
1 .383,860,59
1.391.169.10
Distribution of ExPENoiTUKf.s From Annual City Appropriations. 1930-1939
SALARIES
ALL OTHER
YEAR
AND WAGES
books
accounts
total
1930
$809,530.41
$159,999.97
$162,989.68
$1,132,520.06
1931
852.987.17
190,636.12
195,634.16
1,239.257.45
1932
. 853.680.10
1 59,970.58
133.929.21
1,147,579.89
1933
788.603.37
87.323.50
124,505.00
1,000,431.87
1934
821.974.51
98.291.63
145.101.30
1,065,367.44
1935
912.339.26
99.233.95
127,541.67
1,139.114.88
1936
930,788.04
54.999.98
130,869.12
1.116,657.14
1937
975,751.61
81,522.49
147,720.37
1 ,204.994.47
1938
1,023.225.41
73,874.93
134.178.18
1,231,278.52
1939
1.032.696.19
54,999.97
143.501.92
1.231.198.08
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Distribution of Expenditures From Special City Appropriations. 1930-1939
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
CENTRAL LIBRARY
FOUNDATIONS,
FIRtPROOFING BRANCH LIBRARIES
& IMPROVEMENTS NEW BUILDINGS
$206 391 .46
254.871.40
13.125.06
4,867.40
7,997.34
11,131.75
12,251.72
$31,570.65
54,923.25
113,220.72
1 ,027.43
6.80
5,705.30
1,597.40
RF.LIEF PROJECTS
(WPA, ETC.)
$41,042.37
25,722.79
64.840.23
62.072.41
53,991.39
39,997.19
$237,962.11
309,794.65
126,345.78
1.027.43
41,049.17
36.295.49
74.434.97
73,204.16
66.243.1 1
39,997.19
Distribution of Expenditures From Income of Trust Funds, 1930-1939
books AND other
YEAR
LIBRARY MATERIALS
SALARIES
OTHER
TOTAL
1930
$22,466.21
$ 180.00
$1 50.00
$22,796.21
1931
19.259.55
1,480.18
100.00
20,839.73
1932
20,045.62
2,755.42
22,801.04
1933
23.873.19
2,760.75
26,633.94
1934
16.996.57
2,087.25
19,083.82
1935
22.264.83
1 ,602.67
629.00
24,496.50
1936
56,909.96
1.274.07
642.00
58,826.03
1937
49.641.81
1,128.00
392.00
51,161.81
1938
82.756.96
3,126.00
456.00
86,338.96
1939
116,257.43
3.257.33
385.10
119,899.86
Di-'iTRlBUTION OF ExHFNDlTURES FrOM GiFTS FOR IMMEDIATE UsE. 1930-1939
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
BOOKS AND OTHER
LIBRARY MATERIALS
$ 6.83
206.68
73.97
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APPENDIX B
APPROPRIATIONS y\ND EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL
1930 - 1939
Total Appropriations and Expknditukes ior all Personnel, 1930-1939
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
amount
AMOUNT
UNEXPENDED
APPROPRIATEO
EXPENDED
BALANCE
$812,000.00
$809,530.41
$2,469.59
858.903.00
852,987.17
5,915.83
858,000.00
853,680.10
4,319.90
800,000.00
788,603.37
11,396.63
824,719.00
821.974.51
2.744.49
915,000.00
912,339.26
2.660.74
921,000.00
930,788.04-*
985.000.00
975.751.61
9,248.39
1,039,175.00
1.023.225.41
1 5,949.59
1,039,859.34
i. 032,696. 19
7,163.15
* To take care of the commitments above the amount appropriated
for 1936. the sum of $9,788.04 was transferred from unexpended
balances in other accounts of the Library.
Chances Year by Year in Total Expenditures for All Personnel, 1930-1939
total expenditures
%0F
%0F
FOR salaries & wages
CHANCE FF.OM
CHANGE
YEAR
for all personnel
preceding YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$770,367.26
1930
809,530.41
+5.1%
+5.1%
1931
852,987.17
+5.4%
+10.7%
1932
853.680.10
-fO.1%
+ 10.8%
1933
768.603.37
-7.7%
+2.4%
1934
821.974.51
+4.2%
+6.7%
1935
912.339.26
+ 11.0%
+ 18.3%
1936
930,788.04
+2.0%
-1-20.8%
1937
975,751.61
+4.8%
4-26.6%
1938
1,023,225.41
-1-4.8%
H-32.7%
1939
1,032.696.19
+0.9%
-f33.9%
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Changes Year By Year in Total Expenditures for Regular Serxhce
(FuLL-TiME Personnel), 1930-1939
total expenditures
%OF
%0F
FOR salaries & WAGES
CHANGE FROM
CHANCE
year
FOR REGULAR SERVICE
PRECEDING YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$663,747.98
1930
694.183.74
+4.6%
+4.6%
1931
734,150.50
+5.8%
+10.6%
1932
746,221.52
+1.6%
+12.4%
1933
683,618.01
-6.4%
+3.0%
1934
682.797.16
-0.1%
+2.9%
1935
799.271.34
+17.1%
+20.4%
1936
833.763.88
+4.3%
+25.8%
1937
875.957.34
+5.1%
+32.1%
1938
932.579.59
+6.5%
+40.7%
1939
945.123.21
+ 1.3%
-|42.5%
Changes Year By Year in Total Expenditures for Extra Service
(Part-Time Personnel. Etc.). 1930-1939
total expenditures
%0F
%OF
for salaries & WAGES
CHANGE FROM
CHANGE
year
FOR EXTRA SERVICE
PRECEDING YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$104,032.28
1930
112,214.67
+7.87o
+7.8%
1931
1 1 5,888.67
+3.3%
+ 11.3%
1932
105.448.58
-9.0%
+1.4%
1933
102,982.11
-2.3%
-1.0%
1934
111.792.41
+8.6%
+7.4%
1935
96330.61
-13.8%
-7.4%
1936
92.411.73
-4.1%
-11.1%
1937
97.706.13
+5.7%
-6.0%
1938
88.305.46
-9.6%
-15.1%
1939
85,661.98
-3.0%
-17.8%
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ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES FOR
PERSONNEL, 1939
summary by divisions
Director's Office
Regular Service $ 26,940.82
Extra Service
Parl-time Service $ 493.65 493.65
Total Expenditures for Director's Office $ 27.434.47
Circulation Division
Regular Service $403,833.21
Extra Service
Part-time Service $33,346.91
Cleaning by the Hour 6,371.40
Sunday Service 530.90 40.249.21
Total Expenditures for Circulation Division 444,082.42
RtixRENCE Division
Regular Service $287,888.22
Extra Service
Part-time Service $18,482.73
Evening Service 3,127.43
Sunday Service 12,415.06 34,025.22
Total Expenditures for Reference Division 321,913.44
Division of Business Operations
Regular Service $226,460.96
Extra Service
Part-time Service $
Evening Service 6,024.25
Sunday Service 4,869.65 10,893.90
Total Expenditures for Division of Business Operations 237,354.86
Mi.scellaneous Service
Story Telling 1,800.00
Steriopticon Operation 111.00
Total Expenditures for Miscellaneous Service 1,911.00
Total Expenditure for all Personnel $1,032,696.19
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EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, 1939
REGULAR
PART-TIME
UNIT
SERVICE
SERVICE
TOTAL
Director's Office
$26,940.82
$493.65
$27,434.47
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN CIRCULATION DIVISION. 1939
Unit
Executive Staff
Book Selection Department
Young People's Room
School Department
Central Office — Branch Libraries
Branch Libraries
Total Expenditure for
Circulation Division
Branch Libraries
Allston
Andrew Square
Boylston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point
Codrnan Square
Dorchester
East Boston
Faneuil
Fellowes Athenaeum
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point
Kirstein
Lower Mills
Mattapan
Memorial
Mount Bowdoin
Mount Pleasant
Neponset
North End
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
South Boston
South End
Upharns Corner
West End
West Roxbury
lotal Expenditure for
Branch Libraries
REGULAR
PART-TIME CLEANING BY
SUNDAY
SERVICE
SERVICE
THE HOUR
SERVICE TOTAL
$22,895.25
$
$
$ $22,895.25
3.511.25
3.511.25
7.513.38
960.30
530.90 9.004.58
1 1 ,739.04
1.871.99
13,611.03
32,335.45
2,912.43
35.247.88
325,838.84
27.602.19
6371.40
359,812.43
$403,833.21
$33,346.91
$6371.40
$530.90 $444,082.42
$12,559.70
$729.00
$474.80
$13,763.50
7.582.79
1.731.23
712.40
10.026.42
11,060.52
1.097.05
12.157.57
10,952.70
621.83
11.574.53
14,049.30
837.30
14,886.60
6.54537
1.866.00
8.411.37
12.454.33
957.83
13.412.16
10.171.28
1,036.49
11.207.77
16.286.64
1.05 1. 32
688.80
18,026.76
10,205.72
797.10
1 1 .002.82
9.512.37
639.45
196.80
10,348.62
10,932.05
663.00
11,595.05
9.186.67
917.70
610.00
10,714.37
8.187.43
730.33
126.40
9,044.16
5.541.00
384.68
5,925.68
6.389.69
542.00
6,931.69
14.859.22
1,147.68
16,006.90
1 7,080.20
1,584.84
1 1 7.60
18,782.64
9,561.89
634.92
479.20
10,676.01
6,422.72
762.60
7.185.32
4,749.68
952.65
527.20
6,229.53
1 5.290.04
655.95
624.00
16,569.99
5,993.60
514.65
91 5.20
7,423.45
12.378.04
394.95
12,772.99
4,729.01
451.81
732.60
5.913.42
11,075.25
647.55
166.40
11.889.20
10,228.37
863.19
11.091.56
9,847.20
758.25
10.605.45
14,322.04
1 .667.49
15.989.53
14,908.83
1,392.75
16.301.60
12,775.17
570.60
13.345.77
$325,838.84
$27,602.19
$6371.40
$359,812.43
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EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN REFERENCE DIVISION. 1939
REGULAR
PART-TIME
EVENING
SUNDAY
Unit
SERVICE
SERVICE
SERVICE
SERVICE
TOTAL
Executive Staff
$31,822.51
$276.00
$32,098.51
Bates Hall Centre Desk
6,674.70
$1,732.95
821.05
9.228.70
Bates Hall
Reference Department
12,767.89
1,335.35
14,103.24
Book Selection Department
4.004.37
4.004.37
Business Branch
18,679.54
263.03
18.942.57
Cataloging and
Classification Department
51,991.41
51,991.41
Fine Arts Department
14,364.93
2,287.37
1,231.65
17,883.95
Issue Department
60,082.37
6,302.10
4,626.36
71.OiO.83
Music Department
7,152.32
1 ,257.00
361.20
8,770.52
Open Shelf Department
13,698.82
1,766.10
818.80
16,283.72
Periodical and
Newspaper Department
13,667.20
1,717.84
979.10
16,364.14
Rare Book Department
11,632.16
777.64
601.65
13,011.45
Registration Department
13,497.80
356.00
13.853.80
Science and
Technology Department
1 5.984.55
1,066.12
402.70
17.453.37
Statistical Department
7,443.33
869.18
433.20
8.745.71
Teachers Department
4,424.32
443.40
172.00
5.039.72
"Unliquidated" Evening Service
2,987.30
2.987.30
1939 Book Fair
140.13
140.13
Total Expenditure for
Reference Division
$287,888.22
$18,482.73
$3,127.43
$12,415.06
$321,913.44
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EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN DIVISION OF BUSINESS
OPERATIONS. 1939
regular evening sunday
Unit service service service total
Executive Staff $14,287.98 $14,287.98
Auditing Department 8.018.69 8,018.69
Binding Department 59,931.13 $ 134.45 60,065.58
Book Purchasing Department 28,053.68 28.053.68
Buildings Department 79.008.87 5.889.80 $4,869.65 89.768.32
Cleaning 15.381.50 15.381.50
Printing Department 13.039.16 13,039.16
Shipping Department 5.179.45 5.179.45
Stock Purchasing Department 3,560.50 3.560.50
Total Expenditure
for Division of —
Business Operations $226,460.96 $6,024.25 $4,869.65 $237,354.86
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENDITURES FOR ALL PERSONNEL, 1939
Regular Service
Full-time Members of the
Staff
$945,123.21
Extra Service
Part-time Service
Evening Service
Sunday Service
Cleaning by the Hour
all Personnel
$52,323.29
9.151.68
17.815.61
6,371.40
85,661,98
Miscellaneous
1,911.00
Total Expenditure for
$1,032,696.19
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APPENDIX C
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR BOOKS, 1930 - 1939
City Appropriations for the Purchase of Books and Other Library Materials
1919-20 $50,000
1920-21 60.000
1921-22 100,000
1922-23 100.000
1923-24 90.000
1924-25 100,000
1925* 100,000*
1926 125,000
1927 125,000
1928 125,000
1929 140,000
1930 160,000
1931 175.000
1932 160,000
1933 75,000
1934 100,000
1935 100.000
1936 55.000
1937 75.000
1938 73,875
1939 55.000
* February i - December 31, 1925 only.
Total Expenditures for Books and Other Library Materials, 1930-1939
from
from income
Yr^AR
CITY FUNDS
OF TRUST FUNDS
TOTAL
1930
$159,999.97
$22,466.21
$182,466.18
1931
190,636.12
19,259.55
209.895.67
1932
1 59,970.58
20,045.62
180.016.20
1933
87,323.50
23,873.19
111,196.69
1934
98,291.63
16,996.57
1 1 5.288.20
1935
99.233.95
22,264.83
121.498.78
1936
54,999.98
56,909.96
111,909.94
1937
81,522.49
49,641.81
131.164.30
1938
73,874.93
82,756.96
156.631.89
1939
54.999.97
116.257.43
171,257.40
188J
Expenditures for Books and Other Library Materials by Divisions, 1935-1939
YEAR
1935
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
CIRCULATION
DIVISION
$72,440.78
1,335.89
REFERENCE
DIVISION
$26,793.17
20,928.94
ENTIRE
LIBRARY
SYSTEM
$ 99,233.95
22,264.83
Total
1936
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$73,776.67
$48,399.98
3,983.70
$47,722.1 1
$ 6.600.00
52,926.26
$121,498.78
$ 54.999.98
56,909.96
Total
1937
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$52,383.68
$61,141.87
2,482.09
$59,526.26
$20,380.62
47,159.72
$111,909.94
$ 81 ,522.49
49,641.81
Total
1938
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$63,623.96
$56,631.10
2,482.71
$67,540.34
$17,243.83
80,274.25
$131,164.30
$ 73,874.93
82,756.96
Total
1939
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$59,113.81
$42,667.54
1 ,898.52
$97,518.08
$ 12,332.43
114,358.91
$156,631.89
$ 54.999.97
116,257.43
Total
$44,566.06
$126,691.34
$171,257.40
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Books and Other Library
Materials in Relation to Total Annual EIxpenditures from City Funds
1930 - 1939
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
total expenditures
total
FOR books and other
PERCENTAGES
expenditures
library materials
OF EXPENDITURES
from city funds
from city funds
FOR books
$1,132,520.06
$159,999.97
14.12%
1 .239,257.45
190,636.12
15.38%
1,147,579.89
1 59,970.58
13.94%
1,000,431.87
87,323.50
8.73%
1 .065,367.44
98.291.63
9.23%
1,139.114.88
99.233.95
8.11%
1.116.657.14
54.999.98
4.93%
1 .204.994.47
81,522.49
6.77%
1,231,278.52
73,874.93
6.00%
1,231,198.08
54,999.97
4.47%
18<M
Percentages of Annual Expenditurfs roi? Books and Other Library
Materials in Relation to Total Annual Expenditures
1930 - 1939
year
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FROM CITY FUNDS
& TRUST FUNDS
$1,155,316.27
1,260,097.18
1,170,380.93
1.027.065.81
1,084,451.26
1,163,611.38
1.175.483.17
1,256,156.28
1,317,617.48
1,351,097.94
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FOR BOOKS AND OTHER
LIBRARY MATERIALS
PERCENTAGES
FROM CITY FUNDS
OF EXPENDITURES
& TRUST FUNDS
FOR BOOKS
$182,466.18
15.79%
209,895.67
16.65%
180,016.20
15.38%
111,196.69
10.82%
1 1 5,288.20
10.63%
121.498.78
10.44%
111,909.94
9.44%
131,164.30
10.44%
156,631.89
11.89%
171,257.40
12.67%
Percentages of Annu.\l Expenditures for Salaries and Books and Other
Library Materials in Relation to Each Other
1930 - 1939
total expenditure;
FOR salaries
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
& wages
FOR BOOKS
YEAR
FROM CITY FUNDS
%
FROM CITY FUNDS
%
TOTAL
%
1930
$809,530.41
84%
$159,999.97
16%
$969,530.38
100%
1931
852,987.17
827o
190,636.12
18%
1,043,623.29
100%
1932
853,680.10
84%
1 59,970.58
16%
1,013,650.68
100%
1933
788,603.37
90%
87,323.50
10%
875,926.87
100%
1934
821,974.51
89%
98,291.63
11%
920,266.14
100%
1935
912,339.26
90%
99,233.95
10%
1,011,573.21
100%
1936
930,788.04
94%
54,999.98
6%
985,788.02
100%
1937
975,751.61
92%
81.522.49
8%
1.057.274.10
100%
1938
1.023.225.41
93%
73,874.93
7%
1,097,100.34
lOO'/o
1939
1,032,696.19
rOTAL EXPENDITURE'
95%
54,999.97
5%
1,087,696.16
100%
FOR SALARIES
TOTAL EXPENDITURE;-
& WAGES
FOR BOOKS
FROM CITY FUNDS
FROM CITY FUNDS
YEAR
& TRUST FUnOS
7o
& TRUST FUNDS
%
lOTAL
%
1930
$809,710.41
82%
$182,466.18
18%
$992,176.59
10070
1931
854,467.35
80%
209,895.67
20%
1,064,363.02
100%
1932
856,435.52
83%
180,016.20
17%
1,036,451.72
100%
1933
791,364.12
88Sb
111,196.69
12%
902,560.81
100%
1934
824,061.76
88%
115,288.20
12%
939,349.96
10070
1935
913,941.93
88%
121.498.78
12%
1,035,440.71
100%
1936
932,062.11
89%
1 1 1 ,909.94
11%
1 ,043,972.05
100%
1937
976,879.61
88%
131,164.30
12%
1,108,043.91
100%
1938
1,026,351.41
87%
156,631.89
13%
1,182,983.30
100%
1939
1,035,953.52
86'; fc
171,257.40
\r/o
1,207,210.92
lOOVo
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f^ERCENTAGES Ol AMOUNTS REQUESTED FROM ClTY FOR SALARIES AND FOR BoOKS
AND Other Library Materials in Relation to Each Other
1930-1939
requested
requested
for books
for salaries
AND OTHER
year
& WAGES
7o
LIBRARY MATERIALS
%
TOTAL
%
1930
$812,000.00
84%
$150,000.00
16%
$%2,000.00
100%
1931
883.903.00
82%
200,000.00
18%
1,083,903.00
100%
1932
866,124.00
81%
200,000.00
19%
1.066.124.00
100%
1933
886,000.00
84%
163,000.00
16%
1.049,000.00
l007o
1934
830,569.56
85%
1 50,000.00
15%
980,569.56
100%
1935
937.187.75
86%
1 50,000.00
14%,
1,087,187.75
100%
1936
940.039.28
86%
150.000.00
14%
1,090,039.29
100%
1937
985.000.00
87%
1 50.000.00
13%
1,135,000.00
100%,
1938
1,055,000.00
887o
150,000.00
12%
1.205,000.00
100%
1939
1,070,388.58
88%
1 50.000.00
12%
1,220,388.58
100%
APPENDIX D
PERSONNEL
Cost and Number of Total Personnel. 1930-1939
total expenditures
for salaries &
wages for all
year personnel
1929 $770,367.26
1930 809.530.41
1931 852.987.17
1932 853.680.10
1933* 788,603.37
1934* 821.974.51
1935 912339.26
1936 930.788.04
1937 975,751.61
1938 1,023.225.41
1939 -.032.696.19
TOTAL PERSONNEL
AS OF
% OF CHANGE DECEMBER 3 1 ST % OF CHANGE
FROM 1929 IN EACH YEAR FROM 1929
+5.1%
+ I0.7%o
+ 10.8%
+2A%
+6.7%>
+ 18.3%
+20.8%
+26.6%o
+32.7%
+33.9%
602
644
657
665
695
679
687
699
705
697
687
+7.0%
+9.1%
+ 10.5%
+ 15.5%
+ 12.8%
+14.1%
+ 16.1%
+ 17.1%
+ 15.7%
+14.1%
* Salary reductions were in effect from April 21. 1933 to December 31. 1934.
91
Cost and Number of Rr.cui,AK Service, 1930-1939
TOTAL NUMBER OF
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
REGULAR SERVICE
FOR SALARIES &
AS OF
WAGES FOR REGULAR
'/t OF CHANGE
DECEMBER 3 1st
% OF CHANGE
YEAR
SERVICE
FROM 1929
IN EACH YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$663,747.98
475
1930
694.183.74
-H.6%
512
+7.8%
1931
734,150.50
+10.6%
535
+12.6%
1932
746.221.52
-i-12.4%
537
+I3.0%>
1933*
683.618.01
+3.0%
550
+ 15.8%
1934*
682.797.16
+2.9%
563
+ 18.5%,
1935
799.271.34
+20.4%
571
+20.2%
1936 .
833,763.88
-h25.8%
578
+21.7%,
1937
875,957.34
+32.1%
592
+24.6%o
1938
932.579.59
+40.7%
590
+24.2%
1939
945,123.21
+42.5%
580
+22.1%
Salary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31, 1934.
Cost and Number of Extra Service (Part Time Personnel, etc.) 1930 1939
TOTAL extra SERVICE
personnel in terms
of equivalent of
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FULL-TIME PERSONNEL
FOR SALARIES &
AS OF
WAGES FOR EXTRA
'Jo OF CHANGE
DECEMBER 3 1st
% OF CHAN<
YEAR
SERMCE
FROM 1929
IN EACH YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$104,032.28
127
1930
112.214.67
+7.8%
132
+3.9%
1931
115,888.67
+ 11.3%
122
-3.9%
1932
105,448.58
+ 1.4%
128
[0.8%
1933*
102.982.11
-1.0%
145
+ 14.1%
1934*
111.792.41
+7.4%
116
-fl.6%
1935
96,330.61
-7.4%
116
-8.6%
1936
92.411.73
-11.1%
121
-4.7%
1937
97.706.13
-6.0%
113
-11.07o
1938
88.305.46
-15.1%.
107
-15.7%
1939
85,661 .98
-17.6%
107
-15.7%
* Salary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31. 1934.
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Distribution of Fui.l-Timf. Personnel by Categories, December 31, 1939
library workers
General Officers ............ 10
Chiefs of Departments ........... 13
Asisistants to the Director .......... 2
Assistants-in-Charge ........... 10
Branch Librarians ........... 31
Children's Librarians ........... 20
Reference Assistant ........... 1
First Assistants ............ 25
Second Assistants ............ 25
Catalogers ............. 5
Assistants 260
Probationary Assistants .......... 50
Unclassified Assistants ........... 7
Total 459
Mechanical and Other Workers
Auditor 1
Bookkeeper ........... 1
Clerk 1
Clerk & Typists .......... 2
Shipper ........... 1
Shipper's Assistants ......... 2
Custodian of Stock ......... 1
Assistant ........... 1
Chief of Binding Department ....... I
Finishers ........... 4
Forwarders . . . . . . . . . . .12
.'Apprentice ........... 1
Working Forewoman of Bookbinders ...... I
Bookbinders . . . . . . . . . .13
Apprentice ........... I
Clerk 1 34
Chief of Printing Department ....... I
Linotype Operators ......... '
Pressman, Cylinder ......... I
Pressman, Job .......... I
[98]
Superintendent of Buildings ........ t
Engineers ........... 3
Steamfitter ........... t
Working Foreman of Carpenters ....... 1
Carpenters ........... 2
Working Foreman of Painters ....... I
Painters ........... 2
Electricians ........... 2
Electrician's Helper ......... t
Mason 1
Working Foiemen of Janitors ....... 2
Janitors ........... 14
Janitor-Laborers .......... 5
Laborer ........... 1
Macbinist's Helper ......... I
Bookcleaner and Laborer ........ 1
Watchmen ........... 2
Elevator Attendants ......... 3
Housekeeper .......... 1
Cleaners . . . . . . . . . .21
Telephone Operator ......... 1
Stenographer .......... 1
Bookcarrier .......... 1
Coalroom Attendant 1 70
Total 120
Temporary Oiler .......... I t
121
Recapitulation of Full-Time Personnel, December 31, 1939
Library workers ........... 459
Mechanical and other workers ....... 121
Total 580
[99]
SALARY SCHEDULES
Salary Schedule for the Graded Library Service
(The rates listed below are being used as a guiding framework
to be approached when and as financial conditions permit. They
are only partially in effect at the present time.)
The Technical Library Service (Grades B & C)
PROBATIONARY SERVICE (CRADE C)
Probationary Assistant, Beginning
Probationary Assistant, 1st Step
Probationary Assistant, 2nd Step
Probationary Assistant, 3rd Step
Probationary Assistant, 4t!i Step
Probationary Assistant, 5th Step
PERMANENT SERVICE (GRADE E)
Assistant, Beginning
Assistant, 1 st Step
Assistant, 2nd Step
Assistant, 3rd Step
Second Assistant .
Children's Assistant
Reference Assistant
Cataloger
Classifier
Assistant, 4th Step
First Assistant
Children's Librarian
Reference Librarian
Cataloger and Classifier
Assistant, 5th Step
$20.00
21.00
22.00
23.00
24.00
25.00
25.00
29.00
33.00
37.00
41.00
41.00
41.00
41.00
41.00
41.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.00
The Profession-sll Library Service (Grade A)
CHIEFS OF DEP.ARTMENTS AND BRANCH LIBRARIANS
Chiefs of Departments $2610-^3130
Branch Librarians 2610-3130
OTHER OFFICERS
Rale of remuneration to be determined for each case individually.
Salary Schedule for Mechamcau and Other Workers
The rales of remuneration for mechanical workers are determined in accordance
with the schedule in force for such workers in the City of Boston service in general.
The rates of remuneration for clerical workers range from $1000 per year ($20.00
per week) to $1600 per year ($30.0 per week) in accordance with the schedule in
force for such workers in the City of Bo.ston service in general.
100]
SALARY RANGES
- BY PERCENTAGES OF PERSONNEL
IN EACH RANGE
Library Workers
% OF TOTAL NO.
% OF TOTAL NO.
% OF TOTAL NO.
% OF TOTAL NO
SALARY RANGE
AS OF
AS OF
AS OF
AS OF
DECEMBER 31,
DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 4,
DECEMBER 31,
1929
1936
1937
1939
$10.00-14.99
16.2%
5.2%
0.0%
0.0%
15.00-19.99
11.6%
26.0%
2.9%
1.5%
20.00-24.99
21.2%
23.5%
44.6%
24.8%
25.00-29.99
243%
23.7%
19.6%
23.1%
30.00-34.99
9.9%
5.2%
15.5%
19.4%
35.00-39.99
6.1%
6.1%
4.5%
15.1%
40.00 - 44.99
5.5%
6.8%
9.0%
5.5%
45.00-49.99
1.9%
0.6%
0.6%
63%
50.00-54.99
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
55.00-59.99
0.8%
0.9%
0.8%
0.2%
60.00-64.99
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
65.00-69.99
0.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
70.00 and Over
0.8%
1.6%
1.5%
2.2%
Under $15.00
162%
5.2%
0.0%
0.0%
Under 20.00
27.8%
31.2%
2.9%
1.5%
Under 25.00
49.0%
54.7%
47.6%
263%
Under 30.00
73.3%
78.4%
673%
49.4%
Under 35.00
83.2%
83.6%
82.8%
68.8%
Under 40.00
89.3%
89.7%
87.4%
83.9%
Under 45.00
94.8%
96.5%
%.4%
89.4%
Under 50.00
96.7%
97.1%
97.0%
95.7%
Under 55.00
97.5%
97.1%
97.0%
96.6%
Under 60.00
983%
98.0%
97.8%
96.8%
Under 65.00
98.6%
98.4%
97.8%
97.5%
Under 70.00
98.9%
98.5%
98.4%
97.7%
[101]
SALARY RANGES — BY PERCENTAGES OF PERSONNEL
IN EACH RANGE
Mechanical and QrHF.R "Workers
% OF TOTAL NO.
% OF TOTAL NO.
% OF TOTAL NO.
% OF TOTAL NO
SALARY RANGE
AS OF
AS OF
AS OF
AS OF
DECEMBER 31,
DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 4,
DECEMBER 31,
1929
1936
1937
1939
$10.00-14.99
0.8%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
15.00-19.99
24.2%
15.3%
16.5%
19.3%
20.00-24.99
11.5%
15.3%
16.5%
14.6%
25.00-29.99
4.1%
5.6%
5.6%
3.4%
30.00-34.99
14.0%
20.9%
20.9%
26.0%
35.00-39.99
7.5%
2.4%
2.4%
3.4%
40.00-44.99
25.0%
25.0%
25.0%
21.0%
45.00-49.99
9.1%
8.8%
8.8%
8.6%
50.00-54.99
0.8%
0.9%
0.9%
2.5%
55.00-59.99
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
0.8%
60.00-64.99
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
0.0%
65.00 - 69.99
0.8%
0.9%,
0.9%
0.0%
70.00 and Over
1.7%
1.6%
1.6%
0.8%
Under $15.00
0.8%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
Under 20.00
25.0%
16.9%
16.5%
19.3%
Under 25.00
36.5%
32.2%
32.3%
33.9%
Under 30.00
40.6%
37.9%
37.9%
37.3%
Under 35.00
54.6%
58.8%
58.8%
63.3%
Under 40.00
62.1%
61.2%
61.2%
66.7%
Under 45.00
87.1%
86.2%
86.2%
87.7%
Under 50.00
96.2%
95.17^^
95.1%
953%
Under 55.00
97.0%
95.9%
95.9%
97.8%
Under 60.00
97.0%
96.7%
95.7%
98.6%
Under 65.00
97.0%
97.4%
97.4%
98.6%
Under 70.00
97.8%
98.2%
98.2%
98.6%
[102]
SALARY RANGES — BY NUMBER OF PERSONNEL IN EACH RANGE
Library Workers
NUMBER AS OF
NUMBER AS OF
NUMBER AS OF NUMBER AS OJ
DECEMBER 3 1 ,
U! CEMBER 3 1 ,
JUNE 4,
DECEMBER 31
SALARY RANGE
1929
1936
1937
1939
$10.00
^14.99
59
23
0
0
15.00
-19.99
42
115
13
7
20.00-
- 24.99
77
104
198
114
25.00-
-29.99
88
105
87
106
30.00-
-34.99
36
23
69
89
35.00
-39.99
22
27
20
69
40.00
-44.99
20
30
40
25
45.00
-49.99
7
3
3
29
50.00
-54.99
3
0
0
4
55.00
- 59.99
3
4
4
1
60.00-
-64.99
I
0
0
3
65.00
-69.99
1
2
2
1
70.00
and Over
3
7
7
10
Under
$15.00
59
23
0
0 '
Under
20.00
101
138
13
7
Under
25.00
178
242
211
121
Under
30.00
266
347
298
227
Under
35.00
302
370
367
316
Under
40.00
324
397
387
385
Under
45.00
344
427
427
410
Under
50.00
351
430
430
439
Under
55.00
354
430
430
443
Under
60.00
357
434
434
444
Under
65.00
358
434
434
447
Under
70.00
359
436
436
448
[1 03 J
SALARY RANGES — BY NUMBER OF PERSONNEL IN EACH RANGE
Mechanical and Other Workers
NUMBER AS OF
NUMBER AS OF
NUMBER AS OI
NUMBER A.S OF
DECEMBER 31,
DECEMBER 31,
JUNE 4,
DECEMBER 31.
SALARY RANGE
1929
1936
1937
1939
$10.00-14.99
1
2
0
0
15.00-19.99
29
19
20
23
20.00-24.99
14
19
20
17
25.00-29.99
5
7
7
4
30.00-34.99
17
26
26
31
35.00-39.99
9
3
3
4
40.00-44.99
30
31
31
26
45.00 - 49.99
11
11
11
9
50.00-54.99
1
3
55.00 - 59.99
0
1
60.00-64.99
0
0
65.00-69.99
1
0
70.00 and Over
2
2
2
1
Under $15.00
1
2
0
0
Under 20.00
30
21
20
23
Under 25.00
44
40
40
40
Under 30.00
49
47
47
44
Under 35.00
66
73
73
75
Under 40.00
73
76
76
79
Under 45.00
105
107
107
105
Under 50.00
116
118
118
114
Under 55.00
117
119
119
117
Under 60.00
117
120
120
118
Under 65.00
117
121
121
118
Under 70.00
118
122
122
118
1U4]
COST OF SALARY INCREASES, 1930-1939
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
Total
AMOUNT
$12,269.86
14,094.34
5,626.78
309.84
29,880.01
15,891.29
11,918.89
47,137.52
51,067.44
31,127.91
$219,323.88
DISTRIBUTION OF COST OF SALARY INCREASES, 1930-1939
1930
Increases for 1930 effective at various dales ....
1931
Overlay from increases effective in 1930 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1931 for payment over a
full 12 months period ........
Increases for 1931 effective at various dates ....
Total
1932
Overlay from increases effective in 1931 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1932 for payment over
a full 12 months period .......
Increases for 1932 .........
Total
$12,269.86
$ 8,713.34
5381.00
$14,094.34
$ 5.626.78
None
$ 5.626.78
1933
Overlay from increases effective in 1932 .
Increase for 1933 effective at various dates
Total
None
$ 309.84
$ 309.84
1934
Overlay from increases effective in 1933 .
Increases for 1934 effective at various dates
$ 501 .79
29378.22
Total
$29,880.01
[1 05 J
1935
Overlay from increases effective in 1934 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1935 for payment over
a ful! 12 months period $ 1,583.02
Increases for 1935 effective at various dates ..... 14,308.27
Total $15,891.29
1936
Overlay from incrca.scs effective in 1935 at various dates for
which provision had lo be made in 1936 for payment over
a full 12 months period $ 9.554.17
Increases in 1936 effective October 30 -December 31, 1936 . . 2,364.72
Total $11,918.89
1937
Overlay from increases effective in 1936 only for October 30-
December 31, 1936 but for which provision had to be made
in 1937 for payment over a full 12 months period . . . $10,181.08
Increases in 1937 effective June 4, 1937 - December 31, 1937 . . 36,956.44
Tolal $47,137.52
1938
Overlay from increases effective in 1937 only for June 4-
December 31, 1937 but for which provision had to be made
in 1938 for payment over a full 12 months period . . $26,948.68
Increases in 1938 effective June 3 -December 31, 1938 . . . 24,118.76
Total $51,067.44
1939
Overlay from increases effective in 1938 only for June 3—
December 31, 1938 but for which provision had to be made
in 1939 for payment over a full 12 months period . . . $17,171.48
Increases in 1939 effective September 27 - December 31, 1939 . . 13,956.43
Tolal $31,127.91
1940
Overlay from increases effective in 1939 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1940 for payment over
a full 12 months period $44,793.41
06J
AVERAGE SALARIES IN CITY OF BOSTON DEPARTMENTS
Compiled from Data contained in
Officials and Employees of the Cil}} of Boston — June I, 1937
Transit Deparlment ......... $3,761.26
Law Department
Finance Commission
School Buildings Department
Treasury Department
Election Department
Building Department
School Department .
Street Laying-Out Department
Auditing Deparlment
Weights and Measures Departi
Boston Traffic Commission
Park Department, Cemetery D
Assessing Department
City Clerk Department
2,962.53
2,840.10
2.729.90
2,604.76
2,597.62
2,592.21
2,537.60
2360.68
2,313.94
2,240.00
2,124.70
2,063.38
2.020.17
2.009.53
1 ,925.65
1 ,728.68
1.718.60
1 ,690.43
1,530.15
Soldiers* Relief Department
Collecting Deparlment
Supply Department .
Park Department (excluding manual workers paid by the day)
Library Department .
The above departments are for the most part ihe "white collar" departments.
In case of the remaining departments as noted below, the compilation of figures for
the average salaries was not attempted for one reason or another.
Health Department, Hospital Department, Institutions Department
In these departments figures comparable with those in other city deparlmenls arc
not easily obtainable, since (1) many of the medical men are employed only on a
part time basis, and (2) many of the other workers are given food or quarters (or
both) in addition to cash salaries.
Fire Department, Police Department
The basic salaries for firemen and policemen are known to be $2100 per year.
To obtain an actual average figure for all employees of the departments was too exten-
sive an undertaking to be worth while, considering the several thousand employees in.
each department.
Public Works Department
1 his department employees so many laborers, mostly on a per diem basis, that its
figures are not easily comparable with those of other city departments.
Public Welfare Department
This department seems not to be organized on a permanent basis. Its figures are
therefore not entirely pertinent for comparative purposes.
[I()7J
TRAINING COURSES. 1933-1939
1933-34 1 934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39
Number of full courses
given
Number of one-term
courses given
Number of individuals
taking courses
Total enrollment in
all courses
Number of individuals
receiving passing
grades
Number of individuals
failing courses
Number of individuals
withdrawing from
courses
Number of incompleted
courses
Percentage of courses
passed
12
12
13
13
n
9
9
11
2
2
5
5
261
192
194
151
173
142
268
260
207
166
197
163
202
217
154
133
169
139
15
II
8
7
10
10
43
24
42
24
14
11
8
8
2
2
4
3
7%
83%
74%
80%
79%
77%
ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, 1939
INDIVIDUALS
WHO PASSED
INDIVIDUALS
WHO FAILED
Ungraded Service
General paper
Graded Service
General paper
French paper
German paper
Italian paper
Spanish paper
131 (37.67c;) 217 (62.4%)
TOTAL
348 (100%)
229 (65.8%) 119 (34.2'/;.) 348 (100%)
116 (42.3%)
45 (65.2'/;.)
13 (46.4%)
II (50%)
158 (37.7%)
24 (34.8%)
15 (53.6%)
II (50%)
QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS. 1939
examination
General Book Selection (Q)
Cataloging and Classification (Q)
General Reference ^ork (Q)
Boston Public Library —
Central Library (Q)
Boston Public Library —
Branch Libraries (Q)
individuals
WHO passed
15 (68%)
II (73%)
18 (82 Vr)
15 (60%)
10 (63%)
individuals
WHO fau,ed
7 (32%)
4 (27%)
4 (18%)
10 (40%)
6 (37%)
274 (100%)
69 OOO'/o)
28 (100%)
22 (1007c)
TOTAL
22 (1007c;)
15 (1007c)
22 (1007o)
25 (1007o)
16 (I007o)
11 08]
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS, 1939
EXAMINATION
Adv2uiced Languages — French (II)
Advanced Languages — German (II)
Advanced Languages — Italian (II)
Advanced Languages — Spanish (II)
Boslon as a Community (IV)
Boston Public Library — History (III)
Business — General Field (III)
Cataloging (IV or V)
Children's Literature (IV)
Children's Work (V)
Classification (IV or V)
Documents— General Field (III)
Education — General Field (III)
Extension Work (V)
Fine Arts — General Field (III)
Foreign Government Documents (V)
History oF the Book (III)
Library Records (IV)
Library Administration (V)
Literature — General Field (III)
Music— General Field (III)
National and Trade Bibliography (III)
Newspapers — Special Field (IV)
Periodicals and Newspapers —
General Field (III)
Periodcials — Special Field (V)
Philosophy, Psychology, Religion —
General Field (III)
Public Library as an Institution (I)
Science and Technology —
General Field (III)
Social Sciences and History —
General Field (III)
Special Fields — Subject Knowledge (IV)
Special Fields^-
Bibliographical Knowledge (V)
United States Government Documents (IV)
Work with Schools (V)
1 (100%)
2 (I007o)
8 (57%)
4 (80%)
2 (100%)
38 (61%)
5 (83%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
6 (43%)
1 (20%)
0 (0%)
24 (39%)
1 (17%)
INDIVIDUALS
INDIVIDUALS
WHO PASSED
WHO FAILED
TOTAL
24 (73%)
9 (27%)
33 (100%)
6 (67%)
3 (33%)
9 (100%)
I (33%)
2 (67%)
3 (100%)
2 (50%)
2 (50%)
0 (0%)
4 (100%)
2 (100%)
2 (1007o)
0 (0%)
1 (100%)
1 (100%)
3 (60%)
2 (40%)
5 (100%)
4 (80%)
1 (20%)
5 (100%)
0 (0%)
1 (100%)
1 (100%)
1 (50%)
1 (50%)
2 (100%)
1 (100%)
2 (100%)
14 (100%)
5 (100%)
2 (100%)
62 (1007o)
6 (1007o)
2 (67%) 1 (33%) 3 (100%)
ov
APPOINTMENTS TO TITULAR POSITIONS. 1939
William A. Roblyer
Elizabeth B. Brockunier
Gregory J. Edson
Lucicn E. Taylor
Chief of Cataloging and Classification Department, in
the Reference Division
Assistant to the Director
Assistant to the Director
Chief of Cataloging and Classificalion Dcparimcnt,
Emcriliis
RETIREMENTS FROM i HE LIBRARY, 1939
Marion H. Shumway, Assistant
Mary T. M. Boyle, Compositor
Lucien E. Taylor, Chief of Cataloging and Classi-
fication Department
Garret P. Lacey, Engineer
Elffie C. Merrill, First Assistant
Ellen J. Offutt, Second Assistant
Margaret M. Cusick, Cleaner
After 44 years of service
After 36 years of service
After 35 years of service
After 34 years of service
After 33 years of service
After 1 5 years of service
After 9 years of service
[110]
APPENDIX E
BOOK STOCK
Total Number of Volumes in the Library as of December 31, 1939
Reference Division
Central Library 1,138,682
Business Branch
Total for Reference Division
Circulation Division
Young People's Room, Centra! Library
School Department ....
Branch Issue Department .
Branch Libraries
Square
Allston
Andrew
Boylston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point .
Codman Square
Dorchester
East Boston .
Faneuil
Fellowes Athenaeum
Hyde Park .
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point .
Kirstein
Lower Mills
Mattapan
Memorial
Mt. Bowdoin
Mt. Pleasant
Neponset
North End .
Orient Heights
Parker Hill .
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
South Boston
South End .
Uphams Corner
West End .
West Roxbury
Total for Branch Libraries
Total for Circulation Division
Total for Entire Library System
13,791
11.490
12,102
19,108
15,898
10,366
15.468
14,986
16,703
14.506
41,744
29,913
15,277
8,282
7.979
8.846
16.529
14,965
11,543
7,671
6,645
10.903
9,565
13,932
5,555
14,996
10,307
14,745
17,504
21,341
18,891
451,551
24,686
1,163,368 1,163,368
9.914
44,977
34,919
451.551
541.361
541.361
1,704,729
Ill]
The total number of volumes in the Library at the end of each
year since its formation is shown in the following statement:
1852-53
1853-54
1854-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857-58
1858-59
1859-60
1860-61
1861-62
1862-63
1863-64
1864-65
1865-66
1866-67
1867-68
1868-69
1869-70
1870-71
1871-72
1872-73
1873-74
1874-75
1875-76
1876-77
1877-78
1878-79
1879-80
1880-81
1881-82
1882-«3
1883-84
1884^5
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
9.688
1896-97
16.221
1897-98
22.617
1898-99
28,080
1899 1900
34.896
1900-01
70.851
1901-02
78,043
1902 03
85.031
1903-04
97.386
1904-05
105.034
1905-06
110.563
1906-07
116.934
1907-08
123.016
1908*09
130.678
1909-10
136.080
1910-11
144,092
1911-12
1 52.796
1912-13
160.573
1913-14
179.250
1914-15
192.958
1915-16
209.456
1916-17
260.550
1917-18
276.918
1918-19
297,873
1919-20
321.010
1920-2!
345.734
1921-22
360.963
1922-23
377.225
1923-24
390.982
1924-25
404.221
1925
422.116
1926
438.594
1927
453.947
1928
460.993
1929
479.421
1930
492.956
1931
505.872
1932
520.508
1933
536.027
1934
556.283
1935
576.237
1936
597.152
1937
610,375
1938
628,297
1939
663.763
698.888
716.050
746.383
781.377
812.264
835.904
848,884
871.050
878.933
903,349
922,348
941 ,024
961 .522
987.268
1,006.717
1.049,011
1.067,103
1,098,702
1.121,747
1,139,682
1.157,326
1.173.695
1.197.498
1,224.510
1,258.211
1 .284,094
1,308,041
1,333,264
1,363,515
1.388,439
1.418,489
1 .442.802
1 .475,743
1.526,951
1,572,802
1,631,422
1.654,017
1.673.609
1 .682,848
1,693,335
1,700.681
1 .693,688
1 ,704,729
[112]
ACCESSIONS, 1939
The following statistics include materials received in 1939;
they do not include materials received in earlier years, but pro-
cessed only in 1 939.
Classification of Accf.ssions, 1939
NO. OF
SOURCE
VOLUMES
By
purchase .
53.478
By gift .
.
4,283
By
exchange .
47
By
binding of
newspapers
66
By
binding of
serials
4.471
Total 62.345
Distribution of Expenditures for the Purchase of Books
AND Other Library Materials, 1939
Circulation Division
From City Appropriation $42,667.54
From Trust Fu.nds Income 1,898.52 $44,566.06
Reference Division
From City Appropriation $12,332.43
From Trust Funds Income 114,358.91 126.691.34
$171,257.40
DisiRiBuriON OF Books Acquihi d by Purchask
Circulation Division
From City Appropriation 29,484
From Trust Funds Income 1.405 30.889
Reference Division
From City Appropriation 2,265
From Trust Funds Income 20,324 22.589
53.478
[113]
Decrease in Book Stock of the Circulation Division, I935-I939
TOTAL
EXCESS OF NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF NUMBER Of VOLUMES DISCARDED VOLUMES CIrCU.
VOLUMES DISCARDED VOLUMES ADDED OVER VOLUMES ADDCD LATION DIVISION
1935
58,858
55,567
3.291
603,892
1936
44,531
36,502
8.029
595,863
1937
56,100*
44.495
11.605*
584.258
1938
70,077**
42,475
27.602**
556.656
1939
57,966
42,671
15,295
541.361
* An inventory loss of 4,069 in collection of Young People's Room included
tn discards.
** An inventory loss of 10,477 in Branch Issue Department collection included
in discards.
[114]
NOTABLE PURCHASES, 1939
Americana — Printed Books. Etc.
Allardt. Hugo
Novi Belgil Novaeque Angliae ... [1656.] Map.
Bishop, George
New England Judged. London, 1661.
Chancy, Charles
The Retraction of Mr. Charles Chancy. London, 1641.
Drage, Theodore
Account of a Voyage for Discovery of a North-West Passage. 2
vols. London, 1 748.
Esquemeling, John
Bucaniers of America. 2 vols. London, 1684—5.
Le Federaliste. 2 vols. Paris, 1 792.
Glogoviensis, Johannes
Introductorium Compendiosum. Cracow, 1506.
Harbison, Massy
A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison. Pittsburgh, 1 828.
Leonard, Daniel
The Present Political State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
New York, 1775.
Linschoten, J. H. van
Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies. London, 1 598.
O'Callaghan, Rev. Jeremiah
Atheism of Brownson's Review, etc. Burlington, Vermont, 1852.
Piracies. Small Broadside. March 4, 1 783.
Short narrative of the horrid massacre in Boston. London, W. Bing-
ley. 1770.
Sotzmann, Daniel Friedrich
Massachusetts. Map. Hamburg, c. 1 798.
Stamler, J.
Dyalogus de diversarum gencium sectis et mundi religionibus. Augs-
burg, 1508. Illustrated by Hans Burgkmair.
Statutes of the State of Vermont. Bennington, Vermont, Anthony
Haswell, 1791.
Americana — Manuscript Books
Penhaliow, Samuel
Autograph manuscript. "History of the Wars of New England
with the Eastern Indians." 1 726.
[115]
Americana — Manuscript Books (continued)
Frevost, Lieut. Augustine
Autograph manuscript journal, 1 764—8 ; and letters and documents,
1750-1842.
Americana — Manuscripts
Adams, John
D. S. March 10, 1767.
Amory, John
A. L. S. Zy.pp. Providence, 1 778.
Barton, Confederate General Seth M.
Autograph endorsement, 1 863.
Blodgett, William
Revolutionary correspondence.
Boston Document, signed by Patch, Ellis, Cotting, and others. Ip.
1 799.
Boston Town Meeting
Manuscript minutes. 1 768.
Buchanan, James
A. L. S. 3pp. June 1 9, 1 834.
A. Ms. Address on the Cumberland Road Bill.
Butler, General Benjamin h.
Rough draft A. L. 2pp. April 26, 1 862.
Chauncey, Isaac
A. L. S. [y^pp. July 17, 1812.
Cherokee Indians. D. S. 2pp. December 5, 1904.
Civil War
A. L. S. by Civil War Generals, Anderson, Sheridan, Sickles,
I homas, Weitzel, Wise, and Wool.
Clay, Henry
8 A. L. S. to Epes Sargent.
Confederate War Telegram. May 9, 1 864.
Custer, George A.
A. L. S. 2pp. March 1 6, 1 866.
Davis, Jefferson
A. L. S. 5!/2PP. 1876.
Deane, Silas
A. L. S. Ip. Paris. August 12. 1777.
Debs, Eugene V.
L. S. 2pp. Terre Haute, November 17, 1924.
Emancipation document
Ericsson. John
A. L. S. 2pp. February 11. 1847.
[116]
Americana — Manuscripts (continued)
Faneull Hall Document. May, 1 779.
Florida Grant
Manuscript signed. 1687.
Fremont, General John C.
2 A. L. S. September 20, 1850 and March 12. 1888.
Gates, Horatio
D. S. Revolutionary pay roll.
Greene, Gen. Nathaniel
A. L. S. 3pp. March 8, 1781.
Hancock, John
L. S. Ip. Boston, 1788.
Hewett, S. P.
A. L. S. to his mother. 1 860-62. 48pp.
Hooker, Gen. Joseph
L. S. November 7, 1861.
Jackson, Andrew
A. L. S. to Senator White. 4pp. March I 6. 1 826.
Johnston, Lieut. Peyton
A. L. S. Ip. April 7, 1865.
Kearney, Gen. Philip
A. L. S. Ip. March 5, 1862.
Knox, Gen. Henry
A. L. S. 5pp. July 12, 1801.
McClellan, Gen. George B.
A. D. S. 3pp. July 4, 1862.
Madison, Dolly
A. L. S. 1 p. January 10, 1844.
Massachusetts Bay document on making bullion current. March 1 7,
1 702.
Mexico
Nine manuscript documents signed by the first Viceroys of Mexico.
1 6th century.
Morse, Samuel F. B.
A. L. S. 3pp. February 23, 1846.
Motley, J. L,
A. L. S. Nice. 1857.
North, William
A. L. S. 31/2PP. January 24, 1812.
Pinckney, C. C.
A. L. S. Ip. January 12, 1776.
Porter, David
4 A. L. S. 1826-1835.
[117]
Americana — Manuscripts (continued)
Pownall, 1 homas
A. L. S. September 7. 1 757. 31/2pp.
Privateering documents
Pynchon, John and son
A. D. S. 1 664-69. 2pp.
Randolph, John
A. L. S. 2pp. Georgetown, March 31, 1816.
Rosecrans, Gen. W. S.
2 A. L. S., 1840 and 1863.
Schurz, Carl
A. L. S. 3pp. June 6. 1861.
Scott, Gen. Winfield
2 A. L. S., 1840 and 1864.
Sewall, Samuel
A. L. S. Ip. 1692.
Sherman, Gen. William T.
5 A. L. S.
Shirley, William
D. S. May 7, 1745. Ip.
Slavery
Document . . . signed Moses Cantine. January I, 1796.
Strong, Caleb
A. L. S. 1 p. and portrait. 1 793.
Thomas, General George H.
A. L. S. 1 p. Boston, February 21, 1851.
1 homas, Isaiah
A. L. S. to Hon. Dwight Thomas. January 30, 1 800.
Tyler, John
A. L. S. 3pp. May 30, 1 846.
Upham, Samuel C.
California manuscripts and A. L. S. 1 848—5 1 .
Warren, James
A. L. S. 3pp. March 3. 1 789. With other material of Colonial
history.
Wayne, General Anthony
L. S. 3pp. hebruary I, 1782.
Whaling Log
Collection of ship's papers relating to the voyages of the whaling
ship "Cadmus," 1831—41.
Witchcraft documents. Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.
Williams, Charles
Journal of a voyage to San Francisco, I 849. With 5 A. L. S.
Young, Brigham
L. S. 2pp. Salt Lake City. January 9, 1865.
[118]
American Literature — Printed Books
Barker. B.
Mornilva. Boston, 1846.
Cable, George W.
Old Creole Days. New York, 1879. First Edition.
Carey, David
Life in Paris. 2 vols. New Orleans, 1837. First Edition.
Gather. Willa
My Antonia. Boston. 1918. First Edition.
Dickinson, Emily
Further Poems. Little. Brown. 1929. First Edition.
Letters. 2 vols. Roberts Bros., 1894. First Edition.
Poems for Youth. Little, Brown. 1934.
The Single Hound. Little, Brown. 1914. First Edition.
Duganne, Augustine J. H.
Knights of the Seal. Philadelphia. 1848. First Edition.
Handiboe. Edward J.
Will Crittenden. Cincinnati, n.d.
Heam, Lafcadio
Some Chinese Ghosts. Boston. 1 887. First Edition.
Howells, William Dean
The Son of Royal Langbrith. New York, 1904. First Edition.
A. L. S. to Mr. Munro [laid in]. Kittery Point. 1903.
Jones, J. (Harry Hazel)
Big Dick. Boston. 1 849.
Larcom, Lucy
A New England Girlhood. Boston, 1890. First Edition.
Mann. George Flagg
The Geranium Leaf. Boston. 1 840. First Edition.
Ramon: the Rover of Cuba. Boston, 1829.
The Soldier's Orphan. New York, 1812.
Whitefield, George
Three Letters. Philadelphia. B. Franklin. 1740.
American Literature — Manuscript Books
Bradford. Gamaliel
Manuscript of "Darwin," October 11. 1926.
American Literature — Manuscripts
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
A. Ms. "Monody On the Death of Wendell Phillips." August 27,
1898.
[119]
American Literature — Manuscripts (continued)
Allston, Washington
A. L.S.June L 1819.
Arthur, 1 imothy S.
A. L. S. December 28, 1865.
Bancroft, George
50 letters, chiefly to publishers.
Barlow, Joel
A. L. S. I p. July 2, n.y.
A. L. S. Paris, March 17, 1802.
Bierce, Ambrose
A. L. S. Ip. Washington, September 9, 1906.
Bryant, William Cullen
A. L. S. to Dr. G. W. Porter. Cummington, September 13, 1875.
Bryce, James
A. L. S. 3pp. May 1, 1907.
Burroughs, John
A. Ms. 14pp. N.p., n.d.
Cable, G. W.
A. Ms. N.p., n.d.
Clemens, Samuel L.
21 A. L. S. 1870-1910.
Autograph postscript on a letter by his wife. February 22-3, 1886.
Printed D. S. Ip. December 18, 1889.
Colman, Benjamin and others
A. D. S. Addressee unknown. Boston, April 22, 1 730.
Cooper, James Fenimore
A. L. S. Ip. May 9, 1840.
Curtis, George William
A. L. S., April 25. 1862.
Collection of 40 pieces relating to Curtis.
Dana, Richard H,
3 A. L. S. 6pp.
Dana, Richard H., Jr.
5 A. L. S. to G. W. Curtis. 30pp.
Dc La Mare, Walter
A. L. S. 2pp. March 26, 1915.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
A. L. S, Concord, Mass., 1855.
A. L. S. 1865. 2 photographs.
Everett, Edward
A. L. S. 2i^pp. April 23, 1838. A. L. S. October 18, 1851.
Fields, James i homas
A. L. S. July 15, 1862.
[120]
American Literature — Manuscripts (continued)
French, Jonathan
A. L. S. to Dr. Jedldiah Morse. Andover, 1 799.
Gaine, Hugh
A. L. S. to Peter v. Schaack. December 27, 1 787.
George, Henry
A. L. S. 4pp. May 27, n.y.
Godwin, Parke
7 A. L. S. to G. W. Curtis.
Goodrich, S. G.
A. L. S. New York, 1857.
Harte, Bret
6 A. L. S. 1880-1901.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
28 A. L. S. 1 862-.
Autograph manuscript of introduction to "The Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table." N.d.
Howells, William D.
4 A. L. S. to G. W. Curtis. Autograph ms. signed, 7pp. A. L. S.
to Swinton, Venice, October 22, 1 863.
James, Henry
A. L. S. 2pp. 1891.
Key, Francis Scott
A. L. S. 4pp. November 7. 1833.
La r com, Lucy
72 A. L. S. 325pp. Boston, 1879-92.
London, Jack
A. L. S. 4pp. August 23, 1906. A. L. S. and manuscript. Decem-
ber 22. 1907.
Longfellow, Henry W.
A. L. S. to G. W. Curtis. June 14, 1859.
Collection of letters and manuscripts. 25 pieces.
Lowell, Amy
10 typewritten L. S., 1915-19.
Lowell, James Russell
8 A. L. S. and a manuscript poem. 1 850—1 887.
A. L. S. September 4, 1 880.
Manuscript material by Hannah F. Gould, C. P. Cranch, Robert
Farquhar, etc.
Miller, Joaquin
A. L. S. 3pp. January 8, 1 894.
O'Connor, W. D.
A. L. S. 3pp. January 6, 1 866.
Page, Walter Hines
A. L. S. Cambridge, Mass., February 17, 1896.
[\2\\
American Literature — Manuscripts (continued)
Parker, Theodore
A. L. S. West Roxbury. 1 848.
Parton, James
10 A. L. S. 1866-1877.
Payne, John Howard
A. L. S. Signed "JH.P." 4pp. June 21, 1822.
Pierce, fcLduard L.
20 Letters to G. W. Curtis.
Riley, James Whitcomb
A. L. S. to A. S. Hardy. October 12. 1894.
Robinson, Ldwin Arlington
A. L. S. to William Stanley Braithwaite. February 17, 1916.
Roosevelt, I heodore
A. L. S. to Pres. Benjamin Harrison. 4pp. 1 889.
Sargent, Epes
Correspondence, consisting of 200 letters from literary contem-
poraries, c. 1850.
Sargent, Winthrop
4 A. L. S. 2 D. S. Mississippi, 1 797-9.
1 abb, John Bannister
A. L. S. Addressee unknown. February 1 6, 1 900.
Taylor, Bayard
12 A. L. S. toG. W. Curtis.
Ticknor, George
2 A. L. S. January, 1861, and March, 1862. 8pp.
Warner, Charles Dudley
6 letters to G. W. Curtis.
Whipi^Ie, L. P.
6 A. L. S. to G. W. Curtis.
Whitman, Walt
Manuscript poem "A Clear Midnight," and 15 other pieces re-
lating to Whitman and "Leaves of Grass." c. 1899.
Whittier, John Greenleaf
A. L. S. 4pp. Centre Harbor, N. H., 1861.
A. Ms. of "Hours of Labor." c. March, 1861.
English Literature — Printed Books, Etc.
Arnold, Matthew
Empedocles on Etna. London, 1852. First Edition.
The Strayed Reveller. London, 1849. First Edition.
Bacon, brancis
Sylva Sylvarum. London, 1627. First Edition.
[122]
English Literature — Printed Books, Etc. (continued)
Barrie, Sir James
Auld Licht Idylls. London, 1888. First Edition.
The Little White Bird. London, 1902. First Edition.
Margaret Ogilvy. London, 1 896. First Edition.
My Lady Nicotine. London, 1890. First Edition.
Barton, Bernard
A New Year's Eve. London, 1 838. First Edition,
Poetic Vigils. London, 1824. First Edition.
Beaumont, Dr. Joseph
Psyche. London, 1648. First Edition.
Beerbohm, Max
Zuleika Dobson. London, 191 I. First Edition.
Blair, Hugh
Observations upon a Pamphlet. Edinburgh, 1 735.
The Booke of Common Praier. London, 1559.
Borrow, George
Lavengro. 3 vols. 1 85 1 . First Edition.
Tales of the Wild and Wonderful. London, 1825. First Edition.
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
The Last Days of Pompeii. 3 vols. London, 1 834. First Edition.
Bunyan, John
The Barren Fig-Tree. 1688. First Edition.
The Water of Life. 1 688. First Edition.
Burns, Robert
The Inventory. Glasgow, [1796].
Letters addressed to Clarinda. Glasgow, 1802. First Edition.
Butler, Samuel
Evolution Old and New. London, 1 879. First Edition.
The Way of All Flesh. London, 1903.
Byron, Lord
Works, 1 820. First Edition.
Broadside. April 26. 1821.
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, 181 1, and The Vampyre,
1819. 2 vols.
Lara, a Fale. Jacqueline, a Tale. London, 1814. First Edition.
Poems on Various Occasions. Newark, 1 807.
Carroll, Lewis
Ihrough the Looking Glass. First Edition.
Caxton, William
Chronicles of England and Description of England. Westminster?,
Wynkyn de Worde, 1502.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Aids to Reflection. London, 1825. First Edition.
The V/atchman, No. 1 , March 1-May 1 3, 1 796. Bristol. Original
issues.
[123]
English Literature — Printi.d Books, E.tc. (continued)
Congreve, William
The Old Batchelour. London, 1693. First Edition.
Conrad, Joseph
1 he Mirrour of the Sea. London, 1 906. First Edition.
Cowper, William
Poems. 2 vols. 1 792—3. First Edition.
Daniel, Samuel
Civile Wares. London, 1 609.
Darwin, Charles
On the Origin of Species. London, 1859. First Edition.
Defoe, Daniel
A Critical Essaj^ concerning Marriage. London, 1 724. First Edition.
Dissectio Mentis Humanae: Or a Satiric Essay on Modern Critics.
London, 1730.
De Quincey, Thomas
Confessions of an English Opium-Eatcr. London, 1 822. First Edi-
tion.
Dickens, Charles
A Christmas Carol. London, i 843. h irst Edition.
Master Humphrey's Clock. 88 parts. London, 1840-1. First Edi-
tion.
Oliver Twist. London, 1917. First Edition.
Douglas, Norman
South Wind. London, 1917. Mvst Edition.
Elyot, Sir Thomas
The Bankette of Sapience. London, 1545.
FaithfuU, Emily
Poems. London, 1 863. P irst Edition.
Farquhar, George
Fhe Constant Couple. London, 1700. Pirst Edition.
Fielding, Henry
Adventures of Joseph Andrews. London, 1832. Illus. by Cruik-
shank.
Don Quixote in England. London, I 734. First Edition.
The Fathers. London, 1778. hirst Edition.
1 he History of lorn Jones, a Foundling. 6 vols. London, 1749.
hirst Edition, first issue.
The History of Tom Jones. London, 1 749. Second Edition.
Joseph Andrews. London, I 742. First Edition.
Fasquin. London, 1 736. First Edition,
hlccker, James EIroy
The Golden Journey to Samarkand. London, 1913. hirst Edition.
Galsworthy, John
Fhe Forsyte Saga. London, 1922. hirst Edition.
[124]
English Literature — Printed Books, Etc. (continued)
Gay, John
Trivia. London, 1716. First Edition.
Germ, The. Nos. 1-4. London, January to April, 1850.
Gill, Alexander
The new Starr of the North. London, 1632, First Edition.
Goldsmith, Oliver
Poems and Plays. Dublin, 1 777. First collected edition, second
issue.
Poems for Young Ladies. London, 1 767. First Edition.
Selected Poems. London, 1775.
Gosse, Edmund William
Pather and Son. London, 1907. First Edition.
Grahame, Kenneth
The Wind in the Willows. London, 1908. First Edition.
Hudson, W. H.
Works. 24 vols. 1923.
Green Mansions. London, 1904. First Edition.
The Purple Land that England Lost. 2 vols. London, 1885. First
Edition.
Hume, David
Essays Moral and Political. Edinburgh, 1741-2. 2 vols. First Edi-
tion.
Four Dissertations. London, 1757. First Edition.
Humphrey, Lawrence
The Nobles. London, 1563. First Edition.
Hunt, James Henry Leigh
Men, Women, and Books. 2 vols. 1847. First Edition.
The Poetical Works. London, 1832.
Johnson, Samuel
Irene. London, 1 749. First Edition.
Journey to the Western Islands. London, 1775. First Edition.
1 he Prince of Abissinia. 2 vols. London, 1759. First Edition.
Jonson, Ben
Q. Horatius Flaccus, His Art of Poetry. London, 1640. First
Edition.
Joyce, James
Ulysses. Paris, 1922. First Issue.
Keats, John
Endymion. London, 1818. First Edition.
Lamia. London, 1 820. First Edition.
Kingsley, Charles
Alton Locke. London, 1850. First Edition.
The Water Babies. London, 1 863. First Edition.
Kipling, Kudyard
American Notes. And the Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson.
II25J
English Literature — Printed Books, Etc. (continued)
New York, [1891]. First Edition.
The Light that Failed. London, 189L First English Edition.
Plain Tales from the Hills. Calcutta, 1 888. First Edition.
Soldiers Three. Allahabad, 1 888. First Edition.
Lamb, Charles
Essays of Elia, 1823—33. 2 vols. Wordsworth's copy of the fust
edition.
Essays of Elia. Philadeli)hia, 1 828. First American Edition.
Essays of Elia. London, I 883. Ainger Edition.
Mrs. Leicester's School. London, 1809. Dorothy Wordsworth's
copy with her inscription and Wordsworth's initials. First Edition.
1 he Pawnbroker's Daughter. London, 1830. First Edition.
A Tale of Rosamund Gray and Old Blind Margaret. London,
1 798. First Edition.
Lamb, John
Poetical Pieces on Several Occasions. London, [c. 1 765—70] .
First Edition.
Landor, Walter S.
The Poems of Walter Savage Landor. London, 1 795. First Edition.
Poetry by the Author of Gebir. London, 1 802. First Edition.
Lang, Andrew
Essays in Little, with autograph letter. London, 1 89 1 . First Edition.
LawTence, D. H.
The Prussian Officer. London, 1914. First Edition.
Locke, John
1 wo Treatises of Government. London, 1 764. First Edition.
la)rd, Henry
A Display of two forraigne sects. London, 1 630. First l-dition.
Lucas, E. V.
Bernard Barton and his Friends. London, 1893. First Edition.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Fhe History of England. London, 1849—60. First Edition.
Mackenzie, Henry
The Man of Feeling. London, 1771. First Edition.
Malthus, Rev. T. R.
Essay on the Principle of Population. London, 1 798. First Edition.
Essay on the Principle of Population. London, 1803. Second Edi-
tion.
An inquny into the Nature and Progress of Rent. London, 1815.
hirst Edition.
Manby. G. W.
An Essay on the Preservation of Ship-wrecked Persons. London,
1812. First Edition.
Mathews, Sir T.
Collection of Letters. London, 1 660. First Edition.
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English Literature — Printud Books, Etc. (continued)
May, J. Lewis
Charles Lamb. London, 1934. First Edition.
Mill, John Stuart
Autobiography. London, 1873. First Edition.
Mirror for Magistrates. London, 157L
Moore, George
Memoirs. London, 1906. First Edition.
Morris, William
The Fables Turned. London, 1887. First Edition.
Nedham, Marchamont
The political tracts. London, (1650)-! 659. First Edition.
Pope, Alexander
First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated. London, 1 737.
First Edition.
Universal Prayer. London, 1 738. First Edition.
Proctor, Bryan Waller
Charles Lamb, a Memoir. 1866. First Edition. With 19 lines of
a letter from Lamb to Mrs. Westwood ; two A. L. S. from the
author to Thomas Westwood, whom Lamb befriended; and the
latter's bookplate.
Quarles, Francis
1 he Loyall Convert. Oxford, 1643. First Edition.
Radclifle, Ann
The Mysteries of Udolpho. London, 1 794. First Edition.
Rossi, Mario M. and Joseph M. Hone
Swift, or the Egotist. New York, 1934. First Edition.
Sallust
The Two Most Worthy and Notable Histories. Thomas Hey-
wood, trans. London, 1 608—9.
Sassoon, Siegfried
War Poems. London, 1919. First Edition.
Scott, Walter
The Monastery. Edinburgh. 1820. First Edition.
St. Ronan's Well. Edinburgh, 1 824. First Edition.
Woodstock. 1826. First Edition.
Shaw, George Bernard
Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant. 2 vols. London, 1898. First Edi-
tion.
Widowers' Houses. London, 1893. First Edition.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
The Cenci. London, 1819. First Edition.
Queen Mab, London, 1813. First Edition.
Ihe Revolt of Islam. London, 1818. First Edition.
Rosalind and Helen. London, 1819. First Edition.
Zastrozzi. London, 1810. First Edition.
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English Literature — Printed Books, Etc. (continued)
Sillar, David
Poems. Kilmarnock, 1 789. First Edition.
Soane, George
The Innkeeper's Daughter. Prompter's copy. London, 1817. First
Edition.
Spenser, Edmund
The Faerie Queene. London. 1596. First Edition.
Sprat, T. and Waller, E.
Three Poems. London, 1682. First Edition.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
The Black Arrow. New York, 1 888, First Edition.
A Child's Garden of Verses. London, 1885. First Edition.
Familiar Studies of Men and Books. London, 1 882. First Edition.
A Footnote to History. London, 1 892. First Edition.
An Inland Voyage. London, 1878. First Edition.
Poems. Minneapolis, 1917.
Virginibus Puerisque. 1881. First Edition,
Stoker, Bram
Dracula. London, 1897, First Edition, A, L. S. inserted.
Swift, Jonathan
Works. 4 vols. Dublin, 1735.
First Ode to the Second Book of Horace Paraphrased. London,
1714. First Edition.
Gulliver's Travels. London, 1 726. hirst Edition.
1 he Journal to Stella. London, 1901.
A Modest Enquiry. London, 1714. First Edition.
A Tale of a Bottomless Fub. London, 1 723. First Edition.
Synge, John Millington
The Shadow of the Glen and Riders to the Sea. London, 1905.
First Edition.
Talfourd. T. N.
Letters of Charles Lamb. London, 1837. 2 vols. First Edition.
Tusser, 1 homas
Fiue hundreth pointes of good husbandrie. London, 1 599.
Tye, Christopher
The Acts of the Apostles. London, 1553. First Edition.
Wells, H. G.
The Flistory of Mr. Polly. London, 1910. First Edition.
Wells, H. G.
The Island of Dr. Moreau. London, 1 896. First Edition.
Mr. Britling Sees it Through. London, 1916. b irst Edition.
The 1 ime Machine. London, 1895. First Edition,
When the Sleeper Wakes. New York, 1899. First Edition.
[128]
English Literature — Printed Books, Etc. (continued)
White, John
The Troubles of Jerusalems Restauration. London, 1 646. First
Edition.
Yeats, W. B.
In the Seven Woods. Dundrum, 1 903. First Edition.
English Literature — Manuscript Books
Buchanan, Robert
Literary notebook, 1868-1875, with 1 p. letter of Mary Buchanan.
Collins, Wilkie
A. Ms. "The Haunted Hotel."
Conrad, Joseph
Typescript. "The Secret Agent." 170pp.
Typescript. "The Torrens. A Personal 1 ribute."
Coppard, A. E.
A. Ms. "Dumbledon Donkey." 8pp.
Cruikshank, George
A. Ms. "This is the House that Jack Built." 48pp.
De Quincey, 1 homas
A. Ms. Notes on French Drama and Literature.
Morris, William
A. Ms. "Independent Ireland."
Manuscript. "The Pilgrims of Hope."
Manuscript. "Useful Work versus Useless Toil."
Shaw, George Bernard
Article on "St. Joan." typescript.
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
A. Ms. "Victor Hugo: Toute la Lyre."
English Literature — Manuscripts
Arnold, Matthew
3 A. L. S. April 25-May 11, 1857.
Barham, Richard H.
A. L. S. 4pp. September 8, 1 830.
Autograph poem, initialled. January, 1831.
Barrie, Sir James
2 A. L. S. May 21, 1897 and June 26, [1897].
27 A. L. S. to the Duchess of Sutherland. 1906-1936.
42 A. L. S. to Rosaline Masson. 1902-1936.
Beerbohm, Max
A. L. S. 2pp.. 3 A. L. S. June 1 5-28, 1909.
Bennett, Arnold
"American Literature," manuscript. 1928.
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English Literature — Manuscripts (continued)
"Einstein," manuscript. 1927.
"Private Libraries," manuscript. 1930.
"T. S. Eliot," manuscript, N.d.
"Rare Books," manuscript. 1929.
Binyon, Laurence
A. L. S. Ip. August 24, 1909. A. L. S. 1 ;/pp. Dec 20, n.y.
Borrow, George
"Songs relating to Marsk Stig and his Family." 23pp. 1829, re-
vised 1854.
A. Mss. "The Songs of Ranild," "Child Stig and Child Findal."
Browning, Elizabeth B.
A. L. S., and portions of 3 others. 1 7pp.
Burke, Edmund
A. L. S. 2pp. December 6, 1 790.
Burney, Fanny
A. L. S., October 14, 1813. 2pp. 2 A. L. December 31, 1799
and May 5, 1816.
Carlyle, Thomas
A. L. S., December 19, 1854.
Cobden, R.
A. L. S. 4pp. 1862.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
A. L. S. to James Gillman, November 9, 1832.
Conrad, Joseph
A. L. S. 4pp. June 13, 1914. Bound with "The Lesson of the
Collision," a printed article.
A. L. S. "J. Conrad." 4pp. May, 1924.
3 A. L. S. 1918 and 1924.
Cruikshank, George
A. L. S. 4pp. April 28. 1845.
Leaf displaying two sketches. N.p., n.d.
Pencil and pen-and-ink sketches.
Signature.
De Quincey, 1 homas
A. L. S. 2pp. October I 8, n.y.
Doughty, Charles
A. L. S. N.d.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
A. L. S. I p., A. Ms. I p. Typewritten appreciation, corrections,
10pp.
Lliot, George
A. L. S. to Chapman, 1853.
iitzgerald, Edward
A. L. S. August. 1 880.
8 A. L. S. "E. F. G." and one A. L. 31pp. 1862-81. Bound.
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English Literature — Manuscripts (continued)
Galsworthy, John
A. L. S. 1927. L. S. Ip. 1915.
Gaskell, Mrs. E. C.
2 A. L. S. 6pp.
Gibbon, Edward
A. L. S. 3pp. July 25, 1 793.
Gladstone, William E.
A. L. S. 7pp. 1860.
Hamerton, Philip G.
2 A.L. S. 1876 and 1886; A. Ms., 1876, and 6 other letters.
Hardy, Thomas
2 A. L. S. 1872 and 1891. 4 typewritten letters. 1925.
Hastings, Warren
A. L. S. 2pp.
Herschel, Sir J. F. W.
3 A. L. S. 1821-1848.
Hogg, James
A. L. S. 3pp. April 1, 1813.
Hudson. W. H.
3 A. L. S.
Lawrence, D. H.
3 A. L. S., 1923.
Martineau, H.
A. L. S. 4pp.
Meredith, George
2 A. L. S. May 1 9. 1 884 and September 1 2, 1 887.
Moore, George
8 A. L. S. 1 L. S. 1885-1923.
More, Hannah
A. L. S. 4pp.
Kossetti. D. G.
6 letters; A. L. S. of W. M. Kossetti; manuscript list of Rossetti
residences.
Ruskin, John
22 A. L. S. to Wm. H. Hooper, c. 1 883-86.
Russell. George. "A. E."
A. L. S. 1 K2PP. N.p., n.d.
A. Ms. of poem "Loneliness," Ip.
Scott, Sir Waller
4 A. L. S. 1812 and 1828.
Shaw, George Bernard
2 A. L. S. October 21, 1887 and July 1 I, 1911.
Southey. Robert
A. L. S. 3pp. May 20. I 799.
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English Literature — Manuscripts (continued)
Stanhope, Lady Hester
A. L. S. 7pp. 1815.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
2 A. L. S.
Tennyson, Lord
3 A. L. S. April 15. 1870. December 27. 1871. n.d. A. L. S.
1 866. Autograph postscript to a letter written by his wife.
Tillotson, John
A. L. S. 2pp. 1691.
Wells, H. G.
A. L. S. 1 p.
Wilde, Oscar
A. L. S. 4pp. 1888; A. L. S. 4pp. Worthing, n.d.
Spanish Literature — Printed Books
Al Rey Nuestro Senor . . . c. 1652,
Chronica del muy esclarecide Principe y Rey don Alfonso el On-
zeno . . , Valladolid: Sebastian Martinez. 1551.
Mexia, Pedro
Historia imperial y Cesarea. Seville, 1545.
French Literature — Printed Books
Cyrano de Bergerac
Les oeuvres diverses. 2 vols. 1 66 1 .
Daudet, Alphonse
Lettres de mon moulin. Paris, n.d.
l-^eletier, Jacques
L'Art Poetique. Lyons, Jean de Tournes, 1555.
French Literature — Manuscripts
Beranger, Pierre Jean de
A. L. S. Ip. September 19. 1850.
Dumas. Alexandre
A. L. S. Ip. N.p., n.d.
Lamartine, Alphonse
A. L. S. 2pp. November 10, I860.
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French Literature — Manuscripts (continued)
Rolland, Remain
A. Ms. 2pp.
Stael, Mme. de
A. L. S. Ip. October 26, 1815.
Sue, Eugene
A. L. S. 2pp. N.p., n.d.
Zola, Emile
A. L. S. 2pp. 1 883.
German Literature — Printed Books
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Farbenlehre. Tubingen, 1810. 3 vols. First Edition.
Faust, Hundertjahrausgabe. Berlin. 1932.
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers. I 774. First Edition.
Propylaen. Tiibmgen, 1 798-1 800. First Edition.
Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklaren. Gotlia, 1 790.
First Edition.
Die Wahlverwandtschaften. Tiibingen, 1 809. First Edition.
Winkelmann und sein Jahrhundert. Tubingen, 1805. First Edition.
Heine, Heinrich
Atta Troll. Hamburg, 1847. First Edition.
Deutschland. Hamburg, 1844. First Edition.
Neue Gedichte. Hamburg, 1844. First Edition.
Die Nordsee. Hilversum, 1928. Heuvel Press.
Die romantische Schule. Hamburg, 1 836. First Edition.
Romanzero. Hamburg, 1851. First Edition.
Hoelderlin, Johann Christian
Gedichte. Stuttgart, 1 826. First Edition.
Kant, Immanuel
Critik der reinen Vernunft. Riga, 1 781. hirst Edition.
Critik der Urtheilskraft. Berlin, 1 790. First Edition.
Metaphysische Anfangsgriinde der Naturwissenschaft. Riga, 1 786.
First Edition.
Kleist, Heinrich von
Das Kathchen von Heilbronn. Berlin, 181-. First Edition.
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
Fabeln. Berlin, I 775. First Edition.
Laokoon. Berlin, 1 766. First Edition.
Luther. Martin
Das Tauft Buchlin. Wittenberg, 1523. First Edition.
[133]
German Literature — Printed Books (continued)
[Robinson Crusoe. Imitations]
Der Medicinische Robinson. Leipzig, 1 732.
Nieder-Sachsischer Robinson. P rankfurt, 1 724.
Der Brandenburgisclie Robinson. 1 744,
Ryff. W.
Reformierte Deutsche Apoteck. Strassburg, 1573.
Schwarzenberg, Joliann von
Beschwerung der alten Teufelischen Schlangen mit dem Gotlichen
wort. Nuremberg, 1 525. First Edition.
Mathematics & Science — Printed Books
Blundeville, Thomas
His Exercises. London, 1613.
Evelyn, John
Navigation and Commerce. London, 1674. First Edition.
H alley, Edmund
A Synopsis of the Astronomy. London, 1 705.
Leurechon, Jean
Recreations Mathematiques. Rouen, 1 629.
Marius, Simon
Mundus Jovialis. Nuremberg. 1614.
Marriotte, Edme
The Motion of Water, 1718.
Ozanam, Jacques
Recreations Mathematical. 1 708.
Pascal, Blaise
Traitez de I'equilibre des Liqueurs et de la Pesanteur de la Masse
de I'Air. Paris, 1 663. First Edition.
Sacro Busto, Johannes de
Sphaera mundi. Venice, 1485.
Seller, J.
Practical Navigation. London, 1 739.
Stoeffler, Johann
Elucidatio astrolabii. Oppenheim, J Kobel, 1512—13.
Taylor, John
Thesaurarium Mathematicae. London, 1 707.
Wilkins, J.
Mathematical Magick. London, 1 680.
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Mathematics & Science — Manuscripts
Manuscripts and correspondence of Alexander G. Bell, Thomas Edi-
son, Clarence John Blake, etc.
Medieval Manuscripts
Albumasar
Liber de meditationibus. 1 4th century manuscript.
Andreae, Johannes
Commentaria ad S. Hieronymum. 1 5th century French manuscript.
Aquinas, Thomas
De fallaciis. 1 4th century manuscript. Bound with Aristotle. Or-
ganon.
Aristotle
Organon. 14th century manuscript. Bound with Thomas Aquinas,
De fallaciis.
Ars Moriendi. 1 5th century manuscript.
Canones tabularum (Johannes de Saxonia and Joannes de Lineriis).
1 4th century manuscript.
Caxton, William
Volume containing nine fifteenth-century manuscripts, supposedly
from the library of William Caxton and inscribed by him.
Franciscan Breviary. Illuminated manuscript, about 1 340.
Horae B. V. M. Rennes, c. 1 400.
Horae B. V. M. ad usum Dolensem. Northern France, early 1 5th
century.
Horae B. V. M. Manuscript. Flanders, 1 5th century.
Horae B. V. M. ad usum Romanum. Manuscript. Flanders, c. 1 500.
St. Jerome
Epistolae. 1 5th century Italian manuscript.
Vita S. Augustini. 1 5th century German manuscript.
Incunabula
Abstemius
Fabulae. Venice, 1 499.
Albertus de Saxonia
De proportionibus. Venice, 1 494.
Angelus
Astrolabiuiii. Venice, 1 494.
[1351
Incunabula (continued)
Annius
Auctores vetustissimi. Venice, 1 498.
Anselm of Canterbur.v
Cur deus homo. Strassburg, not after 1474,
Appianus Alexandrinus
Historia Romana. Reggio d'Emilia, 1494; and Scandiano, 1495.
Bessarion, Johannes
Adversus Platonis calumniatorem. Rome, before 1469.
Breviarum Romanum. Venice, 1477.
Cassinensis, Samuel
Liber isagogicus. Milan, 1494.
Cavaica
Fructi della lingua. Florence, 1493.
Corvinus
Cosmographia dans manuductionem. Basel, c. 1493.
Crescentius, P. de
De Agricultura. Venice, 1495.
Cyprian, St.
De duodecim abusivis saeculi. Cologne, 1470.
Eschenbach, Wolfram von
Tyturel. Strassburg, 1477.
[Gospel of Nicodemus.] Historia sive evangelium. Cologne, c. 1499-
1500.
Herbarius Patavie. Passau, 1485.
Hieronymus de Vallibus
Jesuida. Ingolstadt, ca. 1497.
Horae. Paris, 1500.
Horatius
Opera. Strassburg, 1498.
Isidorus Hispalensis (St. Isidore)
Liber Soliloquiorum. Albi, c. 1478.
St. Jerome
Vita e Epistole. Ferrara, 1497.
Lirer, f homan
Chronica von alien Konigen und Kaisern. Ulm, 1 486.
Macrobius
In Somnium Scipionis. Venice, 1 500.
Methodius
Revelations. Basel, 1300.
Negligentiae et dcfectus in missa. Erfurt, 1 494.
Magni, Jacobus
Sophologium. Strassburg, c. 1470.
Sophologium. Lyons, J. de Vingle, 1495.
Molitoris
De Lamiis. M. Flach, 1 500.
[136]
Incunabula (continued)
Matleolo da Perugia
De memoria. M. Schott, 1498.
Otto von Passau
Die Vierundzwanzig Alten. Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 1480.
Papal Dispensation
Augsburg, Ratdolt, 1487.
Precordiale sacerdotum devote celebrare cupientium. Basel, Johannes
von Amerbach, June 1 6, 1 489.
Ptolemaeus
Liber quadripartiti. Venice, 1493,
Raymundus
Epislola Luciferi. Paris, ca. 1498,
Regiomontanus
Dialogus inter Viennensem et Cracoviensem. Nuremberg, Regio-
montanus, c. 1475,
Richenthal, Ulrich von
Concilium zu G)nstanz. Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 1483.
Rodericus Zamorensis (Sanchez de Arevalo)
Speculum vitae humanae. Toulouse, J. Parix, ca. 1 480.
Speculum vitae humanae. Besancon, P, Metlinger, 1 488.
Rolevinck, Werner
Fasciculus temporum. Cologne, 1474,
Septem Sapientes, Cologne, c, 1472,
Speculum humanae salvationis, Augsburg, Gunther Zainer, 1473.
Suidas
Lexicon. Milan, 1499,
Turrecremata
Expositio brevis, Mainz, Schoeffer, 1 476.
Vegius
Philalethes. Nuremberg, Regiomontanus, 1474.
Von Wyle, Niclas
Translationen. Esslingen, Conrad Fyner, 1478.
Illustrated Books
Anleitung zum Richtiger und Geschmackvollen blumen-Zeichnung.
Nuremberg and Leipzig, 1 802.
Bewick, Thomas
A General History of Birds and Quadrupeds. Philadelphia, 1 824.
de la Bretonne, Restif
La Paysane Pervertie. La Haie, 1 784.
La Prevention Nationale, La Haie, 1 784,
[137]
iLLUSTRAIFiD BoOKS (continued)
Colonna, Francisco
Hypnerotomachie ou Discours du songe de Poliphilc. Paris, 1 546.
Corbeiile de Fleurs. Paris, 1 807.
Les Exposicions des Epislres et Euangiles. Paris, for Verard, 1519.
Hours, French. Paris, Simon Voslre, 1508.
Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis. London, 1514.
Hortulus Anime. Lyons, 1513.
Icones historarum veteris testamenti. Lyons, 1547. Hans Holbein, illus.
Imbert, Barthelemy
Le Jugernent de Paris. Amsterdam, 1772.
Philo Judaeus
Les Oeuvres do Philon Juif. Paris, 1575,
Junius, H.
Emblemata. Antwerp, 1565.
Justiniano, Leonardo
Laude devotissime. Venice, 1517.
Lamb, Charles
Essays of Elia. London, 1900. 2 vols. (Brock illustrations.)
Liliputian Dancing School, [c. 1780.]
McCringer, Joel
A Compendious Treatise on Modern Education. London, 1802.
Malory, Sir Thomas
Le Morte Darthur. London, 1 893-94.
Mirabilia Romae, 1536.
Royen, J. F.
De illustratie van het boek. Amsterdam, 1930.
Sambucus
Emblemata. Anvers, 1564.
Schopper, Hartman
Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum. Frankfurt, 1568.
Steinmeyer, V.
Newe kiinstliche, wohlgerissene, unnd in Holtz geschnittene Figuren.
Frankfurt am Main, 1619-20. (Weiditz, Burgkmair, Schaiif-
felein, etc., illus.)
Tooley, R. V.
Some English books with coloured plates. London, 1935.
Verini, Gian Batlista
Luminario. Toscolano, c. 1526.
Worringer, Wilhelm
Die Altdeutsche Buchillustration. Munich, 1919.
Young, Edward
The Complaint, and the Consolation ; or, Night Thoughts. London,
1797. Blake engravings.
[138]
Finp:ly Printed Books
Chadourne, L.
Terre de Chanaan. Paris, 1925. Illus. by Pierre Falke.
Coppard, A. E.
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me. Cockerel Press, 1 92 1 ,
Darmstaedter Pessach-Haggadah. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1927.
Desportes, Ph.
Les LX Pseaumes de David. Maastricht, 1926.
St. Francis
Laudes Creatorum. Doves Press, 1910.
Frith, Wm. Powell
John Leech, His Life and Work. 4 vols. London, 1 89 1 . Inlaid,
extra-illus.
Giraudoux, Jean
Promenade avec Gabrielle. Paris, 1919—24. Illus. by J. E. La-
boureur.
Siegfried et le Limousin. Paris, 1928. Etchings by Edy Legrand.
Gourmont, Remy de
Couleurs, contes. Paris, 1 929. Illustrations by J. E. Laboureur.
Haberly, Loyd
Antiquary. Long Crendon, Bucks, 1933.
Boy and Bird. Long Crendon, Bucks, 1932.
The Crowning Year and other Poems. Corfe Mullen, Dorset, 1937.
Poems. Seven Acres Press. 1930.
Hall, Carroll D.
Bierce and the Poe Hoax. Windsor Press. N.d.
Johnson, Cecil and James
A Printer's Garland. Windsor Press, N.d.
Laboureur, J. E.
Peau d'Ane. Paris? 1936.
Lamb, Charles
Dream-Children. New York, 1923. Bruce Rogers,
New Year's Eve. New York, 1923. Bruce Rogers.
Rosamund Gray. London, 1928. Golden Cockerel Press.
Maeterlinck, Maurice
L'Oiseau Bleu. Paris, 1 909.
L'Oiseau Bleu, with set of illustrations. Paris, [1931].
Psalter, Der. Munchen, 1929. Bremer Press.
Radiguet, Raymond
Le Diable au Corps. Paris, 1 926. Illus. by Maurice Vlaminck.
Rameau, P.
Le Maitre a Danser. Paris, 1725.
Roy en, J. F. van, en P. N. v. Eyck
Over Boekkunst en de Zilverdister, 1916.
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Finely Printed Books (continued)
Spinoza
Tractatus politicus. Hilversum, 1928. I Icuvcl Press.
Sterne, Laurence
Works. 7 vols. Shakespeare Head Press,
Valery, Paul
Le Jeune Parque. Paris, 1925. lUus. by Daragnes.
Villon, Francois
Oeuvres. Kunera Press, 1926.
Oeuvres. Maastricht, 1 929. Halcyon Press.
Fine Bindings
Collins, William
Poetical Works. London, 1797. Gosden binding.
Saunders, James
The Compleat Fisherman. London, 1 724. Gosden binding
Music — Printed Books
Dowland, John
The first book of Songes . . . second book. 1597—1600. London.
Eccles, John
A collection of songs. London, 1710.
Giovanelli, Pietro
Thesauri Musici. 5 vols. Venice, 1568.
Lavves, Henry
Ayres and dialogues. London, 1653—55—58.
Playford, John
The whole book of Psalms. 1 699.
Purcell, Henry
A musical entertainment. London, 1 684.
Ravenscroft, Thomas
Harmonia perfecta. 1 730.
Simpson, Christopher
The Division viol. London, 1 667.
Tritonius
Melopiac. Augsburg, 1507.
1140]
Music — Manuscripts
Musical manuscripts
37 letters by composers (Wagner, Liszt, Meyerbeer, Gounod,
Saint-Saens, etc); 6 autographed photographs; Mendelssohn's
Quartet No. 1 1 (presentation copy).
Miscellaneous — Printed Books
Alexander VI, Pope
Defense of Bull of Sixtus IV (against Sebastian Branl). Oppen-
heim. J. Kobel, 1503.
Amman
Terentius, Mureto emendatus. Frankfurt am Main, 1574.
Brunetto Latini
Retorica. Rome, 1546.
Carter, John
Binding Variants in English Publishing, 1820-1900. London,
1932.
Grammaire Turque. Constantinople, 1 730.
Juvenal & Persius
Satires, trans, by Dryden. London, 1 693.
Koops, Mat.
Historical Account of the Substances ... to the Invention of Paper.
London. 1800.
des Masures, Louis
L'Eneide de Virgile. Lyons, Jean de Tournes, 1560.
McCoy, James C.
Jesuit Relations. Paris, 1937.
Maggi
Delia Fortificatione. 1584.
Mairet
Notice sur la lithographic, ou L'art d'imprimer sur pierre. Dijon,
1818.
Millar, Eric George
The Library of Chester A. Beatty. 4 vols. London, 1927-30.
Monge, Gaspard
Description de l'art de fabriquer les canons. 1 793.
Plato
Omnia Opera. Venice, 1513. Aldus.
Plautus
Comedies. London, 1 694.
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Miscellaneous — Printed Books (coniinued)
Plutarch
Morals. London, 1603.
Report from the Committee of Secrecy, appointed by the House of
Commons to examine the late negotiations of Peace and Commerce
with France. Lx>ndon, 1715.
Seder Haggadah she! pesach. Amsterdam, 1712,
Tunstall, Cuthbert
In laudem matrimonii. Basel, 1519.
Turner, William
' Herbal. Cologne, 1568.
Uberti, Fazio degli
Ditta Mundi. Venice, 1501.
Valturius
De ReMilitari. 1532.
Yiddish theatre collection.
Collection of early children's books.
Collection of Russian children's books. Modern.
Miscellaneous — Manuscripts
Abbey, Edwin A.
2 A. L. S.
Dramatic Group
Copy of Cauldock testimonial, signatures of Joseph Jefferson, De-
Wolf Hopper, etc. Presentation copy of "Great Acting in English"
from Julia Marlowe to W. J. Rolfe. Letters of Julia Marlowe and
Joseph Jefferson, etc. [12 pieces.]
Metternich, Prince Clemens Von
L. S., Ip. August 1, 1807.
Pitcairn Island
Ms. Account of Capt. Arthur, 1 822.
Turgeniev, Ivan
A. L. S., 5pp. 1875.
Whistler, James McNeill
A. L. S. August 21, [1890]. 2pp. A. L. S. Ip. [1890].
1142]
A SELECTION OF INIERES TING GIF IS OF BOOKS IN 1939
Bentley, Harry C.
Twenty-five works on bookkeeping, for the Harry C. Bentley Collec-
tion.
Bradley, Mrs. J. D. Cameron
A collection of 1620 volumes and 158 pamphlets, principally German
and English classics, many of which are first and other rare editions.
Byrd, Admiral Richard E.
Twenty-six photographs of the second Antarctic Expedition of Ad-
miral Richard E. Byrd.
Columbia Broadcasting System
Crisis: September, 1938. A complete and verbatim transcript of what
America heard over the Columbia Broadcasting System during the 20
days of the Czechoslovakian crisis. Prepared by the Columbia Broad-
casting System, November, 1938. In 10 volumes.
Crisis: a report from the Columbia Broadcasting System. New York,
Columbia Broadcasting System, (1938).
Serious music on the Columbia Broadcasting System. A survey of
series, soloists and special performances from 1927 through 1938.
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., New York.
Crestin, Louis
A collection of 48 volumes and 23 pamphlets, principally in French
and German, on philosophy, psychology, religion, mathematics and the
social sciences.
Cummin, Dr. John W.
A collection of 40 items, including 1 5 pieces of music, several volumes
of college songs, operettas produced by the Hasty Pudding Club of
Harvard College, poetry and miscellaneous non-fiction.
Facsimile Text Society
Defoe's Review. Reproduced from the original editions, with an intro-
duction and bibliographical notes by Arthur Wellesley Secord. Fac-
simile Books 1—22. Publi.-hed by the Columbia University Press for
the Facsimile Text Society, New York, 1938.
Pleischner, Otto, Estate of
A collection of 35 books and 24 pam[)hlets from the library of Otto
Fleischner, over 1 50 manuscript letters and notes concerning Ben-
jamin Franklin, many of which were written to Mr. Fleischner by
George Simpson Eddy, and other manuscript material concerning Eu-
gene Field, Maude Howe Elliott, Julia Ward Hov.e, and others.
Foster Hall Collection
Eleven books, pamphlets and typescripts relating to the Foster 1 lall
Collection; and 2 copies of a wood-cut portrait by Howard Simon
of Stephen Collins Foster.
Gaines, Dr. Samuel R.
A total of 49 volumes, including music and current fiction and non-
fiction, given at intervals throughout the year.
[143]
Goodwill Fund, Inc.
A total of 89 volumes and 72 pamphlets, for the Business Branch and
the Central Library.
Hall, John L.
A collection of 1 1 volumes, many beautifully bound, relating to the
art and literature of France and Portugal.
London, Library of the Corporation of the City of
The Great Chronicle of London. Edited by A. H. Thomas and I. D.
Thornley. London, printed by George W. Jones, at the Sign of the
Dolphin, London and Aylesbury, 1938.
New York Public Library
A microfilm copy of Freedom's Journal, March, 1827— March, 1829.
Perry, Margaret
A collection of 25 letters from John Addington Symonds to Thomas
S. Perry, written during the years 1883—1889.
Phelan. Walter J.
A collection of 1 48 lantern slides, 6 prints and 1 negative, and a note-
book of lecture notes illustrating the story of revolutionary Boston and
CharlestowTi.
Phillips, A. V.
The Saxons in England. A history of the English Commonwealth till
the period of the Norman Conquest. By John Mitchell Kemble. Lon-
don, Quaritch, 1876. In 2 volumes.
Falaise Roll, recording prominent companions of William, Duke of
Normandy at the conquest of England. By M. Jackson Crispin and
Leonce Macary. Butler and Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London, 1938.
L'art de verifier les dates des faits historiques, des chartes, des chro-
niques, et autres anciens monumens, depuis la naissance de Notre-
Seigneur . . . par un Religieux Benedictin de la Congregation de S.
Maur. Paris, Alexandre Jombert jeune, 1 783. In 8 volumes.
Ripley, Lloyd C.
lypographical antiquities, or The history of printing in England, Scot-
land and Ireland, containing memoirs of our ancient printers and a
register of the books printed by them. By the Reverend Thomas Frog-
nail Dibdin. London, Savage (1809). In 4 volumes.
Smith, Harold V.
Enjine! Enjine! A story of fire protection, by Kenneth Holcomb Dun-
shee. Published by Harold Vincent Smith for the Home Insurance
Company, New York, 1 939.
Sons of Union Veterans, Camp 89
Grand Army of the Republic, Dt-paitnienl of Massachusetts. Per-
.sonal war sketches of the members of Francis Washburne Post No 92,
of Brighton. (Philadelphia, 1890.)
Framed rharti-r oi the Francis Washburne Post 92, G. A. R.
[144]
APPENDIX F
USE OF BOOKS
Comparative Circulation Statistics, 1935-1939
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
Central Library
737,396
757.363
748,211
376.837
383.180
Bu!siness Branch
17.921
17.822
18309
18.603
18.454
Young People's Room,
Central Library
56.042*
50.943*
School Department
9.018*
23338*
Branch Issue Department
48,392*
48,207*
Deposit Circulation
(estimated)
374.194*
333.700*
Branch Libraries:
Allston
182.203
172.835
160,973
155.666
142.082
Andrew Square
130,777
127.827
128.590
119.587
124.545
Boylston
137,179
138.532
124.069
124,118
126.518
Brighton
130,741
121.152
113.169
109.720
107,516
Charlestown
117.525
116,034
110.377
102,532
106.739
City Point
140.006
129.289
124.505
119.279
116.185
Codman Square
168.412
164.553
157.174
142.898
138.521
Dorchester
135,821
137.759
130.130
124.554
107.954
East Boston
161,227
150.340
130,570
125,585
123.723
Faneuil
138,561
133.787
120,908
108.817
117.945
Fellowes Athenaeum
89,857
91.436
84,090
67.402
67362
Hyde Parle
141.763
129,807
126.043
117,678
116.446
Jamaica Plain
119.760
116,604
118.819
109,793
107.667
Jeffries Point
76,500
73,593
71.440
68,626
64.566
Kirstein
64.045
56,536
46.204
48.097
48.771
Lower Mills
70.928
64,371
60,635
57,098
58.892
Mallapan
196.311
188,382
177.013
174.567
171.156
Memorial
211.971
192,100
173.279
168,243
163.684
Mt. Bowdoin
143.823
137,889
128.668
119,133
119.190
Mt. Pleasant
89.924
84.102
80.752
77,635
78.759
Neponset
64.409
60.1 1 7
59.535
58215
56,012
North End
123.174
125.656
121,927
103,079
100.195
Orient Heights
81.189
68.932
60.255
55.529
53.469
Parker Hill
112.165
108.933
102.314
97.016
92.149
Phillips Brooks
45.839
44,859
40.387
39.168
39371
Roslindale
154,640
151.971
146,992
132.852
121.158
Roxbury Crossing
72.839
71,037
44,576
16.205**
South Boston
128.979
124.228
117.16!
99.734
94.694
South End
1 53,478
1 50.728
138.298
124314
121.998
Tyler Street
47.979
51.364
53301
25.397**
Upham's Corner
199,564
188.437
175,918
169.078
159,616
West End
201373
200.444
181,642
165,631
1 54.786
West Roxbuiy
161.864
157,918
155.144
143.712
139.484
4.949.701 4.806.737 4.531378 4354.044 4.198.975
Prior to 1938 included under Central Library
Branch Library closed July I. 1938
145]
GiMNs AND Losses in Circulation, 1930-1939
NO. OF BOOKS
INCREASE OR
LENT TO
DECREASE OVER
YEAR
BORROWERS
PRECEDING YEAR
1929
3.930,068
1930
4,133.459
+203,391
1931
4.702,932
+569.473
1932
5.567,681
+864.749
1933
5.548,283
-19398
1934
5,194,351
-353,932
1935
4,949.701
-244.650
1936
4,806,737
-142,964
1937
4,531.378
-275359
1938
4,354.044
-177,334
1939
4.198.975
-155.069
PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE PERCENTAGE
OR DECREASE OF INCREASE
OVER PRECEDING YEAR OVER 1929
+5%
+12%
+16%
-03%
-7%
-5%
-3%
-6%
-4%
-4%
+5%
+17%
+42%
+41%
+32%
+26%
+227o
+15%
+11%
+7%
Distribution of Total Circulation in 1939
FROM DEPOSITS IN
SCHOOLS, INSTI 1 UTIONS
HOMf. USE & ENGIN'I: HOUSES* TOTALS
Central Library (Reference Division)
Direct lending to borrowers 356,704
Central Library volumes circulated through
Branch Issue Dept. & Branch Libraries 26,476
Business Branch
18,454
Young People's Room, Central Library
50,943
School Department
23338
Branch Issue Department
48,207
Branch Libraries:
Allsfon
142,082
Andrew Square
124,545
Boylston
126,518
Brighton
107.516
Charlestown
106.739
City Point
116.185
Codman Square
138.521
Dorchester
107,954
East Boston
123,723
Fancuil
1 1 7.945
Fellowes Athenaeum
67.362
Hyde Park
116.446
Jamaica Plain
107.667
Jeffries Point
64,566
Kirstein
48,771
Lower Mills
58.892
268,291
22,494
245
356,704
26.476
18,454
50,943
291,629
70,701
142,082
124,545
126,518
108348
112,273
116.185
140.986
109.020
124.218
119.835
74.907
116.446
107,912
64.566
48.771
58,882
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Maltapan
Memorial
Mt. Bowdoin
Mt. Pleasant
Neponsef
North End
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
South Boston
South End
Upham's Corner
West End
West Roxbury
* Estimated
171.156
225
171,381
163,684
242
163.926
119,190
95
119,285
78.759
56,012
78.759
56,012
100,195
33
100228
53,469
53,469
92.149
92,149
39,371
55
39.426
121.158
3,225
124383
94,694
94.694
121,998
1.523
123.521
159,616
634
160.250
154,786
12,567
167353
139,484
4,244
143,728
3.865,275
333,700
4.198,975
Summary of Circulation by Division in 1939
books lent for home use
Reference Division:
Central Library (including Central Library books
issued through the Branch Libraries) . . . 383,180
Business Branch . 18,454
Circulation Division :
Young People's Room, Central Library . . . 50,943
School Department ....... 23,338
Branch Issue Department 48.207
Branch Libraries 3341,153
401,634
3.463.641
3.865.275
Total Circulahon in 1939
Books Lent for Home Use
Reference Division
Circulation Division
Deposits of books (estimated)
401.634
3,463.641
333,700
4.198.975
47"
Inter-Library Loans, 1939
Under the inter-library loan system with other libraries the
following lending of books for the purpose of serious research
is shown:
Volumes lent to other libraiies in Massachusetts
Volumes lent to libraries outside of Massachusetts
2.114
501
2.615
Classification of Circulation, 1939
In the Circulation Division the classified direct circulation
shows the following percentages:
PERCENTAGE
Fiction for adults
Non-fiction for adults
Juvenile fiction
Juvenile non-fiction
45.3%
16.6%
253%
12.8%
100.0%
In the Reference Division the classified direct circulation
shows the following percentages:
Fiction
Non-fiction
percentage
40.1%
59.9%
100.0%
Missing Books from the Branch Libraries, 1935-1939
year
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
%0F
%0F
total
DECREASE FROM
DECREASE
NUMBER
PRECEDING YEAR
FROM 1935
12,769
11.012
8,786
6,931
5.299
-14%
-20^,
-21%
-24%
-14%
-31%
-45%
-59%
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Books Unrecoverable from Borrowers from Branch Libraries, 1930-1939
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
NUMBER OF
%0F
%0F
VOLUMES
CHANGE FROM
CHANCE
UNRECOVERABLE
PRECEDING YEAR
FROM 1930
2383
2,598
+9%
+9%
2,179
-16%
-8%
2.191
+0.6%
-8%
2,262
+3%
-5%
1.399
-38%
-41%
953
-32%
-60%
979
+1.7%
-59%
742
-24%
-69%
642
-13%
-73%
Books Unrecoverable from Borrowers from Branch Libraries, 1930-1939
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
%0F
TOTAL NUMBER
TOTAL number
VOLUMES BORROWED
OF VOLUMES
OF VOLUMES
WHICH WERE
UNRECOVERABLE
BORROWED
UNRECOVERABLE
2.383
3.218,102
0.074%
2,598
3.775,021
0.069%
2.179
4.602,790
0.047%
2,191
4,589,393
0.048%
2,262
4,291,443
0.053%
1,399
4.078.044
0.034%
953
3.919.024
0.024%
979
3,659.056
0.027%
742
3,470,958
0.021%
642
3.341.153
0.019%
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APPENDIX G
THE CATALOGS
VOLS. AND
PARTS
TITLES
Reference Division
Cataloged
Central Library
18.165
14.410
Business Branch
2.154
Serials added
Central Library
4.296
24.615
14,410
Circulation Division
Cataloged
Young People's Room, Central Library
1.155
School Department
2,857
Branch Issue Department
1,560
Branch Libraries
30.319
Miscellaneous
26
35,917
The number of volumes shelved and thus made available for
public use is:
Reference Division
Central Library (including continuations) 25,661
Business Branch 2,154
Books reported lost or missing in previous years but
now found, etc. 1.334 29.149
Circulation Division
Young People's Room. Central Library
School Department Y 42 137
Branch Issue Department )
Branch Libraries
Books reported lost or missing in previous years but
now found, etc. 534 42,671
71.820
[150]
The number of volumes removed from collections during the
year (books reported lost or missing, condemned copies not yet
replaced, etc.) :
Reference Division
Central Library 2,727
Business Branch 86 2,813
Circulation Division
Young People's Room, Central Library
School Department \. 57,%6
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
60,779
APPENDIX H
PRINTING AND BINDING
The Printing Department
Requisitions received and filled 285
Card Catalog (Central Library) :
Titles 8.200
Cards finished (exclusive of "extras") 147,600
Card Catalog (Branch Libraries) :
Titles 944
Cards finished (exclusive of "extras") 94,400
Signs 1,906
Blank forms (numbered series) 4,938,280
Forms, circulars and sundries (outside the numbered series) 45,025
Catalogs, pamphlets, bibliographical programs 140,731
The Binding Department
Number of volumes bound in vrsrious styles 61,094
Magazines stitched 71
Volumes repaired 977
Volumes guarded 733
Maps mounted 164
Photographs and engravings mounted 4308
Library publications folded, stilchc'cl and trimmed 157,325
II3IJ
APPENDIX I
LECTURES. CONCERTS, EXHIBITIONS
LECTURES
DATE
Jan. 5
Jan. 8
Jan. 12
Jan. 15
Jan. 16
Jan. 19
Jan. 22
Jan. 23
Jan. 26
Feb. 2
Feb. 5
Feb. 9
General Lecture Series in the Central Library
TITLE lecturer
Breaking the Barriers of Darkness Mr. Malcolm Watkins
Shakespeare as a Dramatic Crafts- Professor M. R. Copithorne,
man Dept. of English and History,
(Boston Drama League Course) M. I. T.
The Activities of the Metropolitan Hon. Eugene C. Hultman,
District Commission Commissioner, Metroi)olitan
(Field and Forest Club Course) District Commission
The Builders of Boston
Miss Abigail Covell Lazelle
The Beauty Spots of Austria, Ba- Mr. John J. Ward
varia and Budapest
Glimpses of Kentucky Colonels, Mr. H. Harding Hale
Trails, and Coffee Trees
Poetic Readings by the Author
Aerial Photographic Mapping
Dances and Dance Music through
the Centuries
Jan. 29 Acting and the Moscow Theater
New England Beautiful
Modernism in Drama
(Boston Drama League Course)
Mr. George Pearson
Lt.-Col. James W. Bagley
Dr. Hans Nathan
Mrs. Carlene Murphy Samoi-
loff
Dr. Wallace Nutting
Professor Marston Balch,
Dept. of English, Tufts Col-
lege
Beautiful and Historic Places in Mr. Laurence B. Fletcher,
Massachusetts Secretary, Trustees of Public
Reservations
Feb. 1 2 The International Problem
Mr. Frank H. Sprague
1152]
DATE TITLE
Feb. 16 Home of General Custer. The
Black Hills and Bad Lands.
Feb. 23 The Architecture of Gothic America
The United States and the Far
Eastern Maelstrom
Irish Mediaeval Craftsmanship,
Manuscript and Metal
The Good Plays of Boston's Spring
and Fall Theatrical Season
(Boston Drama League Course)
The Fiscal Policy of the New Deal
Tramping the Ridgepole of the
White Mountains
Horticultural Trends
A Program of Imitations of Bird
Songs
(Brookline Bird Club Course)
Trout and Salmon Fishing in North-
ern Idaho
(Field and Forest Club Course)
The Unusual History and Develop-
ment of the Great New England
Fisheries
California Estates of National Ce-
lebrities
The British Isles
Friendship Through the Eyes of the
Poet
Through the Back Door of the Cir-
cus.
Feb.
26
Mar.
2
Mar.
5
Mar.
6
Mar.
9
Mar.
12
Mar.
13
Mar. 16
Mar. 19
Mar. 20
Mar. 23
Mar. 26
Mar. 30
LECTURER
Mrs. C. W. P. Leiter
Professor Warren S. Tryon,
Dept. of History and Govern-
ment, Simmons College
Professor G. Nye Steiger
Miss Ellen F. O'Connor
Mr. Frank Chouteau Brown
Harvard University Debating
Council vs. Boston College
Mr. Gardner E. Campbell
Professor Arnold M. Davis
Mr. Charles Crawford Gorst
Mr. R. A. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Edward H. Cooley
Mr. Charles Gibbs Adams
Mr. A. D. Nicholas
Mrs. Emily Vance
Mr. George Brinton Beal
m
DATE TITLE
Apr. 2 An Hour of Poetry, Prose and
Drama
Apr. 5 Two synchronized colored motion
picture films of the West
Apr. 6 Byways and Waterways of the At-
lantic Coast
Apr. 9 Bonnets
Apr. I 3 Daily Life in a Medici Palace
Apr. 20 The Charm and Romance of Early
New England Houses
Apr. 23 Friendly Folk Along the Trails
Apr. 27 Three One- Act Plays
Lonesome-Like
The Purple Door Knob
The Portrait
Miss Dorothy Sawyer Bates
Mr. John H. Kenney and
Mr. William S. Yale
Mr. Vernon L. Small
Mrs. Eleanor Coray Forman
Miss Gertrude R. B. Richards
Mrs. Emily Henry Bush
Mr. Thornton W. Burgess
The Theater Workshop
Players
Apr.
30
Mushrooms, Their Culture and
Uses
Dr. William H. Davis
Oct.
5
Unusual Incidents and Characters
of Boston Harbor, 1004[?]-1939
Mr. Edward Rowe Snow
Oct.
8
Value of a Vocation
Mrs. Mary Winn Bullock
Oct.
15
Robert Browning: The Mystery of
"Paracelsus"
Dr. E. Melville Quimby
Oct.
19
Amazing America
Lt. Robert E. McMillan
Oct.
22
Mexico
Mrs. Alice Howland Ma-
comber
Oct.
23
Art as the Handmaid of History
Miss Gertrude R. B. Rich
ards
Oct.
26
The Economic Background of
Shay's Rebellion
Mr. Fred Miller
Oct.
29
New England Gems
Professor Charles Palache
Oct.
30
The Far East Situation
Harvard University Debating
Council vs. McGill Univer-
sity
[154]
DATE
Nov. 2
Nov. 5
Nov. 9
Nov. 23
Nov. 26
Dec. 3
Dec. 4
Dec. 7
Dec. 10
Dec. 14
Dec
17
Dec.
21
Dec.
28
Dec.
31
TITLE
Goodyear's Discovery in Wobuin
The Develop of Stage Decoration
over 300 years
(Boston Drama League Course)
One Hundred Masterpieces in Ten
National Park Galleries
(Field and Forest Club Course)
Exploring America from Mountain
Peak to Valley Floor
Two American Heroines: Clara
Barton and Mary Murray
Shakespeare and Sophocles; the
Elizabethan and the Greek
A Nature-Lover Goes Auto-Camp-
ing Across the American Continent
(Brookline Bird Club Course)
Vanishing Americans
Monologues
Hunting Big Game in Tanganyika,
British East Africa; and the Pyg-
mies of Belgian Congo
(Field and Forest Club Course)
Dickens' Christmas Carol
"The Star Gleams", a pantomime
portrayal of the Nativity
Painters of Germany
Romance of Old Whaling Days
LECTURER
Mr. William D. Goddard
Mr. Frank Chouteau Brown
Mr. Charles W. Casson
Miss Ruth M. E. Hennig
Mme. Aino Saari
Professor M. R. Copithorne,
Dept. of English and History,
M. L T.
Mr. L. Raymond Talbot
Mr. Fred W. Glasier
Miss Olive Evelyn
Mr. La Herbert Morse
Mr. Edward F. Payne
Back Bay Community Chorus
Miss Patricia Marshall Tate
Mrs. Margaret Louise Wood
155]
CONCERTS IN Tl IF. CEN1 RAL LIBRARY
DATE TITLE
Jan. 8 Concert
Jan. 1 5 Program of Chamber Music
Jan. 22 Concert
Jan. 29 Costume Program
Feb. 5 Song Recital
Feb. 12 Lecture-Recital on Jewish Music
Feb. 19 Song Recital
Program of Songs and Arias
Feb. 26 Violin Recital
Mar. 5 Lecture-Recital: Thomas Moore,
the Bard of Erin
Mar. 1 2 Song Recital
Mar. 19 Concert b}- L'Africaine Singers
Mar. 26 Concert of Chamber Music
Apr. 2 Song Recital
Apr. 9 Vocal and Pianoforte Recital
ARTISTS
Massachusetts State Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs Cho-
ral Society; George Sawyer
Dunham, conductor
Paul Hastings Allen, com-
poser and pianist
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra,
Edward Siegel, conductor
Frances Perry, mezzo-
soprano
Helen Doane, reader and
accompanist
Sibyl Webb, soprano
Professor S. G. Braslavsky
Marion Fisher Robertson,
mezzo-soprano
Elaine Elkerton, contralto
Alexander Romanesque,
Roumanian violinist
Benedict FitzGerald
Thomas A. Quinn, tenor
Camille Girouard, baritone
Henry Gideon, director
Einar Hansen, violinist
Reynold J. Robillard,
Evelyn M. Duncanson,
soprano
Helen Canterbury, pianist
[156]
DATE
Apr. 16
Apr. 23
Ai.r. 30
Oct. 2
Oct. 8
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Nov. 5
Nov. 26
Dec. 10
Dec. 17
Jan. 10
through
Feb. 3
Concert
Recital
Song Recital
Concert
Lecture-Recital: The Songs and
Dances of Hawaii
Concert
The Albert Faucon Violin Recital
Concert
Song Recital
Duet Recital
Dec. 3 Song Recital
Song Recital
A Christmas Program
Music Department of the Bur-
roughs Newsboys Foundation,
Stanley F. Clement, conductor
Elsie Foss, Norwegian concert
pianist
Marjorie Alexandra Cook,
contralto
Boston Alumnae Chapter,
Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority
(Music Honor Society)
Mrs. Mary Frances Barnes
Mary Fitzsimmons, soprano
Edmund L. Myhaver, pianist
Albert Faucon, violinist
The Rose Trio
Sarah Thorn Couch, soprano
Ruth Canavan, soprano
William Rice, tenor
Katharine Cunningham Gray,
soprano
Clotilde Sale, soprano
Carolyn King Hunt, pianiste
LOWELL LECTURES IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Under the Auspices of the Lowell Institute
TITLE OF series
The Evolution of the Military Art
(A series of eight lectures)
Colonel Oliver L. Spaulding,
A.M., LL.D., United States
Field Artillery, Army War
College
Feb. 6
through
Feb. 23
Feb. 7
through
Feb. 24
Feb. 28
through
Mar. 1 7
Mar. 2 I
through
Apr. 7
Apr. 3
through
Apr. 24
Oct. 24
throueh
Nov. lO
Nov. 21
through
Dec. 15
I1^>7J
Physical Problems of a Biologist
(A series of six lectures)
The Beginnings of Representative
Government in England
(A series of six lectures)
The Conflict Betv^een Personal
Liberty and the Efficient Adminis-
tration of Criminal Justice
(A series of six lectures)
Restless Rocks in Our Changing
World
(A series of six illustrated lectures)
Greek Politics
(A series of seven lectures)
Naval History and Modern Naval
Prospects
(A series of six lectures)
The Rise of the Slavic Peoples
(A series of eight lectures)
LECTURER
Jeffries Wyman, Jr., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Zoolo-
gy, Harvard University
George Lee Haskins, A.B.,
Junior Fellow of Harvard
University
Sam Bass Warner, S. J. D.,
Professor of Penal Legisla-
tion and Administration, Law
School of Harvard University
David T. Griggs, Junior Fel-
low of Harvard University
Frank Ezra Adcock, M.A.,
D.Litt., F.B.A., Professor of
Ancient History in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, England
George Fielding Eliot, For-
merly Major, Military Intel-
ligence Reserve, U. S. Army
Samuel Hazzard Cross,
Ph.D., Professor of Slavic
Languages and Literatures,
Harvard University
BOSTON RUSKIN CLUB LECTURES IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Jan. 9 Michael Angelo and His Sonnets Miss Virginia Wainwright
Jan. 23 Europe Has Everything
Courtesy of the Cunard- White
Star Line
Feb. 1 3 John Ruskin's Birthday Observance Mrs. Agnes Knox Black
Feb. 27 Around the Gypsy Camp Fires Madame Aino Saari
Mar. 1 3 The Greek Drama Mr. Joseph C. Whipple
Mar. 27 Magic Adventures in the Caribbean Courtesy of the Cunard-Whitc
Star Line
Ai)r .10 A Spring Festival of Music
Madame Luisa Tosi
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Apr. 24 The Art of Living
Oct. 9 Rabindranath Tagore
Oct. 23 Notable Airs from the Operas
Nov. 27 Hafiz the Persian
Dec. 1 1 Pictures of Notable Madonnas
Miss Anna Dunlap
Gayatri Devi
Madame Luisa Tosi
Miss Virginia Wainwright
Madame Luisa Tosi
EXHIBITIONS IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Exhibition Room
DATE
January 1 5 — February 1 I
February 1 2 — February 1 8
February 1 9 — February 25
March 1 2 - March 25
March
26-
- April
15
April
16-
- April
29
April
30-
- June
3
June
4-
-July
1
July
2-
- August
5
August
6^
- September
2
September 3 - September 30
October 1 — November 4
November 5 - November 1 1
November 1 2 — November 1 8
November 1 9 — December 2
December 3 - January 30
TITLE
Japanese Prints, New and Old
Lincolniana
Washingtoniana ,
Philatelic exhibition of postmarks and pictures
concerning the Navy and Merchant Marine
Reproductions of Modern American Paintings
Animal Posters
Travel Posters
Periodicals Our Ancestors Read
New Cities for Old (City Planning)
Vacationing in New England — Yesterday and
Today
America Goes to College
Boston Harbor
The Making of a Motion Picture
Catholic Book Week
The Making of a Motion Picture
Bicycle Exhibit
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Trf.asure Room
date title
January Joseph Blumenthal: The Spiral Press. (Loan exhibition)
February Rare editions of Shakespeare's King Henry IV and King Henry V
March Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. (Loan exhibition)
April Chronicles of Spain, from the Ticknor Collection
May Chronicles of Spain, from the Ticknor Collection
June Fifty Best Books. (American Society of Graphic Arts loan ex-
hibition)
July "New Science from Old Books": recent acquisitions
August "New Science from Old Books": recent acquisitions
September "New Science from Old Books": recent acquisitions
October Book of Common Prayer: I 50th Anniversary of the American
Prayer Book
November Books and miscellaneous pieces designed by Helen Gentry. (Loan
exhibition) Catholic Book Week.
December Fifty Best Text Books. (Loan exhibition)
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APPENDIX J
TRUST FUNDS
Receipts and Expenditures from Trust Funds Income, 1930-1939
BALANCE
TOTAL AMOUNT
UNEXPENDED
AVAILABLE
FROM
RECEIPTS
FOR USE
EXPENDED
BALANCE
YEAR
PRECEDING YEAR
DURING YEAR
DURING YEAR
DURING YEAR
UNEXPENDED
1930
$40,886.73
$34,020.19
$74,906.92
$22,796.21
$52,110.71
1931
52.110.71
27,507.00
79,617.71
20,839.73
58,777.98
1932
58.777.98
27.713.68
86.491.66
22,801.04
63,690.62
1933
63,690.62
27,226.68
90.917.30
26,633.94
64,283.36
1934
64,283.36
27.006.01
91.289.37
19,083.82
72,205.55
1935
72,205.55
25.494.14
97.699.69
24,496.50
73,203.19
1936
73,203.19
25.730.57
98,933.76
58.826.03
40,107.73
1937
40,107.73
59.839.65
99,947.38
51,161.81
48,785.57
1938
48.785.57
296,214.26
344,999.83
86,338.96
258.660.87
1939
258,660.87
57.656.41
316,31728
119.899.86
1%.4 17.42
Receipts and ELxpenditures from Trust Funds Income, 1930-1939
amount unexpended
from previous
,
YEAR
YEAR
receipts
expenditures
1930
$40,886.73
$34,020.19
$22,7%.21
1931
52.1 10.71
27.507.00
20,839.73
1932
58.777.98
27.713.68
22,801 .04
1933
63.690.62
27.226.68
26,633.94
1934
6433.36
27,006.01
19,083.82
1935
72.205.55
25,494.14
24,496.50
1936
73.203.19
25,730.57
58,826.03
1937
40,107.73
59.839.65
51.161.81
1938
48,785.57
296,214.26
86,338.%
1939
258,660.87
57,656.41
119.899.86
Income from Trust Funds, 1930-1939
year
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
without
for purchase
WITH
TOTAL
restriction
OF UBRARY
miscellaneous
Income
as to use
materials
RESTRICTIONS
received
$7,468.10
$21,454.51
$5,097.58
$34,020.19
6,147.28
17,159.31
4,200.41
27,507.00
6.148.64
17,355.40
4,209.64
27.713.68
6.060.57
17.096.51
4,069.60
27.226.68
6,034.35
16,879.37
4,092.29
27.006.01
5,950.53
16,184.59
3359.02
25.494.14
5,687.72
16,370.97
3.671.88
25,730.57
4,548.14
51.767.20
3.524.31
59.839.65
5.672.19
286,912.72
3,629.35
296,214.26
5,655.74
48.341,89
3.658.78
57,656.41
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INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS, 1939
General Summary
Without restriction as to use of income $5,655.74
For purchase of library materials
Library materials whch may or may not be books $32,375.49
Books only — • without restriction as to kind of books 5,944.69
Books only — with restriction as to kind of books 10,021.71 $48,341.89
With miscellaneous restrictions as to use of income
For newspapers only 1,559.18
For special purposes, not purchases of library materials 986.66
For branch libraries 1,112.94 $3,658.78 $57,656.41
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS, 1939
By Individual Funds
Funds Without Restriction as to Use of Income
Bernard $60.00
Bradlee 35.00
Center 1.302.16
Ford 240.00
Ford Trust (1935) 162.84
Hemenway 200.00
Hyde 144.64
Kii^tein 150.00
Lambert 38.06
Moore
North 60.00
Phillips 1.050.00
Skinner 1,523.04
Stewart 140.00
Treadwell 550.00 $5,655.74
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Funds Whose Income is Available for
Purchase of Library Materials
For the Purchase of Library Materials Which May or May Not Be Books
(By terms of gift)
Benton $32,164.95
Gardner 137.50
Gest 73.04 $32,375.49
For the Purchase of Books Only — Without Restriction as to Kind of Books
Ainsley
Bigelow
Billings
Clement
Cutter
Kimball
$5.62
40.00
3,441 .45
80.00
145.40
423.60
Knapp
Sewall
Underbill
Wadlin
Wales
Wilson
$370.00
1 .062.50
127.62
212.50
36.00
$5,944.69
For the Purchase of Books Only — With Restriction as to Kind of Bookte
Artz
$ 432.52
O'Reilly
$ 44.20
Bates
2,000.00
Pierce
170.00
Bowditch
425.00
Reed
30.00
Codman
97.08
Scholfield
2,384.96
Elizabeth
1,000.00
Slorrow
750.00
Franklin Club
42.50
Ticknor
162.12
Green
53.24
Townsend
160.00
C. Harris
425.00
Twentieth Reg.
212.50
Hersey
93.34
J. L. Whitney-Bks.
532.13
A. Lawrence
275.00
J. L. Whitney-Manus
532.12
Lewis
200.00
$10,021.71 $48,341.89
Funds With Miscellaneous Restrictions as to Use of Income
For Newspapers Only
Todd
$1,559.18
For Special Purposes, Not for Purchase of Library Materials
Boston Book Fair 1938 Fund $
Central Library Building 3.00
Sargent 107.16
A. L. Whitney 176.50
Whitney Bibliographic 700.00
Branch Libraries
T. B. 1 larris
E. Lawrenie
1 .oring
Mead
Morse
Oakland I l.ill
Pratt
South Boston
Tufts
$41.38
2().(X)
10.00
95.60
30.00
455.62
41.86
4.26
414.22
$986.66
$1,112.94 $3,658.78
$57,656.41
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LIST OF TRUST FUNDS AS OF DECEMBER 31. 1939
The figures listed are for the book values of investments as of De-
cember 31, 1939, except in the cases of the Benton Book Fund and the
Benton Building Fund, in which the figures given represent the book
values as of January 21 , 1939, the anniversary) date of those funds.
Ainsley Fund — Bequest of Emily L. Ainsley, under Article I 2 of
her will for the purchase of books. Received in 1 938. $1 64, 1 42.96
Artz Fund — Donation from Victoria Thomas Artz, of Chicago:
the income of this sum to be employed in the purchase of valuable,
rare editions of the writings, either in verse or prose of American
and foreign authors. These books are to be known as the "Long-
fellow Memorial CoUeclion." Received in 1896. $10,000.00
Bates Fund — Donation made by JoSHUA Bates, of London, in March,
1853.
"1 he income only of ihis fund is lo be each and every year expended
in the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority as
may be found most needful and most useful." $50,000.00
Children's Fund — Bequest of JosiAH H. Benton of $100,000, to be
held as "1 he Children's Fund," and the income applied to the pur-
chase of books for the use of the young, to be applied for those pur-
poses only in years when the City appropriates for the maintenance
of the Library at least three per cent of the amount available for
department expenses from taxes and income in said City. In any year
when the City does not thus appropriate at least three per cent of the
amount available for department expenses from taxes and income in
said City, the income given in said will for the purchase of books
for the young shall be paid to the Rector of Trinity Church in the
City of Boston to be by him dispensed in relieving the necessities of
the poor. $100,000.00
Benton Building Fund — Extract from the will of JosiAH H. Benton :
''Twelfth: All the rest and residue of my property and estate I give
and devise ... to the TRUSTEES OF THE Public Library of
THE City of Boston ... and I Direct that the same be held
and used in the manner following . . .
". . . Second: — To hold the other one-half of said residue and
remainder as an accumulating fund, the income and interest to be
added to the principal and reinvested as principal, until the total
amount thereof shall be two million dollars ($2,000,000). And
then I Direct such total sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000)
to be applied to the enlargement of the present central library build-
ing in Boston, or to the construction of another central library build-
ing in such part of the City as may be then most desirable for the
accommodation of the people of said City; such new building to be
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constructed under the advice of the Librarian of the Library at that
time in such manner as may be most desirable for efficient practical
working of a library therein." Received in 1936.
$1,733,103.77
Benton Book Fund — Extract from the will of JosiAH H. Benton:
"Tn>elfth: All the rest and residue of my property and estate I give
and devise ... to the TRUSTEES OF THE Public Library of
THE City of Boston . . . and I Direct that the same be held
and used in the manner following . . .
''First: — One-half of the net income of such residue and remainder
to be applied by the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of
Boston for the purchase of books, maps and other library material
of permanent value and benefit for said Library ; meaning and in-
tending hereby that such income shall be applied for books desirable
for scholarly research and use . . .
". . . It is my desire that . . . the income given by the Twelfth Clause
of my will for the purchase of books, maps and other library material
of permanent value and benefit, shall be in addition to the sums
appropriated by the City for the maintenance of the Boston Public
Library, and that the same shall not be taken into account in any
appropriation by the City for that purpose.
"I, therefore, hereby provide that . . . such income as is given by
Twelfth Clause of my will for the purchase of books . . . shall be
applied for those purposes only in years when the City appropriates
for the maintenance of the Boston Public Library at least three per
cent (3 per cent) of the amount available for department expenses
from taxes and income in said City.
"In any year when the City does not thus appropriate at least three
per cent (3 per cent) of the amount available for department ex-
penses from taxes and income in said City, the income given in said
will for the purchase of books shall be paid to the Rector of Trinity
Church in the City of Boston to be by him disbursed in relieving the
necessities of the poor."
By an Agreement of Compromise entered in the Probate Court
of Suffolk County on January 15, 1935, the Benton Book
Fund was established" ... as a permanent fund, the income and
interest thereon to be applied annually by the Library Trustees,
without regard to the amounts appropriated by the City of Boston
for the maintenance of the Boston Public Library in any year, as
follows: — (a) Six-tenths (6/10) of such income is to be applied an-
nually by the Library Trustees for the purchase of books, maps and
other library material of permanent value and benefit for said li-
brary; meaning and intending hereby that such income shall be
applied for books desirable for scholarly research and use; (b) The
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remaining four-tenths (4/10) of such income is to be paid over an-
nually to the Rector of Trinity Church to be by him disbursed, either
directly, or in his discretion, through charitable organizations or
agencies, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in relieving the
necessities of the poor." Received in 1936. $1,158,857.25
Charles H. L. N. Bernard Fund — Bequest of ChARLES H. L. N.
Bernard. Received in 1930. $2,000.00
Bigelow Fund — Donation made by the HoN. John P. BiGELOW in
August, 1850, when Mayor of the City.
The income from this fund is to be appropriated for the purchase of
books for the increase of the library. $1,000.00
Robert Charles Billings Fund — Bequest of Robert Charles Bil-
lings.
"The sum. to constitute a permanent fund for said library, to be
called the Robert Charles Billings Fund, the income only to be used
for the purpose of the purchase of books for said library." Re-
ceived in 1903. $100,000.00
Boston Book Fair 1 938 Fund — Received from the Board OF Trade
OF Boston Book Merchants as representing the excess of re-
ceipts over expenditures by the Board in connection v/ith the Book
Fair held at the Library in November 1 938. The income to be used
for the benefit of the Library Staff. Received in 1939. $1 72.70
Bowditch Fund — Bequest of J. Ingersoll BowDITCH. Received in
1890.
The whole income in each and every year to be expended in the
purchase of books of permanent value and authority in mathematics
and astronomy. $10,000.00
Bradlee Fund — Bequest of the Rev. Caleb David Bradlee to the
Boston Public Library. Received in 1 897. $1,000.00
Joseph H. Center Fund — Bequest of JosEPH H. Center, the income
thereof to be at all times applied to the purchase of books and other
additions to the library. Received in 1905. $39,520.39
Central Library Building Fund — Donations in response to an appeal by
the Trustees in April. 1925, setting forth the needs of the Library,
from:
Percy Lee Atherton $ 25.00
William York Peters 25.00
John T. Spaulding 100.00
$150.00
Clement Fund — Bequest of FRANK ClemeNT, of Newton, to be known
as the "Frank Clement Fund," the income to be applied to the pur-
chase of books. Received in 1915. $2,000.00
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Henry Sargent Codman Memorial Fund — This is a contribution from
the friends of Henry Sargent Codman, to be used to perpetuate
the memory of Mr. Codman by the purchase of books upon land-
scape gardening. It is the desire of the subscribers that a special
book plate shall be inserted in each of the volumes purchased, identi-
fying it as part of their memorial collection. Received in 1 898.
$2,854.41
Cutter Fund — Bequest of ABRAHAM E. CUTTER of four thousand dol-
lars and his library of books, the income of the fund to be expended
for the purchase of books, and for binding. Received in 1 90 1 .
$4,270.00
Elizabeth Fund ■ — Bequest of Saram A. MaTCHETT, late of Brookline,
who died October 6, 1910, the object of which is stated in the fol-
lowing extract from her will:
"I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Public Library of the
City of Boston, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be called the Eliza-
beth fund, to be received, held and securely invested, and only the
net income therefrom expended every year in the purchase of such
books of permanent value and authority as may be most useful in
said Library." $25,000.00
Daniel Sharp Ford Fund — Bequest of Daniel Sharp Ford to the
Public Library of the City of Boston, to be used for the purchase
of books for the young until otherwise ordered by the Board. Re-
ceived in 1900. $6,000.00
Daniel Sharp Ford Trust Fund — Bequest of Daniel Smarp Ford
to the Public Library of the City of Boston, to be used for general
purposes. Received in 1935. $5,017.65
Franklin Club Fund — Donation made in June, 1 863, by a literary asso-
ciation of young men in Boston, who, at the dissolution of the asso-
ciation, authorized its trustees, Thomas Minns, John J. French and
J. Franklin Reed, to dispose of the funds on hand in such manner
as to them should seem judicious. They elected to bestow them on
the Public Library, attaching thereto only the following conditions:
"In trust, that the income, but the income only, shall, year by year, be
expended in the purchase of books of permanent value, for the use
of the free Public Library of the city, and as far as practicable of
such a character as to be of special interest to young men." The trus-
tees expressed a preference for books relative to government and
political economy. $ 1 ,000.00
Isabella Stewart Gardner Fund — Bequest of ISABELLA Stewart
Gardner.
"To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library, for the Brown
Musical Library, for a memorial to B. J. Lang." Received in 1924.
$5,000.00
Morris Gest Fund - — Donation made by MoRRIS Gesi in December.
1925, the gross receipts from a benefit performance for the Library
of "The Miracle", — $2,652.50, the income to be used in the in-
terest of dramatic art. $2,652.50
Green Fund — Donations of Dr. Samuel A. Green of $2,000, the
income of which is to be expended for the purchase of books relating
to American history. Received in 1878 and 1884. $2,000.00
Charlotte Harris Fund — Bequest of Charlotte Harris, the object
of which is stated in the following extract from her will: "I give to
the Charlestown Public Library $ 1 0,000, to be invested on interest,
which interest is to be applied to the purchase of books published
before 1850. I also give to said Public Library my own private li-
brary and the portrait of my grandfather, Richard Devens." Be-
quests accepted by City Council. July 31,1 877. $1 0,000.00
Thomas B. Harris Fund — Bequest of Thomas B. HarRIS, of Charles-
town, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library. Received
in 1884. $1,089.38
Alfred Hemenway Fund — Bequest of ALFRED HeMENWAY. Received
in 1928. $5,000.00
Heloise E. Hersey Fund — Bequest of HeLOISE E. HerseY, the in-
come to be expended for the purchase of books, preferably those of
recent issue that have real literary value. Received in 1 936.
$3,542.00
Hyde Fund — Bequest of FrAxNKLIN P. Hyde, to be known as the
"Franklin P. Hyde Fund," the income to be applied to the purchase
of books and other library material. Received in 1915. $3,632.40
David P. Kimball F'und — Bequest of David P. KiMBALL.
"I give to the Public Library of the City of Boston, the income to
be used for the purchase of books. $10,000." Received in 1924.
$10,012.90
Louis E. Kirstein Fund — Donations of $1 ,000 each made by LouiS L.
KiRSTEiN, "to be used for any purpose of the Library that the
r rustees see fit to put it to."
October. 1925 $1,000.00
October, 1926
November, 1927
October, 1928
October, 1929
1 ,000.00
1,000.00
1 ,000.00
i ,000.00
$5,000.00
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund — Extract from the will of KatherinE
Knapp: "To the 1 rustees of the Public Library of the City of
Boston, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to be known
as the Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, of which the income only shall
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be used for the purchase of books for said hbrary. And I hereby
request that such books be designated with an appropriate label or
inscription, bearing the name of the Fund," Received in 1914.
$10,000.00
Helen Lambert Fund — Bequest of Helen Lambert, in memory of
Frederic and Louise Lambert. The income of this fund to be ex-
pended for the purchase of books and other library material until
otherwise ordered by the Trustees. Received in 1931. $1,403.57
Abbott Lawrence Fund — Bequest of Abbott Lawrence. The in-
terest on this fund to be exclusively appropriated for the purchase of
books having permanent value. Received in 1860. $10,000.00
Edward Lawrence Fund — Bequest of EDWARD LAWRENCE, of Charles-
town. The following clause from his will explains its purpose:
'To hold and apply the income and so much of the principal as they
may choose, to the purchase of special books of reference to be kept
and used only at the Charlestown branch of said Public Library."
Received in 1886. $500.00
Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund — Bequest of ELIZABETH LewIS, to be
knowTi as the Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund: "I give and bequeath to the
Boston Public Library the sum of $5,000 as a fund, the income of
which is to be used for the purchase of such old and rare books as
shall be fitly selected to augment the collection known as the John
A. Lewis Library." Received in 1903. $5,000.00
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund — Donation from the family of
Charles Greely Loring, the income of which is to be expended
for the purchase of books for the West End Branch. Received in
1 896. $500.00
Charles Mead Fund — Bequest of Charles Mead, to constitute the
Charles Mead Public Library Trust Fund for the promotion of the
objects of the Public Library in such manner as the government of
said library shall deem best, and so far as the government shall
deem consistent with the objects of the library to be used for the
benefit of the South Boston Branch Library. Received in 1 896,
$2,500.00
George W. Moore Fund — Bequest of George W. MooRE, for general
purposes. Received in 1 939, $2 1 7,00
Francis A. Morse Library Fund — Bequest of Francis A. MoRSE, of
West Roxbury; the income only to be expended annually for tlie
purchase of books for the West Roxbury Branch Library suitable
for children of school age. Received in 1936. $1,000.00
Gardner O, North Fund — Bequest of Gardner O. North. Received
in 1928. $2,000,00
The Oakland Hall Trust Fund — By an interlocutory decree of the
Probate Court for the County of Suffolk, the amount of$l 1 ,781 ,44
1169]
was received, llic same being one-half of the nel aniounl leccived
from the disposition of certain property held by the 1 rustces, under
an indenture between Amor HoUingsworth, Sumner A. Burt and
Amor L. HoUingsworth, all of Milton. Mass., and John H. Mc-
Kendry, of Boston, Mass., entered into the sixth day of August,
1870. The above amount was accepted by the City, January 2,
1924, and the Trustees of the Public Library voted to invest the
same under the name of "The Oakland Hall Trust Fund," the
income to be applied to the purchase of books and other library
material for the Mattapan Branch. $1 1 ,781 .44
John Boyle O'Reilly Fund — Donation received from the PapyRUS
Club to establish a fund in memory of John Boyle O'Reilly, late
member of said club, the income of said fund to be devoted to the
purchase of books for the Boston Public Library. Received in 1 897.
,. ., . $1,000.00
Phillips Fund — Donation made by Jonathan Phillips, in April.
1853.
The interest of this fund is to be used exclusively for the purchase
of books $10,000.00
Also a bequest by Mr. Phillips in his will dated September 20,
1 849. The interest on which is to be annually devoted to the main-
tenance of a free Public Library. $20,000.00
Pierce Fund — Donation made by the HoN. Henry L. Pierce, Mayor
of the City, November 29, I 873, and accepted by the City Council.
December 27, 1873. $5,012.90
Sarah E. Pratt Fund — Bequest from Sarah E. PrATT, under the
14th clause of her will, for the benefit of the Dorchester Branch,
$500.00. Received in 1922 and 1924. $1,494.18
Guilford Reed Fund — Bequest of Helen Leah Reed, as a memorial
to Guilford S. Reed; the income to be applied to the purchase of
books of non-fiction. $1,000.00
John Singer Sargent Fund — Balance remaining in hands of surviving
trustees of fund originally raised to install in the Library decorations
by John Singer Sargent; the income to be used for the care and
preservation of the Sargent decorations, etc. $3,858.24
Scholfield Fund — Bequest of ARTHUR ScHOLFiELD, who died in New
York, January 1 7, 1 883. The interest to be paid to certain heirs
during their lives, and then to be used for the purchase of books of
permanent value. 1 he last heir, Joseph Scholfield, died November
1 8, 1 889, and by his will bequeathed to the City of Boston the sum
of $1 1,766.67. which represents the income of said fund received
by him up to the time of his death, to which was added $33.33
accrued interest on deposit up to the time of investment, to be added
to the fund given by his brother, $61 ,800.00
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Sewall Fund — Extract from the will of RiCHARD Black SewalL:
*'Tenth: — I bequeath the following pecuniary legacies clear of
legacy tax, namely. To the Trustees of the Public Library of the
City of Boston $25,000 to be added to their funds and the income
to be used for the purchase of books." Received in 1918.
$25,000.00
Skinner Fund — Extract from the will of Francis Skinner:
"Eleventh. — All my books and library I give and bequeath to my
son, to be enjoyed by him during his life and after his death to be
distributed as he shall appoint among such public libraries, as he shall
judge fit, and in case he makes no such appointment then to the
Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston.
"Sixteenth. — All the rest and residue of my said property of what-
ever kind, I give and bequeath to Augustus P. Loring and J. Lewis
Stackpole in trust to pay the net income to my son Francis Skinner,
Jr., during his life, or to apply the same to his maintenance and sup-
port, or the maintenance and support of any issue of his, as they shall
think best during his life ; and at his death to apply the income to the
maintenance and support of his issue until his youngest child shall
reach the age of 2 1 years and then to distribute said property among
said issue, the issue of a deceased child to take the share a parent
would have if living.
"If there shall be no issue surviving at the time of my son's death,
then to turn the said property into cash and to divide it equally
among the following legatees: The Trustees of the Public Library
of the City of Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Medical School
of Harvard University, and the Free Hospital for Women, Brook-
line, Massachusetts." Received in 1 9 14. $51 ,732. 1 4
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund — Donation of a citizen of
South Boston, the income of which is to be expended for the benefit
of the South Boston Branch Library. Received in 1 879.
$100.00
Mary Elizabeth Stewart Fund — Bequest of Mary ELIZABETH STEW-
ART of $3,500 to the Trustees of the Boston Public Library. The
Trustees voted under date of June 29, 1923, that the income be
applied to the purchase of books and other library material.
$3,500.00
James Jackson Storrow (Harvard '57) Fund — Gift of Helen Stor-
Row and Elizabeth Randolph Storrow as a memorial to
James Jackson Storrow, Senior; income to be used for the purchase
of Italian books. $25,000.00
Ticknor Bequest — By the will of George Ticknor, of Boston, he
gave to the City of Boston, on the death of his wife, all his books
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and manuscripts in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, about
four thousand volumes, and also the sum of four thousand dollars.
After the receipt of said sums the City is required to spend not less
than one thousand dollars in every five years during the twenty-five
years next succeeding (i.e., the income of four thousand dollars, at
the rate of five per cent per annum) in the purchase of books in the
Spanish and Portuguese languages and literature. At the end of
twenty-five years the income of said sum to be expended annually in
the purchase of books of permanent value, either in the Spanish or
Portuguese languages, or in such other languages as may be deemed
expedient by those having charge of the library. The books be-
queathed or purchased are always to be freely accessible for refer-
ence or study, but arc not to be loaned for use outside of the library
building. If these bequests are not accepted by the City, and the
trusts and conditions faithfully executed, the books, manuscripts and
money are to be given to the President and Pellows of Harvard
College. In order that the City might receive the immediate benefit
of this contribution, Anna 1 icknor, widow of the donor, relinquished
her right to retain during her life the books and manuscripts, and
placed them under the control of the City, the City Council having
previously accepted the bequests in accordance with the terms and
conditions of said will, and the Trustees of the Public Library re-
ceived said bequests on behalf of the City, and made suitable ar-
rangements for the care and custody of the books and manuscripts.
Received in 1871. $4,000.00
William C. Todd Newspaper Fund — Donation by WlLLlAM C. TODD,
of Atkins, N. H., accepted by order of the City Council, approved
October 30, 1897, the income to be at least two thousand dollars
a year, to be expended by the Library Trustees for newspapers of
this and other countries. $50,026.44
f ownsend Fund — Donation from William Minot and William Minot,
Jr., executors of the will of Mary P. TownseND, at whose dis-
posal she left a certain portion of her estate in trust for such chari-
table and public institutions as they might think meritorious. Said
executors accordingly selected the Public Library of the City of
Boston as one of such institutions, and attached the following con-
ditions to the legacy: " I he 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 may be so purchased." Received in
1879. $4,000.00
Treadwell Fund — By the will of the late Daniel Treadwell, of
Cambridge, late Rumford Professor in Harvard College, who died
February 27, 1872, he left the residue of his estate, after payment
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of debts, legacies, etc., in Ivust lo his execulois, lo hold during ihc
life of his wife for her benefit, and after her decease to divide the
residue then remaining in the hands of the Trustees, as therein pro-
vided, and convey one-fifth part thereof to the Trustees of the Public
Library of the City of Boston.
By order of the City Council, approved May 17, 1 872, said be-
quest was accepted and the Trustees of the Public Library authorized
to receive the same and invest it in the City of Boston Bonds, income
of which is to be expended by said Trustees in such manner as they
may deem for the best interests of the Library. $13,987.69
Tufts Fimd — Bequest of Nathan A. TuFTS, of Charlestown, to be
known as the "Nathan A. Tufts Fund," the income to be applied
at all times to the purchase of books and other additions to the library
to be placed in the Charlestown Branch. Received in 1906.
$10,131.77
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund — Donation on account of the
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund, the income to be used
for the purchase of books of a military and patriotic character, to be
placed in the alcove appropriated as a memorial to the Twentieth
Regiment. Received in 1897. $5,000.00
Francis Jay Underbill Fund — Net proceeds under the Judicial Settle-
ment of the Account of Arthur Lovell, as Executor of the Last Will
and Testament of Francis Jay Underbill, late of Brooklyn,
New York, the income to be expended for the purchase of books.
Received in 1939. $524.70
Horace G. Wadlin Fund — Bequest of Horace G. Wadlin, of
Reading, former Librarian, of $2,000 to the Trustees of the Public
Library of the City of Boston to be permanently funded and the in-
come thereof used for the purchase of books. Received in 1 932.
$2,000.00
Also a bequest by Ella F. Wadlin; to be added to the Horace G.
Wadlin Fund, and the income to be used for the purchase of books.
Received in 1936. $1,725.84
Wales Fund — Extract from the will of George C. Wales:
"A^fter the foregoing bequests I direct that the sum of five thousand
dollars be paid to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of
Boston, the same to be held, managed and invested by them, so as
to produce an income, and the said income to be apphed to the pur-
chase of such books for said Librarv as they may deem best." Re-
ceived in 1918. " $5,000.00
Whitney Funds — Bequests of JameS LymAN WhiTNEY, who died Sep-
tember 25, 1910.
Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund — ■ The twelfth clause of his will di-
rected that: One-tenth of said remaining income of the principal
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fund, I direct to be i)aid to ihc 1 ruslecs of llie Public Libiaiy of the
City of Boston, to be held and accumulated by said Trustees and
permanently invested and re-invested. The first five thousand dollars
of income so accumulated, including the income thereon arising
during the period of accumulation, I request to be funded in the
name of my sister, Alice Lincoln Whitney, and the income of said
fund after its accumulation or so much of said income as may be re-
quired, to be paid to such employees of the said Library, who are
sick and in need of help, as the Trustees may in their discretion deem
most worthy (there are often such cases). Any amount of income
from said accumulated fund not needed for the purpose just men-
tioned shall be used for the purchase of books and manuscripts.
$5,000.00
James Lyman Whitney Fund — The Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund
having been established, all amounts of income of the principal fund
paid to said Trustees, after the accumulation of said fund of five
thousand dollars shall be held as the James Lyman Whitney Fund,
and invested and re-invested and the income used in equal shares,
one share for the purchase of rare and expensive books, and one share
for the purchase and care of manuscripts; one half at least of the
share devoted to manuscripts to be expended for their cataloguing
and proper care, $31,293.38
In addition to the above Mr. Whitney created a trust, directing that
of the net income seven hundred dollars a year be paid to the Trus-
tees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, to be expended on
bibliographic work for the benefit of the Library.
Mehitable C. C. Wilson Fund — Bequest of Mehitable C. C. Wil-
son, the income to be expended for the purchase of books. Received
in 1913. $1,000.00
GIFTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS
Besides the preceding, the following gifts have been made to the Public
Library, and the amounts have been appropriated for the purchase
of books, according to the intention of the donors, viz. :
Samuel Appleton, late of Boston . . . $1,000.00
H. C. Bentley 220.38
J. Ingersoll Bowditch 6,800.00
Nathaniel I. Bowditch 200.00
James Brown, late of Cambridge . . . 500.00
Andrew Carnegie ..... 980.75
Dorchester and Milton Circulating Library, for the
benefit of the Dorchester Branch Library . 335.13
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Sally Inman Kast Shepard
James Nightingale
Patrick F. Sullivan Bequest
1 .000.00
100.00
339.61
$11,475.87
REC.'\PITULATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Ainsley Fund
Ariz Fund .
Bates Fund .
Benton Book Fund
Benton Building Fund
Charles H. L. N. Bernard Fund
Bigelow Fund
Robert Charles Billinos Fund
Boston Book Fair 1938 Fund
Bowditch Fund
Bradlee Fund
Joseph H. Center Fund
Central Library Building Fund
Children's Fund .
Clement Fund
Henry Sargent Codman Memorial
Cutter Fund
Elizabeth Fund
Daniel Sharp Ford Fund
Daniel Sharp Ford Trust Fund
Franklin Club Fund
Isabella Stewart Gardner Fund
Morris Gest Fund
Green Fund
Charlotte Harris Fund .
Thomas B. Harris Fund
Alfred Hemenway Fund
Heloise E. Hersey Fund
Hyde Fund
David P. Kimball Fund .
Louis E. Kirstein Fund
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund .
George W. Moore Fund
Francis A. Morse Library Pund
Helen Lambert Fund .
Abbott Lawrence Fund
Edward Lawrence Fund
Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund .
Charles Greely Loring Memorial 1
Charles Mead Fund
Gardner O. North Fund
The Oakland Hall Trust Fund
John Boyle O'Reilly Fund .
Fund
$164,142.96
10,000.00
50,000.00
1.158,857.25
1.733,103.77
2.000.00
1,000 .no
100,000.00
172.70
10.000.00
1. 000.00
39,520.39
150.00
100.000.00
2,000.00
2,854.41
4,270.00
25,000.00
6,000.00
5,017.65
1 ,000.00
5,000.00
2,652.50
2.000.00
10,000.00
1 ,089.38
5,000.00
3.542.00
3,632.40
10,012.90
5,000.00
10,000.00
217.00
1,000.00
1,403.57
10.000.00
500.00
5,000.00
500.C0
2,500.00
2.000.00
11.781.44
1,000.00
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Phillips Fund
Pierce Fund
Sarah E. Pratt Fund .
Guilford Reed Fund
John Singer Sargent Fund
Scholfield Fund
Sewall Fund
Skinner Fund
South Boston Branch Library Trust F'
Mary Elizabeth Stewart Fund
James Jackson Storrow (Ilarvard '57) P
Ticknor Fund ....
William C. Todd Newspaper Fund
Townsend fund .
Treadwell Fund .
Nathan A. Tufts Fund
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund
Francis Jay Underbill Fund
I lorace G. Wadlin Fund
Wales Fund
Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund
James Lyman Whitney Fund
Mehitable C. C. Wilson Fund
Total
30.000.00
5.012.90
1.494.18
1. 000.00
3.858.24
61.800.00
25,000.00
51.732.14
100.00
3,500.00
25,000.00
4 000.00
50,026.44
4.000.00
13.987.69
10.131.77
5,000.00
524.70
3,725.84
5.000.00
5.000.00
31.293.38
1.000.00
$3,852,107.60
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APPENDIX K
OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1939
Director's Office
Director, and Librarian: Milton E. Lord
Clerk of the Trustees, and
Assistant to the Director: Elizabeth B. Brockunier
Assistant to the Director: Gregory J. Edson
Supervisor of Training: Bertha V. Hartzell
Editor of Publications: Zoltan Haraszti
Reference Division
Chief Librarian of the Reference Division: Richard G. Hensley
Assistant Librarian, Emeritus Frank C. Blaisdell
Assistant Librarian, Emeritus Samuel A. Chevalier
Book Selection Department : Christine Hayes, Chief
Cataloging and Classification Department: William A. Roblyer, Chief
Lucien E. Taylor, Chief,
Emeritus
General Reference Departments: Francis H. Hannigan, Supervisor
John H. Reardon, Deputy Supervisor
Bates Hall Centre Desk: William J. Mulloney, Assistant in Charge
Bates Hall Reference Department: John M. Carroll, Assistant, In
Charge
Issue Department: Thomas F. Brennan, Chief
Open Shelf Department: John H. Reardon, Chief
Periodical and Newspaper Department : Elizabeth L, Wright, Chief
Registration Department: A. Frances Rogers, Chief
Special Reference Departments: Edward H. Redstone, Supervisor
Frank N. Jones, Deputy Supervisor
Business Branch: Mary W, Dietrichson. Business Branch Librarian
Fine Arts Department: Priscilla S. MacFadden, Assistant, In
Charge
History Reference Department: Laura R. Gibbs, Assistant
Music Department: Richard G. Appel, Assistant in Charge
Science and Technology Department: Frank N. Jones, Chief
Statistical Department: Elizabeth G. Barry, Assistant in Charge
leachers Department: Anna L. Manning, Assistant in Charge
Rare Books: Zoltan Haraszti, Keeper of Rare Books
Rare Book I^eparlment: Harriet Swift, Assistant in Charge
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Circulation Division
Chief Librarian of the Circulation Division: Orlando C. Davis
Children's Work: Alice M. Jordan, Supervisor
Branch Libraries: Edith Guerrier, Supervisor
Branch Librarians:
Allston: M. Florence Cufflin
Andrew Square: Elizabeth H. McShane
Boylston: Margaret A. Calnan
Brighton: Katrina M. Sather
Charlestown : Katherine S. Rogan
City Point: Helen M. O'Lcary
Codman Square: Elizabeth P. Ross
Dorchester: Marion C. Kingman
East Boston: Theodora B. Scoff
Faneuil: Gertrude L. Connell
Fellowes Athenaeum: Mary E. Ames
Hyde Park: Sara A. Lyon
Jamaica Plain: Rebecca E. Willis
Jeffries Point: Mary U. Nichols
Kirstein: Dorothy F. Nourse
Lower Mills: Muriel E. Cann
Mattapan: Ada A. Andelman
Memorial: Margaret I. McGovern
Mount Bow^doin: Catherine P. Loughnian
Mount Pleasant: Margaret H. Reid
Neponset: Elizabeth B. Boudreau
North End: Mary F. Curley
Orient Heights: Catherine E. Flannery
Parker Hill: Mary M. Sullivan
Phillips Brooks: Edith H. Bailey
Roslindale: Annie M. Donovan
South Boston: Mary A. C. Kavin
South End: Clara L. Maxwell
Upham's Corner: Beatrice C. Maguire
West End: Fanny Goldstein
West Roxbury: Geneva Watson
Book Selection Department: Edna G. Peck, Chief
Cataloging and Classification Department: Ethel Hazlewood, Cataloger,
In Charge
Branch Bindery Section: Marion McCarthy. Assistant, In Charge
Branch Issue Department: Grace C. Loughlin, Chief
Alice V. Stevens, Chief, Etnerilns
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School Department: Beatrice M. Flanagan, Chief
Young People's Room, Central Library: Mary C. Toy, Children's Li-
brarian
Branch Librarian, Emeritus: Katherine F. Albert
Branch Librarian, Emeritus: Carrie L. Morse
Branch Librarian, Emeritus: Katherine F. Muldoon
Branch Librarian, Emeritus: Margaret A. Sheridan
Division of Business Operations
Comptroller: James W. Kenney
Buildings Department: William F. Quinn, Superintendent
Auditing Department: Helen Schubarlh, Auditor
Book Purchasing Department: William C. Maiers, Chief
Stock Purchasing Department: Timothy J. Mackin, Custodian
Binding Department: James P. Mooers, Chief
Printing Department: William B. Gallagher, Chief
Francis W. Lee, Chief, Emeritus
Shipping Department: Robert F. Dixon, Shipper
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