BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
STATISTICAL REPORT
1944
BOSTON
PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES
0^£
^ JiAr. M-, ^UL,
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
ROBERT H. LORD, President
Term expires April 30, 1947
FRANK W. BUXTON
Term expires April 30, 1945
JOHN L. HALL ELLERY SEDGWICK
Term expires April 30,1946 Term expires April 30, 1948
ABRAHAM E. PINANSKI
Term expires April 30. 1949
MILTON E. LORD
Director, and Librarian
CONTENTS
I-
— Summary of Expenditures, 1930-1944 .
1
II-
— Appropriations and Expenditures
Personnel, 1930-1944 .
FOR
3
III-
— Appropriations and Expenditures
Books, 1930-1944 .
FOR
9
IV-
— Personnel
14
V-
— Book Stock
36
VI-
— Use of Books
46
VII-
— The Catalogs ....
51
VIII-
— Printing and Binding .
32
IX-
— Lectures, Concerts, Exhibitions .
53
X-
— Trust Funds
61
XI-
— Officers of the Library,
AS OF December 31,1 944
76
FiNANCiAL Statement
79
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES, 1930 - 1944
Total Expenditures, 1930 - 1944
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
FROM ANNUAL
CITY
APPROPRIATIONS
$1,132,520.06
1,239.257.45
1.147,579.89
1.000.431.87
1,065,367.44
1,139,114.88
1,116,657.14
1,204,994.47
1.231,278.52
1,231,198.08
1,232,633.01
1,274,184.45
1,272,554.07
1,254,573.76
1.280,646.51
FROM SPECIAL
CITY
APPROPRIATIONS
$237,962.11
309,794.65
126345.78
1 ,027.43
41,049.17
36,295.49
74,434.97
73.204.16
66,243.11
39,997.19
52,930.24
37,398.01
92,356.86
72,904.22
11,913.99
FROM FROM
INCOME OF GIFTS FOR
TRUST FUNDS IMMEDIATE USE
$22,796.21
20,839.73
22,801.04
26.633.94
19,083.82
24,496.50
58,826.03 6.83
51,161.81 206.68
86,338.96
119,899.86 73.97
128.403.69 88.80
93.969.34 264.69
50,625.70 270.20
61,016.62 85.21
40.839.88 1 ,086.50
$1,393,278.38
1,569.891.83
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
1.414,055.74
1.405,816.49
1,415.806.83
1,388,579.81
1 ,334,486.88
Distribution of Expenditures From Annual City Appropriations, 1930-1944
salaries
books and other
ALL OTHER
YEAR
and wages
library material
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
1940
1 ,045,735.40
57,499.94
129.397.67
1,232,633.01
1941
1 ,043,754.52
74,999.47
155,430.46
1,274,184.45
1942
1,062,220.17
88,000.00
122,333.90
. 1,272,554.07
1943
1,036,381.35
75.000.00
143,192.41
1 ,254,573.76
1944
1,058,671.96
80.000.00
141,974.55
1,280,646.51
[2]
Distribution of Expenditures From Special City Appropriations, 1930-1944
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
CENTRAL LIBRARY BRANCH
FOUNDATIONS, LIBRARIES
ROOF CONSTRUCTION NEW
& IMPROVEMENTS BUILDINGS
$206,391.46
254,871.40
13,125.06
4,867.40
7.997.34
11,131.75
12,251.72
14,743.24
58.606.53
52,488.25
6,138.99
$31,570.65
54,923.25
113,220.72
1 ,027.43
6.80
5,705.30
1,597.40
RELIEF
PROJECTS
(WPA, ETC.)
41.042.37
25,722.79
64,840.23
62.072.41
53,991.39
39,997.19
38,187.00
37,398.01
23,415.38
9,637.51
CIVILIAN
DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES
10,334.95
10,778.46
5,775.00
$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
66,243.11
39,997.19
52,930.24
37,398.01
92,356.86
72,904.22
11,913.99
Distribution of Expenditures From Income of Trust Funds, 1930 - 1944
books and other
YEAR
LIBRARY materials
salaries
other
total
1930
$22,466.21
$ 180.00
$150.00
$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
3,25733
385.10
119.899.86
1940
124.618.89
2.070.00
1,714.80
128.403.69
1941
92.182.66
1,500.00
286.68
93.969.34
1942
48.447.64
1.500.00
678.06
50.625.70
1943
58.488.39
1.704.33
823.90
61.016.62
1944
39,735.05
625.00
479.83
40.839.88
Distribution of Expenditures From Gifts for Immediate Use. 1930 - 1944
book and other
library materials
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
6.83
206.68
73.97
88.80
264.69
270.20
85.21
1,086.50
[3]
II
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR
PERSONNEL, 1930 - 1944
Total AppPxOpriations and Expenditures for All Personnel, 1930 - 1944
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
UNEXPENDED
YEAR
APPROPRIATED
EXPENDED
BALANCE
1930
$812,000.00
$809,530.41
$2,469.59
1931
858,903.00
852,987.17
5,915.83
1932
858,000.00
853,630.10
4,319.90
1933
800,000.00
788,603.37
11,396.63
1934
824,719.00
821,974.51
2,744.49
1935
915,000.00
912,339.26
2,660.74
1936
1937
921,000.00
985,000.00
930,788.04*
975,751.61
9,248.39
1938
1,039,175.00
1,023,225.41
1 5,949.59
1939
1,039,859.34
1,032,696.19
7.163.15
1940
1,065,000.00
1,045,735.40
19,264.60**
1941
1,065,000.00
1,043,754.52
21.245.48***
1942
1.065,000.00
1,062,220.17
2,779.83
1943
1,065,000.00
1.036,381.35
28,618.65****
1944
1 .065,000.00
1,058,671.96
6,328.04t
* 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.
** $18,775.53 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
*** $18,693.10 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
**** $16,055.83 transferred to other accounts of the Library, and $5,844.33 trans-
ferred to other City of Boston Departments at the request of the Budget Com-
missioner of the City of Boston.
t $5,587.13 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
Changes Year By Year In Total Expenditures For All Personnel, 1930-1944
TOTAL EXPEND! rURES
%0F
%0F
FOR SALARIES & WAGES
CHANCE FROM
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
+0.1%
+ 10.8%
1933
788.603.37
-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%
+20.8%
1937
975.751.61
+4.8%
+26.6%
1938
1,023,225.41
+4.8%
+32.7%
1939
1,032,696.19
+0.9%
+33.9%
1940
1 ,045.735.40
+ 1.2%
+35.7%
1941
1 ,043,754.52
-0.2%
+35.4%
1942
1,062,220.17
+1.7%
+37.8%
1943
1,036,381.35
-2.4%
+34.5%
1944
1,058,671.96
+2.2%
+37.4%
[4]
Changes Year By Year In Total Expenditures For Regular Service
(Full-Time Personnel), 1930-1944
total expenditures % of % of
for salaries & wages change from change
YEAR for regular SERVICE PRECEDING YEAR FROM 1929
1929 $663,747.98
1930 694.183.74 +4.6% -f4.6%
1931 734.150.50 +5.8% +10.6%
1932 746,221.52 +1.6% +12.4%
1933 683.618.01 -8.4% +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%
1940 954.292.69 +1.1% +43.8%
1941 941,707.31 -1.3% +41.8%
1942 939,370.95 -0.2% +41.5%
1943 918,763.36 -2.2% +38.4%
1944 933,028.30 +1.6% +40.6%
Changes Year By Year In Total Expenditures For Extra Service
(Part-Time Per.sonnel, Etc.), 1930- 1944
total expenditures % OF % OF
for salaries & WAGES CHANGE FROM CHANGE
YEAR FOR EXTRA SERVICE PRECEDING YEAR FROM 1 929
1929 $104,032.28
1930 112,214.67 +7.8% +7.8%
1931 115,888.67 +3.3% +11.3%
1932 105.448.58 -9.0% +1.4%
1933 102,982.11 -2.37o -1-0%
1934 111.792.41 +8.6% +7.4%
1935 96,330.61 -13.87o -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% -17.6%
1940 89,517.71 4-4.3% -11.6%
1941 100,136.21 +11.8% -3.7%
1942 120,983.22 +20.6% +163%
1943 115.031.99 -4.9% +10.6%
1944 122,061.66 +6.1% +17.3%
[5]
ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES FOR
PERSONNEL, 1944
Summary by Divisions
Administrative Offices
Regular Service
Extra Service
Part-time Service $L871.75
Evening Service
Sunday Service 553.49
$49,956.28
2,425.24
Total Expenditures for Administrative Offices
Circulation Division
Regular Service
Extra Service
Part-time Service $50,647.23
Cleaning by the Hour 8,380.53
Sunday Service 1 ,845.76
$454,903.06
60,873.52
$52,381 .52
Total Expenditures for the Circulation Division
Reference Division
Regular Service
Extra Service
Part-time Service $23,331.18
Evening Service 449.10
Sunday Service 12,050.17
$236,032.69
35,830.45
515.776.58
Total Expenditures for Reference Division
Division of Business Operations
Regular Service
Extra Service
Evening and Holiday Service $15,683.15
Sunday Service 7,249.30
$192,136.27
22,932.45
271.863.14
Total Expenditures for Division of Business Operations
Miscellaneous Services
Storytelling $3,495.00
Stereopticon Operator 87.00
215.068.72
Total Expenditures for Miscellaneous Services
EL
3,582.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR ALL PERSONN
$1,058,671.96
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES,
1944
regular part-time evening SUNDAY TOTAL
UNIT service service SERVICE SERVICE SERVICE
Director's Office $24,033.22 $24,033.22
Personnel Office 9,859.43 9,859.43
Training Office 4,773.32 4,773.32
Information Office 8.265.06 $1,871.75 $553.49 10,690.30
Records, Files.
Statistics Office 3,025.25 3,025.25
Total Expenditures for
Administrative Offices $49,956.28 $1,871.75 $553.49 $52,381.52
[6]
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN CIRCULATION DIVISION. 1944
Unit
Executive Staff
Book Preparation Department
Book Selection Department
Cataloging and Classification Dept.
Branch Issue Department
Open Shelf Department
Registration Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Branch Libraries
Total Expenditures for
Circulation Division
Branch Libraries
Allston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point
Codman Square
Connolly
Dorchester
East Boston
Faneuil
Fellowes Athenaeum
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point
Lower Mills
Mattapan
Memorial
Mt. Bovi'doin
Mt. Pleasant
Neponset
North End
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
South Boston
South End
Uphams Corner
Washington Village
West End
West Roxbury
Total Expenditures for
Branch Libraries
REGULAR
SERVICE
$23,543.79
7,664.92
4.418.57
20.382.90
16.179.65
12.259.93
12,864.86
8.518.30
11,504.64
337,565.50
PART-TIME
SERVICE
$683.08
426.67
63.26
277.62
786.92
2,862.89
CLEANING BY SUNDAY
THE HOUR SI:RVICE
756.82
2,561.36
42,228.61
$8,380.53
$454,903.06
$50,647.23
$8,380.53
$14,449.53
$1,260.66
$669.13
12,948.88
1,431.47
164.25
13.503.59
2,080.84
112.14
7.893.84
2,108.83
12,039.99
2.057.44
12,261.98
1 .753.20
69.41
1 1 ,260.32
1.536.18
14,521.94
1,321.17
251.02
11,341.06
1 ,408.30
28.38
10,938.58
1,125.67
11,750.16
1,179.35
71.45
10,150.71
1,738.58
773.00
8,028.85
1,224.12
551.36
6,979.31
698.25
15,587.39
1 ,348.40
4.50
14,887.92
1,863.30
117.00
10,130.12
1,214.46
679.50
8,215.08
736.13
6.281.87
1,188.79
1,100.75
13.541.32
1,109.65
34.88
7,424.36
510.60
1,178.98
13,692.34
1,027.81
75.37
5,920.22
775.19
1 ,099.00
11,339.32
999.85
207.00
8,292.64
1,524.49
11,008.26
1,118.29
73.38
13,798.68
2,901.52
9.782.92
1 .968.54
1 .003.75
16.366.31
1 ,936.65
20.25
13,228.01
1 ,080.83
96.03
$5.37
703.03
551.35
586.01
TOTAL
SERVICE
$24,232.24
8,091.59
4,481.83
20.660.52
16,966.57
I 5,825.85
13,416.21
9,861.13
14,066.00
388,174.64
$16,
14,
15.
10,
14,
14
12
16
12
12
13
12
9
7
16
16
12
379.32
,544.60
,696.57
,002.72
097.43
,084.59
,796.50
,094.13
,777.74
,064.25
,000.96
,662.29
,804.33
,677.56
,940.29
,868.22
,024.08
,951.21
,571.41
685.85
113.94
795.52
.794.41
546.17
,817.13
199.93
700.20
,755.21
.323.21
,404.87
$337,565.50 $42,228.61 $8,380.53
$388,174.64
[7]
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN REFERENCE DIVISION, 1944
Unit
Executive Staff
Book Selection Department
Book Stack Service
Cataloging and Classification Dept.
Fine Arts Department
General Reference Department
History Department
Music Department
Periodical and Newspaper Dept.
Print Department
Rare Book Department
Science and Technology Dept.
Statistical Department
Teachers Department
Business Branch
"Unliquidated" Evening Service
Total Expenditures for
Reference Divison
REGULAR
SERVICE
$6,770.08
3.871.42
48,267.22
47,002.79
15,951.91
1 7,033.95
3,648.18
7,839.67
14,474.88
5,570.51
16,610.79
11,483.06
7,806.34
5,740.08
23.961.81
PART-TIME
SERVICE
$100.01
EVENING
SERVICE
6,496.05
3,652.36
2,398.55
1 ,509.55
564.31
1 ,432.45
2,019.15
1 ,284.36
1 .054.32
1,526.18
660.87
399.68
233.34
$79.29
SUNDAY
SERVICE
$761 .90
4,502.03
1 ,050.72
1 ,739.08
266.22
510.87
1,086.70
179.75
747.61
481 .05
470.28
253.96
369.81 —
TOTAL
SERVICE
$7,631.99
3,871.42
59,265.30
50,655.15
19,401.18
20,282.58
4.478.71
9,782.99
1 7,580.73
7,034.62
18,412.72
13,569.58
8,937.49
6,393.72
24,195.15
369.81
$236,032.69 $23,331.18 $449.10 $12,050.17 $271,863.14
[8]
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN DIVISION OF BUSINESS
OPERATIONS, 1944
Unit
Business Office
Accounting Department
Binding Department
Book Purchasing Department
Buildings Department
Cleaning
Printing Department
Shipping Department
Stock Purchasing Department
"Unhquidated" Evening Servic
Total Expenditures
for Division of
Business Operations
EXTRA, EVENING
REGULAR & HOLIDAY SUNDAY
SERVICE SERVICE SERVICE
$4,460.13
1 1 ,042.03
48,198.29
29,520.77
65,572.48
12,196.66
14,149.17
4,550.52
2,446.22
$59.51
667.15
9,731.01
4,244.33
206.65
33.50
741.00
$5,656.60
1,592.70
TOTAL
SERVICE
$4,460.13
11,101.54
48,198.29
30,187.92
80.960.09
18,033.69
14,149.17
4,757.17
2.479.72
741.00
$192,136.27 $15,683.15 $7,249.30 $215,068.72
EXPENDITURES FOR MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, 1944
Storytelling
Stereoplicon Operator
Total Expenditures for
Miscellaneous Services
$3,495.00
87.00
$3,582.00
RECAPITULATION, 1944
Regular Service
Full-time Members of the Staff
$933,028.30
Extra Service
Part-time Service
Evening and Holiday Service
Sunday Service
Cleaning by the Hour
$76,536.31
16.167.95
21,698.72
7,658.68
122,061.66
Miscellaneous Service
Storytelling
Stereoplicon Oi)eratoi
Total Expenditures for All Personnel
$3,495.00
87.00
3,582.00
$1,058,671.96
[9]
III
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR
BOOKS, 1930-1944
City Appropriations for the Purchase of Books and Other Library Materials
I9I9 - 1944
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
1940
57.500
1941
75.000
1942
■•
88.000
1943
75.000
1944
80.000
February I - December 31, 1925 only.
Total E
IXPENDITURES FOR BoOKS AND C
)ther Library Mater
als, 1930- 1944
FROM
FROM INCOME
year
CITY FUNDS
OF TRUST FUNDS
TOTAL
1930
$1 59,999.97
$22,466.21
$182,466.18
1931
190,636.12
19.259.55
209.895.67
1932
159,970.58
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
131.16430
1938
73,874.93
82,756.96
156,631.89
1939
54,999.97
116,257.43
171,257.40
1940
57,499.94
124,618.89
182,118.83
1941
74,999.47
92.182.66
167,182.13
1942
88,000.00
48.447.64
136,447.64
1943
75.000.00
58.488.39
133,488.39
1944
80.000.00
39.735.05
119,735.05
[10]
Expenditures for Books and Other Library Materials by Divisions, 1935-1944
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 Cily 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
$61,141.67
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
2,482.7!
$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
1940
From Cily Funds
From Trust Funds
$44,566.06
$56,100.44
9,305.14
$126,691.34
• $1,399.50
115.313.75
$171,257.40
$57,499.94
124.618.89
Total
1941
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$65,405.58
$74,992.27
3.340.50
$116,713.25
$7.20
88.842.16
$182,118.83
$74,999.47
92.182.66
Total
1942
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$78,332.77
$87,991.81
1.917.04
$88,849.36
$8.19
46,530.60
$167,182.13
$88,000.00
48.447.64
Total
1943
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$89,908.85
$75,000.00
1,174.83
$46,538.79
$'57,313.56
$136,447.64
$75,000.00
58.483.39
Total
1944
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$76,174.83
$74,950.20
720.79
$57,313.56
$5,049.80
39.014.26
$133,488.39
$80,000.00
39.735.05
Total
$75,670.99
$44,064.06
$119,735.05
[in
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Books and Other Library
Materials in Relation to Total Annual Expenditures from City Funds
1930 - 1944
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
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
1 5.38%
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%
1,232,633.01
57,499.94
4.66%
1,274,184.45
74.999.47
5.88%
1,272,554.07
88,000.00
6.91 %
1,254,573.76
75,000.00
5.98%
1,280,646.51
80,000.00
6.25%
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Books and Other Library
Materials in Relation to Total Annual Expenditures
1930 - 1944
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
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
1,361,036.70
1,368,153.79
1,323,179.77
1.315,590.38
1,321.486.39
total expenditures
for books and other
library materials
percentages
from city funds
OF expenditures
& trust funds
for BOOKS
$182,466.18
1 5.79%
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
10.4470
111,909.94
9.44%
131,164.30
10.44%
156,631.89
1 1 .89%
171,257.40
12.67%
182,118.83
13.38%
167,182.13
11.82%
136,447.64
10.03%
133.488.39
10.15%
119,735.05
9.06%
[12]
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Salaries and Books and Other
Library Materials in Relation to Each Other
1930 - 1944
total expenditures
for salaries
total expenditures
& wages
for books
YEAR
from city funds
%
FROM CITY funds
%
TOTAL
1930
$809,530.41
84%
$159,999.97
167o
$969,530.38
1931
852,987.17
82%
190,636.12
18%
1,043,623.29
1932
853,680.10
84%
1 59,970.58
16%
1.013,650.68
1933
788,603.37
90%
87,323.50
10%
875,926.87
1934
821,974.51
89%
98,291.63
11%
920,266.14
1935
912,339.26
90%
99,233.95
107c
1,011,573.21
1936
930,788.04
94%
54,999.98
6%
985,783.02
1937
975,751.61
92%
81,522.49
8%
1,057,274.10
1938
1,023,225.41
93%
73,874.93
7%
1,097,100.34
1939
1,032,696.19
95%
54,999.97
5%
1,087.696.16
1940
1,045,735.40
95%
57,499.94
5%
1,103.235.34
1941
1,043,754.52
93%
74,999.47
7%
1,118,753.99
1942
1,062,220.17
92%
88,000.00
8%
1,150,220.17
1943
1,036,381.35
93 7o
75,000.00
7%
1,111,381.35
1944
1,058,671.96
93%
80,000.00
7%
1.138.671.%
%
100%
100%
I007o
100%
I007o
100%
100%
100%
100%
I007o
100%
100':l.
100%
100%
100%
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Salaries and Books and Other
Library Materials in Rel.^tion to Each Other
1930 - 1944
total expenditures
for SALARIES
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
& WAGES
FOR BOOKS
FROM city funds
FROM CITY funds
YEAR
& TRUST FUNDS
%
& TRUST FUNDS
%
TOTAL
%
1930
$809,710.41
82%
$182,466.18
18%
$992,176.59
100%
1931
854,467.35
80%
209,895.67
20%
1,064,363.02
100%
1932
856,435.52
S3%
180,016.20
17%
1,036,451.72
100%
1933
791,364.12
88%
111.196.69
12%
902,560.81
100%
1934
824,061 .76
88%
115,288.20
12%
939,349.96
100%
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
887o
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%
171,257.40
14%
1,207,210.92
100%
1940
1 ,047,805.40
85%
182,118.83
15%
1.229.924.23
100%
1941
1,045,254.52
86%
167,182.13
14%
1,212,436.65
I007o
1942
1,063,720.17
89%
136,447.64
11%
1,200.167.81
100%
1943
1.038,085.68
89%
133,488.39
11%
1,171,574.07
I007o
1944
1 ,059.296.96
90%
119,735.05
10%
1.179,032.01
lOO'^^c
[13]
Percentages of Amounts Requested from City for Salaries and for Books
AND Other Library Materials in Relation to Each Other
1930 - 1944
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1 941
1942
1943
1944
REQUESTED
FOR SALARIES
& WAGES
$812,000.00
883.903.00
866.124.00
886,000.00
830,569.56
937.187.75
940,039.28
985.000.00
1,055,000.00
1.070,388.58
1,096,830.57
1,065,000.00
1,101,145.95
1 .065,000.00
1.065,000.00
REQUESTED
FOR BOOKS
AND OTHER
% LIBRARY MATERIALS %
84%
82%
81%
84%
85%
86%o
86%
87%
88%
887o
$150,000.00
200,000.00
200,000.00
163,000.00
1 50,000.00
1 50,000.00
1 50,000.00
150,000.00
150,000.00
1 50.000.00
150,000.00
1 50,000.00
1 50.000.00
150.000.00
150,000.00
16%
18%
19%
16%
15%
14%
14%
13%
12%
12%
12%
12%
12%
12%
12%
$962,000.00
1,083,903.00
1.066,124.00
1,049,000.00
980.569.56
1.087.187.75
1.090,039.29
1,135,000.00
1 ,205,000.00
1 ,220,388.58
1,246,830.57
1,215,000.00
1,251,145.95
1,215.000.00
1.215,000.00
%
I007o
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
\00%
100%
100%
100%
100%
I007o
100%
100%
[HI
IV
PERSONNEL
Cost and Numbrr or Total PtRsoNNEi., 1930 - 1944
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 ■ 912.339.26
1936 930,788.04
1937 975.751.61
1938 1,023,225.41
1939 1,032,696.19
1940 1,045.735.40
1941 1,043,754.52
1942 1,062,220.17
1943 1,036,381.35
1944 1,058,671.96
TOTAL PERSONNEL
AS OF
% OF CHANCE DECEMBER 3 1 Sl % OF CHANCE
FROM 1929 IN EACH YEAR FROM 1929
+5.1%
+ 10.7%
+ 10.8%
+2.4%
+6.7%
+ 18.3%
+20.8%
+26.6%
+32.7%
+33.9%
+35.7%
+35.4%
+37.9%
+34.5%
^37.4%
602
644
657
665
695
679
687
699
705
697
687
632
656
607
641
630
+7.0%
+9.1%
+ 10.5%
+ 15.5%
+ 12.8%
+ 14.1%
+ 16.1%
+17.1%
+15.7%
+14.1%
+5.0%
+9.0%
+0.8%
+6.4%
+4.6%
* Salary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31, 1934.
Cost and Number of Recul,\r Service, 1930 - 1944
TOTAL NUMBER OF
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
REGULAR SERVICE
FOR SALARIES &
AS OF
WAGES FOR REGULAR
% OF CHANGE
DECEMRER31st
% OF CHANGE
YEAR
SERVICE
FROM 1929
IN EACH YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$663,747.98
475
1930
694,183.74
+4.6%
512
+^-&
1931
734,150.50
+ 10.6%
535
+12.6%
1932
746,221.52
+ 12.4%
537
+13.0%
1933*
683,618.01
+3.0%
550
+ 15.8%
1934*
682,797.16
-12.9%
563
+18.5%
1935
799,271.34
+20.4%
571
+20.2%
1936
833,763.88
4-25.8%
578
+21.7%
1937
875.957.34
+32.1%
592
+24.6%
1938
932,579.59
+40.7%
590
+24.2%
1939
945.123.21
+42.5%
580
+22.1%
1940
954,292.69
+43.7%
543
+ 14.3%
1941
941,707.31
+41.8%
511
+7.5%
1942
939,370.95
+41.5%
501
+5.5%
1943
918,763.36
+38.4%
511
+7.5%
1944
933,028.30
+40.67c
514
+8.2%
* Salary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31, 1934.
[15]
Cost AND Number of Extra Service (Part-Time Personnel, etc.), 1930 - 1944
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FOR SALARIES &
WAGES FOR EXTRA
YEAR SERVICE
1929 $104,032.28
1930 112,214.67
1931 115,888.67
1932 105,448.58
1933* 102,982.11
1934* 111,792.41
1935 96,330.61
1936 92,411.73
1937 97,706.13
1938 88,305.46
1939 85,661.98
1940 89,517.71
1941 100,136.21
1942 120,983.22
1943 115,031.99
1944 122,061.66
TOTAL EXTRA SERVICE
PERSONNEL IN TERMS
OF EQUIVALENT OF
FULL-TIME PERSONNEL
AS OF
% OF CHANGE DECEMBER 31 Sl % OF CHANGE
FROM 1929 IN EACH YEAR FROM 1929
+7.8%
+ 11.3%
+ 1.4%
-1.0%
+7.4%
-7.4%
-11.1%
-6.0%
-15.1%
-17.6%
-13.9%
-3.7%
+ 16.9%
+ 10.6%
+ 17.3%
127
132
122
128
145
116
116
121
113
107
107
89
145
106
130
116
+3.9%
-3.9%
+0.8%
+ 14.1%
-8.6%
-8.6%
-4.7%
-11.0%
-15.7%
-15.7%
-29.9%
+ 14.1%
-16.5%
+2.3%
+8.6%
* SaFary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31, 1934.
[16]
DISTRIBUTION OF FULL-TIME PERSONNEL
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 3 1 DEC.31
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
General Administrative Offices
14
13
13
15
13
11
Division of Business
Operations
119
133
128
129
136
138
Circulation Division
210
234
249
250
249
254
Reference Division
132
132
145
143
152
160
Total
475
512
535
537
550
563
DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE. 1929 •
DEC.31 DEC.31 DEO. 31 DEC.31 DEC.31 DEC.31
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Executive Department 11 10 10 12 9 —
Editor's Department 11112 —
Training Class 2 2 2 2 2 —
Training Office — — — — — —
Director's Office — — — — — 11
Information Office — — — — — —
Personnel Office — — — — — —
Records, Files and Statistics Office — — — — — —
Total 14 13 13 15 13 11
DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE, 1929 -
Division of Business Operations,
Executive Staff
Business Office
Auditor's Department
Auditing Department
Accounting Department
Ordering Department
Book Purchasing Department
Stock Purchasing Department
Shipping Department
Bindery Department
Binding Department
Printing Department
Engineers Department
Buildings Department
Cleaners
Total
DEC.31 DEC.31 DEC.31 DEC.31 DEC.31
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
13
16
16
DEC.31
1934
16 — —
_
_
_
15
2
17
2
31
37
34
36
3
36
3
35
6
6
6
6
5
6
41
43
43
42
45
45
23
26
24
24
18
20
19
133
128
129
136
138
[17]
BY DIVISIONS AND UNITS, 1929 - 1944
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 I DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 31
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
11
10
12
11
13
13
II
18
23
22
134
135
135
134
127
121
117
112
113
112
259
258
259
258
257
254
245
234
233
237
167
175
186
187
183
155
138
137
142
143
571
578
592
590
580
543
511
501
511
514
1944 — GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 3 I DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 3 I DEC. 31
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
— — — — — 2 2 2 2 2
11 10 12 11 13 7 6 9 10 6
— — — — — 1 1 2 6 6
— — ■ — - — 3 2 5 5 5
_ — — — — __ — — — 3
11 10 12 11 13 13 11 18 23 22
1944 — DIVISION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 I DEC. 3 1 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 31
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
17
17
17
19
17
16
16
14
16
15
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
34
34
34
33
34
32
30
30
31
26
6
6
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
44
46
48
45
39
36
36
33
33
38
18
17
16
16
16
17
15
14
12
13
134
135
135
134
127
121
117
112
113
112
[18]
DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE. 1929 -
DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1929 1930
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1931 1932 1933 1934
Circulation Division,
Executive Staff — — — — — 8
Branch Department 25 29 32 31 28 —
Central Office, Branch Libraries — — — — — 26
Book Preparation Department — — — — — —
Cataloging and Classification Dept. — — — — — —
Branch Issue Department — — — — — —
Book Selection Department — — — — — —
Registration Department — — — — — —
Open Shelf Department — — — — — —
Childrens Department 8 8 8 8 6 5
Young Peoples Room — — — — — —
School Department — — — — — —
Allston
Andrew Square
Boylston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point
Codman Square
Connolly
Dorchester
East Boston
Faneuil
Fellovves Athenaeum
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point
Kirstein
Lower Mills
Maltapan
Memorial
Mount Bowdoin
Mount Pleasant
Neponset
North End
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
Roxbury Crossing
South Boston
South End
Tyler Street
Uphams Corner
Washington Village
West End
West Roxbury
Total
4
4
6
6
7
8
4
6
6
6
5
5
4
5
4
5
6
5
7
7
7
8
7
6
8
8
9
9
9
9
2
4
4
5
4
4
7
7
7
8
8
8
6
8
9
6
7
7
11
11
10
10
11
11
3
3
4
4
6
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
7
10
9
9
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
5
3
3
3
5
5
5
3
3
3
4
3
3
5
4
4
4
4
5
6
7
9
9
9
9
13
13
10
12
12
7
7
7
5
6
6
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
10
10
10
10
10
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
7
7
8
8
3
3
3
3
■ 5
6
7
6
6
7
4
2
3
4
3
4
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
4
4
3
3
4
4
10
9
9
9
10
9
9
9
11
12
10
9
6
7
8
8
7
8
210
234 249 250 249 254
[19]
1944 — CIRCULATION DIVISION
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3] DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
26 26 26 23 21 — — — — - —
— — — — — 6 5 5 5 5
— . 4 4 4 4 6
— ■ — 10 10 10 10 10
— 12222222
10 8 7 8 8
— — — — — 7 7 6 6 6
5 5 5 3 — -
5 5 5 5 5 4
— — — 7876675
888888 7 877
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 —
6 6 7 7 7
7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7
9999999796
444444444 4
8888867767
— — — — 7 7 6 6 7
7787775566
n II 11 11 10 9 9 9 8 8
7776777666
6666777766
7777776666
6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
5555655556
4 3 4 4 4 Closed July I. 1940
4444444444
9 9 11 10 10 9 9 8 7 9
12 II 12 12 11 10 9 9 8 8
6 6 6 6 6 66 4 5 6
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DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE. 1929
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Reference Division, Executive Staff — — — — 2 6
Book Selection Department — — — — 2 2
Book Selection Department,
Reference Division — — — — — —
Catalog Department 19 16 18 18 — —
Shelf Department 15 17 17 16 — —
Cataloging & Classification Dept. — — • — — 33 33
Registration Department 8 8 9 9 10 9
Issue Department 36 30 35 35 38 40
Book Stack Service — — — — • — —
Information Department 5 5 6 6 6 6
Open Shelf Department — ' — — — — —
Bates Hall Reference, Periodicals 25 24 25 25 20 —
Genealogical Department — — — — 1 1
Bates Hall Reference Desk — — — — — 5
Bates Hall Centre Desk — — — — — 7
Main Reading Room — — — — — —
Genera! Reference Department — — — — — —
Newspaper Department — — — — — 2
Periodical Department — — — — — 5
Periodical and Newspaper Dept. — — — — — —
Special Libraries Department 19 19 20 20 — —
Fine Arts, Rare Book, and
Technology Departments — — — — 21 —
Technology, Fine Arts, and
Music Departments — — — — — 16
Fine Arts Department [8] [8] [8] [8] [8] [9]
Music Department [4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [3]
Science and Technology Department [4] [4] [4] [4] [3] [4]
Patent Department — — — — 3 3
Rare Book Department [3] [3] [4] [4] [6] 8
Print Department — — — — — —
Teachers Department — — — — 1 1
Statistical Department 5 5 5 5 5 5
History Department — — — — — —
Business Branch — 8 10 9 10 II
Total 132 132 145 143 152 160
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1944 — REFERENCE DIVISION
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
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— __ — — — — — — — 38
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5 6 7 9 8 — — — — —
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Distribution of Full-Time Personnel by Categories, December 31, 1944
LIBRARY WORKERS
General Officers
Chiefs of Departments
Assistants to the Director
Branch Librarians
Curators
Assistant- in-Charge
First Assistants
Administrative Assistant
Children's Librarians
Assistants, 5th Step
Second Assistants .
Children's Assistants
Catalogers
Assistants, 4th Step
Assistants
Probationary Assistants
Unclassified Assistants
Military Substitutes
Total
8
22
4
30
1
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25
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22
5
18
5
5
4
135
31
47
41
405*
Mechanical and Other Workers
Auditor
Bookkeeper
Clerk
Clerk-Typist
Shipper
Shipper's Assistant
Clerk-Typist
Clerk-Messenger
Chief of Binding Department
Finishers
Forwarders
Apprentice
Working Forewoman of Sewers
Sewers
Chief of Printing Department
Linotype Operators
Pressman, Cylinder
Pressman, Job
I
3
10
1
I
9
1
3
1
1
25
* This figure does not include those members of the staff for whom on
December 31, 1944 there were no Military Substitutes.
[23]
Superintendent of Buildings
Engineers
Steamfitter
Working Foreman of Carpenters
Carpenters
Working Foreman of Painters
Electrician
Electrician's Helper
Mason
Oiler
Janitors
Janitor-Laborers
Laborer
Machinist's Helper .
Pookcleaner and Laborer
Watchmen .
Elevator Attendants
Housekeeper
Cleaners
Stenographer
Military Substitutes
Total
Temporary Cleaners
Temporary Clerk-Typist .
Temporary Painters
1
1
17
5
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61
103*
6
109*
Recapitulation of Full-Time Personnel, December 31, 1944
Library workers
Mechanical and other workers .
Total
405
109
514*
* This figure does not include those members of the staff for whom on
December 31, 1944 there were no Military Substitutes.
[24]
PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY SCHEDULES
as of April 1, 1943
Classification of Personnel
the ungraded service
The Non-Technical Library Service
Extra Assistant
Unclassified Assistant
THE GRADED SERVICE
The Technical Library Service (Grades B and Ci
Probationary Assistant
Assistant
Second Assistant
Children's Assistant
Reference Assistant
Cataloger
Classifier
First Assistant
Children's Librarian
Reference Librarian
Cataloger and Classifier
The Professional Library Service (Grade A)
Chief of Department
Branch Librarian
Other Officers
SAI.ARY SCHEDULES
The Ungraded Service
the non-technical library service
Extra Assistants (by the hour only)
High school students ... 30 cents per hour
College students (based on length of Boston Public
Library employment while attending college)
1st year of such library employment 35 cents per hour
2nd year of such library employment 40 cents per hour
3rd and subsequent years of such
library employment 45 cents per hour
Unclassified Assistants (by the hour)
Rates to be determined individually in each case, as for example:
40 cents per hour
45 cents per hour
50 cents per hour
or at hourly rates dependent upon the qualifications of the individual,
and based on the weekly rates paid to Unclassified Assistants employed
by the week or to Probationary Assistants and Assistants in the Graded
Service.
[25]
Unclassified Assistants (by the week)
From a beginning rate of $20.00 per week up to a maximum of $30.00
per week, by individual steps of $1.00 each dependent upon meeting
step by step the required Qualifying Examinations for the Ungraded
Service.
The Graded Service
(To be put into effect insofar as appropriated funds permit.)
THE TECHNICAL LIBRARY SERVICE (GRADES B & c)
Probationary Service (Grade C)
Probationary Assistant, Beginning
Probationary Assistant, I st Step
Probationary Assistant, 2nd Step
Probationary Assistant, 3rd Step
Probationary Assistant, 4th Step
Probationary Assistant, 5th Step
$20.00
21.00
22.00
23.00
24.00
25.00
Permanent Service (Grade B)
Assistant, Beginning
$25.00
Assistant, 1st Step .
29.00
Assistant, 2nd Step
33.00
Assistant, 3rd Step
37.00
Second Assistant
41.00
Children's Assistant
41.00
Reference Assistant
41.00
Cataloger
41.00
Classifier
41.00
Assistant, 4th Step
41.00
First Assistant
45.00
Children's Librarian
45.00
Reference Librarian
45.00
Cataloger and Classifier
45.00
Assistant, 5th Step
45.00
THE PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE (cRADE a)
Chiefs of Departments and Branch Librarians
Chiefs of Departments . . . $2610-$3130
Branch Librarians . . . . 2610-3130
Other Officers
Rate of remuneration to be determined for each case individually.
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COST OF SALARY INCREASES, 1930 - 1944
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
$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
44,793.41
54,943.1 1
30,595.85
10.632.70
39,028.57
DISTRIBUTION OF COST OF SAL.ARY INCREASES, 1930-1944
1930
Increases for 1930 effective at various dates
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
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 .......
1933
Overlay from increases effective in 1932 .
Increases for 1933 effective at various dates
1934
Overlay from increases effective in 1933
Increases from 1934 effective at various dates
1935
Overlay from increases effective in 1934 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1935 for payment over
a full 12 months period ......
Increases for 1935 effective at various dates
$12,269.86
$ 8,713.34
5.381.00
Total $14,094.34
$ 5.626.78
None
Total $ 5,626.78
None
$ 309.84
Total $ 309.84
$ 501.79
29,378.22
Total $29,880.01
$ 1.583.02
14.308.27
Total $15,891.29
[31]
1936
Overlay from increases effective in 1935 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1936 for payment over
a full 12 months period ......
Increases in 1936 effective October 30-December 31, 1936
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 .
Increases in 1937 effective June 4, 1937-December 31, 1937 .
$9,554.17
2,364.72
Total $11,918.89
1938
Overlay from increases effective in 1937 only for June 4—
December 31, 1937 but for 'ivhich provision had to be made
in 1938 for payment over a full 12 months period
Increases in 1938 effective from June 3-De':e:nber 31, 1938
$10,181.08
36,956.44
Total $47,137.57
1939
Overlay from increases effective in 1938 only from June 3—
December 31,1 938 but for which provision had to be made
in 1939 for payment over a full 12 months period
Increases in 1939 effective September 27-December 31, 1939 .
$26,948.68
24,118.76
Total $51,067.44
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 ......
Increases in 1940 .......
$17,171.48
13,956.43
Total $31,127.91
1941
Overlay from increases effective in 1940 for which provision
had to be made in 1941 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases in 1941 effective January 1, 1941
$44,793.41
None
Total $44,793.41
1942
Overlay from increases effective in 1941 for which provision
had to be made in 1942 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases m 1942 effective January I, 1942 on a pro rata
basis (75%)
Total
1943
Overlay from increases effective in 1942 for which provision
had to be made in 1943 for payment over a full 12 months
period ■■•.....
Increases In 1943 effective January 1, 1943, etc. .
Total
1944
Overlay from increases effective in 1943 for which provision
had to be made in 1944 for payment over a full 12 months
period . . . . .
Increases in 1944 effective January 1, 1944, etc. .
Total
None
$54,943.11
$54,943.1 1
None
$30,595.85
$30,595.85
None
$10,632.70
$10,632.70
None
$39,028.57
Total
$39,028.57
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ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, 1944
examination
Ungraded Service
General paper
Graded Service
General paper
French paper
German paper
Italian paper
Spanish paper
INDIVIDUALS
WHO PASSED
215 (67%)
48 (53%)
38 (70%)
8 (687c)
8 (80%)
5 (56%)
INDIVIDUALS
WHO FAILED
104 (33%)
43 (47%)
16 (30%)
1 (12%)
2 (20%)
4 (44%)
319' (100%;)
91 (100%)
54 (100%)
9 (100%)
10 (1007o)
9 (1007o)
QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS, 1944
The Graded Service
EXAMINATION
General Book Selection (Q)
Cataloging and Classification (Q)
General Reference Work (Q)
Boston Public Library —
Central Library (Q)
Boston Public Library —
Branch Libraries (Q)
INDIVIDUALS
WHO PASSED
10 (71%)
7 (8S%)
8 (677c)
27 (75%)
28 (78%)
INDIVIDUALS
WHO FAILED
4 (29%)
1 (12%)
4 (33%)
9 (25%)
8 (22%)
14 (100%)
8 (100%)
12 (100%)
36 (100%)
36 (100%)
The Ungraded Service
INDIVIDUALS
INDIVIDUALS
EXAMINATION
WHO PASSED
WHO FAILED
TOTAL
Book Ordering (Q)
5 (71%)
2 (297o)
7 (1007o)
Book Preparation (Q)
4 (67%)
2 (33%)
6 (100%)
Book Shelving (Q)
1 (100%)
0
1 (i007o)
Registration Proceediire (Q)
5 (83%)
1 (17%)
6 (1007f,)
Reports and Statistics (Q)
2 (67%)
1 (33%)
3 (1007)
Filing (Q)
3 (50%)
3 (50%)
6 (1007o)
Elementary Cataloging (Q)
2 (6770
1 (33%)
3 (100%)
Elementary Classification (Q)
3 (1007r)
0
3 (1007)
Boston Public Library —
Central Library (Q)
6 (55%)
5 (45%)
11 (10070
Boston Public Library —
Branch Libraries (Q)
1 (17%)
5 (83%)
6 (1007o)
[34]
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS, 1944
EXAMINATION
Advanced Languages — French (II)
Advanced Languages — German (II)
Boston as a Community (IV)
Boston Pubic Library— Mistory (III)
Business — General Field (III)
Cataloging (IV)
Classification (V)
Children's Literature (IV)
Children's Work (V)
Documents — General Field (III)
Education — General Field (III)
Extension Work (V)
Fine Arts— General Field (III)
Foreign Government Documents (V)
History — General Field (III)
History of the Book (HI)
Library Administration (V)
Library Records (IV)
Literature — General Field (III)
Music— General Field (MI)
National and Trade Bibliography (III)
Newspapers — Special Field (IV)
Periodicals— Special Field (V)
Periodicals and Newspapers — »
General Field (III) 1 (100%) 0 1 (100%)
Philosophy, Psychology, Religion —
General Feld (III)
Public Library as an Institution (I) 13(54%) I 1 (46%o) 24(100%)
Science and Technology-General Field (III) 0 1(100%) 24(100%o)
Social Sciences and History —
General Field (II) 2 (100%) 0 2 (100%o)
Social Sciences — General Field (III)
United States Government Documents (IV) 1 (100%) 0 1 (100%)
Work with Schools (V)
Special Fields— Subject Knowledge (IV) 7 (100%) 0 7 (100%,)
Special Fields — Bibliographical
Knowledge (V) 4 (80%) 1 (20%) 5 (100%o)
INDIVIDUALS
INDIVIDUALS
WHO PASSED
WHO FAILED
TOTAL
3 (50%)
3 (50%)
6
(100%)
0
1 (1,00%)
1
1
(lOO'/o)
1 (1007o)
0
(100%)
2 (100%)
0
2
(100%)
0
1 (100%)
I
(100%)
1 (100%)
0
1
(100%)
6 (100%)
0
6
(IOO'a)
4 (80%}
1 (20%)
5
3
(100%)
3 (100%)
0
(100%)
1 (1007o)
0
1
(100%)
0
1 (100%
i
(100%)
1 (100%,)
0
1
(100%)
I (50%)
1 (50%)
2
(100%)
8 (62%)
5 (38%)
13
(1007^)
1 (100%)
0
1
(1007r)
3 (1007^)
0
3
(100%,)
4 (100%c)
0
4
(100%)
2 (100%)
0
2
(100%o)
[35]
APPOINTMENTS TO TITULAR POSITIONS, 1944
John M. Carroll
William J. Ennis
Margaret A. Morgan
Marjorie G. Bouquel
Geraldine T. Beck
Nura Globus
Frances C. Lepie
Louisa S. Metcalf
Evelyn B. Marden
Jeannette A. Pepin
Mildred E. Presente
Hazel C. Ross
Harry Andrews
Mary F. Daly
Eleanor DiGiannantonio
Mary E. Johnston
Dorothy P. Shaw
Albert F. Hunt
Patrick J. Reilly
Thomas p. Brennan
William J. MuUoney
Clara L. Maxwell
Assistant-m-Charge,
General Reference Department
Chief, General Reference Department
Assistant-in-Charge, Issue Department
Chief, Book Stack Service
Branch Librarian, Dorchester Branch Library
Administrative Assistant
First Assistant
First Assistant
First Assistant
First Assistant
Children's Librarian
Children's Librarian
Children's Assistant
Children's Assistant
Second Assistant
Second Assistant
Second Assistant
Second Assistant
Second Assistant
Working Foreman of Carpenters
V/orking Foreman of Painters
Chief of Issue Department, Emerilus
Chief of Mam Reading Room, Emerilus
Branch Librarian, Emerilua
RETIREMENTS FROM THE LIBRARY, 1944
William J. Mulloney, Chief of Main Reading Room
Mary T. McElaney, Sewer
Mary L. Coffey, Sewer
Clara L. Maxwell, Branch Librarian
Nora M. Harkness, Cleaner
After 54 years of service
After 42 years of service
After 34 years of service
After 28 years of service
After 26 years of service
[36]
V
BOOK STOCK
Total Number ok Volumes in the Library as oi-- December 31, 1944
Reference Division
Central Library
Business Branch
1,181,753
33,571
1.215,324 1,215,324
1 olal for Reference Division
Circulation Division
Open Shelf Department
Young Peoples Room
^School Issue Department
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
Allston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point .
Codman Scjuare
Connolly
Dorchester
East Boston
Faneuil
Fellowes Athenaeum
Hyde Park .
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point
Lower Mills
Mattapan
Memorial
Mt. Bowdoin
Mt. Pleasant
Neponset
North End .
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
South Boston
South End .
Uphams Corner
Washington Village
West End .
West Roxbury
Total for Branch Libraries
1 otal for Circulation Division
Total for Entire Library Systi m
* Name changed from School Department 1 August 1944.
** In addition 25,293 volumes belonging to Fellowes Athenaeum Trustees are
available to the public under the same rules governing books belonging to
the Boston Public Library.
, ,
12,777
\
11,165
32,563
37,111
16,505
17,997
13,127
1 1 .059
17,278
14,132
13,914
13,748
14,519
17,834**
25,486
14,746
8,012
9,013
17,172
13,738
1 1 ,830
8,632
7,013
12,548
8,765
1 1 ,984
6,245
13.952
1 1 ,669
14.390
16,635
12,025
18,908
18,167
411,043
411,043
504,659 504,659
. ** 1,7 19.983
[37]
BOOK STOCK
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
1882-83
1883-84
1884-85
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896-97
1897-98
1898-99
9,688
16,221
22.617
28.080
34.896
70.851
78,043
85.031
97.386
105.034
110,563
116.934
123.016
130.678
• 136.080
144,092
1 52.796
160.573
179.250
192,958
209,456
260.550
276.918
297,873
321,010
345,734
360.963
377.225
390.982
404.221
422,116
438,594
453.947
460,993
479,421
492,956
505.872
520.508
536.027
556,283
576,237
597.152
610,375
628,297
663.763
698.888
716.050
1899-1900
746,383
1900-01 .
781,377
1901-02
812,264
1902-03
835,904
1903-04
848,884
1904-05 .
871,050
1905-06
878.933
1906-07
903,349
1907-08
922348
1908-09
941 ,024
1909-10
961 .522
1910-11 .
987.268
1911-12 .
1,006,717
1912-13
1,049.011
1913-14
1,067,103
1914-15
1.098.702
1915-16
1,121,747
1916-17
1,139.682
1917-18
1,157,326
1918-19
1,173,695
1919-20
1,197.498
1920-21
1.224.510
1921-22
1,258,211
1922-23
1,284,094
1923-24
1,308,041
1924-25
1,333,264
1925
1,363,515
1926
1 ,388,439
1927
1,418.489
1928
. 1.442.802
1929
1,475.743
1930
1.526,951
1931
. 1.572,802
1932
1.631.422
1933
. 1,654,017
1934
1,673,609
1935
. 1.682.848
1936
. 1,693.335
1937
. 1.700.681
1938
1 .693,688
1939
. 1.704.729
1940
1.714,923
1941
1.720.605
1942
1.734,516
1943
. 1,732,395
1944
,
.* 1.7 19,983
* In addition, 25,293 volumes belonging to Fellowes Athenaeum Trustees, and
formerly included in the total number of volumes in the Library, are available
to the public under the same rules governing books belongmg to the Boston
Public Library.
[38]
ACCESSIONS, I9J4
The following statistics include materials received in 1944;
they do not include materials received in earlier years, but pro-
cessed only in 1 944.
Classification of Accessions, 1944
NO. OF
source
VOLUMES
By purchase
55.476
By
gift .
3,257
By
exchange
By
binding of
newspapers .
131
By
binding of
serials .
3,277
Total 62,141
Distribution of Expenditures for the Purchase of Books
AND Other Library Materials, 1944
Reference Division
From City Appropriation $5,049.80
From Trust Funds Income 39,014.26 $44,064.06
Circulation Division
From City Appropriation $74,950.20
From Trust Funds Income 720.79 75,670.99
$119,735.05
Distribution of Books Acquired by Purchase
Reference Division
From City Appropriation 437
From Trust Funds Income 6,079 6,516
Circulation Division
From City Appropriation 48,468
From Trust Funds Income 492 48,960
55.476
[39]
Increase or Decrease in Book Stock of the Circulation Division, 1939 - 1944
YEAR
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
VOLUMES DISCARDED VOLUMES ADDED
57,966
62,180
58,650
58,112
65,632
71,222*
42,671
51,669
52,506
62,610
51,718
48,509
NET INCREASE
TOTAL NUMBER OF
OR DECREASE IN
VOLUMES CIRCU-
NO. OF VOLUMES
LATION DIVISION
-15,295
541,361
-10,511
542,932
-6,144
536,788
+4,498
541,286
-13,914
527,372
-22,713*
504,659
* Includes 25,293 volumes belonging to Fellowes Athenaeum Trustees, and located
in the Fellowes Athenaeum Branch Library, hereby removed from Boston Pub-
lic Library book stock figure but still available to its public under the same rules
governing books owned by the Boston Public Library.
[40]
NOTABLE PURCHASES, 1944
Print Department
Benson, Frank W.
A collection of 63 unpublished plates.
Winkler, John W.
A collection of 80 prints. Purchased jointly by the Boston Public
Library and Albert H. Wiggin.
Rare Book Department
Americana
Allen
Narrative of Captivity.
Appendix to Diplomatic Correspondence, 1865.
Boston. Stereopticon views.
Brooks, Phillips
A.L.S. to Charles W. Gray. Sept. 1 9, 1 891 . 2 pp.
Convention between his Britannick Majesty and the King of Spain,
1790.
Humphreys.
Essay on Maj. Gen. Putnam, 1 788.
Declaration of Independence. Boston, 1 776.
To the People of New-Hampshire. Broadside.
The Republican Crisis. Alexandria, 1812.
Royal Military Panorama. Vols. 1 & 3. 1812-1814.
English Literature
Barclay, John
Poematum libri duo.
Bronte, Charlotte
Shirley, 1 st ed.
Companion to the true-telling gypsy, 1805.
Curtis, William
Catalogue ... of plants. London, 1 785.
Lewis, B. Roland
The Shakespeare Documents. 2 vols. Stanford University Press.
Proclamation by Parliament announcing the accession of Charles H.
[41]
Mathematics and Science
Bredon, Simon
Arithmetica Theorica. Middle 1 5th Century.
Collection of different treatises in Latin, English and French on occult
sciences, astronomy, medicine, and botany.
Illustrated Books
Baldensperger, Fernand
Les Sonnets de Shakespeare.
Bellamy, Edward
Looking Backward. 1941. Merle Armitage in Hollywood. Draw-
ings by Elise. Limited Editions.
Berjeau
Speculum Humanae Salvationis.
Clemens, Samuel
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1942. Limited Editions.
Collier, J. P.
Punch and Judy. 1937. Limited Editions.
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Prairie. 1 940. Limited Editions.
Defoe, Daniel
Robinson Crusoe. Limited Editions.
Dumas, Alexander
The Count of Monte Cristo. 4 vols. 1941. Limited Editions.
Euclid
Designed by Bruce Rogers. 1 944.
Fielding, Henry
The History of the life of the late Mr. Jonathan Wild. 1 943.
Limited Editions.
Flaubert, Gustave
The Temptation of Saint Anthony.
God the Father. French woodcut.
Grimm
Fairy Tales. Illus. by Joseph Scharb.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter. 1941. Limited Editions.
Flemingway, Ernest
For whom the bell tolls. Princeton University Press. 1941.
Limited Editions.
Hoffmann, E. T. A.
Tales of Hoffman. 1 943. Limited Editions.
[42]
Huart
Parodie de Juif Errant.
Hudson, William Henry
Far away and long ago. 1943. Limited Editions.
Lincoln, Abraham
Literary works of Abraham Lincoln. 1942. Limited Editions.
Masters, Edgar Lee
Spoon River anthology. 1942. Limited Editions.
Merimee, Prosper
Carmen. 1 94 1 . Limited Editions.
Pushkin, Alexander
Eugene Onegin. 1943. Limited Editions.
Steinbeck, John
The Grapes of Wrath. 1 940. Limited Editions.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Treasure Island. 1 94 1 . Limited Editions.
Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
Candide illustrated by Paul Klee. (1944).
Miscellaneous '
Bible. German. Augsburg, c. 1474.
Brinsley, John
Ludus literarius. 1627.
Josson
Traite abrege de la danse. 1 763.
Junius, Hadrianus
Batavia. Antwerp, Plantin. 1 588.
Luther, Martin
Ein neutzlich Predigt. Basel. 1520.
Rime Diverse. 1 549.
Saude, Jean
Traite d'enluminure d'art au pochoir. 1925.
Thornton and Seller
A Map of some of the south and east bounds of Pennsylvania in
America. London, 1681. Collotype facsimile, 1944.
Verantius, Faustus
Dictionarium. Venice. 1595.
[43]
A SELECTION OF INTERESTING GIFTS OF BOOKS.
PRINTS, AND OTHER MATERIAL IN 1944
American Outpost in Great Britain
The Outpost. Nos. I to 56, August 1940 to December. 1944.
London, Americans in Britain.
Aurelio, Frank L.
Copy of an act incorporating Boylston Market Association. Feb-
ruary 27, 1809. in manuscript.
Bohan, J.
A collection of approximately 1000 clippings relating mainly to
architecture and interior decoration, and 1 1 booklets relating to
art.
Brigham. Lucy M.
A collection of 1 volume. 1 49 photographs, 1 8 pictures, and 1 0
postcards, mainly relating to places and people of foreign lands.
Cox, Persis.
A miscellaneous collection of 4 volumes and 39 pamphlets, mostly
pieces of music or publications relating to music.
Cutler, Reverend Wolcott
Tvv^o hundred and ninety-tv^o lantern slides of Charlestown, past
and present, and a notebook containing pictures from w^hich the
slides were made, and notes for the lectures.
Hallowell. Emily
A collection of 137 manuscript letters and 2 telegrams from Rus-
kin to Miss Francesca Alexander, December 9, 1 882 to December
3, 1 888, and 1 6 letters by Francesca Alexander, E. Burne-Jones,
Mrs. Burne-Jones, Constance Oldham, George F. Watts and W.
B. Richmond.
Higgins. Eugene
A collection of 1 40 prints by Eugene Higgins.
Izard, Forrest
A collection of 1 5 manuscripts, scores and librettos of operettas
and songs, with music by Carl Wilmore and words by Carl Wil-
more, George Abbott and others, and 2 copies of Love and the
Clock, by Carl Wilmore, Boston Music Company, 1915.
Jordan Marsh Company
A collection of 55 issues of photostat copies of the Monday issues
of the Boston Herald, from September 13, 1943 to November
13, 1944.
Latimer, Mrs. Grace Gordon
A collection of 1 2 early printed booklets for children, published in
England and America, from 1819 to 1833.
[44]
Lord, Reverend Robert H.
Historv of the Archdiocese of Boston in the Various Stages of its
Development, 1604-1943. By Robert H. Lx)rd. John E. Sexton
and Edward T. Harrington. In three vohimes. New York. Sheed
& Ward, 1944. Gift of the authors.
Marius, Estate of Mme. Emelie Alexander-
A collection of 1 000 volumes and pieces of music, presented to
the Music Department of the Boston Public Library.
Miller, Richard
A collection of 2 1 3 volumes of miscellaneous works.
Museum of Fine Arts Library
A collection of 400 catalogues of various art galleries and museums,
and 1 44 clippings of political cartoons.
Pertzoff, Mrs. Constantin
A photograph of Serge Kouszevitzsky by Bachrach, autographed,
October 22, 1929.
A framed photograph of Paderewsky, autographed.
Phillips, Mary E.
A collection of 1 42 pages of mounted manuscript items relating to
Poe and Cooper.
Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B.
A collection of 687 volumes and pamphlets on various subjects,
and 2 framed photographs, of the Hatch Shell and of Edward E.
Hale.
Wales, Mrs. George C.
A collection of 1 25 etchings, 32 lithographs, 1 9 drawings and
tracings and 2 copper plates by George C. Wales. Given in memory
of George C. Wales.
Wiggin, Albert H.
A collection of work by Thomas Rowlandson including prints,
water colors, drawings and books • — - 241 items.
Fifty-four prints by Francis Goya.
Fifty prints by Sir Francis Seymour Haden.
A collection consisting of the work of Anders Zorn, comprising 81
etchings, I water color, 1 painting, 9 cancelled plates, and 8
reference books; and etchings, drawings, water colors and litho-
graphs of the following artists and any reference books pertaining
thereto:
Robert Austin Frederick L. Griggs
Edmund Blampied Axel Haig
Arthur Briscoe Carl Larson
Francis Dodd Samuel Palmer
Hedley Fitton Eileen Soper
[45]
and prints by the following English artists:
S. van Abbe
Andrew W. Affleck
Stanley Anderson
Frank Brangwyn
Charles Cain
E. S. Detmold
Joseph Gray
Martin Hardie
Harold Harvey
Norman Hirst
Bouverie Hoyton
E. H. Lacey
Lionel Lindsay
S. M. Litten
Ernest Lumsden
Douglas Macleod
Harry Morley
C. R. W. Nevinson
Job Nixon
Malcolm Osborne
H. MacBeth Raeburn
Joseph Simpson
William Strang
J. Walter Taylor
Middleton Todd
S. Tushingham
William Walcott
H. Gordon Warlow
E. Herbert Whydale
W. L. Wyllie
Woodbury, Mr. and Mrs. David O. and Mrs. Charles B. Perkins
A complete set of the etchings of Charles H. Woodbury with
associated drawings, oil paintings, and water colors.
Worcester Free Public Library
A volume of printed and manuscript items relating to the Boston
Public Library during 1857—1866, with manuscript notes by Mr.
C. C. Jewett concerning the matter treated therein. For the
Trustees' Room.
Wyman, Estate of Lil!:: Viles
A collection of I 69 volumes, 20 pamphlets and 1 7 packages of
clippings relating to dancing and dancers, from the collection of
Lilla Viles Wyman.
[46]
VI
USE OF BOOKS
COMPARATIVE CIRCULATION STATISTICS, 1940 - 1944
Refe
Central Library
Business Branch
1940
171,539
18.458
1941
155,155
14.682
1942
134,315
11,174
1943
1944
19,321 116,380
8.466 8.068
Total for Reference Division 189,997 169,837 145,489 127,787 124,448
Circulation Division
Open Shelf Department
208,494
196,588
185,960
161,908
151,662
Young Peoples Room
49,700
47,365
44,185
37,983
37,719
*School Issue Department
29,397
31,444
30,825
28,728
25,527
Branch Issue Department
54,228
52,097
45,445
42,523
47,773
Staff Library
1,177
685
725
871
Deposit Circulation
(estimated)
303,949
294,215
281,639
252,766
223,888
Branch Libraries
Allston
143,733
131,715
115,700
101,832
95,622
Brighton
105,612
89,265
77,206
63,271
64.767
Charlestown
105,499
93,545
86,596
74,241
72,769
City Point
107,280
93,060
80,833
67,844
61,871
Codman Square
137,626
130,967
128,331
115,310
112,100
Connolly
128,383
116,758
106,172
94,429
92,487
Dorchester
104,578
86,858
74,848
68,404
65,101
East Boston
119,750
105,722
92,228
79,190
80.872
Faneuil
116,430
110.204
80,282
55,766
52,267
Fellowes Athenaeum
68,122
58,948
54,243
44,303
44,717
Hyde Park
108,565
93,981
78,745
70,198
68,781
Jamaica Plain
106,840
95,679
81,653
73,073
73,050
Jeffries Point
59,311
48,962
41,375
33,179
30,425,
Kirsfein
24,929**
Lower Mills
58,655
54,537
52,452
45,233
45,851
Mattapan
164,001
145,367
132,244
107,047
105,119
Memorial
1 56,229
141,992
128,206
105,276
96,980
Mt. Bowdoin
1 1 5,427
101.062
90,325
83,399
74,943
Mt. Pleasant
75,541
67,633
59,438
54,324
53,142
Neponset
54,013
49,682
41,641
39,303
41,962
North End
88,694
72.295
63,418
60,197
62,675
Orient Heights
51,743
44,952
39,465
35,791
36.943
Parker Hill
89,834
88,312
87,872
71.038
69.067
Phillips Brooks
37,469
29,403
28,192
26.929
31,017
Roslindale
125,891
124,108
114,057
100.403
102,053
South Boston
92.744
78,035
57,769
54,534
49,012
South End
1 18,765
105,232
91,765
78,108
75,227
Uphams Corner
1 58.836
136.517
1 1 5,492
99.297
99,052
Washington Village
113,900
97,692
102,517
93,074
87,708
West End
143,949
124,498
119.320
117.008
105,519
West Roxbury
138,849
126,229
1 1 5,006
106,914
102,268
Total for Circulation
Division
3.8f)6,966
3,466,096
3,126,130
2.743,548
2,640,807
Total for Entire Library
System 4,056,963 3.635,933 3,271,619 2,871.335 2.765,255
* Name changed from School Department 1 August 1944.
** Branch Library closed July 1, 1940.
[47]
Gains and Losses in Circulation, 1935 - 1944
NUMBER OF
PERCENTAGE OF
PERCENTAGE OF
BOOKS LENT
DECREASE FROM
DECREASE FROM
DECREASE
YEAR
TO BORROWERS
PRECEDING YEAR
PRECEDING YEAR
FROM 1934
1934
5,194,351
1935
4,949,701
-244,650
-5%
-5%
1936
4,806,737
-142,964
-3%
-7%
1937
4,531,378
-275,359
-6%
-13%
1938
4,354,044
-177,334
-4%
-16%
1939
4,198,975
-1 55,069
-4%
-19%
1940
4,056,%3
-142,012
-3%
-22%
1941
3,635,933
^21,030
-10%
-30%
1942
3,271,619
-364,314
-10%
-37%
1943
2,871,335
-400,284
-12%
-45%
1944
2,765,255
-106,080
-4%
-47%
Distribution of Total Circulation in 1944
FROM deposits IN
schools, institutions
HOME use and engine HOUSES* TOTALS
Reference Division
Central Library
Direct lending to borrowers
Central Library volumes circulated
through Branch Issue Department
and Branch Libraries
Business Branch
Total for Reference Division
Circulation Division
104,919
11,461
8,068
124,448
104,919
11,461
8,068
124,448
Open Shelf Department
151,662
151,662
Young Peoples Room
37,719
37,719
**School Issue Department
25,527
206,020
231,547
Branch Issue Department
• 47,773
12,822
60,595
Staff Library
871
871
Branch Libraries
Aiiston
95,622
95,622
Brighton
64,767
300
65,067
Charlestown
72,769
72,769
City Point
61,871
61,871
Codman Square
112,100
90
112,190
Connolly
92,487
92,487
Dorchester
65,101
65,101
East Boston
80,872
80,872
Faneuil
52,267
52,267
Fellowes Athenaeum
44,717
44,717
Hyde Park
68,781
68,781
Jamaica Plain
73,050
73,050
Jeffries Point
30,425
30,425
Lower Mills
45,851
45,851
* Estimated
** Name changed from School Department 1 August 1944.
[48]
Mattapan
105,119
60
105,179
Memorial
96,9S0
96.980
Mt. Bowdoin
74,943
74,943
Mt. Pleasant
53,142
53,142
Neponset
41,962
41.962
North End
62,675
62.675
Orient Heights
36,943
36,943
Parker Hill
69,067
69.067
Phillips Brooks
31,017
31,017
Roslindale
102,053
102,053
South Boston
49,012
49,012
South End
75,227
300
75,527
Uphams Corner
99,052
503
99,555
Washington Village
87,708
87,708
West End
105,519
3,793
109,312
West Roxbury
102,268
102,268
for Circulation Division
2,416,919
223,888
2,640,807
For Entire Library
2,541,367
223,888
2,765.255
Summary of Circulation by Divisions in 1944
BOOKS LENT FOR HOME USE
Reference Division
Central Library (including Central Library books
issued through Branch Libraries)
Business Branch .....
Circulation Division
Open Shelf Department, Central Library .
Young Peoples Room, Central Library
School Issue Department, through schools .
Branch Issue Department, through Branch Libraries
Staff Library, Central Library
Branch Libraries .....
Total Circulation in 1944
116,380
8,068
124,448
151,662
37,719
25,527
47.773
871
. 2,153,367
2.4 16.9 1 9
2.541,367
Books Lent for Home Use
Reference Division
Circulation Division
Deposits of Books (estimated)
124,448
2,416,919
223.888
2.765.255
[49]
Registration
(Two-year period)
Number of registered borrowers, December 31, 1944:
Adulf 77,577
Juvenile 6^,290
Total 140,867
Number of borrowers registered or reregistered during 1944:
Aduh 39,022
Juvenile 31,519
Total 70,541
Inter-Library Loans, 1944
Under the inter-library loan system with other Hbraries the
following lending of books for the purpose of serious research
is shown: /
Volumes lent to other libraries in Massachusetts 1,019
Volumes lent to libraries outside of Massachusetts 303
1,322
Classification of Circulation in Percentages, 1944
CIRCULATION
REFERENCE
division
DIVISION
Fiction
for adults
41.6%
6.9%
Nonfic
tion for adults
17.0%
93.1%
Juvenil
e fiction
23.2%
—
Juvenil
!e nonfiction
18.2%
—
100.0% 100.0%
Missing Books from the Branch Libraries, 1940 - 1944
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
PERCENTACE OF
INCREASE OR
PERCENTAGI.
total
DECREASE OVER
OF DECREASE
NUMBER
PRECEDING YEAR
FROM 1 939
5.299
4,710
-11%
-11%
4,977
+6%
-6%
4,369
-12%
-18%
3.616
-17%
-32%
3.490
-3%
-34%
[50]
Books Unrecoverable from Borrowers from Branch Libraries, 1935 - 1944
YEAR
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
percentage
NUMBER of
percentage of
OF increase
volumes
increase or decrease
or decrease
nrecoverable
over preceding year
OVER 1934
2,262
1,399
-38%
-38%
953
-32%
-5S%
979
+ 1.7%
-57%,
742
-24%
-67%
642
-13%
-72%
645
+0.5%
-71%
577
-11%
-74%
713
+24%
-68%
1,066
+50%
-53%
797
-25%
-65%
Books Unrecoverable from Borrowers from Branch Libraries. 1935 - 1944
YEAR
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
total number
OF volumes
unrecoverable
1,399
953
979
742
642
645
577
713
1,066
797
percent of
total number
volumes borrowed
of volumes
WHICH WERE
borrowed
unrecoverable
4,078,044
0.034%
3.919,024
0.024%
3,659,056
0.027%
3,470,958
0.021%
3.341,153
0.019%
3.221,198
0.020%
2,843,210
0.020%
2.537.391
0.028%
2,218.915
0.048%
2,153,367
0.037%
[5iJ
VII
THE CATALOGS
Reference Division
Cataloged
Central Library
Business Branch
Serials Added
Central Library
12,994
1,897
1,182
16,073
Circulation Di
Cataloged
Open Shelf Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
Miscellaneous
1,894
1,132
3,265
2,158
39,177
9
47,635
Card Work
Reference Division
Library of Congress cards typed, proofread, sorted, etc. 81 ,562
Cards typed in full 2,722
Circulation Division
Cards processed on duplicating machine
Cards typed
84,284
211,018
1 7,072
228,090
The number of volumes shelved and thus made available for
public use is :
Reference Division
Central Library (including continuations) 10,218
Business Branch 1 ,897
Books reported lost or missing in previous years but now
found, etc. 665 12,780
[32]
Circulation Division
Open Shelf Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
46.005
Books reported lost or missing in previous years but now
found, etc. 504 48,509
61 ,289
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 2,227
Business Branch 252 2,479
Circulation Division
Open Shelf Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
71,222*
73,701*
* Includes 25,293 volumes belonging to Fellowes Athenaeum Trustees, and located
in the Fellowes Athenaeum Branch Library, hereby removed from Boston Pub-
lic Library book stock figure, but still available to its public under scime rules
governing books owned by the Boston Public Library.
VIII
PRINTING AND BINDING
1 ME Printing Department
Requisitions received and filled 496
Cards (indicator, time, guide, etc.) 470,000
Wiggin Print Collection (catalog and exhibition cards) 6,444
Signs, posters, etc. 9,750
Forms (numbered series, including blank forms) 2,151,632
Forms, circulars and sundries (outside the numbered series) 241,450
Library publications, including books lists, programs, etc. 198,025
The Binding Department
Number of volumes bound in various styles 43,644
Volumes repaired 744
Volumes guarded 198
Maps mounted 24
Photographs and engravings mounted 1 ,704
Library publications folded, stitched and trimmed / 1 72,002
Portfolios, blocks, boxes and desk pads made 4,652
Covers made (miscellaneous types) 2,596
Miscellaneous work done 233
DATE
Jan. 2
Jan. 6
Jan. 9
Jan. 1 3
Jan. 20
Jan. 23
Jan. 11
Jan. 30
Feb. 3
Feb. 6
Feb. 6
Feb. 10
Feb. 1 3
Feb. 1 7
Feb. 20
Feb. 24
[53]
IX
LECTURES, CONCERTS, EXHIBITIONS
LECTURES
General Lecture Series in the Central Library
TITLE lecturer
Stage Settings and Designers in the Frank Chouteau Brown
European and American Theatres
PubUc Housing in Relation to
Planning
The Four Who Were Cursed
Colorful Stories of Southern
Rivers
Pens, Plots, and Playwrights
John Dobbs
Genia Miloradovich
H. Harding Hale
Lydia LeBaron Walker
The Life and Works of the Ameri- Boston School of Self-
can Poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox Expression, A. Cardoso de
Silva
Music, Drama, and Oratory. Little Raymond Gilbert
Theatre
Right Eating, Right Living, and
Humor
New England's Control of Her
Own Destiny
The Development of the English
Theatre
Massachusetts General Hospital:
A layman's appreciation of its history
and service
C. Howard Saunders
Frederick J. Adams
Dr. William VanLennep
Fanny Goldstein
Canadian Rockies Vv^onderland Robert Stanton
Great Personalities I Have Known Doris B. Whitehouse
Christine M. Ayars
Glimpses of Guatemalan Art and
Architecture, Maya, Spanish-
Colonial, and Modern
Portrayals of the Finer Arts
Anna Bobitt-Gardner
The Importance of Birds to Your Laurence B. Fletcher
Garden
54]
DATE TITLE
Mar. 2 Flemish Primitives
Mar. 5 The Current Theatre
Mar. 9 Modern Port Development
Mar. 1 6 The Life and Work of Wallace
Nutting
Mar. 23 Public Sculpture in Boston
Mar. 30 Gardens in Eastern Massachusetts
Apr. 2 The Russian Theatre in War and
in Review. Boston Drama League
Apr. 6 Architecture of the English Medi-
aeval Churches
Apr. 27 Development oi our Metropolitan
Parks
Oct. 5 Book Talk
Oct. 8 Adventures in Light and Color
Oct. I 5 Crossing the Andes in a Motorboat
Oct. 22 Historic Charlestown
Oct. 25 The Nation's Health
Nov. 2 Latin American Friendship Pres-
ent and Future
Nov. 5 Feeling Like a Million on Three
Meals a Day
Nov. 9 The Advantages of Enlarging the
Metropolitan Park System
Nov. 1 2 Reminiscences and Present Im-
pressions of Old Mexico
Nov. 1 6 A Rambler Roams New Eng-
land Roads
Nov. 19 Charles Bulfinch, A Great Archi-
tect of Boston
Nov. 26 Boston Legend in Story and
Picture
Nov. 30 Book Talk
LECTURER
Dr. Jan-Albert Goris
Frank Chouteau Brown
Charles M. Spofford
William L. Nolan
Charles D. Maginnis
Mrs. Edith R. Curtis
Prof. H. W. L. Dana
Frederick T. Persons
Arthur Shurcliff
Olga Owens
Charles J. Connick
Alice Howland Macomber
The Rev. Wolcott Cutler
Dr. William W. Bauer
A. Roy Thompson
Dorothea Nicoll
Laurence B. Fletcher
Mme. Aino Saari
Lester B. Deveaux
Kenneth J. Conant
Lucius Beebe and William
Germain Dooley
Mrs. Alice Dixon Bond
[55]
DATE TITLE
Dec. 3 Jewish Book Week
Dec. 7 Belgium and its Post War
Problems
Dec. 1 1 The Fame of Gerard Manley
Hopkins
1 4 New Views of Old Mexico
1 7 Dickens' Christmas Carol
2 I The Romance of Boston Bay
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
LECTURER
Fanny Goldstein
Dr. Albert E. Navez
Daniel Sargent
Cecil B. Atwater
Edward F. Payne
Edward Rowe Snow
CONCERTS IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
DATE TITLE
Jan. 9 Song Recital
Jan. 1 6 Concert
Jan. 1 6 Operatic Concert
Jan. 30 Recital
Feb. 1 3 Song Recital
Feb. 27 Lecture-Recital. Jewish Music
Mar. 5 Concert of Choral Music
Mar. 1 2 Concert
Victoria Samuelian. Alan
Hovhaness, accompanist
String Orchestra of the Bos-
ton Music School, Inc. Lin-
wood D. Scriven, conductor
Elaine Seicol, soprano ; Phyl-
lis Scott, contralto; Palmira
Dellamano, pianoforte ;
Supervised by Mme. Luisa
Tosi
Students of Rose Wies Shain,
Staley College Vocal De-
partment
Maria Caferella, lyric so-
prano
Prof. S. G. Braslavsky, as-
sisted by Chorus and solo-
ists
The Polonaise Society of
Boston of the International
Institute. Alfons Jozwicki,
conductor
Music Department of Bur-
roughs Newsboys Founda-
tion. Henry Bernard, director
[56]
DATE TITLE
Mar. 19 Concert
Mar. 26 Concert
Apr. 23 Lecture-Concert
Apr. 30 Annual Concert
Apr. 30 Song Recital
Oct. 8 Song Recital
Oct. 1 5 Piano Recital
Oct. 1 9 Lecture-Recital
Oct. 22 Recital
Oct. 29 Piano Recital
Oct. 29 Song Recital
Nov. 5 Piano Recital
Nov. 1 2 Piano Recital
Nov. 19 Piano Recital
Nov. 26 Song Recital
Dec. 3 Music of the Old and New
Worlds, A Comparison.
(Lecture-Concert)
Dec. 1 0 Violoncello Recital
Dec. 1 0 Song Recital
Dec. 1 7 Concert of Christmas Music
Dec. 28 Piano Recital
Massachusetts State Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs
Choral Society. Mrs. Nata-
lie Weidner, conductor; Mr.
Earl Weidner, accompanist
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra.
Edward Siegel, conductor
Theo S. Carreiro
Linwood D. Scriven, Boston
Music School, Inc.
Araxy Odabashian, soprano
Marika Kapravy, soprano
Helen Zoe Duncan
Nicholas Slonimsky
Einar Hansen, violnist; Alan
Hovhaness, pianist
David Bacon, pianist
Estelle Freedland, assisted by
Nina P. Spaulding
Olga Stone
Ethel Dewey
Mrs. Margaret Rohde
Frances Knowlton Robbins,
contralto; Beltrando Brini,
violinist, assisting artist; Olga
Gellately, accompanist
Dr. Karl Geiringer
Ellinor Benedict, violon-
cellist
Victoria Samuelian, lyric-
coloratura-soprano
Students of the Bergeron
Vocal Studio, Marie A.
Bergeron, director
Leo Litwin
[57]
LOWELL LECTURES IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Under the Auspices of the Lowell Institute
DATE title of SERIES
Jan. 4 Some Modem Developments in
through Ornithology. (A series of eight
Jan. 28 lectures)
Feb. 3 The Organization of the Bacterial
through Cell in its Relation to the Problems
Feb. 29 of Virulence, Immunity and Chem-
otherapy. (A series of eight lec-
tures)
Feb. 3 The Navaho Indians.
through (A series of eight lectures)
Feb. 28
Mar. 2 The Psychology of Reason and
through Belief. (A series of eight lectures)
Mar. 27
Mar. 3
through
Mar. 31
Oct. 20
through
Nov. 14
The Art of the Renaissance in
Northern Europe and its Relation
to the Contemporary Spiritual and
Intellectual Movements. (A series
of eight lectures)
Human Heredity.
(A series of eight lectures)
Nov. 1 6 An Introduction to Comparative
through Mysticism. (A series of eight
Dec. 1 4 lectures)
Nov. 17
through
Dec. 1 2
History of Music for the Piano-
forte. (A series of eight lectures)
Ludlow Griscom, M.A., Re-
search Curator, Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Har-
vard University.
Rene Jules Dubos, Ph.D.,
D.Sc, George Fabyan Pro-
fessor of Comparative Patho-
logy and Tropical Medicine,
Harvard Medical School.
Clyde Kluckhohn. Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of An-
thropology, Harvard Univer-
sity. .
James Grier Miller, M.D.,
Ph.D., Junior Fellow, Har-
vard University, Resident
Physician in Psychiatry,
Massachusetts General Hos-
pital.
Dr. Otto Benesch, Tutor in
the Department of Fine Arts,
Harvard University.
R. Ruggles Gates. Ph.D., D.
Sc, LL.D. F.R.S. Emeritus
Professor in the University of
London.
Jacques C. DeMarquette,
Docteur des Lettres.
Willi Apel. Ph.D.
[58]
BOSTON RUSKIN CLUB LECTURES IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
DATE
Jan. 10
Jan. 24
Feb. 14
Feb.
28
Mar.
13
Mar.
11
Apr.
10
Apr.
24
Oct.
9
Nov.
13
Dec.
11
Dec.
18
TITLE OF SERIES
Rachmaninoff Memorial, His
Life and Compositions.
Famous Oriental Tales Retold.
John Ruskin's Birthday Ob-
servance. John Ruskin's Life and
Prophecies.
From Coast to Coast.
Moving Pictures. Listen to Britain.
Venezuela Moves Ahead.
Negro Colleges in War Time and
Dr. George. Washington Carver.
Disraeli, Prime Minister to Queen
Victoria and Sponsor of Suez.
An Afternoon with the Operas.
Opening Musicale.
Readings from the Published
Writings, Prose and Poetry of
Virginia Wainwright.
Christmas in Art and Poetry.
Selections from "The Messiah,"
and Poems and Hymns of the Late
Cardinal William O'Connell.
LECTURER
Mme. Palmira Dellamano
and pupils.
Nora Isabel Shaw.
Mrs. May Smith Dean,
friend of John Ruskin, and
Professor, Royal Art School,
South Kensington, London.
Courtesy of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad
Rev. Samuel L. Laviscount
Dr. Herman L. Rubinovitz.
Mme. Luisa Tosi and pupils.
Mme. Palmira Dellamano,
guest pianist.
Mme. Luisa Tosi and pupils.
Virginia Wainwright.
Mrs. Arthur Dudley Ropes
Mme. Luisa Tosi and pupils.
Mme. Palmira Dellamano,
puest pianist.
EXHIBITIONS IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
CHAVANNES AND SARGENT GALLERIES
CHAVANNF.S
Jan. 1-31
Feb. 1 - 29
SARGENT
Jan. 1-31
Feb. 1 - 29
Aleutian Islands Display
Newspapers of United States,
British Empire, Continental
Europe and South America.
[59]
CHAVANNES
Mar. 1-31
Apr. 1 - 25
Mar. 1 -31
Apr. 1 - 25
Apr. 25 - June 5 Apr. 25 - June 5
June 5 - 30
June
5-30
July 3-31
July
3-31
Aug. 1 - Sept. 1 8
Aug.
I -31
Sept.
1 -30
Sept. 1 8 - 30
Oct. 1-31
Oct.
1 -31
Nov. 1 - 30
Nov.
1 -30
Dec. 1-18
Dec.
1 -18
Dec. 18-31
Dec. 18-31
TITLE
China — Today and Yesterday.
United States Armed Forces
Publications
British Periodicals.
Life in Present-Day Russia.
College Seals and Catalogs.
American Indian Art.
History of Masks.
Scenes in Mexico.
Mexican Graphic Art.
Music and Motion Pictures.
Collection of Books Printed in
Esperanto.
Periodicals Featuring Articles
on Jobs for the Returning
Veteran.
Prints Selected from the Wiggin
Collection.
Gerard Manley Hopkins Cen-
tenary Exhibit.
"The Christmas Crib," Featur-
ing Black and White Repro-
ductions of World Famous Na-
tivity Scenes.
The History of Toys.
TREASURE ROOM
DATE
January 1 — February 28
March 1 - April 1 5
Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printed
Books.
Tasso's Works in Commemoration of the 400th
Anniversary of the Poet's Birth.
[60]
April 1 5 - May 1
April 1 5 - October 3 1
May 1 -June 30
July 1 - October 3 1
November 1 — 30
Rare Books Illustrating Theme of Lowell
Lecture, "Art of the Renaissance in Northern
Europe and its Relation to the Contemporary
Spiritual and Intellectual Movements." Dr.
Otto Benesch.
Fifty Books of the Year — 1944 - a Traveling
Exhibit from the American Institute of Graphic
Art.
Exhibit of Coins — Sponsored by the American
Numismatic Society.
Exhibit on Poland — in connection with the
Anniversary of the Polish Constitution, May 3.
Books and Manuscripts Commemorating the
1 50th Anniversary of the Founding of
Bowdoin College.
The Phillipine Islands.
January
February
March
WIGGIN GALLERY
TITLE
Exhibitions of American Prints.
Watercolors and Drawings by British Artists.
Prints and Drawings of Arthur W. Heintzel-
April
May
June
July and August
September
October
November
December
Portraits and Head Studies by Alphonse Le-
gros.
Prints by Alfred Hutty.
Lithographs of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Watercolors by Jean Louis Forain.
Etchings by Eugene Higgins.
Etchings of Arthur Briscoe.
Etchings of John W. Winkler.
Works of Charles H. Woodburv.
[61]
X
TRUST FUNDS
R
Receipts and Exp
ENDITURES FROM
Trust Funds
Income, 1930
- 1944
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
I93I
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
19,033.82
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
316,317.28
119.899.86
196,417.42
1940
196.417.42
50.889.53
247,306.95
128.403.69
118.903.26
1941
118,903.26
52,678.52
171,581.78
93,969.34
77.612.44
1942
77,612.44
54.112.16
131,724.60
50,625.70
81 ,098.90
1943
81,098.90
55.200.41
136,299.31
61,016.62
75.282.69
1944
75.282.69
52,698.82
127,981.51
40,839.88
87,141.63
Receipts and Expenditures from Trust Funds Income, 1930 - 1944
AMOUNT unexpended
FROM previous
year year
1930 $40,886.73
1931 52.110.71
1932 58.777.98
1933 63.690.62
1934 64,283.36
1935 72,205.55
1936 73,203.19
1937 40,107.73
1938 48,785.57
1939 258,660.87
1940 1%.417.42
1941 118,903.26
1942 77,612.44
1943 81,098.90
1944 75,282.69
$34,020.19
27,507.00
27,713.68
27,226.68
27,006.01
25,494.14
25,730.57
59,839.65
296,214.26
57,656.41
50,889.53
52,678.52
54,112.16
55,200.41
52,698.82
expenditures
$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
128,403.69
93,969.34
50,625.70
61,016.62
40,839.88
Income from Trust Funds, 1930 - 1944
year
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
WITHOUT
restriction
AS TO USE
$7,468.10
6.147.28
6,148.64
6,060.57
6,034.35
5.950.53
5,687.72
4,548.14
5.672.19
5.655.74
5,660.08
5,660.08
6,130.08
6.218.08
6.122.91
for purchase
of library
materials
$21,454.51
17.159.31
17.355.40
17.096.51
16,879.37
16.184.59
16,370.97
51.767.20
286.912.72
48,341.89
41,594.60
43,325.63
44,655.82
45.565.82
43.195.35
MISCELLANEOUS
RESTRICTIONS
$5,097.58
4,200.41
4,209.64
4,069.60
4,092.29
3.359.02
3.671.88
3.524.31
3.629.35
3.658.78
3,634.85
3.692.81
3.326.26
3.416.51
3,380.56
INCOME
RECEIVED
$34,020.19
27,507.00
27,713.68
27,226.68
27,006.01
25,494.14
25,730.57
59,839.65
296,214.26
57.656.41
50,889.53
52,678.52
54,112.16
55:200.41
52,698.82
[62]
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS, 1944
General Summary
\X'ithout restriction as to use of income $6,122.91
For purchase of library materials
Library materials which may or may not be books $21,951.32
Books only — without restriction as to kind of books I 1,101.41
Books only — with restriction as to kind of books 10,142.62 43,195.35
With miscellaneous restrictions as to use of income
For special purposes, not purchases of library materials $ 977.72
For specified branch libraries 1 ,097.04
For newpapers only 1.305.80 3,380.56 $52,698.82
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS, 1944
By Individual Fund.s
Without Restriction as to Use ok Income
Bernard $60.00
Bradlee 35.00
Center 1,302.16
Ford 240.00
Ford Trust (1935) 162.76
Hemenway 200.00
Hyde 144.64
Kirslein 1 50.00
Lambert 38.06
Moore 3.25
North 60.00
Phillips 1.050.00
Sigilman 502.50
Skinner 1,527.04
Stewart 140.00
Treadwell 507.50 $6,122.91
Funds Whose Income is .A.vailable for Purchase of Library Materials
For the Purchase of Library Materials Which May or May Not Be Books
(By terms of gift)
Benion $21 ,428.26
Bianchard 315.78
Gardner 137.50
Gest 69.78 $21,951.32
Ainsley
Bigelow
Billings
Clement
Cutter
Kimball
[63]
For the Purchase of Books Only — Withdut Reslriclion as to Kind of Books
$5,061 .63
40.00
3,576.80
80.00
145.40
398.60
Knapp
Sewall
Underbill
^X'adlin
Wales
Wilson
$352.50
1,062.50
7.86
127.62
212.50
36.00 $11,101.41
For tbe Purchase of Books Only — With Restriction as to Kind of Books
Artz
$472.24
Lewis
$200.00
Bates
2,000.00
O'Reilly
44.20
Bowditcb
425.00
Pierce
192.34
Codman
59.50
Reed
30.00
Elizabeth
1,000.00
Scholfield
2,488.92
Franklin Club
42.50
Storrow
750.00
Green
45.74
Ticknor
161.60
Hannigan
2.50
Townsend
160.00
C. Harris
425.00
Twentieth Regiment
212.50
Hersey
90.64
J. L. Whitney-Bks.
574.97
A. Lawrence
190.00
J. L. Whitney-Manus.
574.97 $10,142.62
43,195.35
Funds With Miscellaneous Restrictions as to Use of Income
For Special Purposes, Not for Purchase of Library Materials
Boston Book Fair 1938 Fund ' $2.58
Central Library Building 2.26
Sargent 102.88
A. L. Whitney 1 70.00
Whitney Bibliographic 700.00 $977.72
For Branch Libraries
E. Guerrier
T. B. Harris
E. Lawrence
Loring
Mead
Morse
Oakland Hall
Pratt
South Boston
Tufts
$8.16
38.00
20.00
7.50
95.60
30.00
455.62
31.44
2.50
408.22
•1 ,097.04
For Newspapers only
Todd
1,305.80 3,380.56
$52,698.82
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LIST OF TRUST FUNDS AS OF DECEMBER 31. 1944
The figures listed are for the hook values of investments as of December
31, 1944, 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
Januarv 21 , 1944, the anniversar}) date of those funds.
Ainsley Fund — Bequest of Emily L. Ainsley, under Article 12 of
her will, for the purchase of books. Received in 1 938. $ 1 78,59 1 .46
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 Collection." Received in 1896. $10,000.00
Bates Fund — Donation made by JoSHUA BaTES, of London, in March,
1853.
"The income only of this fund is to be each and every year expended
in the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority as
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. $98,636.31
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
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.
$2,094,188.40
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Benton Book 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 . . .
"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.
*T, therefore, hereby provide that . . . such income as is given by
the 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
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. $1,1 18,61 1.81
Charles H, L. N. Bernard Fund — Bequest of Charles H. L. N.
Bernard. Received in 1930. $2,000.00
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Bigelow Fund — Donation made by the HoN. JoHN P. BiGELOW in
August, I 850, 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. $100,366.22
Blanchard Fund — Bequest of Kate E. BlANCHARD of five thousand
dollars, the income to be used for the purchase of scores, books of
music and books relating to music, or at the discretion of the
Trustees of the Library for the general purposes of the Librarv.
Received in 1940. $5,000.00
Boston Book Fair 1938 Fund — Received from BoARD OF TRADE
OF Boston Book Merchants as representing the excess of re-
ceipts over expenditures by the Board in connection with 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 1 905. $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,
$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
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 1898.
$2,478.40
Cutter Fund — Bequest of AbRAM E. CutTER of four thousand dol-
lars and his library of books, the income of the fund to be expended
for the purchase of books, and for binding. Received in 1 90 1 .
$4,270.00
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Elizabeth Fund — Bequest of Sarah 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 1 900. $6,000.00
Daniel Sharp Ford Trust Fund — Bequest of Daniel ShARP 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 MoRRlS Gest in December,
1925, the gross receipts from a benefit performance for the Library
of "The Miracle," — $2,652.50, the income to be used in the in-
terest of dramatic art. $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
Edith Guerrier Fund — Donation made by associates of EoiTH GuER-
RIER, Supervisor of Branch Libraries, Emeritus, to remain an
open fund to which further sums may be added, the income to be
used for the purchase of books of sound literary and ethical value
for adults to be placed in the branch libraries of the Boston Public
Library system. Received in 1940. $456.92
Also a bequest by Helen M. Bell ; to be added to the Edith
Guerrier Fund. Received in 1944. $50.00
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Francis J. Hannigan Memorial Fund — Donation made by associates
of Francis J. Hannigan, former Supervisor of General Refer-
ence Departments, the income to be used for the purchase of books
of high standard and literary value for adults to be placed pref-
erably in the Reference Division. Received in 1941. $125.00
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 $10,000, 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, 1877. $10,000.00
Thomas B. Harris Fund — Bequest of TlIOMAS B. HARRIS, of Charles-
town, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library. Received
in 1884. $1,010.66
Alfred Hemenway Fund — Bequest of Alfred Hemenway. Re-
ceived 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 FranKLIN P. Hyde, to be known as the
"Franklin P. Hyde Fund," the income to be applied to the pur-
chase of books and other library material. Received in 1915.
$3,632.40
David P. Kimball Fund — Bequest of David P. KiMBALL.
"I give to the Public Library of the City of Boston, the income to
be used for the purchase of books, $10,000." Received in 1924.
$10,012.90
Louis E. Kirstein Fund — Donations of $1 ,000 each made by Louis E.
KiRSTEiN, "to be used for any purpose of the Library that the
Trustees 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
1 ,000.00
$5,000.00
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund — Extract from the will of Katherine
Knapp: "To the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of
Boston, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to be known
as the Arthur Mason Knapp Fund, of which the income only shall
be used for the purchase of books for said library. And I hereby
request that such books be designated with an appropriate label or
inscription, bearing the name of the Fund." Received in 1914.
$10,000.00
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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 193 L $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
known 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
1896. $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 1896.
$2,500.00
George W. Moore Fund — Bequest of George W. Moore, for gen-
eral purposes. Received in 1939. $217.00
Francis A. Morse Library Fund — Bequest of Francis A, MoRSE, of
West Roxbury; the income only to be expended annually for the
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. P.e-
ceived 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
was received, the same being one-half of the net amount received
from the disposition of certain property held by the Trustees, under
an indenture between Amor Hollingsworth, Sumner A. Burt and
Amor L. Hollingsworth, all of Milton, Mass., and John H. Mc-
Kendry, of Boston, Mass., entered into the sixth day of August,
1870. The above amount was accepted by the City, January 2,
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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, 1 873, and accepted by the City Council,
December 27. 1873. $5,012.90
Sarah E. Pratt Fund — Bequest from SaraH E. PrATT, under the
1 4th 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 nonfiction. $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
Scholfleld Fund — Bequest of ARTHUR SCHOLFIELD, who died in New
York, January 17, 1 883, the interest to be paid to certain heirs
during their lives, and then to be used for the purchase of books of
permanent value. The last heir, Joseph Scholfield, died November
1 8, 1 889, and by his will bequeathed to the City of Boston the sum
of $1 1,766.67, which represents the income of said fund received
by him up to the time of his death, to which was added $33.33
accrued interest on deposit up to the time of investment, to be added
to the fund given by his brother. $61,800.00
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
Sigilman Fund — Bequest of Samuel Sigilman of one-third of his
residuary estate to the Boston Public Library. Payments received
1941-44. $18,412.51
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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 21 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 1914. $51,732.14
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund — Donation of a citizen of
South Boston, the income of which is to be expended for the benefit
of the South Boston Branch Library. Received in 1879.
$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
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
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expedient by those having charge of the Hbrary. The books be-
queathed or purchased are always to be freely accessible for refer-
ence or study, but are 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 Fellows of Harvard
College. In order that the City might receive the immediate benefit
of this contribution, Anna Ticknor, widow of the donor, relinquished
her right to retain during her life the books and manuscripts, and
placed them under the control of the City, the City Council having
previously accepted the bequests in accordance with the terms and
conditions of said will, and the Trustees of the Public Library 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 WiLLlAM C. TODD,
of Atkins, N. H., accepted by order of the City Council, approved
October 30, 1 897, 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. $49,826.95
Townsend 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: "The income only shall, in each and every
year, be expended in the purchase of books for the use of the library;
each of which books shall have been published in some one edition
at least five years at the time it 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
of debts, legacies, etc., in trust to his executors, to hold during the
life of his wife for her benefit, and after her decease to divide the
residue then remaining in the hands of the Trustees, as therein pro-
vided, and convey one-fifth part thereof to the Trustees of the Public
Library of the City of Boston.
By order of the City Council, approved May I 7, 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 Fund — 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 1 906.
$10,131.77
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Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund — Donation on account of the
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund, the income to be used
for the purchase of books of a 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 UndeRHILL, late of Brook-
lyn, 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 Pub-
lic Library of the City of Boston to be permanently funded and the
income thereof used for the purchase of books. Received in 1932.
$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:
"After the foregoing bequests I direct that the sum of five thousand
dollars be paid to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of
Boston, the same to be held, managed and invested by them, so as
to produce an income, and the said income to be applied to the pur-
chase of such books for said Library as they may deem best." Re-
ceived in 1918. $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
fund, I direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Public Library of the
City of Boston, to be held and accumulated by said Trustees and
permanently invested and re-invested. 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 Frustees, 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.
74"
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. $37,940.09
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
RECAPITULATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY IRUST FUNDS
Ainsley Fund
Artz Fund .
Bates Fund ...
Benton Book F und
Benton Building Fund .
Charles H. L. N. Bernard Fund
Bigelow Fund
Robert Charles Billings Fund
Blanchard 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 Cod.oian Memoria
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
Edith Guerrier Fund
Francis J. Hannigan 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 .
Helen Lambert Fund .
Abbott Lawrence Fund
Edward Lawrence Fund
Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund .
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund
$178,591.46
10,000.00
50,000.00
1,118,611.81
2,094,188.40
2,000.00
1,000.00
100,366.22
5,000.00
1 72.70
10,000.00
1,000.00
39,520.39
150.00
98.636.31
2,000.00
2,478.40
4,270.00
25.000.00
6,000.00
5,017.65
1 ,000.00
5,000.00
2,652.50
2,000.00
506.92
125.00
10,000.00
1,010.66
5.000.00
3.542.00
3.632.40
10,012.90
5,000.00
10,000.00
1 .403.57
10,000.00
500.00
5.000.00
500.00
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Charles Mead Fund 2,500.00
George W. Moore Fund 217.00
Francis A. Morse Library Fund 1,000.00
Gardner O. North Fund 2,000.00
The Oakland Hall Trust Fund 11.781.44
John Boyle O'Reilly Fund 1,000.00
Phillips Fund 30.000.00
Pierce Fund 5,012.90
Sarah E. Pratt Fund . . . . , 1,494.18
Guilford Reed Fund 1.000.00
John Singer Sargent Fund 3.858.24
Scholfield Fund 61,800.00
Sewall Fund «... 25,000.00
Sigilman Fund 18,412.51
Skinner Fund 51.732.14
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund ...... 100.00
Mary Elizabeth Stewart Fund 3.500.00
James Jackson Storrow (Harvard '57) Fund ...... 25,000.00
Ticknor Fund 4.000.00
William C. Todd Newspaper Fund 49,826.95
Townsend Fund 4.000.00
Treadwell Fund 13.987.69
Nathan A. Tufts Fund 10,131.77
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund 5.000.00
Francis Jay Underbill Fund 524.70
Horace G. Wadlin Fund 3.725.84
Wales Fund 5,000.00
Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund 5.000.00
James Lyman Whitney Fund 37.940.09
Mehitable C. C. Wilson Fund 1.000.00
Total $4,216,434.74
GIFTS FOR IMMEDIATE USE
Received During the Current Year
Mrs. William H. Dewart $50.00
Mrs. Donald C. Starr 100.00
Wiggin Foundation 1,013.40
Unexpended Balances
Remaining From Gifts Received In Pievious Years as of December 31, 1944
Mrs. William H. Dewart $1.90
Mrs. Donald C. Starr 100.00
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XI
OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1944
General Administrative Offices
Director's Office
Director, and Librarian Milton E. Lord
Assistant to the Director
and Clerk of the Trustees
Assistant to the Director
Editor of Publications
Personnel Office
Supervisor of Personnel
Assistant to the Supervisor of Personnel
Records, Files and Statistics Office
Assistant to the Director
Training Office
Supervisor of Training
Information Office
Assistant to the Director
Elizabeth B. Brockunier
John J. Connolly
Zoltan Haraszti
Elizabeth L. Wright
Pearl B. Smart
Sarah M. Usher
Bertha V. Hartzell
Elizabeth B. Boudreau
Reference Division
*Chief Librarian of the Reference
Division
Supervisor in the Reference Division
Keeper of Rare Books
Keeper of Prints
Chief of Book Selection Department
Chief of Book Stack Service
**Chief of Cataloging and Classification
Department
Richard G, Hensley
Edward H. Redstone
Zoltan Haraszti
Arthur W. Heintzelman
Christine M. Hayes
William J. Ennis
William A. Roblyer
* On military leave — Orlando C. Davis, Acting Chief
*^ On military leave — Mildred C. O'Connor, Assistant-in-Charge
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Chief of Fine Arts Department
Chief of General Reference Department
Chief of History Department
Chief of Music Department
Chief of Periodical and Newspaper
Department
Chief of Science and Technology
Department
Chief of Statistical Department
Chief of Teachers Department
Business Branch Librarian
Curator of Americana
Curator of English Literature
Circulation Division
Chief Librarian of the Circulation
Division
Assistant to the Chief Librarian of the
Circulation Division
Supervisor in the Circulation Division
Deputy Supervisor, In Charge of Work
with Children
Branch Librarians
Allston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point
Codman Square
Connolly
Dorchester
East Boston
Faneuil
1 ellowes Athenaeum
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point
Lower Mills
Mattapan
Memorial
Mt. Bowdoin
Mt. Pleasant
Neponset
North End
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Priscilla S. MacFadden
John M. Carroll
Laura R. Gibbs
Richard G. Appel
Bradford M. Hill
Loraine A. Sullivan
Elizabeth G. Barry
Anna L. Manning
Mary W. Dietrichson
Harriet W. Swift
Honor C. McCusker
Orlando C. Davis
Ruth S. Cannell
Ada A. Andelman
Elizabeth M. Gordan
M. Florence Cufflin
Katrina M. Sather
Mary K. Harris
Helen M. O'Leary
Elizabeth P. Ross
Margaret A. Calnan
Margaret A. Morgan
Dorothy F. Nourse
Gertrude L. Connell
Mary E. Ames
Sara A. Lyon
Rebecca E. Willis
Christiana P. Jordan
Annie Reis
Theodora B. Scoff
Margaret L McGovern
Catherine P. Loughman
Margaret H. Reid
Pauline A. Walker
Mary U. Nichols
Catherine E. Flannery
Mary M. Sullivan
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Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
South Boston
South End
Uphams Corner
Washington Village
West End
West Roxbury
Chief of Book Preparation Department
Chief of Book Selection Department
Chief of Branch Issue Department
Chief of Cataloging and Classification
Department
Chief of Open Shelf Department
Chief of Registration Department
Chief of School Issue Department
Chief of Young Peoples Room
Edith H. Bailey
Marion R. Herzig
Mary A. Hackett
Marion C. Kingman
Beatrice C. Maguire
Elizabeth H. McShane
Fanny Goldstein
Geneva Watson
Marion A. McCarthy
Edna G. Peck
Grace B. Loughlin
Ethel M. Hazlewood
Muriel C. Javelin
A. Frances Rogers
Beatrice M. Flanagan
Mary C. Toy
Division of Business Operations
Superintendent of Buildings
Auditor
Chief of Binding Department
Chief of Book Purchasing Department
Chief of Printing Department
Chief of Shipping Department
William F. Quinn
Helen Schubarth
James P. Mooers
William C. Maiers, Jr.
William B. Gallagher
Robert F. Dixon
Officers of the Library, Emeritus
Comptroller, Emeritus
Supervisor of Branch Libraries, Emeritus
Supervisor of Work with Children,
Emeritus
Chief of Branch Issue Department,
Emeritus
Chief of Cataloging and Classification
Department, Emeritus
Chief of Issue Department,
Emeritus
Chief of Main Reading Room,
Emeritus
Chief of Open Shelf Department,
Emeritus
Chief of Printing Department, Emeritus
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Librarian,
Librarian,
Librarian,
Librarian,
Librarian,
Librarian,
Librarian,
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
James W. Kenney
Edith Guerrier
Alice M. Jordan
Alice V. Stevens
Lucien E. Taylor
Thomas F. Brennan
William J. Mulloney
John H. Reardon
Francis W. Lee
Katherine F. Albert
Annie M. Donovan
Clara L. Maxwell
Carrie L. Morse
Katharine F. Muldoon
Katherine S. Rogan
Margaret A. Sheridan
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1944
Statement
OF
Expenditures and Receipts
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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Expenditures for Personnel:
Permanent and Probationary employees (ex-
clusive of Printing and Binding Department
employees) $870,680.84
Sundays and Evenings, extra and other service . . 125,643.66
Expenditures for Service Other Than Personal:
Printing and binding ....... 22.40
Advertising 80.75
Transportation of persons ...... 1,416.96
Cartage and freight 12,097.66
Light, heat and power ....... 42,168.63
Rents, taxes and water ...... 16,490.00
Bond and insurance premiums ..... 1 59.30
Communication ....... 4,500.83
Cleaning ......... 946.51
Removal of ashes . . . . . . . 58.50
Expert 1,150.00
Stenographic and copying ...... 1 ,584.28
Fees 146.40
Photographic and blueprinting ..... 2%. 66
General repairs 20,781.89
Miscellaneous services ...... 63.80
Expenditures for Equipment:
Machinery ........ 3.32
Electrical 54.00
Furniture and fittings ....... 280.53
Office 1,273.26
Books:
City appropriation $69,690.75
Trust funds income 22.548.47 92,239.22
Manuscripts:
Trust funds income 1 ,057.50
Periodicals:
City appropriation 4,421.64
Trust funds income 6,753.14 11.174.78
Newspapers:
City appropriation 1,501.37
Trust funds income 1.734.62 3,235.99
Microfilms:
City appropriation 254.80
Trust funds income 228.76 483.56
Lantern slides:
City appropriation 1,197.50
Trust funds income 265.00 1,462.50
Photostats:
Trust funds income 36.25
Posters, prints and maps:
City appropriation 1.949.25
Trust funds income 414.20 2,363.45
Phonograph records:
City appropriation 16.06
Trust funds income 63.23 79.29
Photographs:
City appropriation 183.25
Trust funds income 264.85 448.10
$9%,324.50
101,964.57
Carried forward
$1,098,289.07
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AND RECEIPTS, DECEMBER 31, 1944
Receipts From:
City Appropriation 1944 .
Income from Trust Funds .
Jcimes L. Whitney Bibliographic Account
Gift of Mrs. Donald C. Starr .
Gifts for Books on Abraham Lincoln .
Gift for the Print Department
Civilian Defense Activities Reserve .
$U84,I75.00
51.998.82
700.00
100.00
50.00
1.013.40
4.800.00 $1,342,837.22
ed fc
$1,342,837.22
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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Drought forward .
Miscellaneous:
City appropriation
Trust funds income
Tools and instruments
General plant
Expenditures for Supplies:
Oifice . . . .
Fuel . . . .
Animal . . . .
Medical . . . .
Laundry,
$1,098,289.07
t 735.38
6.369.03
cleaning,
toilet .
Educational and recreational
Agricultural
Chemicals and disinfectants
Miscellaneous
Expenditures for Materials:
Building ....
Machinery
Electrical
Miscellaneous
Workmen's Compensation
1943 Unliquidated Reserve
Civilian Defense Activities Revenue
Special Appropriation: Library Building Roof Construction
Special Items:
A. L. Whitney fund, sick benefits
Trust Funds Income, salary
Trust Funds Income, scholarships
Trust Funds Income, ice .
Trust Funds Income, miscellaneous
Anne Russell Chickering Fund .
Gifts for Books on Abraham Lincoln
Gift for the Print Department
Binding Department:
Salaries .....
Gas, light and heat .
Repairs .....
Tools and instruments
Motorless vehicles
Supplies . .
Building and machinery materials
Stock
Printing Department:
Salaries .....
Transportation of Persons .
Gas. light and heat .
Photographic and blueprinting .
Repairs .....
Supplies .....
Stock
Carried forrvard .
7.154.41
735.77
58.99
8,974.23
9,826.89
8.10
25.08
2,013.42
75.00
97.87
151.22
1,755.27
i ,428.59
25.40
1,577.72
1 .858.38
40.00
625.00
350.00
69.40
20.43
23.10
50.00
1,013.40
48,198.29
69.84
176.62
5.60
86.60
346.88
27.58
4.749.96
14,149.17
1.05
7.77
152.00
1231
65.31
3.809.61
122.140.92
22.927.08
4,890.09
275.81
6,117.89
5.775.00
6.138.99
1,104.83
1,086.50
53,661.37
18,197.22
$1,340,604.77
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AND RECEIPTS, DECEMBER 31, 1944
Brought forward ....
Balance Brought Forward From 1943:
Trust Funds Income, City Treasury .
James L. Whitney Bibliographic Account
Anne Russell Chickering Fund .
Special Appropriation: Lbirary Building
Roof Construction ....
1942 Unliquidated Reserve
1943 Unliquidated Reserve
Civilian Defense Activities Revenue .
W. R. P. Library Project .
$1,342,837.22
$72,803.29
2,479.40
25.00
13.905.22
226.58
7,428.16
1,561.77
31.11
98,460.53
Carried forxuard
$1,441,297.75
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STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Brought fortvarJ .....
Transfer from:
W. R. P. Project to City Treasury .
1942 Unliquidated Reserve to Park Department
Amounts Paid Into City Treasury:
Fines ......
Sales of catalogues, bulletins
Commission on telephone stations .
Commission on coin locks .
Sales of waste paper ....
Payments for lost books and damages .
Miscellaneous receipts
Balance, December 31, 1944:
Trust Funds Income, City Treasury .
James L. Whitney Bibliographic Account
Anne Russell Chickering Fund .
Gift of Mrs. Donald C. Starr .
Balance Unexpended, December 31, 1944
Civilian Defense Activities Revenue .
Special Appropration: Library Building
Roof Construction .
1942 Unliquidated Reserve
1943 Unliquidated Reserve
General Appropriation
Income on hand .
$1,340,604.77
$ 31.11
78.81 109.92
21,026.09
181.38
373.72
456.13
392.00
1,133.41
1,028.21
83.962.23
3,179.40
1.90
100.00
586.77
7,766.23
147.77
1,310.27
3,528.49
190.73
24.590.94
87,243.53
13,530.26
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AND RECEIPTS, DECEMBER 31, 1944
Brought farward .
Receipts From:
Fines .....
Sales of catalogues, bulletins
Commission on telephone stations
Commission on coin locks .
Sales of waste paper .
Payments for lost books and damages
Miscellaneous Receipts
$1,441,297.75
$21,202.02
1%.18
373.72
456.13
392.00
1.133.41
1,028.21
24,781 .67
To Balance
$1,466,079.42
I2.4.4S: 400
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