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STATISTICAL REPORT
1951
BOSTON
PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES
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TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
LEE M. FRIEDMAN, President
Term expires April 30, 1954
ROBERT H. LORD
Term expires April 30, 1952
FRANK W. BUXTON FRANK J. DONAHUE
Term expires April 30, 1955 Term expires April 30, 1953
Patrick f. Mcdonald
Term expires April 30, 1956
MILTON E. LORD
Director, and Librarian
CONTENTS
I — Summary of Expenditures, 1930-1951
II — Appropriations and Expenditures for
Personnel, 1930-1951 .
Ill — Appropriations and Expenditures for
Books
IV — Personnel .....
V' — Book Stock
VI — Use of Books and Films .
VII — The Catalogs ....
VIII — Printing and Binding .
IX — Lectures, Film Showings, Concerts,
Exhibitions
X — Trust Funds
XI — Officers of the Library,
as of December 31, 1951
Financial Statement ....
10
15
36
46
52
53
54
68
85
89
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES, 1930 - 195
Total Expenditures, 1930 - 1951
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
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
1,309,615.79
1,379,562.24
1,811,389.47
2,132,297.40
2,500,979.80
2,573.781.32
2,873,124.15
FROM SPECIAL
CITY
APPROPRIATIONS
$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
FROM
INCOME OF
TRUST FUNDS
$22,796.21
20,839.73
22,801 .04
26,633.94
19,083.82
24,496.50
58,826.03
51,161.81
86,338.96
119,899.86
128,403.69
93,969.34
50,625.70
61,016.62
40,839.88
42,695.41
45,199.61
46,156.27
56,808.38
84.137.28
61,030.37
39,274.94
FROM
GIFTS FOR
IMMEDIATE USE
TOTAL
$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
1383,860.59
1,391,169.10
1,414,055.74
1,405,816.49
1,415,806.83
1,388,579.81
1 ,334,486.88
1,352,698.88
1,427,152.03
1,879,413.37
2,227,743.64
2,642,286.03
2,704,304.25
2,941,256.29
$6.83
206.68
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
73.97
88.80
264.69
270.20
85.21
1 .086.50
387.68
1,178.92
1,492.43
30.821.98
5,950.80
2,706.48
558.55
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1,211.26
20,375.20
7,815.88
51,218.15
66,786.08
28,298.65
Distribution of Expenditures From Annual City Appropriation, 1930-1951
SALARIES
BOOKS AND OTHER
ALL OTHER
YEAR
AND WAGES
LIBRARY MATERIALS
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
159,970.58
133,929.21
1,147,579.89
1933
788.60337
87,323.50
124,505.00
1,000,431.87
1934
821,974.51
98,291 .63
145,10130
1,065,367.44
1935
912,339.26
99,233.95
127,541.67
1,139,114.86
1936
930,788.04
54,999.98
130,869.12
1,116,657.14
1937
975,751.61
81,522.49
147,72037
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
1,036,38135
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
1945
1,064,343.72
81,701.74
163,57033
1,309,615.79
1946
1,108,102.75
90,899.98
180,559.51
1 ,379,562.24
1947
1 ,453,087.76
118,533.62
239,768.09
1,811,389.47
1948
1,718,217.60
119,000.00
295,079.80
2.132.297.40
1949
2,029,465.96
150,019.35
321,494.49
2,500,979.80
1950
2,109,77134
147,498.16
316,511.82
2,573,78132
1951
2,275,545.61
226,628.41
370,950.13
2,873.124.15
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Distribution of Expenditures From Income of Trust Funds, 1930 - 1951
$150.00 $22,796.21
100.00 20,839.73
22,801 .04
26,633.94
19,083.82
629.00 24,496.50
642.00 58,826.03
392.00 51,161.81
456.00 86,338.96
385.10 119,899.86
1,714.80 128,403.69
286.68 93,969.34
678.06 50,625.70
823.90 61,016.62
479.83 40,839.88
843.45 42,695.41
1,870.04 45,199.61
2,244.27 46,156.27
2,845.03 56,808.38
200.00 84,137.28
400.00 61.030.37
300.00 39,274.94
Distribution of Expenditures From Gifts for Immediate Use, 1930 - 1951
BOOKS AND OTHER
YEAR
LIBRARY MATERIALS
SALARIES
1930
$22,466.21
$180.00
1931
19,259.55
1,480.18
1932
20,045.62
2,755.42
1933
23,873.19
2.760.75
1934
16,996.57
2,087.25
1935
22,264.83
1,602.67
1936
56,909.96
1,274.07
1937
49,641.81
1,128.00
1938
82,756.96
3,126.00
1939
116,257.43
3,257.33
1940
124,618.89
2,070.00
1941
92,182.66
1 ,500.00
1942
48,447.64
1,500.00
1943
58,488.39
1,704.33
1944
39,735.05
625.00
1945
41,370.31
481 .65
1946
43.140.12
189.45
1947
43,869.89
42.11
1948
53,621.35
342.00
1949
83,887.28
50.00
1950
60.530.37
100.00
1951
38,749.94
225.00
BOOKS AND OTHER
LIBRARY MATERIALS
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936 $6.83
1937 206.68
1938
1939 73.97
1940 88.80
1941 264.69
1942 270.20
1943 85.21
1944 1,086.50
1945 387.68
1946 1,178.92
1947 1,492.43
1948 30,821.98
1949 5,950.80
1950 2,706.48
1951 558.55
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II
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR
PERSONNEL, 1930 - 1951
Total Appropriations and Expenditures for All Personnel, 1930 - 1951
AMOUNT
AMOUNT
unexpended
YEAR
appropriated
expended
BALANCE
1930
$812,000.00
$809,530.41
$2,469.59
1931
858,903.00
852,987.17
5,915.83
1932
858,000.00
853,680.10
4,319.90
1933
800,000.00
788,603.37
11,396.63
1934
824,719.00
821,974.51
2,744.49
1935
915,000.00
912,339.26
2,660.74
1936
921,000.00
985,000.00
930,788.04*
975,751.61
1937
9,248.39
1938
1,039,175.00
1,023,225.41
15.949.59
1939
1 ,039,859.34
1.032,696.19
7,163.15
1940
1,065,000.00
1 ,045,735.40
19,264.60**
1941
1 ,065,000.00
1,043,754.52
21,245.48***
1942
1 ,065,000.00
1,062,220.17
2,779.83
1943
1,065,000.00
1,036,381.35
28,618.65***'
1944
1 ,065,000.00
1,058,671.96
6,328.04f
1945
1 ,065,000.00
1,064,343.72
656.28
1946
1,110,000.00
1,108,102.75
1,897.25tt
1947
1,454,799.00
1,453,087.76
1,711.24|tt
1948
1 ,720,905.84
1,718,217.60
2,688.24ftf
1949
2,055,650.00
2,029,465.96
26,184.04§
1950
2,110,000.00
2,109,771.34
228.66
1951
2,278,850.00
2,275,545.61
3,304.39$
* 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.
$5,587.13 transferred to other accounts of the Library,
"ft $1,897.25 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
tff $1,711.24 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
■j'ttt $2,688.24 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
§ $25,765.38 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
t $3,304.39 transferred to other accounts of the Library.
Changes Year By Year In Total Expenditures For All Personnel, 1930-1951
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
%OF
%OF
for SALARIES & WAGES
CHANGE 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%
1945
1.064,343.72
+0.5%
+38.2%
1946
1,108,102.75
+4.1%
+43.8%
1947
1,453,087.76
+23.7%
+88.6%
1948
1,718,217.60
+18.2%
+123.0%
1949
2,029,465.96
+ 18.1%
+163.4%
1950
2,109,771.34
+4.0%
+173.8%
1951
2,275,545.61
+7.3%
+ 195.3%
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Changes Year By Year In Total Expenditures For Regular Service
(Full-Time Personnel), 1930 - 1951
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% +4.6%
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%
1945 940,227.10 +0.8% +41.6%
1946 981,514.81 +4.4% +47.8%
1947 1,250,831.07 +21.5% +88.4%
1948 1,487,537.16 +18.9% +124.0%
1949 1,766,557.23 +18.8% +166.0%
1950 1,838,560.39 +4.1% +176.8%
1951 1,975,774.57 +6.9% +197.6%
Changes Year By Year In Total Expenditures For Extra Service
(Part-Time Personnel, Etc.), 1930 - 1951
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
%OF
% OF
FOR SALARIES & WAGES
CHANGE FROM
CHANGE
YEAR
FOR EXTRA SERVICE
PRECEDING YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$104,032.28
1930
112,214.67
+7.8%
+7.8%
1931
1 1 5,888.67
+3.3%
+ 11.3%
1932
105,448.58
-9.0%
+ 1.4%
1933
102,982.11
-2.3%
-1.0%
1934
111,792.41
+8.6%
+7.4%
1935
96,330.61
-13.8%
-7.4%
1936
92,411.73
-4.1%
-11.1%
1937
97,706.13
+5.7%
-6.0%
1938
88,305.46
-9.6%
-15.1%
1939
85,661.98
-3.0%
-17.6%
1940
89,517.71
+4.3%
-11.6%
1941
100,136.21
+ 11.8%
-3.7%
1942
120,983.22
+20.6%
+ 16.3%
1943
115,031.99
-4.9%
+ 10.6%
1944
122,061.66
+6.1%
+ 17.3%
1945
120,536.62
-1.1%
+ 15.8%
1946
122,983.94
+2.0%
+ 18.2%
1947
198,611.69
+38.0%
+91.0%
1948
230,680.44
+ 16.1%
+121.7%
1949
262.908.73
+ 14.0%
+ 152.7%
1950
271,210.95
+3.2%
+ 160.6%
1951
299,771.04
+9.5%
+ 188.2%
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ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES FOR
PERSONNEL, 1951
Summary by Divisions
Administrative Offices
Regular Service $106,045.10
Extra Service
Part-time Service $7,015.31
Evening and Holiday Service 32.90
Sunday Service 1.806.52 8,854.43
Total Expenditures for Administrative Offices $114,899.53
Division of Home Reading and Community Services
Regular Service $895,804.67
Extra Service
Part-time Service $121,035.64
Evening and Holiday Service 822.90
Janitorial and Cleaning Service
By the Hour 7,175.64
Evening and Holiday Service 1 1 ,429.07
Sunday Service 6,962.86 147,426.11
Total Expenditures for Division of Home
Reading and Community Services 1,043,230.78
Division of Reference and Research Services
Regular Service $531,978.25
Extra Service
Part-time Service $60,906.76
Janitorial and Cleaning Service
Evening and Holiday Service 641.35
Sunday Service 34,052.51 95,600.62
Total Expenditures for Division of
Reference and Research Services 627,578.87
Division of Business Operations
Regular Service $441,946.55
Extra Service
Part-time Service $2,300.62
Evening and Holiday Service 1,333.71
Janitorial and Cleaning Service
Evening and Holiday Service 23,680.26
Sunday Service 16,055.29 43,369.88
Total Expenditures for
Division of Business Operations 485,316.43
Miscellaneous Services
Storytelling $3,960.00
Stereopticon Operator 560.00
Total Expenditures for Miscellaneous Services 4,520.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR ALL PERSONNEL $2,275,545.61
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES.
1951
REGULAR PART-TIME EVENING SUNDAY TOTAL
UNIT SERVICE SERVICE AND HOLIDAY SERVICE SERVICE
Director's Office $48,038.05 $21.87 $48,059.92
Personnel Office 24,397.41 $872.21 10.73 25.280.35
Information Office 16,478.15 6,143.10 $1,675.13 24,296.38
Office of Records, Files,
Statistics 11,936.28 ■ 11,936.28
Exhibits Office 5,195.21 131.39 5,326.60
Total Expenditures for
Administrative Offices $106,045.10 $7,015.31 $32.60 $1 ,806.52 $1 14,899.53
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EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN DIVISION OF HOME READING
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, 1951
REGULAR
Unit service
Executive Staff $59,098.14
Book Selection Department 10,750.39
Branch Issue Department 27,835.05
Cataloging and Classification Dept 34,582.25
Open Shelf Department 33,124.49
Registration Department 26.380.04
Young Peoples Room 13,218.76
School Issue Department 23,724.59
Branch Libraries 670,537.37
PART-TIME
SERVICE
$669.52
4,751.09
1,778.13
7,601.68
JANITORIAL AND
CLEANING:
BY THE HOUR,
AND EVENING
AND HOLIDAY
4,275.97
99,763.76
$822.90
18,604.71
SUNDAY
SERVICE
$18.77
3,472.89
1,392.85
2,078.35
TOTAL
SERVICE
$59,786.43
10,750.39
32,586.14
37,183.28
44,199.06
27,772.89
15,297.11
28,000.56
788,905.84
Total Expenditures for Division of Home
Reading and Community Services $899,251.08
$118,840.15 $19,427.61 $6,962.86 $1,044,48 170
Branch Libraries
* Adams Street
$7,247.06
$2,890.32
$696.28
25,432.04
24,187.43
1,590.96
2,752.63
Brighton
1 ,822.01
Charleslown
26,092.50
3,843.46
745.22
City Point
Codman Square
17,434.59
27,067.21
3,273.59
5,157.88
Connolly
24,245.81
3,869.93
985.98
25 587 59
2 5?6 29
East Boston
27,670.91
2,781.61
328.02
raneuil
21,160.22
2,397.52
882.13
Hyde Park
21,269.23
2,075.74
773.57
Jamaica Plain
24,917.88
2,508.86
Jeffries Point
13,285.95
3,026.75
1.96
14,617.91
28,423.02
1,494.24
3,660.23
Mattapan
1,448.46
Memorial
28,517.86
3,016.81
411.66
Mt. Bowdoin
22,016.09
2,404.30
Mt. Pleasant
14,870.02
2,049.22
Neponset
13,455.79
3,557.10
1,794.47
North End
28,251.92
3,632.94
514.85
Orient Heights
15,274.84
1,875.93
2,147.53
Parker Hill
24,132.72
2,487.01
1,076.74
Phillips Brooks
11,333.14
1,815.00
2,240.00
Roslindale
26,007.35
3,847.44
581.98
South Boston
18,225.69
4,617.93
18,102.99
497 13
2,864.57
164.23
8,462.42
**Tyler Street
Uphams Corner
19,768.44
20,402.76
32,307.58
3,150.81
5,051.64
West End
1 ,266.89
West Roxbury
30,140.99
2,579.34
886.96
R,-.»-vL-m kilo I
15,146.25
4,337.06
Total Expenditures for
Branch Libraries
$667,090.96
$99,763.76
$18,604.71
$10,833.66
27,023.00
28,762.12
30,681.18
20,708.18
32,225.09
29,10172
28,113.88
30,780.54
24,439.87
24,118.54
27,426.74
16,314.66
16,112.15
33,531.71
31,946.33
24,420.39
16,919.24
18,807.36
32399.71
19,298.30
27,696.47
15,388.14
30,436.77
22,843.62
20,967.56
661.36
28,230.86
23,553.57
38,626.11
33.607.29
19,483.31
$785,459.43
* Branch Library opened August 29, 1951
** Reading Room on limited schedule, as distinguished from a Branch Library on full-time
schedule, opened December 7, 1951
[8]
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN DIVISION OF REFERENCE AND
RESEARCH SERVICES, 1951
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
Kirstein Business Branch
Total Expenditures for Division of
Reference and Research Services $531,978.25
REGULAR
PART-TIME
SERVICE
SERVICE
$27,868.43
8,307.04
117,261.41
21,180.35
91,156.26
5,528.95
32,751.34
5,301.07
37,750.72
5,040.43
15,411.11
1,362.46
14,125.71
3,870.16
30,791.35
4,781 .83
16,263.31
1,077.62
33,248.32
1 ,601 .59
29,301.85
4,989.57
18,000.70
2,603.62
13,530.47
2,070.69
46,210.23
1,498.42
$531,978.25
$60,906.76
JANITORIAL AND
CLEANING:
EVENING AND
HOLIDAY
$641.35
SUNDAY
SERVICE
$1,450.90
11,518.19
3,263.00
4,819.37
914.61
1,275.31
3,987.07
1,981.95
2,301.62
1,304.86
1,235.63
TOTAL
SERVICE
$29,319.33
8,307.04
149,959.95
96,685.21
41,315.41
47,610.52
17,688.18
19,271.18
39,560.25
1 7,340.93
36,831.86
36,593.04
21,909.18
16,836.79
48,350.00
$641.35 $34,052.51 $627,578.87
[9]
EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL IN DIVISION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS, 1951
REGULAR
Unit service
Business Office $23,624.30
Accounting Department 21,526.59
Binding Department 88,378.61
Book Preparation Department 34,670.36
Book Purchasing Department 55,292.19
Buildings Department
Mechanical Service 148,144.72
Cleaning Service 32,649.26
Printing Department 23,933.04
Shipping Department 9,208.16
Supply Room 4,519.32
Total Expenditures for Division
of Business Operations $441,946.55
EVENING AND
HOLIDAY;
JANITORIAL AND
CLEANING:
PART-TIME EVENING AND
SERVICE HOLIDAY
$53.65
165.37
6.19
1,093.58
$1,228.41
1,072.21
13,634.84
10,045.42
14.92
SUNDAY
SERVICE
$215.85
9,114.35
6,725.09
TOTAL
SERVICE
$23,677.95
21,691.96
88,384.80
37,208.20
56,364.40
170,893.91
49,419.77
23,947.%
9,208.16
4,519.32
$2,300.62 $25,013.97 $16,055.29 $485316.43
EXPENDITURES FOR MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, 1951
Storytelling
Stereopticon Operator
Total Expenditures for
Miscellaneous Services
$3,960.00
560.00
$4,520.00
RECAPITULATION, 1951
Regular Service
Full-time Members of the Staff
Extra Service
Part-time
Evening and Holiday Service
Janitorial and Cleaning Service
By the Hour
Evening and Holiday Service
Sunday Service
Miscellaneous Services
Storytelling
Stereopticon Operator
Total Expenditures for All Personnel
$1,975,774.57
$191,258.33
2,189.21
7,175.64
35,750.68
58,877.18
295,251.04
$3,960.00
560.00
4,520.00
$2,275,545.61
[10]
III
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR BOOKS
City Appropriations for the Purchase of Books and Other Library Materials
1919 - 1951
1919-20
1920-21
1921-22
1922-23
1923-24
1924-25
1925*
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
* February 1 - December 31, 1925 only
$50,000
60,000
100,000
100,000
90,000
100,000
100,000*
125,000
125,000
125,000
140,000
160,000
175,000
160,000
75,000
100,000
100,000
55,000
75.000
73.875
55,000
57,500
75,000
88,000
75,000
80,000
85.000
90,000
125,000
125,000
125,000
1 50,000
230,000
Total Expenditures for Books and Other Library Materials, 1930 - 1951
FROM
FROM INCOME
YEAR
city funds
OF TRUST FUNDS
TOTAL
1930
$159,999.97
$22,466.21
$182,466.18
1931
190,636.12
19.259.55
209,895.67
1932
1 59,970.58
20,045.62
180,016.20
1933
87,323.50
23,873.19
111,196.69
1934
98,291.63
16,996.57
115,288.20
1935
99,233.95
22,264.83
121,498.78
1936
54,999.98
56.909.96
111,909.94
1937
81,522.49
49,641.81
131,164.30
1938
73,874.93
82,756.96
156,631.89
1939
54,999.97
116,257.43
171.257.40
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
1945
81,701.74
41,370.31
123,072.05
1946
90.899.98
43,140.12
134,040.10
1947
118,533.62
43,869.89
162,403.51
1948
119,000.00
53,621.35
172,621.35
1949
150,019.35
83,887.28
233.906.63
1950
147,498.16
60.530.37
208.028.53
1951
226,628.41
38,749.94
265,378.35
[11]
Expenditures for Books
year
1940
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
and Other Library Materials by Divisions, 1940-1951
division of division of
home reading reference and entire
and community research library
services services system
$56,100.44 $1,399.50 $57,499.94
9,305.14 115,313.75 124,618.89
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
58,489.39
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
1945
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$75,670.99
$78,211.92
1,553.76
$44,064.06
$3,489.82
39,816.55
$119,735.05
$31,701.74
41,370.31
Total
1946
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$79,765.68
$85,146.82
1,250.41
$43,306.37
$5,753.16
41,889.71
$123,072.05
$90,899.98
43,140.12
Total
1947
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$86,397.23
$111,541.08
828.59
$47,642.87
$6,992.54
43,041.30
$134,040.10
$118,533.62
43,869.89
Total
1948
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$112,369.67
$111,999.95
1,212.50
$50,033.84
$7,000.05
52,408.85
$162,403.51
$119,000.00
53,621.35
Total
1949
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$113,212.45
$138,360.14
1,960.81
$59,408.90
$11,659.21
81 ,926.47
$172,621.35
$150,019.35
83,887.28
Total
1950
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
$140,320.95
$140,501.56
724.25
$93,585.68
$6,996.60
59,806.12
$233,906.63
$147,498.16
60,530.37
Total
1951
From City Funds
From Trust Funds
Total
$141,225.81
$186,960.79
870.49
$189,831.28
$66,802.72
$37,667.62
37,879.45
$75,547.07
$208,028.53
$226,628.41
38,749.94
$265,378.35
[12]
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Books and Other Library
Materials in Relation to Total Annual Expenditures from City Funds
1930 - 1951
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
total
FOR BOOKS AND OTHER
PERCENTAGES
EXPENDITURES
LIBRARY MATERIALS
OF EXPENDITURES
ROM CITY FUNDS
FROM CITY FUNDS
FOR BOOKS
$1,132,520.06
$1 59,999.97
14.12%
1,239,257.45
190,636.12
15.38%
1,147,579.89
159,970.58
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
8.1 1 %
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%
1,309,615.79
81,701.74
6.24%
1,379,562.24
90,899.98
6.59%
1,811,389.47
118,533.62
6.54%
2,132,297.40
119,000.00
5.58%
2,500,979.80
150,019.35
6.00%
2,573,781.32
147,498.16
5.73%
2,873,124.15
226,628.41
7.86%
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Books and Other Library
Materials in Relation to Total Annual Expenditures
1930 - 1951
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FOR BOOKS AND OTHER
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
LIBRARY MATERIALS
PERCENTAGES
FROM CITY FUNDS
FROM CITY FUNDS
OF EXPENDITURES
& TRUST FUNDS
& TRUST FUNDS
FOR BOOKS
$1,155,316.27
$182,466.18
15.79%
1,260,097.18
209,895.67
16.65%
1,170,380.93
180,016.20
15.38%
1,027,065.81
111,196.69
10.82%
1,084,451.26
1 1 5,288.20
10.63%
1,163,611.38
121,498.78
10.44%
1,175,483.17
111,909.94
9.44%
1,256.156.28
131,164.30
10.44%
1,317,617.48
156,631.89
1 1 .89%
1,351,097.94
171,257.40
12.67%
1,361,036.70
182,118.83
13.38%
1,368,153.79
167,182.13
11.82%
1,323,179.77
136,447.64
10.03%
1,315,590.38
133.488.39
10.15%
1,321,486.39
119,735.05
9.06%
1,352.311.20
123,072.05
8.85%
1,424,761.85
134,040.10
9.41 %
1,857,545.74
162,403.51
8.75%
2,189,105.78
172,621.35
7.89%
2,584,867.08
233,906.63
9.04%
2,634,311.69
208,028.53
7.90%
2,911,874.09
265,378.35
9.10%
[13]
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Salaries and Books and Other
Library Materials in Relation to Each Other
1930 - 1951
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
16%
$969,530.38
100%
1931
852,987.17
82%
190,636.12
18%
1,043,623.29
100%
1932
853,680.10
84%
1 59,970.58
16%
1,013,650.68
100%
1933
788,603.37
90%
87,323.50
10%
875,926.87
100%
1934
821,974.51
89%
98,291.63
11%
920,266.14
100%
1935
912,339.26
90%
99,233.95
10%
1,011,573.21
100%
1936
930,788.04
94%
54,999.98
6%
985,788.02
100%
1937
975,751.61
92%
81,522.49
8%
1,057,274.10
100%
1938
1,023,225.41
93%
73,874.93
7%
1,097,100.34
100%
1939
1,032,696.19
95%
54,999.97
5%
1,087,696.16
100%
1940
1,045,735.40
95%
57,499.94
5%
1,103,235.34
100%
1941
1,043,754.52
93%
74.999.47
7%
1,118.753.99
100%
1942
1,062,220.17
92%
88,000.00
8%
1,150,220.17
100%
1943
1,036,381.35
93%
75.000.00
7%
1,111,381.35
100%
1944
1,058,671.96
93%
80,000.00
7%
1,138,671.96
100%
1945
1,064,343.72
93%
81,701.74
7%
1,146,045.46
100%
1946
1,108,102.75
92%
90,899.98
8%
1,199,002.73
100%
1947
1,453,087.76
92%
118,533.62
8%
1.571.621.38
100%
1948
1,718,217.60
94%
119,000.00
6%
1,837,217.60
100%
1949
2,029,465.96
93%
150,019.35
7%
2,179,485.31
100%
1950
2,109,771.34
93%
147,498.16
7%
2,257,269.50
100%
1951
2,275,545.61
91%
226,628.41
9%
2,502,174.02
100%
Percentages of Annual Expenditures for Salaries and Books and Other
Library Materials in Relation to Each Other
1930 - 1951
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
83%
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%
1 1 5,288.20
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
88%
131,164.30
12%
1,108,043.91
100%
1938
1,026,351.41
87%
156,631.89
13%
1,182,983.30
100%
1939
1,035,953.52
86%
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
100%
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
100%
1944
1,059,296.96
90%
119,735.05
10%
1,179,032.01
100%
1945
1 ,064,825.37
90%
123,072.05
10%
1,187,897.42
100%
1946
1.108,292.20
89%
134,040.10
11%
1,242,332.30
100%
1947
1,453,129.87
90%
162.403.51
10%
1.615,533.38
100%
1948
1,718.559.60
91%
172.621.35
9%
1,891,180.95
100%
1949
2,029,515.96
90%
233.906.63
10%
2,263.422.59
100%
1950
2,109,871.34
91%
208.028.53
9%
2,317,899.87
100%
1951
2,275,770.61
90%
265,378.35
10%
2,541,148.96
100%
[14]
Percentages of Amounts Requested from City for Salaries and for Books
and Other Library Materials in Relation to Each Other
1930 - 1951
REQUESTED
REQUESTED
FOR BOOKS
FOR SALARIES
AND OTHER
YEAR
& WAGES
%
LIBRARY MATERIALS
%
TOTAL
1930
$812,000.00
84%
$150,000.00
16%
$962,000.00
1931
883,903.00
82%
200,000.00
18%
1,083,903.00
1932
866,124.00
81%
200,000.00
19%
1,066,124.00
1933
886,000.00
84%
163,000.00
16%
1,049,000.00
1934
830,569.56
85%
1 50,000.00
15%
980,569.56
1935
937,187.75
86%
150,000.00
14%
1,087,187.75
1936
940,039.28
86%
150,000.00
14%
1,090,039.29
1937
985,000.00
87%
150,000.00
13%
1,135,000.00
1938
1,055,000.00
88%
1 50,000.00
12%
1 ,205,000.00
1939
1,070,388.58
88%
1 50,000.00
12%
1 ,220,388.58
1940
1,096,830.57
88%
1 50,000.00
12%
1,246,830.57
1941
1,065,000.00
88%
150,000.00
12%
1,215,000.00
1942
1,101,145.95
88%
1 50,000.00
12%
1,251,145.95
1943
1,065,000.00
88%
150,000.00
12%
1,215,000.00
1944
1.065,000.00
88%
1 50,000.00
12%
1,215,000.00
1945
1,065,000.00
88%
1 50,000.00
12%
1,215,000.00
1946
1,110,000.00
88%
150,000.00
12%
1 ,260,000.00
1947
1,642,076.53
92%
1 50,000.00
8%
1,792,076.53
1948
1,720,905.84
92%
150,000.00
8%
1,870,905.84
1949
2,055,650.00
93%
1 50,000.00
7%
2,205,650.00
1950
2,110,000.00
93%
1 50,000.00
7%
2,260,000.00
1951
2,278,850.00
90%
263,000.00
10%
2,541,850.00
%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%,
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100',
100%
[15]
IV
PERSONNEL
Cost and Number of Total Personnel, 1930 - 1951
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FOR SALARIES &
WAGES FOR ALL
VEAR PERSONNEL
1929 $770,367.26
1930 809,530.41
1931 852,987.17
1932 853,680.10
1933* 788,60337
1934* 821,974.51
1935 912,339.26
1936 930,788.04
1937 975,751.61
1938 1,023,225.4!
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
1945 1,064,343.72
1946 1,108,102.75
1947 1,453,087.76
1948 1,718,217.60
1949 2,029,465.96
1950 2,109,771.34
1951 2,275,545.61
TOTAL PERSONNEL
AS OF
% OF CHANGE DECEMBER 3 1 St % OF CHANCE
FROM 1929 IN EACH YEAR FROM 1 929
+5.1%
+ 10.7%
+ 10.87o
+2.4%
+6.7%
+ 18.3%
+20.8%
+26.6%
+32.7%
+33.9%
+35.7%
+35.4%
+37.9%
+34.5%
+37.47o
+38.2%
+43.8%
+88.6%
+ 123.0%
+ 163.4%
+ 173.8%
+195.3%
* Salary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31, 1934.
Cost and Number of Regular Service, 1930 - 1951
602
644
+7.0%
657
+9.1%
665
+10.5%
695
+ 15.5%
679
+ 12.8%
687
+ 14.1%
699
+ 16.1%
705
+17.1%
697
+ 15.7%
687
+ 14.1%
632
+5.0%
656
+9.0%
607
+0.8%
641
-1-6.4%
630
+4.6%
620
+2.9%
624
+3.6%
664
+10.0%
671
+11.0%
718
+ 19.2%
752
+24.9%
753
+25.1%
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FOR SALARIES &
WAGES FOR REGULAR
VEAR SERVICE
1929 $663,747.98
1930 694,183.74
1931 734,150.50
1932 746,221.52
1933* 683,618.01
1934* 682,797.16
1935 799,27134
1936 833,763.88
1937 875,95734
1938 932,579.59
1939 945,123.21
1940 954,292.69
1941 941,70731
1942 939,370.95
1943 918,76336
1944 933,02830
1945 940,227.10
1946 981,514.81
1947 1,250,831.07
1948 1,487,537.16
1949 1,766,557.23
1950 1,838,56039
1951 1,975,774.57
TOTAL NUMBER OF
REGULAR SERVICE
AS OF
% OF CHANGE DECEMBER 3 1st % OF CHANGE
FROM 1929 IN EACH VEAR FROM 1929
+4.6%
+ 10.6%
+ 12.4%
+3.0%
+2.9%
+20.4%
+25.8%
+32.1%
+40.7%
+42.5%
+43.7%
+41.8%
+41.5%
+38.4%
+40.6%
+41.6%
+47.8%
+88.4%
+124.0%
+ 166.0%
+ 176.8%
+ 197.6%
475
512
535
537
550
563
571
578
592
590
580
543
511
501
511
514
516
510
545
579
588
584
618
+7.8%
+ 12.6%
+13.0%
+ 15.8%
+ 18.5%
+20.2%
+21.7%
+24.6%
+24.2%
+22.1%
+ 14.3%
+7.5%
+5.5%
+7.5%
+8.2%
+8.6%
+7.4%
+ 14.7%
+21.8%
+23.8%
+22.2%
+30.1%
Salary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31, 1934.
[16]
Cost and Number of Extra Service (Part-Time Personnel, etc.), 1930-1951
TOTAL EXTRA SERVICE
PERSONNEL IN TERMS
OF EQUIVALENT OF
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
FULL-TIME PERSONNEL
FOR SALARIES &
AS OF
WAGES FOR EXTRA
% OF CHANGE
DECEMBER 3 1st
% OF CHAN<
YEAR
SERVICE
FROM 1929
IN EACH YEAR
FROM 1929
1929
$104,032.28
127
1930
112,214.67
+7.8%
132
+3.9%
1931
1 1 5,888.67
+ 11.3%
122
-3.9%
1932
105,448.58
+1.4%
128
+0.8%
1933*
102,982.11
-1.0%
145
+ 14.1%
1934*
1 1 1 ,792.41
+7.4%
116
-8.6%
1935
96,330.61
-7.4%
116
-8.6%
1936
92,41 1 .73
-11.1%
121
-4.7%
1937
97,706.13
-6.0%
113
-11.0%
1938
88,305.46
-15.1%
107
-15.7%
1939
85,661 .98
-17.6%
107
-15.7%
1940
89,517.71
-13.9%
89
-29.9%
1941
100,136.21
-3.7%
145
+ 14.1%
1942
120,983.22
+ 16.9%
106
-16.5%
1943
115,031.99
+ 10.6%
130
+2.3%
1944
122,061.66
+17.3%
116
+8.6%
1945
120,536.62
+ 15.8%
104
-18.1%
1946
122,983.94
+18.2%
114
-10.2%
1947
198,611.69
+90.9%
119
-6.3%
1948
230,680.44
+ 121.7%
92
-27.5%
1949
262,908.73
+152.7%
130
+2.4%
1950
271,210.95
+ 160.6%
168
+32.3%
1951
299,771.04
+ 188.2%
125
-1.6%
Salary reductions were in effect from April 21, 1933 to December 31, 1934.
[17]
DISTRIBUTION OF FULL-TIME PERSONNEL BY DIVISIONS AND UNITS, 1929-1951
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1929 1934 1939 1944 1948 1949 1950 1951
General Administrative Offices 14 11 13 22 26 26 26 27
Division of Business Operations 119 138 127 112 133 138 136 146
Circulation Division 210 254 257 237 253 256
Division of Home Reading
and Community Services ■ 257 277
Reference Division 132 160 183 143 167 168
Division of Reference and
Research Services 165 168
Total 475 563 580 514 579 588 584 618
DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE, 1929 - 1951
GENERAL ADMINISTRTIVE OFFICES
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1929 1934 1939 1944 1948 1949 1950 1951
Executive Department I 1
Editor's Department 1
Training Class 2
Training Office 2
Director's Office 11 13 6 9 9 10 9
Exhibits Office 2
Information Office 6 6 6 5 5
Personnel Office 5 7 7 7 7
Office of Records, Files, Statistics 3 4 4 4 4
Total 14 11 13 22 26 26 26 27
DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE, 1929 - 1951
DIVISION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 I DEC. 3 I DEC. 31 DEC. 3 I DEC. 3 1
1929 1934 1939 1944 1948 1949 1950 1951
Division of Business Operations,
Executive Staff 5 5
Business Office 3 4 6 8 8
Auditor's Department 5
Auditing Department 5 5
Accounting Department 7 6 7 7 7
Ordering Department 13
Book Purchasing Department 17 17 15 19 18 18 19
Book Preparation Department 8 9 11 16
Stock Purchasing Department 2 2 2
Supply Room — 14 2 2
Shipping Department 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
Bindery Department 31 ■
Binding Department 35 34 26 27 26 25 24
Printing Department 66665556
Engineers Department 41
Buildings Department 45 39 38 44 45 43 46
Cleaners 23 20 16 13 16 15 14 15
Total 119 138 127 112 133 138 136 146
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DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE, 1929 - 1951
DIVISION OF HOME READING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
DEC. 31
1929
Circulation Division, Executive Staff
Division of Home Reading and
Community Services, Executive Staff
Branch Department
Central Office, Branch Libraries
Book Preparation Department
Cataloging and Classification Dept.
Branch Issue Department
Book Selection Department
Registration Department
Open Shelf Department
Childrens Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Adams Street**
Allston
Andrew Square
Boylston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point
Codman Square
Connolly
Dorchester
East Boston
Faneuil
Fellowes A'henaeum
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point
Kirstein
Lower Mills
Mattapan
Memorial
Mount Bowdoin
Mount Pleasant
NeDonset
North End
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
Roxbury Crossing
South Boston
South End
Tyler Street Reading Room***
Uphams Corner
Washington Village
West End
West Roxbury
Bookmobile I****
Total
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 3 1 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1934 1939 1944 1948 1949 1950 1951
25 —
— 26
4
4
4
7
8
2
7
6
II
3
7
7
6
3
3
5
9
7
3
3
8
3
3
5
4
8
8
• 4
10
9
6
7
11
7
6
7
5
5
3
4
9
12
6
4
3
10
4
8
3
7
4
8
7
4
9
9
8
10
14
14
15
21
5
6
10
— 2
5
7
10
10
9
3 3
8 9
6 12
4 3
8 8
7
10
7
7
7
6
6
4
4
10
II
6
4
3
10
4
8
3
7
_ — — — 7
7 8 7 8 8
Name changed to Washington Village
Name changed to Connolly
6
5
6
Closed
4
/
7
5
8
8
6
9
6
5
6
7
4
July
4
Closed March 1 5, 1949
5
1940
4
Closed July 1, 1938
7 4 4
6 5 6
10
9
8
8
7
10
7
7
10
9
4
4
9
8
7
4
3
9
4
7
2
8
5
6
2
7
7
10
9
5
210 254 257 237
253
256
257 277
Transferred to Division of Business Operations February 13, 1946
Branch Library opened August 29, 1951
Closed as Branch Library July 1, 1938; re-opened as Reading Room December 7, 1951
****Service began February 20, 1950
Nole: Cleaners and junior Building Custodians assigned to Branch Libraries are included.
[19]
DISTRIBUTION OF REGULAR SERVICE, 1929 - 1951
DIVISION OF REFERENCE AND RESEARCH SERVICES
DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31 DEC. 31
1929 1934 1939 1944 1948 1949 1950 1951
Reference Division, Executive Staff 6 11 3 5 6
Division of Reference and
Research Services, Executive Staff ' " "
Book Selection Department 2 -
Book Selection Department,
Reference Division ' 2 2 2 2
Book Selection Department,
Division of Reference and
Research Services ■ 2 2
Catalog Department 19
Shelf Department 1 5
Cataloging and Classification Dept. 33 31 27 3G 27 29 28
Registration Department 8 9 10 *
Issue Department 36 40 46
Book Stack Service 38 46 46 45 46
Information Department 5 6 9**
Open Shelf Department — ***
Bates Hall Reference, Periodicals 25
Genealogical Department 1
Bates Hall Reference Desk 5 8
Bates Hal! Centre Desk 7 4
Main Reading Room
General Reference Department 10 12 12 11 \L
Newspaper Department 2
Periodical Department 5
Periodical and Newspaper Department 10 8 8 9 9
Special Libraries Department 19
Fine Arts, Rare Book, and
Technology Departments
Technology, Fine Arts, and
Music Department - — - 16
Fine Arts Department [8] [9] 10 9 10 10 10 9
Music Department [4] [3] 5 4 4 4 4 4
Science and Technology Department [4] [4] 10 8 S 9 9 9
Patent Department - — 3
Rare Book Department [3] 8 8 8 8 9 8 9
Print Department 3 4 4 4 4
Teachers Department 1 3 3 4 4 4 4
Statistical Department 55445545
History Department 2 5 5 5 5
Kirstein Business Branch 11 12 14 16 16 15 16
Total 132 160 183 143 167 168 165 168
* Transferred to Circulation Division March 1, 1940
** Transferred to General Administrative Offices July 1, 1940
*** Transferred to Circulation Division July 1, 1 940
Note: Cleaners assigned to Kirstein Business Branch are included.
[20J
Distribution of Full-Time Personnel by Categories, December 31, 1951
LIBRARY WORKERS
General Officers
Assistant to the Director
Chief of Department
Branch Librarian
Assistant-in-Charge
Curator
Readers Adviser
First Assistant
Children's Librarian
Reference Assistant
Cataloger and Classifier
Administrative Assistant
Assistant, 5th Step .
Second Assistant
Cataloger
Assistant, 4th Step .
Assistant (Professional Library Service)
Assistant (Sub- Professional Library Service)
Probationary Assistant (Professional Library Service)
Unclassified Assistant (Sub-Professional Library Service)
Military Substitute ......
Total .....
13
2
20
26
10
1
1
29
23
1
I
2
4
20
3
3
105
98
68
52
8
490*
* This figure does not include those members of the staff who
were absent on military leave on December 31, 1951 and for
whom there were no Military Substitutes.
Clerical and Mechanical Workers
Auditor
Bookkeeper
Bookkeeping Machine Operator
Clerk
Clerk and Typist
Key Punch Operator
Shipper
Clerk
Clerk-Messenger
Chief of Binding Department
Foreman
Finisher
Forewarder
Apprentice Bookbinder
Working Forewoman of Sewers
Sewer ....
Chief of Printing Department
Linotype Operator
Pressman, Cylinder
Pressman, Job .
24
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Superintendent of Buildings .
Engineer
Steamfitter
Working Foreman of Carpenters
Carpenter
Working Foreman of Painters
Painter ....
Head Electrician
Electrician
Electrician's Helper
Mason ....
Fire Prevention Inspector
Senior Building Custodian .
Junior Building Custodian
Machinist's Helper
Watchman
Elevator Operator
Stenographer
Cleaner
Total
32
1
3
2
1
27
86
128
Recapitulation of Full-time Personnel, December 31, 1951
Library Workers
Clerical and Mechanical Workers
490
128
Total
618*
* This figure does not include those members of the staff who
were absent on military leave on December 31, 1951 and for
whom there were no Military Substitutes.
[221
PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY SCHEDULES
FOR THE BIBLIOTHECAL SERVICE
as of June 6, 1951
Personnel Classification
the sub-professional library service
The Non-Technical Library Service
Extra Assistant
Unclassified Assistant
Assistant
THE PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE
The Technical Library Service
Probationary Assistant
Assistant
Second Assistant
Children's Assistant
Extension Assistant
Reference Assistant
Cataloger
Classifier
Executive Assistant
First Assistant
Children's Librarian
Extension Librarian
Reference Librarian
Cataloger and Classifier
Administrative Assistant
T he Specialist Service
Curator
Readers Adviser
The Administrative Service
Chief of Department
Branch Librarian
Other Officers
SALARY SCHEDULES
as of October I, 1951
The Sub-Professional Library Service
the non-technical library service
Extra Assistants (by the hour only)
High school students ..... 75 cents per hour
College students (based on length of Boston Public
Library employment while attending college)
1st year of such library employ m.-nt 80 cents per hour
2nd year of such library employment 85 cents per hour
3rd and subsequent years of such
such library employment 90 cents per hour
[23]
Unclassified Assistants (by the hour)
Rates to be determined individually in each case, as for example:
95 cents per hour
$1.05 per hour
$1.15 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 and to Assistants in the Sub-Professional Library Service
or to Probationary Assistants and Assistants in the Professional Library
Service.
Unclassified Assistants (by the week)
From a beginning rate of $2060 per year up to a maximum of $2560 per year,
by individual steps of $50 each dependent upon meeting the various steps of
the required Qualifying Examinations for the Sub-Professional Library Service;
or for specialist activities at a rate to be determined for each case individually.
The Professional Library Service
as of June 6, 1951
The Technical Library Service
Probationary Assistant (Steps I to 5)
Assistant (Steps 1-3)
Second Assistant (4th step)
Children's Assistant (4th step)
Extension Assistant (4th step)
Reference Assistant (4th step)
Cataloger (4th step) .
Classifier (4th step) .
Executive Assistant (4th step)
Assistant, 4th Step
First Assistant (5th step)
Children's Librarian (5th step)
Extension Librarian (5th step)
Reference Librarian (5th step)
Cataloger and Classifier (5th step)
Administrative Assistant (5th step)
Assistant, 5th Step .
$27 ! 0-$2960
2960- 3560
3760
3760
3760
3760
3760
3760
3760
3760
3960
3960
3960
3960
3960
3960
3960
The Specialist Service
Curator
Readers Adviser
$4l60-$4660
4160- 4660
Specialist activities
Rate of remuneration to be determined for each case individually.
The Administrative Service
Chief of Department
Branch Librarian
$4l60-$4660
4160- 4660
Other Officers
Rate of remuneration to be determined for each case individually.
[24]
PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY SCHEDULES
FOR THE CLERICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES
as of June 6, 1951
The Clerical Service
Auditor
Bookkeeper
Bookkeeping Machine Operator
Clerk ....
Clerk-Messenger
Clerk-Typist
Key Punch Operator
Stenographer
Shipper
Shipper's Assistant
$416O-$4660
3260- 3760
2560- 3060
2060- 2560
2060- 2560
2060- 2560
2060- 2560
2060- 2560
4160- 4660
2060- 2560
The Mechanical Service
Carpenter, Working Foreman
Carpenter
Electrician, Head
Electrician . . .
Electrician's Helper .
Painter, Working Foreman .
Furniture Finisher
Painter
Engineer, 3d Class Stationary
Steamfitter
Machinist's Helper
Mason
Fire Prevention Inspector .
Senior Building Custodian .
*Junior Building Custodian .
*Watchman
Elevator Attendant
Elevator Operator
Housekeeper
Assistant Housekeeper
Cleaner
$76.75
73.75
76.75
73.75
61.75
76.75
73.75
73.75
73.75
73.75
61.75
73.75
60.75
60.75
57.25
57.25
56.25
56.25
56.25
48.25
44.25
* To individuals whose regular work schedule is set entirely between
the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. there will be paid a differ-
ential to the amount of 10% as compensatory adjustment for such
night work.
[25]
The Mechanical Service — Printing and Binding
Chief
. $465O-$5150
Foreman .....
87.94
Finisher (Special) ....
Finisher .
Forwarder .....
Apprentice Bookbinder
87.38
83.88
83.88
. 50.44- 83.88
Sewer, Working Forewoman
Sewer .....
Apprentice Sewer ....
52.50
45.00
. 39.00- 45.00
Linotype Operator ....
Pressman, Cylinder ....
Pressman, Job .....
84.00
83.88
83.88
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COST OF SALARY INCREASES, 1930 - 1951
YEAR
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
$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
54,943.11
30,595.85
10,632.70
39,028.57
30,861.40
29,401.47
247,982.70
193,295.81
1 1 1 ,520.86
13,389.11
102,326.54
DISTRIBUTION OF COST OF SALARY INCREASES, 1930 - 1951
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
Total
1932
Overlay from increases effective in 1931 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1 932 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 for 1934 effective at various dates
Total
Total
Total
$12,269.66
$ 8,713.34
5381.00
$14,094.34
$ 5,626.78
None
$ 5.626.78
None
$ 309.84
$ 309.84
$ 501.79
29,378.22
$29,880.01
[31]
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 $ 1,583.02
Increases for 1935 effective at various dates .... 14,308.27
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
Total $15,891.29
Overlay from increases effective in 1935 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1936 for payment over
a full 12 months period .......$ 9,554.17
Increases in 1936 effective October 30-December 31, 1936 . . 2,364.72
Total $11,918.89
Overlay from increases effective in 1936 only for October 30-
December 31, 1936 but for which provision had to be made
in 1937 for payment over a full 12 months period . . $10,181.08
Increases in 1937 effective June 4, 1937-December 31, 1937 . . 36,956.44
Total $47,137.52
Overlay from increases effective in 1937 only for June 4—
December 31, 1937 but for which provision had to be made
in 1938 for payment over a full 12 months period . . . $26,948.68
Increases in 1938 effective from June 3-December 31, 1938 . 24,118.76
Total $51,067.44
Overlay from increases effective in 1938 only from June 3—
December 31, 1938 but for which provision had to be made
in 1939 for payment over a full 12 months period . . $17,171.48
Increases in 1939 effective September 27-December 31, 1939 . . 13,956.43
Total $31,127.91
Overlay from increases effective in 1939 at various dates for
which provision had to be made in 1940 for payment over
a full 12 months period $44,793.41
Increases in 1940 ........ None
Total $44,793.41
Overlay from increases effective in 1940 for which provision
had to be made in 1941 for payment over a full 12 months
period ......... None
Increases in 1941 effective January 1. 1941 .... $54,943.11
Total $54,943.1 1
Overlay from increases effective in 1941 for which provision
had to be made in 1942 for payment over a full 12 months
period ......... None
Increases in 1942 effective January 1, 1942 on a pro rata
basis (757c) $30,595.85
Total $30,595.85
[32]
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 I, 1943, etc. .
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. .
None
$10,632.70
Total $10,632.70
1945
Overlay from increases effective in 1944 for which provision
had to be made in 1945 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases in 1945 effective January I, 1945, etc. .
None
$39,028.57
Total $39,028.57
1946
Overlay from increases effective in 1945 for which provision
had to be made in 1946 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases in 1946 effective January 1, 1946, etc. .
None
$30,861 .40
Total $30,861.40
1947
Overlay from increases effective in 1946 for which provision
had to be made in 1947 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Basic increase of $400 per annum for all city employees as of
January 1, 1947 ... .
Other increases in 1947 .......
Total
1948
Overlay from increases effective in 1947 for which provision
had to be made in 1948 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases in 1948 effective January 1, 1948, etc. .
1949
Overlay from increases effective in 1948 for which provision
had to be made in 1949 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases in 1949 effective January 1, 1949, etc. .
1950
Overlay from increases effective in 1949 for which provision
had to be made in 1950 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases in 1950 effective January 1, 1950, etc. .
1951
Overlay from increases effective in 1950 for which provision
had to be made in 1951 for payment over a full 12 months
period ........
Increases in 1951 effective January 1, 1951, etc. .
None
$29,401.47
$29,401.47
None
$204,000.00
43,982.70
Total $247,982.70
None
$193,295.81
Total $193,295.81
None
. $111,520.86
Total $111,520.86
None
$13,389.11
Total $13,389.11
None
$102326.54
Total $102,326.54
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ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, 1951
examination
Sub-Professional Library
Service
General Paper
Professional Library
Service
General Paper
French Paper
German Paper
Italian Paper
Spanish Paper
individuals
who passed
281 ( 73%)
105 ( 74%)
86 ( 79%)
20 ( 91%)
6 ( 86%)
1 1 ( 69%)
individuals
who failed
105 (27%)
37 (26%)
23 (21%)
2 ( 9%)
1 (14%)
5 (31%)
386 (100^;)
142 (100%)
109 (100%)
22 (100%)
7 (100%)
16 (100%,)
QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS, 1951
The Professional Library Service
EXAMINATION
General Book Selection (Q)
Cataloging and Classification (Q) 12 ( 80%)
General Reference Work (Q)
Boston Public Library —
Central Library (Q)
Boston Public Library —
Branch Libraries (Q)
individuals
INDIVIDUALS
WHO PASSED
WHO FAILED
TOTAL
6 ( 86%)
12 ( 807o)
4 ( 50%)
1 (14%)
3 (20%)
4 (50%)
7 (100%)
15 (100%)
8 (100%)
18 ( 67%)
9 (33%)
27 (100%,)
20 ( 87%)
3 (13%)
23 (100%)
The Sub-Professional Library Service
INDIVIDUALS
INDIVIDUALS
EXAMINATION
WHO PASSED
WHO FAILED
TOTAL
Book Ordering (Q)
17 ( 77%)
5 (23%)
22 (100%)
Book Preparation (Q)
18 ( 90%)
2 (10%)
20 (100%)
Book Shelving (Q)
28 ((82%)
6 (18%)
34 (1007o)
Elementary Cataloging (Q)
18 (100%)
0
18 (100%)
Elementary Classification (Q)
0
0
0
Filing (Q)
19 ( 90%)
2 (10%)
21 (100%)
Registration Procedure (Q)
13 ( 65%)
7 (35%)
20 (100%)
Reports and Statistics (Q)
24 ( 92%)
2 ( 8%)
26 (100%)
Boston Public Library —
Central Library (Q)
12 ( 50%)
12 (50%)
24 (100%)
Boston Public Library —
Branch Libraries (Q)
14 ( 82%)
3 (18%)
17 (100%)
[35]
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATIONS, 1951
EXAMINATION
Advanced Languages — French (II)
Advanced Languages — German (II)
The Book as a Physical Artifact (III)
Business — General Field (III)
Cataloging (IV)
History of the Book
Literature — General Field (III)
National and Trade Bibliography (III)
Philosophy, Psychology, Religion —
General Field (III)
Public Library as an Institution (I)
Social Sciences and History —
General Field (III)
Special Field — Subject Knowledge (IV)
Special Field — Bib. Knowledge (V)
INDIVIDUALS INDIVIDUALS
WHO PASSED WHO FAILED
4 ( 80%)
6 ( 75%)
1 ( 50%)
1 (100%)
0
1 (100%,)
3 (100%)
0
1 ( 207)
2 ( 25%)
1 ( 50%)
0
2 (100%)
0
0
0
5 (100%)
8 (100%,)
2 (1007,)
1 (100%)
2 (100%,)
1 (100%)
3 (100%)
0
1 (100%)
4 ( 677o)
0
2 ( 33%)
1 (1007c)
6 (100%,)
2 (1007o)
4 (100%,)
3 (100%)
0
0
0
2 (100%)
4 (100%)
3 (100%)
APPOINTMENTS TO TITULAR POSITIONS, 1951
Margaret C. Donaghue
Elizabeth H. McShane
Elizabeth P. Ross
Mary C. Toy
Branch Librarian, Emeritus
Branch Librarian, Emeritus
Branch Librarian, Emeritus
Chief of Young People's Room, Emeritus
RETIREMENTS FROM THE LIBRARY, 1951
Margaret C. Donaghue
Jane F. Hasson
Elizabeth H. McShane
A. Frances Rogers
Elizabeth P. Ross
Ruth B. Sather
Mary C. Toy
After 36 years of service
After 36 years of service
After 38 years of service
After 48 years of service
After 48 years of service
After 39 years of service
After 48 years of service
[36]
V
BOOK STOCK
Total Number of Volumes in the Library as of December 31, 1951
Division of Reference and Research Services
Central Library 1,252,281
Kirstein Business Branch ..... 39,653
Total for Division 1,291,934
Division of Home Reading and Community Services
,291,934
Open Shelf Department
35,541
Young Peoples Room .....
12,380
School Issue Department .....
40,914
Branch Issue Department .....
52,702
Branch Libraries
*Adams Street . . 11,819
Allslon
18,551
Brighton
21,073
Charlestown
16,426
City Point .
12,170
Codman Square .
18,246
Connolly
17,851
Dorchester
16,993
East Boston
17,029
Faneuil
1 7,606
**Fellowes Athenaeum
4,538
Hyde Park
19,234
Jamaica Plain
16,385
Jeffries Point
8,607
Lower Mills
12,159
Mattapan
22,377
Memorial
14,628
Mt. Bowdoin
14,979
Mt. Pleasant
9,931
Neponset
10,480
North End
14,054
Orient Heights
10,099
Parker Hill
14,671
Phillips Brooks .
8,111
Roslindale
18,930
South Boston
11,882
South End .
16,153
***Tyler Street
5,691
Uphams Corner .
19,946
Washington Village
14,068
West End .
23,474
West Roxbury
21,531
Bookmobile I
11,477
491,169
Total for Branch Libraries
491,169
Total for Division .
632,706
632,706
Total for Entire Library System ......
* Branch Library opened August 29, 1951
** Branch Library closed March 15, 1949; books in storage at
Hyde Park Branch Library
*** Re-opened as Reading Room December 7, 1951
,924,640
[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 .
1899-1900
1900-01 .
1901-02 .
9,688
1902-03
16,221
1903-04
22,617
1904-05
28,080
1905-06
34,896
1906-07
70.851
1907-08
78,043
1908-09
85,031
1909-10
97.386
1910-11
105,034
1911-12
110.563
1912-13
116,934
1913-14
123,016
1914-15
130.678
1915-16
136,080
1916-17
144,092
1917-18
152,796
1918-19
160.573
1919-20
179.250
1920-21
192,958
1921-22
209.456
1922-23
260.550
1923-24
276,918
1924-25
297,873
1925
321.010
1926
345,734
1927
360.963
1928
377,225
1929
390,982
1930
404,221
1931
422,116
1932
438,594
1933
453.947
1934
460.993
1935
479.421
1936
492,956
1937
505,872
1938
520,508
1939
536.027
1940
556.283
1941
576,237
1942
597.152
1943
610,375
1944
628,297
1945
663,763
1946
698,888
1947
716,050
1948
746,383
1949
781.377
1950
812,264
1951
835,904
848.884
871,050
878,933
903,349
922348
941 ,024
961 ,522
987.268
1.006,717
1 ,049,01 1
1,067,103
1.098.702
1.121.747
1.139.682
1.157,326
1.173,695
1,197,498
1,224.510
1.258,211
1 .284,094
1,308,041
1,333,264
1,363.515
1.388,439
1.418.489
1.442.802
1 .475,743
1,526,951
1,572,802
1.631,422
1,654.017
1,673,609
1,682,848
1 ,693,335
1,700,681
1,693,688
1 ,704,729
1,714,923
1 ,720,605
1.734,516
1 ,732,395
* 1,7 19,983
1 ,733,000
1,757,095
1,770,414
1,811,806
1,832,1/3
1 ,870,428
1,924,640
In 1944 the number of volumes belonging to Fellowes Athenaeum Trustees was
removed from the book stock count.
[38]
ACCESSIONS, 1951
The following statistics include materials received in 1951 ;
they do not include materials received in earlier years, but pro-
cessed only in 1 95 1 .
Classification of Accessions, 1951
NO. OF
SOURCE
VOLUMES
By purchase ....
By gift and exchange .
By binding of newspapers
By binding of serials .
98,316
5,720
30
5,580
109,646
Distribution of Expenditures for the Purchase of Books
and Other Library Materials, 1951
Division of Reference and Research Services
From City Appropriation $37,667.62
From Trust Funds Income 37,879.45 $75,547.07
Division of Home Reading and Community Services
From City Appropriation $188,960.79
From Trust Funds Income 870.49 189,831.28
$265,378.35
Distribution of Books Acquired by Purchase
Division of Reference and Research Services
From City Appropriation 3,693
From Trust Funds Income 5,929 9,622
Division of Home Reading and Community Services
From City Appropriation 88,276
From Trust Funds Income 418 88,694
98,316
[39]
Increase or Decrease in Book Stock of the Division of Home Reading
and Community Services, 1945 - 1951
TOTAL NUMBER
OF VOLUMES
NUMBER OF
NET INCREASE
DIVISION OF HOME
volumes
NUMBER OF
OR DECREASE IN
READINC AND COM-
YEAR
DISCARDED
VOLUMES ADDED
NO. OF VOLUMES
MUNITY SERVICES
1945
45,058
51,222
+6,164
510,823
1946
40,713
57,434
+16,721
527,544
1947
44,247
50,393
+6,146
533,690
1948
53,130
80,579
+27,449
561,139
1949
56,621
61.854
+5,233
566,372
1950
44,861
69,993
+25,132
591,504
1951
59,101
100,303
+41,202
632,706
[40]
A SELECTION OF NOTABLE PURCHASES, 1951
Books
L'Assedia di Pavia. Venice, 1555.
Balzac, Honore de.
Beatrix. Paris, 1840.
La Femme superieure. Paris, 1 838.
Physiologie du mariage. Paris, 1 830.
Pierrette. Paris. 1 840.
Celtes, Conrad. Libri odarum quatuor. (Strassburg, 1513)
Euphrate, Gerard d\ Le premier livre de l'histoire. Paris, 1 549.
Giambulari, Bernardo. La Istoria di San Zanobi. (Florence, 1575)
La Historia di Susanna, n.p., c. 1550.
Homer, Winslow. Campaign sketches. Boston. (1863)
Hystoria de Papa Alexandro e de Frederico Barbarossa. Venice. (1 545)
Jonsson, Arngrimur. Gronlandia. Skelhollte, 1 688.
Medici, Lorenzo. Historia della Nencia da Barbeiino. (Florence, 15—)
Passional Christi und Antichristi. Erfurt, 1521.
Pico della Mirandola, J. F. Opera. Strassburg, 1 506-7.
Savonarola. Tractato della humilata. Florence. (1495)
Vittoria gloriosissima delli Sanesi. (Siena, 1 526)
Volk, Adelbert J. Sketches from the Civil war in America. (Baltimore,
1861-1863)
Manuscripts
Curtis, Andrew. Ms. diary: Operations in Cooper River, 1865.
Fields, Annie Adams. Ms. letters.
Francis, Saint. Fioretti. 1 5th century ms.
Tennyson, Emily, Lady. 82 autograph letters, 1858—1873.
Villiers, Edward, Earl of Jersey. 58 autograph letters, 1696—1699.
Prints and Drawings
Daumier, Honore.
Set of seven lithographs: A la Varenne St. Maur; Le Dimanche au
Jardin des Plantes; En Chemin de Fer — Un Voisin Agreable; En
v'/a un; Madeleine — Bastille, first state; Nadar; Le Nouveau,
Paris.
Derain, Andre.
Head of a Girl, lithograph.
Forain, Jean-Louis.
Forain au Chapeau, etching touched with pencil.
Gauguin, Paul.
Portrait de Mallarme, etching.
Gericault, Theodore.
Lara Blesse, lithograph.
Kollwitz, Kaethe.
Set of ten prints, including the War series of seven woodcuts: The
Artist's parents, lithograph; Runover, soft ground etching; Woman s
Head, soft ground etching; War Series: Das Opfer; Die Freiwil-
ligen; Die Eltern; Die Witwe, I; Die Witrve, II; Die Mutter; Das
Volk.
[41]
Manet, Edouard.
Portrait de Felix Bracquemond, etching.
Newton, Edith.
Three lithographs: HuldaKs Front Hall; The Kitchen Chamber;
Parlor Organ.
Picasso, Pablo.
Femme de Profil, etching.
Pissarrc, Camille.
Les Faneuses d'Eragny, etching; Les Faneuses d'Eragny, lithograph;
Marche a Pontoise, lithograph.
Renoir, Auguste.
Twelve lithographs: Baigneuses Debout, a Mi-Jambes; Paul Cezanne;
Etude de Femme Nue, Assise; Etude de Femme Nue, Assise, V a-
riante; Femme au Cep de Vigne; Femme au Cep de Vigne, Variante;
Femme au Cep de Vigne Variante, No. 2; Femme au Cep de Vigne,
Variante, No. 3; Femme au Cep de Vigne, Variante, No. 4; La
Pierre au Trois Croquis; Claude Renoir, La Tete Baissee; Claude
Renoir, Tourne a Cauche.
Signac, Paul.
Boats in Port, lithograph.
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri De.
Album de Sept Point Seches (seven dry points) ; Tristan Bernard,
dry point; Le jockey, lithograph in colors; La Revue Blanche, litho-
graph in colors; Zamboula-Polka, lithograph.
Valadon, Suzanne.
Set of eighteen original prints engraved from 1895—1910.
Villon, Jacques.
Collection of one hundred and fifteen engravings and four drawings.
Wnegenroth, Stow.
Harbor Street, drawing; Harbor Street, lithograph.
Other Materials
One press for the printing of woodcuts and wood-engravings, formerly
the press of Gustav Wolf.
A SELECTION OF NOTABLE GIFTS, 1951
Books and Other Materials
American National Red Cross.
When disaster strikes. 33 copies.
Bay, Dr. J. Christian.
Onkel Toms Hytte, efter hundrede aar. Af J. Christian Bay.
The history of Rinaldo Rinaldini, Captain of Banditti.
Translated from the German of Vulpius I. Hinkley. (In two volumes.)
Browning Society of Boston.
A collection of important items for the Browning Collection, through
Mrs. Henry Hallam Saunderson.
Buckner, Lewis P.
A collection of forty-one volumes in French and in German.
[42]
Cambridge Book Club.
One hundred and twenty-six numbers of "The New Statesman and
The Nation," "The Spectator," and "The Times Literary Supple-
ment."
Currie, Finlay.
Armenian Bible, with silver binding, in velvet-lined case.
Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J., Jr.
A collection of six volumes on personnel problems, rehabilitation,
medicine, and workmen's compensation, given in memory of the late
Dr. Leo A. Rogers.
Fish, Richardson, and Neave.
A collection of nineteen volumes of patents for spinning machinery.
Gutknecht, George.
A collection of one hundred and thirty volumes, including works of
philosophy, religion, and general literature.
Harvard Musical Association.
Scrapbooks of the programmes of the Harvard Musical Association,
from July 1 883 to May 1931. 46 volumes.
Holland, Mrs. E. S.
A collection of three hundred and twenty-five photographs, many
showing architectural and decorative details of various churches and
other buildings of Italy.
Kirstein, Louis E., Family of.
Declaration of Independence. Framed copy, once the property of Mr.
Louis E. Kirstein, given to the West End Branch Library as a gift
from Mr. Kirstein's family.
Arthur D. Little Company.
Forty-three volumes, works on paper manufacturing, including ten
volumes of the Bulletin of the Institute of Paper Chemistry.
Mahady, Mrs. Edward F.
A collection of twenty-eight volumes, principally recent fiction, for
the West Roxbury Branch Library.
Maxon, Wallace G.
A collection of one hundred pieces of sheet music, postcards, and au-
tographs of Edward Everett Hale, Phillips Brooks, and others.
Parker, Mrs. R.
A collection of approximately twenty-two hundred postcards and
photographs of people, scenes, and art objects in various parts of the
world.
Perini, Louis.
A collection of three hundred and thirty-six volumes on baseball, and
some of its well-known personalities.
Slonimsky, Nicolas.
A collection of sixty-nine pieces of sheet music and volumes relating
to music.
Stodder, Mrs. Clement K.
A collection of one hundred and ninety volumes and pamphlets, prin-
cipally Harvard College class reports.
[43]
Wiggin, Albert H., Estate of.
A collection of volumes with fore-edge paintings, consisting of one
hundred and ninety-two items, of which a number consist of several
volumes making a total of two hundred and fifty-eight items, each
with a single or double fore-edge painting.
A collection of one hundred and fifty-three art reference volumes in-
cluding:
Life of Thomas Slothard, R. A., by Mrs. Bray, London, 1851.
4 volumes.
Extra-illustrated with one hundred and forty-three original
drawings by Stothard, fifty-two autograph letters, sixteen plates,
and three portraits.
Rodin, by Leonce Benedite, London, 1 924.
A series of sixty photogravure plates printed by hand on hand-
made paper with historical and critical introduction and ex-
planatory notes.
The Life Portraits of Washington and their Replicas, by John Hill
Morgan and Mantle Fielding, Philadelphia, 1931.
Portraits of Washington, by Gustavus A. Eisen, New York, 1 932.
3 volumes.
The Etchings of James McBey, by Malcolm Salamon, London,
1929.
London — Tempest (Pierce), The Cryes of the City of London,
1711.
/. M. Maltier, peinlre de la com de Louis XV, by Pierre de Nol-
hac. Paris, 1905.
The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, con-
ducted by James B. Longacre, James Herring, 1834. Phila-
delphia, 1837.
The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart, by George C. Mason.
New York, 1879.
A collection of sixty-four volumes especially interesting because or
illustrations and binding.
Hollar, W.
Divers Views After the Life, 24 plates inlaid.
Designs to illustrate Sterne's Sentimental Journev, London, J.
Wallis.
Aiken, Henry, etc., illus.
The Life of John Mutton, esq., by Nimrod. London, 1837;
1877. 2 volumes.
Cameron, David Y.
The Regality Club. London, 1889; 1893; 1899; 1912. 4
volumes.
Cruikshank, George, illus.
The Comic Almanack, ed. by Horace Mayhew, London,
1835—53. 28 volumes.
Der Freischulz travestie; by Septimus Globus, esq. London,
1824.
The Greatest plague of life; ed. by the brothers Mayhew, Lon-
don, 1849.
Life in London, by Pierce Egan, London, 1 82 1 .
[44]
The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, by William Make-
piece Thackeray, London, 1 839.
Points of Humour, London, 1823.
Whom to Marry, by the brothers Mayhew, London, 1849. 2
volumes.
Deuchar, David, illus.
The Dances of Death, by John Holbein, London, 1803.
Faithorne, William
The art of graveing and etching, London, 1 662.
Lane, Richard, illus.
Marie Taglioni, six lithographic studies, by Richard Lane after
A. E. Chalon, London, 1831.
Onwhyn, Thomas, illus.
The Illustrations bv Samuel Weller to Pickwick, etc., London,
1840.
Rowlandson, Thomas W., illus.
Adventures of the post captain; or a true British tar, by a naval
officer. London, 1817.
Characteristic sketches of the lower orders, London, 1818.
The English dance of death, by William Combe, London,
1815-1816. 2 volumes.
The History of Johnny Qaue Genus, by William Combe,
London, 1822.
The Military adventures of Johnny Newcome, by Lt. Col. D.
Roberts, London, 1815.
The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in search of Consolation, Lon-
don, 1820.
The Third Tour of Dr. Syntax in search of a wife, London,
1820.
The Tour of Dr. Svntax in search of the picturesque, London,
1819.
The Tour of Dr. Syntax through London, London, 1 820.
The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, London, 181 7.
Seymour, Robert, illus.
Seymour's Comic Album, London, 1836.
Shelley, Samuel, illus.
Cabinet of genius, London, 1 787. 3 volumes.
Sibson, Thomas, illus.
Illustrations of Master Humphrey's Clock, London, 1842.
Thackeray, William Makepeace.
Flore at Zephvr, London, 1 836.
Wildin-White, Mrs. Charles.
A collection of eighty pamphlets and volumes principally in the fields
of international law and arbitration.
Yale Club of Boston.
A collection of eleven volumes published by the Yale University Press.
Autographs, Manuscripts, Etc.
Anonymous.
A collection of seven autographs including those of Tennyson, Bry-
ant, and George Washington.
[45]
Oddon, Mile. Yvonne.
A collection of manuscripts, letters, diaries, etc., relating principally
to the Belknap Family and to Jersey Belknap of New England.
Prints and Drawings
The Art Institute of Chicago.
Gauguin, Paul. Maruru, wood cut. Printed in 1 949 from the original
wood block in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago for the
Print and Drawing Club.
Black, Louis.
Jongkind, J. B. Fourteen prints.
Winkler, John W. Kong Tons' s Shop; Little Houses on Telegraph
Hill; Marchande d? Ail; Marchande de Legumes; Le Marche a
Montmartre; Vegetable Carl, Chinatoicn, San Francisco.
Chaikin, Nathan.
Daumier, Honore. Jacquinot-Codart, first state, lithograph.
Crossett, Edward C.
Heintzelman, Arthur W. Landscape, etching, G. 1 6 ; Ndue on RocJ^s,
etching, G. 39 ; The Philosopher, etching, G. 4 ; Study; of Mother
and Child, etching, G. 66; Adele, Fille de Madame Auget, drawing;
Captain John, Port Clyde, Maine, drawing; Claude Chalais, draw-
ing; Citizen of Port Clyde, Maine, drawing; Country Fair, Sandwich,
New Hampshire, drawing; Emile, drawing; Port Clyde Fisherman,
drawing; Rene Auget, drawing; Theodore Chalan, drawing.
Mayer, Guy.
Hassam, Childe. A .Yen> England Barroom, etching.
Wiggin, Albert H.
Hassam, Childe. The Guy Mayer collection of prints by Childe Has-
sam comprising fifty-eight etchings and drypoints, all artist's proofs
printed on old paper, including states and personal notations by
the artist in the margins, eight lithographs and four drawings
which are studies for plates of the same subjects.
The Miniature Print Society. A collection of twenty-three prints is-
sued by the Miniature Print Society.
The Society of Print Connoisseurs. Eight prints issued by the Society
of Print Connoisseurs.
Two Purchase prizes from the Annual Exhibition of the Boston
Printmakers: Richard C. Bartlett, Stonehenge, color lithograph.
Grace Albee, Coal \ ard, woodengraving.
[46]
VI
USE OF BOOKS
COMPARATIVE CIRCULATION STATISTICS, 1947 - 1951
1947 1948 1949 1950
Division of Reference
and Research Services
1951
Central Library
146,975
148,598
146,353
137,922
131,562
Kirstein Business Branch
11,570
1 58,545
10,015
9,845
8,179
7,121
Total for Division
158,613
156,198
146,101
138,683
Division of Home Reading
and Community Services
Open Shelf Department
157,739
167,631
1 78,657
181,753
199,036
Young Peoples Room
36,988
37,195
39,082
40,160
46,974
School Issue Department
18,585
16,883
16,170
14,917
14,416
Branch Issue Department
61,179
58,176
58,294
60,413
56,914
Staff Library
2,461
2,928
3,034
4,394
4,905
Deposit Circulation
(estimated)
241,405
248,816
265,045
263,594
238,932
Branch Libraries
*Adams Street
45,481
Allston
85,990
90,490
86,048
79,533
82,733
Brighton
55,182
53,024
56,653
54,320
59,068
Charlestown
72,413
82,926
84,644
75,241
86,050
City Point
64,158
63,946
56,320
53,774
33,358
Codman Square
114,371
117,137
130,118
127,210
141,126
Connolly
95,096
98,292
98,101
84,327
86,266
Dorchester
82,115
80,178
84,930
80,432
80,943
East Boston
75,409
72,436
70 007
57,757
63,874
Faneuil
45,291
43,114
48,396
47,244
51,024
**FeI!owes Athenaeum
34,273
32,650
7,785
Hyde Park
67,452
71,182
78,182
72,897
76,194
Jamaica Plain
76,919
83,652
86,472
79,705
81 ,027
Jeffries Point
24,193
26,894
26,895
26,539
26,201
Lower Mills
46,108
45,712
47,831
42,808
45,255
Mattapan
101,930
101,036
104,041
90,962
99,170
Memorial
81,781
79,504
84,581
74,030
76,466
Mt. Bowdoin
72,682
75,105
80,846
69,656
76,816
Mt. Pleasant
44,474
44,591
43,609
40,436
44,510
***Neponset
28,355
48,624
51,827
45,256
45,160
North End
68,823
67,717
64,966
59,156
49,417
Orient Heights
38,505
39,741
38,013
38,457
35,738
Parker Hill
67,512
70,336
77,497
69,357
72,977
Phillips Brooks
27,888
27,935
29628
25,864
25,424
Roslindale
115,014
123,204
132,682
117,889
131,611
fSouth Boston
54,257
48,369
50,474
42,076
70,881
South End
63,998
64,719
62,689
63,581
65,777
ffTyler Street
660
Uphams Corner
100,645
103,014
108,214
102,041
122,803
Washington Village
82,358
75,908
80,604
71,605
72,568
West End
101,477
105,925
108,551
108,203
109,117
West Roxbury
105,270
110,918
1 1 5,062
106,161
115,413
fffBookmobile I
104,278
162,639
Total for Branch Libraries 2,093,939 2,148,279 2,195.666 2,110,795 2,355,747
Total for Division 2,612,296 2,679,908 2,755,948 2,676,026 2,916,924
Told for Entire Library
System 2,770,841 2,838,521 2,912,146 2,822,127 3,055,607
* Branch Library opened August 29, 1951
** Branch Library closed March 15, 1949
*** Building condemned February 3, 1947; Branch Library reopened
in temporary quarters March 31, 1947
f Closed in old quarters January 28, 1950; reopened in new quarters
June 12, 1950
tt Reopened as Reading Room December 7, 195!
fff Service began February 20, 1950
[47]
Distribution of Total Circulation in 1951
Division of Reference
and Research Services
Central Library
Direct lending to borrowers 119,450
Central Library volumes circulated
through Branch Issue De-
partment 12,112
Kirstein Business Branch 7,121
FROM DEPOSITS IN
SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS,
AND ENGINE HOUSES* TOTALS
19,450
Total for Division 138,683
Division of Home Reading
and Community Services
Open Shelf Department 199,036
Young Peoples Room 46,974
School Issue Department 14,416
Branch Issue Department 56,914
Staff Library 4,905
Branch Libraries
**Adams Street 45,481
Alhton 82,733
Brighton 59,068
Charlestown 86,050
City Point 53,358
Codman Square 141,126
Coiuiolly 86,266
Dorchester 80,943
East Boston 63,874
Faneuil 51,024
Hyde Park 76,194
Jamaica Plain 81 ,027
Jeffries Point 26,201
Lower Mills 45,255
Mattapan 99,170
Memorial 76,466
Mt. Bowdoin 76,816
Mt. Pleasant 44,510
Neponset 45,160
North End 49,417
Orient Heights 35,738
Parker Hill 72,977
Phillips Brooks 25,424
Roslindale 131,611
South Boston 70,881
South End 65,777
***Tyler Street 660
Uphams Corner 122,803
Washington Village 72,563
West End 109,117
West Roxbury 115,413
Bookmobile I 162,639
Total for Branch Libraries 2,355,747
Total for Division 2,677,992
Total for Entire Library 2,816,675
* Estimated
** Branch Library opened August 29, 1951
*** Reopened as Reading Room December 7, 1951
12,112
7,121
138,683
199,036
46,974
222,628
237,044
12,398
69,312
4,905
45,481
82,733
59,068
86,050
53,358
141,126
86,266
80,943
63,874
51,024
76,194
81,027
26,201
45,255
99,170
76,466
76,816
44,510
45,160
49,417
35,738
72,977
25,424
— —
131,611
70,881
65,777
660
122,803
72,568
3,906
113,023
115,413
162.639
3,906
2,359,653
238,932
2,916,924
238,932
3,055,607
[48]
Analysis of Direct Home Use Circulation, 1951
Division of Reference
and Research Services
Central Library
Direct lending to borrowers 119,450
Central Library volumes circulated
through Branch Issue Department 12,112
Kirstein Business Branch 7,121
Total for Division
Division of Home Reading
and Community Services
138,683
JUVENILE
TOTAL
1 19,450
12,112
7,121
138,683
Open Shelf Department
199,036
199,036
Young Peoples Room
3,668
43,306
46,974
School Issue Department
14,416
14,416
Branch Issue Department
56,914
56,914
Staff Library
4,905
4,905
Branch Libraries
*Adams Street
22,855
22,626
45,481
Allston
56,435
26,298
82,733
Brighton
30,563
28,505
59,068
Charlestown
43,412
42,638
86,050
City Point
29,810
23,548
53,358
Codman Square
75,363
65,763
141,126
Connolly
44,649
41,617
86,266
Dorchester
40,327
40,616
80,943
East Boston
24,873
39,001
63,874
Faneuil
25,599
25,425
51,024
Hyde Park
38,571
37,623
76,194
Jamaica Plain
46,969
34,058
81,027
Jeffries Point
7,076
19,125
26,201
Lower Mills
24,383
20,872
45,255
Mattapan
48,556
50,614
99,170
Memorial
36,182
40,284
76,466
Mt. Bowdoin
38,266
38,550
76,816
Mt. Pleasant
18,806
25,704
44,510
Neponset
21,535
23,625
45,160
North End
15,977
33,440
49,417
Orient Heights
12,124
23,614
35,738
Parker Hill
33,598
39,379
72,977
Phillips Brooks
10,677
14,747
25,424
Roslindale
74,91 1
56,700
131,611
South Boston
38,397
32,484
70,881
South End
42,289
23,488
65,777
**Tyler Street
190
470
660
Uphams Corner
80,738
42,065
122,803
Washington Village
36,335
36,233
72,568
West End
77,719
31,398
109,117
West Roxbury
72,505
42,908
115,413
Bookmobile I
56,995
105,644
162,639
Total for Branch Libraries
1 ,226,685
1,129,062
2,355,747
Total for Division
1,491,208
1,186,784
2,677,992
Total for Entire Library
1,629,891
1,186,784
2,816,675
* Branch Library opened August 29, 1951
** Reopened as Reading Room December 7, 1951
[49]
Summary of Circulation by Divisions in 1951
BOOKS LENT FOR HOME USE
Division of Reference and Research Services
Central Library (including Central Library books
issued through Branch Libraries)
Kirstein Business Branch
Division of Home Reading and Community Se
Open Shelf Department, Central Library .
Young Peoples Room, Central Library
School Issue Department, through schools .
Branch Issue Department, through Branch
Staff Library .....
Branch Libraries . . . .
131,562
7,121
138,683
•ices
199,036
46,974
14,416
ibraries
56,914
4,905
. 2,355,747
2,677,992
2,816,675
Total Circulation in 1951
Books Lent for Home Use
Division of Reference and Research Services .
Division of Home Reading and Community Services .
Deposits of books (estimated) . . . . ,
138,683
2,677,992
238,932
3,055,607
Gajns and Losses in Circulation, 1930 - 1951
NUMBER OF
INCREASE OR
BOOKS LENT
DECREASE FROM
YEAR
TO BORROWERS
PRECEDING YEAR
1929
3,930,068
1930
4,133,459
+203,391
1931
4,702,932
+569,473
1932
5,567,681
+864,749
1933
5,548,283
-19,398
1934
5,194,351
-353,932
1935
4,949,701
-244,650
1936
4,806,737
-142,964
1937
4,531,378
-275359
1938
4,354,044
-177,334
1939
4,198,975
-155,069
1940
4,056,963
-142,012
1941
3,635,933
-421,030
1942
3,271,619
-364,314
1943
2,871,335
-400,284
1944
2,765,255
-106,080
1945
2,661,741
-103,514
1946
2,750,089
^88348
1947
2,770,841
+20,752
1948
2,838,521
+67,680
1949
2,912,146
+73,625
1950
2,822,127
-90,019
1951
3,055,607
+233,480
PERCENTAGE OF PERCENTAGE OF
INCREASE OR INCREASE OR
DECREASE FROM DECREASE
PRECEDING YEAR FROM 1929
+5%
+ 12%
+ 16%
-0.3%
-7%
-5%
-3%
-67c
-47c
-4%
-3%
-10%
-10%
-12%
-4%
-4%
+3%
+6.87c
+2%
+3%
-3%
+8%
+5%
+ 17%
+42%
+41%
+32%
+26%
+22%
+15%
+11%
+7%
+3%
-7%
-17%
-27%
-30%
-32%
-30%
-29%
-28%
-26%
-28St
-22%
[50]
Classification of Home Use Circulation in Percentages, 1951
DIVISION OF
DIVISION OF
HOME READING AND
REFERENCE AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES
RESEARCH SERVICES
Fiction for Adults 35.1%
Nonfiction for Adults 20.6%
Juvenile fiction and nonfiction 44.3%
2.4%
97.6%
100.0%
100.0%
Inter-Library Loans, 1951
Under the inter-library loan system with other libraries the
following lending of books for the purpose of serious research
is shown:
Volumes lent to other libraries in Massachusetts
Volumes lent to libraries outside of Massachusetts
1,862
326
2,188
Registration
(Two-year period)
Number of registered borrowers, December 31, 1951
Adult
Juvenile
88,808
76,258
165,066
Number of borrowers registered and reregistered during 1951
Adult
Juvenile
46,542
37,284
83,826
Missing Books from the Branch Lieraries, 1934 - 1951
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
PERCENTAGE OF
PERCENTAGE OF
INCREASE OR
INCREASE OR
TOTAL
DECREASE OVER
DECREASE
NUMBER
PRECEDING YEAR
over 1934
12,234
12,769
+4%
+4%
11,012
-14%
-10%
8,786
-20%
-28%
6,931
-21%
-43%
5,299
-24%
-57%
4,710
-1 1 %
-62%
4,977
+6%
-59%
4,369
-12%
-64%
3,616
-17%
-70%
3,490
-3%
-71%
3,334
-4%
-73%
2,908
-13%
-76%
3,348
+ 15%
-73%
3,824
+H%
-69%
3.549
-7%
-71%
4,094
+ 15%
-67%
3.709
-9%
-70%
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Books Unrecoverable from Borrowers from Branch Libraries, 1934 - 1951
PERCENTAGE
NUMBER OF
PERCENTAGE OF
OF INCREASE
VOLUMES
INCREASE OR DECREASE
OR DECREASE
YEAR
UNRECOVERABLE
OVER PRECEDING YEAR
OVER 1934
1934
2,262
1935
1,399
-38%
-38%
1936
953
-32%
-58%
1937
979
+ 1.7%
-57%
1938
742
-24%
-67%
1939
642
-13%
-72%
1940
645
+0.5%
-71%
1941
577
-11%
-74%
1942
713
+24%
-68%
1943
1,066
+50%
-53%
1944
797
-25%
-65%
1945
1,119
+40%
-51%
1946
954
-15%
-58%
1947
874
-8%
-61%
1948
934
+7%
-59%
1949
1,133
+21%
-50%
1950
1,220
+8%
-46%
1951
895
-27%
-60%
Books
Unrecoverable from Borrowers from Branch Libraries, 1942 - 1951
PERCENT OF
TOTAL NUMBER
TOTAL NUMBER
VOLUMES BORROWED
OF VOLUMES
OF VOLUMES
WHICH WERE
YEAR
UNRECOVERABLE
BORROWED
UNRECOVERABLE
1942
713
2,537,391
0.028%
1943
1,066
2,218,915
0.048%
1944
797
2,153,367
0.037%
1945
1,119
2,076,638
0.054%
1946
954
2,106,249
0.045%
1947
874
2,093,939
0.042%
1948
934
2,148,279
0.043%
1949
1,133
2,195,666
0.052%
1950
1,220
2,117,082
0.0587c
1951
895
2,359,653
0.038'i
USE OF
FILMS, 1951
Film
Showings
In Boston Public Library System .
Outside Boston Public Library System .
Total
Film Audiences
932
8,175
9,107
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Adult
Juvenile .....
Total
Film Collection
Films in collection, January 1, 1951
Films added in 1951 .
Films withdrawn in 1951
Net gain, 1951 ....
Films in collection, December 31, 1951 .
Film Registrations
Film registrations, January 1, 1951
New film registrations, 1951
170
4
210,105
364,140
574,245
265
166
431
715
336
Film registrations, December 31, 1951
1,051
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VII
THE CATALOGS
Volumes Cataloged
>n of Reference and Research Services
Cataloged
Central Library 14,045
Kirstein Business Branch 1,115
Recataloged
Central Library 931
16,091
Division of Home Reading and Community
Services
Cataloged
Open Shelf Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
12,638
1,966
3,606
4,167
82,133
Miscellaneous
53
104,563
Films Cataloged
Division of Home Reading and Community Services 170
Card Work
Division of Reference and Research Services
Library of Congress cards processed 47,886
Cards processed on duplicating machine 86,755
Cards typed 2,751
137,392
Division of Home Reading and Community Services
Cards processed on duplicating machine 292,083
Cards typed 137,405
429,488
The number of volumes shelved and thus made available for
public use was:
Division of Reference and Research Services
Central Library (including continuations) 16,971
Kirstein Business Branch 1,115
Books reported lost or missing in previous yeras
but now found, etc. 1,113 19,199
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Division of Home Reading and Community Servicw
Open Shelf Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
99,941
Books reported lost or missing in previous years
but now found, etc. 362 100303
119,502
The number of volumes removed from collections during the
year (books reported lost or missing, condemned copies not yet
replaced, etc.) was:
Division of Reference and Research Services
Central Library 4,913
Kirstein Business Branch 1,276 6,189
Division of Home Reading and Community Services
Open Shelf Department
Young Peoples Room
School Issue Department
Branch Issue Department
Branch Libraries
59,101
65,290
VIII
PRINTING AND BINDING
The Printing Department
Requisitions received and filled 500
Cards (indicator, time, guide, etc.) 77,800
Wiggin Print Collection (exhibition cards) 3,954
Signs, posters, etc. 4,478
Forms (numbered series, including blank forms) 4,877,691
Forms, circulars, and sundries (outside the numbered series) 338,500
Library publications, including book lists, programs, etc. 240,407
The Binding Department
Number of volumes bound in various styles 30,266
Volumes repaired 1 1 1
Volumes guarded 219
Maps mounted 4
Photographs and engravings mounted 296
Library publications folded, plate tipped, collated, stitched,
covered, and trimmed 356,413
Portfolios, blocks, boxes, and desk pads made 6,831
Covers made (miscellaneous types) 580
Cutting and bundling 935
Miscellaneous work done 594
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IX
LECTURES, FILM SHOWINGS, CONCERTS, AND
EXHIBITIONS IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
LECTURES AND FILM SHOWINGS
GENERAL LECTURE SERIES
DATE
Jan. 4
Jan. 11
Jan. 18
Jan. 25
Feb. 1
Feb. 8
Feb. 15
Feb. 20
Mar. 1
Mar. 8
Mar. 15
TITLE LECTURER
Family Night Film Program. Adventures of Chico.
Norway — 1950. Illustrated with Ingolf V. Bockman,
colored motion pictures. turer.
Israel Lives Again. Illustrated
with colored motion pictures.
Le
Adventuring with Wildlife. Illus-
strated with colored motion pic-
tures.
Rabbi Leo Shubow, Temple
B'nai B'rith, Somerville,
Massachusetts.
Robert L. Grayce, Teacher
and Lecturer, Massachusetts
Audubon Society.
Film Program. True Glory, documentary motion picture of World
War II.
Special Preview of the motion picture, You Can Beat the A-Bomb.
Charles W. Havice, S.T.B.,
Ph.D., Dean, and Head of
the Department of Sociology,
Northeastern University.
Reverend Joseph P. Mona-
han, Priest-Ventriloquist.
Reverend John E. Murphy,
S.J., Chairman of the De-
partment of Gaelic Literature,
Boston College Graduate
School.
Film program on the American Indian. Miracle on the Mesa, Pueblo
Heritage, and Loons Necklace.
Audubon's America. Illustrated
with motion pictures.
Building Brotherhood Through
Films. Illustrated with the motion
pictures, Brotherhood of Man, One
God, Picture in Your Mind, and
Sing a Song of Friendship.
Catholic Book Week Program for
Children.
The Book of Kells and Related
Manuscripts. Illustrated with slides.
Mar. 29 World Health and World Peace.
C. Russell Mason, Executive
Director, Massachusetts Au-
dubon Society.
Dr. Jack G. Makari of Leb-
anon, Fellow of the World
Health Organization, and
Dr. Vlado Getting, Commis-
sioner of Public Health,
Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts.
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DATE TITLE
Apr. 5 Film Program. Nanook of the North.
Apr. 12
Apr. 26
Oct. 20
Nov. 18
Dec. 13
Dec. 16
Dec. 23
Film Forum: The Teeai Agers'
Point of View. Based on the mo-
tion pictures, Are You Popular,
and You and Your Family.
Film Forum. Based on the motion
picture, Feeling of Rejection.
Students from the Solomon
Lewenberg Junior High
School.
Dr. Isadore Green, Neuro-
Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the
Soldiers Home Hospital,
Jewish Memorial Hospital,
and the Hebrew Home for
Aged Hospital.
Human Relations Institute for Teachers and Librarians. Spon-
sored by the Boston Public Library with the co-operation of the
Boston Public Schools, the Independent School Association, and
The National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Jewish Book Month Program. The
Jewish Child in Bookland.
Handel's Messiah. Illustrated with
recordings.
Dickens'
trated.
Christmas Carol. Illus-
Jewish Book Month Program. Are
We the People of the Book: Mu-
sical Program, under the direction
of Mrs. Evelyn Borofsky-Roskin.
Fanny Goldstein, Branch Li-
brarian, West End Branch,
Boston Public Library.
Dr. Thompson Stone, Head,
Music Department, Tufts
College, and Conductor,
Handel and Haydn Society.
Edward F. Payne, Presi-
dent, Boston Branch of the
Dickens' Fellowship.
Professor Simon Rawido-
wicz, Brandeis University.
SPECIAL SUBJECT SERIES
THE AMERICAN SCENE
Nov. 1 5 The Covered Wagon Rolls East.
Illustrated with colored slides.
Nov. 29 The Pacific North West — The
Evergreen Empire. Illustrated with
colored slides.
Stewart Anderson, Lecturer
and Photographer.
Colonel H. C. Anderson,
Lecturer for the Union Pa-
cific Railroad Company.
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GREAT MEN AND GREAT ISSUES
IN OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE
Film Discussion Programs Based on Famous Americans
Members of The Never Too Late Group
Nov. 19 Benjamin Franklin
Nov. 26 Thomas Jefferson
Dec. 3 Alexander Hamilton
Dec. 1 0 George Washington
Dec. 1 7 John Marshall
ON TIMELY TOPICS
This series was presented in co-operalion with
Boston University Debating Team,
Martin J. Levine, Public Service Manager
TITLE
Jan. 14 Is Vivisection Desirable?; a panel
discussion.
Feb. 1 1 Resolved: That Non-Communist
Nations Should Form a New In-
ternational Organization; a debate.
Mar. 1 1 Should Communist China Be Ad-
mitted to the United Nations?; a
panel discussion.
Apr. 1 Resolved: That the Hoover-Ken-
nedy Proposals Should be Adopt-
ed ; a debate.
Nov. 1 8 How Can We as a Nation Im-
prove Our Ethical and Moral Con-
duct?; a panel discussion.
Members of the Boson Uni-
versity Debating Team. Aus-
tin J. Freeley, Boston Uni-
versity Coach of Debate,
Moderator.
Members of the Boston Uni-
versity Debating Team. Aus-
tin J. Freeley, Boston Uni-
versity Coach of Debate,
Moderator.
Members of the debating
teams of Boston University
and Bates College. Austin J.
Freeley, Boston University
Coach of Debate, Modera-
tor.
Members of the debating
teams of Boston University
and Pennsylvania State Col-
lege. Austin J. Freeley, Bos-
ton University Coach of De-
bate, Moderator.
Members of the debating
teams of Boston University
and Tufts College. Austin J.
Freeley, Assistant Professor
in Speech, and Boston Uni-
versity Coach of Debate,
Moderator.
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LECTURER
Should Women be Drafted
Wartime?; a symposium.
Members of the debating
teams of Boston University,
Wellesley College, Harvard
University, and Providence
College. Austin J. Freeley,
Assistant Professor in Speech
and Boston University Coach
of Debate, Moderator.
OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE IN MUSIC
The Mayflower' Brings Music:
A.D. 1620. Illustrated with re-
cordings and live music.
1 5 New England Folk Music from
the Eighteenth Century. Illustrated
with music by a fiddler, an old-
time chantey man, and recordings.
22 Music in Boston: A Thumbnail
Sketch. Illustrated with recordings
and piano selections.
29 The Celtic Contribution to Ameri-
can Music. Scotch Music. Illus-
trated with vocal selections. Irish
Music. Illustrated with recordings.
Nov. 8 The Negro Contribution to Ameri-
can Music. Illustrated with music
by the members of the Boston Ne-
gro American Chorus.
Nov. I 9 American Composers of the People.
Illustrated with recordings.
Nov. 26 Program of American Music.
Elna Sherman, Pianist, Com-
poser, and Teacher at Bos-
ton University College of
Music.
Mrs. Eloise Linscott, Author,
Lecturer, and Collector of
Folk Songs.
H. Earle Johnson, Assistant
Professor of Music, Clark
University.
Anne Germain, Vocalist.
John P. McGrail, Supervisor
in Education, Division of
University Extension, Massa-
chusetts Department of Edu-
cation.
Ernest W. Simms, Director,
Boston Negro American
Chorus.
Warren S. Freeman, Dean,
Boston University College of
Music.
Boston University Chapel
Choir, conducted by Allen
C. Lannom, Associate Pro-
fessor of Music, Boston Uni-
versity.
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SPANISH ART AND CULTURE
TITLE
Nov. 19 The Castilian Club and the Boston
Public Library.
Nov. 26 The Capias de Manrique.
Dec. 6 The Spanish Paintings in the Vien-
na Treasures. Illustrated with slides.
CONCERTS
Apr. 1 5 Concert.
Apr. 22 Concert.
Apr. 29 Concert.
LECTURER
Andres Iglesias Velayos,
Spanish Consul in Boston.
Julian Marias, Visiting Pro-
fessor of Spanish Literature,
Wellesley College.
Graham Prescott Teller, Di-
rector, Vesper George Gal-
lery and Instructor, Vesper
George School of Art.
Emelina Gentili, Soprano.
Assisted by Leo Litwin,
Pianist.
Einar Hansen, Violinist of
the Boston Symphony Or-
chestra. Assisted by Harold
Hansen, Clarinetist and Gil-
bert Boyer, Pianist.
Choral Society of the Massa-
chusetts State Federation of
Women's Clubs. Evelyn B.
Roskin, Conductor ; Frances
G a 1 v i n, Mezzo-Soprano ;
David Maddern, Pianist ;
Laura Webster Hull, Ac-
companist.
Jan.
9
Jan.
16
Jan.
23
Jan.
30
Feb.
6
Feb.
13
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AFTERNOON FILM PROGRAMS
Jan. 2 Making of a Mural, Mildred Dilling, Plastic Art, and Steps of the
Ballet.
Let's Discuss It. Based on the motion picture, Of Human Rights.
African Fauna, Australia Today, and In and Around Capetown.
Let's Discuss It. Based on the motion picture, Life with Grandpa.
Birds in Winter, Clean Waters, Gift of Green, and Monarch
Butterfly.
Coolidge Quartet, Hymn of the Nations, and Myra Hess.
Let's Discuss It. Based on the motion picture, Fight for Better
Schools.
Feb. 27 Let's Discuss It. Based on the motion picture, The Cummington
Story.
Mar. 6 Wings to Ireland and You Can Change the World.
Mar. 27 John Greenleaf Whitlier, Life of Thomas Edison, and Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes.
Apr. 3 Caravans of Trade, Pony Express, and Washington Irving.
Apr. 1 7 Historic New England and Wings over Latin America.
Apr. 24 Library of Congress, Printing Through the Ages, and Washing-
ton, D. C.
Nov. 6 Building a Nation (Israel), The Earth Sings, and Jerusalem —
The Holy City.
Nov. 1 3 Eighteen Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia and Historic New
England.
Nov. 20 Family Outing, Fight for Better Schools, and Fitness is a Family
Affair.
Nov. 27 Canadian Cruise, Canoe Country, Highland Holiday, and North
to Hudson Bay.
Dec. 4 Boundary Lines, Brotherhood of Man, and The Challenge.
Dec. 1 1 Evolution of Art in Spain, Goya, El Greco, and Picture in Your
Mind.
SPECIAL ATOM-BOMB PROGRAMS
These programs were planned with the co-operation of the
Massachusetts and City of Boston Departments of Civil Defense
Mar.
12
Noon-time showings of the film, You Can Beat the A-Bomb
Mar.
13
Same.
Mar.
14
Same.
Mar.
15
Same.
Mar.
16
Same.
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LOWELL LECTURES IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Under the auspices of the Lowell Institute
DATE TITLE
Jan. 9 Proposed Roads to Peace. (A
through course of six lectures Tuesdays and
Jan. 26 Fridays.)
Feb. 2 Population Problems of the World,
through (A course of eight lectures Tues-
Feb. 27 days and Fridays.)
Mar. 2 The Quest for Physical Theory,
through Problems in the Methodology of
Mar. 30 Scientific Research. (A course of
eight lectures, Tuesdays and Fri-
days.)
Nov. 2 Stellar Evolution. (A course of
through eight lectures, Tuesdays and Fri-
Nov. 27 days.)
Dec. 3 Medical Education — A Concern
through of the People. (A course of four
Dec. 1 3 lectures, Mondays and Thursdays.)
Cord Meyer, Jr., B.A., Jun-
ior Fellow, Society of Fel-
lows, Harvard University.
Karl Sax, S.D., Professor of
Botany at Harvard Univer-
sity, Supervisor of the Bussey
Institution and Director of
the Arnold Arboretum.
Thomas S. Kuhn, A.M.,
Ph.D., Junior Fellow, Society
of Fellows, Harvard Univer-
sity.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin,
B.A., Ph.D., D.Sc, hon.,
Phillips Astronomer, Har-
vard Universiy.
James Howard Means,
M.B., Jackson Professor of
Clinical Medicine, Emeritus,
Harvard University, and
Consultant in Medicine,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
FILM COUNCIL OF GREATER BOSTON
Mc
13
The Recreation Film Com-
mittee of the Film Council of
Greater Boston. Alvin G.
Kenney, Director, Commu-
nity Recreation Service of
Boston, Chairman.
Apr. 10
D(
Preview of Recreational and Leis-
ure Time Activity Films. A Chance
to Play, To Hear Your Banjo
Play, Schooltime in Camp, Tum-
bling, Craflsmen at Work, Around
the Diamond, Play Better Coif,
Brush Techniques, Wild Fowl in
Action, Monarch Butterfly, Loons
Necklace, Moving Ahead with
Music, and Skiing in the Lauren-
tians.
The American Way of Life. Illus- Industrial Group of the Film
trated with the motion pictures, Council of Greater Boston.
Enterprise, Letter to a Rebel, and Edward W. Palmer, Chair-
Of This We are Proud. man.
Showing of prize-winning films from the First Annual Film Festival,
American Cowboy, Angry Boy, and The Big Idea.
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THE NEVER TOO LATE GROUP
The New Social Security Act and
How It Affects the Older Person.
"Chota Durbar" (A Little Gather- My Experiences in Burma,
ering). Illustrated with the motion 1887—89. George V. Ken-
picture, India, Asia's New Voice. yon-Ashenden, Oriental Cos-
tumes of the Punjab. Ella C.
Forbes; My Experiences in
the Palace in Mandi State.
Mary Forbes; My Experi-
ences in India, 1945-46.
Reverend William C. Hart.
Piano selections and Indian
Love Songs. Mrs. Albert E.
Rogers. Alicia Starratt,
Chairman.
Henry J. Gromko, Assistant
Manager, Boston Field Of-
fice, Social Security.
18 Film Program. North East Corner, Scotland: Background of Liter-
ature, and Wings to England and Belgium.
25 French Emigres in New England. Madame Odelle Bailly.
Illustrated with the motion picture,
Food for Paris Markets.
1 Behind the Scenes with the Massa- William F. Kidney, Techni-
chusetts Department of Public cal Sergeant, Massachusetts
Safety. Illustrated with slides. Department of Public Safety,
Allan K. Strong, Chairman.
8 Our Neighbors to the North. Illustrated with the motion pictures,
Peoples of Canada, Road to Caspe, Spring Fever, and Youll
Take the High Road.
1 5 Our Neighbors to the South. Illustrated with the motion pictures,
There Were Two Doctors and Wings over Latin America.
1 Original Writings by members of The Forgotten Woman; an
The Never Too Late Group. essay. George V. Kenyon-
Ashenden; Wit and Wisdom
in Jingle; an appreciation.
Mary Forbes; Inspiration:
1 . a poem, 2. an incident.
Mrs. Herbert E. Yerxa;
The World Rebel; a poem.
Ella C. Forbes; Pen Picture
of a Great Teacher; a bi-
ography. Marion G. Godette;
The Elopement; a short
story. Alicia Starratt; An
Impromptu; a poem. Mem-
bers of The Never Too Late
Group. Rosamond K. Gra-
ham, Chairman.
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Mar. 8 How the Older Person can Assist
in the Civil Defense Program. Illus-
trated with the motion picture,
You Can Beat the A-Bomb.
Mar. 1 5 My Five Years as a Mining Pros-
pector in South Africa, 1893-
1 898. Illustrated with the motion
picture, In and Around Capetown.
Mar. 22 An Afternoon of Music.
Mar. 29 Hobby Demonstration.
Apr. 5 Barro Colorado: Primeval Jungle
of Panama. Illustrated with colored
slides.
Apr. 1 2 This is New England. Illustrated
with colored slides.
Apr. 26 My Five Years in Ecuador. Illus-
trated with the motion picture,
Earthquake in Ecuador.
May 10 A Tour Around Europe and a
Visit to the Ice Cap. Illustrated
with slides.
May 1 7 Current Book Reviews Presented
Dramatically.
May 24 What the Threat of War Means
to Me; a symposium.
May 31 How to Enjoy the Later Years; a
panel discussion.
June 7 Stained Glass — Medieval and
Modern. Illustrated with slides.
LECTURER
Frank Magullion, Assistant
to the Director, Civil Defense
Department, City of Boston.
Captain John D. Kazar. In-
terviewed by Ralph E. Hil-
and.
Members of The Never Too
Late Group.
Members of The Never Too
Late Group.
Mrs. G. William Cottrell,
Jr.
Jesse H. Buffum, World
Traveler, Radio Commenta-
tor, Lecturer, and Photogra-
pher.
Mrs. Carlos L. Stagg, Lec-
turer.
Mrs. Eugene Tyron Red-
mond, Lecturer.
Ramona Graham Cook,
President of the Bassachusetts
Pen Women, and Members
of The Never Too Late
Group.
Debating Team of Roslin-
dale High School. John J.
Landngan, Master of En-
glish, R o si i n d a 1 e High
School, Moderator.
Members of The Never Too
Late Group. Professor Rob-
ert C. Givler, Moderator.
Wilbur H. Burnham, design-
er and master craftsman.
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DATE TITLE LECTURER
June 14 My Internment in China, 1943-45. Hazel F. Bailey, Lecturer.
June 21 Film Program. Bird Migration, Brush Techniques, Craftsmen at
Wor\ (Canada), Growth of Flowers, and Spring Fever (Nova
Scotia).
June. 28 Fiim Program. Nanook of the North.
Sept. 20 Travel through films. Adventures of Chico and Animals Unlimited.
Sept. 27 The National Parks through films. V o Semite — End of the Rain-
bow, Realm of the Wild, and Rock]) Mountain Trout.
Oct. 4 Iceland: Land of Frost and Fire. Miss Sigga Gudmunds, Lec-
Illustrated with colored slides. turer.
Oct. 1 1 Arson and Related Matters. Illus- Detective Lieutenant Jere-
tratd with slides. miah J. Sullivan, Division of
Fire Prevention, Massachu-
setts Department of Public
Safety.
Oct. 1 8 A Norwegian Yankee Returns. II- Mrs. Hugh L. Robinson,
lustrated with the motion picture, Lecturer.
Norwegian Children.
Oct. 25 Your Vote is Needed to Make Mrs. Thomas H. Mahony,
Democracy Work. former President of the
League of Women Voters of
Boston.
Nov. 1 Film Program. Artisans of Florence, Rome — the Eternal City,
and Greece.
Nov. 8 The Fiji Islands and New Zea- Mr. Frank Atkinson, Lec-
land. Illustrated with colored slides. turer.
Nov. 1 5 The Challenge of Labrador. Illus- Miss Shirley S. Smith, Sec-
trated with a colored motion pic- retary of the New England
ture. Grenfell Association.
Nov. 29 The United Nations and World Joseph I. Sargon, Lecturer
Disputes; a film discussion. from the United Council on
World Affairs.
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Dec.
Recent Books About the Older
Persons; a symposium.
LECTURER
Members of The Never Too
Late Group. The Best Years
by Walter B. Pitkin, reviewed
by Miss Alicia Starratt. Re-
tire and Be Happy by Irving
Salomon, reviewed by Robert
White. These Harvest Years
by Janet H. Baird, reviewed
by Mrs. Jessie M. Haynes.
Trends in Gerontology by
Nathan W. Shock, reviewed
by George V. Kenyon-Ash-
enden. Mrs. Edith H. Bailey,
Branch Librarian, Eemiritus,
Boson Public Library, Mod-
erator.
Mrs. Ruth Sears, Associate
Director of the Department
for Older People, the Family
Society of Greater Boston;
Mrs. Eleanor T. Lehman,
Case Worker with Older
Persons, The Boston Provi-
dent Association ; and Miss
Matilda Wolf, Supervisor,
Special Services, Jewish Fam-
ily and Children's Service.
Adeline Raymond Ward,
Speaker and Pianist. Assisted
by Katherine Gray Bingham,
Mezzo-soprano.
Dec. 27 Film Program. Picturesque Sweden, Understanding the Swiss, and
William Tell
Dec. 13
What Our Community Offers the
Older Person in Personal Services;
a symposium.
Dec. 20 The Story of Christmas Carols.
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January 2 — 31
February 2-28
EXHIBITS IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Main Lobby
The Theatre is the Thing.
Race and Religious Reading.
February 11 — 17
February 18 — 25
March 1 - April 1
April 2-30
May 1 - 31
June 1 — July 1
August 3 1 — September 30
October 1 - November 3
November 5—25
December 1 — 9
December 10 — 31
Negro History Week.
Brotherhood Week and Catholic Book
Week.
Audubon Centenary.
Civil Defense.
British Art and Artists since 1900.
Paris is 2,000 Years of Age.
Labor's Role in the Community.
The Handel and Haydn Society.
Children's Books, 1945-1950.
Gifts to the Library.
Christmas, the Feast of the Nativity.
January 2—31
February 2-28
March 1 - April 1
April 2-30
May 1 - 13
May 14-31
June 1 — July 1
August 3 1 — September 30
Puvis De Chavannes Gallery
Unity House.
February is the Birthday Month.
Audubon Centenary.
Children's Drawings.
National and Inter-American Music Week.
National Defense Week.
A Librarian Photographs Mexcio.
October 1 - 28
October 29 - November 25
November 26 - December 9
December 10—31
Piano Tuning, Regulating, and Repairing
as Taught by the North Bennet Street In-
dustrial School.
Fire Prevention Week.
Low Tiles.
Gifts to the Library.
Christmas Designs for Stained Glass.
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EXHIBITS IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Sargent Gallery
January 3 — February 1
February 2 — 28
March 1-31
April 2 - 16
April 1 7 - 30
May 2-14
May 15 - 30
May 3 1 - June 30
July 1 - 30
August 31 — September 30
October 1-28
October 29 - November 25
November 26 - December 9
December 10 — 31
Reproduction of Old Russian Miniature
Paintings.
Modern French Rug Designs.
Codex Nutall — Facsimile of a Form of
Picture Writing.
The Metropolitan Opera Visits Boston.
Jean Honore Fragonard, born April 5,
1732.
Sir James Matthew Barrie, May 9, 1 860-
June 19, 1937.
Botticelli Commemorative Display.
Frank Lloyd Wright.
William Makepeace Thackeray.
Piano Tuning, Regulating, and Repairing
as Taught by the North Bennet Street In-
dustrial School.
Fire Prevention Week.
Low Tiles.
Gifts to the Library.
Christmas Carols and Stories.
January 2 — 31
February 1 — 28
February 1 — March 31
March 1 - May 31
April 1 - May 3 1
June 1 — November 30
December 1—31
Treasure Room
Boston Medical Library Anniversary Ex-
hibit.
Etchings and Woodcuts by Rudolph Ru-
zicka.
Catholic Book Week.
Audubon Centennial Exhibit.
Fifty Best Books of the Year.
Paris Bimillenial Exhibit.
Civil War Sketches.
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EXHIBITS IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
Wiggin Gallery
January 2 — 31
February 1 — 28
March 1-31
April 1 - 30
May 1 - 31
June 1 - 30
July 1 — August 31
September 1 — 30
October 1-31
November 1 — 30
December 1—31
Contemporary Woodcuts and Wood-en-
gravings.
James McBey
Etchings.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
the Theatre, Lithographs.
Jean Louis Forain —
Etchings, and Drypoints
Gavarni
graphs.
Prints of the Desert,
Prints of
Religious Prints,
Costumes et Modes, Litho-
Prints of Paris — Daumier, Gavarni,
Lepere, Meryon, etc., Etchings, Drypoints,
Lithographs.
Jacques Vilion — Etchings and Drypoints.
Childe Hassam — Prints and Drawings.
States of Prints — Austin, Bone, Brock-
hurst, Forain, Griggs, Heintzelman, John,
McBey, etc., Etchings, Drypoints, Litho-
graphs.
Early and Late Prints — Arms, Bellows,
Blampied, Bone, Briscoe, Benson, Camer-
on, Copley, Haden, John, Pennell, Tou-
lose-Lautrec, Whistler, Zorn, etc., Etchings,
Drypoints, Lithographs, Wood-Engravings.
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition — Selection
of Masterpieces, Austin, Benson, Bone,
Cameron, Diirer, Goya, Millet, Rembrandt,
Van Dyck, etc., Etchings, Drypoints, Litho-
graphs, Wood-engravings.
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X
TRUST FUNDS
Receipts and Expenditures from Trust Funds Income, 1930 - 1951
BALANCE
TOTAL AMOUNT
UNEXPENDED
AVAILABLE
FROM
RECEIPTS
FOR USE
EXPENDED
BALANCE
YEAR
PRECEDING YEAR
DURING YEAR
DURING YEAR
DURING YEAR
UNEXPENDED
1930
$40,886.73
$34,020.19
$74,906.92
$22,796.21
$52,110.71
1931
52.110.71
27,507.00
79,617.71
20,839.73
58,777.98
1932
58,777.98
27,713.68
86,491.66
22,801.04
63,690.62
1933
63,690.62
27,226.68
90,917.30
26,633.94
64,283.36
1934
64,283.36
27,006.01
91,289.37
19,083.82
72,205.55
1935
72,205.55
25,494.14
97.699.69
24,496.50
73.203.19
1936
73,203.19
25,730.57
98,933.76
58,826.03
40,107.73
1937
40,107.73
59,839.65
99,947.38
51,161.81
48,785.57
1938
48,785.57
296,214.26
344,999.83
86,338.96
258.660.87
1939
258,660.87
57,656.41
316,317.28
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
1945
87,141.63
50,800.60
137,942.23
42,695.41
95,246.82
1946
95,246.82
50,826.82
146,073.64
45,199.61
100,874.03
1947
100,874.03
47,620.06
148,494.09
46,156.27
102,337.82
1948
102,337.82
50,351.26
152,689.08
56,808.38
95,880.70
1949
95,880.70
45,215.89
141,096.59
84,137.28
56,959.31
1950
56,959.31
44,249.29
101,208.60
61,030.37
40,178.23
1951
40,178.23
28,581 .23
68,759.46
39,274.94
29,484.52
Receipts and Expenditures from Trust Funds Income, 1930 - 1951
amount unexpended
from previous
YEAR
YEAR
RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
1930
$40,886.73
$34,020.19
$22,796.21
1931
52,110.71
27,507.00
20,839.73
1932
58,777.98
27,713.68
22,801.04
1933
63,690.62
27,226.68
26,633.94
1934
64,283.36
27,006.01
19,083.82
1935
72,205.55
25,494.14
24,496.50
1936
73,203.19
25,730.57
58,826.03
1937
40,107.73
59,839.65
51,161.81
1938
48,785.57
296,214.26
86,338.96
1939
258,660.87
57,656.41
119.899.86
1940
196,417.42
50,889.53
128,403.69
1941
118,903.26
52,678.52
93,969.34
1942
77,612.44
54.112.16
50,625.70
1943
81 ,098.90
55,200.41
61,016.62
1944
75,282.69
52,698.82
40,839.88
1945
87,141.63
50,800.60
42,695.41
1946
95,246.82
50,826.82
45,199.61
1947
100,874.03
47,620.06
46,156.27
1948
102,337.82
50,351.26
56,80838
1949
95,880.70
45,21 5.89
84,137.28
1950
56,959.31
44,249.29
61,030.37
1951
40,178.23
28,581.23
39,274.94
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Income from Trust Funds, 1930 - 1951
WITHOUT
FOR PURCHASE
WITH
TOTAL
RESTRICTION
OF LIBRARY
MISCELLANEOUS
income
YEAR
AS TO USE
MATERIALS
RESTRICTIONS
RECEIVED
1930
$7,468.10
$21,454.51
$5,097.58
$34,020.19
1931
6,147.28
17,159.31
4,200.41
27.507.00
1932
6,148.64
17,355.40
4.209.64
27,713.68
1933
6,060.57
17.096.51
4.069.60
27,226.68
1934
6,034.35
16,879.37
4,092.29
27.006.01
J935
5,950.53
16,184.59
3.359.02
25.494.14
1936
5,687.72
16,370.97
3.671.88
25.730.57
1937
4,548.14
51,767.20
3.524.31
59,839.65
1938
5,672.19
286,912.72
3,629.35
296,214.26
1939
5,655.74
48,341.89
3.658.78
57.656.41
1940
5,660.08
41,594.60
3,634.85
50,889.53
1941
5,660.08
43,325.63
3,692.81
52.678.52
1942
6,130.08
44,655.82
3,326.26
54.112.16
1943
6,218.08
45,565.82
3,416.51
55,200.41
1944
6,122.91
43.195.35
3.380.56
52,698.82
1945
6,213.92
41,216.46
3,370.22
50,800.60
1946
5,806.88
41,240.89
3,779.05
50,826.82
1947
5,928.48
37,833.86
3,857.72
47,620.06
1948
5,923.80
40,114.96
4,312.50
50,351.26
1949
5.951.30
34,810.49
4,454.10
45,215.89
1950
5,666.36
33,979.84
4,603.09
44,249.29
1951
2,807.20
22,905.03
2,869.00
28,581.23
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INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS, 1951
General Summary
Without restriction as to use of income $2,807.20
For purchase of library materials
Library materials which may or may not be books $14,642.47
Books only — without restriction as to kind of books 2,146.81
Books only — with restriction as to kind of books 6,115.75 22,905.03
With miscellaneous restrictions as to use of income
For special purposes, not purchase of library materials $832.70
For specified branch libraries 658.72
For newspapers only 1,377.58 2,869.00 $28,581.23
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS, 1951
By Individual Funds
Without Restriction as to Use of Income
Bernard $5.00
Bradlee 6.25
Center 465.49
Ford, Legacy 9.72
Ford, Trust 67,76
Gammons 6.3 1
Hemenwav 16.67
Hyde 39.24
Kirstein 12.50
Lambert 5.52
Moore .61
North 5.00
Phillips 1,050.00
Sigilman 192.14
Skinner 434.91
Stewart 58.33
Treadwell 431.75 $2,807.20
Funds Whose Income is Available for Purchase of Library Materials
For the Purchase of Library Materials Which May or May Not be Books
(By terms of gift)
Benton $14,526.21
Blanchard 51.32
Gest 7.65
Lang 57.29 $14,642.47
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For the Purchase of Books Only — Without Restriction as to Kind of Book*
Ainsley
$1,202.37
Knapp
$31.88
Bigelow
40.00
Sewall
88.54
Billings
524.40
Underhill
4.35
Clement
13.33
Wadlin
40.01
Cutter
27.03
Wales
88.54
Kimball
71.53
Wilson
14.83
2,146.81
For the Purchase of Books Only — With Restriction as to Kind of Books
Artz
Bates
Bowditch
Brown
Codman
Elizabeth
Frankli
Green
Hannigan
C. Harris
Hersey
A. Lawrence
Club
$78.40 Lewis $83.33
2,000.00 O'Reilly 7.72
425.00 Pierce 1 56.20
Reed 2.50
15.11 Scholfield 1,993.99
83.33 Storrow 62.50
42.50 Ticknor 102.38
15.91 Townsend 100.00
.35 Twentieth Regiment 35.42
425.00 J. L. Whitney— Books 133.02
36.58 J. L. Whitney— Manus. 66.51
250.00
6,115.75 22,905.03
Funds With Miscellaneous Restrictions as to Use of Income
For Special Purposes. Not for Purchase of Library Materials
Boston Book Fair 1938 $1.29
Central Library Building .42
Nichols Book Prize 5.00
Sargent 10.99
A. L. Whitney 48.50
J. L. Whitney — Bibliographic 700.00
J. L. Whitney — Care and Cataloging of manuscripts 66.50 832.70
For Branch Libraries
Guerrier
T. B. Harris
Hinsman
E. Lawrence
Loring
Mead
Morse
Oakland
Pratt
South Boston
Tufts
$2.10
56.87
12.53
3.33
2.08
62.90
2.50
458.58
14.61
.83
42.39
658.72
For Newspapers Only
Todd
1,377.58 2,869.00
$28,581.23
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LIST OF TRUST FUNDS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1951
The figures listed are for the book values of investments as of December
31, 1951.
Emily L. Ainsley Fund — Bequest of EMILY L. AlNSLEY, under article
12 of her will, for the purchase of books. Received in 1938.
$222,440.34
Victorine Thomas Artz Fund — Donation from VlCTORlNE 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 "Longfellow Memorial Collection." Received in
1896. $13,538.87
Joshua 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
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.
"I, 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
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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. $1,096,665.93
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.
$2,383,513.31
Charles H. L. N. Bernard Fund — Bequest of Charles H. L. N.
BERNARD. The income from this fund is to be expended for the
purchase of books and other library material, unless otherwise or-
dered by the Board of Trustees. Received in 1930. $2,315.00
John P. Bigelow Fund — Donation made by the Hon. JOHN P. BlGE-
LOW in August, 1850, when Mayor of the City.
The income from this fund is to be appropriated for the purchase of
books for the increase of the library. $1,000.00
Robert Charles Billings Fund — Bequest of ROBERT CHARLES BlL-
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. $115,266.46
Kate E. Blanchard — Bequest of K.ATE E. BLANCHARD of five thous-
and 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 Library.
Received in 1940. $5,000.00
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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 1938. The income to be used
for the benefit of the Library Staff. Received in 1939. $1 72.70
J. Ingersoll Bowditch Fund — Bequest of J. INGERSOLL BoWDITCH.
Received in 1 890.
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
Caleb David Bradlee Fund — Bequest of Rev. Caleb David BraD-
LEE to the Boston Public Library. Received in 1897. $1,000.00
Allen A. Brown Fund — Partial payment of bequest of Allen A.
BROWN, the income of the fund to be expended for the purchase
of music for the Allen A. Brown Musical Library. $23,283.19
Joseph H. Center Fund — Bequest of JOSEPH H. CENTER, the income
thereof to be at all times applied to the purchase of books and other
additions to the Library. Received in 1905. $47,760.64
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
Children's Fund — Bequest of JosiAH H. BENTON of $100,000, to be
held as "The Children's Fund," and the income applied to the pur-
chase of books for the use of the young, to be applied for those pur-
poses only in years when the City appropriates for the maintenance
of the Library at least three per cent of the amount available for
department expenses from taxes and income in said City. In any year
when the City does not thus appropriate at least three per cent of the
amount available for department expenses from taxes and income in
said City, the income given in said will for the purchase of books
for the young shall be paid to the Rector of Trinity Church in the
City of Boston to be by him dispensed in relieving the necessities of
the poor. $100,000.00
Frank Clement Fund — Bequest of Frank Clement, of Newton, to
be known as the "Frank Clement Fund," the income to be applied
to the purchase of books. Received in 1915. $2,355.00
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 1 898.
$4,805.65
Abram E. Cutter Fund — Bequest of Abram E. Cutter of four
thousand dollars and his library of books, the income of the fund
to be expended for the purchase of books, and for binding. Re-
ceived in 1901. $4,270.00
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John Deferrari Fund — Bequest of John Deferrari, of Boston, to
the Trustees of the Boston Public Library. The income is to be
accumulated and added to the principal for investment and re-
investment until that time when the John Deferrari wing or other
part of an enlarged Central Library Building has been brought
into being in accordance with the John Deferrari Indenture of
Trust Dated July 1, 1947, and the net income from the fund so
established to be used as the Trustees of the Library shall direct
for the maintenance, care, and repair of the said wing. First pay-
ment received in 1 95 1 . $5,000.00
The Elizabeth Fund — Bequest of SARAH A. MATCHETT, late of
Brookline, who died October 6, 1910, the object of which is
stated in the following 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." $28,468.75
Daniel Sharp Ford Legacy 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. Received 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. $6,192.65
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
Mrs. Amy E. Gammons Memorial Fund — Bequest of LlLLY ALICE
KeNYON, of Boston, to be known as the Mrs. Amy E. Gammons
Memorial Fund, the income to be used for general purposes. Re-
ceived in 1949. $500.00
Morris Gest Fund — Donation made by Morris Gest in December,
1925, the gross receipts from a benefit performance for the Library
of "The Miracle," $2,652.50, the income to be used in the in-
terest of dramatic art. $2,967.50
Samuel A. 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 1 878 and 1 884.
$2,037.17
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Edith Guerrier Fund — Donation made by associates of Edith 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
Also a gift from the Saturday Evening Girls; to be added to the
Edith Guerrier Fund. Received in 1 950. $1 00.00
Also a gift from Boston Public Library associates; to be added to
the Edith Guerrier Fund. Received in 1950. $1 10.00
Also a gift from the Saturday Evening Girls; to be added to the
Edith Guerrier Fund. Received in 1951. $25.00
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. Under authority
of the Acts of 1 900, Chapter 263, the Harris Collection was trans-
ferred to the Central Library Building, and the Trustees were
authorized to spend the interest of the Harris Fund, under the con-
ditions of the bequest, for books for this collection after its removal
to the Central Library, providing that a sum equal to the yearly
interest of the Harris Fund be spent each year by the Trustees for
new books for the Charlestown Branch Library. $10,000.00
Thomas B. Harris Fund — Bequest of THOMAS B. HARRIS, of Charles-
town. Income to be used for general purposes of the Charlestown
Branch Library unless otherwise ordered by the Trustees. Re-
ceived in 1884. $3,345.52
Alfred Hemenway Fund — Bequest of ALFRED HEMENWAY. Re-
ceived in 1928. $6,650.00
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.
$3,864.50
Hinsman Fund — In memory of Mrs. Lizzie W. Hinsman, the in-
come only to be used at the discretion of the Trustees for the pur-
chase of books for children, preferably those served by the Phillips
Brooks Branch Library. Received in 1945. $1,250.00
Franklyn P. Hyde Fund — Bequest of Franklin P. Hyde, to be
known as the "Franklin P. Hyde Fund," the income to be applied
to the purchase of books and other library material. Received in
1915. $4,248.16
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David P. Kimball Fund — Bequest of David P. KlMBALL.
"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.
$13,270.32
Louis E. Kirstein Fund — Five 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." $6,062.50
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.
$11,537.50
Frederic and Louise Lambert Memorial Fund — Bequest of HELEN
LAMBERT, in memory of Frederic and Louise Lambert. The in-
come of this fund to be expended for the purchase of books and
other library material until otherwise ordered by the Trustees. Re-
ceived in 1931. $1,561.07
B. J. Lang Memorial Fund — Bequest of ISABELLA STEWART GARD-
NER. "To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library, for a memo-
rial to B. J. Lang." Received in 1924. $5,525.00
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. $557.50
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. $6,475.00
Library Art Fund — The income, together with all increments thereto,
to be used as the Board of Trustees shall from time to time direct
for the care, repair, and preservation of works of art at the Boston
Public Library and its branch libraries. Received in 195 1 . $500.00
Charles G. 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 Library. Re-
ceived in 1 896. $500.00
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Charles Mead Fund — Bequest of Charles Mead, to constitute the
Charles Mead Public Library Trust Fund for the promotion of the
objects of the Public Library in such manner as the government of
said library shall deem best, and so far as the government shall
deem consistent with the objects of the library to be used for the
benefit of the South Boston Branch Library. Received in 1 896.
$2,530.51
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. $1,157.50
Mary U. Nichols Book Prize Fund — Donations from friends of the
late Mary U. Nichols, former Branch Librarian of the North
End Branch Library, the income to be used to award annually a
book prize to the North End boy and to the North End girl who
in their senior year at a North End high school have excelled in
their English studies. Received in 1 949. $600.00
Gardner O. North Fund — Bequest of GARDNER O. North. Re-
ceived in 1928. $2,315.00
The Oakland Hall Trust Fund — By an interlocutory decree of the
Probate Court for the County of Suffolk, the amount of$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,
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 Library. $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.
$1,295.02
Jonathan Phillips (Book) 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
Jonathan Phillips (Maintenance) Fund — A bequest by JONATHAN
Phillips in his will dated September 20, 1849, the interest on
which is to be annually devoted to the maintenance of a free Pub-
lic Library. $20,000.00
Henry L. Pierce Fund — Donation made by the Hon. Henry L.
Pierce, Mayor of the City, November 29, 1873, and accepted
by the City Council, December 27, 1873. $6,365.93
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Sarah E. Pratt Fund — Bequest from Sarah E. Pratt, under the
1 4th clause of her will, for the benefit of the Dorchester Branch
Library, $500.00. Received in 1922 and 1924. $1,503.18
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 nonficticn. $1,157.50
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. $4,330.74
Scholfield Public Library Trust Fund — Bequest of ARTHUR ScHOL-
FILLD, who died in New York, January 1 7, 1 883, the interest to
be paid to certain heirs during their lives, and then to be used for
the purchase of books of permanent value. The last heir, Joseph
Scholfield, died November 1 8, 1 889, and by his will bequeathed
to the City of Boston the sum of $1 1,766.67, which represents the
income of said fund received by him up to the time of his death,
to which was added $33.33 accrued interest on deposit up to the
time of investment, to be added to the fund given by his brother.
$65,351.21
Richard Black Sewall Fund — Extract from the will of RlCHARD
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. $32,000.00
Samuel Sigilman Fund — Bequest of Samuel SlGiLMAN of one-third
of his residuary estate to the Boston Public Library. Payments re-
ceived 1941-1944. $18,788.31
Francis 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. $55,995.65
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South Boston Public Library Trust Fund — Donation of a citizen of
South Boston, the income of which is to be expended for the benefit
of the South Boston Branch Library. Received in 1 879.
$100.00
Mary Elizabeth Stewart Fund — Bequest of MARY ELIZABETH STEW-
ART of $3,500 to the Trustees of the Boston Public Library. The
Trustees voted under date of June 29, 1923, that the income be
applied to the purchase of books and other library material.
$4,532.50
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. $30,312.50
George Ticknor Fund — By the will of George TlCKNOR, of Boston,
he gave to the City of Boston, on the death of his wife, all his books
and manuscripts in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, about
four thousand volumes, and also the sum of four thousand dollars.
After the receipt of said sums the City is required to spend not less
than one thousand dollars in every five years during the twenty-five
years next succeeding (i.e., the income of four thousand dollars, at
the rate of five per cent per annum) in the purchase of books in the
Spanish and Portuguese languages and literature. At the end of
twenty-five years the income of said sum to be expended annually in
the purchase of books of permanent value, either in the Spanish or
Portuguese languages, or in such other languages as may be deemed
expedient by those having charge of the library. The books be-
queathed or purchased are always to be freely accessible for 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. $4,106.71
William C. Todd Fund — Donation by WlLLIAM C. TODD, of Atkins,
N. H., accepted by order of the City Council, approved October
30, 1897, the income to be at least two thousand dollars a year,
to be expended by the Library Trustees for newspapers of this and
other countries. $56,601.10
Mary P. Townsend Fund — Donation from William Minot and William
Minot, Jr., executors of the will of Mary P. TowNSEND, at whose
disposal she left a certain portion of her estate in trust for such chari-
table and public institutions as they might think meritorious. Said
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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
1 879. $4,000.00
Daniel 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 pay-
ment of debts, legacies, etc., in trust to his executors, to hold during
the life of his wife for her benefit, and after her decease to divide
the residue then remaining in the hands of the Trustees, as therein
provided, and convey one-fifth part thereof to the Trustees of
the Public Library of he City of Boston.
By order of the City Council, approved May 17, 1872, 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
Nathan A. Tufts Fund — Bequest of NATHAN A. TUFTS, of Charles-
town, 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 Library. Re-
ceived in 1906. $11,492.18
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. $6,225.00
Francis Jay Underhill 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 1 939. $524.70
Horace G. Wadlin Fund (1932) — Bequest of HORACE G. WADLIN,
of Reading, former Librarian, of $2,000 to the Trustees of the
Public Library of the City of Boston to be permanently funded and
the income thereof used for the purchase of books. Received in
1932. $2,030.51
Horace G. Wadlin Fund (1936) — A bequest of 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. $1,833.34
George C. 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. $6,300.00
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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.
$5,514.38
James Lyman Whilney Fund — The Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund
having been established, all amounts of income of the principal fund
paid to said Trustees, after the accumulation of said fund of five
thousand dollars shall be held as the James Lyman Whitney Fund,
and invested and re-invested and the income used in equal shares,
one share for the purchase of rare and expensive books, and one share
for the purchase and care of manuscripts; one-half at least of the
share devoted to manuscripts to be expended for their cataloguing
and proper care. $55,641.61
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. WlL-
SON, the income to be expended for the purchase of books. Received
in 1913. $1,118.00
RECAPITULATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Emily L. Ainsley Fund
Victorine Thomas Artz Fund
Joshua Bates Fund
Benton .Book Fund
Benton Building Fund
Charles H. L. N. Bernard Fund
John P. Bigelow Fund
Robert Charles Billings Fund
Kate E. Blanchard Fund .
Boston Book Fair 1938 Fund
J. Ingersoll Bowditch Fund .
Caleb David Bradlee Fund .
Allen A. Brown Fund
Joseph H. Center Fund
Central Library Building Fund
Children's Fund .
Frank Clement Fund .
$222,440.34
13,538.87
50,000.00
1,096,665.93
2,383,513.31
2,315.00
1,000.00
1 1 5,266,46
5,000.00
172.70
10,000.00
1,000.00
23,283.19
47,760.64
. 1 50.00
100,000.00
2,355.00
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Henry Sargent Codman Memorial Fund
Abram E. Cutter Fund
John Defarrari Fund .
The Elizabeth Fund
Daniel Sharp Ford Legacy Fund
Daniel Sharp Ford Trust Fund .
Franklin Club Fund .
Mrs. Mary E. Gammons Memorial Fund
Morris Gest Fund
Samuel A. Green Fund
Edith Guerrier Fund .
Francis J. Hannigan Memorial Fund
Charlotte Harris Fund
Thomas B. Harris Fund
Alfred Hemenway Fund
Heloise E. Hersey Fund
Hinsman Fund
Franklyn P. Hyde Fund
David P. Kimball Fund
Louis E. Kirstein Fund
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Frederic and Louise Lambert Fund
B. J. Lang Memorial Fund .
Abbott Lawrence Fund
Edward Lawrence Fund
Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund .
Library Art Fund
Charles G. Loring Memorial Fund
Charles Mead Fund
George W. Moore Fund
Francis A. Morse Library Fund
Mary U. Nichols Book Prize Fund
Gardner O. North Fund
The Oakland Hall Trust Fund .
John Boyle O'Reilly Fund .
Jonathan Phillips (Book) Fund .
Jonathan Phillips (Maintenance) Fund
Henry L. Pierce Fund
Sarah E. Pratt Fund .
Guilford Reed Fund .
John Singer Sargent Fund .
Scholfield Public Library Trust Fund
Richard .Black Sewall Fund
Samuel Sigilman Fund
Francis Skinner Fund
South Boston Public Library Trust Fund
Mary Elizabeth Stewart Fund
James Jackson Storrow (Harvard '57) Fund
George Ticknor Fund .
William C. Todd Fund .
Mary P. Townsend Fund .
Daniel Treadwell Fund
Nathan A. Tufts Fund
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund
Francis J. Underhill Fund .
Horace G. Wadlin Fund (1932)
Horace G. Wadlin Furd (1936)
George C. Wales Fund
Alice Lincoln Whitney Fund
James Lyman Whitney Fund
Mehitable C. C. Wilson Fund .
Total
4,805.65
4,270.00
5,000.00
28,468.75
6,000.00
6,192.65
1,000.00
500.00
2,967.50
2,037.17
741.92
125.00
10,000.00
3,345.52
6,650.00
3,864.50
1,250.00
4,248.16
13,270.32
6,062.50
11,537.50
1,561.07
5,525.00
10,000.00
557.50
6,475.00
500.00
500.00
2,530.51
217.00
1,157.50
600.00
2,315.00
11,781.44
1,295.02
10,000.00
20,000.00
6,365.93
1,503.18
1,157.50
4,330.74
65,351.21
32,000.00
18,788.31
55,995.65
100.00
4,532.50
30,312.50
4,106.71
56,601.10
4,000.00
13,987.69
11,492.18
6,225.00
524.70
2,030.51
1 ,833.34
6,300.00
5,514.38
55,641.61
1,118.00
$4,661 ,626.36
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GIFTS RECEIVED DURING 1951
For Immediate Use
Albert H. Wiggin $350.00
(for the Print Department)
Northern New England District, International Ladies Garment
Workers Union 50.00
(for the purchase of films)
Albert H. and Jesse D. Wiggin Foundation ...... 50.00
(for the granting of two Albert H. Wiggin Memorial Purchase
Prizes in the amount of $25.00 each, in connection with the annual
exhibition of Boston Printmakers)
Mrs. Rebecca Shalit . • • 20.00
(for the purchase of reference books for the Print Department, in
memory of the late Elihu T. Feinberg)
Anne Cooper '00
(for the improvement of the lighting of the Sargent paintings in the
Central Library Building)
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XI
OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1951
General Administrative Offices
Director's Office
Director, and Librarian
Assistant to the Director,
and Clerk of the Trustees
Assistant to the Director,
and Chief Executive Officer
Deputy Assistant to the Director
Deputy Assistant to the Director
Editor of Publications
Personnel Office
Milton E. Lord
Elizabeth B. Brockunier
John J. Connolly
Samuel Green
Aaron A. Starr
Zoltan Haraszti
Supervisor of Personnel
Assistant to the Supervisor of Personnel
Office of Records, Files, Statistics
Chief of Records, Files, Statistics
Information Office
Chief of Information Office
Exhibits Office
Elizabeth L. Wright
Pearl B. Smart
Sarah M. Usher
Elizabeth B. Boudreau
Vacant
Division of Reference and Research Services
Richard G. Hensley
Chief Librarian, Division of Reference
and Research Services
Assistant to the Chief Librarian, Division
of Reference and Research Services
Supervisor of Reference and Research
Services
Deputy Supervisor of Reference and
Research Services
Deputy Supervisor of Reference and
Research Services
Keeper of Rare Books
Keeper of Prints
Chief of Book Selection for Reference
and Research Services
Marjorie G. Bouquet
John M. Carroll
*Sarah W. Flannery
Bradford M. Hill
Zoltan Haraszti
Arthur W. Heintzelman
Christine Hayes
* On military leave
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Chief of Cataloging and Classification
for Reference and Research Services
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
Assistant-in-Charge of
Book Stack Service
Business Branch Librarian
Curator of Americana
Mildred C. O'Connor
Priscilla S. MacFadden
Charles L. Higgins
*Sarah W. Flannery
Richard G. Appel
Bradford M. Hill
Loraine A. Sullivan
Elizabeth G. Barry
Anna L. Manning
Joseph A. Crowley
Dorothy M. Lovett
Harriet Swift
Division of Home Reading and Community Services
Chief Librarian, Division of Home
Reading and Community Services
Assistant to the Chief Librarian, Division
of Home Reading and Community
Services
Supervisor of Home Reading Services
Deputy Supervisor, In Charge of Work
with Children
Deputy Supervisor, In Charge of Work
with Adults
Branch Librarians
Adams Street
Allston
Brighton
Charlestown
City Point
Codman Square
Connolly
Dorchester
East Boston
Faneuil
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Jeffries Point
Lower Mills
* On military leave -
** Assistant-in-Charge
Orlando C. Davis
Ruth S. Cannell
Ada A. Andelman
Elizabeth M. Gordon
Muriel C. Javelin
Ruth M. Hayes
Christiana P. Jordan
Katrina M. Sather
Mary K. Harris
Catherine P. Loughman
**Taimi E. Lilja
**Geraldine T. Beck
Margaret A. Morgan
Dorothy F. Nourse
Helen M. O'Leary
Sara A. Lyon
Geraldine M. Altman
Evelyn Levy
Annie Reis
Martin F. Waters, Assistant-in-Charge
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Mattapan
Memorial
Mt. Bowdoin
Mt. Pleasant
Neponset
North End
Orient Heights
Parker Hill
Phillips Brooks
Roslindale
South Boston
South End
Tyler Street Reading Room
Uphams Corner
Washington Village
West End
West Roxbury
Bookmobile Librarian
Chief of Book Selection for Home
Reading Services
Chief of Cataloging and Classification
for Home Reading Services
Chief of Open Shelf Department
Chief of Registration Department
Chief of School Issue Department
Chief of Young People's Room
Assistant-in-Charge of
Branch Issue Department
Readers Adviser
Theodora B. Scoff
Margaret I. McGovern
Frances C. Lepie
Gladys R. White
**Mildred E. Presente
Ellen C. Peterson
Catherine E. Flannery
Mary A. Hackett
A. Virginia Haviland
Marion R. Herzig
Irene H. Tuttle
Marion C. Kingman
Vacant
**Mary E. Obear
**EIeanora W. Chaplik
Fanny Goldstein
Pauline A. Walker
Evelyn B. Marden
Edna G. Peck
Ethel M. Hazlewood
Grace B. Loughlin
**Mary E. Mulvaney
Beatrice M. Flanagan
**Mary M. Prall
Bessie L. Doherty
Louisa S. Metcalf
Division of Business Operations
Superintendent of Buildings
Auditor
Chief of Binding Department
Chief of Book Preparation Department
Chief of Book Purchasing Department
Chief of Printing Department
Shipper
Officers of the Library,
Supervisor of Branch Libraries,
Emeritus
Supervisor of Work With Children,
Emeritus
Business Branch Librarian,
Emeritus
William F. Quinn
Helen Schubarth
James P. Mooers
Mary M. McDonough
Gerald L. Ball
William B. Gallagher
Robert F. Dixon
Emeritus
Edith Guerrier
Alice M. Jordan
Mary W. Dietrichson
** Assistant-in-Charge
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Chief of Book Purchasing Department,
Emeritus
Chief of Book Stack Service,
Emeritus
Chief of Branch Issue Department,
Emeritus
Chief of Cataloging and Classification
Department, Emeritus
Chief of History Department,
Emeritus
Chief of Main Reading Room,
Emeritus
Chief of Open Shelf Department,
Emeritus
Chief of Registration Department
Emeritus
Chief of Young People's Room,
Emeritus
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Branch
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Librar
Libra
Libra
Libra
Libra
an,
an,
an,
an,
an,
an,
an,
an,
an,
an,
an,
ian,
ian,
ian,
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus
William C. Maiers, Jr.
William J. Ennis
Alice V. Stevens
Lucien E. Taylor
Laura R. Gibbs
William J. Mulloney
John H. Reardon
A. Frances Rogers
Mary C. Toy
Katherine F. Albert
Mary E. Ames
Edith H. Bailey
M. Florence Cufflin
Margaret C. Donaghue
Elizabeth H. McShane
Beatrice C. Maguire
Clara L. Maxwell
Carrie L. Morse
Katharine F. Muldoon
Katherine S. Rogan
Elizabeth P. Ross
Mary M. Sullivan
Geneva Watson
Rebecca E. Willis
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1951
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)
$1,863,462.92
Sunday and Evening, extr
a and
TUAL
other service .
Services:
299,749.73 $2,163,212.85
Expenditures for Contrac
Communications
$10,894.74
Light, heat, and power
57,572.43
Professional and technica
services
8,607.47
Recording and judicial services
2,596.33
Removal and disposal of
garba
ge and waste .
53.00
Repairs and maintenance of bui
Idings and structures
101,125.61
Repair^ and servicing of
equipment
3,926.20
Transportation of persons
5,594.53
Miscellaneous contractual
services
and Materials:
17,258.07
207,628.38
Expenditures for Supplies
Automotive
$5.10
Building
8,122.98
Heating
11,336.95
Household
10,756.09
Medical, dental, and hospital
212.77
Office
28,368.02
Public works .
180.00
Miscellaneous
9,397.52
.Books:
City appropriation
$181,780.59
Trust funds income
26,337.66
208,118.25
Manuscripts:
City appropriation
$200.00
Trust funds income
274.26
474.26
Periodicals :
City appropriation
$16,483.06
Trust funds income
5,965.66
22,448.72
Newspapers:
City appropriation
$3,650.25
Trust funds income
1,237.65
4.887.90
Microfilms:
City appropriation
$345.36
Trust funds income .
maps
668.54
1,013.90
Posters, prints, photostats.
City appropriation
$4,168.58
Trust funds income .
335.36
4,503.94
Recordings:
City appropriation
$3,491.82
Trust funds income
182.29
3,674.11
Films:
City appropriation
$10,043.22
10,043.22
Miscellaneous:
City appropriation
$6,465.53
Trust funds income
3,691 .68
10,157.21
$
333,700.94
Carried forroard .
.
2,704,542.17
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AND RECEIPTS, DECEMBER 31, 1951
Receipts from:
General appropriation 1951
Income from Trust Funds ....
James L. Whitney Bibliographic Account
Gift of Anne Cooper $1.00
Gift of Mrs. Rebecca Shalit 20.00
Gift of Northern New England District
(I.L.G.W.) 50.00
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin 400.00
$2,925,197.00
27,881.23
700.00
47 1.00 $2,954,249.23
Carried forward
$2,954,249.23
[92]
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Brought forward .....
Expenditures for Current Charces and Obligations:
Dues and subscriptions .....
Insurance .......
Rents .......
Expenditures for Equipment:
Electrical and mechanical machinery and equipment
Engineering and scientific equipment
Firefighting equipment
Household furniture and equipment
Office furniture and equipment
Miscellaneous
Construction of Buildings and Original Equipment and
Furnishings Thereof .....
Special Items:
Trust funds income, scholarships .
Trust funds income, sick benefits .
Trust funds income, miscellaneous
Gift of Nathan H. Friedman
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin ....
Binding Department:
Salaries ....
Gas fuel ....
Repairs and servicing of equipment
Transportation of persons .
Miscellaneous contractual services
Building supplies and materials .
Household supplies and materials .
Medical, dental, and hospital supplies and materials
Office supplies and materials
Miscellaneous supplies and materials
Electrical and mechnical machinery and equipment
Printing Department:
Salaries ....
Gas fuel ....
Repairs and servicing of equipment
Miscellaneous contractual services
Automotive supplies and materials
Office supplies and materials
Miscellaneous supplies and materials
Office furniture and equipment .
Carried forward
$2,704,542.17
$142.40
1,118.23
51,111.61
52,372.24
$1,309.04
1,045.97
328.03
8,018.30
13,186.93
1,420.14
25,308.41
$300.00
225.00
56.84
$11.50
547.05
$88,384.80
79.25
54.19
2.10
120.55
10.80
267.82
.79
31.33
8,939.98
103.15
$23,947.96
8.82
76.63
310.39
11.00
21.84
6,941.78
281.25
28,298.65
581.84
558.55
97,994.76
31,599.67
$2,941,256.29
[93]
AND RECEIPTS, DECEMBER 31. 1951
Brought fbrward .....
Balance Brought Forward from 1950:
Trust Funds income ...... $33,048.83
James L. Whitney Bibliographic Account . . 7,129.40
Anonymous Gift A. $4.45
Anonymous Gift B 100.00
Gift of Mrs. Elihu T. Feinberg 25.00
Gift of Nathan H. Friedman 45.88
Gift of Friends of Polish Culture of Boston 3.10
Gift of Hiram C. Merrill 55.00
Gift of Jamaica Plain Parents . . .4.87
Gift of Jan Quen 8.73
Gift of J. Ashton Reid .02
Gift of George A. Spanops .05
Trustees Under the Will of Helen O. Storrow 9,868.42
Gift of Old Colony Tenants Association,
Known as Joseph Ward Memorial Gift 1.19
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin 147.05 10,263.76
24,422.75
560.05
$2,954,24923
City appropriation .....
Central Library Building Roof Construction .
Construction of Buildings and Original Equipment
and Furnishings thereof
218,308.03 293,732.82
Carried forward
$3,247,982.05
[94]
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Brought forward
Amounts Paid Into the City Treasury:
Fines .....
Sales of Publications
Payments for lost books and damages .
Commission on telephone stations .
Commission on coin locks .
Sales of waste paper
Miscellaneous receipts
Balance, December 31, 1951:
Trust Funds income ....
James L. Whitney Bibliographic Account
Anonymous Gift A .
Anonymous Gift B .
Gift cf Anne Cooper
Gift of Mrs. Elihu T. Feinberg .
Gift of Nathan H. Friedman
Gift of Friends of Polish Culture of Boston
Gift of Hiram C. Merrill .
Gift of Northern New England District (I.L.G.W.)
Gift of Jamaica Plain Parents .
Gift of Jan Quen ....
Gift of J. Ashton Reid .
Gift of Mrs. Rebecca Shalit
Gift of George A. Spanops
Trustees Under the Will of Helen O. Storrow
Gift of Old Colony Tenants Association,
Known as Joseph Ward Memorial Gift
$2,941,256.29
$30,127.52
1,037.45
1,533.05
914.48
593.76
1,031.08
884.21 36,121.55
$21,655.12
7,829.40
4.45
100.00
1.00
25.00
34.38
3.10
55.00
;.w.)
50.00
4.87
8.73
.02
20.00
.05
9,868.42
1.19 39,660.73
Balance Unexpended, December 31, 1951:
Central Library Building Roof Construction .
Construction of Buildings and Original Equipment
and Furnishings thereof .....
General appropriation :
Amount carried forward to 1952 $75,910.99
Surplus Credit Balance 584.61
ncome on
hand
$560.05
190,009.38
76,495.60
666.79 267,731.82
To Balance
$3,284,770.39
[95]
AND RECEIPTS, DECEMBER 31, 1951
Brought forward
$3,247,982.05
Receipts from:
Fines . $30,719.17
Sales of Publications
1,053.70
Payments for lost books and damages
1,553.10
Commission on telephone stations .
914.48
Commiision on coin locks .
593.76
Sales of waste paper
1,031.08
Miscellaneous receipts
923.C5 36,788.34
To Balance
$3,284,770.39
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