FORTIETH
ANNUAL REPOET.
18 9 1.
ANNUAL REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY
CITY OF BOSTON.
1891.
BOSTON:
ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS.
1892.
ANNUAL REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
CITY OF BOSTO]^
FOR THE YEAR 1891.
To His Honor Nathan Matthews, Jr.,
Mayor of the City of Boston :
The Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston
have the honor to submit herewith their fortieth annual
report.
An ordinance of the city requires that the trustees shall
annually appoint an examining committee of not less than
five persons, who, with one of the trustees as chairman,
shall examine the Library and make to the trustees a report
upon its condition.
In obedience to this ordinance, the trustees appointed in
January, 1891, a committee whose report is submitted here-
with .
Mr. Prince, of the trustees, acted as its chairman, but took
no part in the preparation of the report.
This committee was constituted so as to fairly represent
all portions of the community, and it was appointed as early
as [)Ossilde in the year in order that the members might have
ample time and opportunity to examine most thoroughly the
Library in all its branches and relations. The true-tces
appreciate fully the advantage of such an examination made
])y a disinterested body, which often detects weaknesses
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likely to escape the notice of the most careful administration.
They have always been greatly assisted by the suggestions
and recommendations made by the different examining com-
mittees. They feel that their thanks and those of the citizens
at large are due to the memliers of the present committee for
the thorough and careful way in which they have performed
their difficult task, and the valuable time they have devoted
to it.
The trustees justh^ feel great satisfaction at the result of
the committee's examination. They are aware that in the
administration of so important a trust there must necessarily
be some things open to a fair criticism. The present report,
however, finds that the working of the Library has been
successful beyond their reasonable hope. The examining
committee finds nothing of im})ortance in the condition of the
Library, which it is its duty to examine, to bring to the
notice of the trustees as requiring remedy. Its advice in
regard to future action upon matters which are specially left
to the discretion of the trustees, while not required by the
terms of the ordinance under v»diich the committee is ap-
pointed, will be taken as an evidence of the great interest of
its members in the welfare of the Library, and wMll receive
the careful consideration that the trustees always gladly
accord to the suggestions of any of their fellow-citizens.
The trustees deplore the fact that the arduous duties of
the examining: committee did not afford the members lei-
sure or opportunity to point out the deficiencies that must in-
evitalily exist in so large a collection of l)ooks, and by their
advice to assist them to sti-engthen the Library in depart-
ments that may be weak. In past years they have received
great assistance from the reports of examining committees
made by exports in different subjects : such as those by
Dr. Harold Williams, of the last year's committee, upon
medical books; by Mr. John Heard, Jr., of two years
before, upon the literature of science and technology; by Dr.
Horace Howard Furness on the Barton library ; by Mr.
Thomas Sergeant Perry on French literature ; by Prof.
William F. Apthorp on music, and l)y Col. T. W. Higginson
upon the Parker library. But the trustees recognize how
difficult it is to examine into so large an institution and to
obtain anything more than a very slight knoAvledge of its
workings in the short space of time that the most hard-work-
ing conmiittee can devote to it in the year at its disposal,
even if its attention is confined exclusively to the present
condition and immediate wants of the Library.
The trustees have always been of the opinion of the commit-
tee " that it is very desirable that broadsides be i)laced conspic-
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uously in the Library, witii lists of books in the various arts
and sciences," and have, therefore, from the foundation of
the Library to the present, attempted, with more or less
success, to carry into effect this idea. They agree with the
committee that a list of books upon the subject of electricity
as applied to the mechanical arts, could not fail to be of
interest and service. Some months before the present com-
mittee was appointed, they began the preparation of such a
list, which, they are pleased to say, will soon be given to
the public.
The new special catalogues of History, biography, and
travel, and of Historical fiction, recommended by the com-
mittee, have been for a long time in the course of prepara-
tion, and are now ready for the printer. By a curious
coincidence, the first portion of the latter catalogue was
published a short time before the trustees received the com-
mittee's recommendation.
The trustees are obliged to the committee for calling to
their attention the dissatisfaction expressed by the people
of Koxbury in regard to drawing more than one book at a
time from the Roxbury branch, which is made up partly of
books belonging to the city and partly of those belonging to
the Fellowes Athenieum. At present the same rules apply
to that branch that apply to all the branches. The trustees
will examine the subject carefully, and will correct any in-
justice that may have been done to the people of Roxbury.
They regret that the people affected should not have made
their dissatisfaction known to them at once.
The trustees appreciate the kind motive that prompts the
examining committee to give them all possible "aid in the
performance of their difficult and complicated task of adapt-
ing the accommodation of the new building to a great many
purposes," by submitting to them the report of the sub-com-
mittee presented by Mr. Browne. Valuable as the report may
be, they are of the opinion that it would have been of much
greater practical use if the sub-committee had conferred with
them upon the subject before drawing the report. By this
means the sub-committee would have been able to avoid some
mistakes as to facts which impair the value of the report,
and which seem to have misled the whole committee.
The trustees, recognizing fully the great benefit of the
patent library for the community, have always made it a
subject of the most careful attention. In 1889, Mr. John
Heard, Jr., of the examining committee of that year, as
well as of that of the past year, recommended, in a special
report, that the patent library be placed in a more con-
venient room than the one it then occupied on the third floor.
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The trustees, after careful consideration of this recommenda-
tion, decided to remove the collection to the room on the tirst
floor that was then known as the Fine Arts room, and was
used as a reading-room for women. By this means more
space and additional conveniences were gained for the use of
the books. The change has met with the general and gener-
ous approval of persons who frequent the room, both by
reason of its greater accessibility and enlarged facilities,
occupying as it does the only large room at the disposal of
the trustees, and being exceeded in size only by the Bates
hall and the lower hall. The trustees have given special
attention to the care of this room, and while the only serious
complaint that has been received by them is that contained
in Mr. Browne's report, a great many persons have taken
pains to express their satisfaction with the arrangement and
with the attention given to them by the library officials ; the
beneficial results of the change are touched upon also in the
report of the examining committee for 1890,
These remarks are made in order that the city govern-
ment may not be misled, as the examining committee ap-
parently was, by the statements of Mr. Browne, which
would seem to imply that no proper attention has been paid
to the convenience of those who use this department, either
in the present building or in the new building. While the
trustees recognize the fact that many and great improve-
ments over the present arrangement can be made when they
have ample space at their command, they nevertheless de-
sire to emphasize the fact that, in its present position, the
patent library is not neglected, but affords great facilities
for consultation and is of great positive value to the city. No
further increase in room can be made without depriving the
women of the only space devoted especially to their accommo-
dation, and the trustees believe that their claims are entitled
to as much consideration as those of any other persons.
The advice in regard to the new building would perhaps
be of consideral)le value if it had been founded upon a
knowledge of such facts as could have been easily ob-
tained by inquiry of the trustees. It is a mistake to sup-
pose that the room provided in the new building for the
patent library is practically no larger than that in the old
building. The present patent room measures 44 ft, by 27
and contains about eleven hundred scpiare feet of floor space.
The main patent room in the new building measures (35 ft. by
34 and contains about twenty-two hundred square feet.
Opening from this room is one measuring 40 ft. by 37 ; l)otli
these rooms are })rovided with broad galleries and have a
connecting room measuring 14 ft. by 40 and amply lighted
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at each end, that can be used for copying or other purposes.
The patent library at present consists of 4,500 volumes ;
the rooms provided in the new building have an accommoda-
tion for 70,000 volumes. If it grow beyond this limit,
rooms above and below may be connected with them capa-
ble of accommodating 160,000 volumes, making the whole
possible expansion of the |)atent library 230,000 volumes.
The space which the conmiittee suggests for use as consul-
tation-rooms and private offices is that which is best adapted
in the whole building for the public, and the trustees do not
believe that the citizens would look with favor upon any
scheme which would devote this valuable space, or indeed
any space in the building, to private offices for patent law-
yers. Proper toilet accommodations have been arranged for
this as well as for all other departments of the Library.
If the recommendation that experts be consulted in refer-
ence to the patent department is to be understood as imply-
ing that expert advice has not been sought and received, the
committee certainly does a great injustice to the trustees
who have at all times taken advantage of such expert advice
as was available. They regret that no inquiry should have
been made of them touching this matter. In addition to
such outside advice as is to be had, they have always at
hand highly-trained library assistants, who are familiar with
the needs of the department and who are in constant contact
with those who use it. In discussing all matters connected
with the new building it should always be borne in mind that
probably no library on this continent, or, perhaps, in the
world, has a more highly-trained or efficient staff than that of
the Boston Public Library. Certainly no persons not familiar
from long experience with the peculiar needs of this institu-
tion could on most questions be trusted to give sounder
advice.
The recommendation to adopt in the new Bates hall some
noiseless material instead of marble for the floor is apparently
based upon the mistaken supposition that access to the desk
for the delivery of books to borrowers is to be through this
room. This is by no means the case. The reading-room will
be used solely by readers, and there will be an entirely
separate room for the delivery-desk. It may be worthy of
remark here that a marble floor has been used from the begin-
ning in the large hall of the present building, and, so far as
is known, there has been no complaint of its "sonority."
In the judgment of the trustees and of their predecessors,
who have carefully studied the matter for years past, ample
accommodations are provided in the new building for the
readers who are now obliged to use the lower hall. In view
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of the opinion expressed by the committee that this is not
the case, the trustees have carefully considered this subject
anew, and their unanimous opinion is that they have made
no mistake. What is noAv called the " lower hall " in the
old library, was established soon after the Library was
founded, as a room connected with the main hall of the
Library where books of a popuhir character would be more
easily accessible to the })ublic. For many years there was
no division of the catalogue of the two rooms, and probably
there would never have been a division had they not been
located upon difi'erent tioors. The separation was the result
of an ef!brt to relieve persons desirins; books in the lower
hall from the inconvenience of mountinsr stairs in order to
consult the catalogue which was then in the Bates hall.
In the new building no such inconvenience will exist ; all
books in the Library, — which will contain a copy of every
one now in the lower hall, — will be easily accessible to the
public. Those who now use the lower hall will find ample
accommodations in the new Bates hall, which is designed as
a general reading-room for the whole people, and not for any
special class. In other parts of the building there will be
provided for students desiring to prosecute any particular
line of research, almost three times as much space as is con-
tained in the new Bates hall. While it is possible in the new
building to provide, without alteration of the present plan,
a room with ample accommodations for the collection in the
lower hall, with sej^arate and convenient access from the
street, the trustees do not ]M"o|)ose, at present, to set apart
separate acconmiodations for that collection. If experience
show that they are in error, and that the public desire a
separation of classes, future trustees will be able to provide
that separation without changing the present arrangement
of the building. The present *^rustees, however, are of the
opinion that Ihe new building is built for the accommodation
of all the citizens of Boston, without reference to so-called
"class" or condition; and they are further of the opinion
that the new Bates hall will not be too good for the users of
the present lower hall, and that they would be false to
their trust if they made any regulation which might result
in an apparent separation of the poorer users of the Library
from the richer.
The fears of the examining connnitteo, that there will be
inadequate room for the delivery of the i)ooks, a])pear to the
trustees to be without foundation. A room containing
twenty-one hundred square feet of floor surface has been
provided, in the most accessible part of the main story,
solely for the delivery of books. This room is entirely sep-
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arate from the readin<2:-roonis, and no reader will be incom-
moded by persons applyinsr for books. Outside of this
room five hundred square feet of floor space is reserved
for the delivery attendants. The delivery-desk is calcu-
lated to provide for at least four times tlie present coml)ined
circulation of the upper and lower halls, and is capable
of extension to three or f »ur times its present proposed
length. This subject has been the matter of careful and
constant consideration by the trustees from the inception
of the project.
In regard to the suggestion that the appointment of a
librarian will relieve the trustees of unusual responsibility,
they would say, that whether or not a librarian is in charge
of the building their responsibility remains the same.
They are given by law the control and management of the
Library and all its branches, and their responsibility cannot
be shifted to any other shoulders.
The wonderful success of the Library has been due to the
fjict that the present trustees and their })redeeessors in the
trust have felt the full weight of this responsibility, and
have at all times refused to delegate any part of it to
subordinates.
The trustees have considered the subject of the appoint-
ment of a librarian with great care. The qualifications for
a librarian are peculiar, and it is difficult to find any person
possessing them. When the trustees are satisfied that
this position can be filled for the best interests of the
Library, a librarian or superintendent vvill be appointed.
Administration .
In December, 1889, the present trustees opened Bates
hall in the evening for the first time, and two months
later they opened it to the public on Sunday, both for con-
sultation and for the delivery of books for home use.
The experiment has, in both cases, proved so eminently
successful that during the present year they felt justified
in adopting the same policy at the largest branch library,
that at South Boston. If time shows as good relative
results there as at the central Library, it is hoped that the
Sunday opening can be extended to the other branches.
Great benefit to the public has resulted from the increase
of facilities for the use of the Library, accomplished by the
removal of the large counter used by the desk attendants,
and of the little-used desk at the northerly end of Bates
hall. This change permitted a readjustment of the card-
catalogue cases, which are now placed in the spaces between
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the columns in such a manner as to make the alphabet con-
secutive and at the same time to render the cases easier to
consult. The space thus gained permitted also the addi-
tion of many tables by which at least firty more readers
are accommodated. The removal of paint from the win-
dows in the lantern has made the hall more cheerful and has
greatly reduced the use of artificial light in the day-time.
The introduction of electricity has been of great advantage
in improving both the ventilation and light as well as in pre-
venting damage to books by the vapors given off by gas.
In the early part of the present y<'ar the apartments used
by the former janitor became available for the better housing
of bound newspapers and books ; by this means twenty-five
hundred square feet of much needed floor space was gained
for library use. The removal of the newspapers from the
room between the lower hall and Bates hall floors, and the
relegating of the work of arranging the periodicals coming
from the reading-rooms after their first use to the book-de-
partment, where they are more satisfactorily and expeditiously
attended to, afforded a commodious place for the duplicate
books, which for many years had been piled in heaps in a dark
basement room, where they were rendered practically useless
for lack of space. These duplicates, amounting to some twelve
thousand volumes, are now properly shelved, and a list ispre-
parinof by means of which they may be better known and
disposed of, either by supplying deficiencies in the Library or
by sale or exchange.
The large mass of combustible material that was for many
years permitted to accumulate in the basement has finally
been removed. The entire fire-extinguishing apparatus, which
was found utterly unserviceable, has been put into good con-
dition, and an actual test of its efficiency is now made every
month. These, together with other changes in the arrange-
ment of the basement, have tended to improve greatly the
sanitary condition of the buikling as well as to ensure its
safety.
The administration has been in many ways simplified and
the character of the service rendered more efficient. Great
and needed improvements have been made to facilitate the
registration of applicants wishing to become card-holders, and
to afi'ord relief from some of the formalities, which, although
once considered indispensable, have been found in practice to
be unnecessary ; and in general, every effort has been made to
promote the use of the Library by the jjcople. Long experi-
ence has shown that the great mass of those who use the
Library do not abuse the ])rivileges aflTorded them. The
trustees have therefore considered it better to reduce to the
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lowest possible limit all obstacles to the freest circulation of
books, and to run the risk of small and insignificant losses,
rather than to incommode the public by annoying restrict-
ions.
Boxes have been placed in the public halls for the re-
ception of complaints to the trustees, but the number of
complaints has of late been noticeably small. The trustees
desire again to call the attention of the public to these boxes,
with the assurance that all complaints will be promptly and
fully considered, and if well-founded, acted upon.
During the past year very few recommendations for books
have been received from the public. This is apparently due
to the fact that, with the increase of the Library, fewer defi-
ciencies are discovered.
As the Library has grown in numbers and the hours
of use have been extended, considerable trouble has been
occasioned by the misplacement of books. In the present
building no satisfactory remedy can be applied to this evil,
but it is believed that with the improved organization which
is contemplated in the new building, it will practically cease
to exist.
The change of the limit of age for users of the Library
from fourteen to twelve vears has had the effect of extending
the usefulness of the institution, as has also the rule whereby
inhabitants of the city who are entitled to register are per-
mitted to borrow books for home use without presenting a
card upon depositing the value thereof. The Library priv-
ileges have been extended to officers and enlisted men of the
United States Army and Navy who may for the time being
be stationed in Boston or vicinity.
During the past year two janitors have performed satis-
factorily all the work formerly done by three. The letting
of the miscellaneous carpentering, etc. , by contract to one per-
son, instead of making use of the expensive and unsatisfactory
method of employing outside mechanics, has saved time and
money, and fixed the responsibility for the proper perform-
ance of the many and varied petty pieces of work that are
constantly needed in and about the central and branch build-
ings.
The revision of the registration begun in 1886, which was
the first in eighteen years, is practically completed and all
the re-registrations made, so that the figures for the past year,
amounting to 11,502, represent new applicants for cards.
This number compares favorably with those of the years pre-
ceding the revision.
This revision has corrected many abuses and cut off ex-
crescences and dead wood. It has shown that numbers of
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people were holding more cards than they were entitled to.
In one case, which is the type of a great many, a person was
discovered who had registered five separate times and who
was using the five cards thus obtained, — a course manifestly
calculated to help the circulation, hut hardly consistent with
a due regard for the rights of others. The principle of the
system used in the examination of the shelves is applied to
the revision of the registration, so that it goes on continuously
and is completed in each period of twelve months. By this
means the great inconvenience to the public by a re-registra-
tion will in the future be avoided. Abuses such as those
referred to above are now impossible, and a glance shows
whether a registration is alive or dead, whereas under the
old system this could be determined only by a constant
surveillance of a suspected case, the only clue in any case
beingi: the surrender of old cards for new ones.
Binding.
The question of the binding of books is becoming each
year more serious. Some time since the trustees effected a
complete reorganization of the bindery department with a
view to reducing the cost as well as to improving the quality
of the work. The result has been so satisfactory that in
spite of the steady increase of the number of books bound
and repaired, a saving of some $4,400 a year has been ef-
fected in salaries alone, and the quality of this binding com-
pares favorably with that of former years. A plain,
serviceable, and uniform style has been adopted for all
books, while an experiment has been made of binding news-
papers in cotton duck with a stout loop of the same material
over the backs l)y which the heavy volumes can be easily
handled.
At the present time a great mmiber of bindings are be-
coming unserviceable, not so much from rough handling or
extraordinary wear and tear as from simple disintegration
caused by age, heat, and noxious gases. In the early days
of the Library great masses of new books were put upon the
shelves. The bindings of these books seem to have reached
the limit of serviceablencss almost simultaneously and all
need attention at once. Within a short time some twenty-
five hundred of these books have l^een removed from the
shelves, and must be bound before they can l)e used by the
public. This work must be done in addition to the ordinary
work of the department. It would be in the interest of
economy, and of benefit to the public, if means were placed
at the disposal of the trustees, to enable them to have all the
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books of the class referred to bound as soon as possible.
As delay will only increase the number of books needing
rebindinff, as well as the difficulties attendinsf it, the trustees
respectfully urge the necessity of an extra appropriation of
$6,000 for this purpose.
Books.
Toward the end of the year 1890 the trustees consolidated
the shelf-department with the ordering- and receiving-
department.
By this arrangement they were able to dispense with the
services of three assistants, two of whom had received a
salary of $1,000 apiece. The head of the new dei)artment
thus formed has charge of the ordering and care of all the
books in the library. This change has resulted in greater
efficiency of service, though the increased duties are per-
formed by a reduced working force. ^
An analysis of the work of this department shows that
the Library has developed Avith remarkable evenness during
the last four years, and that no class of books has been
neglected.
The system of recording gifts has been changed. By en-
try in a single book with an alphabetical index, the hitherto
complicated methods are simplified, and the names of the
benefactors of the Library are recorded side by side with a
description of their gifts.
Great attention has been paid to the method of buying
books and periodicals both at home and abroad, and the whole
system has been placed upon a business basis. It is believed
that a decided saving has been made in this direction and
that the Lil)rary buys its books at the lowest possible prices.
The cumbersome order-sheets and accession lists are no
longer used, and in their place a compact order-book has been
substituted, in which are found all data necessary to trace
the history of each book from the time it was ordered to the
present.
The plan of notifying agents by postal card of the publi-
cation of books necessary to complete sets in the Library
has produced a gratifying promptness in the remittance of
the desired volumes.
Books added to Library .
" " Bates hall
1888
1889
1S90
12,916
9,686
14,636
11,736
15,519
13,518
1891
21,783
15,564
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Within a short time the branch libraries have been pro-
vided with sets of the latest edition of Appleton's Cyclopae-
dia, with the annual volumes to date and complete indexes.
These libraries have also been fu?'nished with the latest
reference-books and a large selection of volumes issued in
popular series, such as the "American Commonwealths,"
"American Statesmen," "Epochs of History," "Stories of
the Nations," Sir John Lub])ock's " Hundred Books," so far
as published, and others. These publications have the ad-
vantage of presenting information upon the topics treated in
the most convenient form used by the general reader. It is
thought that the addition of this class of iiooks will greatly
extend the usefulness of the branch libraries.
The character of the books purchased during the past year
has elicited commendation from many visitors who, by virtue
of their wide range of learning, are regarded as authorities.
The best fruits of modern thought have been culled from the
bibliographical lists which are daily examined in the Library
and the carefully prepared selections are submitted for ap-
proval to the trustees, who give this most important subject
their closest attention.
The trustees hope that during the coming year their
endeavors to procure from the authorities at Washington a set
of the United States patents, classified by subjects, will be
successful. An accession of this character will add greatly
to the usefulness of the patent department.
The annual examination of the Library shelves, previous
to 1869, was effected by closing the Library outrigiit for a
month. The trustees of that year, acting ui)on the advice
of Mr. Winsor, then adopted the present system which en-
tirely obviates any necessit}' for closing even for a day.
The examination is prosecuted continuously throughout
the year by means of the written shelf-lists, so that
the circuit of the alcoves is made in twelve months.
This task is rapidly assuming formidable proportions. Each
year's accessions add greatly to the difficulties and the time
is not far distant when it will require the constant services
of one competent person.
The list of gifts that will be found in the appendix shows
that the friends of the Library arc both numerous and liberal.
The most noteworthy gift is that of 2,463 volumes received
in March, iw l^equest of the late Miss Caroline Coddington
Thayer. These l)ooks were the remainder of her valuable
and remarkable collection of finely illustrated books, port-
folios of portraits, and memorials of Theodore Parker, the
greater part of which had been given by her from time te
time during her life-time and deposited with the books be-
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queathed by her late sister, Miss Eliza Mary Thayer, in
1877, the whole forming the Thayer library.
From His Excellency, Gen. Porfirio Diaz, President of
the Republic of Mexico, was received the magnificent work
" Monumentos del arte Mexican© antiguo," in three large
folio volumes ; and from the family of the late J. Ingersoll
Bowditch, Esq., four volumes comprising letters to or from
his fjither, Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch, relating mainly to the
transhition of Laplace's " Mecanique Celeste."
The trustees avail themselves gladly of this opportunity
to express their hearty appreciation of the many proofs of
good will as manifested by these generous gifts, whether
prompted by a desire to respond to a request or as a spon-
taneous outcome of a widespread and deep-rooted interest in
the welfare of this noble institution.
Branch Libraries.
Considerable change has been effected during the past
year in the organization of the branch libraries, some of
which are referred to under the subjects of " Circulation "
and "Catalogue." An inspector of the branch libraries has
been appointed, whose duty it is to keep the trustees in-
formed of all matters needing attention.
Arrangements are being made for the establishment of a
delivery station and reading-room in the West End, as soon
as a proper room can be hired. A delivery station on Way-
land street, near the Bird-street station of the New York &
New England railroad, in Dorchester, has been opened.
The North End branch has been removed from the ill-
lighted and unhealthy room in which it had been located for
eight years, to a room in the second story of 166 Hanover
street, which receives light from that street as well as from
Salem street. The removal from a ground-floor location has
proved advantageous by preventing annoyances from mis-
chievous boys. The change has given great satisfaction to
the library attendants and to the public.
Extensive repairs have been made on the Brighton branch,
which has been put into thorough order.
Catalogue.
During the past year 38,343 volumes and parts of vol-
umes have been catalogued, and 93,089 cards have been
printed, inscribed, and placed in the various catalogues of
the Library, an increase over the work of last year of 4,252
volumes, and 4,482 cards.
Four numbers of the bulletin have been published. Be-
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sides the titles of new books added to the central Library,
these contain the follovvino; additional matter:
The conclusion of the Bibliography of the official publica-
tions of the Continental Congress.
Lists of books on costume and genealogy ; on Spanish and
Portuguese books ; on Rousseau ; and a catalogue of the
foreign literature in the lower hall.
A new catalogue of History, biography, and travel has
been prepared for the lower hall, and will soon go to press.
A cataloofue of books added to the South Boston branch
library since 1879 has just been published.
The librarians have been taught at the central Library to
compile, prepare for the press, and read the proof of the
finding lists that have proved so successful.
The trustees in their last report expressed the opinion
that the branch librarians should be charged with the duty
of preparing their catalogues. The experience of the past
year has shown that they can attend to this duty without in-
terfering with the other work required of them. They are
also making an effort to improve their card catalogues and
to render them more helpful to readers.
Work of consolidatino- the titles in the catalogues at the
various branches has begun and will be carried on as rapidly
as other duties will permit, with a view to printing them at
some future time.
Considerable assistance in the cataloguing of ])ooks for
Bates hall has been received from the branch librarians, who
have been regularly assigned for instruction at the central
Library.
The revision of the card catalogue and the substitution of
printed cards for the written ones and those in obscure type
is being pushed as rapidly as possible.
It has been the policy of the trustees to cause new books
to be catalogued and placed within the reach of the public
without delay, leaving the older and less important books
until opportunity otlers.
The following work is in progress :
1. Catalogue of works on electricity.
2. Catalogue of works on architecture.
3. Catalogue of fiction and l)ooks for the young, to sup-
plement the lower hall catalogue of 1885.
4. A new and much enlarged edition of the Historical
fiction catalogue. The first instalment, America to the
Revolution, will be fi)und in the bulletin for January, 1892.
5. Catalogue of the French literature in the Bates hall
collection.
6. The portraits of Benjamin Franklin.
Library Department.
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7. The collection of early American books given by Mrs.
John A. Lewis will be published this year, accompanied by
a Mather bibliography.
8. Catalogue of folk-lore literature.
This dei)artment has been partially reorganized with a
view to economy and efficiency, and the result has been in
the main satisfactory, as will be seen by the following sum-
mary of work from 1888 to 1891:
1S8S
18S9
18»0
1891
Number of persons employed
Books catalogued, volumes
16
37,028
16
32,337
15
34,091
13
38,343
Ten numbers of the bulletin have been printed in the
same period, eight of them in the last two years, containing
in addition to the titles of new books the conclusion of the
index to articles on American local history, a catalogue of
bibliograj)hies of special subjects, the catalogue of the books
bought at the sale of Mr. Barlow's library, the Columbus
letter, and other matters already mentioned.
The Barton catalogue was published in 1888, and the new
edition of the Hand-book for readers in 1890. Two finding
lists have been printed for each branch library and a supple-
mentary catalogue for East Boston and South Boston.
The card catalogue is the true point of contact of the
public with the organization of the Library, and as a matter
of course, its condition of serviceability and adaptability is
a source of constant solicitude to the trustees. Notwith-
standing its many defects and inherent inconsistencies, it is
probably the best piece of work of its kind available for
popular use, and for many years it has been accomplishing
even more than could have at first been safely predicted
of it.
But the large volume of new books steadily flowing in
necessitates an annual increment of cards, until the vast
size of this catalogue gives rise to a serious problem, which
must soon be definitely solved.
Last year about 45,000 of the 93,000 new cards printed
were added to what must have been, at a safe estimate, over
a million already in the over-crowded drawers of the public
card catalogue in Bates hall.
The serious objection to this immense collection of cards
is, after all, not merely its size, but the fact that all sense of
proportion and relative importance is lost. Under the
16 City Document No. 23.
heading Astronomy, for instance, a large number of impor-
tant works will be found arranged among a still greater
number of those of less consequence on the same subject.
These minor works are of some value and should certainly
be preserved, but it is evident that, as the catalogue in-
creases, the difficulty of differentiating easily between
authoritative and less valuable works will become greater
and that a person consulting this subject will in most cases
— as not unfrequently happens now — become discouraged.
It is beyond dispute that almost any form of print is a
relief from this state of things, and several schemes for
printing have suggested themselves to the trustees, but none
is at present settled upon ; for the least alteration in so well
defined a method as must prevail in a large catalogue in-
volves serious consideration.
One plan is to print the titles in each drawer as it stands ;
in this way at least economy of space is gained. Another
suggestion is to supply the public as rapidly as possible with
sensible and untechnical finding-lists, and these undoubtedl}'
will be issued to some extent, in any event.
It could be wished, however, that the public might feel
inclined to avail itself with more readiness of the printed
methods already at hand for its relief. The bulletins and
special catalogues will lighten its burdens considerably,
if it will look into the merits of such aids.
Any theory of cataloguing is, to a degree, alwa3^s upon
trial. It is by no means certain that the so-called dictionary
system is the best, for the simple reason that the problem of
indefinite extension has never yet become a menace. The
experience of other large lil)raries is not, however, without
its value ; and it is safe to say that, to a majority of such
institutions, • an author-catalogue, full and scholarly, is the
basis upon which all other cataloguing efforts must rest.
The British museum is now printing its author-catalogue by
letters, its manuscript catalogue-folios having become no
longer practicalile.
This perfection of an author-catalogue does not in the
least interfere with efl'orts towards expanding the usefulness
of a subject-catalogue, but it certainly seems to point in the
direction of a possible separation of these two distinct lines
of work. The long-held notion that a dictionary system is
capable of limitless expansion would seem to be no longer
tenable. The portion devoted to author-titles must be ex-
tended if an arrangement in a single alphabet is still to
prevail. If the British nmseum, with 2,000,000 books,
finds an author-catalogue practicable, this Library containing
Library Department. 17
about 500,000 books cannot afford to be too radical in its
departures at present from accepted methods.
The subject-catalogue, however, is a different matter ; be-
yond a certain limit — which is fast approaching — the
larger it is, the less useful it becomes. To overcome its
manifold objections, several methods are under the con-
sideration of the trustees. They are fully alive to the diffi-
culties before the public and themselves in this matter, and
feel that in this separation of the dictionary card-catalogue
may lie the solution of a disturbing problem. So impressed
are they with the necessity of affording some relief that they
propose during the coming year to make the experiment of
printing class-lists of certain of the larger subjects repre-
sented in the catalogue and substituting them for the subject-
reference cards which may then be removed from the cases.
The alphabetical author-list will of course remain undis-
turbed.
Circulation.
The trustees are much gratified with the result of their
inspection of the circulation of the past year, although there
has been a considerable decrease in the number of books lent
from the lower hall and branch libraries. This decrease is
attributable entirely to the failure to provide a low grade of
books of fiction. In all branches except fiction there has
been a gratifying increase in the circulation. Some years
since the trustees began to eliminate from the Library all
books of fiction of an objectionable character. During the
past year this policy has been applied more rigorously and
systematically, with the result expected, in view of the
expeiience of past years ; but it is believed that the loss in
circulation will be temporary. At all events, whether tem-
porary or otherwise, the trustees do not believe that the
circulation should be increased by supplying weak or im-
proper books or papers to children.
The Bates hall collection, which is the great storehouse of
books of real value, has been more used than in any previous
year in the history of the library.*
It is believed that if better accommodations could have
been aflbrded for readers, the increase would have been even
more marked. It is gratifying to observe also that the use
* Bates hall.
Average circulation for thirteen years preceding 1888 . . . 163,199
Smallest circulation in same period (1875) 80,737
Gieatcst circulation in same period (1886) 203,473
Circulation 1888 228,574
Circulation 1889 214,097
Circulation 1890 271,459
Circulation 1891 290,515
18 City Document No. 23.
of the various reading-rooms has increased in spite of the
removal of some papers which were supposed to be of a
popular character, but which experience had shown to be
objectionable.
The trustees have always acted upon the principles laid
down by the founders of the institution, and have endeavored
to place before readers healthy and attractive current litera-
ture, as well as the best literature of all time. Sensational
and highly-colored novels can be easily bought by those who
desire nothing else, but it is to be hoped that by furnishing
books by the best authors, in sufficient quantity and without
cost, a taste for healthy reading may be encouraged.
It is a matter of regret that so many of the older books
are out of print and cannot be replaced when worn out, for
new books do not take the place of the tried and popular
favorites.
Of course a most important mission of the Library is to
furnish books, on literary, scientitic, and industrial subjects,
that would otherwise be out of the reach of students and
artisans. This whole subject has been thoroughly discussed
in previous reports both by the trustees and by the ex-
amining committees, particularly in that of Mr. E. J.
Holmes, in 1888, and of the Rev. Dr. Herrick, in 1889, in
which the present policy of the trustees is fully explained
and approved.
It would be easy at any time greatly to increase the circu-
lation by a return to the plan adopted in 1877 and continued
for fourteen months (covering the period of the greatest
circulation previous to last year), when books were limited
to seven days with the i)rivilege of renewal at the end of
that time, whereby a large number of books were in eflfect
counted twice ; or it could be inflated almost without limit
by augmenting the accessions of tiction and duplicating to a
great extent the copies of the last new books. The true
value of a circulation is to be found in the quality, not
quantity, of the books used, and the trustees believe that the
increase of the Library during the present yeai', when judged
by the number, value, and usefulness both of the books
added and of those read by the public, is as satisfactory as
that during any previous year in the history of the institu-
tion.
The Service.
Early in 1889 the service of the Library for the first time
was systematized and graded and salaries were made to
attach to the various grades and not to depend upon personal
considerations. Promotion to a vacancy in any grade is now
Library Department. 19
made by advancing the senior in the next lower grade, the
salaries being made to increase automatically each year
according to the scheme fixed by the trustees when the sys-
tem was adopted, the third year's salary in any grade being
the maximum. That this has been a decided advantage
both to the trustees and to the employes is obvious.
The trustees have observed with pleasure the increased
activity in all departments of the Library and they appre-
ciate fully the zeal and energy with which their endeavors
to promote the prosperity of the Library have been seconded
by all persons in the service. Without this devoted and
skilful assistance the efforts of the trustees w^ould not have
been so fruitful of results.
On the thirteenth of February last the Library lost, by
the death of Miss Eliza J. Mack, one of its most faithful
and trustworthy servants. Miss Mack entered the Library
as an employe in the lower hall in 1863, and for twenty-
seven years rendered most valuable and efficient service.
The trustees desire to record the expression of their sincere
sorrow for her loss.
New Building.
The work upon the new building has been pushed steadily
forward. Considerable delay has been caused by the post-
ponement until late in the year of the appropriation for the
completion of the work, as no contract could be made until
the money called for by it was actually appropriated by the
city council. However regrettable this delay may have
been as deferring the opening of the building to the public,
the work itself has not suffered from it ; on the contrary, the
ample time afforded for the njasonry to dry thoroughly be-
fore the interior finish is begun, has been a positive benefit.
The amount of work done and the financial statement for the
year will appear in the report of the clerk-of-the-works sub-
mitted herewith.
The trustees have lately received and placed in the stair-
case-hall of the new building two sitting lions done in Siena
marble, the work of Louis St. Gaudens, the gift of the
Second and of the Twentieth Massachusetts infantry associa-
tions, in memory of the members of those regiments who
fell in the civil war. The work of the sculptor is worthy of
the regiments whose deeds it commemorates.
In December, 1890, the trustees, after the careful con-
sideration of a very thorough detailed estimate made by the
architects, informed the city council of the sum that in their
opinion would be required to complete the building. The
council thereupon empowered the mayor to petition the gen-
20 City Document No. 23.
eral court for leave to borrow money for this purpose.
After a very careful and exhaustive hearing upon this peti-
tion, an act was passed empowering the city to borrow and
appropriate the needed money outside of the debt limit, and
after an extended investigation and discussion, the city
council availed itself of the power thus granted and appropri-
ated one million of dollars. The trustees feel confident that
this amount will be sufficient to complete the building, in-
cluding necessary shelving for books. The appropriation
was based upon the most careful estimates, and during the
long time that has elapsed since they were made, the trus-
tees have seen no reason to doubt their correctness.
The general plan of the library building was determined
upon after a very long and careful consideration by the
board of trustees, of whom Mr. W. W. Greenough and Dr.
James Freeman Clarke, were members. This plan has not
been materially changed, and the trustees believe that the
public will appreciate its value when the new building is
ready for use. Certainl}' no two men at that time had
greater experience in and knowledge of what was required
than Mr. Greenough and Dr. Clarke, the first of whom had
been in effect the manager of the present Library for twenty-
two years.
While all libraries of importance both in this country and
in Eui'o[)e were carefully studied before the plans were
made, it must be remembered that the Boston Public Library
is unique among the great libraries of the world ; for it com-
bines a great collection of books for study to be used only
in the building, with a free circulating library open to every
citizen, underthe freest possible conditions. Great libraries
like the British museum, Bii)liotheque nationale, the Lenox
and Astor libraries, and others, are for the accommodation
only of students who wish to consult books within the li-
brary itself; the Boston Athenaeum and libraries of that
class belong to private proprietors; the libraries of Congress
and of Harvard university have but a limited constituency;
while the Boston Pul^lic Library must at all times be open
for consultation to every person in the world who desires to
avail himself of the privileges, and for the purpose of lend-
ing books for home use to all citizens of Boston without
distinction.
There are smaller libraries that have followed in the steps
of the Boston Public Library, but these were not yet in the
position to aff()rd great aid in determining the plans for the
new building. While it was scarcely probal)le that better
expert advice than that to be found in the officers of the
Library Department. 21
library was available, still the trustees and the architects
made use of all expert advice that could be had.
After the plans were pre[)ared, but before the building was
begun, they were exhibited for the inspection of the public
for more than a month in the Old state-house, where they
were open to the fullest and freest criticism. They were
approved by the general public and by the city council, and,
so far as the trustees are aware, no serious objection was
urged against them.
The first question to be decided was whether to place the
mass of the books in what is technically called a " stack,"
— that is to pack the greatest number in the smallest space —
or whether to distribute them through the library in different
rooms. The consensus of opinion at that time seemed to be
that the stack system was the best for a library of the nature
of the Boston Public Library.
The system of distribution in different rooms, while it
might be practical for a library for reference only, was not
considered so for a library combining circulation with refer-
ence. To a limited extent this system was adopted with the
stack system for the new building, for, while the great grow-
ing mass of books is to be placed in stacks where they are most
easy of access for delivery to the public, the many special
collections of books not given to circulate, such as the Patent
library, the Ticknor library, the Bowditch mathematical
library, and others, will be placed in alcoves where they can
be easily consulted.
The stack was the subject of very careful study. It was
at first attempted to find a plan by which it could be lighted
by natural light. Hundreds of plans were prepared and
studied, but all were found unsuitable for a building situated
like the proposed one. The first requisite of the stack must
be freedom from danger by fire, internal or external ; but it
was found impossible to construct such a stack, with neces-
sary light on all sides, which should be entirely free from
danger from outside conflagrations.
As it was deternjined that the lil)rary should be kept open
at night and not closed at sunset (as is the case with most other
great libraries), artificial light had to be provided for some
portion of the da}' in any event. It was therefore accounted
best not to rely upon natural light alone, but to introduce
only such as could be done with safety. The stacks will be
lighted by about ninety windows, which will permit of sun
and light sufficient for the good of the books, and in parts
of the day no artificial light will be needed in any portion.
Had it been necessary to rely upon gas for light, there might
22 City Document No. 23.
have been serious objections to this plan ; but by the use of
electricity all the deleterious effects of gas will be avoided.
Each story of the stack will be entirely separated, so that
the heat and g-ases cannot rise to collect and no fire can
spread.
Upon further consideration it was decided that a stack
calculated to hold the large number of books which the rapid
increase makes it necessary to provide for, would be too
extensive for the rapid deliver}' of books by the present
system of pages, and that some mechanical device must be
used to send books to and to receive them from the stack.
This point being decided, the problem was somewhat simpli-
fied ; for, with books delivered by machinery, a hundred feet
of distance more or less will make practically no difference
in time. The stack, therefore, in its present condition, was
decided upon.
The next important question was the delivery of books for
home-use and for reference, and the present position of the
delivery- room was determined upon as being the most ac-
cessible and convenient for the public, as well as being the
most nearly central position with reference to the stack.
This waiting-room with the delivery-desk was calculated
for the accommodation of a much larger number of users
than will probably ever gather there at one time. It con-
tains quite as much available floor space as the present entire
Bates hall, and, if necessary, the delivery-desk can at some
future time be extended to a length of sixty feet. The
space provided for the library attendants back of the desk
itself covers five hundred square feet.
This delivery-room is effectually separated from every
room devoted to readers or students, so that persons who
wish to draw books for home-use will be able to do so with-
out disturbing a sinofle reader.
The main reading-room, which will be known as Bates
hall, was the subject of the most careful study. Considera-
tions of economy made it necessary to provide one large
room for the general public, so arranged as to allow proper
supervision by the smallest number of attendants. Consid-
erations of heating, light, and ventilation made it necessary
that this room should be lofty.
The trustees were greatly influenced also by the feeling
that the chief room of the building, to which it was to be
hoped the people would resort for many years for study and
recreation, should be in every respect suitable for the pur-
pose for which it was to be used, and while it should be
convenient, light, and airy, should also be of considerable
architectural importance.
Library Department. 23
The question of liofht throughout the whole building has
been carefully considered from the beginning, both by the
architect and by the trustees. Never for a moment has the
necessity of ample light for every room been lost sight of.
After a most careful consideration of the matter by the arch-
itect, who has been aided by other persons having special
knowledge of the subject, he has lately, as always, assured
the trustees that every room will have abundant light for the
purpose to which it is devoted. This they are assured is
capable of almost exact mathematical demonstration. Care
has been taken to introduce light as far as possible from the
uf)per part of the wall spaces so as to light thoroughly every
part of the rooms.
While great care and attention was devoted to the provid-
ing of suitable accommodations for the public, the working
departments and the needs of the library staff and attend-
ants were not forgotten or neglected, and it is believed that
the building when occupied will be found defective in no
material particular.
In short, the building was carefully planned for the special
work to be done in it, and with special reference to the
public to be served. In the beginning the architect was in-
structed as to the needs of the library, and was told that no
sacrifice of convenience or arrangement would be permitted
merely for the sake of architectural effect. This rule has
been rigidly followed. While great latitude for decoration
was allowed on the exterior of the building and the ap-
proaches, and in the public vestibules and corridors, in the
delivery-room and in Bates hall, the other parts of the
building, while attractive, are severe and simple in form and
color.
Economy and efficiency of the administration has been
carefully studied in all the plans.
While the trustees have been of the opinion that the build-
ing should be monumental, and a temple worthy of the
treasures it contains, and worthy of the citizens of Boston
who own it, they have never lost sight of the practical side
of the question, or sacrificed utility to mere architectural
effect. They believe that utility and architectural effect are
best attained togrether.
Whether the architect has succeeded in producing the best
possible architectural effect, by so arranging the plan, the
masses, and the enrichments as to impart to his work interest,
unity, grandeur, and beauty, is a question upon which, as in
the case of all important buildings, oi)inions must of necessity
differ; but it may be fairly said the new building will com-
pare favorably with any contemporary structure. It may
24 City Document No. 23.
not be out of place to quote here the words of the former
president of the Architectural league of America, who is
recoofnized as one of the leadins^ architects of the world.
Mr. Richard Hunt, in his address delivered at the last annual
meeting of the Architectural league, speaking of the new
library building, said :
" The noble edifice . . . is a notable example, a land-
mark to which future generations will point with pride; an
enduring proof of the cultivated taste of our time and a
glorious monument to the well-deserved fame of its desiirners,
who, if I mistake not, were appointed by a board of trustees,
after an unsuccessful competition.
" How fortunate that this board should have had the moral
courage to express and stand by its opinion !
" The thanks of the community are due to all concerned
in the erection of such a pile, and their names should be in-
scribed in some conspicuous place, as a testimonial of the
gratitude and esteem of their fellow-citizens."
The trustees know how true an interest is felt by their
fellow-citizens in every matter that concerns the Public
Library, and they have sought therefore, at all times, the
fairest and fullest criticism and endeavored to furnish all
possible information in regard to every matter connected with
it ; but they recognize the fact that the most careful report
must fail to give a full account of all the details of the work
they have in hand. In view, therefore, of some adverse criti-
cisms in regard to the plan of the new building that have
lately come to their notice, which, however, it is but just to
say, they believe are founded upon insufficient information,
they would be greatly pleased if your Honor, as tlie chief
magistrate of the city, representing the whole body of citi-
zens, would, with the aid of such expert advisers as may
have your confidence, make a thorough examination of the
plans of the building and of all matters connected there-
with. They believe that the result of their labor will meet
your approval, but if any mistake should be discovered,
they will gladly apply such remedy as is possible.
Samuel A. B. Abbott.
Henry W. Haynes.
Frederick O. Prince.
Phineas Pierce.
William R. Richards.
Adopted January 29, 1892.
Attest : Louis F. Gray,
Clerk,
Library Depart]vient. 25
[APPENDIX A.]
REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE
FOR 1891.
The examining committee find the library steadily
growing in extent and influence. In the central library
the crowded state of the shelves and of the working-rooms
presents ever-increasing discomforts to the public and to
the officials in charge, from which relief can be found only
in the new building, which is steadily advancing to com-
pletion.
The difficulties now existing are well met, and the library
is almost daily crowded by readers and students. In the
Bates hall the condition of things has been found most sat-
isfactory ; the service is excellent, and the use of the hall is
continually growing. On one occasion recently, twelve
hundred books were given out at the desk in one day, which
is at the rate of one hundred an hour, although of course the
greater demand was in the later hours of the day, when sev-
eral a minute must have been handed out.
Indirect but valuable testimony to the satisfactory state
of this important part of the library is given by the book in
which the public is invited to write down complaints and
suggestions. These are almost entirely recommendations of
new books, questions about volumes that are not at the
moment upon the shelves, and requests for information upon
a thousand different subjects, some of them of a most in-
geniously puzzling kind. The answers are prompt, cour-
teous, and satisfactory.
The committee think it very advisable that broadsides be
placed conspicuously in the library, with a list of the recent
acqiusitions of books on the various arts and sciences most
directly interesting the public. Such a list, for instance,
of books upon the subject of electricity as applied to the
mechanical arts could not fail to be of interest and service.
They also strongly recommend the preparation of new
special catalogues, such as those of " History, Biography, and
Travel," and "Historical Fiction," those already in existence
being now incomplete, so long a time having elapsed since
they were printed.
26 City Document No. 23.
The Sub-Committee on the Lower Hall
find the condition, of course, unchanged, as regards over-
crowding and ventilation in the lower floor of the Boylston-
street building ; it is with impatience that they await the
change to the new library. There is, of course, a great de-
mand for books of a better class for children, and for books
popularizing science for readers of all ages.
The Sub-Committee on Branches
desire to congratulate the trustees upon the great advantage
accruing from the appointment of an inspectress of the
branches, who has once a month consulted with the libra-
rians, listened to their requests, and reported on the general
state of affairs coming under her attention.
It is noted that the branch librarians are cataloguino; their
respective libraries, and it is hoped that this excellent work
will be hastened as much as possible. The committee de-
sire to call attention to the great usefulness, to both the
librarians and to the general public, of the new finding-lists,
which, to a great extent, fill the place of new catalogues.
The circulation in the branches has not increased so rapidly
as might be hoped, and there is a constant complaint of the
lack of new books ; this, the committee feel confident, is a
want that will be met by the trustees as soon as the appro-
priations permit. There is a general desire among the
librarians for permission to cover, as was formerly done,
works of fiction and books for the young, these being es-
pecially liable to become ragged and soiled.
The committee desire to call the attention of the trustees
to the dissatisfaction expressed by the people of Roxbury to
the new rule which makes it impossible to draw one book
from the branch library and one from the Fellowes Athe-
nasum at the same time. The books in the Fellowes Athe-
nreum correspond in character to those in Bates hall, and if
the choice could be given of taking one volume from the
Athenseuni and from Bates hall at the same time that they
take one from the branch, this dissatisfaction would be re-
moved and the circulation of more serious books would in-
(Tease ; this is obviously desirable. The demand for books
at the South Boston branch is well met. They still rec-
ommend, as was done last year, a larger number of books
of the better class for children, and also books of reference
for children ; for both of these there is a large demand. The
same call is also heard at the Dorchester branch.
There is much satisfaction expressed at the South End
Library Department, 27
branch with the new police arrangements which have pre-
vented the disturbances frequent in former years.
The removal of the North End delivery station and read-
ing-room from their former unsatisfactory quarters to a large,
bright room in a central position is a great improvement.
The circulation has already increased. The sub-committee
suggest the better lighting of the stairway and hall, and hope
that soon a branch library will be established in this part of
the city.
The sub-committee call the attention of the trustees to
the need of a delivery station at Jamaica Plain, on or near
Chestnut avenue, and one at Roxbury, on or near Blue Hill
avenue and Dudley street, and would recommend that the
books for these stations be delivered from the Roxbury and
Jamaica Plain branches.
The report from the Patent department of the Public
Library is printed herewith as it was presented by Mr.
Browne. The examining committee are convinced that it
is very desirable that all possible aid should be given to the
trustees in the performance of their difficult and complicated
task of adapting the accommodations of the new building to
a great many purposes. Lor the successful performance of
this onerous duty nothing is better than a succinct statement
of what is needed by the public and by experts who know
by experience what is essential for this work. This paper,
it is thought, cannot fail to be of assistance.
Report upon the Patent Department.
During the past year I have frequently visited and made
use of the Patent department of the library, and have carefully
noted its condition and administration, upon which I have to
submit the following report :
The inadequacy, both in plan and arrangement, of the space
now allotted to this branch of the library has continued, as
in previous years, to impair its usefulness to an extent which
can only be fully realized by actual experience. Believing
this to be, of all the departments of the library, the one
which might contribute most directly to the practical benefit
of the community, I feel compelled to speak in detail of its
defects as now administered, some of them remediable in the
present building, but all easily avoidable in the new one, by
proper planning and arrangement.
The present patent-room contains about eighteen hundred
square feet, of which nearly one-third is appropriated to
other uses. The room is lighted by windows at one end
only, and the light thus obtained is very insuflScient. Arti-
28 City Document No. 23.
ficial light must be used in some portions of the room at all
times. The books are arranged against the walls in from
nine to eleven tiers, extending from the floor. The backs
of the three lower tiers of books cannot be read without
stooping, and more than one-half of all the tiers cannot be
reached by a person standing on the floor, but are accessible
only by means of step-ladders, always inconvenient and
often dangerous. The available shelf-room is now practi-
cally full, although a regular annual increase of a little over
thirty feet must somehow be provided for. The crowding
of the shelves has made it necessary to exclude from the
room many works of reference, which, were it possible,
should have their place there.
Considerable temporary relief from the inconveniences
above noted might be obtained by giving to the Patent
department the use of the whole of the room where it now
is, and by putting into the space thus gained a number of
low stacks which would give additional and accessible shelf-
room. These stacks might be of a construction adapting
them for use in the patent room at the new librar}', and
their cost be charged thereto.
There are other defects of minor importance which might
be remedied : for instance, some provision should be made
for receiving hats, coats, and umbrellas : also the attendant
in charge should be relieved of his present duties in connec-
tion with the Lower hall card- catalogue, as he cannot
properly attend to these and his regular work in the Patent
library at the same time.
The space allotted seems insufficient for the librar}^ of
to-day, if anything more than sheer necessity be considered.
Furthermore, this space should not be all in one large room,
because the work to be done in the library is of widely
varying character, the different branches of which cannot
conveniently be carried on in the same department. A
properl}^ arranged Patent lihrar}' is, more than an}^ other
collection of books, a workshop. There are drawings of
large size to be not only examined, but duplicated. There
are specifications to be not onlj'^ read, but studied and dis-
cussed. There are also copies of them to be made, which
work must often be done by women stenographers, and these
should not be required to carry l)ulky and heavy volumes
up and down dangerous step-ladders. There should be
ample table-room and proper light for the use of draughts-
men and others. A separate room should be provided
where consultation and dictation can be carried on without
disturbing other users of the place, and proper special toilet
accommodations should be close at hand.
Library Department. 29
1 have had the honor in the past of suggesting to the
trustees of the library the possibility of establishing and
maintaining, in connection with the Patent department, a set
of the United States letters patent classified according to
their subject-matter. Such a collection, made accessible to
the public under reasonable regulations, would be of the
greatest possible value. It would be the onl}^ one in the
country except that of the Patent Office itself, of which it
should be a duplicate. It would be of the greatest advan-
tage to all those persons in the community having to do
with the useful arts, in number almost co-extensive with the
whole body of our citizens. Its maintenance would require
additional room, — about as much as that now proposed to
be allotted to the entire patent collection itself, — but its
direct value and benefit to the community at large would
make it as practically useful a feature of the great new
library as any that could be introduced there.
The Sub-Committee on the New Library Building felt
that their inquiry was limited to practical questions of ar-
rangement and working facilities, and in no way included
architectural or artistic judgment.
Moved by the report on the Patent library printed above,
the sub-committee has examined more closely into the pro-
visions made for this department in the new building.
That this may be a useful consulting library according to
modern standards, it should consist of:
1. The general stack in the consulting room.
2. The special stack (U.S. patent drawings, see Mr.
Browne's report).
3. Two or more small drafting compartments.
4. One or more private offices.
Here, quite as much as in other parts of the library,
ample light is essential ; the lettering of the figures and
drawing, which must be read with absolute accuracy, is
always small and somewhat confusing, being engraved in
light lines. It is impossible to trace or reproduce such drawings
with poor accommodations and insufficient light. It is there-
fore suggested that space be allotted this library in the top
floor, on the Boylston street-side, beginning at the eastern
limit of the courtyard, and extending back not less than
seventy-five feet (to the west), and that additional light be
provided by means of a skylight in the roof.
The compartments for drafting and the private offices
could occupy the space next to the windows looking on the
courtyard, while the books could cover the north-east and
west walls of the room. To avoid the inconvenience and
danger of step-ladders, an iron gallery, wide enough to hold
30 City Document No. 23.
a chair, with rails adapted for the support of a book, should
run along the walls, at a height of about eight feet above
the floor, a part of the space beneath being taken by the
special stack. Every book would thus be accessible and in
good light.
Before the details of arrangement and of the furniture are
decided, it is respectfully suggested that experts in this de-
partment be consulted, and what is true of this need in this
room is also true of the other special libraries.
The committee are glad to hear that it is intended to
place in the library a photograph room. This room, we be-
lieve, could be made self-supporting. The details of its
arrangement demand the advice of an expert.
It has been suggested to this committee to recommend
for the floor of the great reading-hall the adoption of some
noiseless material, inasmuch as sonority of a marble floor in
a stone hall would exaggerate the sounds of footsteps, mov-
ing chairs, etc., and thus greatly disturb readers, who will be
assembled in great numbers.
In the judgment of the committee, ample accommoda-
tions should be provided in the new building for the readers
who now use the Lower hall. The committee have grave
doubts whether this can be done by merging the more popu-
lar part of the library with the Bates hall, as has been
proposed. This would involve doul)ling the number of
readers using the desk for the delivery and return of books,
necessarily much to their inconvenience. It seems likely
that the result of such a union would be to discourage those
who demand popular books from frequenting the new build-
ing. This would be a misfortune, and the committee vent-
ure to hope that the trustees will think it wiser to carry
on in that buildinsf the jjeneral scheme of division which has
worked so acceptably in the present one.
The committee desire to express the hope that the trus-
tees will soon feel it possible to appoint a librarian to fill
the vacancy which has now existed for more than a year.
Such an appointment would relieve the trustees and officers
of the library of their present unusual responsibility.
Anna S. Amory.
Joshua P. Bodfish.
Martin Brimmer.
Alex. Porter Browne.
John Heard, Jr.
James M. Hubbard.
Alice Lee.
Thomas Sergeant Perry.
Anna E. Ticknor.
Library Department. 31
APPENDIX B.
REPORT OF THE CLERK OF WORKS ON THE NEW
PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING, FOR 1891.
Contracts.
Lynch & Woodward, boilers, April 17, 1891 . , $2,869 00
Walworth Construction and Supply Co., heating
apparatus, Sept. 14, 1891 S5,153 00
Albert B. Franklin, radiators, Sept. 14, 1891 . . $6,480 00
David Mcintosh, plastering ; contract given by unit
prices; estimated amount, Nov. 23, 1891 , . $20,000 00
Present Condition of Building.
Fa9ades and interior masonry walls completed. Granite plat-
forms about three-fourths finished. Fireproof floors completed.
Iron roof completed. Tile roof completed with exception of ridges
and crests. Flat slate roof completed. Interior finish : Stonework
in Bates Hall and lions in grand staircase have been set. Rough
interior : part of terra colta partitions and iron stairs put in ;
part of cellar floor laid and boilers set ; heating plant is under
way ; lime for plastering of building has been stacked ; part of
rough plumbing put in. Bronze ch6neau and copper gutters
put up.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF WORK UNDER THE
VARIOUS CONTRACTS, JAN. 31, 1892.
Contract with John T. Scully, dated May, 1888, for piling :
Amount of contract ...... $7,714 44
Payments made to date $7,714 44
Contract with Woodbury & Leighton, dated Aug. 1, 1888, for
foundations, cut-granite, brick masonry, and iron-work :
Total amount contracted for . . . $313,734 84
Payments made to date . . . 305,344 61
Reserve on work done .... $2,500 00
Work not done 5,890 23
Balance $8,390 23
32 City Document No. 23.
Contract with R. Guastavino, dated June 25, 1889, for fire-proof
floors (tile arch work) :
Estimated amount of contract .. . S80,105 82
Payments made to date . . . 75,103 66
$5,002 16
Reserve on work done .... $5,002 16
Balance $5,002 16
Contract with Woodbury & Leigh ton, dated July 22, 1889, for
cut-granite, brick masonry, iron-work, freestone, marble, terra-
cotta, carpenter work, glazing, partition blocks, and rough plumb-
ing :
Total amount contracted for . . . $706,700 80
Payments made to date . . . 602,010 76
Reserve on work done .... $25,000 00
Work not done 79,690 04
Balance . . . . . $104,690 04
Contract with R. C. Fisher & Co., dated Aug. 21, 1889, for
marble-work in entrance hall :
Total amount contracted for . . . $45,274 40
Payments made to date . . . $44,239 25
Reserve on work done .... $1,035 15
Balance $1,035 15
Contract with Batterson, See, & Elsele, dated Aug. 21, 1889,
for marole-work in staircase hall :
Total amount contracted for . . . $57,273 00
Payments made to date . . . . 11,900 00
Reserve on work done .... $2,100 00
Work not done . . . . . 43,273 00
Balance $45,373 00
Contract with Post & McCord, dated April 12, 1890, for iron
roof :
Total amount contracted for $43,662 43
Payments made to date $43,662 43
Library Department.
33
Contract with Lindemann Terra Cotta Roofing Tile Co., dated
May 2, 1890, for tile roofing
Original contract .
Net amount deducted
Total amount contracted for
Payments made to date
Reserve
Balance .
^233 63
^35,000 00
5,424 00
^29,576 00
21,342 37
i,233 63
Contract with Lynch & Woodward, dated April 17, 1891 :
Total amount contracted for
Payments made to date .
$2,869 00
$2,869 00
General Financial Statement, Jan. 31, 1892.
Amount of appropriation May 1, 1887 . . . $368,854 89
Amount of loan authorized by Statute, approved
March 1, 1889 1,000,000 00
Amount of loan authorized by Statute, approved May
11, 1891 . 1,000,000 00
Total appropriations
$2,368,854 89
Total amount contracted for
Total expenditures
Balance of appropriations
$1,457,612 76
$1,213,769 75
$1,155,085 14
appe:n^dixes.
1891.
LIST OF APPENDIXES.
I. Extent of the Library (bt tears).
II. Volumes in the Special Collections of Bates Hall.
III. Increase of the Several Departments.
IV. Bates Hall Classifications.
V. Givers and Amount of Gifts.
VI. Circulation.
VII. Registration of Applicants.
VIII. Reading.
IX. Financial Statement.
X. Library Funds.
XI. Library Service.
XII. List of Examining Committees for Forty Years.
XIII. List of Trustees for Forty Years.
Library Department.
37
APPENDIX I.
EXTENT OF THE LIBRARY BY YEARS.
a .
a
0 .
•" a)
s §
sg
as
Years.
B
SS
o -^
Eh
Tears.
o ^
Years.
1
1852-53
9,688
15
1866-67
136,080
28
1879-80
377,225
2
1853-54
16,221
16
1867-68
144,092
29
1880-81
390,982
3
1854-55
22,617
17
1868-69
152,796
30
1881-82
404,221
4
1855-56
28,080
18
1869-70
160,573
31
1882-83
422,116
5
1856-57
34,896
19
1870-71
179,250
32
1883-84
438,594
6
1857-58
70,851
20
1871-72
192,958
33
1884-85
453,947
7
1858-59
78,043
21
1872-73
209,456
34
1885
■ 460,993
8
1859-60
85,031
22
1873-74
260,550
35
1886
479,421
9
1860-61
97,386
23
1874-75
276,918
36
1887
492,956
10
1861-62
105,034
24
1875-76
297,873
37
1888
505,872
11
1862-63
110,563
25
1876-77
312,010
38
1889
520,508
12
1863-64
116,934
26
1877-78
345,734
39
1890
536,027
13
1864-65
123,016
27
1878-79
360,963
40
1891
556,283
14
1865-66
130,678
Note. — Many thousand pamphlets have been added, but are not included in the above
figures. When bound they are regarded and counted as volumes.
In the various reading-rooms are the current numbers of 887 periodicals.
VOLUMES IN LIBRARY AND BRANCHES, Dec. 31, 189L
„ • f Bates Hall
'a '•- ■{ Duplicate room
348,579
19,007
44,831
12 675
13,288
27,600
":2
^^ Lower Hall
Brighton
Total, Central Library .
412,417
16,264
16,209
14,266
15,560
= ■3 Fellowes Athenaeum . . .
.a a ^
o 2 1 Citv part
South-Eud . .
11,259
11,793
West Roxbury delivery ....
North-End
«» L^ J^*^
3,313
1,639
Total, Roxbury Branch,
32,473
38
City Document No. 23.
APPENDIX II.
VOLUMES IN THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF BATES HALL.
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FN
ae
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ac
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Patent library . . .
3,066
3,142
3,259
3,382
3,478
3,513
3,641
3,796
3,965
4,097
4,218
4,269
Bowditch library ,
3,152
3,224
3,456
3,701
3,854
3,933
4,510
4,706
4,935
5,225
5,348
5,509
Parker library . . .
12,337
12,363
13,952
13,971
14,024
14,057
14,069
14,077
14,104
14,112
14,114
14,116
Prince library . . .
2,230
2,274
2,327
2,397
2,510
2,581
2,706
2,775
2,824
2,905
2,935
2,953
Ticknor library . •
5,454
5,463
5,507
5,544
5,724
5,731
5,764
5,790
5,877
5,923
5,966
5,981
Barton library . . .
14,360
13,487
13,610
13,610
13,642
13,652
13,800
13,841
13,755
13,724
13,735
13,740
Franklin library . .
202
240
292
357
378
382
382
403
416
427
446
465
Thayer library . .
893
920
1,085
1,123
1,175
1,217
1,280
1,368
1,427
1,500
1,500
John A. Lewis lib-
596
y
APPENDIX III.
NET INCKEASE OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
1885
(8 mos.)
1880
188T
1888
1889
1890
1801
Bates Hall
Lower Hall
Duplicate-room . . . .
East Boston branch . . .
South Boston branch . .
Roxbury branch . . . .
Fellowes Athenaeum . .
Charlestown branch . .
Brighton branch ....
Dorchester branch . . .
Jamaica Plain branch . .
South-End branch . . .
"West Roxbury branch .
North-End branch . . .
4,882
367
377
85
112
122
209
343
64
276
167
20
10
12
9,879
866
loss 59
236
303
362
4,748
680
186
590
355
loss 26
13
295
8,671
1,543
443
158
310
262
358
443
146
546
417
204
25
9
9,733
874
loss 52
170
284
280
390
145
46
423
335
260
20
8
11,857
710
330
63
159
199
397
lose 70
130
309
294
248
6
4
13,518
loss 50
419
58
115
146
361
233
91
269
150
187
10
12
15,306
loss 23
2,355
59
200
308
438
421
1C7
222
214
365
224
Total
7,046
18,428
13,535
12-916
14,636
15,519
20,256
Added.
Deducted,
condemned,
transferred
or lost.
Bates Hall
15,340
2,370
6,356
34
15
2,761
f
■ Jffet gain In detail, as
above.
Duplicate-room
Lower Hall and branches .....
APPENDIX IV.
BATES HALL CLASSIFICATIONS.
(Representing books located only.)
•
CLASSES.
General Library.
SFSCIAL LIBBABIX8.
i§
1858
1861
1866
1871
1873
1875
1880
Total,
3
(3
1 1^
111
Total In
general
library
Jan. 1,
1892.
li-
•S 2
&-
249
36
17
107
77
60
11
9
9
22
2
1,340
147
6
3
66
3
15
3,308
6
13
6
1=
gs
1=
II
li
1^
fi.
H
special
libraries.
I.
33
565
371
2,909
1,655
648
241
452
260
106
597
966
1,200
816
310
236
668
347
709
594
615
1
20
2
1
1
1
6
1
2
1,961
9,503
10,177
46,074
34,448
17,939
9,602
11,687
7,236
1,994
10,164
24,630
26,193
12,338
6,036
4,389
15,666
10,845
13,760
8,319
9,676
469
135
322
616
707
1,177
868
620
326
1,423
1,181
95
399
788
3,492
1,360
307
98
75
170
136
13
64
6
5
55
1,268
131
7
2
8
196
1
6
1,130
62
13
23
1
24
1
278
33
353
21
67
31
26
132
4,012
4
260
381
120
60
24
6
31
63
34
14
21
689
136
956
3,201
2,470
337
254
617
200
220
471
244
130
28
17
26
89
48
16
43
73
89
3,367
2,649
11,135
11,199
51,444
42,872
21,609
10,384
13,502
9,389
6,337
10,803
32,067
31,638
II.
2
75
105
697
224
52
44
15
14
7
26
41
5
8
m.
IV.
American history, geography, biogl-aphy, travel, and polite literature ....
364
16
7
1
3
445
3,423
325
3
60
596
V.
VI.
vn.
—
VIII.
IX.
X.
XT.
16
xn.
4,637
xni.
10
28
XIV.
14,039
6,464
4,593
16,791
11,153
17,359
XVI.
xvn.
2
1
179
3
xvm
YTX.
19
4
XT.
8,391
,
9,967
545
54
24
1
42
11
2
298
xxrv.
8,379
357
367
14,231
34
293,658
5,509
14,116
2,953
6,981
13,740
1,500
465
4,269
596
4,537
19,017
366,241
Class IV. includes the collected works of American writers, and what of American literature is sometimes
termed polygraphy.
Classes V., VI., VII., and VIII. have the same scope for the respective countries that Class IV. has for Am-
erica. Class Vm. includes also Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian nations.
Class XIV. includes political science and ethics, applied and unapplied, education, phrenology, etc.
Class Xrx. includes mechanics, military and naval arts, agriculture, domestic arts, etc.
Class XXIV. does not include the Shakespeare collection of the general library.
The subdivisions of classes are kept in ranges by themselves, so that for purposes of enumeration or learning
percentage of use, it is practicable at any time to get exact figures upon the sub-divisions ; as also upon such
points as biography, travel, and voyages, etc., by summing the results of the ranges devoted to them in the
several alcoves.
Note. — The dates given in the special libraries column show the year when they were acquired by the library
' Includes all books in room G, — 12,108 of them belonging to the Barton library, as originally shelved there.
Pi
B.
Pi
P]
T:
Bi
Fi
Tl
Jc
Bs
Lo
Di
Ea
So
Re
Fe
Ch
Br
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Jai
801
W.
No
6ai
Du
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Library Department.
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APPENDIX V.
GIFTS, JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1891.
Givers
Volumes
1,047
12,164
Abbott, S. A. B
Academia Nacionale de Medicina, Lima, Per
Academy of ScieDce, St. Louis, 3Io. .
Actors' Fund of America, New York City
Adams, 7/oh. Charles F., Quincy, Mass.
Adams, Mrs. F. A. F., Roxbury, Mass.
Adams Nervine Asylum
Adelaide, South Australia, Public Library
Agassiz, Prof. A., Camhridge, Mass. .
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala.
Alabama Canebrake Agricultural Experiment Station, Uniontown
Albany Medical College, Alumni Association, Albany, N. Y.
Allen, J. A., New York City . '.■ .
Alumni Association of Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Antiquarian Society .....
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Salem, Mass
American Bankers' Association, New York City .
American Bar Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Bell Telephone Company ....
American Book Company ......
American Congregational Association ....
American Economic Association, Baltimore, Md.
American Folk Lore Society, Cambridge, Mass.
American Home Missionary Society, New York City .
American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York City
American Iron and Steel Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Peace Society ......
American Pharmaceutical Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Postal Machines Company ....
American Queen Publishing Company, Bridgejjoi't, Conn.
American Society of Civil Engineers, New York City .
American Society of Microscopists, Pittsburg , Pa.
American Society of Railroad Superintendents .
American Veterinary College, New York City
Ames, John N., Chelsea, Mass. .....
Andover Theological Seminary Library, Andover, Mass.
Andre, 31me. F., Paris, France .....
Anonymous .........
Appalachian Mountain Club ......
Appleton, D., & Co., New York City ....
Appleton, Nathan. . . 81 autographs, 1 woodcut, 5
Appleton, William S. ...... .
Apprentices' Library Company of Piiiladelphia, Philadelphi
Apprentices' Library, New York City ....
Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago, III.
Argentine Republic, Observatory .....
Argentine Republic, Ofioina Meteorologica, Buenos Ayres
a. Pa
Volumes.
18G
2
1
2
251
I
1
2
1
broadsides
14
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
5
1
3
1
1
1
1
69
1
1
8
3
1
I
1
1
1
40
City Docibient No. 23.
Volumes.
Arngrimson, F. B.
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Bowditch, Family of J. IngersoU *
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Brown, F. H., M.D 176
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Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kan 3
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Kentucky State College Experiment Station, Lexington, Ky. . . 2
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Kingsley, W. L., New Haven, Ct. ....... 1
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Sec. of the Commonwealth ....... 13
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Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association .... 3
Massachusetts General Hospital ........ 1
Massachusetts Horticultural Society ....... 3
Massachusetts Infant Asylum ........ 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...... 4
Massachusetts Medical Society ........ 1
Massachusetts School for the Feeble-minded ..... 1
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . 1
Master Car-builders' Association, Chicago, III. ..... 1
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May, Samuel, Leicester, Mass. ........ 1
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McConnell. H. H., Allston, Mass 1
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McKenzie, Bev. A., Cambridge, Mass. ....... 1
Medina, J. T., Santiago de Chile ....... 3
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Monroe, Prof. James, Oberlin, Ohio
Montt, Pedro, Washington, D.C. .
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Moore, George H., LL.D., New Tork City
Moore, Mrs. T. Emily, Brighton, Mass.
Morse, Edward S., Salem, Mass.
Morse, Hon. Leopold, Washington, D.C.
Morse Institute, Natick, Mass.
Morton, Edwin, Morges, Switzerland .
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Mullet, A. E., Charlestown, Mass.
Munn &Co., New York City
Museum of American Archaeology, Philadelphia
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Museum of Fine Arts ....
Muybridge, Eadweard, Philadelphia, Pa.
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
National Civil Service Reform League, New York City
National Eclectic Medical Association, Chicago, III.
National Executive Silver Committee, Washington, D
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Evanston,
Nationalist Club ......
Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Neb.
Neill, Edward D., D.D., St. Paul, Minn. .
New Bedford, Mass., Board of Trade .
New Bedford, Mass., Free Public Library .
New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association
New England Historic Genealogical Society
New England Methodist Historical Society .
New England Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
New Hampshire Grand Lodge, Kniglits of Honor, Dover, N
New Haven Colonial Historical Society, New Haven, Conn.
New Haven Home for the Friendless, Ne^v Haven, Conn.
New Jersey, State of. Agricultural Experiment Station
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Trenton, N.J.
New Jersey Historical Society .....
New South Wales, Department of Charitable Institutions
New York, State of. Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Alban
State Bar Association .....
State Forest Commissioners, Albany, N. Y.
State Library, ^/ia?!.?/, iV. F. ....
State Medical Society, Albany, NY.
State Reservation at Niagara, Albany, N Y.
New York Academy of Sciences, New York City
New York Chamber of Commerce, New York City
New York Charity Organization Society, New York Cdy
New York City Board of Education ....
New York Civil Service Commission, Albany
New York Free Circulating Library, New York City .
New York Historical Society, New York City
New York Uphthahnic Institute, Neiv York City .
New York Society Library, New York City .
Newark, N.J., Free Public Library ....
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Newberry, Prof. J. S., Neiv York City
Newberry Library, Chicago, IlL ........
Newburyport, J/ass., Public Library
Newell, W. W., Cambridge, Mass
Newhall, H. F., Philadelphia, Pa
Newton, Mass., City Clerk t
Newton, Mass., Free Library 1
Newton, Wm. T., Brookline, Mass 2
Nichols, B. W., Jamaica Plain . . newspapers and periodicals 133
Nichols, Mrs. R. Anne 94
Nickerson, Sereno D 3
Nickolson, J. B., Philadelphia, Pa. ....... 1
Norcross, Mrs. Otis 3 maps 282
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, ^a^etgrfe, A". C. . . 1
Northwestern University, Evanston, III. ...... 1
Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition Committee 1
Nova Scotia Historical Society, Halifax, N.S 1
Noyes, E. P., Rowley, Mass. 314
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia .... 2
Ober, F. W., New York City 7
Oberiin College, Oberlin, Ohio ........ 1
O'Farrell, Charles 4
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Columbus, 0. . . . . 21
Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus, 0 3
O'Kane, Joseph 1
Old Residents' Historical Association, Lowell, .Mass 1
Omaha, Neb., Public Library ........ 1
Ongania, Ferdinando, Venice, Italy ....... 16
Ontario Agricultural College, Toronto, Ont. ..... 5
Otterbein University, Westerville, 0. ...... ■ 6
Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass. ........ 1
Page, James A. periodicals
Parker, J/iS5 Julia .......... 11
Parks, Leighton 1
Parnell, John, London, England 3 broadsides 2
Parsons, George F., San Francisco, Cal. ...... 1
Partridge, G. F 1
Paton, Allan Park, Greenock, Scotland ...... 2
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md. ....... 1
Peabody Institute, Peabody, Mass. ....... 1
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Mass. . 3
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia ... 4
Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Board of Commissioners, Phila-
delphia ............ 2
Pennsylvania Medical Society, Philadelphia ..... 1
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia . 2
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Philadelphia . 7
Pennsylvania State Library, Philadelphia ...... 3'J
Peralta, Jose F. de, 31. D., San Jose, Costa Rica ..... 1
Perkins, A. T 4
Perkins, W. D., Sacramento, Cal. ....... 1
Perkins Institution and Mass. School for the Blind .... 1
Perry, Amos, Providence, R.I. ........ 1
Perry, Rev. A. L., Williamstown, Mass. ...... 2
Perry, T. S 32
Perry, Right Rev. William S., Davenpoi-t, la 29
Phelps, Miss Fannie L. ......... 6
Philadelphia, Commissioners for the Erection of Public Buildings . 4
Philadelphia City Institute ......... 1
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Alumni Association ... 2
Phillips, Miss 94
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. ....... 2
Phonographic Institute, Cincinnati, 0. ...... 5
Library Deparjtment.
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Doni
ic Library
estic
Porter, Rev. E. G., Lexington, Mass. .
Portland, Me., Public Library
Portsmouth, England, Borough of. Free Public Library
Post, A. A
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.T. .
Prescott, W. P
Prince, Leeson C, F.R.A.S., Croivhorough, Sussex, England
Providence, R.I., Bureau of Labor Statistics
Providence, R.L, City Clerk ....
Providence, R.I., Executive Department
Providence, jR./., Public Library .
Pullman Palace Car Co., Chicago, III. .
Putnam, Miss Alice .....
Quebec Literary and Historical Society
Queen's College University, Kingston, Canada
lieale Istituto Lombardo, Milan, Italy ,
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R.I.
Reed, W. A., Brockton, Mass.
Reeve, J. C, Dayton, 0. . . . .
Regan, William M. , Minneapolis, Minn.
Register Publishing Co., Chicago, III. .
Reynolds Library, Rochester, N. Y.
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, R.I.
Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of
Providence, R.I.
Richards, Wm. R. ....
Richardson, W. A. Washington, D.C. .
Richmond, England, Borough of. Free Pub
Rid Ion, John, M.D., New York City
Rigdon, Jonathan .....
Rijks-Universiteit te Utrecht, Holland .
Robert, Charles, Paris, France
Robinson, F. C, Brunswick, Me. .
Robinson, H. C, Hartford, Conn.
Robinson, W. J. .... .
Rochester, N. Y., Public Schools Supt.
Rodman, Alfred .....
Roffe, W
Rogers, E. H., Chelsea, 3Iass.
Root, Rev. J. P., Providence, R.I.
Rosenstein, M., M.B
Rothschildschen, Freiherr C von., Frankfm
Rowell, B. W
Rowell, G. P., & Co., New York City .
Roxbury Latin School ....
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, England
Royal Society of Canada, Montreal, Canada
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland .
Royal Society of South Australia .
Russo-Jewish Committee, London, England
Rust, N. J.
Sacconi, Giulia, Florence, Italy .
St. Johns, N.F., Colonial Secretary's Office
St. Joseph, 3Io., Free Public Library .
St. Louis, 3Io., Mercantile Library Assn.
St. Louis, Mo., Public Library
St. Paul, Minn., Public Library .
Salem, Mass., Public Library
Salisbury, Prof. E. E., Neiv Haven, Ct.
San Francisco, Cal., Free Public Library
Sanger, C.R., Concord, Mass.
Savage, E. H
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Volnmps.
periodicals
Sawyer, Georg-e E
Schiweffer, E. iVI., M.D., Baltimore, Md
Scholfiekl, Joseph, Estate of
Schonhof, Carl .....
Scott, F. N., Ph.D., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Scripture, E. W., Worcester, Mass.
Scudder, S. H., Oambricl^e, Mass.
Sears, Henry C, Roxbury, 3Iass. .
Seattle, Washington, Board of Trade .
Seaver, Nathaniel, East Boston .
Service Geograph. de I'Armee, Paris, France
Sewall, S. E., Estate of
Shaftsbury College of Elocution, Washington, D
Shattuck, H. A., & Co. ...
Shaw, Edwin F
Shaw, Samuel S. . ....
Shea, John G., Elizabeth, N.J. .
Shinn, James T. , Philadelphia, Pa.
Simms, Joseph, M.D., San Francisco, Cal.
Sinclair, A. H., B.A., Toronto, Out. .
Skinner, Charles M., Brooklyn, N. Y. .
Skinner, F
Slafter, Rev. Edmund F. . . .
Small, Mrs. A. D., Allston, Mass.
Small, J. M., M.D., New York City
Smith, Charles C
Smith, Eugene A., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Smithsonian Institution, Wa.shimjton, B.C.
Societe beige d'Electrlciens, Bruxelles .
Society for Psychical Kesearch
Society for the History of the Germans
more, Md. ........
Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents,
Society for the Study of Inebriety, London, England
Society of American Florists
Society of Arts, London, England
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Somers, Alexander, Manchester, England
Somerset Club .....
Somerville, Mass.. Public Library
South Publishing Company, A'cw York City
Southbridge, Town of .
Southampton, Eng., Public Library
Spader, P. Vandcrbilt. Estate of, New Brunswick
Spain, Cuerpo de ArtUleria, Madrid, Spain
Specht, Josepli, St. Louis, Mo.
Spokesman Publishing Co., Spokane, Wash.
Springtield City Library Assn., Mass. .
Standard Publishing Company
Staples, Carlton A., Lexington, Mass. .
Start, Rev. W. A., Cambridge, Mass. .
Stephenson, Andrew, Middletoivn, Ct. .
Stepniak, Sergius .....
Stevens, Hermon Weed, Dover, N.H. .
Stewart, Hon. Wm. M., Washington, D.C. .
Stockwell, Thomas B., Providence, R.I.
Stogtlon, J. C, London, England
Stokes, Thomas I. . . . . ,
Storer, H. P., MI)., Newport, R.L
Storrs Scliool Agricultural Experiment Station, Starrs
Stoughton, Town of .
Street Raiiwiiy Ucvicw Publishing Co., Chicago, III
Strong, Edward A. . . .
N.J.
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Ct.
maps
Maryland, Balti
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Strout, James C., Washington, D.C. .
Sunderland, Rev. J. T. .
Swan, Robert T
Swansea, Eng., Public Library
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
Swedenborg Publishing Assn., Germantown, Pa
Swett, C. E
Swift, Lindsay ......
Swift, M. I., Ashtabula, 0
Swift, Mcllee, New Brunswick, N.J. .
Sydney, N.S. W., Department of Public Instruction
Sydney, N.S. W., Free Public Library .
Sydney, N.S. W., State Children's Re'lief Department
Taft, Charles H., A.B., Cambridge, Mass
Taunton, Mass., Public Library .
Tavlor, Edward W
Taylor, Prof. J. R
Technology Architectural Review
Terry, C. E., Worcester, Mass.
Terry, Rev. Roderick, New York City .
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Statio
Thacker, Spink, & Co., Calcutta, India
Thayer, Caroline C, Estate of . . portfolios
Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, Mass
Thompson, Rev. A. C. .
Thorpe, Francis Newton, Philadelphia, Pa.
Thorpe, W. G
Thwing, Prof. Edward P., Brooklyn, N.Y,
Tillinghast, C. B
Tilton, Mrs. William B. . . .
Tokyo, Japan, Library ...
Toledo, 0, Public Library .
Tolman, Albert H., Ripon, Wis. .
Topeka, Kansas, Public Library .
Toronto, Ontario, Public Library
Townsend, Thomas S., New York City
Ti-addies Company, Cincinnati, O.
Tribune Publishing Co., Meadville, Pa.
Trinity College, Hartford, Ct.
Trinity College, North Carolina .
Troup, F. B., Exeter, England
Tucker, Benjamin R. .
Tucker, W. G., Albany, N. Y.
Tuckerraan, Frederick ....
Tufts College, Medford, Mass.
Tuttle, Rev. Joseph F., Crawfordsville, lad
Tuttle, J. H., Dedhain, Mass.
Tyler, W. G., Salem, N.J. .
United States. Attorney General
Board of Indian Commissioners
Board on Geographical Names .
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
Court of Claims ...
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Division of Chemistry
Division of Entomology
Division of Ornithology
Division of Statistics
Division of Vegetable Pathology
Division of Forestry .
Office of Experiment Stations
Weather Bureau
n, Texas
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Volumes.
United States. Department of the Interior ..... 78
-^ Bureau of Education ....... 8
— Bureau of Labor ........ 7
- — ■= Census Office ......... 34
— ■ Geological Survey . . . . .48 atlas sheets 13
■ Patent Office 30
Superintendent of Documents . . . . . . 1
— Department of State . ....... 12
Bureau of the American Republics ..... 5
Consular Department ....... 12
— Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 2
National Museum ......... 1
■ Navy Department
■■ Bureau of Navigation ....... 3
Hydrographic Office ...... 2 charts 3
Hydrographic Office branch, Boston . . .6 charts
^ Nautical Almanac Office ....... 3
■ — Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. ...... 1
— Naval Observatory ......... 3
^ — Post Office Department 2
Dead Letter Office 1
— ^ — Treasury Department ..... 1 broadside 2
Bureau of Statistics . . . . . . . . 11
Bureau of the Mint ........ 3
■ Coast and Geodetic Survey ...... 8
Commissioner of Internal Revenue ..... 3
' — ■ Life-Saving Service . . . . . . . .1
Light-House Inspector ....... 2
Marine Hospital Service ....... 2
' Supervising Inspector-General of Steamboats . . . 11
■■ — War Department ......... 32
Adjutant-General's Office ....... 1
= Chief of Engineers ........ 4
Ordnance Office ......... 1
Signal Office 3G6 maps 9
Surgeon General's Office ....... 2
Universalist Publishing House ........ 1
University College, Toronto, Ont. .... 4 circulars 1
University of California, Berheleij, Cal 19
University of Chicago, Chicago, 111 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arhor 1
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 2
University of Rochester, Library, Rochester, N. Y. . . . . 1
University of Toronto, Ontario 1
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. ..... . 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis 4
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station ... 4
Updike, Daniel Berkeley 32
Upsala, Kongl. Universitetet 2
Upson, Irving S., New BrunswicJ,', N.J. 1
Urban, Tlieodore L., Columiia, Pa. ....... 1
Utah Agricultural College Experiment Station, Logan .... 10
Van Siclen, George W., A'eif York City 1
Vassar, John G., Estate of, Pow<7/iA;ee/>«'(;, iV. y. 2
Veazey, W. G., Washington, I).C 2
Veiga, Augusto M. A., JVirjs, Frrtwce 1
Vermont Association of Boston ........ 1
Vermont State Library, Montpelier, PK. ...... 19
Viaux, Frederic H. ......... . 1
Victoria, Australia, Public Library ....... 7
Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection,
London, England .......... 13
Vinton, Rev. Alexander H., Worcester, Mass 1
Library DepaH^Tjvient.
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New
iversity
1 engraving
1 broadside
Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va,
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa
Waites, Alfred, Worcester, Mass.
Wales, Thomas B.
Wall, Caleb A., Worcester, Mass.
Waltham, Mass., Public Library .
Walton, Rev. J. P., Muscatine, Iowa
Ware, William & Co. .
Warren, Charles E., M.D. .
Warren, James W., M.D.
Warrington, Eng., Borough of
Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va
Washingtonian Home ....
Waterhouse, S., St. Louis, Mo.
Watson, N. ..... .
Weld, Francis M
Wenham, Mass., Town Clerk
Wesleyan University, 3fiddletown, Conn
West Brookfield, Town of . . .
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown, W.
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, 0
Whitman, G. H., Billerica, Mass.
Whitmore, W. H. ....
Whitney, J. L
Whitney, S. F., Watertown, Mass.
Whitney, Prof. W. D., New Haven, Conn
Wicks & Phillips, San Francisco, Cal.
Wigglesworth, Thomas ....
William & Mary, College of, Williamsburg , Va.
Williams, Harold, M.D
Wilson, H. W
Wilson, Gen. James G., New York City
Wilstack, John A., Lafayette, Ind.
Winchester Home Corporation for Aged Women
Wines, Fred H., Springfield, III.
Wingate, C. E. L
Winn, Henry ......
Winslow, John, J5roo^/i/n, i\^. F. .
Winsor, Justin ......
Winthrop, The Hon. R. C .
Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wi
Woburn, J/ass. , Public Library .
Wolff, Philip
Wolverhampton, Eng., Free Library .
Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Woman's Medical College of the N.Y. Infirmary,
Woman's Relief Corps, Dept. of Massachusetts
Wood, C. H. W. .
Wood, Henry
Wood, Horatio, Lowell, Mass.
Woodbury, C. J. H. .
Woodman, C. H. .
Worcester, City of
Worcester, Mass., Free Public Library
Worcester, Mass., Polytechnic Institute
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, III
Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Yale University Observatory, New Haven, Conn.
Young Men's Christian Association, Albany, N. Y.
Young Men's Christian Association, Harvard Un
Young Men's Christian Association, New York City
Young Men's Christian Associations, International Committee,
City
Young Men's Library, Atlanta, Ga
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CIRCULATION.
Batbs Hall.
Lower Hall.
Rbadiho-room.'
East Boston.
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1,776,494
64,261
162,840
217,101
716
187,163
60,452
247,617
820
1,566
362,845
1,026
68,346
69,367
127,712
423
660
1800
1,873,411
73,955
301,305
275,260
773
1,607
181,246
74,471
256,771
841
1,625
369,708
1,038
71,463
60,823
132,291
436
769
1,812,432
71,635
218,980
290,515
816
1,823
140,469
33,838
174,297
573
1,103
423,669
1,190
68,663
62,349
121,012
398
Sooth Boston.
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67,800
177,031
686
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90,404
41,382
131,786
436
758
62,490
36,594
99,084
328
540
17,338
3,629
20,967
69
196
1890. . .
97,740
74,140
171,880
653
896
88,919
38,558
127,477
467
790
65,770
43,798
109,677
361
608
19,420
2,099
21,619
71
193
1891. . .
83,106
80,374
163,480
537
763
76,949
37,412
114,561
376
639
68,174
32,500
90,674
298
600
16,466
1,883
18,349
60
167
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32,157
102,885
345
605
77,657
83,347
161,004
533
825
47,300
19,438
66,738
221
463
33,849
112
230
22,872
76
1890. . .
70,860
24,388
95,248
313
616
87,266
90,963
178,229
586
804
53,262
17,586
70,847
233
446
44,893
167
327
22,711
75
1801, . .
65,385
23,295
88,680
292
631
83,026
94,809
177,835
583
796
48,835
22,331
71,166
234
479
69,337
198
355
19,057
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In 1889, of 1,775,494 volumes delivered to borrowers one in 40,352 was lost; in 1890, of 1,875,411 one in 24,044 was lost; in 1891, of 1,812,432 one in 17,000 was lost.
The Dorcbester brancb was closed four woiking days in 1889. The Roxbury branch was closed 25 working days in 1890; the South Boston branch 41, and the North-End
Library Department.
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APPENDIX VII.
REGISTRATION.
The first registration, 1854-58, had 17,066
names; the second, 1859-67, had 52,829
names; the third, 1868 to April 30, 1886,
had 227,581 names.
Central Library . . .
East Boston branch .
South Boston branch
Koxbury branch . . .
Charlestown branch .
Brighton branch . .
Dorchester branch .
South End branch . .
Jamaica Plain branch
Totals
8,997
1,307
1,862
1,372
630
323
1,405
1,484
874
18,254
9,733
1,117
1,781
1,585
1,623
365
1,231
1,511
926-
19,872
7,752
877
1,395
1,260
860
270
815
1,040
705
14,974
7,133
1,065
2,156
1,769
762
277
1,005
1,740
892
16,799
6,370
896
1,435
1,371
735
286
827
1,470
785
14,175
1,277
993
665
179
659
892
613
11,502
APPENDIX VIII.
READING.
Bates Hall.
Lower Hall
and
Branches.
I. Fiction and books for the young
64 03
II. History, biography, and travel
48.
43.85
4.68
3.47
15.27 •
HI. Arts and science
6 37
IV. Periodicals
5.78
V. Miscellaneous .
8 55
Totals
100.00
IOC 00
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APPENDIX IX.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
General Libeaet Accounts.
Expended, 1891.
Binding materials $2,264 64
books 1,636 23
Books, City appropriation $26,205 56
Income from Trust funds . . . 9,842 29
36,047 85
Periodicals 4,627 00
Expense (miscellaneous: water-rates, cleaning, ice., etc.) . 3,486 29
Fuel 2,909 17
Furniture, etc 603 02
Gas 3,457 57
Printing and cataloguing ........ 7,409 41
Stationery 1,080 46
Salaries 81,638 11
Transportation, postage, etc. ....... 2,507 92
Rents 6,982 51
Repairs 2,572 88
Electric lighting 2,329 63
Total ....'. §159,552 69
Note. —The cost of maintaining the branches, §45,445.10, makes part of the general items
of the several appropriations.
Receipts from fines and sales of catalogues, $3,591.11.
APPENDIX X.
LIBEAET TRUST FUNDS. —INVESTED IN CITY OF BOSTON BONDS.
GiTBR.
Amount.
When delivered.
No. of Bond.
When due.
Income.
ProvisionB.
$50,000 00
I 20,000 00
( 10,000 00
March, 1863
1,727
April,
Jan'y,
April,
1894
$3,000
j 1,800
To buy " books of permanent value."
f" To the maintenance of a free public library."
'• Purchase of books."
2 Jonathan Phillips
April, 1861
April, 1853
352
1,726
1906
1894
3 Ahbott Lawrence
10,000 00
May, 1860
281
July,
1905
600
Books having a permanent value.
4 Charlotte Harris
10,000 00
August, 1877
2,579
Oct.,
1897
600
Books for Charlestown branch, published before 1850.
5 Henry L. Pierce
5,000 00
December, 1873
1,.567
Jan'y,
1894
300
" Books of permanent value for the Bates Hall."
6 Mary P. Townsend
4,000 00
April, 1879
2,960
April,
1899
200
Books five years old in some one edition.
7 George Ticknor
4,000 00
April, 1879
2,068
Oct.,
1920
160
Books in Spanish and Portuguese five years old in some one edition.
8 John P. Bigelow
1,000 00
August, 1860
1,726
April,
1894
60
Purchase of books.
9 Franklin Club
1,000 00
r 1,600 00
June, 1863
November, 1878
1,224
I 3,714
Jan'y,
Oct.,
1914
1900 J
40
75
Books of permanent value, preferably " boobs on government and
political economy."
10 Samuel A. Green
V Books relating to American history.
[ 600 00
April, 1884
1,243
April,
1914
20
11 South Boston
100 00
September, 1879
5,696
July,
1919
4
For benefit of South Boston branch.
12 Arthur Scholfield
60,000 00
December, 1883
1,223
Oct.,
1913
2,000
To be used for books of permanent value.
13 Joseph Scholfield
11,800 00
July, 1890
6,300
July,
1920
472
14 Thomas B. Harris
1,000 00
April, 1884
1,244
April,
1914
40
For benefit of Charlestown branch.
15 Daniel Treadwell
r 2,000 00
\ 1,700 00
[ 1,400 00
1 October, 1885
J November, 1889
f 1,382
i 1,486
1. 1 754
April, 1916
Oct., 1917
Nov. 15, 1919
"1
[ 197
J
To be expended by the Trustees in such manner as they may deem for
the best interest of the Library.
16 Edward Lawrence
17 J. IngersoU Bowditch ....
600 00
10,000 00
May, 1886
January, 1890
1,383
1,816
April,
Jan'y,
1916
1920
20
350
*' To hold and apply the income and so much of the principal as they [the
Trustees] may choose to the purchase of special booksof reference to be
kept and used only at the Charlestown Branch of said Public Library."
For " the purchase of books of permanent value and authority in mathe-
matics and astronomy," to be added to the Bowditch collection.
$196,600 00
$9,938
MEMORANDA.
fi London, as the head of the houBc of Baring Brc
. 'lifetime. The other $20,1100 was bequeathed by
xMi . Lawrence died in August, 1855, and this sum was a bequest.
The berjuest of Charlotte Harris to the Charlestown branch. With it her private library was also given.
"" ' " " '■ "' ■ - ' ■ ■• " — jj^y jjg expended as is deemed best.
■ '■ cioiiarvpower in making the gifl was given by the V
, shall "be spent every five years foi twenty-five year
This fund was a surii intended for a testimonial to Mr. ^^igelowon retiring^ from the mayoralty,' and was transferred by him tu this purpose.
Given by the Trustees of the Franklin Club, under the authority given them at llie dissolution of that literary association.
The donation of Mayor Pierce, pre"
This fund was received from William Minot and Will
This bequest accompanied the testamentary gift of his
from office. Tne prim
rsot'^list
, for the addition of books to said library.
STOCKS OTHER THAN CITY BONDS HELD BY TREADWELL FUND, PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Shares.
Par Value
s£e.
Value per Share
as received
from Trustee.
Total as
received from
Trustee.
Income.
Remarks.
16 B. & A. R.R. Co
$100 00
»179 00
$2,685 00
\
* $128 00
6 B. & Prov. R.R. Co
100 00
179 50
1,077 00
j
60 00
9 Fitchburg R.R. Co
1 Vt. & MsBB. R.R. Co
100 00
100 00
118 00
133 00
1,062 00
133 00
\ $5,685 00
48 00
6 00
April 5, 1887. The certificates of 9 shares of F. R.R. exchanged for a
certificate of 12 shares preferred stock in same corporation, par value
$100. Total, $1,200.
18 Cambridge Lyceum
20 00
30 00
640 00
)
2.S 20
Caeh
88 00
Less 88 00
Less paid May 10, 1888, to City Collector, per order of Board of
Trustees of Public Library.
$5,497 00
1 B. & A. R.R. Co
100 00
100 00
* Includes income on the one share below.
Library Department. 59
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS.
BiGELOw Fund. — This is a donation made by the late John P. Bigelow,
in August, 1850, when Mayor of the city.
The income from this fund is to be appropriated to the purchase of books
for the increase of the Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond for . . $1,000 00
Payable to the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Library for the
time being.
Bates Fund. — This is a donation made by the late Joshua Bates, of
London, in March, 1853.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond for . . $50,000 00
" 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 he
found most needful and most useful." Payable to the Mayor of the City for
the time being.
BowDiTCH Fund. — This is the bequest of J. Ingersoll Bowditch.
Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.
Bond $10,000 00
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.
Phillips Fund. — This is a donation made by the late Jonathan Phillips,
of Boston, in April, 1853.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $10,000 00
The interest on this fund is to be used exclusively for the purchase of books
for said Library.
Also, a bequest by the same gentleman, in his will, dated 20th September,
1849.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $20,000 00
The interest on which is to be annually devoted to the maintenance of a
Free Public Library.
Both of these items are payable to the Mayor of the City for the time
being.
Abbott Lawrence Fund. — This is the bequest of the late Abbott
Lawrence, of Boston.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $10,000 00
The interest on this fund is to be exclusively appropriated for the purchase
of books for the said Library, having a permanent value.
Edward Lawrence Fund. — This is the bequest of the late Edward
Lawrence, of Charlestown. The following clause from his will explains its
purpose : —
60 City Document No. 23.
" To hold and apply the income, and so much of the principal as they m:iy
choose, to the purchase of special books of reference, to be kept and used
only at the Charlestown branch of said Public Lihrary."
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, due
April 1, 1916 ^500 00
Pierce Fund. — This is a donation made by Henry L. Pierce, Mayor of
the city, Nov. 29, 1873, and accepted by the City Council, Dec. 27, 1873.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $5,000 00
Toavnsend FcND. — This is a donation from William Minot and William
Minot, Jr., executors of the will of Mary P. Townsend, of Boston, at whose
disposal she left a certain portion of her estate in trust, for such charitable
and [)ublic institutions as they might think meritorious. Said executors ac-
cordingly selected the Public Library of the City of Boston as one of such
institutions, and attached the following conditions to the legacy: "The
income only shall, in each and every year, be expended in the purchase of
hooks for the use of the Library; each of whicli books shall have been pub-
lished in some one edition at least five years at the time it may be so
purchased."
Invested in one City of Boston Five per cent. Bond, for . .$4,000 00
TiCKNOR Bequest. — By the will of the late George Ticknor, of Boston,
he gave to the City of Boston, on the death of his wife, all his books and
manuscripts in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, about four thousand
volumes, and also tlie sum of four thousand dollars. After the receipt of
said sum, tlie city is required to spend not less than one tliousand 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 litera-
ture. At the end of twenty-five j-ears the income of tlie said sum is to be
expended annually in the purchase of books of permanent value, either in
the Spanish or Portuguese language, or in such other languages as may be
deemed expedient by those having charge of the Library. The books be-
queathed or purchased are always to be freely accessible for reference or
study, but are not to be loaned for use outside of the 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 contribu-
tion, Anna Ticknor, widow of the donor, relinquished her right to retain dur-
ing her life the books and manuscripts, and placed them under the control of
the city, the City Council liaving previously accepted the bequests in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions of said will, and the Trustees of the Public
Library received said bequests on behalf of the city, and made suitable ar-
rangements for the care and custody of the books and manuscripts.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . 84,000 00
Franklin Club Fond. — This is a donation made in June, 1863, by a
literary association of young men in Boston, who, at the dissolution of the
association, authorized its trustees, Thomas Minns, John J. French, and J.
Franklin Reed, to dispose of the funds on hand in such a manner as to them
should seem judicious. They elected to bestow it on the Public Library,
attaching to it the following conditions : "In trust that the income, but tlie
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."
Library Department. 61
The Trustees expressed a preference for books relative to Government and
Political Economy.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . $1,000 00
Treadwell Fdnd. — By the will of the late Daniel Treadwell, of
Cambridge, late Rumford Professor in Harvard College, who died Feb. 27,
1872, he left the residue of his estate, after payment of debts, legacies, etc.,
in trust to his executors, to hold during the life of his wife for her benefit,
and after her decease to divide tiie residue then remaining in the liands of
the trustees as therein provided, and convey one-fifth part thereof to the
Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston.
The City Council accepted said bequest and authorized the Trustees of
the Public Library to receive the same, and to invest it in the City of Boston
Bonds, the income of whicli is to be expended by said Trustees in such man-
ner as they may deem for the best interests of the library.
Invested in the City of Boston Four per cent. Bonds . . $3,700 00
" " " Three and one-half per cent. Bonds, 1,400 OU
" 16 shares B. & A. K.R. Co. Stock, par value .$100 each, 1,600 00
" 6 shares B. & P. R.R. Co. Stock, par value .$100 each, 600 00
•' 9 shares Fitchburg R.R. Co. Stock, par value $100 each, 900 0 )
" 1 share Vt. & Mass. R.R. Co. Stock, par value .$100 each, 100 00
" 18 shares Cambridge Lyceum Stock, par value .$20 each, o60 00
$8,660 00
Charlotte Harris Fund. — Bequest of Charlotte Harris, late of Bos-
ton, 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 in-
terest, which interest is to be applied to the purchase of books published
before 1850. I also give to said Public Library my own private library, and
the portrait of my grandfather, Richard Devens." Bequest accepted by City
Council, July 31, 1877.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $10,000 00
Thomas B. Harris Fdnd. — Bequest of Thomas B. Harris, late of
Charlestown, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . $1,000 00
Scholfield Fund. — Bequest of the late Arthur Scholfield, who died
in New York, Jan. 17, 1883. The interest to be paid to certain heirs during
their lives, and then to he used for the purchase of books of permanent value.
The last heir, Jose^ih Scholfield, died Nov. 18, 1889, and by his will be-
queathed to the City of Boston the sum of .$11,800, which represents the
income of said fund, received by him up to the time of his death, to be added
to the fund given by his brother. Invested in
One City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . . . $50,000 00
" . . . . 11,800 00
$01,800 00
Green Fund. — Donations of Dr. Samuel A. Green of §2,000, tlie in-
come of which is to be expended for the purchase of books relating to Amer-
ican history. Invested in
62
City Document No. 23.
Two City of Boston Five per cent. Bonds, for
One City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for
.fl,500 00
500 00
82,000 00
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund. — Donation of a citizen of
South Boston, the income of which is to be expended for the benefit of the
South Boston Branch Library.
Invested in one city of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for
$100 00
Recapitulation of Public Library Trust Funds.
Scholfield bequests
Bates donation
Phillips bequest
Bowditch bequest
Phillips donation
Charlotte Harris bequest
Abbott Lawrence bequest
Pierce donation
Townsend bequest
Ticknor bequest
Treadwell bequest
Green donations
Bigelow donation
Thomas B. Harris bequest
Franklin Club donation .
Edward Lawrence bequest
youth Boston Branch Library Trust Fund
$61,800 00
50,000 00
20,000 00
10,000 00
10.000 00
10.000 00
10,000 00
5,U00 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
8,6«0 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
500 00
100 00
Invested funds
8199,060 00
LiBRAUY Department.
63
APPENDIX XI.
LIBRARY SERVICE.
Executive department
Catalogue department
Book department
Bates Hall circulation depart-
ment ...
Lower Hall circulation depart-
ment ...
Janitor's department .
Bindery
East Boston branch .
. 8
South Boston branch .
7
. i:^
Roxbury Branch
6
. 8
Charlestown branch .
0
Brighton branch
3
. 20
Dorchester branch
5
t-
South-End branch
5
. 21
Jamaica Plain branch
4
. 2
North-End branch
. 3
. 9
Deliveries ....
10
. 5
Total
135
At some of the branch libraries occasional extra assistance is employed
when necessary.
AGENTS.
Messrs. W. B. Clarke & Co., and Mr. Carl Schoenhof, Boston.
Mr. Edward G. Allen (for English patents), London.
Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & Co., Limited, London.
Deuerlich'sche Buchhandlung, Gottingen.
LOCATION OF THE BRANCH LIBRARIES AND DELIVERY
STATIONS.
Allston delivery station, 26 Franklin street, AUston.
Ashmont delivery station, 25 Argyle street.
Bird-Street delivery station, 6 Wayland street, Dorchester.
Brighton branch, Holton Library building, Rockland street.
Charlestown branch, old City Hall, City square, Charlestown.
Dorchester branch, Arcadia, cor. Adams st.
Dorchester Station delivery, 1 Milton avenue.
East Boston branch, old Lyman School building. Meridian street.
Jamaica Plain branch, Curtis Hall, Centre street.
Lower Mills delivery station, Washington street, near River street.
Mattapan delivery station. River, cor. Oakland street.
Mount Bowdoin delivery station, Washington, cor. Eldon street.
Neponset delivery station. Wood's block.
North End branch, 166 Hanover street.
Roslindale delivery station, Florence, cor. Ashland street.
Roxbury branch, 46 Millmont street.
South Boston branch, 372 West Broadway, cor. E. street.
South-End branch, English High-School building, Montgomery street.
West Roxbury delivery station, Centre, near Mt. Vernon street.
64
City Document No. 23.
APPENDIX XII.
EXAMINING COMMITTEES FOR FORTY YEARS.
The following gentlemen have served on the Examining Com-
mittees for the years given. The names in italics are those of
trustees who have acted as chairmen of the various committees.
The thirty-fourth year was from May 1 to Dec. 31, 1885, a period
of eight months, for which no Examining Committee was ap-
pointed.
Abbott, Ron. J. G., 1870.
AbhoU, S. A. B., 1880.
Adams, Neheniiah, B.D., 18G0.
Adams, Wm. T., 1875.
Alger, Rev. Wm. R., 1870.
Amory, Miss Anna S., 1890, 1891.
Andrew, Hon. John F., 1888.
Appleton, lion. Nathan, 1854.
Apthorp, Wm. F., 1883.
Arnold, Howard P., 1881.
Aspinwall, Col. Thomas, 1860.
Attwood, G., 1877.
BHilev, Edwin C, 1861.
Ball, Joshua D., 1861.
Bangs, Edward, 1887.
BHrnard, James M. 1866.
Bartlett, Sidney, 1869.
Beebe, James M., 1858.
Beecher, Rev. Edward, 1854.
Bent, Samuel Arthur, 1890, 1891.
Bigelow, Jacob, M.B., 1857.
Bigelow, Hon. John P., 1856.
Bhigden, George W., D.D., 1856.
Blake, John G., M.B., 1883, 1891.
Bodflsh, Rev. Joshua P., 1879, 1891.
Bowditcli, Henry I., M.D., 1855.
Boivditch, Henry /., M.D., 1865.
Bowditch, H. P., M.D., 1881.
Bowditcli, J. Ingersoll, 1855.
Bowman, Alfunzo, 1867.
Bradford, Charles F., 1868.
Brewer, Thomas M., 1865.
Brimmer, Hon. Martin, 1890, 1891.
Brooks, Rev. Phillips, 1871.
Browne, Alex. Porter, 1891.
Browne, Causten, 1876.
Buckingham, C. E., M.D., 1872.
Burrouglis, Rev. Henry, jr., 1869.
Chadwick James R., M.D., 1877.
Chaney, Rev. George L., 1868.
Chase, George B., 1876.
Chase, George B., 1877, 1885.
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah D., 1881.
Clap]}, William \V., jr., 1834.
Clarke, James Freeman, D.D., 1877.
Clarke, James Freeman, D.D., 18S2.
Collar, Wm. C, 1874.
Cudworth, Warren H., D.D., 1878.
Curtis, Charles P., 1862.
Curtis, Daniel S., 1872.
Curtis, Thos. B., M.D., 1874.
Gushing, Thomas, 1885.
Dalton, Charles H., 1884.
Dana, Samuel T., 1857.
Dean, Benjamin, 1873.
Denny, Henry G., 1876.
Dexter, Rev. Henry M., 1866.
Dillingham, Rev. Pitt, 1886.
Dix, James A., 1860.
Doherty, Philip J., 1888.
Donahoe, Patrick, 1869.
Durant, Henry F., 1863.
Duryea, Jos. T., D.D., 1880.
Dwight, John S., 1868.
Dwight, Thomas, M.D., 1880.
Eastburn, Manton, D.D., 1863.
Eaton, William S., 1887.
Edes, Henry H., 1886.
Eliot, Samuel, LL.D., 1868.
Ellis, Arthur B., 1888, 1889.
Ellis, Calvin, M.D., 1871.
Ellis, Geo. E., D.D., 1881.
Endicott, William, jr., 1878.
Evans, George W., 1887, 1888, 1889.
Field, Walbridge A., 1866.
Fields, James T., 1872.
Fitz, Reginald H., 1879.
Foote, Rev. Henry W., 1864.
Fowle, William F., 1864.
Frceland, Charles W., 1867.
Frost, Oliver, 1854.
Frothingham, Richard, 1876.
Furness, Horace Howard, LL.D.,
1882.
Gannett, Ezra S., D.D., 1855.
Gay, George H., 1876.
Gilchrist, Daniel S., 1872.
Gordon, George A., D.D., 1885-
Gould, A. A., M.D., 1864.
Grant, Robert, 1884.
Gray, John C, jr., 1877.
Green. Samuel A., M.D., 1868.
Library Department.
65
Greenoiigh, William W., 1858, IST-i,
1883, 188G.
Grinnell, Eev. C. E., 1874.
Hale, Hev. Edward E., 1858.
Hale, Mrs. Geors;e S., 1887, 1888.
Hale, Moses L., 1862.
Haskins, Hev. George F. , 1865.
Hassam, John T., 1885.
Hayes, Bo?i. F. B., 1874.
Havnes, Henry W., 1879.
Baynes, Henry W., 1881, 1884.
Havward, George, M.D., 1863.
Heard, John, jr., 1888, 1889, 1891.
Heard, John T., 1853.
Herford, Brooke, D.D., 1884.
Herrick, Samuel B.,D.D., 1888, 1889.
Higginson, Thomas W., 1883.
Hill, Clement Hugh, 1880.
Hillard, Hon. George S., 1853.
Ifillard, Hon. George S., 1873.
Hodges, Richard, M., M.B., 1870.
Holmes, Edward J., 1881, 1884.
Holmes, Oliver W., M.D., 1858.
Hohnes, Oliver, W., jr. 1882.
Honians, Charles D., 31. D., 1867.
Homans, 3Irs. Charles D., 1885,
1886, 1887.
Homer, George, 1870.
Homer, Peter" T., 1857.
Hubbard, James M., 1891.
Hubbard, William J., 1858.
Hunnewell, James F., 1880.
Hyde, George B., 1879.
JefPries, B. Joy, 3I.D., 1869.
Jenkins, Charles E., 1879.
Jewell, Hon. Harvey, 1863.
Jordan, Eben D., 1873.
Kidder, Henry P., 1870.
Kimball, David P., 1874.
Kimball, Henry H., 1865.
Kirk, Edward N., B.D., 1859.
Lawrence, Ho7i. Abbott, 1853.
Lawrence, Abbott, 1859.
Lawrence, 3Iiss Harriette S., 1890.
Lawrence, James, 1855.
Lee, Miss Alice, 1889, 1890, 1891.
Lewis, Weston, 1872, 1878.
Lincoln, Hon. F. W., 1856.
Lincoln, Solomon, 1886.
Little, James L., 1864.
Lombard, Prof. Josiah L., 1868.
Loring, Hon. Charles G., 1855.
Lothrop, Loring, 1866.
Lowell, Augustus, 1883.
Lowell, Edward J., 1885.
Lunt, Hon. George, 1874.
Lyman, George H., 3I.D., 1885,
McCleary, Samuel F., 1890.
Manning, Hev. Jacob M., 1861.
Mason, Rev. Charles, 1857.
Mason, Robert M., 1869.
Maxwell, J. Audley, 1883.
Metcalf, Sev. Theodore A., 1888,
1889.
Minns, Thomas, 1864.
Minot, Francis, 1866.
Morrill, Charles J., 1885.
Morse, John T., jr., 1879.
Morse, Robert M., jr., 1878.
Morton, Hon. Ellis W., 1871.
Mudge, Hon. E. R., 1871.
Neale, RoUin H., D.D., 1853.
Noble, John, 1882.
Norcross, Otis, 1880.
O'Brien, Hvgh, 1879.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1878.
Otis, G. A., 1860.
Paddock, Rt. Rev. Benj. H., 1876.
Parker, Charles Henry, 1888, 1889.
Parkman, Henry, 1885.
Parks, Rev. Leighton, 1882.
Perkins, Charles C, 1871.
Perry, Thomas S., 1879, 1882, 1883,
1884, 1885, 1890, 1891.
Phillips, John C, 1882.
Phillips, Jonathan, 1854.
Pierce, Hon. Henrv L., 1S91.
Prescott, William H., LL.D., 1853.
Prince, Hon. F. 0., 1888, 1889,
1890, 1891.
Putnam, George, D.D., 1870.
Putnam, Hon. John P., 1865.
Randall, Charles L., M.D., 1884.
Rice, Hon. Alexander H., 1860.
Rogers, Prof. William B., 1861.
Rollins, J. Wingate, 1888, 1889.
Ropes, John C, 1872.
Rotch, Benjamin S., 1863.
Runkle, Prof. J. D., 1882.
Russell, Samuel H., 1880.
Sanger, Hon. George P., 1860.
Seaver, Edwin P., 1881.
Shepard, Hon. Harvey N., 1888,
1889.
Shurtleff, Hon. Nathaniel B., 1857.
Smith, Charles C, 1873.
Smith, 3lrs. Charles C, 1881, 1886.
Sprague, Charles J., 1859.
Sprague, Homer B., 1882.
Stedman, C. Ellery, 31. D., 1888.
Stevens, Oliver, 1858.
Stevenson, Hon. J. Thomas, 1856.
Stockwell, S. N., 1861.
Stone, Col. Henry, 1885, 1886, 1887.
Storv, Joseph, 1856.
Sullivan, Richard, 1883, 1884.
Teele, John O., 1886.
Thaxter, Adam W., 1855.
Thayer, George A., 1875.
Thayer, Rev. Thomas B., 1862.
Thomas, B. F., 1875.
Thomas, Seth J., 1856.
Ticknor, Miss Anna E., 1891.
Ticknor, George, 1853, 1854, 1855,
1859, 1863, 1866.
Tobey, Hon. Edward S., 1862.
Twombly, Rev. A. S., 1883, 1884.
Upham, J. B., 3r.D., 1865.
6Q
City Document No. 23.
Vibhert, Rev. Geo. H., 1873.
Wales, George W., 1875.
Walley, //o«. Samuel H., 18G2.
Ward, Rev. Julius H., 1882.
Ware, Charles E., M.D., 1875.
Ware, Darwin E., 1881.
Warner, Hermann J., 1867.
Warren, Hon. Charles H., 1859.
Warren, J. Collins, 3I.D., 1878.
Waterston, Rev. Robert C, 1867.
Wells, 3Irs. Kate G., 1877.
Wharton, William F., 1886.
Whipple, Edwin P., 1869.
Whitmore, William //., 1887.
Whitney, Daniel II., 1862.
Whitney, Henry A., 1873.
Wightraan, Ho7i. Joseph M., 1859.
Williams, Harold, M.D., 1888,1889,
1890.
Williamson, William C, 1881.
Wilson, Elisha T., M.D., 1861.
Winsor, Justin, 1867.
Winthrop, Hon. Robert C, 1854.
Winthrop, Robert C, jr., 1887.
Woodbury, Charles Levi, 1871.
Woolson, 3Irs. Abba Goold, 1888,
1889.
Wright, 7/0)1. Carroll D., 188-t.
Library Department.
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APPENDIX XIII.
trustees for forty years.
The Honorable Edward Everett was President of the Board
from 1852 to 1864 ; the late George Tickuor in 1865 ; William
W. Greenough, Esq., from 1866 to April, 1888; Samuel A. B.
Abbott, Esq., since the latter date.
The Board for 1852 was a preliminary organization ; that for
1853 made what is called the first annual i-eport. It consisted of
one alderman and one common councilmen, and five citizens at
large, till 1867, when a revised ordinance made it to consist of one
alderman, two common councihnen, and six citizens at large, two
of whom retired, unless reelected, each year, while the members
from the City Council were elected yearly. In 1878 the organi-
zation of the Board was changed to include one alderman, one
conncilman, and five citizens at large, as before 1867; and in
1885, by the provisions of the amended city charter, the repre-
sentation of the city government upon the Board, by an alderman
and a councilman, was abolished, leaving the Board as at present,
consisting of five citizens at large.
Abbott, Samuel A. B., 1879-91.
Allen James B., 1852-53.
Applkton, Thomas G., 1852-57.
Barnes, Joseph H., 1871-72.
BiGELOw, John P., 1852-68.
BowDiTCH, Henry I., 1865-68.
Bradlee, John T., 1869-70.
Bradt, Herman D., 1872-73.
Braman, Jarvis D., 1868-69.
Braman, Jarvis D., 1869-72.
Brown, J. C. J., 1861-62.
Burditt, Charles A., 1873-76.
Carpenter, George 0., 1870-71.
Chase, George B., 1877-85.
Clark, John M., 1855-56.
Clark, John T., 1873-78.
Clarke, James Freeman, 187S-8J
Clapp, William W., jr., 1864-66.
Coe, Henry F. 1878.
Crane, Samuel D., 1860-61.
Curtis, Daniel S., 1873-75.
Dennie, George, 1858-60.
Dickinson, M. F., jr., 1871-72.
Drake, Henry A., 1863-64.
Erving, Edward S., 1852.
Everett, Edward, 1852-64.
Flynn, James J., 1883.
Frost, Olivier, 1854-55; 1856-58.
Frothingham, Richard, 1875-79.
Gaffield, Thomas, 1867-68.
Green, Samuel A., 1868-78.
Greenough, William W., 1856-88.
Guild, Curtis, 1876-77; 1878-79.
Harris, William G., 1869-70.
Haynes, Henry W., 1858-59.
Haynes, Henry W., 1880-91.
HiLLARD, George S., 1872-75 ; 1876-
77.
Flowes, Osborne, jr., 1877-78.
Ingalls, Melville E., 1870-71.
Jackson, Patrick T., 1864-65.
Jenkins, Edward J., 1885.
Keith, James M., 1868-70.
Kimball, David P., 1874-76.
Lawrence, James, 1852.
Lee, John H., 1884-85.
Lewis, Weston, 1867-68.
Lewis, Weston, 1868-79.
Lewis, Winslow, 1867.
Little, Samuel, 1871-73.
Messinger, George W., 1855.
Morse, Godfrey, 1883-84.
Morton, Ellis W., 1870-73.
Munroe, Abel B., 1854.
Newton, Jeremiah L., 1867-68.
Niles, Stephen R., 1870-71.
O'Brien, Hugh, 1879-82.
Pease, Frederick, 1872-3.
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City Document No. 23.
Perkins, William E., 1873-74.
Perry, Lyman, 1852.
Plunimer, Farnhani, 185fi-57.
Pope, Benjamin, 187G-77.
Pope, Richard, 1877-78.
Pratt, Charles E., 1880-82.
Pierce, Phineas, 1888-9).
Prince, Frederick O., 1888-91.
Putnam, George, 1868-77.
Reed, Sampson, 1852-53.
Richards, William R., 1889-91.
Sanger, George P., 1860-61.
Sears, Philip H., 1859-60.
Seaver, Benjamin, 1852.
Shepard, Harvey N., 1878-79.
Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., 1852-68.
Stehbins, Solomon B., 1882-83.
Story, Joseph, 1855-56; 1865-67.
Thomas, Benjamin F., 1877-78.
TicKNOR, George, 1852-66.
Tyler, John S., 1863-6-i; 1866-67
Warren, George W., 1852-54.
Washburn, Frederick L., 1857-58
Whipple, Edwin P., 1868-70.
Whitmore, William H., 1882-83.
Whitmore, William H., 1885-88
Whitney, Daniel H., 1862-63.
Whitten, Charles V., 1883-85.
Wilson, Elisha T., 1861-63.
Wilson, George, 1852.
WiNSOR, Jcstin, 1867.
Wolcott, Roger, 1879.
Wright, Albert J., 1868-69.
Citizens at large in small capitals.
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