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TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
CHARTER MEMBERS, APRIL 13, 1892
HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS
MR. EDWARD E. AVER Resigned January 3, 1911
MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD
MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY Resigned May 20, 1901
MR. DANIEL GOODWIN Resigned November 7, 1898
MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD
HON. EDWARD S. ISHAM Died February 16, 1902
GEN. ALEXANDER C. McCmRG Died April 15, 1901
HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH Resigned February 27, 1896
GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY Died July 20, 1912
HON. LAMBERT TREE Died October 9, 1910
MR. HENRY J. WILLING Died September 28, 1903
MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. BRYAN LATHROP Elected June i, 1896
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE Elected December 5, 1898
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH Elected June 3, 1901
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON .Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
OFFICERS, 1913
President
ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD
First Vice-President Second V ice-President
GEORGE E. ADAMS HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Librarian
WILLIAM N. C. CARLTON, M.A.
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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, December 31, 1913
To His Excellency, Edward F. Dunne
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
"An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized, the Trustees of the Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-second annual report of the history and operations
of the Library for the year 1913.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, pre-
sents in detail a description of the work and activities of the
several departments of the Library for the past year, including
its general administration, accessions, number of periodicals,
attendance and use of the Library, a list of current serials, with
the names of donors and their respective gifts.
I may mention as a gratifying feature the continued increase
in the number of books issued to readers, a sure evidence of the
steadily growing usefulness of our collection to scholars and the
general public.
In addition to the acknowledgments which have been offi-
cially made to the several donors of books to the Library the
Trustees would, in this report, express their appreciation of the
thoughtfulness that has made this institution the recipient of
their gifts.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library, on
December 31, 1913, with the real estate; also the expenditures
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from its
foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
E. W. BLATCHFORD, President
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of The Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith I beg to submit the report of the
Librarian for the calendar year 1913. The statistics given in the
body of the report and in the several appendices are taken from
the official records currently kept by the assistants in the several
departments of the Library.
INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY
Purchases. Forty-four lists of carefully selected titles have
been compiled in the Librarian's office under the direction of the
Committee on Books, and received the approval of the Com-
mittee. These lists comprised approximately 2,500 titles, repre-
senting 3,800 volumes whose cost was estimated at $15,000.00.
The lists made up of titles selected from recent or newly published
books represented every subject included within the special field
of the Library as well as a selection of works of a general or com-
prehensive nature. The subject-matter of the principal special
lists was: (i) The Huguenots and Wars of Religion, (2) English
Literature of the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries,
(3) Modern English Poetry and Drama, (4) Gardening, (5) Ameri-
can Local History and Genealogy, (6) Materials for Italian His-
tory in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, (7) Materials
for British Political and Institutional History Prior to 1800,
(8) Celtic Languages and Literatures, (9) Maps, Atlases, and
Historical Geography, (10) Collected and Separate Editions of
Shakespeare's Works of Especial Importance for the Study of
the Text.
To the Edward E. Ayer Americana Collection there have
been added two hundred and thirty-two pieces of important
printed or manuscript material. Among the printed books
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secured were four narratives of Indian captivity, two new
editions of Apianus, and one of Ortelius, and some thirty-
three titles in American Indian, Hawaiian, and Philippine
linguistics, including two photographic copies of rare linguistic
manuscripts, the gift of Mr. W. E. Gates, of Point Loma,
California. Mr. W. L. Clements, of Bay City, Michigan,
presented a beautiful photographic facsimile of the Ordinance
of 1787, made from a copy of the excessively rare original
in his possession. Among the manuscripts added were the
following:
On the Indians: "A treatise on the Indians of North
America," by Gavin Cochrane, 1764; "Importance of attaching
the Indian tribes to the English," anon. ca. 1760; " Varias coplas,
versos e himnos en la lengua de Coban de Verapaz," by Fray
Luis Cancer, ca. 1545; an eighteenth-century copy of the
"Historia de las Yndias," by Bartolome de las Casas, in 6 vols.
On the Philippine Islands: "Real zedulas despachadas a
Manila, 1589-1733," an eighteenth-century copy of 800 pages;
"Cuestiones y vocabulario de Pampanga," by Antonio Bravo;
and two Moro manuscripts. Mention may also be made of a
manuscript map on vellum of the Gulf of Mexico, by B. de la
Orta, 1782; some crayon drawings by Wuxpais, or Daniel
Littlechief, a Cheyenne Indian; and three small Mexican
feather pictures, the gift of Mr. Ayer, representing the cere-
monial sacrifice of captives, Aztec warriors, etc.
Gifts. The most important individual gift of the year was a
collection of seventeenth-century works in English illustrative of
English prose fiction before 1700. This was presented by Mr.
Frederic Ives Carpenter, a member of the Board of Trustees.
It is hoped that this interesting collection may form the nucleus
of what will eventually be a full working equipment for the study
and investigation of the early history of the English novel.
Mr. Carpenter's original gift numbered some seventy-seven
titles, and he has since added several others.
The physical growth of the collections during 1913 was as
follows:
Vols. and Pams.
Total bought to December i, 1913 7>3*7
Total given to December i, 1913 1*383
8,700
Less duplicates 16
Net total 8,684
Including all classes of material of which literary use may be
made, the total contents of the Library on December 31, 1913,
were:
I. Entered in the General Accession Record 293,775
II. U.S. Government Documents deposited since
January i, 1910 2,709
III. The Edward E. Ayer Collection 33,906
IV. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
Total pieces 352,044
PUBLIC SERVICE AND USE
Attendance. The number of working readers (not merely
visitors or casual sight-seers) to whom books were issued in the
several public rooms was 70,939, or 135 less than last year. Had
it not been for the unusually large falling-off in attendance during
the three summer months of June, July, and August, we should
undoubtedly have had an appreciable increase, but the long-
continued and excessive heat of those months appears to have
made sustained reading and study an impossibility. During
eight months of the year the attendance was greater than in the
corresponding ones for 1912.
Use of books. The number of volumes called for by readers
or placed by us in their hands in response to requests for infor-
mation or material on specific subjects was 7,976 greater than
last year. If a real and substantial test of a library's usefulness
is the extent to which its contents are used or brought into play
for the purposes of study and investigation, then we certainly
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have made some slight progress during the past few years as the
following figures will show:
Year No. of Volumes Used
1910 95.554
1911 107,079
1912 110,278
1913 118,254
Exhibitions. Three exhibits of interesting and valuable books
and manuscripts from our own collections have been arranged
and placed on view in our Exhibition Room and all have drawn
many appreciative visitors. Each stimulated a certain amount
of interest in the subject illustrated, and drew public attention
to our resources in an appropriate way. These exhibitions were:
(i) Illuminated manuscripts, European and Oriental; (2) First
or contemporary editions of the works of English writers prior
to 1800; (3) Original manuscripts relating to Indian Wars and
Warfare, 1656-1869, from the Edward E. Ayer Collection.
Publications. Under the appropriation made for printing,
two publications were issued :
(1) Report of the Trustees for the year 1912, 39 pages, 8vo.
(2) Descriptive Account of the Collection of Chinese, Tibe-
tan, Mongol, and Japanese Books in The Newberry Library.
By Berthold Laufer, Ph.D. 42 pages, 8vo. Illustrated with fac-
similes.
In summarizing the side of our work which brings us into
direct relation with the public, I believe I am justified in saying
that the library staff has uniformly endeavored to respond to the
calls, requests, and needs of that public with intelligence, accu- /
racy, and personal sympathy, and has made known to every
inquirer the full extent of the Library's resources on the subject
under investigation.
TECHNICAL PROCESSES
The purpose of these is to record, classify, catalogue, and
exhibit the books in accordance with those bibliographical and
descriptive methods and rules which the best expert thought
of this generation approves; and to do this with such care,
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accuracy, and study that, so far as can be foreseen, this work
will not have to be wholly done over for at least a hundred
years. It may, and will, be corrected in detail in the light of
new knowledge, but its principles and methods will be sound and
lasting for several generations to come.
Official Author Catalogue. This catalogue now contains an
estimated total of 187,000 cards. Since 1907 it has been hi two
sections, thus necessitating double consultation in order to ascer-
tain the presence or absence of a given title. The consolidation
of these two sections into a single alphabetical arrangement was
begun in 1910 and completed in September, 1913. In hundreds
of cases it was also found necessary to revise the author headings
before they could be filed correctly. A total of 1,506 author
headings were revised in 1913 to bring them into accord with our
present rules and practice. Altogether, 5,734 old cards were
revised, added to, or in some way corrected. To this catalogue
there have been added during 1913 a total of 10,330 cards for
8,285 volumes of current accessions and 1,051 "analyticals."
This is an increase over 1912 of 1,320 cards, 930 volumes, and
330 analytical. These 8,285 volumes represented 5,959 sepa-
rate titles. Nearly 22 per cent of these titles (1,289 to be exact)
were in foreign languages, and many of them proved extremely
difficult to treat. Of the 10,330 cards prepared, about 30 per
cent were Library of Congress printed cards which we found
adaptable for our purposes, although usually requiring some
slight modification to fit them for use here. In view of the fact
that the group of six workers, in whose division the above work
falls, lost 889 working hours through illness or unavoidable leave
of absence, and, further, were called on for 268^ hours substitute
service in the reference departments between June and December,
their record of work accomplished is a most creditable one.
Library of Congress " proof -slip" catalogue. -The purpose and
value of this important aid to our bibliographical and catalogu-
ing work have been described in detail in the annual reports of
the Librarian for the years 1911 and 1912. It comprises the
"catalogue copy" for 186,607 titles in the Library of Congress,
of which 46,200 have been alphabetized and filed during the past
year. For convenience we have also filed with these Library of
Congress proof-sheet slips, 10,734 cards for books in the Harvard
College Library and 1,000 for books in the University of Chicago
Library. At the date of this report, however, the further inser-
tion of cards from the two last-named institutions is not con-
templated.
In the summer of 1910 the Card Distribution section of the
Library of Congress invited us to supply them with catalogue
copy for a selected number of books which we were acquiring but
which for various reasons they did not contemplate purchasing
in the near future. On their part they offered to print this cata-
logue copy, giving full credit for it to The Newberry Library
on the face of each card, and supply us gratis with all printed
copies needed by us. We were very glad to enter into this co-
operative arrangement with the National Library, to which all
American libraries owe an unpayable debt of gratitude, and
between June, 1910, and July, 1913, we supplied them with copy
for 307 titles selected by them from our lists of current pur-
chases. In July, 1913, however, we were obliged, with great
regret, to discontinue this arrangement owing to the need of
putting into our own routine work every available moment of
our cataloguers' time.
The following table shows the number and cost of the printed
cards purchased from the Library of Congress for all purposes
of present and known future use since we established our con-
nection with them on January i, 1910:
Titles
Volumes
Analytical
Cards
Cost
IOIO. .
12,306
16,144
181
78, 576
$715.26
IQII
0,004
14,010
io<;
S3,"iQI
584. 10
1912
4,i $8
6,356
2 73
22,519
211 .96
IQI3. .
8,882
11,229
6*1
41,265
446. 8"?
Total. . .
34,440
47,748
1,190
I95.95 1
$1,958.26
Official Name List. To this most necessary time-saving
record, 11,110 cards have been added, an increase of 1,940 over
the previous year. It now numbers a total of 36,199 officially
adopted forms of names for use in our catalogues. Its value and
importance is so great that I venture to repeat the reasons given
last year for its compilation and maintenance.
"In the catalogues of large libraries there are certain to be
hundreds of instances of different authors bearing the same name.
Again, many writers have borne different names or used different
forms of their name during their lifetime; or, authorities will
widely differ in the spelling of an author's name. Consequently,
whenever a name (whether personal or corporate) appears for
the first time in the course of cataloguing or recataloguing a
collection, the Library must decide with great care what form
of that name shall be officially adopted for use in all its cata-
logues and in its cataloguing practice. The identity of the
bearer of the name must be clearly established, and, if necessary,
biographical data added after his name on the catalogue card in
order that his writings may not be confused with those of another
author of like Christian name and surname. The research neces-
sary to establish these facts is frequently long and laborious,
and common sense dictates that the results of such effort should
be preserved and its repetition rendered unnecessary. Hence
the necessity for what is called the 'Name List/ i.e., the official
record of all decisions as to the form of an author's name as used
in the catalogues of a particular library, and reference to the
authorities and sources upon which the decision was based. In
some libraries the Official Catalogue can be made to do duty as
the Name List, but we found it impracticable to do this on
account of the present lack of uniformity in the author entries
in our Official Catalogue. It was also deemed unwise to try to
use the new Public Author Catalogue for this purpose because
that catalogue will eventually be placed in another part of the
building quite removed from the catalogue department, and the
Name List is a tool which cataloguers must have constantly
under their hands. Accordingly, when we began our recata-
loguing in April, 1910, we simultaneously commenced the
creation and compilation of an Official Name List, definitely
recording once for all our decisions as to the forms of authors'
names, the manner of spelling them, the data necessary to dif-
ferentiate two or more bearers of the same name, cross-
references from forms not adopted but under which a reader
might first look, etc. As an additional aid in determining the
correct or best forms of authors' names, the Library subscribes
for all cross-reference name cards printed by the Library of Con-
gress which show their practice in this important matter."
New Public Author Catalogue. Under the increased appro-
priation the special force engaged in this work under the direc-
tion of the Head Cataloguer was doubled by March i, and its
rate of progress has been greatly accelerated in spite of the usual
handicaps of resignations, illness, etc. Fifteen different people
have been employed on either full- or part-time engagement. Of
these, eight had had library training or experience before coming
to us, and seven had had none. The time spent in training three
of the latter was practically lost, since one resigned after four
months', another after five months', and the third after seven
months' service. In addition to these, two of the trained assist-
ants resigned after a year's service in each case. Through ill-
ness and leave of absence there was a time loss of 546 working
hours in this division. We estimate the actual amount of service
secured during the twelve months to be the equivalent of the
full working time of nine assistants.
This recataloguing work is currently in two stages of prog-
ress, viz., (i) the books and cards which have passed through all
phases of treatment except a last revision by the revisers and
head of the department, and the filing of the cards in the cabi-
nets; (2) all work completed and revised, the books returned to
the shelves, and the cards filed in the cabinets ready for public
use and consultation. The work of the first stage proceeds with
comparative rapidity; that of the second is necessarily much
slower.
With the increased force during 1913, 33,372 volumes were
passed through the first stage by the recataloguers. This was
an increase of 16,707 volumes over 1912.
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Through the second and final stage of work a total of
14,738 volumes were passed during 1913, an increase of 5,000
volumes over 1912. But during January, 1914, there will
also pass through this final stage 11,329 volumes which passed
through the first stage of work in November-December, 1913.
Therefore, on February i, 1914, the total number of volumes
treated in final form by the recataloguing force between Janu-
ary, 1913, and January, 1914, inclusive, will be 26,067. This
represents an increase of 16,329 volumes which have received
final treatment.
On February i, 1914, it is expected that the New Public
Catalogue will contain a full complement of entries, cross-
references, guides, etc., for approximately 70,000 volumes. Of
these 70,000 volumes, 17,000 represent new current acces-
sions, catalogued by the regular force of cataloguers during
the last three years and nine months, and represent no work
done by the New Author Catalogue force except the filing of
the cards.
With this number of volumes done, the Catalogue will be
placed in the General Reading-Room for immediate public use
and consultation. We confidently anticipate that it will prove
most serviceable both to the public and to our assistants from
the very outset, eliminating uncertainty and saving time and
labor in all directions. The cards for additional finished work
will be inserted currently each week.
Classed Subject Catalogue. The classification division, which,
besides classifying all books put on the shelves, is charged with
the duty of preparing and maintaining the Subject Catalogue,
reports that it classified a total of 8,583 volumes during 1913.
Subject entries to the number of 12,065 have been prepared, and
29,710 typewritten and mounted slips inserted in the various
sections of the "Indexer Books," the form in which the Subject
Catalogue is at present maintained.
Alphabetical Index to the Subject Catalogue. This Index,
remade in card form and set up in the General Reading-Room
during 1912, has met every expectation and found favor with
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both the public and the reference assistants. Its necessity and
utility are alike unquestioned. Cards for 435 new topics on
which the Library possesses authoritative material were added
in 1913, and copy for 500 more is ready to be typewritten.
Serial Record. This is a record kept in loose-leaf form of all
periodicals currently received by purchase or gift. Every num-
ber of these serial publications is recorded and followed through
its various stages of use up to the point where, enough numbers
having been issued, they may be bound in permanent volume
form. The assistant who, in addition to reference duties, has
charge of this record, reports that in 1913 the requisite entries
were made for 15,261 numbers, which, when bound, will form
1,226 volumes. Of the 945 serials which are not United States
Government publications, 402 are published in the United
States, and 543 in foreign countries. Three hundred and
seventy-nine (379) of these periodicals are in languages other
than English, as follows: Basque (i), Dakota Indian (i),
Danish (6), Dutch (n), French (107), Gaelic (2), German (176),
Hebrew (i), Hungarian (2), Icelandic (7), Italian (26), Japanese
(i), Latin (10), Norwegian (2), Portuguese (i), Semitic (2),
Spanish (16), Swedish (7). Nine serials changed their titles
during the year, thus necessitating a revision or changing of all
our cards and records for them.
The Genealogical Index. -A total of 11,280 entries have been
inserted in this Index, making 42,930 added during the past three
years. The total number of entries is now 671,910 and they are
contained in 1,190 specially made Indexer Books.
Binding. In the bindery a total of 4,623 volumes were
newly bound, an increase of 595 volumes over 1912. Of these,
1,875 volumes were bound in half morocco, 2,636 in cloth, and
112 in pigskin. In addition, 6,806 volumes had their class marks
gilded on the backs, 1,307 were repaired and lettered, and 331
pamphlets were put into special pamphlet bindings. All the
standard-sized cards used in cataloguing were cut and punched
in the bindery, and the typewritten entries for the Classed Sub-
ject Catalogue were there pasted, mounted, and cut to the size
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necessary for insertion in the Indexer Books. As usual, the
bindery also did a large amount of miscellaneous but necessary
work not readily classifiable in the form of general statements.
CHANGES WITHIN THE BUILDING
In September, Mr. John M. Wing expressed the desire that
the collection of books and prints, which it is his intention to
bequeath to the Library, be deposited in the room designated
for them some years ago. Accordingly, this room, which is on
the third floor of the building, was especially equipped and fitted
with the necessary cases and shelving, and Mr. Wing's collection
was suitably installed therein. The regulations for the use of
the Wing Collection will be the same as obtained in the case of
the Edward E. Ayer Collection before the latter came into the
legal possession of the Trustees.
In order to secure additional room for books on the second
floor, 2,080 volumes of French, Italian, and Spanish periodicals
were transferred to the metal stack in the Arts and Letters
Department on the first floor of the building. In December a
large shift of material became necessary in the Historical Depart-
ment on the third floor, in order to provide space for growth
during 1914 and also to permit of a more accurate arrangement
of certain long sets. The number of volumes handled in this
shift was 38,800, and the time and labor of two workers for 132
hours was required to accomplish the work.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
There has been a distressing and unprecedented amount of
illness in the staff, a fact which has greatly retarded our techni-
cal work and made itself felt in every department. Illness and
death in the families of members of the force have also been
painfully frequent and caused enforced leave of absence from
library duties. Taking the regular staff as a whole, there has
been a loss of 1,705 working hours due to illness and leave of
absence, distributed as follows:
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Hours Lost
Librarian's Office 105
Technical Departments 1,061
Reference Service 539
Total 1,705
The following members of the staff resigned during the year:
April i. Miss H. E. Brooke, Ph.B., after eight years'
service.
April 1 6. Miss J. E. Swartwout, after one year's service.
October i. Mrs. S. L. Hitz, after eight years' service.
In December, Miss Helen Fowler, B.L., was given a year's
leave of absence on account of serious illness.
All the above-named assistants were engaged in the technical
work of cataloguing, classifying, etc.
On September 4, 1913, Mr. Sigvard Sorensen, Ph.B., Refer-
ence Assistant in charge of the General Reading-Room and
Allied Departments, died after a brief but painful last illness.
Mr. Sorensen entered the service in 1896, and for seventeen years
gave to the Library a service of unremitting faithfulness and
intellectual distinction. The Minute drawn up by his associates
as a tribute to his memory said, and said truly:
"He gave to the service of the Library all the powers of a
naturally fine mind, trained in the university of his native land
of Norway, and enriched by wide reading. He had an accurate
knowledge of many foreign languages, and the range of his intel-
lectual interests and sympathies was unusually wide. In his
intercourse with the public whom it was his daily task to serve,
his first thought was always to learn their needs, his second
thought to satisfy those needs completely, so far as the resources
at his command enabled him to do so. He was untiring in
research and displayed an admirable patience in endeavoring to
meet the demands made upon him.
"Those of us who, as members of the library staff, went to him
for aid, found him ever courteous and ready to drop whatever
task he had in hand to ferret out some desired point of informa-
tion, and this with the same earnestness as he would have shown
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to a visitor. Amid exacting and sometimes conflicting calls upon
his time and attention, he was uniformly unruffled in manner and
painstaking in his efforts. His quiet sense of humor, so quick
to detect and suggest the amusing side of circumstances con-
tinually occurring in library service, often brightened for all of
us what might otherwise have seemed dry and uninteresting.
He has left with us a cheery memory and an example of helpful
living. His influence upon those immediately associated with
him in reference work was inspiring and his relations with them
always harmonious."
The Librarian desires to record here his grateful appreciation
of the services of those members of the regular staff and of the
recataloguing force who have, during the trying and at times
discouraging condition under which the work has had to be done
this year, proved their loyalty to the institution by their unselfish
devotion to duty, their willingness to assume extra burdens of
work, often without added compensation, and by their helpful
subordination of personal convenience or feeling, all in order
that the public service might be kept at a high level of excellence
and thoroughness.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. N. C. CARLTON, Librarian
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STATISTICS OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
TABLE I
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ATTENDANCE, 1912 AND 1913
Month
Reading
Room and
Allied
Departments
Art and
Letters
Department
History
Department
Museum
Including
Bibliog.
Department
Special
Collections
Total
Monthly
Attendance
1912
9I3
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
January
4,925
4,3"
4,659
4,196
4,141
3,106
3,256
3,447
3,270
4,194
4,339
3,970
4,766
4,365
4.756
4,438
4,210
3,089
2,968
2,707
3,459
4,340
4,156
4,228
407
316
385
299
301
238
217
195
123
355
296
244
336
3
293
258
283
195
172
214
167
242
281
240
1,109
1,212
1,271
1,143
999
939
1,103
1,225
821
1,171
1,192
1,024
1,350
1,153
1,376
1,336
1,108
887
1,063
1,073
1,116
1,308
i,338
1,260
357
450
557
52i
478
455
544
537
413
522
416
487
477
446
502
430
409
333
355
324
399
349
352
366
72
74
69
7i
73
74
73
7i
76
87
103
83
95
96
124
105
2
8s
62
99
121
154
142
6,870
6,363
6,941
6,230
5,992
4,812
5,193
5.475
4,722
6,318
6,330
5,828
7,012
6,370
7,023
6,586
6,205
4,603
4.643
4,38o
5,240
6,360
6,281
6,236
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October . .
November
December
Total
47,814
47,482
3,376
2,092
13,209
H,4S8
5,737
4,742
938
*i,365
71,074
70,939
* Including the Edward E. Ayer Americana Collection, 265.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF BOOKS ISSUED, 1912 AND 1913
Month
Reading
Room and
Allied
Departments
Art and
Letters
Department
History
Department
Museum
Including
Bibliog.
Department
Special
Collections*
Total
Monthly
Issues
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
1912
1913
January
February
March
4,550
4,525
5,228
4,645
4,200
2,929
2,776
3,340
2,816
3,954
4,448
3,744
4.659
4,188
5,009
4,705
4,329
3,106
2,713
2,783
3,239
4,719
4,949
4,839
1,412
i,3i5
1,546
1,170
1,132
766
904
799
634
1,184
1,212
929
1,147
994
1,194
766
6n
760
770
876
1,104
926
2,701
3,125
3,324
3,4i6
2,866
2,653
3,207
3,621
2,687
3,549
3,239
3,070
4,258
3,48o
3,599
3,897
3,953
2,926
3,657
3,363
3,537
4,528
4,733
4,443
119
238
1 66
389
190
226
391
197
188
3*7
359
147
200
252
301
270
162
88
215
171
177
182
325
257
707
770
865
78i
758
890
671
1,113
991
852
734
843
651
850
774
715
748
762
887
412
6^5
619
953
767
9,489
9,973
11,129
10,401
9,146
7,464
7,949
9,070
7,3i6
9,866
9,786
8,689
10,980
9,699
10,830
10,581
10,386
7,648
8,083
7,489
8,338
10,924
12,064
11,232
April. . .
May
June. . .
uly
August
September
October
November
December
Total
47,155
49,238
12,700
11,289
37,511
46,374
2,937
2,600
9,975
*8,753
110,278
118,254
* Including 1,387 of the Edward E. Ayer Americana Collection.
TABLE II
STATISTICS or BOOKS ISSUED IN 1913
Day
Evening
Total
Asiatic Collection 1,604
Bibliography 2,423
Biography 3,684
Civil Government 1,233
Congressional Documents 63
E. E. Ayer Collection i,373
Church History 689
Economics I 937
Fine Arts 2,242
Genealogy 9,535
General Reference 13,876
Geography 4,471
History 14,778
Language 686
Law and Legislation 540
Literature 5,775
Military and Naval Arts 66
Music 4,072
Newspapers 327
Periodicals 6,103
Philosophy i,74i
Prince Bonaparte Library 3,596
Religion 3,602
Science and Technology (General
Works) 1,126
Sociology, Education I , I 35
Sports 2,130
Theater 247
Total 89,054
177
395
231
7i
14
109
850
699
3,629
io,344
651
4,166
270
161
1,363
38
993
658
1,847
557
4
392
32
7
1,604
2,600
4,079
1,464
134
1,387
798
2,787
2,941
I3, l6 4
24,220
5,122
18,944
956
701
7,138
104
5,065
985
7,950
2,298
3,600
4,633
1,637
1,527
2,l62
254
29,2OO
"8,254
20
TABLE III
STATISTICS OF SERIALS CURRENTLY RECEIVED BY PURCHASE OR GIFT
IN 1913
Subject
In the English
Language
In a Foreign
Language
Total
Periodicals on general subjects
06
42
138
Bibliography
46
40
95
Biography. .
I
I
2
Church History
10
4
21
Civil Government
4
4
Education
3g
6
45
Fine Arts
27
ii
S
Genealogy
21
3
24
Geography. .
7
9
16
History ... .
56
38
O4
Language
21
56
77
Law, Legislation
IO
7
17
Literature
14
30
44
Military and Naval Arts
4
i
5
Music, Theater
21
12
33
Natural Science
29
23
52
Newspapers
7
3
IO
Philosophy
23
15
38
Political Economy ...
58
52
90
Religion
15
15
3
Sociology
9
4
13
Sports
6
6
Useful Arts ....
27
4
31
U S Public Documents
560
no
385
945
IIO
Total
670
385
1,055
i
Of the 945 Serials, 787 are purchased
and 158 are presented
945
TABLE IV
CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENTS
Class
January 1, 1913
Transfers, etc.
Additions, iqt3
January 1, 1914
General reference
2,O22
14
2,076
Periodicals
14,72?
+47
482
IZ,2<2
Newspapers
3,7C8
107
3, OS 1 ?
Academies
J.Q7Q
+62
12
2,013
Philosophy
2,6<;8
I
QIO
3,1:67
Religion.
is.isS
38
422
ie,C42
Church History
Q.7CI
I
172
9,922
Biography
10,604
+ 7
204
10,905
Genealogy
C,7CQ
I7O
C,O20
History
32,3O7
+ 10
857
33,183
Geography
9,031
10
156
9,168
Economics
l8,3I7
47O
18,787
Sociology
3,86<;
IIS
3,980
Education
10,003
2*6
10,349
Civil Government
ii, 306
_ J
22?
II.S3O
Law and Legislation. . . .
14,911
260
i<;,i8o
Science and Technology .
Military and Naval Art.
Sports
16,189
3,o6s
1,727
-69
2
3 6 4
32
12
16,484
3,095
1,749
Theater .
30O
C3
443
Music .
12,312
98
12,410
Thomas Collection . . .
c63
563
Fine Arts
9,142
+ 4
486
9,632
Language
8,636
*%s
8,871
Literature.
2?, SSI
1, 080
26,635
Literary Biography
1,708
203
2,oo I
Bibliography
IS.SO4.
QOI
16,405
Total
261,003
+ 8
8.525
269,626
TABLE V
LIST OF DONORS, 1913
Vols. Pams.
Adams, A., Hartford, Conn i
Adams, Hon. G. E., Chicago i
Allen, T. E., Chicago 2
Anonymous 2 7
Arnold, B. J., Chicago i
Ayer, E. E., Chicago 10 manuscripts, 3 pictures 25 18
Balch, T. W., Philadelphia, Pa i
Ballow, H. W., Honolulu, T.H 4
Barton, S. E., Boston i
Baskervill, P. H., Richmond, Va i
Bates, Rev. N. W., Austinburg, i
Beach, Miss E., Goshen, Conn i
Beaudette, Mrs. Ella P., Chicago 2
Beaver, Mrs. F. P., Dayton, O i
Beer, W., New Orleans, La i
Benedict, R. P., Chicago i
Bixby, W. K., St. Louis i manuscript i
Blanchard, L. R., Chicago i i
Blatchford, P., Chicago 4
Bourgeoise, Mrs. Anita Calvert, St. Louis i
Braun, Rev. F. L., Chicago 2
Breitkopf & Hartel, New York City i
Burge, C. F., Hollis, N.H i
Byllesby, H. M., Chicago i manuscript
Camp, W. M., Chicago 16 photographs
Cantwell, Rev. E. N., Dundee, /// i
Carito, Dr. D., Naples, Italy i
Carlton, W. N. C., Chicago 38 n
Carpenter, F. I., Chicago 123 5
Chaffin, W. L., North Easton, Mass i
Chapin, H. M., Providence, R.I i
Clements, W. L., Bay City, Mich i
Cole, F., New York City i
Colkum, F., Hollis, N.H i
2 3
Vols. Pams.
Conant, C. E., Chattanooga, Tenn a
Conover, C. H., Chicago i
Coppons, A. C. de, Chicago Continental 5 Dollar Bill 26 16
Crawford and Balcarres, Earl of, Wigan, Eng i
Crosby, Mrs. W. Sumner, Brookline, Mass i i
Crumrine, B., Washington, Pa I
Currey, J. S., Chicago i
Curtis, Miss Georgina P., Chicago 9
Daniels, Hon. J., Washington, D.C i
Deane, Ruthven, Chicago 5
Demetry, Rev. C. H., Chicago i
Derby, S. C., Columbus, O 3
Doubleday, Page & Company, New York City i
Durkee, Miss Cara D., Chicago i
Eells, W. C., Tacoma, Wash 2
Estate of Mrs. Ralph Isham, Chicago 13
Estate of the late Eugene Tompkins, Boston i
Fairchild, Mrs. Mary C. D., Monticello, N.Y i
Farnam, H. W., New Haven, Conn i
Foote, J. G., Belvidere, III i
Ford, G. F., Blissfield, Mich i
Freeman, W., Chicago i manuscript
Freer, L. L., Detroit, Mich 2
Carver, Rev. A. S., Worcester, Mass i
Gates, W. E., Point Loma, Cal 2
Gigliotti, C., Chicago i
Glover, G. H., Chicago '. i
Goodman, K. S., Chicago 2
Gookin, F. W., Chicago 8
Gray, Dr. E. N., Houston, Tex i
Green, W. O., Chicago i
Greeno, F. L., Rochester, N.Y i
Hackett, K., Chicago i
Harder, E. E., Chicago i
Helmerhausen, Miss Adella, Chicago i
Hewitt, Mrs. Frances Bailey, Lake Forest, /// i
Houghton Mifflin Company, New York City i
Howe, D. W., Indianapolis, Ind i
Hunt, G. E., M.D., Indianapolis, Ind i
Hyde, J., Washington, D.C i i
24
Vols. Pams.
Jameson, W. D., Kansas City, Mo i
Janet, C., Beauvais, Fr i
Johnson, R. U., New York City i
Johnson, W. E., Westerville, i
Johnston, J. N., Buffalo, N.Y i
Kasai, J. G., Chicago i
Kendall, W. R., Oak Park, /// i manuscript
King, Brevet-Col. H. C., Brooklyn, N.Y i
Lake, A. E., and A. C., Chicago i i
Landon, F., Ottawa, Can 5
Lawrence, G. A., Galesburg, III i
Lee, J. T., Madison, Wis i
LeffingweU, Rev. C. W., Knoxville, /// 2
Lerando, L. Zelenka, Chicago i
Loubat, Due de, Paris, Fr i
McCue, J. N., Crystal City, Mo i
Macdonald, D. B., Hartford, Conn i
McPherson, L. G., Washington, D.C i
Marshall, W. V., Berlin, Pa i
Martin, H. H., Chicago i
Maxwell, H. D., Easton, Pa i
Mendson, Mrs. Abby F., Chicago i
Merrill, W. S., Chicago i 22
Morrison, G. A., New York City i
Moss, J. L., Chicago i
Nutting, G. H., Boston i
Oberne, Mrs. George, Chicago 3
Pappafava, Dr. V., Zara, Austria 3 29
Parsons, J. C?., Chicago i
Pashley, A., Chicago 2
Phelps, E. B., New York City i
Pratt, Brig.-Gen. R. H., Philadelphia, Pa i
Putnam's ons, G. P., New York City i
Quinby, Mrs. Florence Cole, New York City i
Rawie, H., Indianapolis, Ind i
Rexstrew, S. F., South Bend, Ind i
Richards, R. C., Chicago i j
Riggs, A. L., Santee, Neb 2
25
Vols. Pams.
Robinson, A. G., Washington, D.C i
Rode, I., Ogdensburg, Wis 2
Rulison, H. F., Chicago i manuscript
Russell, S., Salt Lake City, Utah i
St. Laurent, Baron H. de, Chicago 19
Sanborn, V. C., Kenilworth, III i
Schwede, R., Dresden, Ger i
Selleck, W. E., Chicago i
Silvin, E., Sacramento, Col i
Skeel, Mrs. Roswell, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y 2
Smith, Miss Clara A., Chicago 7
Snyder, S. F., Chicago i chart i
Southworth, E., Cincinnati, i
Soyeda, J., San Francisco, Cal 2
Soyez-le-Roy, Mrs. Lettice, Lille, Fr i
Spoor, J. A., Chicago i
Steeg, F. W., Chicago i
Stenstrand, A. J., Chicago i
Stephens, Hon. H. D., Washington, D.C i
Steward, J. F., Chicago i chart
Straus, Mrs. Nathan, New York City i
Sudeley, Lord, Ham, Eng i
Swayze, Hon. F. J., Newark, N.J i
Talbot, G. D., Denver, Colo i
Tanner, L. S., Chicago i
Taylor, Mrs. Harriet, Chicago i
Thompson, Miss Florence W., Portland, Me i
Thompson, Prof. ]. W., Chicago i manuscript 10 I
Thompson, S., Chicago 2
Tibbies, C. E., Chicago i
Tittle, Mrs. John S., Riverside, Cal 102 i
Tyler, L. G., Williamsburg, Va i
Van Hise, C. R., Madison, Wis i
Walker, H. H., Chicago i
Walther, Dr. T. H., Chicago i star-map
Ward, Miss Annette P., Cleveland, i
Ward, J. C., Chicago i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago 2 3
Watson, Miss Mary L., Chicago i
Watt, C. E., Chicago i
26
Vols. Pams.
Watts & Co., London, Eng i
Wergeland, Miss Agnes M., Laramie, Wyo i
Wilcox, Miss Edith F., Himeji, Japan i
Wilkinson, H., Chicago 2
Wood, D. W., Washington, D.C 2
Worcester, Hon. Dean C., Manila, P. 1 2 i
Wright, H. P., New Haven, Conn 2
Yeiser, J. O., Omaha, Neb i
Young, K., Madison, Wis 2
Zerbe, Rev. A. S., Dayton, O i
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions 155 124
American and foreign Libraries 50 98
Canadian Government and Provinces 56 7
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations 59 47
Commercial, financial, and political organizations 51 99
Foreign Governments 337 13
Genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations 46 29
Railway corporations i 4
United States, Municipal Governments 80 25
United States, State Governments 258 233
United States Government 606 363
TABLE VI
STATEMENT or ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1913
Bank Stock $ 10,500. oo
Bonds 320,587 . 01
Loans secured by Real Estate 42,500. oo
Contracts for sale of Real Estate 43,i6i . 20
Delinquent contracts for sale of Real Estate
Balance to credit at Bank n,47i 39
The expenditures for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to $717,995.90
REAL ESTATE
43 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
2 Lots in Butler, Wright & Webster's Addition.
22 Lots hi Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in Rushnell's Addition.
12 Lots in State Bank Addition.
115 Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sec. 3, 39, 14.
33.83 Acres in Sec. 34, 39, 13.
1 8 Lots in Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sec. 22, 33, 14.
28
THE LIBRARY
OF THE
WMYMWTY OF H tHMH*
Report of the Trustees
of the Newberry Library
for the Year
1914
Chicago
1915
FOUNDER
Haltrr Hinmtts
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavors
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning."
CONTENTS
PAGE
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
E. W. BLATCHFORD, LL.D., MEMORIAL RESOLUTION n
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 13
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE, 1914 .... 33
APPENDICES:
A. Comparative Table of Attendance, 1913 and 1914 .... 40
B. Comparative Table of Books Issued, 1913 and 1914 ... 41
C. Statistics of Books Issued, 1914 (by Subjects and Classes) . 42
D. Statistics of Increase, 1914 43
E. Statistics of the Library, 1914 (by Subjects and Classes) . . 44
F. Names of Donors, 1914 45
G. Statement of Assets and Real Estate 49
H. Chronological List of the Annual Reports of the Library . . 50
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
CHARTER MEMBERS, APRIL 13, 1892
HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS
MR. EDWARD E. AYER Resigned January 3, 1911
MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD Died January 25, 1914
MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY Resigned May 20, 1901
MR. DANIEL GOODWIN Resigned November 7, 1898
MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD Resigned January 5, 1914
HON. EDWARD S. ISHAM Died February 16, 1902
GEN. ALEXANDER C. McCLURG Died April 15, 1901
HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH Resigned Feburary 27, 1896
GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY Died July 20, 1912
HON. LAMBERT TREE Died October 9, 1910
MR. HENRY J. WILLING Died September 28, 1903
MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. BRYAN LATHROP Elected June i, 1896
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE Elected December 5, 1898
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH Elected June 3, 1901
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January u, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
OFFICERS, 1914
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First V ice-President Second Vice-President
GEORGE E. ADAMS HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Librarian
WILLIAM N. C. CARLTON, M.A.
7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, DECEMBER 31, 1914
To His Excellency, Edward F. Dunne
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
"An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized, the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-third annual report of the history and operations
of the Library for the year 1914.
The Trustees have been called upon to mourn during the
past year the loss by death of their honored President, Mr.
Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford, which occurred in Chicago,
January 25, 1914. Mr. Blatchford was one of the original
Trustees under the will of Mr. Newberry, and was the President
of the Library from the date of its incorporation until the day
of his death. The broad lines laid down for the organization
and development of this Library remain permanent testimonials
to his far-sightedness, while a record of over forty years of loyal
devotion to a trust is a conspicuous example of conscientious
and faithful service. Elsewhere in this report may be found a
memorial offered by the Trustees.
The following changes in the Board of Trustees have occurred
since the date of the last report: Mr. Charles H. Hulburd was
elected, on April 6, 1914, in place of Mr. Eliphalet Wickes
Blatchford, deceased. On the same date, Mr. Andrew C.
McLaughlin was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of Mr. Franklin H. Head, and Mr. Edward L. Ryerson was
elected President of the Board.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto,
contains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
9
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows a continued increase in the number
of books issued, and steadily growing usefulness of the collection
to scholars and the general public. In addition to the acknowl-
edgments which have been officially made to the several donors
to the Library, the Trustees desire, in this report, to express their
appreciation of the thoughtfulness that has been of such benefit
to this institution.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1914, with the real estate; also the expenditures
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from
its foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this
report.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
ELIPHALET WICKES BLATCHFORD
1826-1914
Mr. Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford was born at Stillwater, New
York, May 31, 1826, and died in Chicago, January 25, 1914.
Mr. Blatchford's father and grandfather were both clergymen
of the Presbyterian church, and his whole life showed the influ-
ence of this descent. He graduated at Illinois College at Jack-
sonville in 1845. He became a resident of Chicago in 1854, and
lived here for sixty years.
For more than half a century he was a leader in many of the
chief religious, philanthropic, and educational movements in
Chicago.
Mr. Walter L. Newberry appointed Mr. Blatchford one of
the two trustees named in his will to take charge of his estate and
to carry out the trusts therein created.
From the date of Mr. Newberry 's death in 1868, Mr. Blatch-
ford devoted himself with untiring zeal and fidelity to the dis-
charge of his duties as trustee. Upon the death of the survivor
of the two daughters of Mr. Newberry in 1876 one-half of his
estate was required to be held and appropriated for the purpose
of establishing and permanently maintaining a public library in
the city of Chicago.
This work was entered upon by the trustees under his will,
and at the beginning of the year 1892 a large part of our present
library had been acquired, and the building now occupied by the
Library was in process of construction.
At that date Mr. Blatchford, by the death of Mr. Bradley,
became the sole trustee under Mr. Newberry's will, and he at
once proceeded to place the management of the trust upon a
permanent basis by organizing The Newberry Library as a cor-
poration, and appointing the members of its first Board of
Trustees, a self-perpetuating body.
Of this corporation Mr. Blatchford became the first president,
and he was continuously re-elected president until his death; and
his assiduous labors on behalf of the Library ceased only with
his life. The wisdom of Mr. Newberry's choice of Mr. Blatch-
ford to be trustee of his estate during the formative period of the
great educational trust which he created is abundantly proven
by the results now shown in the present prosperous condition of
The Newberry Library, and of its endowment held in trust for
its permanent maintenance.
It is a pleasure to us all to remember that almost to the last
Mr. Blatchford attended all the trustees' meetings, at which he
presided with the dignity and courtesy which always character-
ized him, and that he followed the proceedings with unabated
interest to the end.
In recognition of his high character and eminent services, the
Trustees of The Newberry Library direct that this Memorial be
spread upon the minutes of the Board, and that a copy thereof
be transmitted to the family of Mr. Blatchford.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of The Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith I beg to submit the twenty-eighth
annual report of the Librarian and the sixth which I have had
the honor to make. The statistics given in the body of the
report and hi the several appendices are taken, as usual, from
the official records currently kept by the assistants in the several
departments of the Library.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
In administering those activities of the Library which are
especially committed to his care by the Board of Trustees, the
Librarian has continued to follow the. general policy which he
has steadily pursued since his appointment. It is, in the main,
a policy of conservatism, but a conservatism constantly subjected
to constructive criticism. Its main features are:
1. To keep abreast of library progress and activity through-
out the world with a view to taking advantage of the successful
practice and experience of other libraries and of the experiments
being made by them in trying out new principles and methods
of library administration.
2. To subject all divisions of our own work to constant
watchfulness and criticism, with a view to testing their efficiency,
searching out weaknesses, and formulating methods of correction
and improvement.
3. To preserve those methods, processes, and practices which
experience demonstrates are still valid, economical, and effective
in producing the desired results.
4. To organize our activities in such a manner that the
amount and character of the work done by a given individual or
group of individuals shall be as nearly as possible the maximum
that may reasonably be expected.
13
5. To maintain in the staff a high level of educational train-
ing, definite accomplishment, and successful adaptation to the
requirements of the work of this particular library.
6. To allow in the higher grades of the service free play
for initiative and the expression of individuality, even though
this sometimes leads to the temporary clash of aggressive per-
sonalities.
7. To be slow in recommending fundamental changes in
methods or procedure, but to be prompt in applying the prin-
ciples and rules of established practice.
8. To be rigid in the enforcement of our established regula-
tions when a fundamental principle is involved; but to be flex-
ible and accommodating when a slight departure from the rules
would not affect the safety of our possessions, the quality of our
public service, or the successful prosecution of our technical
work.
9. To serve readers and students with intelligence, sympathy,
tact, and expedition, and to make their use of the library con-
venient and attractive.
10. To receive cheerfully and consider carefully all practicable
suggestions for the improvement of our technical practice and
procedure or the betterment of our public service, from whatever
source such suggestions may emanate.
In general, the year has been one of definite progress in
several directions. Readers have made a larger use of our books
and the amount of personal assistance given them by the staff
has increased rather than decreased. There is every reason to
believe that the "percentage of satisfaction" given our visitors
is a high one, and that the character of our public service is
steadily advancing in quality and competency.
BOOK ACQUISITION
Under the general instructions or specific direction of the
Committee on Books, over 10,000 titles have been investigated
with a view to ascertaining (i) whether they were already in the
Library, and (2) if not, whether they would be suitable for
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acquisition. As a result, fifty lists of books have been submitted
to the Committee and have received its approval. Over one-
half of the titles thus chosen were selected from the catalogues
of second-hand dealers and of the chief auction houses of Europe
and the United States. Other principal sources of selection
were: (i) the bibliographies appended to the sixth volume of the
Cambridge History of English Literature; (2) the bibliographies
appended to the first eight volumes of The American Nation,
edited by Albert Bushnell Hart; (3) the Dictionary of National
Biography, passim; (4) the book reviews by experts in the lead-
ing general, historical, literary, philological, and bibliographical
journals of Europe and America; (5) List of Collections on
European History, compiled by E. C. Richardson, Ph.D.* The
last-named work comprises 2,158 titles, of which the Library
possesses at present 626. Of the 289 titles relating to British
history, the Library has, in one form or another, all save six, and
of these three are ordered but not yet received. Of the 33 titles
relating to Spanish history, the Library has all except one, and
that is in the Chicago Public Library. Of 103 titles relating to
the Low Countries, we have 56.
Among the topics represented by these lists were: American
History prior to the Revolution; Celtic Languages and Litera-
tures; English Literature before 1700; Shakespeariana; Romance
Languages and Literatures; Literary Periodicals of England and
America. The more important among the newly published
books which fell within the special scope of the Library have
been acquired as issued. All current publications are being
subjected to careful scrutiny. This is becoming more and more
necessary because of the great number of second-rate, hack-work
compilations constantly being issued under the designation "new
publications." Investigation soon proves that the contents of
these works do not form new, hitherto unknown information or
source material, and that the persons whose names are on the
title-pages are in no sense authorities or experts. Such books
* Prepared by Dr. Richardson as chairman of the Committee on Bibliography
of the American Historical Association.
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are neither necessary nor desirable in this Library. In illustra-
tion of the character of our acquisitions, a selected list of recent
purchases is presented elsewhere hi this Report.
The number of books acquired by purchase and entered in
the official Accession Record during 1914 was 4,134. The num-
ber of volumes and pamphlets presented was 1,952, but only 221
of these were, in the judgment of the Librarian, of sufficient
value, importance, or necessity to justify their immediate cata-
loguing, classifying, etc., and inclusion in the permanent collec-
tions of the Library.
To the Edward E. Ayer Collection there were added 368
printed volumes and pamphlets, 413 manuscript and type-
written documents and letters, 7 maps, and 33 drawings, photo-
graphs, and medals. Chief among the more notable acquisitions
was a copy of the Relation de ce qui s'est passe . . . en la Nowelle
France . . . 1668 & 1669, Paris, Sebast. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1670.
(The Ayer Collection now lacks only three of the original Jesuit
relations, viz.: LeMercier, F. J., Copie de deux lettres envoiees de
la Nowelle France, Paris, Cramoisy, 1656; Lallemant, J., Lettres
envoiees de la Nowelle France, Paris, Cramoisy, 1660; and Le-
Mercier, F. J., Relation . . . aux annee mil six cent soixante cinq
& mil six cent soixant six, Paris, Cramoisy, 1667.) Four new
titles were added to the collection of books on the settlement at
Darien of the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the
Indies. Other acquisitions were : four narratives of Indian cap-
tivities; two editions of Ortelius, and one of Apianus; a portolan
atlas of two charts by Placidus Caloiro et Oliva, unsigned and
undated, but probably made at Messina, about 1650; two photo-
graphic reproductions, Arte de la lengva quiche by Domingo de
Vico, and the Codex Valeriano, or Tributes de Teocaltitlan, as it
has more recently been named, both given by Mr. William E.
Gates of Point Loma, California; twenty- two red chalk drawings
of Oklahoma Indians by Burbank. Among the manuscripts
acquired were: a collection of manuscripts by and relating to
Eleazar Williams; letters from Cadwallader Golden, James
Logan, James Madison, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, and 193 letters
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from E. A. Burbank to Mr. Ayer, written during the years 1904-6
while Mr. Burbank was making red chalk drawings (which are
now in the Ayer Collection) of the Indians of the Southwest,
California, Oregon, and Nevada; letters, documents, and reports
relating to Mr. Ayer's service with the Board of Indian Com-
missioners (1913-14); and 7,085 folio pages (of which only 533
pages have hitherto been printed) of transcripts from manuscripts
in the archives of the Indies at Seville, Spain, relating to the
early exploration, conquest, and settlement of New Mexico.
These transcripts include a particularly full account of the expe-
dition and explorations of Juan de Onate, and an apparently
unknown chronicle, 436 pages in extent, by Baltasar Obregon,
entitled Cronica, comentarios 6 relaciones de los descubrimientos
antiguos y modernes de Nueva Espana y del Nuevo Mexico,
Mexico, 1584; narratives of expeditions into Texas by Alonso
de Leon, and Domingo Teran de los Rios, 1690-91, the result
of LaSalle's unfortunate landing in Matagorda Bay; and
about 1,000 pages desqriptive of the encroachments of the
English, that is, of the colony of Georgia on territory claimed
by Florida, 1733-38.
PUBLIC SERVICE AND USE
Attendance. The Library was open 308 days. The number
of persons who came for purposes of reading, study, or investiga-
tion was 71,815, an increase of 876 over last year. Of this
total, 52,318, or 73 per cent, were men; 19,497, or 27 per cent
were women. The average daily attendance was 233. The
largest attendance on any one day was 376 (March 7), and the
smallest was 120 (June 9).
Use of books. The number of books, pamphlets, manuscripts,
etc., called for by readers or delivered to them in the course of
supplying material on the subjects which they were investigating
reached a total of 122,268 volumes, an increase of 4,014 volumes
over the preceding year. As compared with the figures for
five years ago (1910), this year's total represents an increase of
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28 per cent. This does not, of course, include the use of the
books on open shelves in the several departments which may be
and are freely consulted by readers; no statistical record of the
number of times these works are consulted is kept, but unques-
tionably a very large and purposeful use is made of them by the
public. The average daily issue of books was 397 volumes.
The largest number issued on any one day was 833 (July 25), the
smallest was 156 (August 5).
The Departments of History, Arts and Letters, Manuscripts,
Incunabula and other Book Rarities (the Bibliographical
Museum), and the Edward E. Ayer Collection show substantial
gains in use and attendance, and the other reference departments
4 continue to hold their own in these respects. It is a noteworthy
fact that the most highly specialized divisions of the Library are
the ones whose books show a steadily increasing use. The casual
visitor or person unfamiliar with the materials of research usually
picks out just these divisions in which to ask the invariable
question, "But does anyone ever call for or need such books as
these?" And the necessarily affirmative reply evokes with
equal invariability a politely skeptical smile. If it is only
"facts" that will convince the genus Gradgrind, the facts con-
cerning these raw materials of scholarship and learning should
surely be convincing. For example, the Prince Louis Lucien
Bonaparte Library consists of some 18,000 volumes, chiefly
relating to the various languages, dialects, and patois known to
have been spoken or employed as a medium of literary com-
munication in Europe during the past two thousand years. Few
persons are able to make intelligent use of these works except
trained philologists and advanced students of literary and
linguistic origins. And yet, well over 3,000 volumes were
drawn from this collection for reading or consultation during
1914, while during the five-year period 1910-14, nearly
15,000 volumes have been put at the service of readers. The
case is the same with the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Ameri-
cana, an extremely specialized library of original sources
printed, manuscript, and graphic. During 1914, various investi-
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gators made use of 2,729 of its volumes, manuscripts, etc., an
increase of 1,324 over the preceding year, while in the three-
year period 1911-14, a total of 5,467 pieces of material were
consulted. It is certain that the books in such special collections
as these are not used for trivial purposes, for amusement, nor for
light intellectual refreshment. They are practical necessities
for the scholar earning his livelihood through the skilled practice
of his profession in local and neighboring institutions of learning.
If he could not consult them here, he would be obliged to go to
the great libraries in the eastern portion of the country or to
Europe in order to gain access to copies of them. If he could
not afford to do this, he would probably accept a call to a position
in some city or institution which did provide him with the
technical literature of his profession, and Chicago would thereby
lose the prestige of his presence and the distinction which the
literary products of his scholarship would assuredly give to it.
The conclusion, therefore, is inescapable that, through its pro-
vision of these special collections and its gradual upbuilding of
others equally distinguished, this Library is performing a service
of immeasurable educational, intellectual, and social value to
the community.
Inter-library loans. Twenty-four requests have been received
from other libraries asking in all for the loan of forty-six volumes.
Thirty-one of the works desired were in our collections, but
twenty-four were books so likely to be wanted by local students
regularly using the Library that their withdrawal could not be
approved. Seven volumes were lent to the following institu-
tions: Field Museum (3), Harvard University (i), Johns
Hopkins University (i), Cornell University (i), University of
Illinois (i). The subject-matter of the books so lent related to
the colonial laws of Connecticut, Italian minor poetry of the
sixteenth century, Icelandic linguistics, and religious works from
the Chinese-Tibetan collection. For the use of a professor in
the University of Chicago, we borrowed from Johns Hopkins
University one volume, viz.: a German translation of Aesop
printed in 1483.
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Exhibitions. As in the past, the policy of installing interest-
ing exhibitions of literary material has been continued. The
three principal exhibitions of 1914 were:
(1) Autograph letters and manuscripts of noted English and
American authors, dramatists, artists, and musicians. This
material was lent by Hamlin Garland, Esq.
(2) Original editions of Early English Literature.
(3) Books, maps, and manuscripts relating to the history of
North America, 1492-1800. From the Edward E. Ayer Col-
lection.
For the Panama-Pacific Exposition to be held in San Fran-
cisco in 1915, an exhibit was prepared showing our methods of
cataloguing, classification, publishing, printing, binding, our
official forms, records, etc., to be displayed in the section devoted
to modern American library practice and procedure.
Publications. Under the appropriation for printing, three
publications have been issued:
(1) Annual Report of the Trustees for 1913. 28 pages.
(2) The Newberry Library: Trustees, Officers, Committees,
and By-Laws for 1914. 33 pages.
(3) Pamphlet describing the Library and Its Contents,
ii pages.
Printed lists of certain special classes of material and refer-
ence lists prepared for particular purposes or occasions are a
necessity in the library service. Their distribution outside
the Library keeps the public informed of the various activities
of the institution, the nature of its collections, and the titles of
important works currently added to the shelves. The lack of
such lists in the past, mainly owing to the high cost of job and
book printing, has been keenly felt. A partial remedy for this
situation has been found through a multigraph printing machine
which was installed in the Bindery early in 1914 and has since
been most skilfully adapted to our needs under the supervision
of the head of that department. We are now able to print within
the building the greater portion of our general publicity matter
at an extremely low cost and are in possession of the means
required for composing, printing, assembling, and binding book
and reference lists of considerable extent. Accordingly, a series
of Bulletins designed to meet the needs mentioned above have
been initiated. They will be printed throughout on the multi-
graph and made available for public distribution. Two numbers
have already been prepared, viz.: (i) Recent Additions to the
Genealogical and Local History Collection (21 pages), a publica-
tion which was pleasantly received by that increasing number of
persons who find the pursuit of the elusive ancestor an ever
fascinating and alluring recreation for their leisure hours;
(2) List of Serials Acquired and Sets Completed since November,
1905 (83 pages). Others are in preparation for publication
during 1915. Such lists will be of marked assistance to the staff
in serving the public quickly and effectively.
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
Under this heading are comprised all those activities which
have to do with the receiving, checking, recording, cataloguing,
classifying, marking, counting, and binding of the material
acquired by the Library. It includes all the technical processes
through which a book must be passed before it may properly
be placed on the shelves ready for use and consultation. The
principles, methods, and rules in accordance with which this
work is conducted are those which are sanctioned by past
experience or approved by the best thought of this generation
of bibliographers and librarians. Our aim is to put into our
activities such care, accuracy, and thoughtful study that, so far
as may now be foreseen, our successors will need to change or
modify our work only in the light of knowledge not vouchsafed
to us. I should not, however, wish it to be thought that we are
making insensate sacrifices to the idol of meticulous accuracy.
On that matter I accept whole-heartedly the dictum of one of
the greatest of modern librarians and "deliberately prefer syste-
matic energy to minute accuracy."*
* Sir Richard Garnett.
The quantitative output of the divisions of the service
engaged in cataloguing, classifying, etc., that is, the actual
number of pieces of material annually prepared in finished form
for the shelves, varies constantly according to the degree in which
any of the following conditions are operative:
(1) Unusual difficulty in determining exact identity of author,
correct bibliographical description of a particular edition, or
the most appropriate classification of a book.
(2) The extent to which certain "collective" works require
"analytical entries" in the Author and Subject Catalogues in
order to avoid possible duplication of purchases, etc.
(3) The percentage of books in foreign languages.
(4) The extent to which the routine of the division is inter-
rupted or halted by reason of illness, leave of absence, vacations,
substitute service in other departments, or resignations.
(5) The time expended in training new assistants when
skilled ones cannot be secured.
With the installation of the multigraph printing machine,
active experimentation was at once begun with a view to ascer-
taining how it might be utilized or adapted hi order to produce
certain desired changes and economies in our technical processes,
and, if possible, an increased output of finished work. Chiefly
owing to the intelligence, skill, and patience with which these
experiments were carried out (often in the face of difficulties
seemingly unsurmountable) by the heads of the Classification,
Cataloguing, and Bindery divisions, a large measure of success
has been attained. Amongst others, the following very positive
results may be reported: (i) The amount of mechanical work
done by high-grade assistants has been minimized. (2) A
reduction has been made in the amount of expert revision hitherto
required in the case of all duplicate or "added entry" cards.
(3) Certain clerical operations have been so modified that a
saving in time and labor equivalent to the full working hours of
one assistant at $840.00 per annum has been secured, and the
service thus released is being applied in other directions where it
has long been needed. (4) The physical form of the Classed
Subject Catalogue has been changed from "expansive indexer
books" to standard-sized cards, filed in the usual card-cabinets.
This change has enabled us to introduce the "unit card" system
into our practice, and, as a direct consequence, an irritating
but hitherto unavoidable element of duplication of work has
been swept away. As indicating the importance of this system
the following authoritative statements may be quoted from a
recent treatise: "The economy effected by the single device of
using the same form of entry for a given book throughout the
institution, and having that entry determined once and for all
early in the process, is only to be understood by those who have
encountered the vexatious delays and difficulties caused by
varying records in different departments for a book of doubtful
origin. . . . The adoption, then, of the principle of the 'unit'
card and uniform rules of entry for various records will resolve
in great measure the difficulties experienced in keeping several
catalogues. . . . Other advantages than those of routine are
found in this practice, the chief of which is perhaps the saving
thus effected in the time of the more highly paid assistants,
who write but the first card, indicating all added entries, etc.
This card is then copied and the various added entries made by
the copyist on the cards requiring them. The fact that the
reader using the catalogues thus has the same information before
him, whichever form of entry he consults, is also a decided gain.
The unit card duplicated in accordance with need is therefore
the basic principle of modern library practice."* (5) In its new
form there will be an average annual saving of over $300 . oo in the
cost of physical equipment for the Classed Subject Catalogue.
Our so-called "current accessions" are the books annually
acquired by purchase or received as gifts from various sources.
At the beginning of the year there was an accumulation of nearly
3,800 volumes of this material still uncatalogued. It comprised
(i) learned and difficult works in English and foreign languages,
treatment of which had been postponed from former years;
* W. W. Bishop, Practical Handbook of Modern Library Cataloguing,
pp. 34, 86.
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(2) about 1,000 new books which had come in during the last
month of 1913; and (3) a large number of unsolicited gifts of
indifferent value. Of the gifts, 430 volumes were set aside as
too unimportant to warrant immediate treatment. The remain-
ing 3,353 volumes of purchases and gifts have all been fully
catalogued and are on the shelves. In addition, 4,229 volumes
of "current accessions" of the year 1914 have been successfully
handled, making a total for the year of 7,582 fully catalogued
volumes. On December 31, 1914, there were in the hands of the
Catalogue Department a total of 977 volumes in process of
treatment, but all cards had been prepared for 853 of these and
merely awaited final revision, thus leaving only 124 entirely
uncatalogued volumes of recent accessions. In so far as I
possess the power to do so, I propose to prevent any further
accumulation of arrears of this sort, or indeed of any other kind.
This attitude may involve, at times, the abandonment of cher-
ished projects for a widpr development of our activities; it
may even mean the curtailment of useful services now being
performed; it is likely to run counter to the views and expert
opinion of several of my most valued associates on the Library
staff. But to me arrears are always and everywhere "the
capital enemy of all good administration."
The ensuing paragraphs summarize the work done and
additions made to the several catalogues, indexes, etc., now
being currently prepared or maintained, and which are in daily
use by the public or the staff as aids to investigation or guides
to the contents of the Library. The figures herein given are
taken from the more extended annual reports submitted by the
principal heads of departments under whose immediate super-
vision the work described has been carried out.
Official Author Catalogue. This Catalogue now contains an
estimated total of 203,013 cards. During 1914, a net total of
16,013 new cards were added to it. The substitution of printed
for manuscript cards, the revision or correction of author head-
ings, changing of numbers, and the addition of new volumes of
continuations involved the removal and refiling of 10,723 older
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cards. The total number of cards filed as part of the routine
work on this Catalogue was 28,081, a task the seriousness and
importance of which are often unappreciated or overlooked.
The larger the catalogue, the more difficult the filing becomes.
"Absolute accuracy in filing is a sine qua non in the card cata-
logue. As a matter of physiological psychology, we know that
very few persons are capable of continuous filing for several
hours without undue fatigue which surely results in inaccuracy."*
The "current accessions" entered in this Catalogue numbered
7,582 volumes and 1,209 analytical, for which a total of 9,783
cards were prepared. These 7,582 volumes represented 4,939
separate titles or 1,020 less titles than were treated in 1913.
"This is due," reports the Head Cataloguer, "almost entirely
to the difficult nature of much of the material catalogued this
year. Of the 4,939 titles catalogued in 1914, a total of 2,317,
or nearly 47 per cent, were foreign titles, as compared with about
2 if per cent of foreign titles in 1913. I recall the Carpenter
Collection of English Fiction before 1740, in particular, as
requiring especially careful treatment. ... In comparing the
output of the Catalogue Department of this Library with the
output of other libraries, the same type of library should be
taken for the comparison, although conditions are often quite
different in libraries of the same type. It would be unfair, for
instance, to compare the number of volumes catalogued by our
assistants with those catalogued by the same number of assistants
in a public library. Many public libraries are able to catalogue
a large number of volumes with a small force, partly because of
the relatively simple nature of the material being catalogued,
and partly because of the element of duplication, especially in
the case of fiction. The Newberry Library, however, has already
acquired most of the obvious, simpler material within its scope of
collection, and the volumes it now adds are largely unusual,
out-of-the-way titles needed by scholars for special and intensive
investigation. These volumes are usually, from a cataloguer's
point of view, very difficult to treat." Additional cards to the
* Bishop, op. cit., p. 108.
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number of 8,218 for the current accessions were also prepared
by the regular catalogue staff for inclusion in the Public Author
Catalogue. The cards now printed on the multigraph are a
marked improvement over the best it was possible to produce
on the typewriting machines. Through the use of printer's ink,
a cleaner, more easily read card is secured. The printed cards
have a much longer "life" before requiring renewal or replace-
ment.
Public Author Catalogue.* Progress on this Catalogue having
reached a stage justifying the action, the cabinets containing it
were installed in the General Reading Room on March 2, 1914,
and made available for public and staff use. On December 31
it numbered 103,948 cards, representing 104,817 volumes. The
"analytical entries" number 13,623 and the cross-references
14,219. During 1914, 28,753 cards representing completed work
on 38,645 volumes were added to this Catalogue, an increase of
23,907 volumes over the finished work of 1913. This very
marked increase was due in large part, reports the Head Cata-
loguer, to the fact that only two resignations occurred among
the assistants on the recataloguing staff, and that consequently
the time of the revisers was spent on their proper technical
work and not in training new assistants. (In 1913, ten assist-
ants had to be wholly trained here for their special duties.)
In addition to the finished work just described, cards for 30,440
other volumes have been prepared and await only final revision
before being filed permanently. Of the material which it is
planned to include within the scope of the new Public Author
Catalogue, we estimate that there still remain about 125,000
volumes requiring full recataloguing. Partially complete though
it is as yet, this Catalogue has already realized the hopes enter-
tained for it with respect to a more expeditious and improved
public service, and, so far as it has progressed, it is effectively
accomplishing the purposes for which, in the opinion of those
* In process of compilation, under a special appropriation made by the Board
of Trustees, by an extra group of workers designated for administrative purposes
as "the recataloguing staff."
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most competent to judge, such instruments of library service
are indispensable. As to its nature and character, I am confi-
dent that it will bear full comparison with the catalogues of those
other large American libraries which, like us, are remaking their
catalogues either wholly or in part and bringing them into con-
formity with approved modern practice. Its accuracy, clear-
ness, uniformity, and exactness in identifying author and book are
of a high order, while the special literary and bibliographical data
appended to thousands of its more difficult entries will be of
permanent value to the bibliographers, students, scholars, and
assistants who will use it.
Library of Congress "proof-slip" catalogue. This Catalogue
comprises printed proof copy of all books catalogued by the
Library of Congress since January i, 1910, cut to standard
size and filed alphabetically. For convenience, there are also
included 10,734 printed cards representing books in the Harvard
College Library, and 2,866 in the Library of the University of
Chicago. The total number of slips and cards now included
is 239,662, of which 41,321 were filed during 1914. As a source
of bibliographical data especially useful in the selecting, ordering
and cataloguing of books, this instrument is of assistance to
every branch of the service.
The following table shows the number and cost of the printed
cards purchased from the Library of Congress for all purposes
of present and known future use since January i, 1910:
Totals by Years
Titles
Cards
Cost
IQIO . .
12,306
78,1:76
$71 C 26
IOII .
Q.OQ4
C2.CQI
^84 10
IQI2 . .
4,1 <;8
22XIO
211 06
IQI3
8,882
41,26^
44.6 8^
IQI4 .
7,046
^7.8^7
417 64
Total
42,386
2H 788
$2 37? OO
Official Name List. A full description of this necessary
instrument of service has been given in previous reports and
need not be repeated here. Cards to the number of 16,122 were
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prepared and added during the year, making a total of 52,321
entries which record the official form of author names and head-
ings to be used in the catalogues of this Library, together with the
authorities upon which our decisions have been based. "A
system of bibliographical description, which will harmonize and
range with biography and other subjects of a similar kind, is that
which must commend itself as the most natural, reasonable,
scientific, and, in the end, simplest and most practical. Unless
good biographical dictionaries and similar works of reference are
taken as the chief standards for author entries, there will never
be any improvement or uniformity in bibliographical and
cataloguing methods."*
Subject Catalogue. This Catalogue is fundamentally different
in character from the Author Catalogue, but equally necessary
for intelligent, effective public service. Classification, or the
logical arrangement of books on the shelves of a library, has
been defined as "the art of placing a book in that part of the
library where all similar books on the same subject are placed."
Our Catalogue, which exhibits the books thus systematically
arranged, is technically called a "systematic" or "classed sub-
ject catalogue." Its purpose is to show at a glance the chief
resources of the Library on a given subject; it tells the reader
what books the Library possesses on the matter in which he is
interested. Its mechanism of added entries and cross-references
helps to insure that the real and not merely apparent resources
of the institution shall be revealed, that the books shall be
"worked" to their fullest capacity for supplying information,
and that neither readers nor assistants shall overlook important
material germane to the subject under investigation. As noted
above, an advantageous change in the physical form of this
Catalogue took place during the year. The use of "expansive
indexer books" to contain it was discontinued on April i, 1914.
Its physical form is now similar to that of the other principal
catalogues, viz.: standard-sized library cards filed in card-
cabinets. The Head of the Classification Department reports
* J. D. Brown; Manual of Practical Bibliography, p. 57.
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that the number of mounted slips inserted during 1914 in the
former "book" form of the Subject Catalogue was 24,460, mostly
arrears from 1913, "which took us, in connection with the
routine work of the department, nearly the whole year to file."
In contrast with the previous long delays in handling these
mounted entries, the present cards, printed on the multigraph
or secured from the Library of Congress, are all filed in their
proper places in the cabinets within a few days after their receipt
by the division handling them. Under the new system it is also
possible, when service conditions permit, to enrich and strengthen
the Subject Catalogue through the insertion of analytical entries
for the publications of learned societies, volumes in series, col-
lective works, etc., printed cards for which may be secured from
the Library of Congress and other sources. The total number
of cards and guides for subject entries filed in the new cases since
April i was 6,758.
Alphabetical Index to the Subject Catalogue. The order in
which subjects follow one another in the Classed Subject Cata-
logue is a "logical" or "systematic" and not an alphabetical
one. But since it is obviously not possible to expect either the
public or the Library assistants to know or remember the exact
order in which the names, headings, or designations of many
thousands of subject divisions occur, an alphabetical index of
them is a necessity for the public service as well as for important
technical purposes connected with the compilation of the Sup-
ject Catalogue itself. In 1912 this Index was made over from
book to card form and two years' experience with the new style
has in every way justified the change. At this date it numbers
28,751 entries and is a most effective aid in the use of our collec-
tions. For the Classification Division it also performs a techni-
cal service parallel to that of the Name List in the work of those
engaged on the Author Catalogue. It is, in effect, a permanent
record of all decisions as to the approved and official form of
subject heading to be used in this Library. Once the decision
is made with respect to what a given heading shall be, the time
and labor thus expended will never have to be repeated no matter
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how many more volumes the Library may acquire on the subject
represented.
Periodical Record. This record is kept in loose-leaf form and
is designed to record the receipt of all numbers of the periodicals
currently acquired by purchase or gift, together with their title-
pages, tables of contents, indexes, etc. The assistant who, in
addition to his duties as reference assistant in charge of the
Department of Special Collections, also keeps the periodical
record, reports that in 1914 the necessary entries were made for
15,152 numbers of periodicals which, when bound, will form
1,234 volumes. Including 118 serial publications of the United
States government, a total of 1,058 titles were on the periodical
record at the close of the year. Of these, 53 are individual works
(not periodicals in the strict sense of the word) which are being
issued in parts at irregular intervals. Of the 940 periodicals
which are not United States Documents, 381 are published in
this country and 559 in foreign countries, as follows: Austria, 8;
Belgium, n; Brazil, 2; Burma, i; Canada, 5; China, i; Costa
Rica, i; Denmark, 9; Ecuador, 2; Egypt, 5; Fiji, i; France,
103; Germany, 175; Great Britain, 163; Hungary, 2; Iceland,
7; India, i; Italy, 25; Japan, 2; Netherlands, 12; Norway, i;
Papua, i ; Peru, i ; South Africa, 2 ; South Australia, i ; Spain,
5; Sweden, 8; Switzerland, 3; Venezuela, i. Three hundred
and seventy-seven (377) of these periodicals are in languages
other than English: Basque, i; Dakota Indian, i; Danish, n;
Dutch, 10; French, 107; Gaelic, 2; German, 178; Hebrew, i;
Hungarian, 2; Icelandic, 7; Italian, 25; Latin, 8; Norwegian, i;
Portuguese, 2; Spanish, 12; Swedish, 7.
The Bindery. There have been newly bound 4,569 volumes
and pamphlets. Of these, 2,128 were bound in cloth, 1,507 in
half -morocco, 97 in English pigskin, and 837 in plain boards with
cloth back. Classification and book numbers were gilded on
7,265 volumes, and the paper label bearing the seal of the Library
was pasted on the inside front cover of 11,306 volumes. Besides
this new work, 1,625 volumes, worn or damaged through use,
were repaired or relettered. As in former years, the Bindery has
3
also performed a vast amount of detail work which, taken cumu-
latively, is of the utmost importance in putting and maintaining
our possessions in good condition. It also supplies us with a
variety of mechanical devices and apparatus which add greatly
to the ease, economy, and convenience of service. The aggre-
gate cost of these articles, if purchased from commercial houses,
would be almost prohibitive. For example, the paper stock used
for all our catalogue cards is purchased by the ream and the indi-
vidual cards cut and punched by our own machines. The cost
to us is $i . 53 less per thousand than the best price obtainable
from any library supply firm for cards of equal quality. Over
50,000 of these cards were prepared during 1914. Blank forms,
records, etc., to the number of 22,075 copies have been printed
on the multigraph, as were also 55,000 copies of the application
blanks used hi the reading rooms. Every division and phase of
the Library's work is benefited in some way by the operations
of the Bindery under the direction of its present efficient chief.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
The number of persons on the classified staff remains the same
as five years ago, viz. : thirty. No new position has been created
since December, 1908, but in the assignment and distribution of
work, and the qualifications required for service, very consider-
able changes have taken place during the past five years.
Excluding certain cases where the point is not relevant, nine
members of the staff are graduates of colleges or universities, *
three have had partial college training, and eight hold high-
school diplomas. Of these, ten had had library training or
experience prior to their appointment here. Of the ten members
of the recataloguing staff, three are college graduates, four have
had partial college training, and three a completed high-school
education.
There have been four resignations during 1914, all, as usual,
from the catalogue divisions. The number of working hours
lost by twenty-six persons through illness and leave of absence
was 1,949, an increase of 244 hours over last year. Special leave
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of absence was granted in four cases, three of which were due to
the statements of physicians that such action was necessary, and
one on account of certain personal reasons which warranted the
leave being given. The 1,949 lost hours occurred in the follow-
ing divisions of the service: Librarian's Office (2 persons), 93
hours; Cataloguing, Classification, Accessions, etc. (9 persons),
571 hours; Recataloguing star! (10 persons), 867 hours; Refer-
ence service (5 persons), 418 hours. The total loss in hours is
the equivalent of the full tune of one assistant for one working
year (278 days). The Librarian and six members of the staff
attended the annual conference of the American Library Asso-
ciation held at Washington, B.C., during the last week in May,
1914, and Dr. A. H. Shearer officially represented the Library at
the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in
Chicago, December 29-31, 1914.
It is proper to make record of the loyalty to the welfare and
interests of the institution which is characteristic of the Library
staff as a whole. It is inevitable that in a group of over forty
persons there should be some who are not in sympathy with the
views and methods of the Librarian, but I do not think that this
divergence of opinion has as yet affected adversely the character
of the service they render. To all of those who with open minds
have so ably and generously co-operated with him in the endeavor
to give the public an intelligent, attractive, prompt, and har-
monious service, the Librarian here extends his grateful thanks
and sincere appreciation.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. N. C. CARLTON, Librarian
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS ACQUIRED BY
PURCHASE, 1914
Aguirre, Joseph Saenz de, ed. Collectio maxima conciliorum omnium
Hispaniae. . .Editio altera. . . Romae, 1753-55. 6v.F s .
Anderson, James. Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus
. . .auxit & locupletavit Thomas Ruddimannus. . . Edinburgh, 1739.
FS.
Architectural and archaeological society for the county of Buckingham,
Aylesbury. Records of Buckinghamshire, together with the trans-
actions of the society. . . v.i-date. Aylesbury, i854~date.
Ariadne, pseud. She ventures, and he wins. A comedy. . . London
1696. sq.O.
Athenian society, London. The young students library, containing extracts
and abridgments of the most valuable books printed in England and in
the foreign journals, from the year sixty five to this time. . . London,
1692. F.
Ayrshire and Galloway archaeological association, Ayr. Publications,
1878-99. Edinburgh, 1878-99. iSv.O.
Baron, Robert. Mirza; a tragedie, really acted in Persia, in the last age.
Illustrated with historical annotations. The author R. B. [i.e. Robert
Baron] London [1647] nar.S.
Bayle, Pierre. Analyse raisonnee de Bayle. . . [By F. M. de Marsy]
Londre, 1775. 4V.S.
Berkeley, Sir William. A discourse and view of Virginia. . . London)
1663 [repr. Norwalk, Conn., 1914] O.
[Bourne, Reuben] The contented cuckold; or, The womans advocate: a
comedy. . . London, 1692. O.
Brewer, James Morris. Histrionic topography; or, The birth-places,
residences, and funeral monuments of the most distinguished actors. . .
London, 1818. nar.O.
Buchanan, George. Ane detectiovn of the duinges of Marie Quene of
Scottes. . . Translatit out of the Latine quhilke was written by
G[eorge] B[uchanan] [London? 1572 ?] O.
Budge, Earnest Alfred Thompson Wallis, ed. Coptic apocrypha in the
dialect of upper Egypt; ed., with English translations. . .with fifty-
eight plates. London, 1913. O.
Le Cabinet des fees. Amsterdam, 1785-89. 4iv.O.
33
Carlell, Lodowick. The passionate lovers: a tragi-comedy. . . London,
1655- S.
Carpenter, Richard. A new play call'd The pragmatical Jesuit new-
leven'd. A comedy. .. London [1665?] D.
Cartwright, Thomas. The rest of the second replie of Thomas Cartvuright
[!] agaynst Master Doctor Vuhitgifts second ansvuer, touching the
church discipline. . . [Zurich?] 1577. O.
[Chaucer, Geoffrey] Amorvm Troili et Creseidae. Libri duo priores
Anglico-Latini. Oxoniae, 1635. sq.D.
[Churchill, Awnsham] A collection of voyages and travels. . . London,
1704-32. 6v.F.
Churchyard, Thomas. A lamentable, and pitifull description, of the
wofull warres hi Flaunders. . . London, 1578. D.
Clichtove, Josse. . . . De bello et pace opusculum. . . Parisiis. Ex officina
Simonis Colinaei. 1523. Reproduccion fototipografica, editada por
el Marques de Olivart. Madrid, 1914. O.
[Cockburn. Mrs. Catherine (Trotter)] Fatal friendship. A tragedy. . .
London, 1698. O.
Davenport, Robert. The city-night-cap; or, Crede quod habes, & habes.
A tragi-comedy. . . London, 1661. D.
Dennis, John. Iphigenia; a tragedy. . . London, 1700. sq.O.
. A plot and no plot; a comedy. . . London [1697] sq.O.
. Rinaldo and Annida: a tragedy. . . London, 1699. O.
Dittrich, Ottmar Johann Peter. Grundziige der sprachpsychologie. . .
Halle a. S., 1903- O.
Dolleans, Edouard. ...Le chartisme (1830-1848)... Paris, 1912-13.
2V.O.
Dover, John. The Roman generalls; or, The distressed ladies, by J[ohn]
D[over]... London, 1667. O.
D'Urfey, Thomas. The bath; or, The western lass. A comedy. . . By
Mr. Durfey. London, 1701. O.
. The campaigners; or, The pleasant adventures at Brussels. A
comedy. . . London, 1698. sq.O.
. The comical history of Don Quixote. . . London, 1694-95.
3 pts. in 2v.sq.O.
. A common- wealth of women: a play. . . London, 1686. O.
. The famous history of the rise and fall of Massaniello . . . London,
1699-1700 [v.i, 1700] 2v.sq.O.
. A fond husband; or, The plotting sisters. A comedy. . . Lon-
don, 1678. O.
. Love for money; or, The boarding school. A comedy. . . Lon-
don, 1691. O.
34
D'Urfey, Thomas. Madam Fickle; or, The witty false one. A comedy. . .
London, 1691. O.
. The marriage-hater match'd: a comedy. .. London, 1693. sq.O.
. The modern prophets; or, New wit for a husband. A comedy. . .
London [1709] sq.O.
The old mode & the new; or, Country miss with her furbeloe.
A comedy. . . London [1709] nar.O.
. The siege of Memphis; or, The ambitious queen. A tragedy. . .
London, 1676. O.
. Squire Oldsapp; or, The night-adventurers. A comedy. . .
London, 1679. sq.O.
Wonders hi the sun; or, The kingdom of the birds. A comick
opera. . . London, 1706. O.
Florus, Lucius Annaeus. . . .The Roman histories. . .from the foundation
of Rome, till Caesar Augustus, for aboue DCC. yeares, & from thence
to Traian near CC. yeares divided. . .into IV ages. Tr. into English
[by E. M. B. i.e. E. M. Bolton] London [1618] nar.S.
Foscolo, Ugo i.e. Niccold Ugo. Dei sepoleri carme. . . Verona, 1881. D.
[Gargiolli, Girolamo] Saggio del parlare degli artigiani in Firenze, 1861. O.
Geiger, Wilhelm. Civilization of the eastern Iranians in ancient tunes;
with an introduction on the Avesta religion. . . Tr. from the German
. . .by Darab Dastur Peshotan Sanjana. . . London, 1885- O.
[Geoffrey of Monmouth, bp. of St. Asaph] The chronicle of the kings of
Britain; tr. from the Welsh copy attr. to Tysilio ... added original
dissertations. . .by the Rev. Peter Roberts. . . London, 1811. F.
Gibson, Frank. Charles Conder; his life and work. . .with a catalogue of
the lithographs and etchings, by Campbell Dodgson... London,
1914.
[Goring, Charles] M. A. Irene; or, The fair Greek; a tragedy. .. London,
1708. O.
[Gracian y Morales, Baltasar] The heroe of Lorenzo; or, The way to
eminencie and perfection. A piece of serious Spanish wit originally
in that language written, and in English by Sir John Skeffington. . .
London, 1652. nar.T.
Great Britain. Ecclesiastical commissioners for England. Report, 2-56,
1847-1904. London, 1847-1904. ssv. in 28.F & O.
Herodotus. The famous hystory of Herodotvs. . . London, 1584. D.
The history of addresses. By One very near a kin to the author of the Tale
of a tub. [Part i] London, 1709.
Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich. Geschichte des deutschen
kirchenliedes bis auf Luthers zeit. . . Breslau, 1832. D.
Holberg, Ludvig, baron. Ludvig Holbergs samlede skrifter. . .udgivne af
C. S. Petersen. K^benhavn, 1913- sq.F.
35
Ireland. Commissioners for publishing the ancient laws and institutes of
Ireland. Ancient laws of Ireland. . . Dublin, 1865-1001. 6v.O.
Lamb, Charles. The letters of Charles Lamb, in which many mutilated
words and passages have been restored to their original form; with
letters never before published and facsimiles of original ms. letters and
poems; with an introduction by H. H. Harper. . . Boston, 1005.
5V.O. (Bibliophile society, Boston. [Publications, no. 17])
[La Noue, Francois de, sieur} The politicke and militarie discovrses of the
Lord de la Nowe. . .all faithfully tr. out of the French by E[dward]
A[ggas] London, 1587. O.
[Leanerd, John] The counterfeits; a comedy. . . London, 1679. O.
[Leclerc, Laurent Josse] Lettre critique sur le Dictionaire de Bayle. La
Haye, 1732. nar.S.
Le Gallois [Pierre] Traitte des plvs belles bibliotheques de 1'Europe. . .
Paris, 1680. nar.S.
[Leigh, Richard] The censvre of the Rota. On Mr. Driden's Conquest of
Granada. Oxford, 1673. D.
Leopardi, Giacomo, conte. . . . Scritti editi sconosciuti, spigolature di
Clemente Benedettucci. Recanati, 1885. O.
Lewis, C. T. Courtney. George Baxter (colour printer), his life and work;
a manual for collectors. . . London, 1908. O.
Lindsay, Robert. The history of Scotland, from 21 February, 1436, to
March 1565... Done from the most authentick and most correct
manuscripts. To which is added a continuation, by another hand, till
August 1604. Edinburgh, 1728. F.
Loredano, Giovanni Francesco. Bigontio; comedia piacevole et senten-
tiosa. . . Novamente posta in Ivce. . . Venetia, 1609. T.
Lynwood, William, bp. of St. Davids. Provinciale (seu constitvtiones
Angliae) ... a Stephano Langtono ad Heuricum Chichleium . . . Oxford,
1679. F.
Manuche, Cosmo. The just general: a tragi-comedy. . . London, 1652. O.
Marlowe, Christopher. Hero and Leander; begun by. . .Marlowe, and
finished by George Chapman. . . London, 1820. S.
May, Thomas. The history of the Parliament of England, which began
November the third, M.DC.XL.; with a short and necessary view of
some precedent yeares. . . London, 1647. 3 Pts. in Iv.Q.
Melvill, Harry, tr. The decorative art of Leon Bakst. Appreciation by
Arsene Alexandre. Notes on the ballets by Jean Cocteau. Tr. from
the French by Harry Melvill. London, 1913. F 1 .
Mommsen, Theodor. Gesammelte schriften. . . Berlin, 1905- O.
Moore, Sir Thomas. Mangora, king of the Timbusians; or, The faithful
couple. A tragedy. . . London, 1718. O.
36
Moran, Patrick Francis, cardinal, ed. Acta Sancti Bredani; original Latin
documents connected with the life of Saint Brendan, patron of Kerry
and Clonfert. Ed. by Right rev. Patrick F. Moran. . . Dublin, 1872.
Morison, Antoine. Relation historique d'un voyage nouvellement fait au
Mont de Sinai et a Jerusalem. . . Toulouse, 1704. O.
Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur Du Plessis-Marly, called Du Plessis-Mornay.
A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the Christian religion, written in
French. . . Begunne to be tr. into English by Sir Philip Sidney. . .
and at his request finished by Arthur Golding. . . London, 1587. D.
Mountfort, William. Greenwich-park: a comedy. . . London, 1691.
sq.O.
Newcastle, Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish, duchess of. Plays never before
printed, written by . . . the Duchess of Newcastle. . . London, 1668. Q.
Nichols, John, ed. Bibliotheca topographica britannica. London, 1780-
1800. lov.sq.Q.
. The progresses, processions and magnificent festivities of King
James the first, his royal consort, family and court. . . London,
1828. 4V.
Norden, John. Specivlvm Britanniae. The first parte. An historicall &
chorographicall discription of Middlesex ... [London] 1593. D.
North Riding record society for the publication of original documents relat-
ing to the North Riding of the county of York. North Riding records.
v.i-n.s.v.4, 1883-97. London, 1884-97. *3V.O.
Oliver, George. Monasticon Dioccesis exoniensis. . . Exeter, 1846. FS.
[Orrery, Charles Boyle, 4th earl of] As you find it. A comedy. . . Lon-
don, 1603 [i.e. 1703] sq.O.
Payne, John. Flowers of France, the latter days: Ackermann to Warnery.
Representative poems of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ren-
dered into English verse in accordance with the original forms. . .
London, 1913. 2v.nar.O. (Villon society [Publications])
Pecke, Thomas, ed. and tr. Parnassi puerperium; or, Some well- wishes to
ingenuity, in the translation of six hundred of Owen's epigrams; Mar-
tial de spectaculis, or of rarities to be seen in Rome [by M. V. Mar-
tialis] and the most select in Sir Tho. More. To which is annext a
century of Heroick epigrams. . .by. . .Tho. Pecke. . . London, 1659. S.
Petronius Arbiter. Petronius. A revised Lathi text of the Satyricon, with
the earliest English translation (1694) [partly by William Burnaby].
Now first reprinted with an introduction [by S. Gasselee] together with
one hundred illustrations by Norman Lindsay. . . London, 1910.
nar.F.
Philo Jjidaeus. Philonis Alexandrini Opera qvae svpersvnt; editervnt
Leopoldvs Cohn et Pavlvs Wendland. . . Berolini, 1896-1906. sv.O.
37
[Fix, Mrs. Mary (Griffith)] The beau defeated; or, The lucky younger
brother: a comedy. . . London [1700 ?] O.
. The deceiver deceived: a comedy. . . London, 1698. sq.O.
. The double distress: a tragedy. . . London, 1701. O.
. Ibrahim, the thirteenth emperour of the Turks: a tragedy. . .
London, 1696. O.
Queen Catharine; or, The mines of love: a tragedy. . . London,
1698. O.
[Pordage, Samuel] Herod and Mariamne: a tragedy. .. London, 1673. O-
. The siege of Babylon: as it is acted at the Dukes theatre. . .
London, 1678. O.
Powell, George. Alphonso, king of Naples: a tragedy. . . London, 1691.
sq.O.
Powys-land club, Welshpool. Collections historical & archaeological relat-
ing to Montgomeryshire and its borders, v.i-date. i867-date.
London, i867~date.
[Prestwich, Edmund] The hectors; or, The false challenge: a comedy. . .
London, 1656. O.
Prynne, William. The first[-third] tome of an exact. . .demonstration of
our. . .kings supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction. . . From the reign of
Lucius... till the death of... [King Edward I] London, 1665-70.
3V.F.
[Racine, Jean Baptiste] Andromache: a tragedy. . .[tr. from the French
of Racine; ed. by John Crowne] London, 1675. O.
Ravenscroft, Edward. The English lawyer: a comedy. .. London, 1678. O.
. The London cuckolds: a comedy. . . London, 1688. sq.O.
Reformistas antiguos espanoles. Madrid; London, v.i-2o, 1847-65.
Revue des traditions populaires. i re -i6 e annee, 1886-1901. Paris, 1886-
1901. i6v.O. (Societe des traditions populaires. ..)
Royal Irish academy, Dublin. Dictionary of the Irish language, based
mainly on old and middle Irish materials. Pub. by the Royal Irish
academy, under the editorship of C. J. S. Marstrander. . .fasc. i-
Dublin, 1913- sq.F.
Sainliens, Claude de. The Italian schoole-maister. . . With a historic
called Arnalt and Lucenda. Set forth by Clau: Hollyband, gent: and
now reuised and cor. by F. P. . . London, 1608.
Sallustius Crispus, C. The two most worthy and notable histories which
remaine vnmained to posterity: (viz.:) The conspiracie of Cateline,
vndertaken against the gouernment of the Senate of Rome, and The
warre which lugurth for many yeares maintained against the same
state. . . [Tr. from the Latin by Thomas Heywood] London, 1608. Q.
[Scott, Sir Walter, bart.] ed. Secret history of the court of James the First. . .
Edinburgh, 1811. av.O.
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Scott, Thomas. Mock-marriage: a comedy. . . London, 1696. O.
Shipherd, Jacob R., comp. History of the Oberlin- Wellington rescue. . .
Boston, 1859.
Societe jersiaise, St.-Helier. Bulletin annuel. . . i er (i874)-date. St.
Helier, Jersey, i87S~date. sq.Q.
. Publications, i er to date. St. Helier, Jersey, i876-date.
Society of antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Archaeologia ^Eliana; or
Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity. . . v.i-date. (1816) to
date. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i822-date.
[Sorel, Charles] The extravagant shepherd; or, The history of the shep-
herd Lysis. An anti-romance; written originally in French and now
made English. London, 1654. Q.
Spottiswoode society, Edinburgh. [Publications] 1-4, 6 [all published]
Edinburgh, 1844-51. lav.O.
[Stapleton, Sir Robert] The slighted maid: a comedy. . . London, 1663. S.
Steinen, Karl von den. Unter den naturvolkern Zentral-Brasiliens.
Reiseschilderung und ergebnisse der zweiten Schingu-expedition, 1887-
1888. Berlin, 1894.
Stirling, Mrs. Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina (Pickering) Annals of a
Yorkshire house from the papers of a macaroni & his kindred . . .
London, 1911. 2V.
[Swan, John] Specvlvm mundi; or, A glasse representing the face of the
world. . . Cambridge, 1635.
Sweet, Henry. Collected papers of Henry Sweet, arranged by H. C. Wyld.
Oxford, 1913.
Tasso, Torquato. Godfrey of Bvlloigne; or, The recouerie of Hiervsalem.
An heroicall poeme written in Italian by. . .Tasso and tr. into English
by R[ichard] C[arew] . . . and now the first part containing fiue cantos,
imprinted in both languages. . . London, 1594. D.
Theiner, Augustin. Vetera monumenta Hibernorum et Scotorum historiam
illustrantia . . . 1216-1547. Romae, 1864. FS.
[Trapp, Joseph] Abra-Mule; or, Love and empire: a tragedy. . . Lon-
don, 1704. O.
[Walker, Thomas] The wit of a woman. As it is now acted. . . London,
1705. D.
Weitbrecht, Herbert Udny, ed. A bibliography for missionary students. . .
London, 1913.
Whiting, Nicholas. Le hore di recreatione; or, The pleasant historic of
Albino and Bellama. . . London, 1638. nar.T.
Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess of. Miscellany poems, on several occa-
sions. .. London, 1713. D.
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APPENDIX A
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ATTENDANCE, 1913 AND 1914
Month
Reading Room and
Allied Depts.
Art and Letters Dept.
History Dept.
1913
IQI4
1913
1914
1913
1914
January. . .
4,766
4,365
4,756
4,438
4,210
3,089
2,968
2,707
3,459
4,340
4,156
4,228
4,697
4,6io
4,833
4,269
3,473
2,805
2,631
2,780
3,184
4,289
4,876
4,712
336
3"
293
258
283
195
172
214
167
242
281
240
288
295
286
303
270
221
240
204
255
294
353
268
1,350
1,153
1,376
1,336
1,198
887
1,063
1,073
1,1x6
1,308
i,338
1,260
i,535
1,429
1,607
1,263
1,186
1,070
1,036
1,131
i,073
1,327
1,277
1,126
February
March
April
May
June.. .
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
47,482
47,168
2,992
3,277
14,458
15,060
Month
Museum including
Bibliog. Dept.
Special Collections*
Total Monthly
Attendance
1913
1914
1913
1914
1913
1914
January. -
477
446
502
430
409
333
355
324
399
349
352
366
418
359
448
424
436
385
467
426
376
366
39i
402
83
95
96
124
105
99
85
62
99
121
154
142
98
93
129
100
127
116
181
no
94
IO2
122
140
7,012
6,370
7,023
6,586
6,205
4,603
4,643
4,380
5,240
6,360
6,281
6,236
7,036
6,786
7,303
6,359
5,492
4,597
4,555
4,651
4,982
6,378
7,oi9
6,657
February
March
April
May
June.. .
July. .
August
September
October
November
December
Total
4,742
4,898
1,265
1,412*
70,939
7i,8i5
* Includes Edward A. Ayer Americana Collection, 382.
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APPENDIX B
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF BOOKS ISSUED, 1913 AND 1914
Month
Reading Room
and Allied Depts.
Art and Letters Dept.
History Dept.
1913
1914
1913
1914
1913
1914
January
4,659
4,188
5,009
4,705
4,329
3,106
2,713
2,783
3,239
4,719
4,949
4,839
4,952
5,162
5,028
4,505
3,6i4
2,679
2,666
2,875
3,162
4,259
4,616
4,782
1,212
929
1,147
994
1,194
766
611
760
770
876
1,104
926
1,141
1,005
I,OI2
1,152
1,180
873
884
753
935
1,074
1,276
895
4,258
3,48o
3,599
3,897
3,953
2,926
3,657
3,363
3,537
4,528
4,733
4,443
5,473
4,526
4,502
3,703
3,740
3,681
3,641
3,550
3,945
4,35i
4,270
3,544
February
March
April
May
June
July. .
August
September
October
November
December
Total
49,238
48,300
11,289
12,180
46,374
48,926
Month
Museum including
Bibliog. Dept.
Special Collections*
Total Monthly Issues
1913
1914
1913
1914
1913
1914
January
200
252
301
270
162
88
215
171
177
182
325
257
295
204
382
393
159
251
i, 008
310
2IO
284
285
339
6 S I
850
774
715
748
762
887
412
615
619
953
767
557
657
727
7i5
615
877
1,582
461
478
427
1,016
630
10,980
9,699
10,830
10,581
10,386
7,648
8,083
7,489
8,338
10,924
12,064
11,232
12,418
n,S54
11,651
10,468
9,3o8
8,361
9,781
7,949
8,730
!0,395
",463
10,190
February
March
April
May
June. . .
July. .
August
September
October
November
December. . . .
Total
2,600
4,120
8,753
8,742
118,254
122,268
* Including Edward E. Ayer Americana Collection, 382.
APPENDIX C
STATISTICS OF BOOKS ISSUED, 1914
(By Subjects and Classes)
Day
Evening
Total
Asiatic Collection 1,642
Academies 19
Bibliography 4,023
Biography 3,577
Church History 880
Civil Government 1,243
E. E. Ayer Collection 2,717
Economics i ,777
Fine Arts 2,553
Genealogy 10,825
General Reference 14,584
Geography 4,180
History 16,234
Language 844
Law and Legislation 716
Literature 6,028
Military and Naval Arts 104
Music 4,201
Newspapers 1,040
Periodicals 6,403
Philosophy 1,988
Prince Bonaparte Library 3,070
Religion 3,351
Science and Technology (general works) i ,183
Sociology 1,206
Sports 1,272
Theater 323
97
378
225
172
12
8l 7
747
4,162
8,230
385
4,148
214
163
1,440
38
836
iSi
1,000
519
Total..
95,983
669
622
300
26
26,285
19
4,120
3,955
1,105
i,4i5
2,729
2,594
3,300
14,987
22,814
4,565
20,382
1,058
879
7,468
142
5,037
1,191
8,303
2,507
3,070
4,020
1,805
1,506
1,298
354
122,266
APPENDIX D
STATISTICS OF INCREASE, 1914
ENTERED IN ACCESSION CATALOGUE, 1914
MONTH
BOUGHT
GIVEN
Vols.
Pams.
MSS.
Maps
Vols.
Pams.
MSS.
Maps
Charts
January
240
309
Sio
515
246
?i
447
362
520
296
248
93
18
SI
IO
23
13
2
72
16
36
24
7
I
I
February
March
April
91
54
7
II
2
May
I
4
June
July..
I
August
19
3
September ....
October
4
November ....
December
Total...
22
I
3
i
3,857
272
4
I
195
20
I
I
4
Total bought 4,134
Total given 221
Total
Less duplicates, etc
4,355
30
Net total 4,325
CONTENTS OF THE LIBRARY, JANUARY I, 1915
Accession Catalogue
January i, 1914 293,775
Added in 1914 4,355
Deduct duplicates, etc., of 1914 . , 30
Deduct by final revision of all records 4,302
Net total January i, 1915 .
U.S. Government Documents
January i, 1914
Added in 1914
298,130
4,332
2,709
104
Total January i, 1915
E. E. Ayer Collection
January i, 1914 33,9o6
Added in 1914 821
Total January i, 1915.
East Asiatic Collection .
Total Contents of the Library January i, 1915 (revised count).
43
293,798
2,813
34,727
21,654
352,992
APPENDIX E
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1914
(By Subjects and Classes)
Class
January i,
1914
Transfers,
etc.
Additions
1914
January i,
1914
General References
2,076
15,252
3,955
2,013
3,567
15,542
9,922
,95
5,9 2 9
33,i83
9,168
18,787
3,98o
10,349
",530
15,180
16,484
?.OQt;
+ i
30
276
108
23
144
228
214
!39
168
70S
104
245
16
90
178
128
119
28
18
17
So
2,107
15,528
4,068
2,035
3,713
15,767
10,131
",037
6,096
33,890
9,270
19,030
3,996
io,439
11,709
15,309
i6,597
3,123
1,767
460
12,459
563
9,798
9,055
27,674
2,052
16,626
Periodicals
Newspapers
+5
i
+ 2
~3
5
-7
i
+ 2
2
2
Academies
Philosophy
Religion
Church History
Biography
Literary Biography (see below)
Genealogy
History
Geography and Travel
Economics
Sociology
Education
Civil Government and Politics
+ 1
+ 1
-6
Law and Legislation
Science and Technology (general works)
Military and Naval Arts
Sports
1,740
Theater
443
12,410
563
9,632
8,871
26,635
2,001
Music
- 1
Thomas Collection ".
Fine Arts
i
167
184
1,038
Si
220
Language and Philology
Literature and Literary Criticism
Literary Biography
+i
Bibliography
16,405
+ i
Total
269,626
-i5
4,688
9
10
6
274,299
9
ii
7
Manuscripts
Museum
+ i
+ i
Reserved Duplicates
Total
269,626
- J 3
4,713
274,326
Classified portion of the Library
Bibliographical Museum
Bonaparte Library
E. E. Ayer Library
East Asiatic Collection
Unclassified lots (entered in accession catalogue) ,
274,326
1,618
18,000
34,727
21,654
2,667
Grand total 352,992
44
APPENDIX F
NAMES OF DONORS, 1914
Vols. Earns.
Ahern, Miss M. E., Chicago 2 2
Aldis, Mrs. Arthur, Lake Forest, /// 2
Anonymous 2 2
Avery, Miss Clara A., Chicago 2
Ayer, E. E., Chicago
294 manuscripts, 4 maps, 3 photos, 3 medals 94 129
Baker, F., Chicago i
Ballou, H. M., Honolulu, H.I i manuscript i
Bangs, G. E., Chicago i manuscript
Barney, E. H., Springfield, Mass i
Bates, Rev. N. W., Austinburg, 2
Baumgartner, M.D., Indianapolis, Ind i
Beaudette, Mrs. E. Palma, Chicago i
Benedict, Miss Laura E. W., New York City i
Bennett, C. W., Coldwater, Mich i
Bosworth, G. B., Denver, Colo i
Brophy, Dr. T. W., Chicago i
Brown, J. T., New York City i
Brown, R. G., Minneapolis, Minn 2
Camp, W. M., Chicago i manuscript
Carlton, W. N. C., Chicago 5 6
Carpenter, Prof. F. I., Chicago 42 7
Carter, Gen. W. H., Washington, D.C i
Claypool, E. A., Chicago i 8
Clothier, Miss Caroline, New York City i
Colket, C. H., Philadelphia, Pa 2
Comrie, F. M., Evanston, /// i
Coppons, A. C. de, Chicago 6
Currey, J. S., Chicago i
Curtis, Miss Georgina P., Chicago 7
Daggett, L. M., New Haven, Conn i
Deane, R., Chicago i 2
Dickinson, F., Chicago i
45
Vols. Pams.
Donnelley, R. R. & Sons Company, Chicago 2
Doubleday, Page & Company, New York City i
Dresser, Mrs. J. M., Chicago i
Dudley, H. W., Chicago i
Dunklin, Mrs. William Watkin, New York City i
Durning-Lawrence, Lady, London, Eng i
Eaton, Dr. A. W. H., Boston, Mass 6
Eels, W. C., Annapolis, Md i
Erno, Belanyi, St. Paul, Minn i
Evans, E. E., Denver, Colo i
Gates, W. E., Point Loma, Col 2 manuscripts
Gigliotti, C., Chicago i
Gillam, Dr. A. C., Chicago i
Godfrey, A. T., Holland, Mich i
Godfrey, C. E., Washington, D.C i
Goodman, K. S., Chicago 9
Gookin, F. W., Chicago 2
Gordon, Mrs. Nelly K., Savannah, Ga 3
Grandjean, A., Lausanne, Switz i
Green, Hon. S. A., Groton, Mass i
Hansen, K. M., Detroit, Mich i
Harder, E. E., Chicago i
Harrison, W. P., Chicago 6
Hastings, C. H., Washington, D.C 2
Helmershausen, Miss Adella, Chicago i
Henschen, H. S., Chicago i
Hewitt, Mrs. Robert, Ardsley on Hudson, N.Y i
Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, New York City i
Hobbs, Mrs. Percy L., East Cleveland, O 3
Hooker, G. E., Chicago 2
Hord, Rev. A. H., Philadelphia, Pa 2
Hosmer, J. W., Chicago i
Hunt, G. E., M.D., Indianapolis, Ind i
Janet, C., Voisinlieu, Fr i i
Jaques, Mrs. Bertha E., Chicago 4
Jipson, Dr. N. W., Chicago i manuscript i
King, R. S., Tucson, Ariz i chart
Kutzbach, H., Chicago 3 8
46
Vob. Paras.
Lattin, J., Hamilton, Ont i
Leffingwell, Rev. C. W., Knoxville, /// i
Lewinsohn, L., Chicago i
Lytton, Lady Constance, London, Eng i
McAnderson, Mrs. Susannah, Seward, Neb i
McMullen, F. B., Chicago i
McPike, E. F., Chicago i
Maitland, G. A., Chicago i
Markens, I., New York City i
Merrill, W. S., Chicago 2
Montgomery, Miss Louise, Chicago i
Montzheimer, O. H., Primghar, Iowa i
Moss, J. L., Chicago i
Northup, G. T., Princeton, N.J i
Northup, W. G'., Minneapolis, Minn i
Otis, Philo A., Chicago 2
Palmer, W. L., Boston 2
Pappafava, Dr. V., Zara, Austria 2
Patton, Dr. J. A., Newark, N.J i
Peltzer, O., Oak Park, /// i
Phelps, E. B., New York City i
Pomeroy, A. A., Sandusky, O 2
Pond, A. B., Chicago i
Pratt, W. S., Hartford, Conn 4
Putnam's Sons, G. P., New York City i
Reed, Dr. C. B., Chicago 9 i
Riggs, A. L., Santee, Neb 2
Robinson, A. G., Washington, D.C i
Robinson, D., Pierre, S.D i chart
St. Laurent, Baron H. de, Chicago 18
Sanborn, V. C., Kenilworth, /// i
Sawyer, C. J., London, Eng i
Schoenenberger, E. J., Chicago i
Scholfield, S., Trudeau, N.Y i
Scott, O. C., Berwyn, III i manuscript
Skinner, Mrs. Ellen Hubbard, Los Angeles, Cal i
Sonneck, O. C., Washington, D.C i
Spoor, J. A., Chicago 23
47
Vols. Pams.
Thomas, A. A., Dayton, O i
Thompson, S., Chicago i
Thompson, W. W., Chicago i
Tripp, G. A., Chicago i
Untermyer, S., New York City i
Vernay, A. S., New York City i 2
Ward, Miss Annette P., Portland, Ore 6
Ward, E. J., Ottawa, /// 2
Ward & Son, J., New York City i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago 2 i
Watt, C. E., Chicago i
Weaver, E. A., Germantown, Pa i
White, J., Chicago i
Wilbur, P. C., Palo Alto, Cal 4 charts
Wilkinson, H., Chicago 2
Wilkinson, Miss Mabel, Chicago i
Woolsey, T. S., New Haven, Conn i
Wright, H. B., Oakham, Mass i
Wright, H. P., New Haven, Conn i
Yarnell, J. K., Chicago i
Ylvisaker, Rev. N. M., Chicago i
Young, Prof. B. E., Nashville, Tenn i
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions 78 75
American and foreign libraries 165 95
Canadian Government and Provinces 39
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations 23 13
Commercial, financial, and political organizations 24 16
Foreign Governments 258
Genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations 29 18
Railway corporations i 5
United States, Municipal Governments 24 3
United States, State Governments 57 34
United States Government 517 492
APPENDIX G
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1914
Bank Stock $ 10,500. oo
Bonds 291,982 . 49
Loans secured by Real Estate 11,500.00
Contracts for sale of Real Estate 43,124. 24
Balance to credit at Bank 14,291 .41
The expenditures for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to $749,569. 29
REAL ESTATE
44 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
2 Lots hi Butler, Wright & Webster's Addition.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in Rushnell's Addition.
8 Lots hi State Bank Addition.
107 Lots hi Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sec. 3, 39, 14.
33.83 Acres hi Sec. 34, 39, 13.
1 8 Lots hi Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sec. 22, 33, 14.
49
APPENDIX H
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE
LIBRARY
Title of Report
Period of Report
Trustees' No.
Librarian's
No.
Remarks
Proceedings of the
Trustees
Six months, July i,
1887, to January 5,
1888
I
Year ending:
u u
January 5, 1889
2
u u
" " 1890
3
u
" " 1891
4
u u
" " 1892
c
Report of the Trus-
7
j
tees
April 25, 1892, to
I
6
) Three re-
December 31, 1892,
2
7
1 ports in
and for years 1893
| one 1892-
and 1894
3
8
1894
Year ending:
o
I *'-'VT
December 31, 1895
4
9
u
* " 1896
5
10
U ti
1897
6
ii
u u
" " 1898
7
12
u u
1899
8
13
u a
" 1900
9
14
u u
" 1901
10
15
u u
" " 1902
ii
16
u u
" 1903
12
17
u u
1904
13
18
u u
" 1905
14
19
u u
" 1906
IS
20
u u
" 1907
16
21
a a
1908
17
22
u u
1909
18
23
u u
" " 1910
19
24
u u
1911
20
25
u u
" u 1912
21
26
u u
" 1913
22
27
u tt
" 1914
23
28
THfc LIBRARY
OF THE
HHIVf KPITY HF
Report of the Trustees
Newberry Library
for the Year
I9IS
Chicago
1916
FOUNDER
Hater SJ00mt0 Sfotttbmg
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavours
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning."
CONTENTS
PAGE
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
DIVISIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASSIFIED LIBRARY STAFF . . u
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 13
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE, 1915 .... 31
APPENDICES:
A. Comparative Table of Attendance, 1914 and 1915 .... 40
B. Comparative Table of Books Issued, 1914 and 1915 ... 41
C. Statistics of Books Issued, 1915 (by Subjects and Classes) . 42
D. Statistics of Increase, 1915 43
E. Statistics of the Library, 1915 (by Subjects and Classes) . . 44
F. Names of Donors, 1915 45
G. Statement of Assets and Real Estate 49
H. Chronological List of the Annual Reports of the Library . . 50
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
CHARTER MEMBERS, APRIL 13, 1892
HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS
MR. EDWARD E. AYER Resigned January 3, 1911
MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD Died January 25, 1914
MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY Resigned May 20, 1901
MR. DANIEL GOODWIN Resigned November 7, 1898
MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD Resigned January 5, 1914
HON. EDWARD S. ISHAM Died February 16, 1902
GEN. ALEXANDER C. McCLURG Died April 15, 1901
HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH Resigned February 27, 1896
GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY Died July 20, 1912
HON. LAMBERT TREE Died October 9, 1910
MR. HENRY J. WILLING Died September 28, 1903
MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. BRYAN LATHROP Elected June i, 1896
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE Elected December 5, 1898
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH Elected June 3, 1901
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
OFFICERS, 1915
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First V ice-President Second V ice-President
GEORGE E. ADAMS HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Librarian
WILLIAM N. C. CARLTON, M.A., L.H.D.
7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, DECEMBER 31, 1915
To His Excellency, Edward F. Dunne
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
"An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized, the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-fourth annual report of the history and operations
of the Library for the year 1915.
No changes in the Board of Trustees have occurred since
the date of our last report.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, con-
tains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows a continued increase in the number of
books issued, and steadily growing usefulness of the collection to
scholars and the general public. In addition to the acknowl-
edgments which have been officially made to the several donors
to the Library, the Trustees desire, in this report, to express
their appreciation of the thoughtfulness that has been of such
benefit to this institution.
The comparatively small number of books added to the
Library during 1915 was due in large measure to the fact that
few orders could be placed for works published in continental
European countries because of circumstances and difficulties
arising from the present War.
9
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1915, with the real estate; also the expenditures
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from
its foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this
report.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
10
DIVISIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASSIFIED
LIBRARY STAFF
I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
The Librarian
Miss R. M. Simms, A.B., Secretary to the Librarian
II. BIBLIOGRAPHY, BOOK SELECTION, AND ACQUISITION
A. H. Shearer, Ph.D., Head of Department
Miss M. Westgate
III. ACCESSIONS, CLASSIFICATION, BINDING, AND LIBRARY STATISTICS
W. S. Merrill, A.B., Head of Department
C. H. J. Martin Miss I. M. Heffernan
N. Marklund* Charles E. Howes, Page
Miss J. L. Burt
IV. AUTHOR CATALOGUE DIVISION
L. R. Blanchard, B.A., B.L.S., Head of Department
Miss F. A. Noyes, A.B. Miss H. A. Fowler, B.L.
Miss M. I. Stearns Miss G. Gunderson, Ph.B.
Miss R. Balch
V. REFERENCE DIVISION
A. C. de Coppons, B.A.f H. L. Youngren
G. M. W. Teyen, Ph.B. A. J. Gerdin
Miss C. D. Durkee R. Nelson
Mrs. H. Taylor L. E. Gray
Miss M. L. Watson Alfred Lauer, Page
P. A. Kunkel Robert Lingel, Page
VI. RECATALOGUING STAFF
L. R. Blanchard, B.A., B.L.S., Head of Department
Mrs. C. K. Mackey Miss K. Gudbrandsen
Miss L. Tarnow Miss H. Hinman, Ph.B.
Miss M. I. Brokaw, A.B. Walter Swanson, Page
Miss E. Wilson Roy Soderstrom, Page
* Temporarily assigned from the Reference Division.
t Also maintains current Periodical Record.
ii
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of The Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith I beg to submit the twenty-ninth
annual report of the Librarian and the seventh which it has
been my privilege to make. The statistical summaries given
in the text of the Report and in its several appendices are taken
from the official records currently kept by the assistants and
presented to me formally at the end of the year by the heads
of departments.
BOOK SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
Under the general instructions or specific direction of the
Committee on Books, over 11,000 titles have been studied and
investigated. The research involved in this work is directed
to the following ends: (i) to learn whether or not a given title
or edition is already in the Library; (2) if it is not in the Library,
to ascertain from bibliographical and other authoritative sources
whether its importance is such as to warrant its acquisition;
(3) if found desirable for addition to the Library, to list it accu-
rately under full author, title, date and place of publication, and
submit it with others of a similar character to the Committee
on Books for final consideration before ordering. Of the 1 1 ,000
titles investigated, some 2,500 or about 23 per cent were found
to be clearly within the special scope of the Library and appro-
priate to be added to our present collections. These 2,500
titles have been submitted to the Committee in forty-eight
typewritten lists, and all save two have been approved and
ordered purchased.
The chief printed sources whence a majority of these approved
titles were derived were the bibliographies which, as a part of
our routine work, we are systematically examining and checking,
volume by volume, e.g., those in the Cambridge History of English
13
Literature, the Cambridge Medieval History, The American
Nation, edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, and other works. The
titles whose original suggestion comes from these sources have
their value and importance further confirmed or disproved by
reference to other authorities mentioning or evaluating them,
e.g., the Dictionary of National Biography, Larned's Literature
of American History, Gross's Sources and Literature of British
History, Potthast, Dahlmann-Waitz, and scores of other special
bibliographies, biographies, or historical or literary monographs,
the authors of which have tested and found such titles to be
source material of permanent utility to the scholar. The assist-
ants engaged in this work are instructed to take nothing for
granted in such matters and always to reinforce any special or
trained knowledge of their own with the weight of some widely
known special authority whose word is, for the moment, being
accepted as final and decisive.
Dealers' catalogues have been read assiduously and checked
by Messrs. Martin, Carpenter, and McLaughlin of the Com-
mittee on Books and scores of titles recommended by them have
been duly acquired. We are also indebted to Professor A. C. L.
Brown, Ph.D., of Northwestern University, for constant advice
and assistance in developing our collections relating to the lan-
guages and literatures of the Celtic peoples. The subjects and
topics of the principal lists of books approved and ordered were :
(i) American and English political pamphlets of the period of
the American Revolution; (2) Official publications of American
State Constitutional Conventions; (3) Publications of American
historical societies and printing clubs; (4) American history,
general, 1776-1811; (5) American Local and Family History;
(6) British and American historical and literary biography;
(7) Archaeology and history of early and Roman Britain;
(8) Works of i7th-Century English antiquarian, historical, and
political writers; (9) Italian, French, and Spanish authors of
the i4th, 1 5th, and i6th centuries whose writings influenced or
inspired contemporary and later English writers; (10) Works
of English poets and collections of poetical miscellanies of the
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i yth and i8th centuries; (n) Collected critical editions of
Shakespeare's works, chiefly i8th- and early igth-Century
editions; (12) Works by or about John Milton, John Bunyan,
and Andrew Marvel supplementary to previously acquired
material relating to these authors; (13) Folk-Lore and Folk
Literature; (14) Geographical and Historical Atlases and
Dictionaries; (15) New or recent publications on most of the
subjects within the special scope of the Library, including Music,
the Fine Arts, Philosophy, Religion, etc. In illustration of the
character of our more important acquisitions a selected list of
recent purchases is presented elsewhere in this Report.
The printed material purchased for the Edward E. Ayer Collec-
tion included 150 volumes, 186 pamphlets, 15 leaflets, 5 broad-
sides, and i broadsheet, a total of 3 5 7 pieces. The more important
of the printed books were acquisitions made with a view to
completing or strengthening already well-developed sections of
the Collection. Nine of the annual sermons preached before the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts were
secured, thus making the Ayer set complete to the year 1800
with the exception of the sermon preached in 1799. Among
other acquisitions were: editions of Apianus (Venice, 1535),
Las Casas (Amsterdam, 1621), Herrera y Tordesilla (Madrid,
1601), and Patrick Gass (Philadelphia, 1811); four narratives
of Indian captivities; and various reports and papers concern-
ing the Hudson's Bay Company, 1849-1869. Eighty- two
imprints of versions of the Bible or parts of the Bible translated
into the languages of the Philippine Islands were secured from
the British and Foreign Bible Society. Two important dic-
tionaries of Indian languages were also added, viz., Antonio
Morvillo's Dictionary of the Numipu or Nez Perce Language
(St. Ignatius, 1895), and Rudolphe Petter's English-Cheyenne
Dictionary (Kettle Falls, Washington, 1913-1915). The manu-
script additions included further transcripts from the Archives
of the Indies in Seville, Spain, among them being: (i) Early
Florida documents concerning Esteban de las Alas, 1571;
(2) Documents relating to the expulsion of the Spaniards from
New Mexico in 1680; (3) an " Expediente " on the establish-
ment of the English in Georgia, 1736-1742; (4) Reports from
Cuba and Louisiana, 1776-1777, in which the progress of the
American Revolution is commented upon. There were also
acquired eleven volumes numbering 1,608 pages of blueprints
made from typewritten copies of documents in the Cuban
Archives. These relate mostly to Florida and Louisiana and,
among other important papers, comprise three letter books of
Bernardo de Galvez. A noteworthy addition to the Ptolemy
Collection was an abridged manuscript translation into German
of the Cosmographia, dated 1502. Another interesting acquisi-
tion was the original manuscript of J. C. Riddle's History of the
Modoc War.
Two notable gifts of the year were made by the Friday
Club. Through the generosity of this distinguished group of
Chicago women we received a perfect set of the five hundred
and fifty-five original numbers of The Spectator, by Joseph
Addison and Sir Richard Steele, from March i, 1711, to Decem-
ber 6, 1712. The set is magnificently bound in two volumes,
small folio, in full crushed levant morocco by Robert Riviere
& Son, of London. It makes a splendid addition to the lengthen-
ing series of original editions of the great monuments of English
literature which the Library is gradually acquiring and distinctly
enhances the repute and prestige of our collections on this sub-
ject. The Friday Club also presented a beautiful copy of
La Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en Vers in the famous " Fermiers
Generaux" edition of 1762, one of the most beautifully illus-
trated books of the i8th century. It contains some eighty-five
plates by the greatest French artists and engravers of the period,
and is one of the classic pieces in the development of engraving
and book illustration.
Another gift of great interest and value was the original
manuscript score of Edward Alexander MacDowelPs composi-
tion entitled "Erstes Concert (in A moll) fur das pianoforte mit
begleitung des orchesters . . . Op. 15, partitur & stimmen.
(n.p. 1882.)" This fine manuscript of one of the works of the
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great American composer was presented to the Library by his
widow, Mrs. E. A. MacDowell.
A second consignment of directories of American cities, num-
bering 100 volumes, was received on deposit from the Chicago
Public Library in May. A complete list of all the directories
included in this deposit was made and copies were filed for record
in both the institutions concerned.
PUBLIC SERVICE AND USE
Attendance. The Library was open 308 days. The total
number of visitors, or, if a circumlocution be preferred, the total
number of visits made by the public with the object of utilizing
the resources of the Library for a given purpose was 73,615, an
increase of 1,800 over the year 1914. Of this total, 53,355 were
made between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., and 20,260
between 5 : oo P.M. and 10 : oo P.M. The average daily attendance
was 239; the highest attendance on any one day was 412 (Janu-
ary 9), and the lowest was 92 (December 24).
Use of books. The total number of books, pamphlets, manu-
scripts, etc., called for or issued in the course of supplying the
information or material desired by readers was 132,396, an
increase of 10,128 over the year 1914. Of these, 101,382 were
used during the daytime and 31,014 during the evening hours.
The average daily issue of books was 429; the highest number
issued on any one day was 728 (November 13), and the smallest
was 142 (December 24).
Inter-library loans. Twenty-six applications were received
from other libraries asking for the loan of some forty-seven
volumes. These requests came from institutions in Illinois,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and
New York. It was found possible to grant seven of these
requests without militating against the legitimate interests of
local students, and thirteen volumes were lent to the following
libraries: Chicago Historical Society, for photographic purposes
(2), the John Crerar Library, for photographic purposes (i),
Duluth Public Library (7), University of Illinois Library (2),
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Minneapolis Public Library (i), Missionary Research Library,
New York City (i). All the books were returned promptly
and in good condition.
Exhibitions. The most important exhibition of the year was
one designed to illustrate the history and development of the
Art of Gardening, a topic in which there appears to be a well-
defined and permanent interest. The material shown, both
printed and graphic, was all taken from the collections hi the
possession of the Library. It included facsimiles of ancient
manuscripts; early copies of Herbals in various languages; early
English books on the laying out of gardens and the cultivation
of plants in the i6th, lyth, and i8th centuries, together with
quotations and translations from classical, English, and other
authors whose writings influenced English designers of gardens
and landscape artists generally; color prints and old engravings
of famous gardens. Every book in the exhibition was in itself
interesting for some special quality, such as rarity, literary inter-
est, former ownership or association, printer, place of publi-
cation, age, etc. The interest of a considerable number of
intelligent amateurs was attracted and the exhibition as a
whole received appreciative commendation from such an
authority as Dr. W. Miller, professor of Landscape Horti-
culture in the University of Illinois.
Publications. The following publications were issued during
the year 1915:
(1) Annual Report of the Trustees for 1914. 50 pages.
Printed from type. 1,000 copies.
(2) Selected List of Books and Manuscripts purchased
since January, 1910. 34 pages. Multigraphed. (Bul-
letin Number 3.) 250 copies.
(3) A List of Documentary Material Relating to State Con-
stitutional Conventions, 1776-1912. Compiled by A. H.
Shearer, Ph.D. 37 pages. Multigraphed. (Bulletin
Number 4.) 300 copies.
(4) Staff Directory of The Newberry Library. Educational
Qualifications, Suggested Reading and Study. 33 pages.
Multigraphed. 200 copies.
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(5) Same. Revised to October i, 1915. 36 pages. Multi-
graphed. 150 copies.
(6) Subjects represented in the Ayer Collection of Americana
with class numbers of corresponding topics in other
departments of The Newberry Library. 4 pages. Mul-
tigraphed. 50 copies.
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
Under this heading are included all the special processes
through which a book must be passed before it may properly
be placed on the shelves ready for use and consultation. It
comprises all the operations which have to do with the receiving,
checking, recording, classifying, cataloguing, marking, counting,
and binding of the material acquired by the Library. As I have
pointed out in previous Reports, the quantitative output of the
divisions of the service engaged in this work, that is, the actual
number of books, etc., passed through the above processes, is
conditioned absolutely by the extent to which any of the follow-
ing elements are operative: (i) Unusual difficulty in determin-
ing exact identity of author, correct bibliographical description
of a particular edition, or the most appropriate classification of
a book. These difficulties are an almost constant factor in the
cataloguing of books printed prior to 1800. (2) The extent to
which certain "collective" works require "analytical entries"
in the Author and Subject Catalogues in order to avoid possible
duplication of purchases as well as to reveal the resources of
the Library more completely. (3) The percentage of books in
foreign languages. (4) The extent to which the daily work of
the division is interrupted or halted by reason of illness, leave
of absence, vacations, substitute service in other departments,
or resignations. (5) The time expended in instructing untrained
assistants when experienced ones cannot be secured. A survey
of the year's activities shows that all of these elements have been
markedly present in the work and that the ist and 4th have been
especially noticeable.
Inasmuch as no large orders for books were placed in the
countries of Continental Europe during 1915, the number of
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volumes acquired through purchase was somewhat less than
usual. The majority of the new accessions came from orders
placed in this country and Great Britain. The total number of
new volumes added to the shelves was 5,490. This figure
includes about 1,000 volumes received during the latter part of
1914 and catalogued during 1915.
Of 2,524 new titles (4,621 volumes) treated by the Author
Catalogue division, over 33 per cent were in foreign languages.
The printed cards of the Library of Congress and other institu-
tions were procurable for only 569 of these titles; 1,955 required
original cataloguing by our own staff, and of these 25 per cent
were in foreign languages. Further, it may be of interest to
note that of these 1,955 titles, 800 or nearly 41 per cent were of
books printed before 1820. The distribution of these titles by
centuries was as follows:
Titles of books printed up to 1499 A.D 3
Titles of books printed from 1500 to 1599 A.D 140
Titles of books printed from 1600 to 1699 A.D 257
Titles of books printed from 1700 to 1799 A.D 314
Titles of books printed from 1800 to 1820 A.D 86
Total 800
Needless to say, the cataloguing of these titles presented numer-
ous bibliographical difficulties, and in a large number of instances
prolonged and minute investigation of their origin and literary
history was necessary before final and accurate catalogue descrip-
tions of them could be drafted. The study, care, and knowledge
required for the correct bibliographical or catalogue descrip-
tion of such material is, mutatis mutandis, analogous to that of
the archaeologist, the botanist, or the biologist who identifies,
classifies, describes, and prepares appropriate catalogue descrip-
tions of the remains of antiquity and of the selected specimens
of the world's flora and fauna displayed and arranged in scien-
tific order in our natural history and other museums. In spite
of their superficial physical resemblances, individual books and
other forms of printed material present an infinite variety of
differences and dissimilarities. Until this fundamental fact is
thoroughly grasped, the complicated nature of library catalogu-
ing and its basic relation to the principal purposes for which the
library exists can never be properly understood.
Card copy prepared by the cataloguers for 2,559 titles was
printed on the multigraph printing machine installed in the
Bindery. This was an increase of 1,382 titles over those so
printed in 1914. For insertion in the several library catalogues,
16,297 copies of these cards were used. Additional copies were
struck off and presented to other libraries in response to their
request for them, on the ground that a knowledge of the books
acquired by The Newberry Library would be of distinct service
and value to scholars not in our immediate vicinity. The insti-
tutions to which copies of our multigraphed cards are thus being
sent are: (i) The Library of Congress (two copies of each card) ;
(2) the Library of the University of California; (3) the Library
of Northwestern University. Mr. C. H. Hastings, Chief of the
Card Division in the Library of Congress, wrote us last February:
"I am pleased to learn that you will hereafter supply us with
two copies of each multigraph card which you turn out The
form and execution of the cards which you sent seem to be first
class." Dr. Walter Lichtenstein, Librarian of Northwestern
University, writes of them: "The cards arrived last Saturday.
It seems to me that they are very handsome in appearance and
are unusually clear. It seems to me that as far as we are con-
cerned no cards are as valuable for our purposes as those of
The Newberry Library, especially if we might look forward to
the time when we could have practically a duplicate catalogue
of your collection."
The "current accessions" handled by the Author Catalogue
division during 1915 amounted to 4,621 volumes, for which
11,016 cards were prepared for the Official Author Catalogue
and 10,825 duplicate cards for the new Public Author Catalogue.
The number of necessary "analytical" entries, equal in impor-
tance to independent titles, was 450.
The paragraphs that follow summarize the work done for
and the additions made to the various catalogues and indices
now being currently prepared and maintained. These instru-
ments constitute the chief aids daily used by the public and the
library assistants in revealing the resources of the Library and
furthering the literary, historical, and other studies and investi-
gations of those who resort to it.
Official Author Catalogue. This catalogue contains an esti-
mated total of 218,042 cards. During 1915, new cards to the
number of 16,395 were added to it, and 1,366 cards were for
various reasons deducted from it. In connection with processes
of revision, correction, or improvement in the light of new knowl-
edge or more modern methods and materials, 12,122 old cards,
made many years ago, were re-filed or new ones substituted for
them. Among these changes were the substitution of 9,761
printed or typewritten cards for the older manuscript ones; and
the correction or improvement of 852 author headings as a re-
sult of new information coming to light regarding them. Thus,
the filing and re-filing of cards for this catalogue involved the
handling and accurate alphabetic arrangement of 28,517 cards.
Public Author Catalogue.* The amount of finished and com-
pleted work accomplished by the " recataloguing staff" in 1915
reached a total of 30,158 volumes and 2,924 "analyticals." For
the titles represented by these volumes, 27,651 cards were pre-
pared. From the very comprehensive annual report of Mr. L. R.
Blanchard, Head of the Department, I extract the following facts
concerning the work done under his direction for this catalogue.
The new Public Author Catalogue at present consists of five
catalogue cases with the cards distributed through 440 trays.
Its total contents on December 31, 1915, may be represented as
follows:
Titles Analyticals Cross-References Cards Volumes
93,805 18,157 19,047 144,168 148,141
A careful survey has been made of the general situation with
a view to estimating the amount of work still to be done under
* The recataloguing, for inclusion in this catalogue, of the major portion of
the contents of the Library acquired prior to June 17, 1911, is being done by an
extra group of workers designated for administrative purposes as " the recataloguing
staff."
the head of "recataloguing." The following results have been
obtained and they are believed to be substantially accurate so
far as the facts within our present knowledge indicate:
Volumes in Library December 31, 1915 358,028
Volumes in Special Collections having their
own catalogues, or for other reasons
not included in the "recataloguing"
operations 120,256
Volumes already fully recatalogued 115,005
235,261
Balance 122,767
Volumes partially recatalogued, cards
awaiting final revision 35, 120
Volumes still to be fully recatalogued 87,647
Library of Congress "proof-slip" catalogue. This catalogue
consists of "proof-sheet" copy of the printed cards for all books
catalogued or recatalogued by the Library of Congress since
January i, 1910, cut to standard size and filed alphabetically
by the names of authors. Since its establishment in 1910 we
have come to regard this "proof-sheet" catalogue of the National
Library as an indispensable bibliographical and cataloguing tool
of the greatest value and usefulness. It is a dependable source
of a vast amount of information needed both by the public and
by the cataloguers, which apparently cannot be found readily
hi any other place. From it we ascertain among other things:
(i) for which of our new accessions Library of Congress printed
cards may be secured; (2) standard or best forms of author and
title entry for catalogue use as decided upon by the National
Library; (3) full and correct names of authors, especially those
whose names do not yet appear in the current biographical
encyclopaedias, etc. ; (4) details of place of publication, name of
publisher, the price of hundreds of copyrighted books which are
not recorded in the regular trade bibliographies. Inasmuch as
we are now following in our cataloguing procedure the same code
of rules as that used by the Catalogue Department of the Library
of Congress, the cards illustrate the application of these rules
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and furnish us models of actual practice in many doubtful or
difficult cases. We are thus saved the time which would be
consumed by our cataloguers in studying out and solving these
cases independently. This Library of Congress ' 'proof-slip" cata-
logue now numbers over 273,678 author entry slips and may
be expected to grow at the rate of about 45,000 annually. For
convenience of reference there have been combined with these
Library of Congress proof-slips, 10,734 printed cards for books
in the Library of Harvard University, 3,122 for books in the
Library of the University of Chicago, and 619 for books in
the Library of the University of California. This is our nearest
approach to the possession of the type of "Union Catalogue"
which has recently become so popular a feature in the large
libraries of America. My reasons for not instituting here a
similar instrument on the scale maintained by other libraries of
the size and character of The Newberry Library are based on the
fact that three neighboring institutions (the University of
Chicago Library, the John Crerar Library, and the North-
western University Library) have already established and are
currently maintaining these comprehensive Union Catalogues
and it is not yet apparent to me that a fourth is necessary in or
near Chicago.
The following table shows the number and cost of all printed
cards purchased from the Library of Congress for all purposes of
known present and future use since January i, 1910:
Totals by Years
Titles
Cards
Cost
IQIO. .
12,306
78,576
$ 715.26
1911
9,024
53,591
584.19
IOI2. .
4,158
22,519
211.96
IQI3. .
8,882
41,265
446.85
IOI4. .
7,946
37,837
417.64
IQIS. .
6,897
26,281
310.93
Totals
49,283
260,069
$2,686.83
In his report for 1905, Dr. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of
Congress, said: "The saving to a library by the purchase of
our cards over the cost of cataloguing independently the books
which they represent and printing or otherwise manifolding
them is estimated to be from four to seven times the price they
pay us."
Official Name List. A full description of this necessary
instrument of service has been given in previous reports and
need not be repeated here. During 1915 cards to the number of
15,401 were added to it, making a total of 67,722 entries, record-
ing once for all the official form of authors' names and headings
to be used in the catalogues of this Library, together with refer-
ence to the authorities upon which our decisions have been
based.*
Classed Subject Catalogue. Mr. W. S. Merrill, Head of the
division which assigns all books to their appropriate groups in
our system of classification, determines their "call-numbers,"
and carries out all the processes having to do with the arrange-
ment and up-keep of the Classed Subject Catalogue, reports
that 4,244 volumes were thus treated for the permanent collec-
tions of the Library. His division also performed a large num-
ber of subsidiary duties in connection both with this work and
on volumes which it is not our intention to shelve permanently
or catalogue exhaustively. As I reported last year, the use of
"expansive indexer books" to contain the entries for this cata-
logue was discontinued on April i, 1914. Its physical form is
now the same as that of the other principal catalogues, viz.,
standard-sized cards filed on rods in the trays of a card cabinet.
To this Classed Subject Catalogue, which adjoins the Public
Author Catalogue in the Main Reading-Room, 12,819 new cards
and 2,841 guides have been added. To the divisional Subject
Catalogues, the additions were: in the History Department,
* "A system of bibliographical description, which will harmonize and range
with biography and other subjects of a similar kind, is that which must commend
itself as the most natural, reasonable, scientific, and, in the end, the simplest and
most practical. Unless good biographical dictionaries and similar works of refer-
ence are taken as the chief standards for author entries, there will never be any
improvement or uniformity in bibliographical and cataloguing methods." J. D.
Brown, Manual of Practical Bibliography, p. 57.
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3,478 cards and 1,650 guides; in the Arts and Letters Depart-
ment, 4,610 cards and 1,369 guides. The grand total of cards
and guides filed and arranged during 1915 in these catalogues
was 20,907 and 5,860 respectively.
Alphabetical Index to the Subject Catalogue. This index, also
in card form, is placed with the catalogues in the Main Reading-
Room and enables a reader to tell at a glance whether or not
the Library possesses books on a particular subject and where
in the Classed Subject Catalogue the titles of such books may
be found. Index cards to the number of 2,326 were added to
it during the year, and it now contains a total of 31,077 subject
headings arranged alphabetically.
Genealogical Index. During 1915, 11,521 entries, typed in
previous years, were mounted on cardboard, cut, sorted, and
inserted in their proper places in the volumes of this Index.
It now comprises 1,190 folio volumes, containing a grand total
of 683,431 entries, each entry giving one or more direct references
to material on the shelves of the Library.
Periodicals. At the close of the year, 916 periodicals were
being currently received. Of these, 582 are purchased, 203 are
presented by individuals or the publishers, and 131 are deposited
by the United States government. Excluding the government
publications, 496 of these periodicals are in the English language
and 289 are in foreign languages. Although from time to time
some delay is experienced in receiving the periodicals printed
in belligerent countries of Europe, we have been extremely for-
tunate in keeping our files substantially complete of all those
which have not suspended publication.
BOOKBINDING AND REPAIRING
The operations associated with the binding and repairing
of the literary property of the Library fall into two distinct
groups. One comprises the details connected with the designa-
tion of the nature and kind of binding to be put on books
received unbound, the assembling of the requisite parts and
numbers of periodical publications, the withdrawal of worn or
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broken volumes from the shelves for necessary repairs, etc., the
delivery to and receipt of this material from the Bindery, and
the keeping of systematic record of these facts. These opera-
tions are performed by the Department of Accessions and Classi-
fication.
The Bindery proper deals exclusively with the second group
of details connected with the binding, i.e., those having to do
with the technical treatment of a book by the binders from the
time of its receipt in an unbound condition until its return, newly
bound or repaired, to the library assistants. In the Bindery
it is collated, assembled by signatures, sewn, bound in cloth,
leather, pigskin, or board cover, gilded, stamped, labeled, etc.
These operations are of course performed by skilled artisans
under the direction of an experienced chief.
A total of 7,783 volumes and pamphlets were newly bound
during 1915. Of these, 4,944 were bound in cloth, 2,297 i n half-
morocco, 77 in pigskin, and 465 in plain boards with cloth backs.
Besides this new work, 1,217 volumes, worn or damaged through
use, were repaired, relettered, etc. The paper label bearing the
seal of the Library as a mark of ownership was pasted on the
inside front cover of 12,615 volumes. Of the material sent to
the Bindery for treatment, 1,845 volumes were individual books
acquired prior to 1915, 888 were from the Bonaparte Collection,
511 were acquisitions of the year 1915, 901 were current serials,
and 383 were pieces of sheet music hitherto kept in boxes. In
connection with the binding of the books, 19,207 illustrative
plates were "guarded," and 1,052 maps mounted.
Owing to conditions arising out of the Great War, we have
been unable to replenish certain portions of our stock of leathers
and cloth used in binding. Our stock of imported English
imperial cloth is nearly exhausted in the red, maroon, and brown
colors, and the manufacturers cannot at present fill orders for
the material in these colors. Consequently we are using a
high-grade Holliston library buckram to match sets previously
bound in the imported cloth. The first quality morocco leather
which we have been accustomed to import from Germany is of
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course no longer obtainable. Our stock of this in maroon color
is entirely exhausted and we are using cloth of a corresponding
color in binding current volumes of sets previously bound in
leather. We endeavored, but without success, to secure a
Turkey morocco in the maroon color; the other colors do not
match our former stock.
The Head of the Bindery also supervises all the work done
on the multigraph, and he has largely contributed to the marked
success with which this printing machine has been adapted and
adjusted to our peculiar needs. Besides the 950 copies of the
pamphlet publications mentioned on pp. 18-19, a total of over
51,000 multigraphed catalogue cards and guide cards have been
printed. In addition, 46,000 readers' application slips for books,
and 42,475 copies of business, report, and record forms used in
the routine work of the Library were also printed in this way.
On the cutting and punching machines, 65,000 blank catalogue
cards and 70,000 manila slips used for temporary and memoran-
dum purposes were cut and punched as required. Every divi-
sion and phase of our work feels the benefit of the varied activities
carried on in the Bindery under its present efficient direction.
LIBRARIAN'S OFFICE
The general administration of the Library is, of course,
directed from this office, but in addition a large number of activ-
ities also center here which in many other institutions are other-
wise allocated. In the course of a year, the business, clerical
and bibliographical work done by the assistants directly asso-
ciated with the activities of this division of the service amounts
to a very considerable total. These activities comprise, in part,
all details connected with book selection, preparation for order-
ing, and maintenance of the card catalogue of outstanding and
received orders; the comparison of all purchased books with
their invoices and the original orders, and the certification of
their correctness; the receipt of all gifts and designation of the
disposition to be made of them; the storage, oversight, and
distribution of all library supplies; the conduct of all official
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correspondence not falling within the province of the Business
Office; the mailing and distribution of all Library publications;
the writing, filing, checking, and re-filing of thousands of cards
for the order catalogue; decisions regarding inter-library loans;
record of multigraph operations, and numerous other matters of
greater or less importance but all essential to the well-being and
orderly management of the institution. No statistical state-
ment can be made which adequately presents the results of all
this activity, but record of it is made here as a matter of justice
to the assistants engaged in it, since their labors are not otherwise
fully represented in these Annual Reports.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
On April 20, 1915, the Library suffered a serious loss in the
death of Miss Luella M. Sloan, Ph.B., chief reviser in the Author
Catalogue Division, who had been a member of the staff for
nine years. She brought to her work an unusually quick and
comprehensive mind. Applying herself with marked concen-
tration and ability to the problems of cataloguing, she became
so proficient that, at the time of her death, she was not only
supervising the work of her juniors in the Catalogue Division,
but was constantly engaged also in solving bibliographical and
literary problems brought to her by members of other depart-
ments. Her loyalty to the institution was such that she had
been known to work for many hours beyond what was officially
required of her hi order to finish a piece of work which she knew
would be of value to the Library, but which she could not find
time to do amid the pressing duties of her regular hours of service.
Her personal influence invariably made for harmony, and her
unswerving devotion to duty set an example not without effect
on younger associates. With her passing the Library lost a
most accomplished and loyal assistant. Miss Sloan was a
graduate of the University of Chicago and a member of the
American Library Association.
Eight resignations have been presented during the year, one
from the Reference Division, two from the Author Catalogue
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Division, and five from the Recataloguing Staff. Two were due
to the acceptance of more attractive positions in other libraries,
and five to the desire of the persons concerned to resume their
studies in school or college. Miss Sloan's position was filled by
the promotion of Miss F. A. Noyes, A.B., and other vacancies
in the Author Catalogue Division were filled by the transfer of
Miss R. Balch and Miss H. A. Fowler, B.L., from the Recata-
loguing Staff to the Classified Staff, by the return to our service
of Miss M. I. Stearns who had resigned in 1914 to become head
cataloguer in the Public Library of Duluth, Minnesota, and by
the appointment of Miss G. Gunderson, Ph.B. Thus at the
end of the year, Miss Noyes was the only member of the Author
Catalogue Division who had also been a member of it at the
beginning of the year. Service conditions required the drafting
of members of this division as substitutes in the Reference Divi-
sion for an amount of time equivalent to 79 working days,
and the time lost due to illness was equal to 82 working days.
In the face of such vicissitudes it is remarkable that the division
accomplished the work it did. The resignations, transfers, new
appointments, and absences due to illness among members of the
Recataloguing Staff were scarcely less disrupting.
The Library was represented at the annual meeting of the
American Library Association at Berkeley, California, in June,
by Miss R. Balch and a paper by Mr. W. S. Merrill dealing
with his recommendations for a "Code for Classifiers" was read
before the Catalogue Section of this Conference. Dr. A. H.
Shearer represented the Library at the annual meeting of the
American Historical Association, hi Washington, during Decem-
ber, where he was appointed a member of the Committee on
Bibliography and reappointed Secretary of the Conference of
Historical Societies. Through his participation in the activities
of these organizations, it is hoped to keep The Newberry Library
in close touch with historical scholarship and investigation
throughout the country.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. N. C. CARLTON, Librarian
3
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS ACQUIRED BY
PURCHASE, 1915
[Aelfric] abbot of Eynsham. A testimonie of antiqvitie. . .in the Church of
England touching the sacrament of the body and bloude of the Lord. . .
Lond. [1567] T. Anglo-Saxon and Eng.
Alabaster, William. Roxana: tragaedia. . . Londini, 1632. S.
Alesius, Alexander. Alexandri Alesii scotti Responsio ad Cochlei Calvm-
nias. n.p. [1534] S.
[Allott, Robert] Wits theater of the little world. .. [Lond.] 1599. nar.T.
Ariosto, Lodovico. Comedie. . . cioe, I suppositi, La cassaria, La lena, II
negromante, & La scolastica, di nvovo ristampate. . .per Thomaso
Porcacchi. Vinegia, 1562. 5 pt. in i v.nar.T.
The Athenian gazette. v.i-2o, no. 8, 1691-1697. Lond. 1691-97. 2ov.
in 2,F.
. The supplement to v.i~4. Lond. 1691. 4V. in i,F.
Balzac, Jean Louis Guez, sieur de. The prince... tr. into English [by
Henry Gresby] Lond. 1648. nar.T.
Barnes, Barnabe. Fovre bookes of offices. . . Lond. 1606. Q.
Bassompierre, Francois de. Ambassade. . .en Espagne, 1'an 1621...
(Negociation. . .en Angleterre, 1'an 1626) Cologne, 1668. 2v. in i,
nar.T.
. Ambassade. . .en Suisse, 1'an 1625... Cologne, 1668. 2v. in
i, nar.T.
Benivieni, Girolamo. Opere di Hierony. Benivieni. . . [Fir. 1519]
nar. S.
Berkeley of Stratton, John Berkeley, ist baron. Memoirs. . .his negotia-
tion [1647]... for restoring King Charles the First... Lond. 1699.
nar.D.
Betussi, Giuseppe. II raverta, dialogo. . .nel qvale si ragiona d'amore, et
de gli effetti svoi. . . Vinegia, 1545. S.
[Bisaccioni, Maiolino, conte] Cento novelle amorose dei Signori Accade-
mici incogniti. . . Venetia, 1651. 3 pt. in i v.,O.
Boccaccio, Giovanni. Amorosa visione di Messer Giou. Bocc. nuouamente
ritrouata, nella quale si cotegono cinque triumphi... Apologia di H.
Claricio . . . Osseruationi di uolgar gramatica del Bocc. [Mil. 1 52 1] D .
[Botero, Giovanni] Relations of the most famovs kingdoms and common-
weales thorovgh the world. . . Tr. into English [by Robert Johnson]
Lond. 1608. D.
The British Apollo... Added. . .occurrences foreign and domestick.
Perform'd by a society of gentlemen [etc.] v.i-2; Feb. 13, xyoS-Mar. 24,
1710. Lond. 1708-1710. 2V.F.
British museum. Dept. of manuscripts. Greek papyri in the British
museum. Catalogue with texts. . . Lond. 1893-1910. 4v.sq.F.
Brusantini, Vincenzo. Angelica inamorata. . . Vinegia, 1553. O.
Brusoni, Lucio Domitio. L. Domitii Brvsonii. . .Facetiarvm exemplo-
rvmq. libri VII. [Rome, 1518] F.
Butler, Charles. The principles of musik hi singing and setting. . . Lond.
1636. D.
Campbell, John Francis, comp. Leabhar na feinne. Vol. i. Gaelic texts.
Heroic Gaelic ballads, collected in Scotland. . .from 1512 to 1871...
Lond. 1872. F. No more published.
Campbell's Foreign monthly magazine. Phila. 1842-44. 6v.O. No
more published.
Le Canada-francais; revue publiee sous la direction d'un comite de pro-
fesseurs de 1'Universite Laval, v.i-4; annee 1888-91. Quebec,
1888-91. 4V.Q.
The Canterbury and York Society. Canterbury and York series, 1-18.
Lond. 1905-1915. iSv.Q.
Capell, Edward] Notes and various readings to Shakespeare. . . Lond.
[1779-80] 3v.sq.Q.
Carlell, Lodowick. The deserving favorite: a tragi-comedy. . . Lond.
1659. S.
Carlile, James. The fortune-hunters: or, Two fools well met. A comedy
. . . Lond. 1689. O.
Carnegie institution of Washington. Dept. of historical research. [Photo-
graphs taken by R. R. Hill in the Archives of the Indies at Seville, in
the section styled "Papeles procedentes de la Isla de Cuba"] [Wash.
1913] 4v.sq.F. 200 photographs of mss. relating to United States
history.
Carve, Thomas. Itinerarivm R. D. Thomae Carve, tripperariensis [!]...
cum historia facti Butleri, Gordon, Lesly & aliorum. . . Mogvntiae,
1639-46. 3V.nar.T.
Certain elegies, done by sundrie excellent wits. With satyrs and epigrams.
[Ed. 3] Lond. 1620 [repr. 1843] D.
Chiabrera, Gabriello. Egloghe di Gabriello Chiabrera. . . Venetia, 1610.
3V. in i,nar.T.
[Clain, Johann Theodor] Historia britannica. .. Ambergae, 1603. nar.T.
Corneille, Pierre. Heraclius, emperour of the East; a tragedy. . . Eng-
lished by Lodowick Carlell. . . Lond. 1664. O.
32
Courcelle-Seneuil, Jean Leopold. . . . Les dieux gaulois d'apres les monu-
ments figures. Par. 1910. D.
[Curio, Coelius Secundus] Pasquine in a traunce; a. . . dialogue. . . [tr.jby
W. P... Lond. [1566] D.
[Dalyell, Sir John Graham, 6th bart.] comp. Fragments of Scotish history . . .
Edin. 1798. sq. Q.
Dampier, William. A collection of voyages. Lond. 1729. sv. in 4,0.
[Defoe, Daniel] Jure divino: a satyr. . . Lond. 1706. F.
Dolce, Lodovico. Le tragedie di M. Lodovico Dolce, cioe: Giocasta,
Medea, Didone, Ifigenia, Thieste, Hecuba, di nvovo ricorrette et
ristampate. Venetia, 1566. S.
Doni, Antonio Francesco. La libraria del Doni. . .scritti tutti gl' autori
uulgari con cento discorsi. . . Vinegia, 1550. nar.T.
Donne, John. Ivvenilia; or, Certaine paradoxes and problemes. .. Lond.
1633. 2 pt. hi i v.,sq.D.
The downefall of temporizing poets, unlicenst printers, upstart booksellers,
trotting mercuries, and bawling hawkers. Being a very pleasant
dialogue. . . n.p. 1641. sq.D.
Dryden, John. The husband his own cuckold: a comedy. . . Lond.
1696. O.
D'Urfey, Thomas. A fool's preferment; or, The three dukes of Dunstable.
A comedy. . . Together with all the songs and notes to 'em. . .
compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. . . [Lond.] 1688. 2 pt. hi i v.,sq.O.
. The intrigues at Versailles ; or, A jilt hi all humours. A comedy . . .
Lond. 1697. O.
Eckhart, Johann Georg von. Corpus historicum medii aevi. Lipsiae,
1723. 2V.F.
Epistolae obscurorum virorum tertio volumine auctae. Londini, 1689.
3 pt. hi i v.,nar.T.
Erasmus, Desiderius. Declarationes. . .ad censuras Lutetiae vulgatas sub
nomine facultatis theologiae parisiensis. Antverpiae, 1532. T.
[Estienne, Henri] A mervaylovs discourse vpon the lyfe, deedes, and
behauiours of Katherine de Medicis, Queene mother. . . Heydelberge,
IS7S- T.
Eutropius, Roman historian. A brief e chronicle . . . from the first f oundatyon
of the city of Rome unto the M.C. and .xix. yeare. . . Englished
by Nicolas Ha ward. . . [Lond.] 1564. T.
Fabricius, Georgius. Poetarvm veterum ecclesiasticoru opera Christiana
& operum reliquiae atq; fragmenta; thesavrvs. . . Georgii Fabricii. . .
Basileae [1564] Q.
Favyn, Andre. The theater of honour and knighthood. . . Written in
French, by Andre Favyn. Lond. 1623. 2V. in i,F.
33
Ficino, Marsiglio. Libro di Marsilio Ficino. . .della Cristiana religione. . .
[Fir. n.d.] O.
Firenzuola, Agnolo. I Lvcidi; comedia. . . Fir. 1552. T.
Fraunce, Abraham. Abraham! Fransi Insignivm, armorvm, emblematvm,
hieroglyphicorvm, et symbolorum, quae ab Italis imprese nominantur,
explicatio: Quae symbolicse philosophiae postrema pars est. Lond.
1588. D.
Galliae notitia; or, The present state of France... Tr...by [Richard
Wolley] Lond. 1691. nar.S. A tr. of "L'Etat de la France."
Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca. The royal commentaries of Peru. . . rendered
into English by Sir Paul Rycaut, kt. Lond. 1688. F.
Gelli, Giovanni Battista. Circes. . . Tr. by Henry Iden. . . [Lond.]
1557- T.
. La circe di Giovanbattista Gelli. . . Vinegia, 1550. S.
Gesner, Konrad. The newe iewell of health ... Lond. 1576. O.
Ginsburg, Christian David, ed, and tr. The Massorah, compiled from
manuscripts, alphabetically and lexically arranged. Lond. 1880-1905.
4V.F 6 .
Glanvill, Joseph. Some discourses, sermons and remains. . . Lond. 1681.
sq.O.
Godwin, Francis, successively bp. of Llandaff and Hereford. De prsesvlibvs
Angliae commentarius. . . Lond. 1616. 2 pt. in i v.D.
Gonsalvius, Reginaldus, Montanus. A discovery and playne declaration of
sundry subtill practises of the holy Inqvisition of Spayne . . . Set forth
in Latine. . .and newly translated. . . Lond. 1568. D.
Gracian y Morales, Baltasar. The compleat gentleman. . .tr. into English
by T. Saldkeld. [Ed. 2] Lond. 1730. D.
Gt. Brit. Public record office. . . . Annual report of the deputy keeper of
the public records. . . ist-date (i839/4o-date) and 2 index vols.
Lond. i84o-date. O.-F.
. Secretary for foreign tongues. Letters of state, written by Mr.
John Milton, to most of the sovereign princes and republicks of Europe,
from. . . 1649. -till. . . 1659. . . [Tr. by Edward Phillips] Lond.
1694. nar.S.
Guicciardini, Luigi. The description of the Low Countreys and of the
prouinces thereof. . . Lond. 1593. S.
Gutierrez de la Vega, Luis. A compendious treatise entituled, De re
militari. . .tr. into English by Nicholas Lichefild. . . Lond. 1582. D.
Harvey, Richard. Philadelphvs; or, A defence of Brutes, and the Brutans
history. . . Lond. 1593. S.
Hazard's register of Pennsylvania. Phila. 1828-35. i6v.Q.
34
[Hazlitt, William Carew] ed. Inedited poetical miscellanies, 1584-1700.
Selected from mss. . . [Lond.] 1870. D.
Healey, John, tr. Epictetvs Manuall. Cebes Table. Theophrastvs
Characters. [Tr.] by lo. Healey. Lond. 1616. nar.T.
Heath, Robert. Clarastella: together with Poems occasional, Elegies,
Epigrams, Satyrs. . . Lond. 1650. 5 pt. in i v. nar.T.
Heinsius, Daniel. Danielis Heinsii Poemata, emendata nunc postremo &
aucta. . . Ed. 6. Lug. Bat. 1617. nar.S.
. . . .Herodes infanticida, tragoedia. Lvg. Bat. 1632. T. Elzevir
edition.
Hogg's instructor, v.i-6 (Mar. i845~Feb. 1848) new ser., v.i-io ([1848-
June 1853]) ^d ser.] v.i-s (July i8s3-Dec. 1855) v. 23-25 ([July
i856-Dec. 1857]) Edin. 1845-57. 24V. hi i9,O-Q.
Hooker, Richard. The works of that learned and judicious divine Mr.
Richard Hooker: with an account of his life and death by Isaac
Walton. A new ed. . .by the Rev. John Keble. . . Ox. 1836. 3V. in
4,0.
Hurault, Jacques, sieur de Veul et de Marais. Politicke, moral, and
martial discourses. . . Tr. into English by Arthur Golding. Lond.
1595- D.
Imagines et vitae imperatorvm romanorvm. . . Lug. Bat. 1599. nar.T.
Indiana magazine of history; published quarterly by the Department of
history of Indiana university. . . v.i-date (igos-date) Blooming-
ton, Ind., igos-date. Q.
Iowa. State historical society. [Publications] 43V.O.
Johnson, Charles. The generous husband; or, The coffee house politician.
A comedy. . . Lond. [1713] sq.O.
Johnston, Robert. Historia rerum britannicarum: ut et mvltarvm galli-
carum, belgicarum, & germanicarum. . .ab anno 1572, ad annum
1628. . . Amstelaedami, 1655. F.
Jubinal, Achille, ed. Nouveau recueil de contes, dits, fabliaux, et autres
pieces inedites des XIII 6 , XIV e et XV e siecles, pour faire suite aux
collections Legrand d'Aussy, Barbazan et Meon. . . Par. 1839-42.
2V. in i,O.
The Keepsake. . . [Ed. by F. M. Reynolds] [v. 1-8] (1828-1835) Lond.
[1828-35] 8v.D.
Kirke, John. The seven champions of Christendome. . . Lond. 1638. D.
[Landor, Walter Savage] Poems from the Arabic and Persian; with notes
by the author of Gebir. Warwick, 1800. 27oX222mm.,sq.Q.
La Perriere, Guillaume de. The mirrovr of policie. . . Lond. 1599. D.
35
Leroy, Louis. Of the interchangeable covrse, or variety of things in the
whole world; and the concvrrence of armes and learning, thorough
the first and famousest nations. . .tr. into English by R. A. . . Lond.
1594- Q-
[Linche, Richard]. Diella: certaine sonnets. [Ed. by E. V. Utterson]. . .
Lond. 1596, [repr. 1841] S.
List of English books printed not later than the year 1 600. [Lond.] 1 86 5-74 .
2V.O.
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo. A tracte containing the artes of curious
paintinge, caruinge, buildinge. . . Englished by R. H. [i.e. Richard
Haydocke]... [Ox. 1598] Q.
Lower, Sir William. The phaenix in her flames, a tragedy. . . Lond.
1639. D.
Lupset, Thomas. Tho. Lupsets Workes. . . [Lond.] 1560. T.
Lycosthenes, Conrad. Prodigiorvm ac ostentorvm chronicon, quae praeter
naturae ordinem, motum et operationem. . .acciderunt. . . Basileae
[i557] F.
Macpherson, James. The poems of Ossian; tr. from the Galic language,
by James Macpherson. . .and turned into blank verse, by. . .Anthony
Davidson. Salisbury, [1812?] O.
. The poems of Ossian, originally tr. by James Macpherson. . .
attempted hi English verse, by. . .John Shackleton. . . Birmingham,
1817. 2V.O.
The poems of Ossian, tr. by James Macpherson. . .authenticated,
illustrated, and explained by Hugh Campbell. . . Lond. 1828. 2V.
nar.O.
Mancinelli, Antonio. . . . Carmen de floribus, Carmen de figuris, De
poetica virtute, Vitae carmen. [Venetiis, 1498] O.
Melander, Otto. locorum atqve seriorvm, tvm novorum, turn selectorum
atque memorabilium centvriae aliqvot. . . Francofvrti, 1626. nar.T.
Mexia, Pedro. The historic of all the Romane emperors, beginning with
Caivs Ivlivs Caesar and successiuely ending with Rodvlph the Second,
now raigning. . .Enl. in Italian by Lodovico Dvlce and Girolamo Bardi,
and now Englished by W. Tfraheron] Lond. 1604. Q.
Minsheu, John. Pleasant and delightfvll dialogves in Spanish and Eng-
lish. . . Lond. 1599. Q.
Minturno, Antonio Sebastiano, bp. Rime et prose. . . Venetia, 1559.
2 pt. hi i v.S.
Missouri historical review, v.i-date, I9o6-date. Columbia, Mo. 1907-
date. O.
The Monthly epitome and catalogue of new publications, v.i-v.4, no. 6
(Jan. 1797-June, 1800) Lond. 1797-1800. 4V.O.
36
Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur Du Plessis-Marly, called Du Plessis-Mornay.
A notable treatise of the chvrch. . . Lond. 1580. T.
Morris, William. The collected works of William Morris, with introduc-
tions by his daughter May Morris. . . Lond. 1910-15. 24V.O.
Nebraska state historical society. Collections; v.i-i3, i5~date; 1885-
date. Lincoln, 1885 to date.
New York (State) Constitutional convention 1894. [Complete set of
documents] Albany, 1894-1900. 33V.
Ocland, Christopher. Anglorvm prselia ob anno Domini 1327. . . vsquc ad
annu Domini 1558. Carmine summatim perstricta. Item De
pacatissimo Angliae statu, imperante Elizabetha, compendiosa nar-
ratio. . . Lond. 1582. 3 pt. in i v.S.
A paradox against liberty; written by the Lords, during their imprison-
ment in the Tower. A poem. . . (A paradox against life. . . ) Lond.
1679. 2V - in x jF-
Paris, Matthew. . . .Historia major. . . Lond. 1684. F 4 .
[Payne, Nevil] The morning ramble; or, The town-humours: a comedy...
Lond. 1673. sq.O.
Perceval, Richard. A dictionarie in Spanish and English. . . enl. and ampli-
fied... by lohn Minsheu. . . Lond. 1599. Q.
. Spanish grammar. . . Lond. 1599. Q.
Petrarca, Francesco. Messire Francois Petracque [!] Des remedes de
lune et lautre fortune, prospere et aduerse. Nouuellemet imprime a
Paris. [Par. 1534] F.
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni. loannis Pici Mirandvlae omnia opera.
[Venetiis, 1519] F.
Plumptre, James, ed. The English drama purified: being a specimen of
select plays. . . Camb. 1812. 3v. nar.D.
Pons, Francois Raymond Joseph de. A voyage to the eastern part of
Terra Firma; or, The Spanish Main, in South America, during the
years 1801-1804. N.Y. 1806. 3V.O.
Porter, Thomas. The villain; a tragedy. . . Lond. 1670. O.
Powell, George. The treacherous brothers; a tragedy. .. Lond. 1696. O.
Proclus Lycius, surnamed Diadochus. The philosophical and mathematical
commentaries of Proclus, on the first book of Euclid's Elements. . .
Added. . .Platonic theology ... [by Thomas Taylor]: and a tr. of
Proclus's Theological elements. . . Lond. 1792. 2v. in i,Q.
The Rambler; a Catholic journal and review. v.i-i2 (Jan. i848-Dec.
1853) new ser., v.i-io (Jan. i854~Dec. 1858) new ser., [i.e. 3d ser.]
v.i-6 (May, i859~May, 1862) Lond. 1848-62. 28v.O-Q.
37
Recherches historiques; bulletin d'archeologie, d'histoire, de biographic,
de bibliographic, de numismatique, etc., etc... t. 3~date (iSpy-date)
Levis, i8Q7-date. Q.
Revue canadienne. Montreal, v.i-date, i864~date.
Rimbault, Edward Francis, ed. The rounds, catches and canons of Eng-
land. . .specimens of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centu-
ries. . . Lond. [187-?] sq.Q.
Rohan, Henri, due de. The memoires of the Duke of Rohan. . . remarkable
occurrences in France. . . Together with Divers politick discourses. . .
Englished by George Bridges. . . Lond. 1660. 2 pt. in i v.D.
Sambucus, Johannes. Emblemata, cvm aliqvot nvmmis antiqvi operis. . .
Antverpiae, 1564. D.
Sandford, James. The mirroure of madnes. . . Done out of French into
Englishe, by Ja. San. gent. Lond. 1569. T.
Sannazaro, Jacopo. Arcadia. . . Nuouamente con la gionta ristampata,
& con soimna diligenza corretta. [Venetia] 1543. S.
. Le rime di M. Giacobo Sannazaro. . . Con alcvne brevi anno-
tationi. . .di Francesco Sansovino. Venetia, [1561] nar.S.
. Sonetti e canzoni. . . Novamente corretti, e ristampati. . .
Venetia, 1543. S.
Sansovino, Francesco, comp. Delle cento novelle scelte da' piv nobili scrit-
tori della lingva volgare. . . Ed. 3... Venetia, 1563. S.
Selden, John. . . .Opera omnia, tarn edita quam inedita. . . Collegit ac
recensuit. . .David Wilkins. . . Londini, 1726. 3V. in 6,F S .
Sole, William. A compleat list of Brittish songs that have been composed
within the last two centurys, together with some of more remote
antiquity; with critticisms. . . also notes. . . Began, Bath, Feb. 6. 1778.
[Bath, 1778-90] sq.Q. In manuscript.
Speroni degli Alvarotti, Sperone. Canace; tragedia [Lucca, 1550] S.
. Canace; tragedia. . .aggivnte alcune altre sue composition!. . .
Venetia, 1597. D.
Strozzi, Giovan Battista, il vecchio. Madrigali. . . Fir. 1593. O.
Surville, Joseph E'tienne, marquis de. Poesies de Marguerite-Eleonore
Clotilde de Vallon-Chalys, depuis Mme. de Surville, poete francais
du XV e siecle; pub. par Ch. Vanderbourg. . . Par. Impr. de P. Didot
Paine, 1804. nar.D.
Tacitus, Cornelius. The annales of Cornelius Tacitus; the description of
Germanie (The ende of Nero and beginning of Galba. Power bookes
of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The life of Agricola) Ed. 4.
Lond. 1612. 2 pt. in i v.Q.
The Tartans of the clans and septs of Scotland, with the arms of the chiefs
. . . Edin. 1906. 2 v.Q.
38
The Theatre, v.i-date. N.Y. i goo-date.
[Thompson, Nathaniel] comp. A collection of 86 loyal poems . . . upon the
two late plots, viz., the horrid Salamanca plot hi 1678, and the present
fanatical conspiracy in 1683... [Lond.] 1685. S.
Two choice and useful treatises. . . The one, Praeexistence of souls. . .
[by Joseph Glanville.] The other, A discourse of truth, by... Dr.
Rust . . . ; with annotations on them both . . . [by Henry More] Lond.
1682. 2 pt. in i v.D.
Victor, Benjamin. The history of the theatres of London and Dublin,
from the year 1730... Added, an annual register of. ..plays, &c.
performed. . .in London, from the year 1712... Lond. 1761-71.
3V.S.
Vilvain, Robert. Enchiridium epigrammatum latino-anglicum. An epi-
tome of essais, Englished out of Latin. . . Lond. 1654. T.
Vondel, Joost van den. [Treurspelen] [Amst. 1639-98] 24V. in 2,sq.O.
[Wilkins, John] bp. of Chester. A discourse concerning a new world. . .
[Lond.] 1640. i pt. in i v.S.
39
APPENDIX A
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ATTENDANCE, 1914 AND 1915
Month
Reading-Room and
Allied Depts.
Art and Letters
Dept.
History Dept.
1914
1915
1914
1915
1914
1915
January. . .
4,697
4,610
4,833
4,269
3,473
2,805
2,631
2,780
3,184
4,289
4,876
4,721
5,169
4,900
5,297
3,929
4,336
3,338
3,057
2,842
3,057
4,237
4,577
3,967
288
295
286
303
270
221
240
2O4
255
294
353
268
313
308
360
242
257
265
227
170
191
380
293
222
,535
,429
,607
,263
,186
,070
,036
,131
,073
,327
,277
1,126
i,395
i,435
1,410
1,212
1,193
1,050
1,109
1,202
1,101
1,397
i,37i
1,002
February
March
April
May
Tune. .
July..
August
September
October
November
December
Total
47,168
48,706
3,277
3,228
15,060
14,877
Month
Museum, Including
Bibliog. Dept.
Special Collections*
Total Monthly
Attendance
1914
1915
1914
I9IS
1914
IQIS
January
418
359
448
424
436
385
467
426
376
366
391
402
426
439
45
237
328
352
495
345
413
568
538
450
98
93
129
IOO
127
116
181
no
94
IO2
122
I4O
159
"3
116
259
108
143
156
93
132
217
141
126
7,036
6,786
7,303
6,359
5,492
4,597
4,555
4,651
4,982
6,378
7,019
6,657
7,462
7,195
7,633
5,879
6,222
5,148
5,044
4,652
4,894
6,799
6,920
5,767
February
March
April
May
Tune. . .
July..
August
September
October
November
December
Total
4,898
5,041
1,412
1,763
7i,8i5
73,6iS
* Includes 584 of the Edward E. Ayer Americana Collection.
40
APPENDIX B
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF BOOKS ISSUED, 1914 AND 1915
Month
Reading-Room and
Allied Depts.
Art and Letters
Dept.
History Dept.
1914
1915
1014
1915
1914
1915
January
4,952
5,i62
5,028
4,505
3,6l4
2,679
2,666
2,875
3,162
4,259
4,616
4,782
6,570
5,284
6,005
4,54i
5,978
3,691
3,993
3,524
3,350
4,5o6
5,348
4,55i
1,141
1,005
I,OI2
1,152
1,180
873
884
753
935
1,074
1,276
895
1,207
1,064
1,208
1,005
1,057
994
968
750
734
1,174
1,223
1,018
5,473
4,526
4,502
3,703
3,740
3,681
3,641
3,550
3,945
4,35i
4,270
3,544
3,256
4,258
4,479
4,315
4,449
3,907
4,370
4,067
3,854
4,618
4,911
3,527
February
March
April
May
June. ..
July. .
August
September
October
November
December
Total
48,300
57,341
12,180
12,402
48,926
50,011
Month
Museum, Including
Bibliog. Dept.
Special Collections 41
Total Monthly Issues
1914
1015
1914
1915
1914
1915
January . . .
295
204
382
393
159
251
i, 008
310
2IO
284
285
339
355
491
407
297
3i5
316
375
121
374
292
386
307
557
657
727
715
6i5
877
1,582
461
478
427
1,016
630
1,025
631
670
546
628
778
932
498
528
743
901
726
12418
n,554
11,651
10468
9,308
8,361
9,78i
7,949
8,730
10,395
",463
10,190
12413
11,728
12,769
10,704
12427
9,686
10,638
8,960
8,840
",333
12,769
10,129
February
March
April
May
June.. .
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
4,120
4,036
8,742
8,606
122,268
132,396
* Including 2717 of the Edward E. Ayer Americana Collection.
APPENDIX C
STATISTICS OF BOOKS ISSUED, 1915
(By Subjects and Classes)
Day
Evening
Total
Asiatic Collection
1,24.3
1.343
Academies
238
2
241
Bibliography
3,074
62
4.O36
Biography. .
3,606
340
S.OSC
Civil Government
I, IIO
230
1,358
Church History
743
115
858
E. E. Ayer
2,717
2,717
Economics
2,474
626
3,100
Fine Arts
2,324
536
2,860
Genealogy
10,681
e,o45
I?, 726
General Reference
2O,3"\3
IO,222
3O,<7<;
Geography. . .
3,446
744
4,190
History
16,328
15,384
21,712
Language
813
23O
1,043
Law and Legislation
72S
174
859
Literature
6,442
1,665
8,107
Military and Naval Arts
O4
2Q
123
Music
4,21:6
1,172
5,428
Newspapers
74 c
IOO
854
Periodicals
6,887
2,O67
8,o<;4
Philosophy
1,146
549
1,695
Prince Bonaparte Library
3,148
3,148
Religion
3,654
"570
4,233
Science and Technology (general works)
Sociology
1,162
1,236
770
324
i,932
1,560
Sports
1,377
20
1,397
Theatre
351
41
392
Total
101,382
31,014
132,306
42
APPENDIX D
STATISTICS OF INCREASE, 1915
ENTERED IN ACCESSION CATALOGUE, 1915
Month
BOUGHT
GIVEN
Vols.
Pams.
MSS
Broad-
sides
Vols.
Pams.
MSS
Charts
January. .
275
407
279
243
207
33
313
77
374
317
3M
225
IS
74
12
IO
14
21
18
I
I
30
14
Si
27
18
i
9
10
4
9
4
2
I
I
February
March
April
May
I
2
2
Tune. . .
July
I
22
3
26
5
108
iS
12
I
August
September
19
16
6
13
2
I
12
12
October
November
December
Total
3,36i
218
3
I
4SS
75
6
3
Total bought 3,583
Total given 539
Total 4,122
CONTENTS OF THE LIBRARY, JANUARY I, 1916
Accession Catalogue
January i, 1915 293,798
Added in 1915 4,122
Total January i, 1916
U.S. Government Documents
January i, 1915 2,813
Added in 1915 106
Total January i, 1916
E. E. Ayer Collection
January i, 1915 34,727
Added in 1915 808
Total January i, 1916
East Asiatic Collection . . .
TotalJDontents of the Library January i, 1916..
43
297,920
2,919
35,535
21,654
358,028
APPENDIX E
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1915
(By Subjects and Classes)
Class
January i,
IP'S
Transfers,
etc.
Additions
I9IS
January i,
1916
General Reference
2.IO7
26
2.133
Periodicals
IC,C28
+XS
360
I s.012
Newspapers
4,068
64
4,132
Academies
2.O3?
en
2.O04.
Philosophy
1,715
+ 2
56
3,771
Religion
ic, 767
3Q
184
IS.QI2
Church History
lO.I^I
137
10,268
Biography
1 1, 037
QC
11,132
Literary Biography (see below)
Genealogy
6,OO6
14 C
6,241
History
3 3 ,8OO
+ 2O
770
34,689
Geography and Travel
O,72O
IO2
0,372
Economics
IQ.O3O
+ 6
367
IQ.4O3
Sociology
3,OO6
61
4.OS7
Education
10,4.30
90
10,529
Civil Government and Politics
Law and Legislation
IIJ09
IS, 300
i
167
167
11,876
15,475
Science and Technology(general works)
Military and Naval Arts
i6,S97
3,123
14
i
no
43
16,693
3,165
Sports
1,767
7
1,774
Theatre
460
31
491
Music
I2,4<Q
+ 3
56
12,518
Thomas Collection
S63
563
Fine Arts
O,7O8
106
0,004
Language and Philology
Q,O^
ISO
Q,2Os
Literature and Literary Criticism
Literary Biography
27,674
2,052
+42
i
521
3
28,237
2,081
Bibliography
16,626
+ i
310
16,937
Manuscripts. . .....
c
14
Museum. ... ... . ...
ii
7
18
Total
274,319
+33
4,244
278,596
Reserved Duplicates . .
7
2
Classified portion of the Library (carried) 278,605
Bibliographical Museum (unclassed) 1,618
Bonaparte Library 18,000
E. E. Ayer Library 35.535
East Asiatic Collection 21,654
Unclassified lots (entered in accession catalogue) . . . 2,616
Grand total 358,028
44
APPENDIX F
NAMES OF DONORS, 1915
Vols. Pams.
Adams, Dr. A., Hartford, Conn i
Adams, Hon. G. E., Chicago i
Ahrensburg, H., Caracas, Venezuela i
Andreae, P., Cincinnati, O i
Anonymous 2 4
Ayer, E. E., Chicago i manuscript, i broadside 31 19
Ayres, S. G., Evanston, III i 3
Ballow, H. M., Honolulu, H.I i
Bartlett, Hon. A. LeRoy, Haverhill, Mass i
Bates, A. C., Hartford, Conn i
Bates, O., Chicago i
Beaudette, Mrs. E. Palma, Chicago i
Belden, C., Boston, Mass 2
Benton, J. H., Boston, Mass i
Bird, Mrs. Charles G., Oak Park, III 2
Bixby, W. K., St. Louis, Mo 5
Bolton, H. E., Berkeley, Cal 13
Braiden, Mrs. Clara Vaile, Rochelle, III i
Braun, Rev. F. L., Chicago i manuscript i
Brower, A. T. H., Chicago 5
Brown, Prof. A. C. L., Evanston, /// i
Buffet, E. P., Jersey City, N.J i
Burbank, E. A., Stigler, Okla 393 photographs
Burdick, Mrs. Fantine R., Kane, Pa i manuscript
Burford, W. B., Indianapolis, Ind i
Burpee, L. J., Ottawa, Can i
Cadle, C. F., Bethany, Mo i
Carlton, W. N. C., L.H.D., Chicago i
Carpenter, Prof. F. I., Chicago 2
Chapin, E. F., Chicago 6
Conger, Mrs. A. L., Akron, O i
Coppons, A. C. de, Chicago 6
Corbett, H. R., Chicago i
Currier, T. F., Cambridge, Mass 2
Curtis, Miss Georgina, Chicago i
45
Vols. Pams.
Dean, G. R., Washington, D.C i broadside
Deane, Ruthven, Chicago i
Deane, Dr. W., Cambridge, Mass i
Depew, Hon. Chauncey M., New York City i
Dickinson, Mrs. Harriet, Helena, Mont i
Dow, E. E., Omaha, Neb i
Elwell, L. H., Amherst, Mass i
Farnsworth, E. C., Portland, Me i
Fox, W. A., Chicago i
Frantzius, F. von, Chicago i
Gardner, D. H., Chicago 2
Gardner, Rev. J., Chicago 4
Gebhart, Mrs. David, Dayton, O i
Gerber A., Copenhagen, Den i
Giffen, J. C., New Alexandria, Pa i
Goodman, Mrs. William O., Westbrook, Conn i
Goodwin, J. J., Hartford, Conn 2
Gookin, F. W., Chicago 6
Grandjean, A., Lausanne, Switz i
Hall, G. D., Glencoe, /// i
Hall, Dr. O. O., Milford, /// i
Harder, E. E., Chicago 4 sheets of music
Harriman, Rev. C. C., Albany, N.Y i
Harris, Dr. D. J., Evanston, /// i
Harrison, Dr. W. W., Philadelphia, Pa i
Hayderschott, H., Chicago i
Heartman, C. F., New York City i i
Helmershausen, Miss Adella, Chicago 2
Higgins, Mrs. Mary B., Joliet, /// i
Hobbs, Mrs. Perry L., Cleveland, O i
Hopkins, A. W., Granville, /// i
Hord, Rev. A. H., Philadelphia, Pa i
Huber, Mrs. Grace M., Chicago i
Hunt, Miss A. B., Chicago i
Hunt, G. E., M.D., Indianapolis, Ind i
Jipson, Dr. N. W., Chicago 2 maps 4 3
Johnson, Mrs. F. S., Chicago i
Kaufman, J. C., Chicago i Hebrew manuscript
Kehr, Cyrus, Knoxville, Tenn 3
46
Vols. Pams.
Kent, C. A., Chicago i
Keve, J. F., Arlington, la i
King, Brevet-Colonel H. C., Brooklyn, N.Y i
Kirk, Mrs. M. H., Chicago 2
Le Fevre, Miss Anna Jewett, Peoria, III i
Legg, Dr. W., Oxford, Eng i
Linebarger Brothers, Milwaukee, Wis i
Lloyd, W. S., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa i
Longmans, Green, & Co., New York City i
Lummis, C. F., Los Angeles, Col 3
MacDowell, Mrs. E. A., Peterborough, N.H i manuscript
Manierre, G., Chicago i
Marklund, Mrs. Nelson, Chicago i
Merrill, W. S., Chicago 2 i
Merritt, D., Rhinebeck, N.Y 3
Miller, N., Chicago i
Morton, Mrs. Jessie C., Frankfort, Ky i
Nelson, T. F., Cambridge, O i
Nicholas, Mrs. Sarah Fitch, Chicago i
North, R. H., Philadelphia, Pa i
Partridge, G. H., Minneapolis, M inn i
Pomeroy, A. A., Sandusky, O i
Price, Dr. J. R., Chicago 2
Pritchard, Mrs. E. C., Manitowoc, Wis i manuscript
Quezon, Hon. M. L., Washington, D.C i
Rantoul, R. S., Salem, Mass i
Rawie, H., New York City i
Reynolds, M. H., Cambridge, Mass i
Rice, E. A., Chicago i
Rice, F. P., Worcester, Mass i
Riggs, A. L., Santee, Neb 2
Robertson, J. A., Cleveland, 15
Russell, S., Salt Lake City, Utah 2
Schuller, R. R., Washington, D.C 4
Scovel, Mrs. J. C., Chicago 2
Sherman, J. M., Chicago i
Shumway, Mrs. Noble C., Chicago i
Sprague, Mrs. A. A., Chicago 4 2
47
Vols. Pams.
Steeg, F. W., Chicago i
Stewart & Company, New York City i
Stilwell, Dewitt, Syracuse, N.Y i
Stokes, Rev. J. L., WalhaUa, S.C i
Sunderland, L. T., Kansas City, Mo i
Taylor, T. M., New York City i
Thomas, D. H., Baltimore, Md i chart
Thompson, S., Chicago i
Towne, Mrs. H. A., Harvard, /// 13 photographs
Tuckerman, B., Ipswich, Mass i
Van Auken, A. M., Chicago i manuscript
Wainwright, J. T., Chicago i
Ward, John, & Son, New York City i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago 2 3
Washburn, G. T., Meriden, Conn i
Washburn-Crosby Co., Minneapolis, Minn i
Wasson, Rev. E. A., Newark, N.J i
Wyer, J. I., Albany, N.Y i
Wylie, E. G., Des Moines, la i chart
Wylie, W. B., St. Louis, Mo i
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions 85 84
American and foreign libraries 76 48
Canadian government and provinces 32 10
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations 22 21
Commercial, financial, and political organizations 18 10
Foreign governments 288 4
Genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations. . i portrait 47 44
Railway corporations i 2
United States, Municipal Governments 22 8
United States, State Governments 5 broadsides, i map 152 86
United States Government 149 topographic maps 495 562
APPENDIX G
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1915
Bank Stock $ 10,500.00
Bonds 291,527.97
Loans secured by Real Estate 4,000. oo
Contracts for sale of Real Estate 29,500. 88
Balance to credit at Bank 29,801 . 76
The expenditure for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to $772,126. 12
REAL ESTATE
44 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
2 Lots in Butler, Wright & Webster's Addition.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in Rushnell's Addition.
8 Lots in State Bank Addition.
loo Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sec. 3, 39, 14.
33.83 Acres in Sec. 34, 39, 13.
14 Lots in Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sec. 22, 33, 14.
49
APPENDIX H
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE LIBRARY
Title of Report
Period of Report
Trustees'
No.
Librarian's
No.
Remarks
Proceedings
of the
Trustees
Six months, July i,
1887, to January 5,
1888
I
Year ending:
u
January s, 1880
2
Jllll *%~M.J JJ ~.wu^
" 1890
3
u
" " 1891
4
u
" " 1802
c
Report of the Trus-
v ':7
tees. . . .
April 25, 1892, to
I
6
(Three re-
December 31, 1892,
2
7
ports in
and for years 1893
one 1892-
and 1894
3
8
1894
Year ending:
u
a
December 31, 1895
4
9
u
u
" 1896
5
10
u
u
1897
6
ii
u
u
" " 1898
7
12
u
u
" 1899
8
13
u
u
" 1900
9
14
u
u
" 1901
10
IS
u
u
" " 1902
u
16
u
u
" 1903
12
17
u
u
1904
13
18
u
u
1905
14
19
u
u
1906
IS
20
a
u
1907
16
21
u
u
" 1908
17
22
u
u
1909
18
23
a
u
" 1910
19
14
u
u
" 1911
20
25
u
u
" 1912
21
26
u
" I9i3
22
27
a
u
" 1914
23
28
a
a
" 1915
24
29
THE LIBRARY
OF THE
HP
Report of the Trustees
of the Newberry Library
for the Year
1916
Chicago
1917
FOUNDER
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavours
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning."
CONTENTS
PA-E
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION: BRYAN LATHROP, 1844-1916 n
DIVISIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARY STAFF 13
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 15
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS, 1916 38
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
1916
*HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS
*MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE Elected December 5, 1898
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
MR. JOHN W. SCOTT Elected May i, 1916
MR. ALBERT H. WETTEN Elected December 5, 1916
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
*MR. EDWARD E. AVER 1892-1911
*MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD 1892-1914
*MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY 1892-1901
*MR. DANIEL GOODWIN 1892-1898
*MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD 1892-1914
*HoN. EDWARD S. ISHAM 1892-1902
*GEN. ALEXANDER C. McCLURG 1892-1901
*HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH 1892-1896
*GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY 1892-1912
*HON. LAMBERT TREE 1892-1910
*MR. HENRY J. WILLING 1892-1903
MR. BRYAN LATHROP 1896-1916
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH 1901-1916
* Charter Member, April 13, 1892.
OFFICERS, 1916
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First Vice-President Second V ice-President
GEORGE E. ADAMS HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Librarian
WILLIAM N. C. CARLTON, M.A., L.H.D.
7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, December 31, 1916
To His Excellency, Frank O. Lowden,
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
11 An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized, the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-fifth annual report of the progress and operations
of the Library during the year 1916.
Since the date of the last report the Trustees have lost an
honored associate through the death, on May 13, 1916, of
Mr. Bryan Lathrop, who had rendered services of great value to
the institution during the twenty years of his connection with it.
Elsewhere in this report there will be found the Memorial Reso-
lution adopted by the Board and recorded in the minutes of its
proceedings.
On January 17, 1916, Mr. Moses J. Wentworth, who had
served as a Trustee since June 3, 1901, resigned on account of
ill health.
The vacancies thus created have been filled by the election
of Mr. John W. Scott, on May i, 1916, and Mr. Albert H.
Wetten, on December 5, 1916.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, con-
tains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows that the Library continues to perform
services of a high educational value to the general public and to
provide resources of increasing importance to the scholar and
investigator. In addition to the acknowledgments which have
been officially made to the several donors to the Library, the
Trustees desire, in this report, to express their appreciation of
the thoughtfulness that has been of such benefit to this institu-
tion.
The number of books added to the Library during 1916 was
much larger than in 1915, but because of circumstances and
difficulties arising from the present War, extensive buying in the
Continental book market is still not possible.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1916, with the real estate; also the expenditure
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from its
foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
10
BRYAN LATHROP
1844-1916
Bryan Lathrop became a member of this Board in the year
1896. To the discharge of his duties as a Trustee he brought
qualifications of the highest order. His experience in real estate
made his judgment and advice in managing the investments and
the finances of the corporation of special value. His wide read-
ing and culture gave weight to his views with regard to the
different lines of development of the Library. His high appre-
ciation of faithful and intelligent service and his willingness to
give such services adequate recognition and compensation were
very helpful in building up and maintaining an efficient organi-
zation. He was ever alert and active in his attention to every
department of the work of the Trustees and of the corporation.
His interest was unflagging, and nothing that might affect the
welfare of the Library was indifferent to him. He was a man of
positive opinions, firmly held, which acquired additional weight
from the uniform courtesy with which they were presented. His
associates here will miss his wise counsel, but not more than they
will miss his genial, kindly presence.
Mr. Lathrop's work as a Trustee of The Newberry Library was
but a small part of his public service. For many years before
his death he gave more time, labor, and thought to public service
than to his private interests. Notably in his connection with
Lincoln Park, the Art Institute, and the Chicago Symphony Or-
chestra, Mr. Lathrop's work will be of permanent and enduring
value to the people of Chicago. His last efforts were devoted to
the cause of humanity, in bringing aid and succor to the helpless
sufferers in war-stricken lands. His works will live after him,
and his memory will ever be an inspiration to unselfish public
service.
November 6, 1916.
ii
DIVISIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARY
STAFF
I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
The Librarian
Miss R. M. Simms, A.B., Secretary to the Librarian
II. BOOK SELECTION, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND ACQUISITION
A. H. Shearer, Ph.D., Head of Department
Miss M. Westgate
III. ACCESSIONS, CLASSIFICATION, BINDING, AND STATISTICS
W. S. Merrill, A.B., Head of Department
C. J. H. Martin Miss I. M. Heffernan
N. Marklund* Victor Gruenberg, Page
Miss J. L. Burt
IV. AUTHOR CATALOGUE DIVISION
L. R. Blanchard, B.A., B.L.S., Head of Department
Miss F. A. Noyes, A.B. Miss H. A. Fowler, B.L.
Miss M. I. Stearns Miss G. Gunderson, Ph.B.
Miss R. Balch
V. RECATALOGUING DIVISION
L. R. Blanchard, B.A., B.L.S., Head of Department
Mrs. C. K. Mackey Miss A. M. Baker, B.L.S.
Miss L. Tarnow Miss E. Skourup, Ph.B.
Miss M. I. Brokaw, A.B. Miss M. M. Leute
Miss H. Hinman, Ph.B. Herman J. Kilberg, Page
VI. PUBLIC SERVICE (REFERENCE) DIVISION
G. M. W. Teyen, Ph.B., Head of Department /
A. C. de Coppons, B.A.f A. J. Gerdin
Miss C. D. Durkee L. E. Gray
Mrs. H. Taylor C. Howes
Miss M. L. Watson Robert Lingel
Pierce Butler, Ph.D. Alfred Lauer, Page
H. L. Youngren
* Temporarily assigned from the Reference Division,
t Also in charge of and maintains current Serial Record.
THE EDWARD E. AYER COLLECTION
Miss Clara A. Smith
VII. BINDERY
J. Schonenberger, Head
VIII. CARE AND PROTECTION or BUILDING
I. Soderstrom, Head
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of The Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith I beg to submit the thirtieth annual
report of the Librarian and the eighth which it has been my
especial privilege to make.
As the operations and activities of the Library become more
and more systematically grouped, and its technical processes
more standardized and uniform, the description of them in these
annual summaries inevitably tends to become stereotyped in
form, limited in vocabulary, and monotonously iterative in
phrasing. The scanty available store of approved words and
phrases forbids color and variety of expression, and the tradi-
tions of the principal subject-matter are associated with a strong
tendency toward that style of composition aptly named " jargon "
by a recent writer. 1 With a full awareness of these restrictions
and limitations the following pages are offered as a comprehen-
sive and, it is hoped, a comprehensible account of the progress
and work of the Library during the year 1916. The statistics
given are taken from the official records kept by the several
heads of departments and responsible assistants.
BOOK SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
Under the general instructions or specific direction of the
Committee on Books, 12,169 titles have been investigated and
passed upon, an increase of 2,139 over last year. The biblio-
graphical and clerical work involved in this investigation has the
following direct objects: (i) to learn whether or not a given
title or edition is already in the Library; (2) if it is not in the
Library, to ascertain from authoritative bibliographical and
other sources whether its importance is such as to justify its
acquisition; (3) if found desirable for acquisition, to list it
1 On the Art of Writing. By Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
accurately under author, title, date and place of publication,
and submit it to the Committee on Books for final consideration
before ordering. Of the 12,169 titles investigated, 3,297, or 27
per cent, were listed and approved for purchase, an increase of
4 per cent over last year.
Among the sources systematically worked at during 1916
were: the Cambridge History of English Literature, v. 9, 12; The
American Nation, edited by Albert Bushnell Hart; Larned's
Literature of American History; Chambers and Sedgwick's Early
English Lyrics; Princeton University Library's Check List of
Collections on the English Drama; and Richard Copley Christie's
essay on Biographical Dictionaries. In checking and evaluating
the selected titles, the assistants engaged in this work naturally
consulted scores of other special bibliographies, monographs, and
biographies whose compilers have tested and found such titles
to be source material of permanent value and utility.
Dealers' catalogues have been read assiduously and checked
by Messrs. Martin, Carpenter, and McLaughlin of the Com-
mittee on Books. Besides general suggestions and recommenda-
tions, they have specifically recommended 1,096 titles. In all,
7,113 titles found in dealers' catalogues were investigated. For
extremely helpful advice in determining the critical or text
values of various works in their special fields, the Library is
indebted to Professors Brown and Crane of Northwestern Uni-
versity, and to Professors Manly, Nitze, and Boynton of the
University of Chicago.
The 3,297 titles selected represent an increase of 1,130 over
1915. They were submitted to the Committee weekly through-
out the year in a total of one hundred and twenty-one type-
written lists. All have been duly ordered.
Of 2,647 titles ordered during 1916, only 1,720, or 65 per cent,
had been received at the close of the year. Out of sixty-one
titles on which bids were sent to English book auctions, only
nine, or 15 per cent, were secured. The books were extremely
rare and sold at prices beyond the reach of public institutions.
Out of thirty-eight bids placed in American auctions, thirty, or
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79 per cent, were successful. Generally speaking, the titles
selected from special bibliographies, such as those in the Cam-
bridge History of English Literature, etc., require far more pre-
liminary investigation and present more difficulties in establishing
exact identification than those taken from any other source. It
is, too, extremely difficult to estimate their probable cost, as rela-
tively few of those desired are found in Book Prices Current and
other price records. Of 192 such titles listed and quotations on
them asked from dealers, only 15 were received. This is an
extremely low percentage in view of the very large amount of
time and labor spent upon their selection. An extended accu-
mulation of such unfilled orders may create a situation calling
for special treatment in the near future. With the titles selected
from dealers' catalogues, more satisfactory results have been
obtained. Of 250 titles ordered from English second-hand cata-
logues, 149, or 60 per cent, have come in. Of 1,068 ordered from
American dealers, 623, or 59 per cent, have been received. Cur-
rent and recent publications arrive promptly. Of 557 orders for
new books, 495, or 88 per cent, have been received. Those not
yet in probably need only a little " follow-up" treatment.
The subjects represented in the year's acquisitions embrace
all the specialties the Library is attempting to develop actively
and intensively. The following summary shows the number of
volumes acquired in the chief of them: General Americana, 165;
American local history, 65; American Revolution, political and
military, 117; War of 1812, 36; Mexican War, 25; the Civil
War, 176; Slavery, 120; The South, political, local, and church
history, social conditions, biography, 235; Official Publications
of American State Constitutional Conventions, 151; Publica-
tions of American Historical Societies, 206; Historical periodi-
cals, American and British, 115; General periodicals, American
and British, chiefly those of older date and no longer published,
277; English Literature, chiefly that before 1800, 538; Celtic
languages and literatures, 56; Biography, general and special,
102. New or recent publications on all subjects within the
special scope of the Library, including Music, the Fine Arts,
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Philosophy, Religion, etc., have been acquired currently through-
out the year.
Particular mention may be made of a few purchases of uncom-
mon interest and importance to students. It will be remembered
that in the autumn of 1914 the Trustees of the British Museum
graciously permitted us to have a facsimile reproduction made of
the famous collection of manuscript material known to all stu-
dents of English Literature as Joseph Hunter's Chorus Vatum
Anglicanorum. The original manuscript work is in six quarto
volumes containing about 3,500 pages of text. Its subject-
matter consists of bibliographical, biographical, literary, and his-
torical notes and data relating to English writers, chiefly poets,
who " lived from the beginning of Letters as it is considered in
England to the close of the iyth century There is
scarcely an Article through the whole work in which there is not
something that is additional to what is to be found hi the printed
Literature of England." The reproduction made for the Library
was done by the so-called "rotary bromide process" and corre-
sponds exactly in size to the original. The total of 3,500 pages
to be reproduced will be bound up in twelve quarto volumes.
Seven of these have been received, carrying the reproduction to
the middle of Vol. IV of the original text. The remaining five
volumes are expected during 1917. The Library has thus
acquired an exact facsimile of a body of source material of prime
importance to all scholars whose studies are in any way con-
cerned with the history of English Literature in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. There is not the slightest present
prospect that the original text will ever be printed, either as a
commercial undertaking or otherwise. This facsimile therefore
adds greatly to the increasing strength of the Library in original
sources for the study and investigation of English Literature
prior to 1700. Its presence here should prove of lasting service
to English scholarship throughout the region of which Chicago
is the geographical center. 1
1 A more extended account of the Chorus Vatum and of the measures taken
to secure its reproduction was given in a paper read by the Librarian before the
Bibliographical Society of America at its meeting in Chicago, December 28, 1916.
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A set of facsimiles, made by the photostat process, of a
remarkable series of Massachusetts Almanacs printed between
1646 and 1700, was purchased from the American Antiquarian
Society, under whose direction and sponsorship they were issued.
Only ten sets in all were printed. Many, if not most, of the
originals of these Almanacs exist today only in unique copies in
private collections and the older university and historical society
libraries of the East. No one library possesses a complete collec-
tion. The originals of the sixty-four reproduced by the American
Antiquarian Society are scattered in at least eight different pub-
lic and private libraries. Dr. Charles L. Nichols, of Worcester,
Massachusetts, to whose long studies and enthusiastic efforts
the publication of the above series is largely due, describes
them as a perfect reflection from year to year of the various
phases of thought current among the people who made them and
for whom they were made. "We can read in them the earliest
changes which took place in scientific and astronomical develop-
ment, and we can note the varying demand for literary enter-
tainment which characterized the age in which the almanac was
produced." "A most valuable mine of information contained
in them lies in the study of the almanacs as a source of typo-
graphical history. When in the future a history of typography
is written, it is to these books that the writer must turn for exact
information on this subject." 1
From the Department of Historical Research of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, D.C., we secured a valuable set of
photographs of Despatches of Spanish Governors of Louisiana,
1766-1792. The originals of these important manuscripts are
in the Archives of the Indies, at Seville, Spain, together with
other vast stores of historical papers relating to America. The
Department of Historical Research, availing itself of Professor
Roscoe R. Hill's work in examining these Archives, decided to
make ten sets of the important series of official civil dispatches
from the Spanish Governor of Louisiana to his immediate
1 Cf. Dr. Nichols' monograph and bibliography in American Antiquarian
Society Proceedings, 22:15-134. 1912.
superior, the Captain-General of Cuba. The collection begins
with a dispatch from Ulloa in 1766, and extends to the arrival
of Carondelet early in 1792. "They form the backbone of the
history of Louisiana, West Florida, and the whole Mississippi
Valley, between the dates named, and have also great value for
the history of adjacent regions, now likewise embraced in the
territory of the United States." 1 The collection numbers 2,989
photographs, each measuring 9^- by 7 inches and showing the
pages of the originals at about the size of 8 by 5^ inches.
The transcribing of original documents relating to America
in the Archives at Seville which has been carried on for the Ayer
Collection during the past three years was continued. This body
of transcripts now comprises over 23,000 pages, folio and quarto.
They deal with affairs in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas,
and, to a less extent, the West Indies and Philippine Islands. They
also describe the relations of the former Spanish colonies with the
neighboring English and French colonies, particularly with the be-
ginnings of those among the latter colonies which were considered
to be infringing upon Spanish territory. Further, they contain
valuable data concerning the American Revolution, as the Span-
ish governors of Louisiana and Cuba and the Spanish envoys at
Philadelphia kept the home government very fully informed upon
American affairs. With respect to the transcripts of documents
relating to the exploration, conquest, and settlement of New
Mexico, Professor Bolton, of the University of California, a lead-
ing authority on Spanish-American history, is reported to have
said that the new facts which they reveal will necessitate the
entire rewriting of the history of the Southwest. The tran-
scripts relating to the history of Florida are also of the first
importance as historical material. It has been said that there
is perhaps no portion of the United States of whose early history
so little is known as that of Florida.
The one very notable gift of the year came from the Most
Reverend Francisco Plancarte, Archbishop of Linares, Mexico.
1 Statement from the Department of Historical Research, Carnegie Institution
of Washington.
He presented a copy of the famous Graduate dominicale, the first
choir book printed in North America, a book of which it is said
only four copies are now extant. 1 Its full title runs as follows:
Graduate dominicale. Secundum normam missalis noui: ex decreto
Sancti Concilij Triden, nunc denuo, ex industria, studio labore admodum
Reuerendi Bachalaurei Joannis Hernandez, excusum, in numeris mendis et
superfluitatibus quibus scaturiebat notularum cantus repurgatum. Super
additis et de nouo compositis per eundem Bachalaurem, turn introitibus
officij, turn gradualibus, alleluia, tractibus demum offertorijs et commu-
nionibus quorum antea non fuerat vsus. Mex. [1576]
The following extracts from the generous and kindly letter
of the Archbishop, which accompanied the volume, give some
interesting facts as its recent history:
"This Graduate dominicale is a copy of the first choir song
printed in Mexico and in America. Of this edition there are but
four copies in the world; but this one has some peculiarities,
which make it different from the others. It was found among
the ruins of an Indian Church after its destruction and pillage
by the soldiers of the Mexican Government under President
Madero in the year 1913 in their attacks against the Zapatistas.
The Indians to whom it belonged presented it to me as a gif t.
"It was a second time saved from destruction carried on by
the Carrancistas, who made another attack upon Monterey,
Nuevo Leon, under the command of Antonio T. Villareal. In
this pillage my private library was robbed in which there were
many precious books and manuscripts of the ancient history of
Mexico and Indian languages: but this book was overlooked
because of its worthless appearance and somebody who knew
my esteem of it kept it for me.
"Fearing now of another danger in which it may, perhaps,
be destroyed, I preferred to offer it, as I do, to The Newberry
Library of Chicago, as a token of my gratitude and appreciation
of the kindness in receiving and attending me during my exile
1 An interesting article by Mr. George H. Sargent, describing the Newberry
Library copy and illustrated with reproductions of its title-page and colophon,
appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript, December 13, 1916.
from Mexico. The wealth of this Library in Mexican books
afforded me the way for spending the sad time of my exile from
my diocese."
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, ILL.
October 12, 1916
The Archbishop has been an almost daily visitor to the
Library during the past year, gathering materials for a history of
Mexico which he has been commissioned to write.
PUBLIC SERVICE AND USE
Absolute statistics and quantitative standards give no true
measure of the usefulness of a reference library to its community
and to the larger world of learning and scholarship. It is impos-
sible to estimate statistically the true value and positive influence
of institutions like libraries, art galleries, symphony orchestras,
natural-history museums, and scientific laboratories. Some
years ago the Library of Congress found that its annual statistics
of attendance, use of books, etc., were so misleading and so
unrepresentative of the actual work the Library was doing that
it ceased to pubh'sh the figures. The special reference library
should be tested, not by the number, but by the importance and
seriousness of the inquiries it answers; by the degree of expert
aid it gives to purposeful investigators, by the permanent value
of the material it acquires, and by the means it takes to make its
resources known to those most needing them.
The larger part of a reference collection devoted mainly to
the Humanities is professionally necessary to but a limited num-
ber of persons in any community. The Newberry Library makes
direct appeal mainly to university professors, teachers, the
clergy, musicians, professional writers, journalists to a slight
v extent, and in varying degree to the students in the local uni-
versities, theological seminaries, and high schools. But many
of these, and a large number of other people, come to us only
after they have exhausted resources and facilities elsewhere ; they
appear to treat us as a court of last resort. To us are brought
hundreds of questions which bear on obscure, unusual, or out-
of-the-way topics, even on subjects clearly outside our special
scope. It is the rare book that is asked for here, or one which
other libraries in the city consider too expensive to purchase.
There seems to be a general expectation that such things will of
course be found in The Newberry Library. When this Library
is the only one which makes a specialty of a given subject (e.g.,
American Family History) , we probably get most of the readers
who are interested or who can find time to visit the building.
Applying, therefore, not a quantitative, but a qualitative,
test to the public service rendered during the past year, there is
ample evidence that the record has been a gratifying one. It
would be pleasant to mention the names of the many scholars of
national and even international repute who made extended and
profitable use of the Library during the year, but such a course
is neither feasible nor customary. The names, however, of some
of the institutions and societies they represented and the sub-
jects of their study and research will give partial indication of
the varied services rendered. Constant use of the Library has
been made by members of the faculties and students of the
University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Lake Forest
University, the McCormick Theological Seminary, the Western
Theological Seminary, the Chicago Normal College, the High
Schools of the North Side, and members of the scientific staff
of the Field Museum. From outside the city, the following insti-
tutions have been represented: the Bureau of Ethnology of
Washington, D.C.; the Interstate Commerce Commission,
Washington, D.C.; the University of Michigan; the University
of Illinois; the University of Wisconsin; Transylvania Univer-
sity, Kentucky; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri;
the Wisconsin Historical Society; the American Antiquarian
Society of Worcester, Massachusetts; the University of Colo-
rado; Colorado Normal College; the University of California.
Hawaii, Japan, and China were represented by librarians or
others studying our technical procedure and methods of classifi-
cation and arrangement.
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The collection of contemporary pamphlets on the American
Revolution was made the subject of special study and examina-
tion in two seminar courses: one conducted by Professor
McLaughlin of the University of Chicago, the other by Dr. A. H.
Shearer for students in the history department of Northwestern
University. Students in one of Professor Nitze's seminar courses
made considerable use of certain texts in the collections relating
to the Romance languages and literatures. The Celtic collec-
tions were heavily drawn on by a scholar of international repu-
tation during a stay of several months in Chicago, and frequent
use was also made of them by the little group of local specialists
in this fascinating field of inquiry. The following brief list of
subjects in which more or less extended investigations were con-
ducted by serious students shows something of the nature of the
demands made upon our resources: (i) China before 2800 B.C.;
(2) Roman law; (3) Sumptuary laws; (4) Laws relating to transfer
of real estate in Michigan; (5) History of diplomatic relations
between China and the United States; (6) Japanese diplo-
macy and foreign relations, with particular reference to the
relations between the United States and Japan; (7) the Labor
question in Illinois and the Northwest since 1878; (8) the
French in Illinois; (9) Spanish influence in the West during the
American Revolution; (10) German settlements in Colorado;
(n) History of the Granger movement; (12) the Militia in the
American colonies up to 1763; (13) Founding of the Republican
party; (14) Smuggling between New England and the West
Indies; (15) Social conditions at the University of Oxford in
the 1 5th century; (16) Purveyance in the i6th century;
(17) Financing of English exploring expeditions in the i5th and
1 6th centuries; (18) Local financing of opposition to the Spanish
Armada; (19) Relations of England with the West Indies in the
i6th century; (20) British colonial policy; (21) Relations of
English rulers with the native rulers of India prior to 1700;
(22) Chartism and the Chartists; (23) Government of the Danish
West Indies; (24) Middle English philology; (25) Development
of the English essay; (26) Comparative folklore of the English
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counties; (27) Life and work of the German poet Minding;
(28) Life and writings of Rafinesque; (29) History of the stage
in Chicago; (30) History of the Chicago Board of Trade; (31)
American literature of the Colonial period; (32) Taxation of
land value; a study of certain discriminatory taxes on land. 1
The services rendered by the reference assistants naturally
vary in kind and degree according to the knowledge and educa-
tion of the persons seeking assistance and to the latter's ability
and competence to use the materials supplied them. Seven out
of ten inquirers do not know in what books the information they
seek is to be found. They merely state the subject of their
inquiry and describe more or less clearly the facts they are hi
search of or which they wish to prove or disprove. Upon the
assistants falls the task of ascertaining in what books the neces-
sary data may be found and how many of them are in the Library.
In hundreds of instances this has to be followed by showing the
reader how to use the books found for him or for her. If the
desired information is found only in a book in a foreign language,
the assistant may have to translate for the reader. Our present
staff includes assistants competent to read, digest, and make
available books and data in fourteen of the principal ancient and
modern languages. Other functions of the reference staff
resemble those of the teaching profession. Dr. Richardson, of
the Princeton University Library, truly says: "A list of the I
questions put to the reference librarian in the course of the day
is one of the most suggestive exhibitions of the inquiring human
mind in the world. In the execution of this task, the reference
librarian is proceeding in the tutorial method. It almost invari-
ably proceeds by fruitful question and answer, and results in
instruction in the method of research, as well as in the securing
of the particular result."
Attendance. The Library has been open 308 days. The
total number of readers was 63,189, of whom 45,231 were men
and 17,958 were women. The average daily attendance was
205; the largest was 361 on March n; the smallest was 81
1 The results of this investigation have recently appeared in published form.
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on December 23. There were 42,287 readers during the daytime
hours, and 18,902 readers during the evening period.
Use of books. The recorded number of books, pamphlets,
manuscripts, etc., specifically called for by readers or directly
issued to them in the course of supplying desired information or
material was 112,111. Of these, 83,857 were used during the
day and 28,254 during the evening hours. The daily average of
books used was 364; the largest number issued on any one day
was 667 on April 8; the smallest was 130 on December 23.
Mail and telephone inquiries. No formal statistics are kept
of the information given over the telephone, nor of the letters
written in response to requests for literary and historical data
from persons at a distance. Over 2,200 calls came in over the
public telephone and at least half as many over the office tele-
phones. Over 300 official letters were sent out from the
Librarian's office containing carefully drafted information which
had been looked up by the reference assistants. Both these
forms of public service form a part of our daily routine, and must
be given full weight in estimating the usefulness of the Library
to the community.
Inter-library loans. We received fifty applications asking for
the loan of a total of eighty-two volumes. These requests came
from California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin.
As the majority were for books which our particular public is
constantly calling for or likely to want at any moment, we were
able to grant but very few of the applications. Nineteen vol-
umes were lent to the following institutions or societies : Univer-
sity of Illinois, three; Public Library, Muscatine, Iowa, one;
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, one ; the John Crerar
Library, eight; the Caxton Club, one; the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, four; the Office of the American Library Associa-
tion, one.
For the use of an investigator working in the Ayer Collection,
one volume was borrowed from the Library of Congress.
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Applications for copies and transcripts of material in our col-
lections showed a decided increase during the year. Among
others, permission was granted to the Bureau of Ethnology of
Washington to have five hundred pages of manuscripts in the
Ayer Collection reproduced by the photostat process; to the
University of California to have copies made of some of the
Ayer transcripts from the Spanish archives; and to the Wiscon-
sin Historical Society to have a copy made of the "Memoire
concernant le pay de Illinois" (1721) by the Sieur De Cannes,
another manuscript in the Ayer Collection.
Exhibition of Shakespeare ana. In common with the majority
of public institutions in this country, we prepared an exhibition
designed to commemorate the Three Hundredth Anniversary of
the Death of Shakespeare. Our display of material was intended
for the serious student of English literature rather than for the
casual visitor or those unfamiliar with English history and litera-
ture. The exhibit included copies of many famous editions of
Shakespeare's works, including original copies of each of the Four
Folios; a representative collection of English and other books
printed during his lifetime, most of them being known sources
whence he drew various facts, incidents, or characters "which,
after passing through the crucible of his mind, were transformed
into the living and lasting reality which we find enshrined in his
immortal works"; and a striking selection of authentic pictorial
illustrations of famous persons, places, buildings, manners, cus-
toms, and costumes of the Elizabethan period. 1
Publications. The only publication issued during the year
was The Annual Report of the Trustees for 1915. 50 pages, 8.
(750 copies.)
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
Under this heading are included all the special processes
through which a book must be passed before it may properly be
1 An appreciative note on our Exhibition appeared in the Times Literary
Supplement (London) of December 8, 1916, in a series of articles recording and
describing the various Tercentenary Catalogues and Exhibitions in Great Britain
and the United States.
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placed on the shelves ready for use and consultation. It com-
prises all the operations which have to do with the receiving,
checking, recording, classifying, cataloguing, marking, counting,
and binding of the material acquired by the Library. As I have
pointed out in previous Reports, the quantitative output of the
divisions of the service engaged in this work, that is, the actual
number of books, etc., passed through the processes above is
conditioned absolutely by the extent to which any of the follow-
ing elements are operative: (i) Unusual difficulty in determining
exact identity of author, correct bibliographical description of a
particular edition, or the most appropriate classification of a
book. These difficulties are an almost constant factor in the
cataloguing of books printed prior to 1800. (2) The extent to
which certain " collective" works require "analytical entries" in
the Author and Subject Catalogues in order to avoid possible
duplication of purchases as well as to reveal the resources of the
Library more completely. (3) The percentage of books in
foreign languages. (4) The extent to which the daily work of a
division is interrupted or halted by reason of illness, leave of
absence, vacations, substitute service in other departments, or
resignations. (5) The time expended in instructing untrained
assistants when experienced ones cannot be secured. For the
first time in many years no resignations occurred in the regular
cataloguing staff, and there was a marked diminution in the
amount of illness. Further, owing to the administrative changes
made in the reorganization of the Main Reading Room, the last
six months of the year saw a great reduction in the amount of
time the cataloguers were called upon to give as substitutes in
the reference division.
It has been a chief concern of mine to abolish all demonstrably
unnecessary processes and duplications of records or work, and
during the past five years considerable progress has been made
in this direction. I have especially desired at least to modify
a once prevalent library habit of regarding every piece of printed
matter as a long-lost rarity for which an anxious world had been
waiting for centuries, and which consequently deserved the most
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elaborate recording and cataloguing that bibliographical ingenu-
ity could lavish upon it. With the co-operation of my Heads of
Departments, progress has alsc been made in achieving this
object. During the past year the positive effects of certain
abridged methods of recording various classes of printed material
have been clearly apparent. One gratifying result directly due
to these newly adopted practices has been the largely increased
number of volumes shelved and made available for immediate
use by readers. This increase amounted to 3,455 volumes and
consisted chiefly of useful books received as gifts within the last
four years, and government publications issued during the same
period. The handling of this material was done almost wholly
by the Division of Accessions and Classification.
The maximum number of processes a purchased book is passed
through before being considered fully catalogued is now fourteen,
where formerly it was twenty. I believe that each of the present
fourteen can be justified as fully as the eighty separate processes
said to be required in making a three-inch shrapnel shell. Other
types and kinds of printed matter received are graded and
treated according to their present interest, value, or relevance
to the needs and scope of this particular Library. Thirteen
categories have been established, and the number of records and
entries made for the books falling within them varies from four
to fourteen. It will be sufficient to cite two illustrations of
recent changes in practice which have resulted in a larger finished
output of the technical divisions of the library service, and a
shorter period of time between the date of the receipt and the
date on which books reach the shelves ready for public use.
First: all unsolicited gifts are examined by the Librarian and
sorted into three principal groups. The first group consists of
books whose subject-matter, importance, and value would justify
their purchase if the Library had not received them as gifts.
These books are fully and completely catalogued when conditions
in the catalogue divisions permit. The second group comprises
books, pamphlets, leaflets, etc., which have an immediate interest
and utility and can be used effectively in the routine service of
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the public. They may or may not prove to have permanent
value: if they do, they will eventually be fully catalogued; if
not, they will be discarded. Meantime they receive a single
brief catalogue entry, a class number is penciled on them, and
they are sent directly to the Reference Division for current use.
The third group is made up of material on subjects entirely out-
side the scope of our collections or clearly worthless from our
point of view. The books in this group are either returned to
their donors or thrown away. I do not feel that this Library is
under special obligations to record and preserve great quantities
of the ''tremendous tonnage of current writing" which indi-
viduals and organizations thrust upon it for purposes wholly
alien to those of the Library.
Second: the independent cataloguing and classifying of
United States government publications has been discontinued.
The government's official check list of its publications has been
made to serve as both an accession and a cataloguing record of
all documents received since January i, 1912. The system of
classification devised and in use in the Office of the Superintend-
ent of Documents at Washington has been adopted and put
into practice here. During 1916 a total of 1,006 volumes of
documents have been treated in this fashion, and numbered,
labeled, and shelved by the Division of Accessions and Classifi-
cation. The printed Document Catalogues and Indexes published
by the Government will be shelved in the Main Reading Room
to serve as official guides to the vast mass of valuable data con-
tained in the documents.
As the statistical details of the technical operations are fully
set forth at the end of this Report, together with records of the
growth and present extent of the Library and its several Cata-
logues, the following paragraphs deal only with general conditions
or the broad facts of a given situation.
At the close of 1915 the Author Catalogue Division reported
arrears of 1,119 volumes catalogued but awaiting revision, and
151 volumes uncatalogued. A third reviser was engaged for a
period of six months, and the arrears in revision work cleared up.
3
On December 31, 1916, there were reported only 351 volumes
catalogued but unrevised, and 183 volumes uncatalogued, of
which latter, however, only 99 were purchases. Thus the cata-
loguing of current accessions is well in hand. Of the 4,016 titles
catalogued by this division, 484, or 12 per cent, were in foreign
languages. It may also be of interest to note that 17 per cent
were books printed before 1820. Their distribution by cen-
turies was as follows:
Titles bearing imprints up to A.D. 1499 3
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1500 to A.D. 1599. ... 45
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1600 to A.D. 1699. . . . 239
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1799. . . . 334
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1800 to A.D. 1820. . . . 67
Total 688
As usual, the cataloguing of these titles presented numerous
bibliographical difficulties, and in many instances prolonged and
minute investigation of their origin and literary history was
required before final and accurate catalogue descriptions of them
could be drawn up. The Author Catalogue Division handles all
works which require complete cataloguing, and this year its
finished output was 2,082 volumes greater than last.
The amount of card copy prepared for multigraphing
exceeded that of any previous year. The number of titles mul-
tigraphed in 1916 was 3,362 (Serial Nos. N.L. 16:1-3362), as
compared with 2,559 titles in 1915 (Serial Nos. N.L. 15: 1-2451),
an increase of 911 serial numbers.
The finished and completed work accomplished by the
Recataloguing Division 1 for the Public Author Catalogue reached
a total of 21,460 volumes and 5,207 "analyticals." For the titles
represented by these volumes, 20,695 cards were prepared. The
ensuing table gives an estimate of the work remaining to be
done under this head; every effort has been made to secure an
1 This division is recataloguing, under a special appropriation, the greater
part of the books acquired by the Library prior to June 17, 1911. The results of
their work are incorporated in the new Public Author Catalogue, the establishment
and preparation of which was authorized in 1910.
accurate statement and it is believed to be so, as far as the
facts within our present knowledge show:
VOLUMES
In the Library, December 31, 1916 365,054
Excluded from scope of recataloguing opera-
tions 127,438
Fully catalogued or recatalogued 144,921
272,359
Balance to be recatalogued 92,695
Partially recatalogued, cards awaiting final
revision 36,637
Balance requiring full recataloguing 56,058
The Public Author Catalogue continues to be increasingly used
by readers. To the assistants it is invaluable, and by means of
it the reference service becomes more and more rapid, complete,
and satisfactory to all concerned. The Head of the division
reports that all finished cards which are ready on the last day
of one month are filed in the Public Catalogue before the fifteenth
of the next month; and that all cards ready for the Official
Catalogue on the fifteenth are filed before the last of the month.
This routine keeps the extremely important matter of filing con-
stantly up to date.
To the card continuation of the Classed Subject Catalogue
which adjoins the Author Catalogue in the Reading Room,
9,599 new cards and 2,632 guides have been added, and
to the divisional Subject Catalogue in the History Depart-
ment, 3,989 cards and 1,295 guides, a grand total of 13,588 and
3,927 respectively. Mr. Merrill, to whose ingenuity the device
is due, reports that the experiment of not typing subject headings
on the main entry cards used in the Subject Catalogues, but of
placing tabbed guides containing the heading in front of all
cards to which the heading applies, has proved entirely satis-
factory. It appears to have saved considerable labor on the
part of those responsible for the arrangement and maintenance
of these indispensable catalogues. To the Index to the Subject
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Catalogue, 3,505 cards were added, making a total of over
38,000 alphabetical headings incorporated in this useful aid to
readers.
During 1916, the titles of 809 periodicals have been carried
on our records, of which 196 are gifts and 613 are ordinarily
acquired by purchase. But of the 613, the War has caused the
suspension, discontinuance, or interruption in receipt of 135.
Our agents have lists of these latter, and both during and after
the War every possible effort will be made to secure the issues
required for completing the files.
The operations associated with the binding and repairing of
the books fall into two distinct groups. One comprises the
details connected with the designation of the nature and kind of
binding to be put on books received unbound, the assembling of
the requisite parts and numbers of periodical publications, the
withdrawal of worn or broken volumes from the shelves for
necessary repairs, etc., the delivery to, and receipt of this material
from, the Bindery, and the keeping of systematic records of these
facts. These operations are performed by the Division of
Accessions and Classification.
The Bindery proper deals exclusively with a second group of
operations, i.e., those having to do with the technical treatment
of a book by the binders from the time of its receipt in an unbound
condition until its return, newly bound or repaired, to the
Library assistants. In the Bindery it is collated, assembled by
signatures, sewn, bound in cloth, leather, pigskin, or board cover,
gilded, stamped, labeled, etc. All this, of course, is done by
skilled artisans under the direction of an experienced chief.
During 1916 a total of 5,387 volumes were newly bound, and
1,171 were repaired and relettered. Over 1,100 maps were
mounted on cloth, and over 18,000 illustrations, fine plates,
engravings, charts, etc., "guarded" when bound into their
respective volumes. As in former years, the Bindery has also
performed a vast amount of detail work which, taken cumula-
tively, is of the utmost importance in putting and maintaining
our possessions in good condition and adding to their length of
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life. It also supplies us with a large variety of devices and
apparatus which add greatly to ease, economy, and convenience
of service. The aggregate cost of these articles, if purchased
from commercial houses, would necessitate doubling our annual
appropriation for stationery and supplies.
The Head of the Bindery also supervises the work done on
the multigraph printing machine, work which during the past
year included the printing of 67,805 copies of catalogue cards,
and 59,357 application slips, business, report, and record forms.
Every division and form of library activity feels the benefit of
the varied work and resources of the Bindery under its present
loyal and intelligent direction.
PHYSICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
Once in every four or five years the increased number of
volumes in the Library necessitates the rearrangement of large
sections of the book collections in order to relieve congested con-
ditions on the shelves and to provide additional shelving space
in which to house incoming accessions during the next few years.
Such a situation arose normally in 1916, and the work of re-
arrangement was carried on parallel with the routine operations
of the Library from March to September. All the book stacks
except those in the History Department and Special Collections
Room were thoroughly overhauled, inventoried, and rearranged.
Related groups and sections were brought into closer juxta-
position with each other, material most frequently called for was
shelved in or nearer to the Reading Room, and material less in
demand removed to more distant stacks. A new book stack was
developed on the Fourth Floor, and 93,500 volumes were trans-
ferred there from other portions of the building. In all, over
208,000 volumes were reshelved. This large shift of material
was accomplished under the direction of the Librarian by one
Junior Assistant, two high-school boys, and the janitors. No
heads of departments, cataloguers, or reference assistants were
detached from their regular duties to assist in this work, as has
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been customary in the past, and at no time were readers deprived
of needed books. The floor cases and books in the east and west
sections of the Reading Room were removed and the space
formerly occupied by them taken over for purposes of reading,
consultation, and reference activities. All three sections of the
room were equipped with wall cases, new overhead lighting
fixtures were installed, and the furniture renovated, added to,
and rearranged to give a brighter, more open, and attractive
appearance to the room. The Special Collections Room and
the Art and Letters Division were discontinued as consultation
rooms in June and July respectively, the assistants in charge
being transferred to the staff of the Main Reading Room.
The positive effects of these changes thus far observed
are:
1. The centralization of hitherto separated divisions of the
reference service has simplified and improved all operations
having to do with assisting readers and providing them with the
books wanted.
2. The immediate necessity of increasing the number of refer-
ence assistants has been indefinitely postponed.
3. The amount of substitute service in the reference divisions
for which cataloguers have had to be drafted has been reduced
from an average of fifty-six hours per month between January
and August to seven hours per month between September and
December, 1916.
4. A test made in December to ascertain the average length
of time required to secure books from the different parts of the
building and deliver them to the central desk in the Reading
Room gave the following results: from the Basement (News-
paper Collection), five minutes; from the First Floor, three and
one-half minutes; Second Floor, two minutes; Third Floor, three
minutes; Fourth Floor, three and four-fifths minutes. The
longest time taken was seven minutes for a book in a distant
section of the Fourth Floor. The test was made as nearly
as possible under normal conditions of service and readers'
demand.
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THE LIBRARY STAFF
The number of persons on the Classified Staff remains the
same as it has been for the past seven years. In the recata-
loguing division a force averaging seven persons has been kept
together during the year. Ten members of the Classified Staff
are college or university graduates, four have had two years of
college training, and eight others hold high-school diplomas. In
the recataloguing division, four are college graduates and three
are high-school graduates. My experience compels the conclu-
sion that except in a few minor positions a complete college
education is a necessary foundation and requirement for intelli-
gent and efficient service in this Library. If the persons
appointed do not possess this qualification, the certain results
are: a serious loss of time and labor in training them for their
duties, a distressingly high percentage of errors in their work, the
correction and revision of which is expensive, and a disturbing
element of dissatisfaction due to failure and lack of promotion.
Realizing these facts, four members of the Staff have recently
resigned in order to return to college and complete their studies.
Further, a considerable number of those in the service are, out-
side of working hours, taking private instruction or attending
evening high-school and college courses in subjects certain to
improve their efficiency and increase their value to the Library.
Such efforts should bring their appropriate rewards either here
or elsewhere.
With the work done during the past year I can sincerely
express the utmost satisfaction, for, in close touch with it as I
am, I know its necessity and positive value in carrying out the
purposes for which the Library exists. The quality and the
amount of work described in the foregoing pages could not have
been accomplished except by a Staff competent for its duties,
applying itself whole-heartedly to the immediate task in hand, and
at all times evincing a high degree of loyalty to the interests of
the institution. It is a duty as well as a pleasure to make this
representation to the Board.
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Mr. G. M. W. Teyen, of the Reference Division, was on mili-
tary service with the ist Cavalry, Illinois National Guard, from
June 19 to November 17, the Board granting him leave of absence
with full pay during that period. During his absence his duties
were roughly distributed among four other members of the Staff.
Through Dr. A. H. Shearer, of the Bibliographical Division,
I have been enabled to realize a long-cherished desire to bring
the Library into direct and constant co-operative relations with
the sectional and national organizations devoted to American
History. Besides performing his official library duties, he has
continued to act as Secretary of the Conference of Historical
Societies, and as a member of the Committee on Bibliography
of the American Historical Association. His other activities
include a paper in the February number of Modern Language
Notes, a geographical index to Richardson's List of Collections on
European History, and a paper at the Cincinnati meeting of the
American Historical Association. These services have con-
tributed markedly to making our historical resources known to
those for whom they are most necessary and important. I wish
that it were possible to add to our Staff someone who could
represent our collections in Literature in the same way that
Dr. Shearer does those in History.
Mr. W. S. Merrill has continued his services as chairman of
the American Library Association Committee on a "Code for
Classifiers," and has also prepared a special report for the A.L.A.
Publishing Board on the preparation and distribution of printed
analytical cards for serials.
So far as his duties at the Library permitted, the Librarian
has attended the principal library conferences of the year, and
within the city made the usual number of addresses descriptive
of the Library and its collections.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. N. C. CARLTON, Librarian
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STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS
1916
I. PUBLIC SERVICE (REFERENCE) DIVISION
A. NUMBER OF READERS:
1. General Reading Room 445649
2. Department of History and Genealogy 13*486
3. E. E. Ayer Collection 455
4. Exhibition Room 4>599
Total 63,189 readers
B. RECORDED USE OF BOOKS:
1. General Reading Room 61,306
2. Department of History and Genealogy 45*539
3. E. E. Ayer Collection 2,452
4. Exhibition Room 2,814
Total ii2,in volumes
II. BIBLIOGRAPHY, BOOK SELECTION, ETC.
1. Titles investigated 1 2,169
Increase over 1915 2,139
2. Titles selected and listed 3*297
Increase over 1915 1*130
3. Volumes represented by selected titles 4.073
4. Typewritten lists submitted to Committee 121
Increase over 1915 73
5. Order cards prepared 3,37o
Increase over 1915 841
6. Special bibliographical questions investigated and answered for
other divisions of the library service, other libraries, and
readers 450
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III. AUTHOR CATALOGUE DIVISION
A. CATALOGUING OF CURRENT ACCESSIONS:
1. New titles 4,016
Increase over 1915 1,274
2. Volumes represented by titles above 6,643
Increase over 1915 2,082
3. Analytical 472
4. Titles for which card copy was prepared for multigraphing 3,396
Increase over 1915 837
5. New cards prepared:
a) For the Official Catalogue 9,778
V) For the Public Author Catalogue 9,574
c) For the Classed Subject Catalogue 2 ,933
d) For the Official Name List 4,291
Total cards prepared and revised 26,576
B. REVISION or OFFICIAL CATALOGUE:
1. New cards substituted for old 7,O94
2. Cards removed to change Author Headings 820
3. Cards removed for other additions or corrections 1,760
4. Total of old cards substituted or refiled 9,674
5. Cards deducted during 1916 2,335
C. PRESENT STATE OF THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE:
1. New cards filed during 1916 16,044
2. Estimated net total of cards, December 31, 1916 231,751
D. OFFICIAL NAME LIST:
1. Entries added during 1916 11,283
2. Total number of entries, December 31, 1916 79>35
IV. RECATALOGUING DIVISION
A. NEW PUBLIC AUTHOR CATALOGUE:
1. Additional titles recatalogued during 1916 1 5,433
2. Volumes represented 21,460
3. Analytical 5,207
4. Number of cards prepared 6,992
B. PRESENT STATE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHOR CATALOGUE:
1. Titles represented 115,625
2. Volumes represented 183,972
3. Analytical 24,704
4. Cross-references 22,235
5. Number of cards 1 75,918
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C. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS "PROOF-SLIP" CATALOGUE: 1
1. Entries added during 1916 48,179
2. Total entries from all sources, December 31, 1916 336,083
D. DISTRIBUTION, NUMBER, AND COST OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CARDS
BOUGHT DURING 1916:
Titles Cards Cost
1. Author Catalogue Division 2,718 10,383 $128.34
2. Recataloguing Division i>739 S>487 65 . 85
3. Classification Division 385 950 12 . 26
4. E. E. Ayer Collection 173 900 8. 28
5. U.S. Documents 55 112 1.55
6. Reference Cards 900 8 . 97
Totals 5,070 18,732 $225.25
Credits 5 25 .26
Net totals 5*065 18,707 $224.99
V. ACCESSIONS, CLASSIFICATION, AND BINDING DIVISION
A. ACCESSION CATALOGUE:
1. Purchases recorded 4,588
Increase over 1915 i>oos
2. Gifts recorded 621
3. Total volumes and pamphlets recorded during 1916 5*209
4. Total volumes and pamphlets recorded December 31, 1916 303,129
B. CLASSIFICATION AND SHELVING OF ADDITIONS, 1916:
1. New accessions classified and added to the fully catalogued
collections 5>5o8
2. Gifts classified and catalogued in brief, single entry form. . 2448
3. U.S. Documents recorded and classified 1,006
4. Total volumes classed and shelved 8,962
C. CLASSED SUBJECT CATALOGUE ON CARDS:
1. New cards added during 1916:
o) Multigraphed cards 9,687
b) Library of Congress cards 3*656
c) American Library Association cards 245
d) Tabbed subject-heading guides 3>927
2. Estimated total of cards and guides in this Catalogue,
December 31, 1916 38,877
1 Including, for convenience, 14,594 printed cards from the libraries of Harvard
University, University of Chicago, and University of California.
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3- Index to Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) Cards added during 1916 3,55
b) Estimated total of cards in this Index, December 31,
1916 38,624
D. PREPARATION OF BOOKS FOR BINDING, REBINDING, ETC.:
1. Volumes prepared, recorded, and delivered to the Bindery:
a) To be newly bound in leather or cloth 4,892
b) To be bound in "Newberry binding" 497
c) To be repaired and relettered 378
Total 5,767
2. Volumes received from the Bindery, checked off, and sent
to the shelves:
c) Newly bound 4,429
b) In "Newberry binding" 497
c) Repaired and relettered 1,047
Total 5,973
3. Gilding of "call numbers," etc.:
a) Volumes delivered to the Bindery 2,485
b) Volumes received from the Bindery 5,799
VI. THE BINDERY
A. BINDING:
1. Volumes bound in half-morocco 776
2. Volumes bound in cloth 3,652
3. Volumes bound in pigskin 147
4. Pamphlets bound in "Newberry binding" 812
Total of newly bound volumes 5,387
5. Volumes repaired and relettered 1,171
6. Volumes on which "call-numbers" were gilded 5,43*
7. Volumes on which name of the Library was gilded 6,025
8. Maps mounted on cloth i,i55
9. Illustrations, plates, charts, etc., "guarded" 18,352
10. Book plates pasted in new and rebound books 8,086
B. PRINTING:
1. Catalogue cards and "guides" multigraphed 67,805
2. Library forms, blanks, application slips, etc., muttigraphed 59,357
3. Blank catalogue cards cut from stock and punched 55,ooo
4. Memorandum slips cut from stock and punched 60,000
5. Shelf "dummies" covered and lettered 1,232
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VII. GROWTH AND PRESENT EXTENT OF THE LIBRARY 1
A. VOLUMES ENTERED DURING 1916 IN THE ACCESSION CATALOGUE:
1. Purchases 4,588
2. Gifts.. 621
Total . 5,209
3. Total volumes recorded in Accession Catalogue 303,129
B. E. E. AYER COLLECTION:
1. Volumes, etc., added during 1916 1,015
2. Total contents of Collection, December 31, 1916 36,550
C. EAST ASIATIC COLLECTION 21,654
D. U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS:
1. Volumes added during 1916 693
2. Total received since 1910 3,612
E. CLASSES L-P, R-T, NOT ACCESSIONED 109
Total contents of the Library, December 31, 1916 365,054
1 Statistics compiled by the Accessions and Classification Division.
VIII. STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1916
(BY SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIFIED SECTIONS
Vob. and
Pams.
January i,
IQl6
Vob. and
Pams.
Transfers,
etc.
Vols. and
Pams.
Added igi6
Vols. and
Pams.
January i,
10*7
General Reference
2.133
126
2,259
Periodicals
I5.QI2
+ 2
273
16,187
Newspapers
4,152
82
4,214
Academies
2,004
23
2,117
Philosophy
2,771
+ 12
54
3,837
Religion
IC.QI2
2O 2
l6,II3
Church History
IO,268
I
IO3
IO,36Q
Biography
II. H2
281
H4I3
Genealogy
6.241
1 60
6.4IO
History
34,68o
+ 10
949
35,648
Geography . .
0,372
132
Q.5O4
Economics
IQ.4O3
+11
325
19,739
Sociology
4,01; 7
31
4,088
Education
IO,^2O
+ 5
86
IO,62O
Civil Government
11,876
+ i
584
12,461
Law and Legislation
I5,47<;
256
15,731
Science and Technology
l6,6O3
ii
171
16,853
Military and Naval Arts
3,l6*
- 6
28
3,187
Sports
1,774
15
1,789
Theater
401
+ i
43
535
Music
12,518
i
80
12,597
Thomas Collection
;6*
563
Fine Arts
O.OO4
+ 2
89
9,995
Language . . .
Q,3OS
I
155
9,359
Literature
28,237
+ 5
020
29,162
Literary Biography
2,081
+ i
S3
2,135
Bibliography
16,037
+ 3
270
17,210
Manuscripts
14
6
20
Museum
18
3
21
Totals
278, 506
+32
5,508
284,136
Reserved Duplicates
9
278,605
284,145
Classified portion of the Library (carried) 284,145
Bibliographical Museum (unclassed) 1,618
Bonaparte Library (in printed classed catalogue) . . . 18,000
E. E. Ayer Library 36,550
East Asiatic Collection 21,654
U.S. Government documents not in Newberry classi-
fication *695
Classed in Government Classification
Unclassed
Total..
Unclassified lots (entered in accession catalogue) ... 1,392
Grand total 365,054
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i, 006
689
1,695
IX. NAMES OF DONORS, 1916
Vols. Pams.
Adams, Hon. G. E., Chicago 2
Ambler, C. H., Ashland, Va i
Anderson, Mrs. A. F., Seward, Neb i
Anonymous 2 i
Ayer, E. E., Chicago
i map, 25 photographs, 14 paintings, i drawing 32 18
Badger, R. G., Boston, Mass i
Barrows, C. H., Springfield, Mass i
Barton, G. P., Altadena, Col i
Baskervill, P. H., Richmond, Va i
Bates, Rev. N. W., Fairport Harbor, O i
Benedict, Miss Laura W., New York City i
Berry, A. L., Chicago 2
Biddle, R., Philadelphia, Pa i
Bixby, W. K., St. Louis, Mo i
Brewster, Mrs. Kate L., Chicago i
Bristol, G. F., Grand Rapids, Mich i chart
Bryant, W. Sohier, New York City u
Burton, C. M., Detroit, Mich i
Carlton, Dr. W. N. C., Chicago 14
Carter, George R., Boston, Mass i
Clemens, W. M., New York City i
Cole, G. W., New York City. i
Conant, C. E., Chattanooga, Tenn 2
Cook, Prof. A. S., Greensboro, Vt i
Cope, Mrs. Clarinda M., Chicago i
Coppons, A. C. de, Chicago 12
Crone, F. L., Kendallville, Ind i 2
Deane, Ruthven, Chicago i i
Donnelley & Sons Co., R. R., Chicago i
Donovan, J. M., Sioux Falls, S.D i
Durward, Rev. J. T., Baraboo, Wis i
Ehrmann, M., New York City i
Fabyan, G., Chicago i
Fader, A., Chicago i
Felt, D. E., Chicago i
Ferrin-Hollinger, Mrs. L., Marshalltown, la i
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Vols. Paras.
Foreman, Grant, Muscogee, Okla 4 leaflets, i typ.
Foss, Hon. S. D., Washington, D.C i
Fowler, Miss Helen, Chicago i
Giglotti, C., Chicago i
Hadley, C., Denver, Colo i
Hall, Miss Jennie, Chicago i
Hanaford, Mrs. Mary E. N., Rockford, /// i
Harrison, F., Washington, D.C i
Hawes, J. W., New York City i
Heald, C. E., San Francisco, Cat i
Henry, Mrs. Alice, Kinsdale, /// i 4
Hobbs, Mrs. Perry L., Cleveland, Ohio 2
Holbrook, A., Milwaukee, Wis i chart i
Holt, C. S., Chicago i
Hostetler, Mrs. M. A., Shelton, Neb i
lyenaga, Dr. T., New York City i
Jipson, Dr. N. W., Chicago i manuscript i
Jones, Mrs. Evelyn Ellsworth, Louisa, Va i
Kaufman, J. C., Chicago i
King, Brevet-Colonel H. C., Brooklyn, N.Y i
Kirk, Mrs. W. R., Chicago 9
Knowles, Rev. W. C., Higganum, Conn i
Lagoni-Toft, Mrs. H., Chicago 4
Lawrence, A. H., Winamac, Ind i 2
Lichtenstein, Dr. W., Evanston, /// 4
London, Hon. M., Washington, D.C i
McNary, J. R., Burgettstown, Pa i
Maynard, J. P., Marquette, Mich i
Mendsen, Mrs. Abby F. Cook, Chicago 3
Merrill, W. S., Chicago i 2
Meyer, K., Chicago i 2
Miller, W., Urbana, III i
Morton, Mrs. Hannah W., St. Joseph, Mo i
Newkirk, T. J., Evanston, /// i
Palmer, W. L., Boston, Mass i
Peck, Dr. G. B., Providence, R.I i
Pinchot, G., Washington, D.C i
45
Vols. Pams.
Plancarte y Navarrete, Most Rev. F., Chicago 2
Polk, Dr. W. M., New York City 2
Pomeroy, A. A., Sandusky, O i
Preston, E. D., Colorado Springs, Colo i manuscript
Ray, Prof. P. O., Evanston, III i
Rockwell, W. W., New York City i
Rose, T. C, Elmira, N.Y i
Rothert, O. A., Louisville, Ky i
Roundy, W. N., Lake Bluff, /// i
Ryerson, E. L., Chicago i
Sanborn, V. C., Kenilworth, III i i
Schuller, R. R., Evanston, /// i
Sears, L. M., Chicago i
Selleck, W. E., Chicago i 29
Sherman, B., Chicago i
Smith, J. F., Chicago i
Snyder, Miss Estelle Ryan, Chicago i chart
Sprague, F. H., Grafton, N.D i
Stephens, Miss Elate, New York City i
Sykes, G., Tucson, Ariz 2
Thompson, S., Chicago i
Tolman, A. H., Chicago i
Venn, T. J., Chicago i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago : 4 i
Williams, Miss Cornelia Bartow, Chicago i
Witwer, E. B., Chicago i
Young, M. H. de, San Francisco, Col i
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions 45 41
American and foreign libraries S broadsides 143 82
Canadian government and provinces 36
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations 25 33
Commercial, financial, and political organizations 23 3
Foreign governments 311 u
Genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations 16 18
Railway corporations i i
United States, Municipal Governments 10 2
United States, State Governments 91 22
United States Government 420 678
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X. STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1916
Bank Stock $ 10,500 . oo
Bonds 321,413.83
Loans secured by Real Estate 3,700. oo
Contracts for sale of Real Estate 31,990. 50
Balance to credit at Bank 30,206. 86
The expenditure for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to $805,282 . 12
REAL ESTATE
44 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
2 Lots in Butler, Wright & Webster's Addition.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in Rushnell's Addition.
5 Lots in State Bank Addition.
94 Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sec. 3, 39, 14.
38.83 Acres in Sec. 34, 39, 13.
14 Lots in Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sec. 22, 33, 14.
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XI. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE LIBRARY
Title of Report
Period of Report
Trustees'
No.
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No.
Remarks
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THE LIBRARY
OF THE
F Ji.Ufl!S
Report of the Trustees
of the Newberry Library
for the Year
1917
Chicago
1918
FOUNDER
Halfrr Suromia
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavours
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning."
CONTENTS
PAGE
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION: HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS u
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 13
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS, 1917 27
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
1917
*MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE Elected December 5, 1898
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
MR. JOHN W. SCOTT Elected May i, 1916
MR. ALBERT H. WETTEN Elected December 5, 1916
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
*HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS 1892-1917
*MR. EDWARD E. AVER 1892-1911
*MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD 1892-1914
*MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY 1892-1901
*MR. DANIEL GOODWIN 1892-1898
*MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD 1892-1914
*HON. EDWARD S. ISHAM 1892-1902
*GEN. ALEXANDER C. MCCLURG 1892-1901
*HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH 1892-1896
*GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY 1892-1912
*HON. LAMBERT TREE 1892-1910
*MR. HENRY J. WILLING 1892-1903
MR. BRYAN LATHROP 1896-1916
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH 1901-1916
OFFICERS, 1917
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First V ice-President Second Vice-President
GEORGE E. ADAMS! HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Librarian
WILLIAM N. C. CARLTON, M.A., L.H.D.
* Charter Member, April 13, 1892.
t Deceased, October 5, 1917.
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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, December 31, 1917
To His Excellency, Frank 0. Lowden,
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
"An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-sixth annual report of the progress and operations
of the Library during the year 1917.
Since the date of the last report the Trustees have lost an
honored associate through the death, on October 5, 1917, of
Mr. George E. Adams, who had rendered services of great value
to the institution during the twenty-five years of his connection
with it. Elsewhere in this report there will be found the
Memorial Resolution adopted by the Board and recorded in
the minutes of its proceedings.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, con-
tains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows that the Library continues to perform
services of a high educational value to the general public and to
provide resources of increasing importance to the scholar and
investigator. The number of books added to the Library
during 1917 was larger than in 1916, but because of circum-
stances and difficulties arising from the present War, extensive
buying in the European book market is still not possible. As
was to be expected, its operations and use have been adversely
affected in several directions by the War, but happily not to an
alarming degree. It is gratifying to report that on numerous
occasions during the year the Library has had the privilege of
being of direct aid and service to public bodies and officials
engaged in war duties, and we have every expectation of render-
ing further service of this nature.
In addition to the acknowledgments which have been
officially made to those who have made gifts to the Library, the
Trustees desire, in this report, to express their appreciation of the
thoughtfulness that has been of such benefit to this institution.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1917, with the real estate; also the expenditure
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from its
foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
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MINUTE ON THE DEATH OF MR. GEORGE E. ADAMS
George E. Adams departed this life at his summer home in
Peterboro, New Hampshire, on October 5, 1917. He had
been a resident of Chicago since 1853. He graduated from
Harvard College in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in 1865
and practiced law, but while still a young man he gave up active
practice and thereafter devoted himself almost exclusively to
public service in various fields. He was a member of the Illinois
Senate for a few years prior to 1883, and in that year he was
elected a member of Congress from the district in which this
Library is located, and remained a member until 1891, having
been re-elected for four successive terms. While in Congress he
did active and important work on the Banking, Currency, and
Judiciary committees. At one time he was a member of the
Board of Education of this city. He was the first western
member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University. He
served terms as president of the Commercial Club and the
Union League Club. He did service as a trustee of the Field
Columbian Museum and the Orchestral Association and was
also connected, at different times, with other important organiza-
tions. In all of his public service, in the State Senate and in
Congress, and in connection with the official positions he held in
different organizations, he discharged his varied duties with
marked ability and entire fidelity to his trust. He was much
sought after as an after-dinner speaker on important public
occasions, and his speeches on such occasions were invariably
highly instructive and interesting and characterized by notable
urbanity and dignity.
He was a scholar and greatly delighted in the study of
literature and history and in the companionship of books, and
was deeply sensible of the importance of the diffusion of the love
of study and reading through the community and of the develop-
ment of libraries for that purpose and for the purpose of extended
research. He was a member of this Board from the date of the
incorporation of the Library in 1892 until his death, and during
a large part of that period he was the first vice-president of the
Board. He always took a lively interest in all of the affairs of
the Library, and formed and expressed decided views in regard
to questions arising in its administration, but his views were
never unduly pressed or insisted upon, and they were of great
value as an aid to the Board and the different committees on
which he served in passing on matters that came before them.
By his death we have lost a friend and colleague who will
long be remembered by his associates on the Board, both for the
work he did in co-operation with them and for the attraction of
his character and personal qualities.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of The Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith I beg to submit the thirty-first
annual report of the Librarian and the ninth which it has been
my especial privilege to make. The statistics given in the text
and in the several appendixes are taken from the official records
currently maintained by the heads of departments and other
responsible assistants. In accordance with the policy of strict
economy which the public interest and our own necessities
require, this report has consciously been made shorter than
usual, only leading or significant facts regarding the activities of
the Library being touched upon.
BOOK SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
A total of 17,240 titles have been investigated and passed
upon, an increase of 5,071 over last year. The bibliographical
and clerical work involved in this investigation has the following
direct objects : (i) to learn whether or not a given title or edition
is already in the Library; (2) if it is not in the Library, to ascer-
tain from authoritative bibliographical and other sources whether
its importance is such as to justify its acquisition; (3) if found
desirable for acquisition to list it accurately under author, title,
date, and place of publication, and to submit it to the Committee
on Books for final consideration before ordering. Of the 17,240
titles investigated, 3,812, or 21.11 per cent, were listed and
approved for purchase.
Among the bibliographies which have been extensively used
as authorities for our selection are the following: Berdon, Pro-
fessor J. M., of Yale, article on "The Influence of Mediaeval
Latin Rhetorics on Writers of the Early Renaissance," in
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Romanic Review, July, 1916; Burr, Anna Robeson, Auto-
biography: A Study, Boston, 1909; the Cambridge History of
English Literature, Vols. X, XI, XIII, XIV; Channing, Hart
and Turner, Guide to the Study and Reading of American History,
Boston, 1912; Creizenach, W., The English Drama in the Age of
Shakespeare; Dealy, James Quayle, The Growth of American
State Constitutions from 1776 to 1914, Boston, 1915; Dunn,
Waldo H., English Biography ("Channels of English Literature
Series"), London, 1916; Gerould, Gordon Hall, Saints Legends;
Scott, Mary Augusta, Elizabethan Translations from the Italian,
Boston, 1916; Tyler, Moses Coit, Literary History of the Ameri-
can Revolution, 2 vols., New York, 1897; Wells, John Edwin,
Manual of the Writings in Middle English, New Haven, 1916.
In checking and evaluating the selected titles, the assistants
engaged in this work naturally consulted scores of other special
bibliographies, monographs, and biographies whose compilers
have tested and found such titles to be source material of perma-
nent value or secondary works of prime utility to the serious
reader.
Classifying all the titles investigated into groups according to
the sources whence their original suggestion or recommendation
came, it is found that 49 per cent came from members of the
Committee on Books, 48 .6 per cent from the Librarian, and 2 .4
per cent from experts whose advice was solicited. Of the 3,812
titles finally listed and ordered, 57.5 per cent were from those
submitted by the Librarian, 39 . 5 per cent from members of the
Committee, and 3 per cent from our advisers. In fulfilment of
orders for these titles and of others ordered prior to 1917, a
total of 5,293 volumes were acquired through purchase, an
increase of 705 volumes over last year.
The extent of our acquisitions during 1917 in some of the
leading subjects which we are endeavoring to develop intensively
is shown in the following statement:
(i) General Americana, 373 v.; (2) American history and
politics from 1750 to 1865, 464 v. ; (3) American local and family
history, 245 v.; (4) The South and slavery, 411 v.; (5) Official
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Publications of American State Constitutional Conventions,
64 v.; (6) European history, 512 v.; (7) English literature,
1,039 v -l (8) Celtic languages and literature, 167 v.; (9) Col-
lective biography, 50 v.
There have also been acquired new or recent publications on
subjects within the scope of the Library to the number of 80 1
volumes, some of which are included in the classes just men-
tioned, others in Music, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Religion, etc.,
the needs and interests of serious readers rather than professional
scholars having been kept in mind in making these selections.
Among the books purchased, the following were of more than
common interest and value: J. Adamson, The Muses' Welcome,
Edinburgh, 1618; Amadis de Gaule, 1617; Autobiography,
33 vols., London, 1826-33; N. Baxter, Sir Philip Sydney's
Ourania, 1606; R. Blackmore, King Arthur, 1697; Wm. Blake,
Works reproduced in facsimile, 1884-87 ; The Boston News Letter,
1714-29, photostat reproduction by Massachusetts Historical
Society; S. Butler, Hudibras, London, 1663-78; Collection of
Catches, Canons, Glees .... etc., 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1780;
J. Collop, Itur Satyricum, 1660; The Colonial Church Chronicle,
Vols. I-XXVIII, 1847-74; The Conduct of Cadwallader C olden,
n.p., 1767; Constable's Miscellany, So vols., 1827-33; W. Dug-
dale, The Baronage of England, 1765-76; P. Fletcher, The Purple
Island, Cambridge, 1633; J. Greene, A Refutation of the Apology
for Actors, London, 1615; The Guardian, March 12 October i,
1713; The Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1810; The Interpreter of
the Academie for Forrain Languages, 1649; The Kentish Fayre,
1648; Wm. Langland, Vision of Piers Ploughman, 1550; H.
Peacham, A Most True Relation of Affaires . . . . , 1615;
Sir W. Raleigh, Judicious and Select Essays, 1650; The Scots
Magazine, Vols. I-XCVI, 1739-1825; T. Shadwell, eight plays,
1690-93 ; T. Storer, Life and Death of T. Wolsey, 1599; D. Tuvill,
Essaies politicke and morall, 1608; R. Wild, Iter Boreale, 1671;
T. J. Wise, Reprints of rare or unpublished writings of English
authors: Borrow, Swinburne, Meredith, etc.; Lady Mary
Wroth, Urania, 1621.
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The most notable gift of the year was the interesting collection
of Websteriana gathered by the late E. W. Blatchford, Esq.,
consisting of 277 titles bound in 78 volumes, which was presented
to the Library by Mrs. E. W. Blatchford.
The Edward E. Ayer Collection added during the year 1917
10,703 pages to its collection of transcripts from the Archive
general de Indias at Seville. These include some very notable
and interesting, as well as unexpected, documents. Among
the latter may be mentioned "Copie du journal de voyage du
Sieur Cauelier, pretre frere de Mons r de la Salle, lesquels entre-
prirent tous les deux par mer la decouverte du fleuve Missisipi
Ian 1684 avec plusieur nauires. Ce journal fust presante a
Mons* de Segneley par ledit Cavelier au retour de son penible
voyage." .... This journal begins in July, 1684, and ends
. August 22, 1688. It is the final report of the Abbe Cavelier
and is not identical with the fragment of the first draft, July
1684 February 16, 1687, which was printed by John Gilmary
Shea in 1858. Another important set of documents is from
the papers of Jose de Galvez, minister for the Indies. They
consist of official letters, with numerous inclosures, from
the governors of Louisiana and Cuba, the commandant gen-
eral of the "Provincias internas," and the Spanish envoys
at Philadelphia, Juan de Miralles, 1777-80, and Francisco
Rendon, 1780-84. With the reports of Miralles and Rendon
were sent many translations, and sometimes printed docu-
ments and papers. These latter included some numbers of the.
little French paper Courrier de VAmerique printed at Philadel-
phia by Boinod & Gaillard in 1784. We have typewritten
copies of the following numbers: July 27 and 30; August
3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, and 27; September 28; October i, 5, 8, 12,
15, 19, and 22.
Other manuscript and typewritten acquisitions are: Gram-
matical exposition of the Cheyenne language, by Rodolphe
Petter. Cantonment, May 6, 1909. Condensed and copied
1913. (Typewritten.) Journal of Daniel Clap during Sullivan's
expedition. 1779. (Manuscript.) Memoirs of Henry Hunt
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Snelling, 1816-67. (Manuscript.) In printed books ten Indian
captivities have been acquired.
During the year 247 manuscript and typewritten pages from
the Spanish documents were copied for the University of Cali-
fornia. For the Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, six
maps and one drawing were photographed; seven maps and 203
manuscript and 75 printed pages were photostated.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Attendance and use of books. Like nearly all other similar
institutions we suffered an appreciable loss of readers during
1917. Judging, however, from such reports as have reached me
at this date our loss has not been as large as that of some others.
The total number of readers was 49,775, a decrease of 13,414 from
the number recorded in 1916, or an average of 1,118 per month.
The number of volumes drawn from the stacks and issued to
readers was 97,585, a decrease of 14,526. (These figures are
exclusive of the extensive use made of the open-shelf collections.)
The prime cause of this falling off is of course the War. The
entrance of the United States into the conflict has produced far-
reaching changes in the lives and activities of all citizens and
particularly of those whose vocations and interests normally
attract them to or require them to use this Library. From the
the local colleges and universities large numbers of male students
have either volunteered or been drafted into the national armies,
or are serving the government in civilian capacities. Other
classes of readers who formerly used the Library more or less
regularly are now absorbed in war-time activities. They are
devoting themselves to one or more of the manifold forms of
service required by state or nation, and all other interests have
been thrust aside for the time being. Nevertheless, an examina- O
tion of the daily reports of the reference divisions reveals the
gratifying fact that throughout the year a very considerable
amount of special study and investigation has been carried on by
scholars and experts, especially in those subjects in which this
Library possesses material not found elsewhere in the Middle
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West. Such highly specialized gatherings as the Ayer Ameri-
cana Collection, the Bonaparte library of European linguistics,
the Constitutional Convention literature, English poetry and
drama of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries,
the pamphlet literature of the American Revolution, early
American and English literary periodicals, etc., have been under
constant requisition, or directly or indirectly utilized for serious
purposes and scholarly ends.
For the general public there have been displayed or made
readily available on open shelves authoritative books, both old
and new, dealing with the fundamental legal, political, economic,
and moral questions at issue in the Great War. These works
have been eagerly read and they have certainly contributed
toward the education of the citizen and the formation of an
instructed public opinion. All official proclamations, announce-
ments, circulars of information, and illustrative pamphlets issued
by the national government, the State Council of Defense, the
Red Cross, and other official bodies have been given immediate
circulation and publicity in our Reading Room. The Library
Staff has rendered many useful services to national, state, and
municipal officers, bureaus, commissions, etc., in gathering
<l statistics, assembling data, and verifying facts wanted for
official use or information. In these and in other directions the
Staff has seized and will continue to seize every opportunity to
be of constructive service whenever and wherever our books and
their contents can serve the cause to which the nation has dedi-
cated itself.
Mail and telephone inquiries. Complete statistics are not
kept of information given over the telephone, nor of the literary
and historical data sent in writing to persons at a distance or
unable to visit the Library. But we have current record of
over 2,300 telephone inquiries which were satisfactorily answered,
and of 250 written communications sent out on subjects which
required careful investigation on the part of the reference assist-
ants with the consequent organizing and typing of the data
gathered. Both these forms of service are part of the daily
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routine and should receive due consideration in estimating the
usefulness of the Library to the community.
Inter-library loans. -Ten volumes were lent to the following
institutions or societies: the John Crerar Library, two; North-
western University School of Law, two; the University of
Illinois, one; Columbia University, one; City of St. Paul
Public Library, two; the University of Pennsylvania, one;
Princeton University, one.
Exhibitions. The policy of installing Interesting and instruc-
tive exhibitions of printed books, manuscripts, engravings, etc.,
has been continued. The principal exhibits during 1917 were:
1. Manuscript Portolan Charts (1440-1650) and Printed
World Maps (1478-1781). From the Ayer Collection.
2. Books, Maps, and Manuscripts Relating to the History
and Geography of the Mississippi Valley (1528-1861). From
the Ayer Collection.
This was prepared in connection with the annual meeting of
the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, one of whose ses-
sions was held in the Library building.
3. Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings Illustrative of the
Art and Architecture of France and Belgium, with particular
reference to the ecclesiastical and other public buildings destroyed
or mutilated in the invaded and devastated regions.
Publications. The following publications descriptive of the
Library and certain classes of its possessions were prepared and
published :
1. Report of the Trustees of the Newberry Library for the
year 1916. 48 pages. Printed from type. 600 copies.
2. Selected List of Books and Manuscripts Purchased since
January, 1915. 21 pages. Multigraphed. (Bulletin Num-
ber 5.) 500 copies.
3. Thomas Taylor the Platonist, 1758-1835. List of
Original Works and Translations. Compiled by Ruth Balch.
34 pages. Multigraphed. 150 copies.
4. List of Periodicals Currently Received through Purchase
and Gift, 1917. 36 pages. Multigraphed. 150 copies.
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5. List of Official Publications of American Constitutional
Conventions, 1776-1916. Compiled by A. H. Shearer, Ph.D. 7
39 pages. Multigraphed. (Bulletin Number 6.) 300 copies.
Of these and former publications of the Library a total of
1,511 copies were distributed to persons and institutions known
to be directly interested in their subject-matter.
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
Under this heading are included all the special processes
through which a book must be passed before it may properly be
shelved and made available for consultation and use. The
maximum number of processes a purchased book is now passed
through is fourteen; formerly it was twenty. Other classes of
printed matter received are graded and treated according to their
value, permanent or temporary interest, or relevance to the scope
of this Library. Thirteen categories have been established, and
the number of records and entries made for the books falling
within them varies from four to fourteen. As I have pointed
out in previous Reports, the quantitative output of the divisions
of the service engaged in this work, that is, the actual number
of books, etc., annually shelved after all necessary recording and
marking of them has been done, is conditioned absolutely by the
extent to which any of the following elements are operative:
(i) Unusual difficulty in determining exact identity of author,
correct bibliographical description of a particular edition, or
the most appropriate classification of a book. These difficulties
are an almost constant factor in the cataloguing of books prior to
1800. (2) The extent to which certain "collective " works require
"analytical entries" in Author and Subject Catalogues in order
to avoid possible duplication of purchases as well as to reveal the
resources of the Library more completely. (3) The percentage of
books in foreign languages. (4) The extent to which the daily
work of a division is interrupted or halted by reason of illness,
leave of absence, vacations, substitute service in other depart-
ments, or resignations. (5) The time expended in instructing un-
trained assistants when experienced ones cannot be secured.
During 1917 a total of 10,128 books, pamphlets, etc., were
added to the shelves and made available for public use, an
increase of 3,102 volumes over last year's figure. Of these,
5,818 were acquired through purchase (including those for the
Ayer Collection) and 4,210 were selected gifts. This total of
10,128 pieces represents the quantitative addition to the
resources of the Library.
The cataloguing and classifying of current accessions is up to
date. The Author Catalogue Division, which handles all
material demanding maximum treatment, reports that every-
thing received before December i, 1917, is fully catalogued with
the exception of twelve volumes which we are holding for Library
of Congress cards. This Division has treated in finished form a
total of 4,784 titles, an increase of 768 over last year. Of these,
10 per cent were in foreign languages. It may also be noted that
14 per cent were of books printed before 1820. The latter,
distributed by centuries, were as follows:
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1500 to 1599 27
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1600 to 1699 205
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1700 to 1799 293
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1800 to 1820 147
Total 672
Card copy for 3,193 titles was prepared for printing on our
multigraph machine. These titles represented works for which
printed cards of the Library of Congress were unprocurable.
Newberry Library call-numbers and accession numbers were
multigraphed on 13,638 Library of Congress cards.
The greater portion of the gift material and public docu-
ments is treated in full by the Accessions and Classification
Division. The United States documents received in monthly
shipments during the year have been classed and numbered by
the government scheme of classification, labeled, and shelved,
and are readily available for use by the aid of the printed cata-
logues and indexes published by the government. Unbound
documents are inclosed in board wrappers tied with tape.
Documents received prior to 1916, which have been accumulat-
ing since 1912 in the Catalogue Room, have now been assigned
the numbers of the government scheme and shelved with the
rest of the documents. The topographical maps have been with-
held for separate treatment. Beginning in October, United
States documents outside the scope of this Library have been
transferred to the Civics Department of the Chicago Public
Library.
The Reading Room pamphlet collection is now in order on
the shelves, the pamphlets being collectively inclosed in board
wrappers or in pamphlet boxes ; these pamphlets are each cata-
logued by a single entry which is filed in an expansive book
catalogue kept at the central desk in the Reading Room. The
total amount of material disposed of by the Accessions and
Classification Division numbered 10,276 pieces, an increase of
1,314 over last year.
During 1917 the current issues of 664 periodicals were
received. Owing to war conditions no issues were received
of 135 foreign periodicals. These latter are mainly German
and Austrian publications. British, French, Dutch, Italian,
Spanish, and Scandinavian periodicals have come in, but of
course irregularly and belated. The issues received num-
bered in ah 1 6,803, of which 4,455 were American and 2,348
foreign.
The finished and completed work accomplished by the Recat-
aloguing Division 1 for the Public Author Catalogue amounted to
14,108 titles representing 16,051 volumes. This brings the total
number of volumes recatalogued by this special force since
April, 1910, up to 147,784 volumes. The ensuing table shows
as well as figures can how the situation stands at this date with
reference to the amount of work still to be done under the
head of "recataloguing." Every effort has been made to secure
as accurate a statement as possible.
1 This division is recataloguing, under a special appropriation, the greater part
of the books acquired by the Library prior to June 17, 1911. The results of its
work are incorporated in the New Public Author Catalogue, the establishment and
preparation of which was authorized in 1910.
VOLUMES
Books in the Library, December 31, 1917 375,182
Books excluded from scope of recataloguing
operations 137,082
Books fully catalogued or recatalogued. . . . 162,997
300,059
Books to be recatalogued (estimated) 75,123
Books recatalogued through preliminary
stage, cards awaiting revision 34,55*
Balance requiring full recataloguing (esti-
mated) 40,572
The Public Author Catalogue now contains a full equip-
ment of cards for over 208,000 volumes, a larger and more
accurate exhibit of our resources and material than has ever
before been represented in the public catalogues of the Library.
The benefit of this improved condition of our indispensable book
records is everywhere apparent in every activity and operation
with which the institution is concerned. The Catalogue in its
present form renders technical work more accurate, knowledge of
our possessions more positive, and service of the public speedier,
more finished, and complete. The repeated expressions of satis-
faction which come from readers and students who use the
Catalogue are proof of its increasing adequacy and utility.
THE BINDERY
A total of 6,306 volumes and pamphlets have been newly
bound. Accessions received unbound or in need of repair have
been suitably bound before being shelved. Many works already
on the shelves, but worn out through usage or otherwise needing
attention in order to preserve them, have as usual been currently
repaired and strengthened. The $500.00 added to the 1917
appropriation for the purpose of rebinding the "Congressional"
set of United States public documents resulted in 1,016 volumes
being durably bound in the best American buckram cloth.
Issues of documents preceding the Civil War, on which the
binding (old sheep) had deteriorated, were examined by the aid
of the government check-list, rearranged, lettered, and bound,
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making them easily available by the aid of the government
indexes. Two exceptionally fine pieces of work done by the
Bindery for the Library were (i) the mounting of 2,989 photo-
graphic facsimiles of the dispatches of the Spanish governors of
Louisiana, collected (with the calendar) into 21 volumes; and
(2) the mounting of over 2,200 sheets composing the Atlas
linguistique de la France, bound in 38 volumes, large folio.
The foreman of the Bindery has also supervised the printing
of 9,918 catalogue cards and guides on the multigraph printing
machine, as well as the printing of 153,200 library forms, record
blanks, application slips, etc., and the printing, stitching, and
binding of 1,525 copies of multigraphed library publications.
Every phase of library activity and every class of material we
preserve is benefited in the highest degree by the services
rendered by the Bindery.
PHYSICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
The reorganization of the book stacks and shelving and the
rearrangement of the book collections begun in 1916 was com-
pleted in August, 1917. Over 326,000 volumes have been
checked, inventoried, and reshelved. Every piece of shelving,
old and new, has been drafted into service and made available
for present or future use. The direct results of these extensive
and laborious operations are:
1. The crowded and congested condition which existed in
every portion of the building in 1916 has been entirely relieved.
2. Shelf space has been gained and plotted out sufficient to
accommodate the expected additions to the Library for periods
varying from one to five years.
3. The necessity for making large and expensive additions to
the present shelving has been postponed for two years.
4. A central Reading Room sufficient to accommodate
over 175 readers at one time has been created.
5. A centralized reference service has been instituted which
enables a maximum number of readers to be served by a minimum
number of assistants.
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6. A single, responsible, daily supervision of all book stacks
and of all operations having to do with the shelving and replace-
ment of books has been established for the first time in the
history of the Library.
7. The new arrangements are working most successfully and
with far more speedy and efficient book deliveries than ever
before obtained.
As a bit of information, interesting rather than important, it
may be mentioned that on December i there were slightly more
than seven miles of books on the shelves.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
The number of persons on the Classified Staff has been the
same as in each of the previous eight years, namely, thirty. The
number of resignations has been larger than usual and their
effects have been severely felt in the Cataloguing, Recatalogu-
ing, and Book Selection divisions. Mr. Andrew J. Gerdin and
Mr. L. E. Gray of the evening staff resigned to enter the mili-
tary service, and the former received a second lieutenant's com-
mission at the first officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan.
Dr. A. H. Shearer, who for five years had been my efficient aid in
organizing and putting on a systematic basis all operations hav-
ing to do with book selection and bibliographical investigation,
left in October to become head of the Grosvenor Library in
Buffalo. Miss M. Westgate of the same division resigned to take
a position as bibliographical assistant in the Bureau of Educa-
tion at Washington. Her successor, Miss G. Gunderson, B.L.,
left in December to join the staff of the University of Chicago
library, as did also Miss R. Balch, of the Catalogue Division.
Another cataloguer, Miss H. Hinman, B.L., resigned on Decem-
ber 31 to take a position in the War Department at Washington.
Miss R. M. Simms, A.B., secretary to the librarian, left to
accept a responsible editorial position with the Society of Friends.
The foregoing persons had all received their practical library
training and experience in this Library; all had attained a high
degree of efficiency and competency in the performance of their
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duties. Our present staff is an excellent one ; in my opinion it is
considerably above the average in educational preparation,
training and experience, and intellectual ability and alertness. I
am confident that everything which it is in your power to do will
be done in order to retain our best trained, most experienced, and
most promising assistants. The difficulties of recruiting properly
qualified persons to fill the places of those leaving us were never
greater than at this moment, but I shall continue of course to use
my best efforts and every resource to maintain the standards we
have established during the past five years, standards to which
we unquestionably owe the advances in the quality of our work
and service and the increased amount and variety of what we
have accomplished within our special field.
Respectfully submitted.
W. N. C. CARLTON, Librarian
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STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS
1917
I. PUBLIC SERVICE (REFERENCE) DIVISION
A. NUMBER OF READERS:
1. Principal Reference Division 34*587
2. History and Genealogy Division 10,304
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Col-
lection 615
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates,
etc.) 4,269
Total readers 49,775
B. RECORDED USE OF BOOKS:
1. Principal Reference Division 53,34
2. History and Genealogy Division 39,247
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Col-
lection 2,806
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates,
etc.) 2,498
Total volumes 97,585
II. BOOK SELECTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
1. Titles investigated 17,240
2. Titles selected 3,812
3. Volumes represented by titles selected 5,86i
4. Official lists of selected titles typed and submitted to the Com-
mittee on Books 178
5. Order cards typed or written 4,667
6. Estimated cost of titles ordered $17,400.48
7. Bibliographical questions investigated and answered for other
divisions of the Library service, for other libraries, and for
readers 421
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III. CLASSIFICATION
1. Purchases 5,293
2. Gifts 2,257
3. United States documents 2,072
4. Gifts and gift continuations, for current use only 654
Total volumes and pamphlets classed 10,276
IV. CATALOGUING (CURRENT ACCESSIONS)
1. New titles 4,784
2. Volumes represented by above titles 5,507
3. Analytics 625
4. New volumes of continuations 974
5. New cards prepared:
a) For the Public Author Catalogue 8,382
V) For the Classed Subject Catalogue 2,105
c) For the Official Catalogue 8,468
d) For the Official Name List 3,256
Total new cards prepared and revised 22,211
V. RECATALOGUING (NEW PUBLIC AUTHOR CATALOGUE)
1. Additional titles recatalogued ^. . . 14,108
2. Volumes represented 16,501
3. Analytics 4,6n
4. Number of cards prepared 20,446
VI. PRESENT CONTENTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC
AUTHOR CATALOGUE
1. Titles 135,456
2. Volumes 208,376
3. Analytics 30,089
4. Cross-references 25,157
5. Number of cards 205,639
VII. STATISTICS OF CARDS FILED IN THE LIBRARY CATA-
LOGUES AND INDEXES
i. Public Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 29,721
b) Cards removed for improvements and additions, and refiled 3,422
Total cards in this Catalogue 205,639
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2 Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 10,927
b) Extra subject cards filed for departmental use 3,162
c) Tabbed subject-heading guides added 3,927
Total cards in this Catalogue 56,893
3. Alphabetical Index to Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 3,279
Total cards in this Catalogue 41,903
4. Official Catalogue:
a) New cards added 18,289
b) New cards substituted for old 6,924
c) Cards removed for improvements and additions and refiled 8,406
Total cards in this Catalogue 249,704
5. Official Name List:
a) New cards added 9,340
b) Cards removed for improvements and additions and refiled 1,465
Total cards in this Catalogue 88,645
6. Library of Congress " Proof -Sheet " Catalogue:
a) New entries filed 54,124
Total cards in this Catalogue 390,207
VIII. PREPARATION OF BOOKS FOR BINDING, REPAIR, ETC.
1. Volumes prepared, recorded, and delivered to Bindery:
a) New acquisitions 2,758
b) Volumes removed from the shelves for repair, etc 2,573
2. Volumes returned from the Bindery, newly bound, rebound,
repaired, etc 6,504
IX. THE BINDERY
A. BINDING:
1. Volumes bound in half-morocco 354
2. Volumes bound in cloth 5,405
3. Volumes bound in pigskin 46
4. Pamphlets bound in "Newberry binding" 501
Total newly bound volumes 6,306
5. Volumes repaired and relettered 958
6. Volumes on which "call-numbers" were gilded 4,321
7. Volumes on which the name of the Library was gilded.. . 5,323
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8. Maps mounted on cloth ". . 2,539
9. Illustrations, plates, charts, etc., "guarded" 11,724
10. Book plates pasted in new and rebound books 7,230
B. MULTIGRAPH PRINTING:
1. Catalogue cards and guides multigraphed 9,918
2. Library publications printed: number of copies 1,525
3. Library forms, blanks, application slips, etc., multigraphed 153,200
C. SUPPLIES:
1 . Blank catalogue cards cut from stock and punched 40,000
2. Memorandum slips cut from stock and punched 45,000
3. Pamphlet boxes 108
X. INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY
A. PURCHASES 5,293
B. GIFTS:
1. Entered in the Accession Record 1,578
2. Classed without accessioning 48
3. British India Public Documents 931
4. United States Public Documents 2,053
C. AYER COLLECTION 525
Total pieces 10,128
XL CONTENTS OF THE LIBRARY
1. Entered in the Accession Record 310,000
2. Classed without accessioning 157
3. British India Public Documents 631
4. United States Public Documents 5,665
5. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
6. Ayer Collection 37,075
Total volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc 375,182
XII. STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1917
(BY SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIFIED SECTIONS
Vols. and
Pams.
January i,
1917
Vols. and
Pams.
Transfers
Vols. and
Pams.
Added 1917
Vols. and
Pams.
January i,
1917
General Reference
2,2sQ
10
2,278
Periodicals
l6,l87
4.4.O
16,627
Newspapers
4,214
76
4,290
Academies
2,117
II
2,128
Philosophy
3,837
w
3,894
Religion
l6,II3
230
16,352
Church History
10,369
+ 3
187
lO.SSO
Biography
11,413
+ i
628
12,042
Genealogy
6,410
3
186
6,593
History
35,648
+32
1,261
36,941
Geography and Travel
Q.CO4
i6<;
0,669
Economics
10,770
IO
806
20, S3 1 ;
Sociology
4,088
121
4,209
Education
10,620
116
10,736
Civil Government
12,461
17
72S
13,169
Law and Legislation
15,731
4
384
16,111
Science and Technology
i6,8
8
23^
17,078
Military and Naval Arts
Sports
3,187
1,789
32
9
3, 2 i9
1,798
Theater
"??">
20
564
Music
I2,=;o7
+ 10
222
12,829
Thomas Collection
^
2
565
Fine Arts
0,001;
i
I3O
10,124
Language
0,3?0
+ 2
IIQ
0,480
Literature
20,162
+ 6
I,I2O
30,297
Literary Biography
2,131;
01
2,226
Bibliography
I7.2IO
12
272
17,470
Manuscripts*
2O
23
I
Museum (classed)
21
1
22
Reserved Duplicates
9
9
Totals
284,145
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7,603
291,814
' Counted into the classification above.
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1917
(By SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
1. Classified sections (carried) 291,814
2. E. E. Ayer Collection 37,075
3. Bonaparte Library 18,212
4. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
5. United States documents: government classifica-
tion 3,059
6. Unclassified lots (estimated) :
a) Bibliographical Museum 1,618
b) Bonaparte supplement 702
c) Pamphlet material 1,048
XIII. APPENDIX
NAMES OF DONORS, 1917
Vols. Pams.
Alexander, J., Chicago i
Anderson, E. H., Scarsdale, N.Y i
Anonymous 4 4
Applegate, Miss E., Chicago 2
Ayer, E. E., Chicago 13 8
Baker, Mrs. Frank, Chicago i
Balch, E. S., Philadelphia, Pa i
Balch, T. W., Philadelphia, Pa i
Baskerville, P. H., Richmond, Va 2
Beck, J. M., New York City i
Betts, J. W., Chicago 2
Bieber, A. A., New York City i
Blatchford, Mrs. E. W., Chicago 94 183
Blatchford, P., Chicago Pocket-book of Daniel Webster i i
Bowen 6" Co., B. F., Indianapolis, Ind i
Bowker, R. R., New York City i leaflet
Brown, G. A., Bloomington, /// i
Brown, Mrs. M. W., Chicago i
Burnham 6* Co., J., Chicago i
Cadby, J 4
Carlton, Dr. W. N. C., Chicago 70 34
Carnovale, L., Chicago i
Carpenter, Prof. F. I., Chicago 8 2
Carr, D. M., Chicago i
Cheney, W. A., Los Angeles, Col i
Clark, C. E., Covington, Ky 5
Clark, H. T., Cleveland, O 3
Clay, Mrs. H. H., Galesburg, Itt i
Clements, W. L., Bay City, Mich i photostat copy
Coppons, A. C. de, Chicago 26
Cottesloe, Lord Bletchley, Eng i
Cunningham, Charles H., Austin, Tex 2
Dana, Miss Ida, Chicago i
Depew, Chauncey M., New York City i
Donnelley &* Sons, R. R., Chicago i
Douglas, W. B., St. Louis, Mo i manuscript, i broadside
Dresbach, G. W., Tyrone, N.M i
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Vols. Pams.
Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Co., Chicago i
Foster, Rear Admiral J., Portsmouth, N.H I
Fowler, Miss Helen A., Chicago i
Ganong, Prof. W. F., Northampton, Mass 6
Gookin, F. W., Chicago 2
Gough, W. A., New York City 3
Greene, H., Milwaukee, Wis i
Gunnison, H. F., Brooklyn, N.Y i
Halewood, A., Preston, Eng i
Harder, E. E., Chicago i manuscript i 2
Hart, W. O., New Orleans, La i
Hayes, Rev. F. L., Chicago i
Helmershausen, Miss Adella, Chicago 2
Holman, Rev . W. H., Southport, Conn i
Instill, S., Chicago i
Isham, R., Chicago 43 3
Jaques, Mrs. B. E., Chicago i
Josephson, A. G. S., Chicago i
Keidel, Dr. G. C., Washington, D.C i
Kirkland, H. S., Philadelphia, Pa i
Lament, T., New York City i
Landon, F., London, Ont 8
Lane, Dr. Jennie T., Worcester, Mass i
Leffingwell, Rev. C. W., Knoxville, /// 5
Lepper, G. H., Pittsburgh, Pa i
McCormick, Cyrus H., Chicago 2 i
Mcllvaine, Miss Caroline M., Chicago. ..Collection of clippings
McKenna, L. B., Chicago i
Merrill, M., Evanston, /// i
Merrill, W. S., Chicago 4 7
Miller, W. W., Seattle, Wash i
Moulton, Gen. G. M., Chicago 4
Nims, F. C., Painesville, 2
Osier, Sir William, Oxford, Eng i
Page, C. N., Des Moines, la i broadside i
Paine, L. M., Chicago i
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Vols. Pams.
Palmer, W. L., Boston, Mass i
Patten, Miss Jennie M., Chicago 4 i
Pfister & Vogel Leather Co., Milwaukee, Wis i
Priestley, H. I., Berkeley, Col 2
Prussing, E. E., Chicago 2
Raymond, G. L., L.H.D., New York City 2
Richardson, Dr. E. C., Princeton, N.J i
Roberts, M. F., Durhamville, N.Y i
Robinson, D., Pierre, S.D 2
Rockefeller, Jr., J. D., New York City i
Rogers, J. A., Chicago i
Roundy, W. N., Chicago i
Sanborn, V. C., Kenilworth, ///. 4
Schaffner, Miss Margaret A., Chicago 2 4
Schuller, R., New York City i
Schuller, R. R 2
Schurz, W. L., Ann Arbor, Mich i
Scott, O. C., Berwyn, /// i
Shearer, Dr. A. H., Buffalo, N.Y 9 23
Shuman, W. C., Evanston, /// i
Smith, Miss Clara A., Chicago i
Spilman, A. W., Sarcoxie, Mo i
Stager, W., Sterling, III i
Starr, F. F., Middletown, Conn 2
Stock, H. T., Chicago i typewritten manuscript
Stowell, W. H. H., Amherst, Mass i
Taylor, Mrs. Harriet, Chicago 2
Thompson, S., Chicago i
Thurston, C. O., Chicago 2
Trezevant, J. T., Dallas, Tex i
Turner, Mrs. H. L., Chicago i
Tyler, Mrs. Mary C., Chicago i
Vanderpoel, G. B., Chatham, N.J i
Walton, Miss Emma Lee, Chicago i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago '. 2 i
Watson, Miss Mary L., Chicago i
Weeks, Dr. F. E., Kipton, O 2
Weston, E. B., Central Falls, R.I i
Wilder, F. J., Boston, Mass i
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Vols. Paras.
Wilke, Miss L., Chicago i
Wright, J. C., Good Hart, Mich 2
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions ....'. 76 63
American and foreign libraries 5 broadsides 129 118
Canadian government and provinces 30
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations, 2 broadsides 46 21
Commercial, financial, and political organizations 27 13
Foreign governments 275
Genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations 29 33
Railway corporations i 4
United States, municipal governments i broadside 31 7
United States, state governments 63 40
United States government 385 878
XIV. STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1917
Bank Stock $ 10,500 . oo
Bonds 391,902.57
Loans secured by Real Estate 3>3oo oo
Contracts for sale of Real Estate 24,231 . 54
Balance to credit at Bank 21,079.99
The expenditure for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to $840,743 .25
REAL ESTATE
44 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots hi Rushnell's Addition.
5 Lots hi State Bank Addition.
88 Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sees. 3, 39, 14.
38.83 Acres in Sees. 34, 39, 13.
14 Lots in Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sees. 22, 23, 14.
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THE LIBRAftr
OF THE
OF JM HUM
Report of the Trustees
of the Newberry Library
for the Year
1918
Chicago
1919
FOUNDER
Walter Coatttta
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavours
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning."
CONTENTS
PAGE
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN n
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS, 1918 . . . . 25
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
1918
*MR. JOHN P. Wilson
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE Elected December 5, 1898
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
MR. JOHN W. SCOTT Elected May i, 1916
MR. ALBERT H. WETTEN Elected December 5, 1916
MR. HORACE S. OAKLEY Elected April i, 1918
*HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS 1892-1917
*MR. EDWARD E. AVER 1892-1911
*MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD 1892-1914
*MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY 1892-1901
*MR. DANIEL GOODWIN 1892-1898
*MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD 1892-1914
*HoN. EDWARD S. ISHAM 1892-1902
*GEN. ALEXANDER C. McCLURG 1892-1901
*HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH 1892-1896
*GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY 1892-1912
*HON. LAMBERT TREE 1892-1910
*MR. HENRY J. WILLING 1892-1903
MR. BRYAN LATHROP 1896-1916
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH 1901-1916
OFFICERS, 1918
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First V 'ice-President Second Vice-President
JOHN W. SCOTT HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Librarian
WILLIAM N. C. CARLTON, M.A., L.H.D.
* Charter member, April 13, 1892.
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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, December 31, 1918
To His Excellency, Frank O. Lowden
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
11 An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-seventh annual report of the progress and operations
of the Library during the year 1918.
At the April meeting of the Trustees, Mr. Horace S. Oakley
was elected a member of the Board to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. George E. Adams.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, con-
tains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows that the Library continues to perform
services of a high educational value to the general public and
to provide resources of increasing importance to the scholar and
investigator. Because of circumstances and difficulties arising
from the war, extensive buying in the European book market
has not been possible. As was to be expected, the operations
and use of the Library have been adversely affected in several
directions by the war, but happily not to an alarming degree.
It is gratifying to report that on numerous occasions during
the year the Library has had the privilege of being of direct aid
and service to public bodies and officials engaged in war duties,
and we have every expectation of rendering further service of
this nature.
The most notable event of the year was the formal notifica-
tion to the Trustees that the late John M. Wing had bequeathed
to the Library the greater portion of his estate, real, personal,
and mixed, for the purpose of establishing in the Library a
department to be known as the John M. Wing Foundation.
The testator directed that "the income from this bequest shall
be used for the purchase of books which treat of, relate to,
illustrate, exemplify, or depict, either wholly or in part, either
directly or indirectly, the following subjects, viz. :
"a) The History and Development of the Arts of Printing,
Engraving, and Book-Illustration from the date of the introduc-
tion into Europe of the art of printing with movable metal type.
"&) Bibliography, by which term I mean the science, history,
record, and description of printed books."
The measures necessary for carrying out the terms of this
public-spirited bequest have already been initiated and will be
pushed forward as expeditiously as the interests of the Founda-
tion permit.
In addition to the acknowledgments which have been officially
made to those who have made gifts to the Library, the Trustees
desire, in this Report, to express their appreciation of the
thoughtfulness that has been of such benefit to this institution.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1918, with the real estate; also the expenditure
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from
its foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this
report.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith I beg to submit the thirty-second
annual report of the Librarian and the tenth which it has been
my especial privilege to make. The statistics given in the text
and in the several appendixes are taken from the official records
currently maintained by the heads of departments and other
responsible assistants.
BOOK SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
A total of .24,923 titles have been investigated and passed
upon. The bibliographical and clerical work involved in this
investigation has the following direct objects: (i) to learn
whether or not a given title or edition is already in the Library;
(2) if it is not in the Library, to ascertain from authoritative
bibliographical and other sources whether its importance is such
as to justify its acquisition; (3) if found desirable for acquisition
to list it accurately under author, title, date, and place of pub-
lication, and to submit it to the Committee on Books for final
consideration before ordering. Of the 24,923 titles investigated,
1,442, or 6.8 per cent, were listed and approved for purchase.
Among the bibliographies which have been extensively used
as authorities for our selection the following were the most
important: Cambridge History of American Literature, Vol. I,
New York, 1917; Cambridge Modern History, Vols. X-XII,
New York, 1909-1912 (sections relating to modern Germany);
Charming, E., Hart, A. B., and Turner, F. J., Guide to the Study
and Reading of American History (revised edition), Boston,
1912; Gayley, Charles M., and Scott, Fred N., Introduction to
the Methods and Materials of Literary Criticism, Vol. I, Boston
1899; Gross, Charles, Sources and Literature of English History
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. ... to 1845 (2d edition), London, 1915; Harper, George M.,
Sainte-Beuve ("French Men of Letters Series"), London, 1909;
Poincare, Lucien, editor, La Science Franqaise, 2 vols., chapter
on "Les fitudes Anglaises," Paris, 1915; Satow, Sir Ernest M.,
A Guide to Diplomatic Practice, 2 vols., London, 1917; Spingarn,
Joel E., A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance, New
York, 1899; Statesman's Year-Book, J. Scott Keltic, editor,
the sections on Germany in 1913-1917 issues, and the sections
on Africa in the 1917 issue; Ward, Sir Adolphus W., Germany,
1815-1890, Vol. I ("Cambridge Historical Series"), Cam-
bridge, 1916.
Classifying the titles approved into groups according to the
sources whence their original suggestion or recommendation
came, it is found that 28 . 7 per cent came from members of the
Committee on Books, 69 per cent from the Librarian, and 2 . 3
per cent from experts whose advice was solicited. In fulfillment
of orders for these titles and of others ordered prior to 1918, a
total of 2,963 volumes were acquired through purchase during
1918.
The extent of our acquisitions in some of the leading subjects
which we are endeavoring to develop is shown in the following
statement: (i) General Americana, 64 v.; (2) Early American
travel and description, 93 v.; (3) American political history,
76 v.; (4) American local and family history, 60 v.; (5) British
history, 94 v.; (6) European history, 151 v.; (7) Biography,
1 80 v.; (8) English literature, 180 v.; (9) International law,
97 v. There have also been ordered new or recent publications
on subjects within the scope of the Library to the number of
448 volumes, some of which are included in the classes just men-
tioned, others in religion, philosophy, economics, music, fine
arts, etc., the needs and interests of serious readers rather than
professional scholars having been kept in mind hi making these
selections.
In making choice of works desirable or necessary for our
collections the Committee on Books has strictly applied the
principles of the revised policy of book acquisition adopted by
the Board a year ago. A list of the more notable purchases
will be published early in 1919.
During 1918 the current issues of 574 periodicals were
received. Owing to war conditions no issues were received of
135 German and Austrian publications. British, French, Dutch,
Italian, Spanish, and Scandinavian periodicals have come in,
but of course irregularly and belated. The issues received
numbered in all 5,750 of which 3,320 were American and 2,430
foreign.
To the Edward E. Ayer Collection there were added 9,025
pages of transcripts of documents relating to American affairs
in the Spanish official archives at Seville and Simancas. Among
those from Simancas are twenty-five short reports on the English
colony of Virginia. Those from Seville include important docu-
ments concerning Diego de Ibarra, Francisco de Urdifiola, the
northern provinces of Mexico, and many reports and letters
from the various viceroys of Mexico. The most important
book added was Francois Joseph le Mercier's Relation de ce qui
s'est passe ... en la Nouvelle France aux annees mil six cent
soixante cinq, & mil six cent soixante six . . . Paris, S. Cramoisy
. . . 1667, an original Jesuit Relation. Of the original series of
these famous relations the Ayer Collection now lacks only two,
viz., those published in 1656 and in 1660.
The richness of the Ayer Collection in materials for the
history of Spanish America is now so generally recognized that
specialists in this field of study are making constant and increas-
ing requisitions upon it. The following were among the numer-
ous services rendered to other institutions and to scholars at a
distance during the past year: For Fr. Z. Engelhardt, Santa
Barbara, California, thirty-one pages were copied from the
Spanish transcripts; for Dr. J. F. Jameson, of the Carnegie
Institution, Washington, D.C., ninety-one pages of the tran-
scripts were copied; for the School of American Research,
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, a list of transcripts relating
to the early history of New Mexico was prepared; for another
specialist a list of early printed books on California and the
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southwest was compiled. The following were some of the topics
on which continued investigation was pursued in the rooms
of the Collection itself: Mexican Archaeology and Religion;
the Food, Trade, Wars, Schools, Missions, Music, Dress and
Decorations, Tribal Descriptions and Languages of the North
American Indians; the Fur Trade in Illinois; Religion in
Colonial Virginia; Colonial Laws; Porto Rico; and the Philip-
pine Islands.
PUBLIC SERVICE
The past year, of course, has been a wholly abnormal one
in every respect and every phase of library activity has felt and
shown the effects of the universal derangement of affairs due
to the Great War. The intense absorption of all good citizens
in various forms of war work left little leisure for study and
reading in libraries. The teaching staffs of the local universities
did their full share of war work, and as this class is the one
which normally makes the most constant and intensive use of
our special collections its recent absence from our rooms has
been especially noticeable. The total number of readers during
1918 was 39,864, a decrease of nearly 10,000 from the numbers
of the previous year. On the other hand, the recorded number
of volumes put into the hands of readers was larger by 8,172
than in 1917, the total number used during 1918 being 105,757.
An examination of the daily reports of the Reference Division
shows that serious study hi the special fields of history and litera-
ture was a marked feature of the year. Such students and
teachers as were able to continue their peace-time work made
profitable use of the book collections in those subjects on which
this Library possesses material not to be found elsewhere in the
Middle West.
We have continued to display and to make readily available
on open shelves the authoritative books, both old and new,
dealing with the fundamental legal, political, economic, and
moral questions at issue in the Great War. These works have
been eagerly read and they have certainly contributed toward
the education of the citizen and the formation of an instructed
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public opinion. All official proclamations, announcements,
circulars of information, and illustrative pamphlets issued by
the national government, the State Council of Defense, the Red
Cross, and other official bodies have been given immediate
circulation and publicity in our Reading Room. The Library
Staff has rendered many useful services to national, state, and /
municipal officers, bureaus, commissions, etc., in gathering
statistics, assembling data, and verifying facts wanted for
official use or information. Members of the Staff have also done
much valuable volunteer work in aid of draft boards, and in the
Liberty Loan, Red Cross, and Book Drive campaigns. Their c
services, both official and voluntary, have been frequently
reported by the authorities as "invaluable" and characterized
by a high degree of intelligence and competency.
Mail and telephone inquiries. Complete statistics are not
kept of information given inquirers over the telephone, nor of
the letters written in response to requests for literary and his-
torical data from persons living at a distance, or unable to visit
the Library, but we have current record of over 3,378 telephone
inquiries satisfactorily answered, and of 231 written communica-
tions sent out from the Librarian's office containing carefully
compiled data supplied by the reference assistants. Both these
forms of service form a part of the daily routine and should
receive due consideration in estimating the usefulness of the
Library to the community.
Inter-library loans. We received twenty-two applications
asking for the loan of thirty-six volumes. It was found possible
to grant seven of the applications. Eleven volumes were lent
to the following institutions or societies: University of Illinois,
one; Cleveland Public Library, two; La Salle-Peru Township
High School, three; United States War Department, Head-
quarters Central Department, one; Chicago Symphony Orches-
tra, one; British Consulate, two; Chicago Journal, one.
Exhibitions. The principal exhibits during 1918 were:
i. Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings Illustrative of the
Art and Architecture of France and Belgium, with particular
is
reference to the ecclesiastical and other public buildings de-
stroyed or mutilated in the invaded and devastated regions.
Installed during the latter part of 1917.
2. International War Cartoons, Belligerent and Neutral.
Among the collections of International War Cartoons
exhibited were American, English, French, Italian, Dutch,
Japanese, Russian; and a number of German cartoons taken
from "Simplicissimus." Among the artists represented by the
foregoing countries were: Raemaekers, Poulbot, Will Dyson,
Edmund J. Sullivan, Heath Robinson, Boardman Robinson,
Cesare, Alfred Leets, and Nelson Greene. Public interest in the
exhibition was so great that it was found necessary to keep it
open two evenings a week from 5 to 9 P.M. for a number of weeks
to accommodate persons unable to visit the Exhibition Room
during the regular daytime hours.
Forty Illuminated Manuscripts from the Newberry Library's
collection were lent for the Caxton Club's Exhibit in the Art
Institute during February. Sixty selected volumes of Incuna-
bula from the Newberry Library's collection were lent for the
Caxton Club's Exhibit in the Art Institute during December.
Publications. The following publications descriptive of the
Library and certain classes of its possessions were prepared and
published:
1. Report of the Trustees of The Newberry Library for the
Year 1917. 35 pages. Printed from type. 612 copies.
2. Outlines of a General Policy of Library Development.
14 pages. Printed from type. 535 copies.
3. Exhibitions of Literary, Artistic, and Historical Material
Held at The Newberry Library, 1909-1918. 6 pages. Multi-
graphed. 150 copies.
4. Staff Directory and Educational Qualifications for Classi-
fied Service. Revised to October i, 1918. 12 pages. Multi-
graphed. 150 copies.
5. Asa Willcox's Book of Figures, 1793. Multigraphed from
a manuscript in the possession of The Newberry Library. 9
pages. 150 copies.
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6. English Poetry. Part One. Collections. 77 pages.
Multigraphed. 300 copies.
Of these and former publications of the Library a total of
1,1 1 1 copies were distributed to persons and institutions known
to be directly interested in their subject-matter.
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
Under this heading are included all the special processes
through which a book must be passed before it may properly
be shelved and made available for consultation and use. The
maximum number of processes a purchased book is now passed
through is fourteen; formerly it was twenty. Other classes of
printed matter received are graded and treated according to
their value, permanent or temporary interest, or relation to the
book policy of this Library. Definite categories have been
established, and the number of records and entries made for
books falling within them varies from four to fourteen. As I
have pointed out in previous Reports, the quantitative output
of the divisions of the service engaged in this work, that is, the
actual number of books, etc., annually shelved after all neces-
sary recording and marking of them has been done, is condi-
tioned absolutely by the extent to which any of the following
elements are operative: (i) Unusual difficulty in determining
exact identity of author, correct bibliographical description of
a particular edition, or the most appropriate classification of a
book. These difficulties are an almost constant factor in the
cataloguing of books prior to 1800. (2) The extent to which
certain "collective" works require "analytical entries" in
Author and Subject catalogues in order to avoid possible duplica-
tion of purchases as well as to reveal the resources of the Library
more completely. (3) The percentage of books in foreign
languages. (4) The extent to which the work of a division is
interrupted or halted by reason of illness, leave of absence,
vacations, substitute service in other departments, or resig-
nations. (5) The time expended in instructing untrained
assistants.
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During 1918 a total of 5,824 books, pamphlets, leaflets,
manuscripts, etc., were added to the permanent collections;
they represent the net quantitative addition to the resources
of the Library. Of that total, 3,913 pieces were acquired
through purchase (including 950 for the Ayer Collection);
1,911 were selected gifts.
All current work of accessioning, classifying, and cataloguing
is up to date. On January i, 1918, the keeping of the accession
record in book form was discontinued and the card form of record
adopted. Like other libraries which in recent years have made
the change we too have found the new method an improvement
on the old. The Classification Division handles the bulk of all
gift material and public documents received, as well as pur-
chased material. During 1918 this Division classified 5,576
volumes, etc., adapted and filed 22,203 subject cards, guides,
and index headings, and prepared 3,068 volumes for binding
or repair. It also performed a large number of other necessary
tasks whose results appear under other headings in this Report.
A particularly useful piece of work was the systematic arrange-
ment of the collection of topographical maps published by the
United States government. These, to the number of 1,071,
have been sorted, classified by states, with local subdivisions,
and checked on the government lists.
The Author Catalogue Division handles all current acces-
sions requiring maximum cataloguing treatment. This Division
reports having catalogued in complete form a total of 3,832
titles for whose proper recording hi the Library catalogues
18,538 cards were prepared and filed. Titles in foreign languages
numbered 367, a little less than 10 per cent of the whole. This
low percentage was due of course to our not importing books
from the Continent on account of the war. Card copy for 2,443
titles was prepared for printing on the multigraph. These titles
represented works for which the printed catalogue cards of the
Library of Congress were not procurable. Copy was also pre-
pared for 1,736 guide cards for the Public Author Catalogue,
2,090 for the Library of Congress "Proof-Slip" Catalogue, and
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for two sets of special guide cards for the catalogue entries
under Shakespeare. The following table shows the distribu-
tion by centuries of 512 titles printed before 1820:
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1500 to 1599 39
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1600 to 1699 151
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1700 to 1799 253
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1800 to 1820 69
Total 512
During the year an opportunity was presented to do some
important "analytical" work. These "analytical" were for
the most part for titles in collections of English, French, and
German plays, collections of political pamphlets, etc. The col-
lections were largely made up of reprints of works originally
issued in editions which the Library does not and in many cases
never will possess.
In January, 1918, work was resumed on the Genealogical
Index, but in a new form and hi accordance with more economical
methods. The new form is that of standard-sized index cards
filed in trays in a cabinet similar to the card catalogues of the
Library. This card supplement to the Genealogical Index will
not contain so minute an analysis of genealogical works as did
the Index when maintained in book form, but it will continue
the principal features which make the Index so permanently
valuable as a time and labor-saving device in assisting genea-
logical inquirers.
The finished and completed work accomplished by the
Recataloguing Division 1 for the Public Author Catalogue
amounted to 9,471 titles representing 13,755 volumes. This
brings the total number of volumes recatalogued by this special
force since April, 1910, up to 161,539 volumes. The ensuing
table shows as well as figures can how the situation stands at
this date with reference to the amount of work still to be done
"This Division is recataloguing under a special appropriation, the greater
part of the books acquired by the Library prior to June 17, 1911. The results of
its work are incorporated in the Public Author Catalogue, the compilation of which
was authorized in 1910.
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under the head of "recataloguing." Every effort has been
made to secure as accurate a statement as possible.
VOLUMES
Books requiring full recataloguing, January i, 1918. . 40,572
Net total of books fully recatalogued during 1918. . . 14,859'
Balance requiring full recataloguing (estimate) 25,713
The Public Author Catalogue now contains a full equipment
of cards for 228,952 volumes, a larger and more accurate exhibit
of our resources than has ever before been represented in the
basic Catalogue of the Library. The benefit of this improved
condition of our indispensable book records is apparent in every
public and official activity and operation with which the institu-
tion is concerned. The Catalogue in its present form renders
technical work more accurate, knowledge of our possessions
more positive, and service of the public speedier, more finished,
and complete. The repeated expressions of satisfaction which
come from readers and students who use the Catalogue are
proof of its increasing adequacy and utility.
THE BINDERY
The operations associated with the binding and repairing
of the books fall into two distinct groups. One comprises the
details connected with the designation of the nature and kind
of binding to be put on books received unbound, the assembling
of the requisite parts and numbers of periodical publications,
the withdrawal of worn or broken volumes from the shelves for
necessary repairs, etc., the delivery to, and receipt of this
material from, the Bindery, and the keeping of systematic
records of these facts. These operations are performed by mem-
ber's of the Library Staff.
The Bindery proper deals exclusively with a second group
of operations, i.e., those having to do with the technical treat-
ment of a book by the binders from the time of its receipt in an
unbound condition until its return, newly bound or repaired, to
1 Includes volumes recatalogued by the Author Catalogue Division at times
when current accessions were slow in arriving or less than normal in amount.
the Library assistants. In the Bindery it is collated, assembled
by signatures, sewn, bound in cloth, leather, pigskin, or board
cover, gilded, stamped, labeled, etc. All this, of course, is done
by skilled artisans under the direction of an experienced chief.
During 1918 a total of 3,461 volumes were newly bound, and
835 were repaired and relettered. Over 900 maps were mounted
on cloth, and over 9,896 illustrations, fine plates, engravings,
charts, etc., "guarded" when bound into their respective
volumes. As in former years, the Bindery has also performed
many other services whose direct results contribute to keeping
our books in good present condition and to their length of life.
It also supplies us with a large variety of devices and apparatus
which add greatly to ease, economy, and convenience of service.
The steadily rising costs of labor and materials compelled
us during the year to investigate the current cost of binding
done under contract by commercial binderies and compare it
with the cost of binding in our own and other library binderies.
The facts elicited by this investigation proved that it was still
to our pecuniary advantage to continue the operation of our
own binding establishment. Our re-study of the whole situa-
tion also brought out sharply the advantages other than the
financial one which a bindery in the library building carries with
it. It may not be out of place to describe some of them here
as matter of record.
1. Our very rare, valuable and high-priced material is not
subjected to risk of loss or damage through fire, water, or neglect,
as would be the case if it were sent away for binding or repair.
The average value per volume of any average thousand volumes
bound or rebound for us would be at least from $3 . 50 to $4 .00.
In hundreds of individual cases the value of a particular piece
of material would range from $50.00 to $150.00.
2. The length of life of the library property is greatly extended
by reason of the fact that with a bindery in the building, slight
defects and breaks in volumes can be repaired immediately by
skilled workmen and not by amateurs. Experience shows that
where books have to be recorded, packed, shipped, insured, and
sent out for binding, the tendency is to allow slightly damaged
volumes to remain on the shelves until their condition renders
a complete rebinding imperative. In the long run such condi-
tions involve a larger expense than if the slight defect was
repaired and attended to as soon as discovered.
3. Speedy and efficient service of the public is greatly
furthered through having a bindery available in the library
building. Books constantly used, constantly called for, or
known to be likely to be wanted at any moment by serious
readers and students, can be quickly bound, rebound, or repaired,
with the consequence that the length of time they are withdrawn
from the service of the public is reduced to a minimum. This
is a most important factor in achieving satisfactory public service.
Only those who are actually engaged in this service can fully
appreciate its importance.
4. In a bindery under the control of the institution experi-
ments having in view reduction of costs can be carried on con-
stantly. This does not mean that such experiments are not
carried on in commercial binderies, but it does mean that the
latter are naturally not conducted in the sole interest of the
library.
PHYSICAL CHANGES
With the special appropriation provided for the purpose
the Local History and Genealogy Room was newly equipped
throughout with metal wall shelving. In October a temporary
board partition was erected around the book stack in Room 17
in connection with the changes made to adapt this room to the
requirements of Local Draft Board No. 46. The collection of
books on fine arts, numbering some 10,000 volumes, was shifted
from temporary shelving in Room 17 to more permanent and
suitable cases in Room n.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
The number of persons on the Classified Staff has remained
the same as in previous years, viz., thirty. Fifteen changes in
the personnel of this group occurred during the twelve months.
The following were among the more important resignations:
On July i, Miss M. W. Cross, A.B., secretary to the librarian,
after one year's service, resigned to accept a position hi one of
the government bureaus in Washington. On December 28,
Miss Jane L. Burt, of the Classification Division, after twelve
year's service, resigned with the expectation of entering com-
mercial h'fe. Miss R. R. Sears, A.B., B.L.S., of the regular
Catalogue Division, resigned on November 18 after six months'
service, to accept a position as hospital librarian in one of the
war camps. On August 10, Miss M. I. Brokaw, A.B., of the
Recataloguing Division, resigned in order to enter the Uni-
versity of Illinois Library School. Mrs. E. M. Omelvena and
Mrs. M. L. Herman, also of the Recataloguing Division, resigned
in order to take up positions in the business world. Three
resignations occurred among the young men on the evening
staff. As for page and messenger service, it was almost im-
possible to secure a month's consecutive service from any boy
available.
In October, 1918, we received word of the death, in action,
of Lieut. Andrew J. Gerdin, who left our service in April, 1917,
to enter the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. Those
of us at the Library were naturally deeply affected at this loss
of our recent associate. Although we knew when we bade him
farewell upon his leaving for overseas service that he was pre-
pared, if necessary, to lay down his life for his adopted country,
it was, as always, a shock to learn that he had made the supreme
sacrifice. A group of his fellow-workers on the Library Staff
has in preparation a brief memorial sketch of Lieut. Gerdin
which at a later date I shall venture to ask you to permit me to
give the permanence of print.
Of those members of the Library Staff and other divisions
of the service who have remained with us during these last two
or three difficult and trying years, I cannot speak too highly.
They have given evidence of genuine loyalty to the interests
of the institution as a whole, and they have often accepted extra
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burdens of work and responsibility when our needs required it.
Those from whom we have had occasion in emergencies to ask
for the sacrifice of personal convenience in order that our public
service might not be even temporarily disorganized have always
responded willingly and cheerfully. I know that you have the
interests and welfare of them all always hi mind, and I take
pleasure in saying that they are worthy and deserving of your
favorable care and consideration.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. N. C. CARLTON, Librarian
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS
1918
I. NUMBER OF READERS
1. Principal Reference Division 28,850
2. History and Genealogy Division 6,057
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 716
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 4,241
Total readers 39,864
II. RECORDED USE OF BOOKS
1. Principal Reference Division 45,283
2. History and Genealogy Division 56,141
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 1,561
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 2,772
Total volumes 105, 757
III. BOOK SELECTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
1. Titles investigated 24,923
2. Titles selected 1,442
3. Volumes represented by titles selected 1,873
4. Official lists of selected titles typed and submitted to the Com-
mittee on Books 61
5. Order cards typed or written 1,611
6. Bibliographical questions investigated and answered for other
divisions of the Library service, for other libraries, and for
* readers 313
IV. CLASSIFICATION
1. Purchases 3,071
2. Gifts 1,376
3. United tates documents 639
4. Gifts and gift continuations, for current use only 490
Total volumes and pamphlets classed 5,5?6
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V. CATALOGUING (CURRENT ACCESSIONS)
1. New titles 3,832
2. Volumes represented by foregoing titles 2,898
3. Analytics 1,449
4. New volumes of continuations 1,265
5. New cards prepared:
a) For the Public Author Catalogue 6,720
6) For the Classed Subject Catalogue 2,837
c) For the Official Author Catalogue 6,851
d) For the Official Name List 2,130
Total new cards prepared and revised 18,538
VI. RECATALOGUING (NEW PUBLIC AUTHOR CATALOGUE)
1. Additional titles recatalogued 9,47i
2. Volumes represented 13, 755
3. Analytics 2,288
4. Number of cards prepared 15,246
VII. PRESENT CONTENTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC
AUTHOR CATALOGUE
1. Titles 150,238
2. Volumes 228,952
3. Analytics 33,592
4. Cross-references . . . 28,150
5. Number of cards 229,054
VIII. STATISTICS OF CARDS FILED IN THE LIBRARY CATA-
LOGUES AND INDEXES
i. Public Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 23,415
ft) Cards removed for improvements and additions, and refiled 2,486
Total cards in this Catalogue 229,054
2. Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 13,023
ft) Extra subject cards filed for departmental use 2,276
c) Tabbed subject-heading guides added 3,270
Total cards in this Catalogue 69,922
3. Alphabetical Index to Classed Subject Catalogue:
c) New cards added 3,634
Total cards in this Catalogue 45,375
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4- Official Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 1 2,190
b) New cards substituted for old 4,788
c) Cards removed for improvements and additions, and refiled 2,220
Total cards in this Catalogue 261,575
5. Official Name List:
a) New cards added 7,687
b) Cards removed for improvements and additions, and refiled 1,080
Total cards in this Catalogue 96,332
6. Library of Congress "Proof-Sheet" Catalogue:
c) New entries filed 44,35*
Total cards hi this Catalogue 434,558
IX. PREPARATION OF BOOKS FOR BINDING, REPAIR, ETC.
i. Volumes prepared, recorded, and delivered to Bindery:
a) New acquisitions 1,812
b) Volumes removed from the shelves for repair, etc 1,256
Total 3,068
X. THE BINDERY
1. Binding:
c) Volumes bound in half-morocco 174
b) Volumes bound in cloth 2,840
c) Volumes bound in pigskin 41
d) Pamphlets bound in "Newberry binding" 406
Total newly bound volumes 3,461
e) Volumes repaired and relettered 835
/) Volumes on which "call numbers" were gilded 3,216
g) Volumes on which the name of the Library was gilded 4,561
h) Maps mounted on cloth 902
{) Illustrations, plates, charts, etc., "guarded" 9,896
j) Book plates pasted in new and rebound books 6,453
2. Multigraph printing:
a) Catalogue cards and guides multigraphed 50,845
b) Library publications printed: number of copies 750
c) Library forms, blanks, application slips, etc., multigraphed 89,600
3. Supplies:
a) Blank catalogue cards cut from stock and punched 35,ooo
b) Memorandum slips cut from stock and punched 30,000
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XI. INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY
1. Purchases 2,963
2. Gifts:
a) Entered in the Accession Record 707
b) Classed without accessioning 19
c) British India public documents 546
d) United States public documents 639
3. Ayer Collection 950
Total pieces 5,824
XII. CONTENTS OF THE LIBRARY
1. Entered in the Accession Record 3i3>67o
2. Classed without accessioning 176
3. British India public documents M77
4. United States public documents 6,304
5. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
6. Ayer Collection 38,025
Total volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc 381,006
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XIII. STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1918
(Bv SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIFIED SECTIONS
Vols. and
Pamphlets
January i,
1918
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Transfers
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Added 1918
Vols. and
Pamphlets
January i,
1919
General reference
2,278
16,627
4,290
2,128
3,894
16,352
10,559
12,042
6,593
36,94i
9,669
20,535
4,209
10,736
13,169
16,111
17,078
3,219
1,798
564
12,829
565
10,124
9,480
30,297
2,226
17,470
+ I
+ 20
+ 2
+ 43
+ 4
- 8
- 6
- 3
+ 4
+ 52
+ 7
- s
+ 2
- 16
+ 4
- 5
- 77
- 19
+ i
+ 2
O
12
I
- 86
+ 6
+ 20
12
I9O
57
ii
39
116
127
243
72
774
102
349
284
87
248
147
107
25
7
28
95
i
118
1 20
763
96
229
2,291
16,837
4,349
2,182
3,937
16,460
10,680
12,282
6,669
37,767
9,778
20,879
4,495
10,807
13,421
16,253
17,108
3,225
i, 806
592
12,926
566
10,230
9,599
30,974
2,328
17,719
Periodicals
Newspapers
Academies
Philosophy
Religion
Church history
Biography
Genealogy
History
Geography and travel
Economics
Sociology
Education
Civil government
Law and legislation
Science and technology
Military and naval arts
Sports
Theater
Music
Thomas Collection
Fine arts
Language
Literature
Literary biography
Bibliography
Totals
291,814
IOI
4,447
296,160
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1918
(Bv SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
1. Classified sections (carried) 296,160
2. E. E. Ayer Collection 38,025
3. Bonaparte Library 18,212
4. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
5. United States documents: government classifica-
tion 3,698
6. Unclassified lots (estimated) :
a) Bibliographical Museum 1,532
b) Bonaparte supplement 702
c) Pamphlet material (accessioned) 1,014
d) Reserve duplicates .' . . 9
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381,006
XIV. APPENDIX
NAMES OF DONORS, 1918
Vols. Pams.
A.A., New York City i
Ahem, Miss M. E., Chicago 2 3
Anonymous 10 33
Armour and Company, Chicago i
Ayer, E. E., Chicago
5 manuscripts, 3 photographs, i painting, i broadside 25 28
Balch, E. S., Philadelphia, Pa i
Balch, T. W., Philadelphia, Pa i
Barge, W. D., Chicago i
Barthelemy, A., Chicago 8 4
Bates, Rev. N. W., Austinburg, i
Bay, J. C., Chicago i
Beaudette, Mrs. E. Palma, Gary, Ind i
Beer, W., New Orleans, La i photograph
Belknap, H. W., Salem, Mass 2
Bidwell, G. F., Hollywood, Col i
Blanchard, L. R., Chicago i 7
Bliss, Jr., C. N., New York City i
Booth, G. M., Chicago 3 charts
Botha, C. Graham, Cape Town, So. Afr i
Bramhall, J. T., Chicago i
Brewster, Mrs. Kate L., Chicago 4
Brown, J. A., Chicago i
Burnham 6* Co., J., Chicago i
Camp, D. N., New Britain, Conn i
Camp, W. M., Chicago 3
Carlton, Dr., W. N. C., Chicago i manuscript 43 108
Cheney, Mrs. Louis Richmond, Hartford, Conn i chart
Clark, C. E., Vandalia, /// i
Cline, B., France i
Cooper, L., Ithaca, N.Y i
Coppons, A. C. de, Chicago 5
De Lang, Dr. F. C., Glencoe, /// i broadside
De Wolf, W. L., Chicago i
Dickinson, H. F., Chicago i
Donnelley, R. H., Chicago i
3
Vols. Pams.
Donnelley 6* Sons Co., R. R., Chicago 2
Durkee, Miss Cara D., Chicago 2
Enders, Miss Margaret, Chicago i
Englehardt, Rev. Z., Santa Barbara, Col i i
Ensign, Mrs. Dwight W., Cambridge, Mass i
Erskine, A. R., South Bend, Ind i
Evans, H. J., Chicago i i
Fowler, Miss Helen A., Chicago i
Francis, C. W., Laporte, Ind i
Gary, E. H., New York City , i
Gates, Mrs. Susa Young, Salt Lake City, Utah i
Gendrot, Mrs. Felix A., Roxbury, Mass i
Gilbert, H. K., Chicago 6
Ginn and Company, Chicago i
Glenn, Mrs. Clara A., Viroqua, Wis 2
Gookin, F. W., Chicago i 2
Gough, W. A., New York City 3
Grandjean, A., Lausanne, Switz i
Gunnison, H. F., Brooklyn, N.Y i
Harper and Brothers, New York City i
Haugan, H. G., Evanston, /// i
Hill, W. M., Chicago i manuscript
Hogan, J. F., Detroit, Mich i
Hostetler, Mrs. M. A., Shelton, Neb i
Huntley, F. H., Chicago i
James, E. J., Chicago i
James 6* Co., F. S., Chicago i
Jenkins, Mrs. J. E., Chicago i
Jipson, Dr. N. W., Chicago i 2
Johnston, W. D., Great Lakes, /// 8
Kahn, O. H., New York City 3
Kimball, H. A., Concord, N.H i
Knotts, A. F., Gary, Ind i
Laufer, B., Ph.D., Chicago i
Leffingwell, Rev. C. W., Pasadena, Col i
Vols. Pams.
McClurg, A. C., Chicago i
McCue, J. N., Ford City, Pa i
McKenna, J. J., Chicago i
McLaughUn, Prof. A. C., Chicago 2
McNeir, G., New York City 2
Manierre, Jr., G., Chicago i photograph
Marine, Miss Harriet P., Baltimore, Md 3
Martin, C. J. H., Chicago .- i
Mason, J. A., Chicago 3
Mears, N. F., Chicago i
Merrill, W. S., Chicago 2 15
Miller, Mrs. Mary H., New Paris, Ohio
A collection of views of the Chicago fire 5
Mills, Brig. Gen. A., Washington, D.C i
Moffatt, Mrs. F. H., Rockford, /// i
Morehouse, Hon. G. P., Topeka, Kan i
Moulins, A., Paris, France i
North, C. J., Buffalo, N.Y n
Nuesch, J., Malvern, Ark i
Osgood, E. W., Holland, Mich i
Panin, I., Grafton, Mass i 2
Ransdell, Hon. J. E., Washington, D.C 2
Reinberg, P., Chicago 2
Requa, H. A., Chicago i
Riggs, A. L., Santee, Neb 2
Rockefeller, Jr., J. D., New York City i
Roziene, F. A., Chicago 2
Rudolph, E., Chicago i photograph
Ruggles H. S., Wakefield, Mass i
Sanborn, V. C., Kenilworth, III i
Sawyer, P. A., Chicago i etching
Schoff, W. H., Philadelphia, Pa i
Schroeder, T., New York City i
Scott and O'Shaughnessy, New York City i
Severance, F. H., Buffalo, N.Y 2
Shields, Mrs. Ella Glenn, Chicago i
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Vols. Pams.
Shields, J., Philadelphia, Pa i
Snow, E. M., Chicago i chart
Spingarn, Maj. J. E., Camp Dix, N.J i
Stanton, Maj. S. C., Chicago 2
Stearns, Miss Mae I., Chicago i
Stevens and Brown, B. F., London, Eng 2
Tawney, G. A., Cincinnati, O i
Teachenor, R. B., Kansas City, Mo i
Toomey, Mrs. P. J., St. Louis, Mo 4
Tucker, S. F., Boston, Mass i
Tyson, Mrs. Russell, Chicago . . . . 9
Utley, G. B., Chicago i
Walker, Mrs. Harriet J., Los Angeles, Cat i
Ward, Rev. J. H., Silverton, Eng i
Ward and Son, J., New York City i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago 2 i
Watt, C. E., Chicago i
Watts 6" Co., London, Eng i
Wheeler, F. P., Chicago i
Wilder, F. J., Boston, Mass i i
Wilkinson, H., Chicago 2
Wilson H. .Lee Company, New Haven, Conn i
Wise, T. J., London, Eng 41
Wood, J. W., New York City i
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions 95 105
American and foreign libraries 4 broadsides 57 66
Canadian government and provinces 45 4
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations 50 92
Commercial, financial, and political organizations 50 41
Foreign governments 227 7
Genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations 35 35
Railway corporations i 5
United States, municipal governments 19 20
United States, state governments 107 76
United States government
1,709 topographic maps, 2 sets of food posters 290 905
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XV. STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1918
Bank stock $ 10,500 . oo
Bonds 518,958.12
Loans secured by real estate 5,6oo . oo
Contracts for sale of real estate 25,816 . 33
Balance to credit at bank 32,424 . 88
The expenditure for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to $864,819.83
REAL ESTATE
44 Lots hi Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in Rushnell's Addition.
3 Lots in State Bank Addition.
84 Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots hi Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sees. 3, 39, 14.
38.83 Acres in Sees. 34, 39, 13.
14 Lots in Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sees. 22, 23, 14.
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THt LIBRARY
OF THE
Report of the Trustees
of the Newberry Library
for the Year
1919
Chicago
1920
FOUNDER
Walter Caamta Jfrrohmg
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavours
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning. "
CONTENTS
PAGE
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
CLASSIFIED LIBRARY STAFF, DECEMBER 31, 1919 . . . . n
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 13
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS, 1919 ... 26
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1919 36
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, 1919
*MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
MR. JOHN W. SCOTT Elected May i, 1916
MR. ALBERT H. WETTEN Elected December 5, 1916
MR. HORACE S. OAKLEY Elected April i, 1918
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
*HoN. GEORGE E. ADAMS 1892-1917
*MR. EDWARD E. AYER 1892-1911
*MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD 1892-1914
*MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY 1892-1901
*MR. DANIEL GOODWIN 1892-1898
*MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD 1892-1914
*HON. EDWARD S. ISHAM 1892-1902
*GEN. ALEXANDER C. McCLURG 1892-1901
*HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH 1892-1896
*GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY 1892-1912
*HON. LAMBERT TREE 1892-1910
*MR. HENRY J. WILLING 1892-1903
MR. BRYAN LATHROP 1896-1916
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE 1898-1919
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH 1901-1916
"Charter member, April 13, 1892.
OFFICERS, 1919
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First V ice-President Second Vice-President
JOHN W. SCOTT HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Assistant Secretary and Financial Agent
PHILIP WILLIAMS
Librarian
WILLIAM N. C. CARLTON, M.A., L.H.D.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, December 31, 1919
To His Excellency, Frank O. Lowden,
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
"An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized, the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-eighth annual report of the progress and operations
of the Library during the year 1919.
On May 5, 1919, Mr. George Manierre, who had served
as a Trustee since December 5, 1898, resigned on account of
ill health.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, con-
tains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows that the Library continues to perform
services of a high educational value to the general public and to
provide resources of increasing importance to the scholar and
investigator. Because of circumstances and difficulties arising
from the war, extensive buying in the European book market
has not been possible, but it is expected that nearly normal
conditions will be established during the coming year. It is
gratifying to report that on numerous occasions during the year
the Library has had the especial privilege of being of direct aid
and service to various public bodies and officials engaged in
important public work.
In addition to the acknowledgments which have been officially
made to those who have made gifts to the Library, the Trustees
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desire, in this Report, to express their appreciation of the
thoughtfulness that has been of such benefit to this institution.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1919, with the real estate; also the expenditure
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from its
foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this Report.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
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CLASSIFIED LIBRARY STAFF
December 31, igig
I. ADMINISTRATION
The Librarian
R. J. C. Lingel Senior Assistant
II. BOOK SELECTION, ORDERING, AND RECEIPT
Pierce Butler, Ph.D Senior Assistant
Miss G. E. Dowle Junior Assistant
III. CATALOGUE DIVISION
L. R. Blanchard, B.A., B.L.S Head of Department
C. J. H. Martin Senior Assistant
N. Marklund Senior Assistant
Miss A. M. Baker, B.L.S Senior Assistant
Miss M. I. Stearns Senior Assistant
Miss H. A. Fowler, B.L Senior Assistant
Miss G. Loop, B.A Junior Assistant
Miss I. M. Heffernan Junior Assistant
Miss M. Kimble Junior Assistant
IV. PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION
W. S. Merrill, A.B Head of Department
A. C. de Coppons, B.A Senior Assistant
Miss C. D. Durkee Senior Assistant
Miss M. L. Watson Senior Assistant
Mrs. H. Taylor Senior Assistant
Miss E. Skourup, Ph.B Senior Assistant
H. L. Youngren Junior Assistant
L. E. Gray Junior Assistant
A. Lauer Junior Assistant, Part Time
H. J. Kilberg Junior Assistant, Part Time
H. A. Gould Junior Assistant, Part Time
K. Foster Junior Assistant, Part Time
W. Puckelwartz Page
T. Walsh Page
Miss C. A. Smith Custodian, Ayer Collection.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith I beg to submit the thirty-third
annual report of the Librarian and the eleventh which it has been
my privilege to make. The statistics given in the text and in
the several appendixes are taken from the official records cur-
rently maintained by the heads of departments and other
responsible assistants.
BOOK SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
A total of 13,974 titles have been investigated and passed
upon. The bibliographical and clerical work involved in this
investigation has the following direct objects: (i) to learn
whether or not a given title or edition is already in the Library;
(2) if it is not in the Library, to ascertain from authoritative
bibliographical and other sources whether its importance is such
as to justify its acquisition; (3) if found desirable for acquisition
to list it accurately under author, title, date, and place of pub-
lication, and to submit it to the Committee on Books for final
consideration before ordering. Of the 13,974 titles investigated,
i, 2 1 6, or 6 .5 per cent, were listed and approved for purchase.
In April, the Board of Trustees decided that in the develop-
ment of the John M. Wing Foundation emphasis should at
present be given to the acquisition of: (a) a representative
collection of the books produced by the pioneers of the art of
printing during the first century of its history, viz., 1450 to 1550;
(&) special works issued by later printers and presses, viz.,
books specially notable for their importance as examples of fine
printing, or significant as exemplifying some special feature in
the development of the art. It was further decided that, while
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important works on bibliography should be currently acquired
as needed or as special opportunities presented themselves,
intensive purchasing in this field should be postponed until the
collections illustrating the history of printing were well advanced.
In accordance with this program, twenty-three book lists
have been compiled containing a total of 687 titles, representing
745 volumes. At the close of the year about 150 of these
volumes had been acquired. Among the more important of
them were the following: (i) Angelus, Carletti de Clavasio,
Summa angelica, Chivasso, published by Luigo, 1486; (2) Burgo,
Dionysius de, Commentarii in Valerium Maximum, published by
the "R" Printer of Strassburg, \.ca. 1469]; (3) Burtius, Nicolaus,
Musices opusculum, Bologna, Ugo Rugerius. 1487. 3d press;
(4) Chronicles of England. Printed by William Caxton, West-
minster, 1482, small folio; (5) Dante, La divina commedia,
Venice, Petr. de Piasiis, 1491, folio; (6) Eusebius of Caesarea,
Chronicon, Venice, Erhard Rathold, 1483; (7) Guido de Monte
Rocherii, Manipulus curatorum, Paris, Ulric Gering, 1478;
(8) Guido de Monte Rocherii, Manipulus curatorum, Cologne,
Conrad Winter, [ca. 1480]; (9) Justinianus, Nouellae consti-
tutiones .... cum glossis, Mainz, Peter Schoffer, 1477; (10)
Kelmscott Press, complete set of publications, 1891 to 1898;
(n) Lombard, P., Libri sententiarum, Basil, N. Kessler, 1486;
(12) Malory, Thomas, Mori d 'Arthur, Ashendene Press, 1913,
folio; (13) Montaigne, Essays, Florio's translation, Boston,
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1903 to 1904, 3 volumes; (14) Moxon,
Joseph, Mechanick Exercises, or, Doctrine of Handy Works,
London, 1677 to 1683, 2 volumes; (15) Petrarch, The Triumphs
of . . . . , translated by H. Boyd, Boston, Little, Brown & Co.,
1906; (16) [Tory, Geoffrey], Champ Fleury, first edition, 1529;
(17) [Tory, Geoffrey], L'Art et Science des Lettres Romaines ...
second edition, 1549.
The following were among the principal acquisitions made
for the Edward E. Ayer collection : Transcripts from the Archives
of the Indies at Seville, 785 documents consisting of 8,638 pages,
making the total number of pages of these transcripts now in
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the collection, 50,328. A few original manuscript letters, Sir
John Johnson to Lord Sidney, Feb. i, 1785, transmitting a
report from B. Langan concerning the speeches of the American
commissioners and the Marquis de La Fayette to the deputies
of the Six Nations at Fort Stanwix; a memorandum signed by
Joseph Brant, Nov. 6, 1784; an official copy of the decree
granting to La Salle the fort called Frontenac, Nov. 13, 1702;
a letter from James Logan to John, Thomas, and Richard Penn,
Nov. 1 6, 1729; a letter from Governor Morris to General
Shirley, on the opposition of the Quakers to raising a force for the
expedition against Forts Niagara and Duquesne, Aug. 19, 1755;
and a letter from Anthony Wayne to General St. Clair, Aug. 19,
1795. In printed works we have acquired Francisco Palou's
Noticias de la Nueva California, San Francisco, 1874; over fifty
volumes of overland travel and experience, and an Indian
captivity or two.
The extent of our acquisitions in some of the principal and
ancillary subjects which we are endeavoring to develop is as
follows:
Americana: (i) General, 36 v.; (2) Historical societies, 3 v.;
(3) Collective biography, 13 v.; (4) Travels, n v.; (5) Southern
slavery, 29 v.; (6) American local history, 14 v.; (7) Laws, 5 v.;
(8) Facsimiles of Colonial Newspapers, 3 v.
European: (i) General history, 66 v.; (2) Great War, 45 v.;
(3) English local history, 12 v.; (4) Celtic literature, 31 v.
Biography, 43 v.; English literature, 153 v.; Music, 10 v.;
International law, 7 v. ; Folk Lore, 5 v.
In making choice of works desirable or necessary for our
collections the Committee on Books has strictly applied the
principles of the revised policy of book acquisition adopted by
the Board of Trustees two years ago. A comprehensive list of
the more notable purchases of the past year will be published as
a separate pamphlet early in 1920.
The John M. Wing bequest included all the books in the
possession of the donor at the time of his death. These numbered
3,768 volumes of Bibliography, History, Literature, the Fine
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Arts, and a valuable collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-
century folios notable for their engraved illustrations.
In December, Mrs. E. W. Blatchford presented several
hundred volumes from the library of her husband, for so many
years the honored President of our Board of Trustees. Further
description of this useful and interesting gift will be given in
next year's report after the volumes have been enumerated,
classified, and catalogued.
Of the bibliographies used as guides and authorities for
our book selection the following were the most important:
For the Newberry Collections:
(i) Dahlmann, F. C., Dahlmann-Waitz. Quellenkunde der
deutschen Geschichte, 8 te aufl., Leipzig, 1912; (2) Frazer, J. G.,
The Golden Bough, Volume XII, London, 1915; (3) Lee, Sidney,
A Catalogue of Shakes peareana, London, 1899; (4) Westermarck,
Edward, The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, second
edition, 2 volumes, London, 1917.
For the John M. Wing Foundation:
(i) Bigmore, Edward C., & Wyman, C. W. H., A Bibliography
of Printing, 3 volumes, London, 1880 to 1886; (2) British
Museum, List of Books in the Reading Room, Volume II, Index
of Subjects, London, 1910; (3) British Museum, Subject Index
of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum,
1881 to 1900, 3 volumes, London, 1902 to 1903; (4) British
Museum, Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library
of the British Museum, 1901 to 1905, London, 1906; (5) British
Museum, Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library
of the British Museum, 1906 to 1910, London, 1911; (6) Bullen,
George, editor, Caxton Celebration, 1877, Catalogue, London,
[1877] ; (7) Grolier Club, A Description of the Early Printed Books
Owned by the Grolier Club, New York, 1895; (8) Holme, Charles,
Editor, The Art of the Book, Special number of the Studio, London,
1914; (9) Josephson, A. G. S., The Literature of the Invention of
Printing. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America,
XI, 1-14 (Jan., 1917); (10) Morris, William, On the Artistic
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Qualities of the Woodcut Books of Ulm and Augsburg in the
XV Century. Bibliographica, I, 437-455; (n) Peddie, R. A.,
Conspectus Incunabulorum, Volumes I-II, London, 1910 to 1914;
(12) Pollard, Alfred W., Fine Books, The Connoisseur's Library,
London, 1912; (13) Pollard, Alfred W., The Work of Bruce
Rogers, Printer. Bibliographical Society (London) Trans-
actions, XIV, 9-22; (14) Reed, Talbot Baines, A List of Books
and Papers on Printing. In the Transactions of the Biblio-
graphical Society, III, 81-152, London, 1896; (15) Squire, W.
Barclay, Notes on Early Music Printing, Bibliographica, III,
99-122; (16) Steele, Robert, The Revival of Printing, London,
1912; (17) Straus, Ralph & Dent, Robert K., John Baskerville,
A Memoir, Cambridge, 1907.
On November 12, the Librarian's Office took over all the
work and records involved in the ordering of books hitherto
performed and kept by the Business Office of the Library, and
since that date has carried on all duties connected therewith.
A study of the order records thus consolidated for the first time
in the history of the Library enables me to report that the
approximate annual cost of the periodicals and "continuations"
now being currently subscribed for is $3,800.00. This sum
constitutes a fixed charge against every annual appropriation
and should be kept in mind when considering the number of new
purchases it is possible to make with the balance of the appro-
priation. Further, 44 per cent of the 1919 appropriation was
expended for books ordered previous to January i, 1919, but
which were not found for us until the current year. Thus only
1 8 per cent of the 1919 appropriation was available for the
ordering and purchase of books selected during 1919.
PUBLIC SERVICE
The past year has been a wholly abnormal one and every
phase of library activity has felt and shown the effects of the
universal derangement of affairs following the close of active
hostilities in the Great War. The total number of readers
during 1919 was 35,254, a decrease of 4,610 from the numbers
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of the previous year. On the other hand, the recorded number
of volumes put into the hands of readers was larger by 6,350
than in 1918, the total number used during 1919 being 112,107.
An examination of the daily reports of the Reference Division
shows that serious study in history, literature, and the other
subjects which are our specialties maintained its established
high level of quality and quantity. Our principal clientele
continues to be the advanced students and teaching staffs of the
local universities, high-school and grade teachers, and many of
the clergy on the north and northwest sides of the city.
Mail and telephone inquiries. Complete statistics are not
kept of information given inquirers over the telephone, nor of
letters written in response to requests for literary and historical
data from persons living at a distance, or unable to visit the
Library, but we have current record of over 1,891 telephone
inquiries satisfactorily answered, and of 180 written communi-
cations sent out from the Librarian's Office containing carefully
compiled data supplied by the reference assistants. Both these
forms of service form a part of the daily routine and should
receive due consideration in estimating the usefulness of the
Library to the community.
Inter-library loans. We received twenty-three applications
asking for the loan of sixty-eight volumes. Our general and
special responsibilities toward scholars in Chicago obliged us to
decline most of these requests as they were for books which we
alone possess in this region and which we stand committed to
produce when applied for in our building. One volume was
lent to the La Salle-Peru Township High School, and one to
the Chicago Public Library for use in a local court of law.
Publications. The following publications descriptive of the
Library and certain classes of its possessions were prepared and
published:
1. Report of The Trustees of The Newberry Library for the
Year 1918. 34 pages. Printed from type. 523 copies.
2. Class Z. Book Arts. 281 pages. Multigraphed. 250
copies.
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3. Publications of The Newberry Library, 1910-1918.
ii pages. Multigraphed. 250 copies.
4. Selected List of Acquisitions, 1917-1918. Bulletin num-
ber 7. 35 pages. Multigraphed. 300 copies.
5. Check List of Incunabula in The Newberry Library.
Compiled by Pierce Butler, Ph.D., of the Library Staff. 62
pages. Multigraphed. 300 copies.
Of these and former publications of the Library a total of
1,280 were distributed to persons and institutions known to be
directly interested in their subject-matter.
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
Under this heading are included all the special processes
through which a book must be passed before it may properly be
shelved and made available for consultation and use. The
maximum number of processes a purchased book is now passed
through is fourteen; formerly it was twenty. Other classes
of printed matter received are graded and treated according to
their value, permanent or temporary interest, or relation to the
book policy of this Library. Definite categories have been
established, and the number of records and entries made for
books falling within them varies from four to fourteen. As I
have pointed out in previous reports, the quantitative output
of the divisions of the service engaged in this work, that is, the
actual number of books, etc., annually shelved, after all necessary
recording and marking of them has been done, is conditioned
absolutely by the extent to which any of the following elements
are operative: (i) Unusual difficulty in determining exact
identity of author, correct bibliographical description of a
particular edition, or the most appropriate classification of a
book. These difficulties are an almost constant factor in the
cataloguing of books prior to 1800. (2) The extent to which
certain "collective" works require "analytical entries" in
Author and Subject catalogues in order to avoid possible dupli-
cation of purchases as well as to reveal the resources of the
Library more completely. (3) The percentage of books in
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foreign languages. (4) The extent to which the work of a
division is interrupted or halted by reason of illness, leave of
absence, vacations, substitute service in other departments,
or resignations. (5) The time expended in instructing untrained
assistants.
During 1919 a total of 8,282 books, pamphlets, leaflets,
manuscripts, etc., were added to the permanent collections;
they represent the net quantitative addition to the resources of
the Library. Of that total, 2,788 pieces were acquired through
purchase (including 1,198 for the Ayer Collection); 1,726 were
selected gifts, and 3,768 were volumes received in the Wing
bequest. 1
All current work of accessioning, classifying, and cataloguing
is up to date. The Catalogue Division reports having catalogued
in complete form a total of 1,867 new titles. Card copy for
i ,694 titles were prepared for printing on the multigraph. These
titles represented works for which the printed catalogue cards
of the Library of Congress were not procurable. "Call-num-
bers" and accession numbers were multigraphed on 5,936
Library of Congress cards. The following table shows the
distribution by centuries of titles printed before 1820:
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1 500 to 1 599 10
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1600 to 1699 46
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1 700 to 1 799 55
Titles bearing imprints from A.D. 1800 to 1820 19
Total 130
The 1,652 topographic maps that were awaiting treatment
in 1918 have all been sorted, classified by states, with local
subdivisions, and checked on the United States Government
Catalogues, making a total of 2,723 topographic maps now in
the Library.
x The figures for the books purchased for the Wing Foundation, and those
received as a gift from Mrs. E. W. Blatchford, will be incorporated in next year's
statistics.
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The Genealogical Index has been increased through the
addition of the following card entries:
Books analyzed 119
I. Analytics for individual American families:
a) General family histories 5
b) Families descended from the same emigrant ancestor 174
c) Families identified mainly with one state 47
d) Allied families 128
II. Analytics for individual foreign families 109
III. Cross-references 63
The finished and completed work accomplished by the
Recataloguing force 1 for the Public Author Catalogue amounted
to 5,370 titles representing 7,926 volumes.
The recataloguing phase of our work has reached a stage
where in my judgment it can henceforth be carried on as a part
of the routine work of the regular catalogue division. The
present status of the work still to be accomplished is fairly
represented by the following figures which have been carefully
estimated by the Head Cataloguer:
VOLUMES
Partially recatalogued, cards awaiting final revision
(approximately) 18,000
Awaiting full recataloguing 17,098
Not yet represented by cards in the Public Author
Catalogue 35>98
A full detailed report covering the entire nine years' work
done in recataloguing has been prepared by the Head of the
Catalogue Department, and has been filed with the official
records in the Librarian's Office.
The Ayer Collection has its own special catalogue, and for the
Bonaparte Collection of European Philology we have a printed
catalogue adequate for all requirements by assistants or readers.
1 This force is recataloguing under a special appropriation the greater part of
the books acquired by the Library prior to June 17, 1911. The results of its work
are incorporated in the Public Author Catalogue, the compilation of which was
authorized in 1910.
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The Chinese and Tibetan Collection is also adequately repre-
sented by a photostatic reproduction of the accession record
kept by Dr. Laufer who gathered the collection for the Library.
The Public Author Catalogue now contains 241,835 cards,
representing 158,056 titles, 240,425 volumes, and 34,901 ana-
lytics, a larger and more accurate exhibit of our resources than
has ever before been represented in the basic Catalogue of the
Library. The benefit of this improved condition of our indis-
pensable book records is apparent in every public and official
activity and operation with which the institution is concerned.
The Catalogue in its present form renders technical work more
accurate, knowledge of our possessions more positive, and
service of the public speedier, more finished, and complete. The
repeated expressions of satisfaction which come from readers
and students who use the Catalogue are proof of its increasing
adequacy and utility, while the efficiency of our reference
service has been increased a hundred fold.
THE BINDERY
The operations associated with the binding and repairing
of the books fall into two distinct groups. One comprises the
details connected with the designation of the nature and kind
of binding to be put on books received unbound, the assembling
of the requisite parts and numbers of periodical publications,
the withdrawal of worn or broken volumes from the shelves for
necessary repairs, etc., the delivery to, and receipt of this
material from, the Bindery, and the keeping of systematic
records of these facts. These operations are performed by
members of the Library Staff.
The Bindery proper deals exclusively with a second group of
operations, i.e., those having to do with the technical treatment
of a book by the binders from the time of its receipt in an un-
bound condition until its return, newly bound or repaired, to
the Library assistants. In the Bindery it is collated, assembled
by signatures, sewn, bound in cloth, leather, pigskin, or board
cover, gilded, stamped, labeled, etc. All this, of course, is done
by skilled artisans under the direction of an experienced chief.
Up to December i, 1919, a total of 1,435 volumes had been
newly bound, and 744 repaired and relettered. Over 70x3 maps
were mounted on cloth, and over 3,300 illustrations, fine plates,
engravings, charts, etc., "guarded" when bound into their
respective volumes. As in former years, the Bindery has also
performed many other services whose direct results contribute
to keeping our books in good present condition and to their
length of life. It also supplies us with a large variety of devices
and apparatus which add greatly to ease, economy, and con-
venience of service.
Under the direction of the Head of the Bindery, 4,097
catalogue cards and guides were printed on the multigraph,
i, 1 06 copies of library publications printed and bound, and over
81,000 official forms, blanks, and application slips printed.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
The number of authorized positions hi the Classified Staff,
i.e., positions for which appropriations are annually made, was
thirty-two. Four of these positions were unfilled the greater
part of the year, partly on account of experiments looking
toward possible economies, partly because no suitable persons
could be found to fill them. The page service was intermittent,
generally unsatisfactory, and at no time during the year did we
have on duty the full quota of pages required. Ten members
of the Staff resigned. Of these, three had been in the service
five or more years, two had been more than one year, and five
had been here less than one year. Toward the end of the year
the two remaining members of the Recataloguing force, Misses
Baker and Kimble, were transferred to the Catalogue Division
to fill two vacancies there. In no other cases was it possible to
secure experienced workers for positions left vacant through
resignation. For the past three or four years the only course
open to me in securing new assistants has been to engage young
men and women with no previous library training or experience
and give them that training here under the tutelage of other
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assistants. Over and over again, just as soon as their services
began to be really useful to us, such assistants have left for
better-paid positions elsewhere. The records of the Recata-
loguing force are typical of the situation with which I have
been confronted. This force, which we tried to keep at an
average strength of about eight workers, has been in a constant
state of flux. During nine years, forty-six different persons have
been employed in the work of recataloguing, thirty-three on full
time and thirteen on part time. Of these forty-six, only seven
had had library-school training, and only eleven had had previous
library training of any kind before taking up work here. The
average length of service of all full-time assistants was one year,
nine and one-half months. Fourteen worked less than a year
and of these nine were with us for only six months or less.
While attempting to perform their own regular duties, our
experienced assistants have to carry on, in addition, those of
positions temporarily vacant or whose new incumbents are
undergoing training. From time to time certain branches of
work have had to be discontinued for a period. With vacancies
almost a constant factor, the proper staffing of the public rooms
during thirteen hours a day presents special difficulties extremely
hard to overcome. The situation herein described is by no
means peculiar to this Library. It is, I believe, fairly general
throughout the larger libraries of the country. But it is not one
which an administrator, charged with the heavy responsibility
of securing efficient, progressive results, can regard with equa-
nimity. He finds himself unable to develop new lines of activity
or to increase the productiveness of his technical staff, or, even
if he devises them, to apply new methods of exploiting and
making known the resources of his institution. Progress, if
possible at all, is at a snail's pace only. The public mood and
temper demand immediate results, quick adaptation to rapidly
changing social conditions, and swift response to individual
needs and interests. A library can accomplish these things
only by means of a trained, experienced staff of workers, ac-
customed to work together, united by like amis and ideals, and
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able to carry on each day's work free from the haunting shadow
and gnawing anxiety of poverty or insufficient financial return
for the services they render. In my opinion, the selection,
retention, and maintenance of such staffs is the major problem
confronting our large libraries today, and the problem is most
acute in libraries devoted to special investigation and the higher
learning.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
W. N. C. CARLTON, Librarian
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS
1919
I. NUMBER OF READERS
1. Principal Reference Division 25,624
2. History and Genealogy Division 7,094
3 . E . E . Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 318
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 2,218
Total readers 35, 2 54
II. RECORDED USE OF BOOKS
1. Principal Reference Division 34,841
2. History and Genealogy Division 74,603
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 1,766
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 897
Total volumes 112,107
III. BOOK SELECTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
1. Titles investigated *3,974
2. Titles selected 1,216
3. Volumes represented by titles selected 1,398
4. Official lists of selected titles typed and submitted to the Com-
mittee on Books 46
5. Order cards typed or written i,S97
6. Bibliographical questions investigated and answered for other
divisions of the Library service, for other libraries, and for
readers 182
IV. CLASSIFICATION
1. Purchases 1,764
2. Gifts 872
3. United States documents 854
4. Gifts and gift continuations, for current use only 288
Total volumes and pamphlets classed 3,778
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V. CATALOGUING (CURRENT ACCESSIONS)
1. New titles 1,867
2. Volumes represented by foregoing titles 1,682
3. Analytics 633
4. New volumes of continuations 821
5. New cards prepared:
a) For the Public Author Catalogue 4,142
b) For the Classed Subject Catalogue 1,136
c) For the Official Author Catalogue 3,883
d) For the Official Name List 1,423
Total new cards prepared and revised 10,584
VI. RECATALOGUING (NEW PUBLIC AUTHOR CATALOGUE)
1. Additional titles recatalogued 5,37
2. Volumes represented 7,926
3. Analytics 864
4. Number of cards prepared 8,287
VII. PRESENT CONTENTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC
AUTHOR CATALOGUE
1. Titles 158,056
2. Volumes 240,425
3. Analytics 34,9 i
4. Cross-references 29,886
5. Number of cards 241,835
VIII. STATISTICS OF CARDS FILED IN THE LIBRARY
CATALOGUES AND INDEXES
1. Public Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 12,781
b) Cards removed for improvements and additions and refiled 2 ,386
Total cards in this Catalogue 241,835
2. Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 4,79&
b) Extra subject cards filed for departmental use 678
c) Tabbed subject-heading guides added 1,232
Total cards in this Catalogue 71,828
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3. Alphabetical Index to the Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 1,479
Total cards in this Catalogue 46,745
4. Official Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 7,902
b) New cards substituted for old 3,571
c) Cards removed for additions and improvements and refiled 1,410
Total cards in this Catalogue 269,393
5. Official Name List:
a) New cards added 4,397
b) Cards removed for additions and improvements and refiled 447
Total cards in this Catalogue 100,729
6. Library of Congress "Proof-Sheet" Catalogue:
a) New entries filed 36,800
Total cards in this Catalogue 471,448
DC. PREPARATION OF BOOKS FOR BINDING, REPAIR, ETC.
i. Volumes prepared, recorded, and delivered to Bindery:
a) New acquisitions 959
b) Volumes removed from the shelves for repair, etc 341
Total 1,300
X. THE BINDERY
i. Binding:
a) Volumes bound in half-morocco 112
6) Volumes bound in cloth 1,396
c) Volumes bound in pigskin
d) Pamphlets bound in " Newberry binding " 433
Total newly bound volumes i ,941
e) Volumes repaired and relettered 810
/) Volumes on which "call-numbers" were gilded 2,939
g) Volumes on which the name of the Library was gilded 2,869
h) Maps mounted on cloth 905
*') Illustrations, plates, charts, etc., "guarded" 3,769
f) Book plates pasted in new and rebound books 4,897
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2. Multigraph printing:
o) Catalogue cards and guides multigraphed 4,297
ft) Library publications printed: number of copies 1,106
c) Library forms, blanks, application slips, etc., multigraphed. . 90,425
3. Supplies:
a) Blank catalogue cards cut from stock and punched 23,500
ft) Memorandum slips cut from stock and punched 14,000
XI. INCREASE OF THE LIBRARY
1. Purchases 1,590
2. Gifts:
a) Entered in the Accession Record 630
b) Classed without accessioning 17
c) British India public documents 225
d) United States public documents 854
3. Ayer Collection 1,198
4. Wing bequest 3, 768
Total Pieces 8,282
XII. CONTENTS OF THE LIBRARY
1. Entered in the Accession Record 315,890
2. Classed without accessioning 193
3. British India public documents 1,402
4. United States public documents 7,158
5. East Asiatic Collection 21 ,654
6. Ayer Collection 39,223
7. Wing bequest 3,768
Total volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc 389,288
XIII. STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1919
(BY SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIFIED SECTIONS
Vols. and
Pamphlets
January i,
1919
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Transfers
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Added 1 91 9
Vols. and
Pamphlets
January i,
1920
General Reference
2,291
+ 2
27
2,320
Periodicals
16,837
2
83
16,018
Newspapers
4,74.0
o
2C
4,774
Academies
2,182
+ 78
IO
2,27O
Philosophy
7,077
+ 2
18
7,ftC7
Religion
16,460
+ 13
62
16,^35
Church History
10,680
+ 2
61
10,743
Biography
12,282
+ 6
88
12,376
Genealogy
6.660
+ II
3L.
6.716
History
TTTBr
+ 4
"C76
38,347
Geography and Travel
0,778
+ i
no
0,898
Economics
20,870
o
2OO
21,088
Sociology
4,40 C
+ 2
01
4,588
Education
IO,8o7
O
4">
10,852
Civil Government
I 3,421
I
1 60
13,580
Law and Legislation
i6.:2Ci
+ 2
OQ
16,3^4
Science and Technology
17,108
77
60
17,001
Military and Naval Arts
3,22C
O
23
3,248
Sports
i, 806
+ i
8
1,815
Theater
SQ2
O
8
600
Music
I2.O26
o
71
12,957
Thomas Collection
<;66
o
O
566
Fine Arts
10,230
+ 43
49
10,322
Language
o,iroQ
+ 2
42
9,643
Literature
30,974
+ 138
343
3i455
Literary Biography
2,728
o
45
2,373
Bibliography
17,710
+ 8
132
17,859
Totals
206,160
+ 27C
2, 4 SO
298,845
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1919
(By SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
Vols. and Pamphlets
Jan. i, i gig
1. Classified sections (carried) 298,845
2. Incunabula in the General Library (including 2
omitted from the multigraphed list) 247
3. E. E. Ayer Collection (including 18 incunabula) . 39,223
4. Bonaparte Library (including 14 incunabula, one
of which was omitted from the multigraphed
list) 18,212
5. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
6. John M. Wing bequest (including 4 incunabula) 3,768
7. United States documents:
Government classification 4,552
8. Unclassified lots (estimated) :
a) Bibliographical Museum 1,048
6) Bonaparte supplement 702
c) Pamphlet material (accessioned) 1,014
d) Reserved duplicates 23
Total 389,288
XIV. APPENDIX
NAMES OF DONORS, 1919
Vols. Pams'
Ahem, Miss Mary E., Chicago 2
Albano, I., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil i
Alden, J. B., Neshanic, N.J i 2
Allen, Miss Carrie E., Chicago i
Allen 6* Unwin, G., London, Eng i
Anonymous 6 n
Armour, J. Ogden, Chicago i
Ayer, E. E., Chicago
26 manuscripts, 57 typescripts, 9 photographs 24 25
Balch, T. W., Philadelphia, Pa i
Bancroft, F., Washington, D.C i
Barge, W. D., Chicago
i manuscript, i photostat, collection of newspapers
Barnett, J. D., London, Ont i
Batchelder, M. D., Peoria, /// i
Bates, Rev. N. W., Austinburg, 2
Benson, E. L., Burlington, Wis i
Blatchford, Mrs. E. W., Chicago i
Boddie, J. F., Chicago i
Bogart, M. C., Napenee, Can i
Bollo, L. C., New York City i
Bolognesi, Count Giulio, Chicago 5
Brandstetter, Dr. R., Luzern, Switz i
Brewster, Mrs. Kate L., Chicago i
Brown, R. G., Minneapolis, Minn i
Brown 6* Guesmer, Minneapolis, Minn i
Burnet, D., Athens, Ga i
Camp, W. M., Chicago i manuscript, i typescript i i
Carlton, Dr. W. N. C., Chicago 62 87
Carnegie, Lady Helen, Perthshire, Scot 2
Chamberlain, Major P. M., Chicago i manuscript
Chandler, M. G., Chicago i photograph
Christie, Manson &* Woods, London, Eng i
Clark, C. E., Covington, Ky i
Coppons, A. C. de, Chicago 8 i
Cortright, Mrs. William H., Homer, Mich i
Crocker Company, H. S., San Francisco, Col i
Culberson, Hon. C. A., Washington, D.C 2 i
Cummins, Hon. A. B., Washington, D.C i
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Vols. Paras.
Dana, J. C., Newark, N.J i
Deane, Ruthven, Chicago A collection of coats of arms
Dellenbaugh, F. S., New York City : i
Dent, T., Chicago i i
Donnelley 6 Sons Co., R. R., Chicago i
Doran Company, George H., New York City i
Dudley, Dr. E. C., Chicago i
Durkee, Miss Cara D., Chicago i
Evans, H. J., Glencoe, III i
Fales, De Coursey, New York City i
Farwell, J. V., Chicago i
Felt, D. E., Chicago i chart
Gait, Mrs. T. A., River Forest, /// 4
Goodman, W. O., Chicago 13
Gookin, F. W., Chicago 5 2
Grandjean, A., Lausanne, Switz i
Hallock-Greenewalt, Miss Mary, Philadelphia, Pa i
Hart, Col. W. L., Langres, France i
Hazelton, H. J., Chicago A collection of newspapers i
Hewitt, Mrs. Louise, Trenton, N.J i
Hill, E. G., Hartford, Conn i
Holman, A. L., Chicago i
Hunkins, H. H., Chicago 17
James & Co., F. S., Chicago i
Jelke, F. F., New York City i
Jenne, Mrs. Clarence F. R., Hartford, Conn ; . . . i
Johnson, Hon. H. W., Washington, D.C 2
Johnston, W. D., St. Paul, Minn 1 1
Jones, J. C., St. Louis, Mo i
Kip, F. E., New York City i i
Kirby, Hon. W. J., Washington, D.C i
Landes, Miss Hilda, Chicago i
Lawrence, Lady Durning-, London, Eng 3 i
Leffingwell, Rev. C. W., Pasadena, Col i
Lepper, G. H., Pittsburgh, Pa i
Lovett, R. S., New York City i
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Vols. Pams.
McCue, J. N., Auxvasse, Mo i
McKinney, T. E., Vermilion, S.D i
McQueen, A., Chicago n
Malaviya, Madam M., Allahabad, India. i
Martin, C. J. H., Chicago i
Mason, J. A., Chicago i
Menzies 6* Co., John, Edinburgh, Scot 2
Merrill, W. S., Chicago i
Mettee, A. H., Baltimore, Md i
Miller, E. C., New York City i
Mitchell, J. A., Boston, Mass i
Mygatt, T. D., New York City i
Nijhoff, M., The Hague, Neth i 2
Norris, Hon. G. W., Washington, D.C 3
Overman, Hon. L. S., Washington, D.C i
Palmer, Mrs. Albert W.,Brodhead,W i
Reed, Hon. J. A., Washington, D.C i
Rice, Mrs. Alexander H., Elkins Park, Pa 5
Richardson, Dr. E. C., Princeton, N.J i
Riggs, A. L., Santee, Neb 2
Rockefeller, Jr., J. D., New York City i
Rosenthal, B. J., Chicago i
Rowe, Mrs. Louise Osborne, Chicago i
Russell, L., New York City i
Sanxay, T. F., New York City i
Skourup, Miss Ellen, Chicago i
Smith, Miss Clara A., Chicago i 2
Smith, M. M., Raleigh, N.C i
Stevens and Brown, B. F., London, Eng i 2
Stilwell, Miss Katharine M., Chicago i
Stockvis, A., Chicago
A collection of newspapers and magazines 7
Stoycoff, Dr. C. M., Chicago 3
Strader, C., Lincoln, Neb i
Swem, E. G., Richmond, Va i
Syckle, R. E. van, Detroit, Mich i
Thompson, S., Chicago i
Thorp, Mrs. L., Chicago 5
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Vols. Paras.
Thorp, Mrs. L. W., Oakland, Col i
Tinkham, Hon. G. H., Washington, D.C 2
Tudela, Hon. F., Washington, D.C 2
Urban, W. M., Hartford, Conn.
Warren, J. B., New York City i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago i
Watt, C. E., Chicago 2
Watts & Co., London, Eng i
West, A. F., Princeton, N.J i
West, G. M., St. Andrews, Fla i
Wheeler, Mrs. H. B., Sewickley, Pa 3 i
Widdowson, R. A., Chicago i
Widener, J., Philadelphia, Pa j
/
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other edu-
cational institutions 103 127
American and foreign libraries 4 broadsides 76 89
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations / 44 1 1 1
Commercial, financial, and political organizations J 49 83
Foreign governments /. 293 62
Genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations /. . 46 88
Railway corporations ./. . . 2 6
United States, municipal governments /..... 20 1 1
United States, state governments / 67 76
United States government
2 collections: (i) of war posters; (2) of geoldgic maps 284 647
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1919
Bank stock $ 17,500.00
Bonds 621,894.02
Loans secured by real estate 5,200 .00
Contracts for sale of real estate 39,190 . 83
Balance to credit at bank 37,629 . 07
The expenditure for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to $886,065 . 58
REAL ESTATE
42 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in Rushnell's Addition.
3 Lots in State Bank Addition.
78 Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sees. 3, 39, 14.
33.83 Acres in Sees. 34, 39, 13.
14 Lots in Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sees. 22, 23, 14.
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OF THE
UMIVilWTY OF
Report of the Trustees
of the Newberry Library
for the Year
1920
Chicago
1921
FOUNDER
Walter Cmratte 53>roh*rnj
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavours
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning."
CONTENTS
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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
LIBRARY STAFF, DECEMBER 31, 1920 n
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 13
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS, 1920 . . . . 31
NAMES OF DONORS, 1920 37
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1920 42
REPORT OF THE JOHN M. WING FOUNDATION 43
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, 1920
*MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
MR. JOHN W. SCOTT Elected May i, 1916
MR. ALBERT H. WETTEN Elected December 5, 1916
MR. HORACE S. OAKLEY Elected April i, 1918
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
*HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS 1892-1917
*MR. EDWARD E. AYER 1892-191 1
*MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD 1892-1914
*MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY 1892-1901
*MR. DANIEL GOODWIN 1892-1898
*MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD 1892-1914
*HON. EDWARD S. ISHAM 1892-1902
*GEN. ALEXANDER C. MCCLURG 1892-1901
*HoN. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH 1892-1896
*GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY 1892-1912
*HoN. LAMBERT TREE 1892-1910
*MR. HENRY J. WILLING 1892-1903
MR. BRYAN LATHROP 1896-1916
MR. GEORGE MANTERRE 1898-1919
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH 1901-1916
* Charter member, April 13, 1892.
OFFICERS, 1920
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First V ice-President Second Vice-President
JOHN W. SCOTT HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Assistant Secretary and Financial Agent
PHILIP WILLIAMS
Librarian
GEORGE B. UTLEY
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, December 31, 1920
To His Excellency, Frank 0. Lowden,
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
"An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in the cities, milages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized, the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their twenty-ninth annual report of the progress and operations
of the Library during the year 1920.
A change in the librarianship occurred during the year, by
the resignation of Mr. W. N. C. Carlton, and the election of
Mr. George B. Utley, Secretary of the American Library Asso-
ciation. Mr. Utley assumed the duties of Librarian on April 22,
1920.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, con-
tains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows that the Library continues to perform
services of a high educational value to the general public and to
provide resources of increasing importance to the scholarly
investigator.
During the year the Library has been able to resume to a
considerable extent buying in the European book market, and
has consequently succeeded in obtaining for its readers files of
periodicals and other publications, the inflow of which was
completely stopped during the war. It is gratifying to report
that on numerous occasions during the year the Library has
had the especial privilege of being of direct aid and service to
various public bodies and officials engaged in important public
work.
The Trustees wish to record here their sincere appreciation
of the continued generosity of Mr. Edward E. Ayer, who has
made provision toward the establishment of an endowment
fund for the maintenance of the notable collection which he
gave to the Library in 1911. The income of this fund, when
it becomes available, together with the amounts appropriated,
will enable the Trustees adequately to maintain and add to this
remarkable collection, which is unquestionably the most exten-
sive in existence on the subject of the North American Indian,
and whose rich resources are increasingly availed of by scholars
from all parts of the country.
In addition to the acknowledgments which have been officially
made to those who have made gifts to the Library, the Trustees
desire, in this Report, to express their appreciation of the
thoughtfulness that has been of such benefit to this institution.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1920, with the real estate; also the expenditure
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from
its foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this
Report. There is also appended a report on the operations of
The John M. Wing Foundation of the Library for the year 1920.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
THE LIBRARY STAFF
December jr, 1920
I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
The Librarian
Gertrude E. Dowle, Secretary to the Librarian
II. PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT
Wm. Stetson Merrill, A.B., Head of Department
Cara D. Durkee Mrs. Edith Ryther
Mae I. Stearns Fred Gould
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Edward Larson
Mary L. Watson Alfred Leisering
Harry L. Youngren Einar Olson
Leroy E. Gray William Puckelwartz
Gertrude Loop, B.A. Edward Schlegel
III. BOOK SELECTION AND ORDERING
Pierce Butler, Ph.D., Head of Department*
Ruth Lapham, M.A.
IV. CATALOGUE DEPARTMENT
Linn R. Blanchard, B.A., B.L.S., Head of Department!
Adaline M. Baker, B.L.S. Ethel V. Bachelle
Helen A. Fowler, B.L. Bernice Cunningham
Florence Hayes, B.S. Mary D. Kimble
Nels Marklund Louisa A. Lippincott
C. H. J. Martin Edwin Gabrick
V. EDWARD E. AYER COLLECTION
Clara A. Smith, Custodian
VI. JOHN M. WING FOUNDATION
Pierce Butler, Ph.D., Custodian*
VII. BINDERY
John Schonenberger, Head
VIII. CARE AND PROTECTION OF BUILDING
Ingve Soderstrom, Head
* Service divided between the John M. Wing Foundation and Book Selection
and Order Department.
t Resigned end of 1920.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of The Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith is submitted the thirty-fourth
annual report of the Librarian and the first which it is my
privilege to make. The statistics given in the text and in the
several appendixes are taken from the official records currently
maintained by the heads of departments and responsible
assistants.
CHANGE OF LIBRARIANS
In December, 1919, W. N. C. Carlton, M.A., L.H.D.,
Librarian of The Newberry Library since July, 1909, presented
his resignation, which became effective January 10, 1920. He
was the third librarian of this institution, and under his capable
and effective administration the Library conspicuously grew
in size, prestige, and service to the public. It is, however, quite
out of place for his successor, in addressing those who were so
intimately associated with him in his administrative activities,
to comment even briefly on his signally successful conduct of
this responsible office; but it may not be inappropriate for him
to record here his recognition and warm appreciation, on assum-
ing his new duties, of the excellent, systematic, and orderly
condition in which he found the various processes of the work
which Dr. Carlton had laid down. It is an honor, but no easy task,
to succeed so able an administrator and so profound a scholar.
Elected by the Board to succeed Dr. Carlton, the present
librarian began his duties on April 22, 1920.
BOOK SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
A total of 16,810 titles have been investigated and passed
upon, an increase of 1,654 over the previous year, but a decrease
of 8,113 fr m tne y ear I 9 1 ^ ( tne I 9 1 ^ total, however, was-
altogether exceptional, running far ahead of any previous,
annual record). The bibliographical and clerical work involved
in this investigation, as has been stated in previous reports,
has the following direct objects: (i) to learn whether or not a
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given title or edition is already in the Library; (2) if it is not in
the Library, to ascertain from authoritative bibliographical or
other sources whether its importance is such as to justify its
acquisition; (3) if found desirable for acquisition, to list it
accurately under author, title, date, and place of publication,
and to submit it to the Committee on Books for final considera-
tion before ordering. Of the total 16,810 titles investigated,
2,308, or 14 . i per cent were decided upon as suitable for acquisi-
tion. The corresponding percentages for the past five years
were:
1916 27.09 per cent
1917 21. ii per cent
1918 6.8 per cent
1919 6.5 per cent
1920 14. i per cent
The apparent decrease in the amount of lost motion involved
in catalogue and bibliographical checking is due largely to
the relatively greater proportion of recent publications included
in this year's book selection. In 1919 only 412 of the total
13,974 titles investigated (i.e., 3 per cent) were of recent publi-
cation. In 1920, 1,413 out of the total 16,810, or 8.3 per cent
were of recent publication.
During the year seventy-nine booklists were prepared, sixty
of which were for the general collections, and nineteen for the
John M. Wing Foundation.
The extent of titles ordered (exclusive of the Ayer and Wing
collections) in some of the primary and secondary subjects
which we are endeavoring to develop is as follows :
I. Americana: (i) General, 125 volumes; (2) Historical
societies, 2 volumes; (3) Collective biography, 2 volumes;
(4) Travels, 82 volumes; (5) South and slavery, 91 volumes;
(6) American local history, 108 volumes; (7) Facsimiles of
Colonial newspapers, i new and continuation volumes of several
others.
II. European: (i) General history, 256 volumes; (2) Great
W T ar, 72 volumes; (3) English local history, 97 volumes; (4) Cel-
tic literature, 28 volumes.
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III. General: Biography, 33 volumes; English literature,
391 volumes; Music, 21 volumes; International law, 31 volumes;
Folk lore, 39 volumes.
The following detailed classification of all the titles ordered,
according to dates of publication, noting separately those for
the John M. Wing Foundation, may be of interest:
Newberry Wing
Library Foundation
Before A.D. 1500 34
From A.D. 1500 to 1650 133 29
From A.D. 1650 to 1800 . 125 44
From A.D. 1800 to 1920 1,618 325
Total 1,876 432
Among the more notable volumes acquired are the following:
(i) Dugdale, William, Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656 (with
the rare plate showing Shakespeare's monument); (2) Feme,
Sir John, The Blazon of Centric, 1586; (3) Flores, Giovanni,
Historic of Aurelio and of Isabell, 1608, a source for The Tempest;
(4) Tyndale, William, The Obediecc of a Christen Man, 1549;
(5) Manwood, John, Lawes of the Forrest, 1598, important for
the interpretation of As You Like It; (6) Hey wood, Thomas,
Troia Britannica, 1690; (7) Knolles, Richard, Generall Historic
of the Turkes, 1638; (8) Munday, Anthony, The Strangest Adven-
ture That Ever Happened .... Concerning the Succcsse of the
King of Portugall Dom Sebastian, 1601.
The most notable acquisition of the year for the John M.
Wing Foundation is a perfect and extremely well-preserved
block book, Apocalypsis S. Johannis [Netherlands, ca. 1455].
It consists of forty-eight leaves, printed on one side only, and
the cuts afterward colored by hand. This copy, which seems
to be the one mentioned by Sotheby in 1858 as being in R. W.
Barclay's collection (it bears the armorial bookplate of Charles
Barclay), is in a highly desirable form for the uses of the Founda-
tion, and will henceforth be veritably one of the foundation
stones of this typographical collection. Only two or three other
public libraries of the United States are fortunate enough to
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possess an original block book, and The Newberry Library
might never have been able to become the possessor of one
except for the generous beneficence of the late John M. Wing.
Early in January the Library availed itself of the extraor-
dinary opportunity presented by the sale at auction of the
library of the late Theodore L. De Vinne, and, sending a personal
representative to the sale, secured no less than 243 items for
the John M. Wing Foundation, practically everything that
came up for auction of the titles it did not already have. As
De Vinne had accumulated what was undoubtedly the finest
collection in America of books about printing, the importance of
this block of purchases in filling out our collections can hardly
be exaggerated.
Four other noteworthy purchased additions to the Wing
Foundation should receive mention: (i) Homerus, Opera,
2 volumes, editio princeps, printed by Bartolomeo di Libri,
Florence, 1488, the Syston Park copy, in superb condition;
(2) Aquinas, Thomas, saint, Secunda Secundae, printed by Peter
Schoeffer, Mainz, the colophon dated March 6, 1467, this book
being the earliest dated book of European origin in the New-
berry Library collections ; (3) a fine copy of the first issue of the
first edition of the imperial gift book of Maximilian I, the
Teuerdanck, Niirnberg, 1517; and (4) Schopper, Hartmann,
De mechanicis artibus, Frankfort, 1574, the famous picture-book
in which Jost Amman's woodcuts include views of a type founder,
pressman, paper-makers and bookbinders at work. These are
the earliest known pictures to represent those tradesmen and
their tools and methods of work.
The most notable donation of the year was that by Mr.
Pierpont Morgan, of New York; descriptive catalogues of the
books and manuscripts in his private collections, eighteen
volumes, several of them sumptuously printed and superbly
bound in full morocco, gold-tooled.
A noteworthy donation of which special mention should also
be made is the Catalogue of the Library of the late John Henry
Wrenn, .... compiled by Harold B. Wrenn, edited by Thomas
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J. Wise, 5 volumes, 1920, published by the University of Texas
in a limited edition of 120 copies, of which No. 25 has been
presented to The Newberry Library, by President Vinson, of
the University of Texas. This is a catalogue, prepared with
high bibliographical skill, of the remarkable collections of
English and American poetry and drama gathered by the late
John H. Wrenn, of Chicago.
The following were among the principal acquisitions made
for the Edward E. Ayer collection: (i) transcripts from the
Archives of the Indies at Seville, and the Mexican archives,
518 documents, consisting of 7,489 pages, making the total
number of pages of these transcripts now in the collection,
57,817; (2) one hundred and thirty letters written by Elbridge
Ayer Burbank to Mr. Ayer, while engaged in making Indian
portraits, these letters relating to his own experiences among the
Indians. The Ayer collection now contains 338 of Mr. Burbank's
letters, written from nearly every Indian reservation in the West,
during the years 1897-1914; 24 of his paintings; and over
1,200 of his red-chalk Indian portraits; (3) Fragmentos de la
historia de Tlaxcala de Diego Mufioz Camargo, copied in 1852
from manuscript in the possession of Garcia Icazbalceta, 275
pages, manuscript; (4) Brodie, John Pringle, Journal of a
voyage to Mexico, 1824-1832, 3 volumes, manuscript; (5) An
essay evenly discussing the present condition and interest of
Barbadoes [1680], manuscript; (6) A short state of Barbados
and the government thereof [1700], manuscript; (7) Magruder,
Allen B., Report on the land claims in Louisiana, Opelousas,
March 5, 1806, manuscript; (8) Cass, Lewis, Report on the
formation of a system for the regulation of Indian affairs [ca.
1815], manuscript; (9) Ledyard, John, Journal of Captain
Cook's Voyage, Hartford, 1783; (10) Crakes, Sylvester, Five
Years a Captive among the Blackfeet Indians, Columbus, 1858;
(n) A rare little dictionary of the Chinook jargon (3d ed.)
by Rev. Francis Norbert Blanchet, printed in Portland [Oregon
Territory], 1856. About forty volumes of overland travel and
western history have also been added. The Edward E. Ayer
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Collection now contains, as recorded in the statistical section
of this report, 40,129 volumes, pamphlets, and manuscripts,
and its value and appreciation by the public are steadily increas-
ing from year to year.
In December, 1919, Mrs. E. W. Blatchford presented several
hundred volumes from the library of her late husband, for many
years the honored president of our Board of Trustees. The
collection was received, however, too late for more than passing
mention in the annual Report. It falls roughly into four
groups: (i) books about libraries; (2) books about books;
(3) biographies and memorials of men of Mr. Blatchford's
generation and of the preceding generation; and (4) books
relating directly or indirectly to the Congregational church.
In checking for duplicates it was found that about two-thirds
of the books were already represented in the Library. Prac-
tically all of the remaining portion either has been or will be
added to the general collections of the Library. Some examples
of fine modern printing, notably a group of Grolier Club and
Caxton Club publications, together with a few other books
relating to printing, were transferred to the Wing Foundation.
All duplicates relating to bibliography were added to the Blatch-
ford Collection of Bibliography and the remaining duplicates
have been set aside. The collection was made up as follows:
835 volumes
1,214 pamphlets
138 manuscript letters, documents, etc.
2 packages of letters and papers relating to The Newberry Library
i package of typewritten material
42 photographs
3 framed pictures
2,235 items, besides many newspaper and magazine clippings.
In July, we received by bequest a selection of books from
the library of the late Dr. Samuel A. Green, of Boston, for
many years actively associated in various capacities with the
Massachusetts Historical Society. This collection numbers
192 volumes and 89 pamphlets. It is miscellaneous in character,
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but includes many books on local Massachusetts history, together
with some interesting early American imprints, none of which is,
however, old enough to be rare.
A third collection, donated in October by Mrs. George P.
Upton, formed a part of the library of her late husband, the
well-known music critic and writer on musical subjects. This
supplements a gift made several years ago by Mr. Upton of a
portion of his library. It contains 154 volumes, forming a
broad working library on the history of music, and a small but
interesting fragment of manuscript music from the pen of
Beethoven. About three-fourths of the books are duplicates
of books already in the Library.
Of the bibliographies used as guides and authorities for our
book selection the following were the most important:
(i) Anders, H. R. D., Shakespeare's Books, Berlin, 1904;
(2) Boston Public Library, List of Books on the Pilgrims, Boston,
1920; (3) Greg, M. A., Catalogue of the Books Presented to the
Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Edward Capell,
Cambridge, 1903; (4) Harrisse, Henry, Bibliotheca Americana
vetustissima, New York, 1866; (5) Hazen, C. D., Europe since
1815, New York, 1910; (6) John Carter Brown Library, Provi-
dence, Catalogue, Vol. I (to 1569), Providence, 1919; (7) Keltic,
J. Scott, ed., Statesman's Yearbook, igi? (section on Africa),
London, 1917; (8) Lee, Sidney, Shakes pear eana, London, 1899;
(9) Lee, Sidney, Life of William Shakespeare, London, 1916;
(10) Plomer, H. R., Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898,
London, 1900; (n) Reynolds, Myra, Learned Lady in England,
Boston, 1920; (12) Rhodes, J. F., History of the United States,
Vol. VIII, New York, 1920. "
PUBLIC SERVICE
In his reports for the past two years, the Librarian called
attention to the fact that those years were wholly abnormal
and that every phase of library activity had felt and shown the
effects of the universal derangement of affairs caused by the
Great War and the peculiar conditions following the close of
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active hostilities. Library activities are by no means normal
again, but they are, of course, far less abnormal than during
1918 and 1919 and the service requested by the public is slowly
returning to its ante-bellum status.
The total number of readers during 1920 was 39,835, an
average of 3,319 a month, an increase of 4,581 over the number
of the previous year. November was the heaviest month, with
4,229 readers, and February the lightest, with 2,733. The
recorded number of volumes placed in the hands of readers was
143,513, an increase of 31,306 over the numbers recorded
in 1919. This use is exclusive of that provided by the
(approximately) 12,000 volumes on our open shelves in the
General Reading Room, of whose use no record is attempted,
as it is recognized that "browsing" on the part of appar-
ently responsible readers constitutes a legitimate use of the
Library which can properly be encouraged. The recorded
number ranged from 8,488 called for in February up to 15,816
used in November, the lightest and heaviest use logically
corresponding, it will be seen, to the lightest and heaviest
attendance.
The Genealogy and Local History Department has main-
tained its accustomed popularity, 22 per cent of the total number
of readers being recorded there. The service of the Ayer Col-
lection, although quantitatively small, has been of a high order.
Several of the transcripts from the Archives of the Indies con-
cerning the early history of New Mexico have been copied for
Rev. Father Zephyrin Engelhardt, of Santa Barbara, California,
and others. Photographs of drawings, prints, and maps have
been made, and a number of early New England manuscripts
have been reproduced by photostat. Also summaries and lists
of the John Howard Payne manuscripts on the Cherokee Indians,
and the Laut transcripts from the archives of the Hudson's
Bay Company have been made. Subjects consulted in the
Ayer Room have been many and varied, information concerning
various Indian tribes, their languages, customs, religion, and
ceremonies forming the bulk of the reference work. The Wing
Foundation has already attracted the attention of a number of
students of the art of typography, and the evident interest
manifested in the collection, even in its present embryonic
state, presages an active field of service in the years to come.
The principal clientele of the Library continues to be advanced
students and teaching staffs of the local universities, high-
school and grade teachers, and the professional or business man
or woman who is pursuing some branch of the humanities as an
avocation.
Mail and telephone inquiries. Complete statistics are not
kept of the information given inquirers over the telephone, nor
of the letters written in response to requests for literary and
historical data from persons living at a distance, or unable to
visit the Library, but we have current record of over 2,225
telephone inquiries satisfactorily answered, and of 234 written
communications sent out from the Librarian's Office containing
carefully compiled data supplied by the reference assistants.
Both these forms of service form a part of the daily routine
and should receive due consideration in estimating the usefulness
of the Library to the community.
Inter-library loans. We received twenty-one applications
asking for the loan of forty volumes. Some of these requests
were for books which the Library did not possess, and our
general and special obligations toward scholars in Chicago
obliged us to decline a number of other requests. Extenuating
circumstances, however, seemed to warrant exceptional con-
sideration in a number of requests, and the Library loaned
for a limited period, usually two weeks, fourteen books to nine
other institutions. The Library borrowed four volumes from
the Library of Congress, and fourteen volumes from the John
Crerar Library, for a reader who needed certain of its books
while that library was closed.
Exhibitions. The principal exhibits during 1920 werer
i. Rare books, manuscripts and prints, and association
books, particularly intended to show the resources of the Library
in history and literature.
2. Indians of the West. Original drawings by George
Catlin, Karl Bodmer, Frank Blackwell Mayer, Abbe Emmanuel
Domenech, and Elbridge Ayer Burbank.
3. Books, maps, prints, and manuscripts relating to the
Pilgrims and their life in England, Holland, and America.
In connection with the Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebration.
Publications. The following publications descriptive of
the Library and certain classes of its possessions were prepared
and issued :
1. Report of The Trustees of The Newberry Library for
the Year 1919. 36 pages. Printed from type. 500 copies.
2. List of Books Purchased in the Year 1919 by The New-
berry Library. Bulletin No. 8. 38 pages. Multigraphed.
300 copies.
3. Class Z. Book Arts. Part II. Subject Bibliography.
365 pages. Multigraphed. 250 copies.
4. English Poetry. Part II. Works of Individual Writers.
202 pages. Multigraphed. 300 copies.
5. The Newberry Library. [A descriptive leaflet] Revised
edition. 16 pages. Printed from type. 10,000 copies.
Of these and former publications of the Library a total of
2,225 copies were distributed to persons and institutions known
to be directly interested in the subject-matter.
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
During 1920 a total of 6,041 books, pamphlets, leaflets,
manuscripts, etc., were added to the permanent collections;
they represent the net quantitative additions to the resources
of the Library. The total number of volumes, pamphlets,
manuscripts, etc., in all departments of the Library on Decem-
ber 15, 1920, amounted to 395,354. Of the total added in 1920,
3,085 pieces were acquired through purchase (including 906 for
the Ayer Collection and 591 acquired in 1919 and 1920 by the
Wing Foundation) ; and 678 were selected gifts.
As the Librarian has pointed out in numerous previous
reports, the quantitative output of the divisions of the service
engaged in this work, that is, the actual number of books, etc.,
annually shelved, after all necessary recording and marking of
them has been done, is conditioned absolutely by the extent to
which any of the following elements are operative: (i) Unusual
difficulty in determining exact identification of the author,
correct bibliographical description of a particular edition, or
the most appropriate classification of a book. These difficulties
are an almost constant factor in the cataloguing of books prior
to 1800. (2) The extent to which certain "collective" works
require "analytical entries" in Author and Subject catalogues
in order to avoid possible duplication of purchases as well as to
reveal the resources of the Library more completely. (3) The
percentage of books in foreign languages. (4) The extent to
which the work of the division is interrupted or halted by
reason of illness, leave of absence, vacations, substitute service
in other departments, or resignations. (5) The time expended
in instructing untrained assistants.
All the current work of accessioning, classifying, and cata-
loguing is practically up to date. The Catalogue Department
reports having catalogued in complete form a total of 2,145 new
titles. Card copy for 1,234 titles was prepared for printing on
the multigraph, this work involving the actual multigraphing
of 7,975 catalogue cards. These titles represented works for
which the printed catalogue cards of the Library of Congress
were not procurable. "Call-numbers" and accession numbers
were multigraphed on 7,023 Library of Congress cards.
Upon the recommendation of the Librarian, the Board of
Trustees voted to discontinue the special recataloguing appro-
priation at the end of the year 1919. It was felt that the recata-
loguing had progressed far enough so that it could be completed
as part of the regular cataloguing work. Miss Baker and Miss
Kimble, the two assistants remaining in the Recataloguing
Department, were accordingly transferred to the Catalogue
Department, to fill vacancies therein, but with the expectation
that a considerable part of their time would still be available
for recataloguing. Owing, however, to several resignations
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and the subsequent training of new and inexperienced assistants,
and other unforeseen changes, it became necessary to utilize
their time almost exclusively in the forward work of the depart-
ment. In May, Miss Louisa Lippincott, a student at the Moody
Bible Institute and an experienced cataloguer, was secured for
half time. She was at once assigned to recataloguing and is
the only assistant who has been devoting her time exclusively
to the work this year. But notwithstanding these handicaps
we have fully recatalogued 3,843 volumes, a considerable portion
of which, however, represents cataloguing done in previous years,
the cards for which had not been revised.
The following table shows briefly the number of volumes
still to be catalogued, according to the plan on which we have
been operating:
VOLUMES
Partially recatalogued, cards awaiting final revision
on December 15, 1919 (approximately) 18,000
Awaiting full recataloguing on December 15, 1919. . 17,098
Not represented by cards in the Public Author Cata-
logue on December 15, 1919 35*098
Recatalogued in full in 1920 3,&43
Not represented by cards in the Public Author Cata-
logue on December 15, 1920 31,255
This figure means that of the volumes intended for recata-
loguing, 31,255 are not yet represented hi the Public Author
Catalogue. In estimating in previous years the number of
volumes to be recatalogued certain sections of the Library had
been intentionally and consistently omitted. For example,
as the Librarian pointed out in the report for 1919, the Ayer
Collection (now numbering 40,129 v.) has its own catalogue on
cards, and we have a printed catalogue of the Bonaparte Col-
lection (i8,2i2v.). It has not been the intention to recatalogue
either of these collections. Other large groups that have been
intentionally omitted are (a) the East Asiatic Collection, com-
prising Chinese and Tibetan books (21,654 v.); (b) books
classed in Natural Science (about 4,700 v.), a subject now
outside the field of the Library; (c) United States public docu-
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ments in the "Congressional set" and in the government classi-
fication (10,835 v.) ; and (d) certain state documents, the exact
number being difficult to determine.
The Ayer Collection which has, as stated above, its own
card catalogue, is not represented either in the Official or the
Public Author Catalogues, with the exception of a few thousand
volumes for which Library of Congress cards were obtained.
The entire Bonaparte Collection is represented in the Official
Catalogue, although quite inadequately, as there is but one
card for a title. These cards were obtained by cutting up two
copies of the printed catalogue and pasting the entries on slips.
The work was done as a temporary expedient in 1908 and 1909,
but the pressure of work since then has been such that they
remain as permanent records. Only a few hundred volumes
of this collection are represented by cards in the Public Author
Catalogue.
At some "more convenient season" these two collections,
the Ayer and the Bonaparte, should be adequately and perma-
nently represented in both the Official and the Public Author
Catalogues, but this situation is not urgent, and no effort to
accomplish this result is recommended at the present time.
The situation, however, involving lack of representation in
our catalogues of 31,255 volumes, for which there is neither a
separate card catalogue nor a printed catalogue, is one which
cannot be regarded so complacently. These are books which
are within the scope of the Library, which have been bought
and paid for, and which represent potential service to the com-
munity. Until, however, they are adequately catalogued, the
chances that our patrons will learn of their availability are
greatly reduced and their consequent usefulness practically
reduced to the lowest terms. A steady and consistent effort
should be maintained until all these books are adequately
catalogued, and at least one person should be engaged whose
whole time is spent on this work until it is completed.
The Public Author Catalogue now contains 250,554 cards,
representing 162,522 titles, 247,016 volumes,'and 36,022 analytics,
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a larger and more accurate exhibit of our resources than has
ever before been represented in the basic catalogue of the
Library.
PHYSICAL CHANGES
Owing to the expense of labor and material, as few alterations,
repairs, or physical changes as possible have been made during
the year. Three 1 2-foot sections of double wood shelving have
been transferred to the General Reading Room from other
sections of the Library, and so installed as to give pleasant
alcove effects in the West Room, but at the same time so placed,
behind pillars and at right angles to the windows, as not materi-
ally to decrease the seating capacity of the room. This extra-
shelving has enabled us to add 2,000 volumes to our Open
Shelf Reading Room Collection, greatly facilitating our public
service.
In January the Catalogue Department was transferred from
the second floor to the East Room on the first floor. From an
administrative point of view this is a distinct improvement,
as this room adjoins the Librarian's office where the new books
are received and checked. The room on the second floor formerly
occupied by the Catalogue Department will, it is expected,
become the permanent quarters for The John M. Wing Founda-
tion, but owing to the excessive cost of building supplies and
of labor the necessary physical alterations and readjustments
have not yet been effected.
THE BINDERY
The operations associated with the binding and repairing
of the books, as has been pointed out in previous annual reports,
fall into two distinct groups. One comprises the details con-
nected with the designation of the nature and kind of binding
to be put on books received unbound, the assembling of the
requisite parts and numbers of periodical publications, the
withdrawal of worn or broken volumes from the shelves for
necessary repairs, etc., the delivery to, and receipt of this
material from, the Bindery, and the keeping of systematic
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records of these facts. These operations are performed by
members of the Library Staff.
The Bindery proper deals exclusively with a second group
of operations, i.e., those having to do with the technical treatment
of a book by the binders from the time of its receipt in an unbound
condition until its return, newly bound or repaired, to the
Library assistants. In the Bindery it is collated, assembled by
signatures, sewn, bound in cloth, leather, pigskin, or board
cover, gilded, stamped, labeled, etc. All of this, of course, is
done by skilled artisans under the direction of an experienced chief.
During the year 2,874 books and pamphlets were newly
bound; 590 repaired and relettered; 544 maps were mounted
on muslin; 192 book or document boxes were made; and 25
slip covers were made for the protection of especially fine bind-
ings. As in former years, the Bindery has also performed many
other services whose direct results contribute to keeping our
books in good present condition and to their length of life.
Under these miscellaneous services fall such activities as the
making of periodical and pamphlet binders and holders, the
covering of publications printed on the multigraph, the repairing
of genealogical book indexes and shelf-lists, the making of dum-
mies from waste strips of cardboard, the cutting-up of Library
of Congress proof-sheets, etc. The Bindery has supplied the
Library with a large variety of devices and apparatus which
add greatly to ease, economy, and convenience of service.
Under the direction of the Head of the Bindery, 7,073
catalogue cards and guides were printed on the multigraph,
850 copies of Library publications printed and bound, and
about 73,000 official forms, blanks, and application slips printed.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
On January 19, 1920, the Library sustained a severe loss in
the death of Mr. Andre C. de Coppons, B.A., a senior assistant
in the Public Service Department, and a member of the staff
since 1896. Mr. de Coppons was a graduate of Ecole St.
Stanislas, Toulouse, France, and had also studied at Ecole de
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Medicine, ficole des Chartres. the University of Paris, and the
University College, London. He was an able man, very much
the scholar, and had for years performed faithful and efficient
service.
During the year ten resignations, not including that of the
retiring librarian, have occurred. One of these resignations
cannot be passed without special mention, that of Mr. Linn R.
Blanchard, head of the Catalogue Department, and who in this
position and previously as head of the Recataloguing Department
had been a member of the staff since 1910. He resigned at the
end of 1920 to become head cataloguer at Princeton University.
The Library has been entirely recatalogued, except the small
fragment remaining to be done, under his supervision and
immediate direction, and the excellent Public Author Catalogue
which the Library now has, is the permanent monument he
leaves. He has served loyally and well and will be greatly
missed. Pending permanent arrangements Miss A. M. Baker
has been designated as acting head of the Catalogue Department.
Other resignations of the year included that of Miss I. M.
Heffernan, of the Catalogue Department, a member of the staff
since 1913; J. D. Ferguson, of the Public Service Department,
whose resignation in August was accepted with exceptional
regret although he had been connected with the Library but
six months; and R. J. C. Lingel, librarian's secretary, a member
of the staff since 1915.
Additions to the staff include Miss Bernice Cunningham,
Miss Louisa Lippincott, Miss E. V. Bachelle, and Miss Florence
Hayes, all to the Catalogue Department; Miss Ruth Lapham
to the Book Selection and Book Order Department; and Mrs.
Edith Ryther to the Public Service Department.
Miss M. I. Stearns and Miss Gertrude Loop were transferred
from the Catalogue Department to the Public Service Depart-
ment; and Miss G. E. Dowle was transferred from the Order
Department to be librarian's secretary.
The number of authorized positions in the classified staff,
i.e., positions for which appropriations are annually made,
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was thirty- three. Several of these positions have been vacant
at various times during the year, but none of them has been
vacant the entire year. It has been especially difficult to keep
the Catalogue Department satisfactorily recruited; practically
impossible to obtain assistants with the desired degree of training
and experience. The Department was, moreover, handicapped
by the transfer of Miss Stearns and Miss Loop to the Public
Service Department, although these transfers were advantageous
to the Library as a whole.
This difficulty of obtaining adequately trained and experi-
enced assistants, qualified to undertake responsible professional
duties without a season of coaching by an older member of the
staff, is not peculiar to this institution. Every library of
importance in the country has been facing a similar situation
for the past three years and more, all finding it impossible to
compete with the higher salaries which have recently been paid
in various lines of commercial work.
Notwithstanding these handicaps the work has gone steadily
forward and, particularly, the service to the public has not, it is
believed, suffered, because we have been fortunate in obtaining
the services of those who, to a considerable degree, make up
these deficiences of training and experience by zeal and loyalty,
and who possess the requisite intelligence and education on
which to build.
The ten recorded resignations do not include pages, a more
or less continuous procession of which is steadily passing through
the Library. For the past two years or more pages could only
be obtained for out-of-school hours, as boys not in school have
been able to obtain full-time positions at wages which this and
other libraries could not afford to pay. These conditions,
however, are rapidly changing, and from now on it will probably
be possible to obtain boys just past school-requirement age
for all-day service.
The Library was represented by the Librarian at the annual
conference of the American Library Association, held at Colorado
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Springs, the first week in June. Dr. Pierce Butler, custodian of
the Wing Foundation, combined with his annual leave, using
his vacation time, visits to several libraries in the East, collecting
bibliographical information that has been of substantial service
to the Library.
I cannot close this report without expressing at least briefly
my sincere appreciation of the cordial good will and warm
co-operation of every member of the Board of Trustees. With-
out these assurances the task of an administrative officer is
difficult nigh to the point of the impossible; with them, as you
have generously given them to me, the task, even though
carrying heavy responsibilities, is not only lightened, but made
an exceedingly pleasant one.
Nor can I close without recording my equally sincere appre-
ciation of the fine spirit with which the Staff of the Library
have "taken me on" and given me their cordial support; truly
never could one ask to work with more loyal, faithful, and
earnest associates. The Board of Trustees, I am sure, has a
lively realization of their whole-hearted service, and I commend
them to your care and consideration.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
GEORGE B. UTLEY, Librarian
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STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS
1920
I. NUMBER OF READERS
1. Principal Reference Division 26,912
2. History and Genealogy Division 9,008
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 416
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 3,326
5. Wing Foundation 173
Total readers 39,835
II. RECORDED USE OF BOOKS
1. Principal Reference Division 63,314
2. History and Genealogy Division 77,226
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 1,741
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 1,022
5. Wing Foundation 210
Total volumes 143,513
III. BOOK SELECTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
1. Titles investigated 14,106
2. Titles selected 2,308
3. Volumes represented by titles selected 3,063
4. Official lists of selected titles typed and submitted to the Com-
mittee on Books 79
5. Order cards typed or written 2,376
6. Bibliographical questions investigated, and answered for other
divisions of the Library service, for other Libraries, and for
readers 339
IV. CLASSIFICATION
1. Purchases 3,085
2. Gifts 513
3. United States documents 781
4. Gifts and gift continuations, for current use only 346
Total volumes and pamphlets classed 4,725
V. CATALOGUING (CURRENT ACCESSIONS)
t. New titles 2,145
2. Volumes represented by foregoing titles 1,841
3. Analytics 630
4. New volumes of continuations i,443
5. New cards prepared:
a) For the Public Author Catalogue 3,903
6) For the Classed Subject Catalogue 1,406
c) For the Official Author Catalogue 4,046
d) For the Official Name List * 1,270
Total new cards prepared and revised 10,625
VI. RECATALOGUING (NEW PUBLIC AUTHOR CATALOGUE)
1. Additional titles recatalogued 3,085
2. Volumes represented 3,843
3. Analytics 872
4. Number of cards prepared 5,621
VII. PRESENT CONTENTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC
AUTHOR CATALOGUE
1. Titles 162,522
2. Volumes 247,016
3. Analytics 36,022
4. Cross-references 30,837
5. Number of cards 250,554
VIII. STATISTICS OF CARDS FILED IN THE LIBRARY
CATALOGUES AND INDEXES
1. Public Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 8,719
6) Cards removed for improvements and additions and refiled 2 ,066
Total cards in this Catalogue 250,554
2. Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 4,847
6) Extra subject cards filed for departmental use 613
c) Tabbed subject-heading guides added 469
Total cards in this Catalogue 53,537
3. Alphabetical Index to Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 881
Total cards in this Catalogue 47,626
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4. Official Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 6,564
b) New cards substituted for old 2,403
c) Cards removed for additions and improvements and refiled 2,263
Total cards in this Catalogue 275,921
5. Official Name List:
a) New cards added 2,677
V) Cards removed for additions and improvements and refiled 352
Total cards in this Catalogue 103,406
6. Library of Congress " Proof -Sheet " Catalogue:
a) New entries filed 38,500
Total cards in this Catalogue 509,948
IX. PREPARATION OF BOOKS FOR BINDING, REPAIR, ETC.
1. Volumes repaired, recorded, and delivered to Bindery:
a) New acquisitions i,S4i
b) Volumes removed from the shelves for repair, etc 748
2. Volumes returned from the Bindery, newly bound, rebound,
repaired, etc 4,382
X. BINDERY
1. Binding:
a) Volumes bound in half-morocco 120
b) Volumes bound in cloth 2,421
c) Volumes bound in pigskin (newspapers) 137
d) Pamphlets bound in "Newberry binding" 196
Total newly bound volumes 2,874
e) Volumes repaired and relettered 590
/) Volumes on which "call-numbers" were gilded i,993
g) Volumes on which the name of the Library was gilded. . . . 2,228
h) Maps mounted on cloth 544
*) Illustrations, plates, charts, etc., "guarded" 6,333
3) Book plates pasted in new and rebound books 4,748
2. Multigraph printing:
a) Catalogue cards and guides multigraphed 20,125
b) Library publications printed: number of copies 700
c) Library forms, blanks, application slips, etc., multigraphed 65,850
3. Supplies:
a) Blank catalogue cards cut from stock and punched 7,000
b) Memorandum slips cut from stock and punched 25,000
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XI. INCREASE IN THE LIBRARY
1. Purchases 3,085
2. Gifts:
a) Entered in the Accession Record 507
ft) Classed without accessioning 6
c) British India public documents 165
d) United States public documents 781
3. Ayer Collection 906
4. Wing Foundation 591
Total pieces 6,041
XII. CONTENTS OF THE LIBRARY
1. Entered in the Accession Record 319,482
2. Classed without accessioning 199
3. British India public documents 1,567
4. United States public documents 7,939
5. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
6. Ayer Collection 40,1 29
7. Wing Bequest 3,793
8. Wing Foundation 591
Total volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc 395,354
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XIII. STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1920
(BY SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIFIED SECTIONS
Vols. and
Pamphlets
December 31,
1919
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Transfers
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Added 1920
Vols. and
Pamphlets
December 3 1 ,
1920
General Reference
2.320
+ 11
60
2 4.OO
Periodicals
16,918
o
226
17 144
Newspapers
A 7,74
o
i6s
A. 53O
Academies
2.27O
2
27
2 2QS
Philosophy
3.QC7
+ !
OJ.
4 OS2
Religion
1 6. S3 1 ?
I
16?
l6 7OI
Church History. ...
IO.743
2
74
TO 8lS
Biography
12,376
3O
1^3
12,400
Genealogy
6,716
+ I
QO
6,807
History .
28 24.7
+ 4
6oO
38 060
Geography and Travel
0,808
4
I2C
10,019
Economics
21,088
Q
27^
2I.3S4
Sociology
4,'88
O
64
4,6? 2
Education
IO,8^2
+83
QO
11,025
Civil Government
12 ego
+ 2
171
I3.7S3
Law and Legislation
l6,3^4
I
IIQ
l6,472
Science and Technology
1 7 OO I
6
72
I7.IS7
(inc. old N)*
Military and Naval Arts ...
2,248
o
21
3,260
Sports
1,815
o
17
1,832
Theater
6oO
o
17
6l7
Music
I2,Q<7
o
42
I2,QQQ
Thomas Collection
?66
o
O
;66
Fine Arts
IO.322
+ i
132
10,4^=;
Language
0643
I
IS7
O-700
Literature
31,4^
+ 23
CO3
3I,o8l
Literary Biography
2,373
+ 10
63
2,446
Bibliography
I7*8^O
82
218
I7,OQC
Totals..
208.84?
2
3.760
3O2.6O3
* Eight volumes of old N were reclassed.
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STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1920
(BY SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
V'ols. and Pamphlets
Dec. 31, iQ2o
1. Classified sections (carried) 302,603
2. Incunabula in the General Library (including 2
omitted from the multigraphed list) 247
3. E. E. Ayer Collection (including 18 incunabula) 40,129
4. Bonaparte Library (including 14 incunabula, one
of which was omitted from the multigraphed
list) 18,212
5. East Asiatic Collection 21,654
6. John M. Wing Bequest (including 4 incunabula) 3,793*
7. John M. Wing Foundation (including 33 incuna-
bula) 591
8. United States documents:
Government classification 5,336
9. Unclassified lots (estimated):
a) Bibliographical Museum 1,047
b) Bonaparte supplement 702
c) Pamphlet material (accessioned) 1,014
d) Reserved duplicates 26
Total 395,354
* The number of volumes in the Wing Bequest has been increased from 3,768 to 3,793 as 25
volumes were overlooked when the collection was classified and catalogued.
XIV. APPENDIX
NAMES OF DONORS, 1920
Vols. Pams.
Ames, W. H., Carlisle, Pa 45
Anonymous i 8
Anton, Miss Esther G., Chicago i manuscript
Attolico, B., New York City i
Avery, S. P., Hartford, Conn 2
Ayer, Edward E., Chicago
156 manuscripts, 56 typescripts, 9 photographs 39 22
Baker, Miss Adaline M., Chicago i
Balch, T. W., Philadelphia, Pa i
Barge, W. D., Chicago i manuscript
Barrett, Hon. John, Washington, D.C 14
Bartlett-Frazier Co., Chicago i
Bates, Rev. N. W., Austinburg, Ohio .' i
Benedetti, Prof. Anna, Palermo, Italy i
Blaine, J. E., Cincinnati, Ohio i
Blatchford, Mrs. E. W., Chicago
A collection of newspaper and magazine clippings, 138
manuscript letters, documents, etc.; i package of type-
written material and 2 packages of letters and papers relat-
ing to the Newberry Library, 42 photographs; 3 framed
pictures. 835 1214
Blatchford, Paul, Chicago i
Brewster, Mrs. Kate L., Chicago 6
Brewster, W. F., Chicago i photograph
Briggs, Miss Anne, Chicago i
Bull, A., Chicago i
Camp, W. M., Chicago i manuscript
Carlton, Dr. W. N. C, Chicago 36
Carnovaie, L., Chicago I
Carter, G. R., Honolulu, H.I i
Chamberlin, T. S., Chicago i 6
Champion, H., Paris, France 2
Chandler, M. G., Chicago i photograph
Chapin, Mrs. Edward F., Chicago i
Chapman, F. W., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England i
Childs & Co., S. D., Chicago i
Clark, C. E., Covington, Ky i
Cohler, M. J., Chicago 3
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Vols. Float.
Cokinos, P., Washington, D.C i
Cole, Dr. George Watson, New York City 2
Coutts, J., London, England
Crone, F. L., Kendallville, Ind
Cullen, Dr. T. S., Baltimore, Md
Darby, R. C., Atlanta, Ga
Davis, W. W., New York City
Deane, Ruthven, Chicago i
Dellenbaugh, Mrs. Frederick S., New York City i
Dent, T., Chicago i
Dickie, Dr. P., New York City i
Dickinson, J. M., Chicago 8
Dillon, Mrs. F. M., Chicago i
Doherty & Co., H. L., New York City i
Donnelley & Sons Company, R. R., Chicago 2
Dunne, Hon. Edward F., Chicago i
Durkee, Miss Cara D., Chicago i
Earl, E. C., Washington, D.C 2
Evans, Mrs. E. T., Decatur, III i
Farwell, J. V., Chicago i
Felt, D. E., Chicago i chart
Fitzgerald, M. H., New York City 2
Flom, G. T., Urbana, III i
Foster, K., Chicago i
Fowler, Miss Helen A., Chicago i
Gardner, C., San Diego, Col 2
Gemmill, Judge W. N., Chicago i
Gibbs, F. C., Chicago 6
Goodrick, H. A., Chicago S
Green, A. H., Chicago i
Green, Dr. S. A., Boston, Mass, (bequest) 192 89
Griffin, R., London, England i
Hall, G. D., Glencoe, III i
Hansen, K. M., Detroit, Mich i
Hartshorn, W. N., Boston, Mass i
Hertmanowicz, J. J., Chicago i
Hill, Walter M., Chicago i i
Hobbs, W. H., Ann Arbor, Mich 2
Hoit, Miss Alice M., Chicago 17
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Vols. Pams.
Howe, H. B., Mount Kisco, N.Y i
Howe, Mrs. Maud, Boston, Mass i
Huehrt, Miss Emilie, Chicago
Collection of pictures of the Newberry family, contained
in a musical album, together with a daguerreotype of Miss
Julia Newberry
Hunter, T., Chicago i
James & Co., F. S., Chicago i
Jeffries, Mrs. Jennie F., Indianapolis, Ind i
Jenkins, T. A., Chicago i
Josephson, A. G. S., Chicago 3
Kendall, Miss Laura M., Elmhurst, ///
i oriental manuscript
Knopf, A. A., New York City i
Kiissner, A. J., Chicago 2
Leffingwell, Rev. C. W., Pasadena, Col i
Lovett, R. S., New York City i
Lowenberg, Mrs. L, San Francisco, Col i
Lull, Miss L. W., Chicago 3
McFadden, Hon. L. T., Washington, D.C i
McKinney T. E., Vermilion, S.D i
Martin, Horace H., Chicago 120
Mason, J. A., Chicago 2 2
Mason, Mrs. Puella H., Chicago i 8
Mason, Hon. W. E., Washington, D.C i
Mears, N. F., Chicago i chart
Merrill, W. S., Chicago i
Miner, Mrs. L. H., Springfield, III i
Morgan, Hon. Pierpont, New York City 18
Mullen, Mrs. P. L., Chicago 3
Munsey, Frank A., New York City i
Nijhoff, M., The Hague, Netherlands i
North, C. J., Buffalo, N.Y i
O'Connell, Hon. D. J., Washington, D.C i
Olmsted, Miss Ruth H., Washington, D.C 3
Owen, Hon. R. L., Washington, D.C i
Palmer, W. L., Boston, Mass i chart
Pellan, J. M., Chicago 7
Perry, Mrs. T. O., Oak Park, /// i
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Vols. Pams.
Peticolas, A. L., Chicago 2
Phelan, Rev. J. J., Toledo, Ohio i
Poucher, B. G., New York City i
Rawie, H., Baltimore, Md i
Reed, Hon. J. A., Washington, D.C i
Reinberg, P., Chicago 2 i
Rhoades, N. O., Los Angeles, Col 2
Riggs, A. L., Santee, Neb 2
Roberts, W. Rhys, Leeds, England i
Ruggles, H. S., Wakefield, Mass i manuscript
Ryerson, M. A., Chicago 4
Seligman, Mrs. Gata, New York City 3
Seymour, Ralph F., Chicago 24
Shobe, F. D., Elmhurst, /// i
Smith, Miss Clara A., Chicago i
Smith, E. G., Chicago i
Snow, B. W., Chicago i manuscript i
Snow, E. M., Chicago i
Snowden, Y., Charleston, S.C i
Sonneck, O. G., New York City 2
Sotheran & Co., H., London, England i
Stager, W., Sterling, III i
Stansfield, Mrs. James H., Oak Park, /// 3
Stenstrand, A. J., Chicago i
Stephens, Miss Kate, New York City i
Stevens & Brown, B. F., London, England 2 2
Stromer-Reichenbach, F., Griinsberg, Germany 2
Strong, E. K., Columbia City, Ind i
Teachenor, R. B., Kansas City, Mo i
Thayer, G. B., Hartford, Conn i
Thomas, A. C., Haverford, Pa i
Thompson, S., Chicago i
Todd, A. M., Kalamazoo, Mich i
Tweedell, E. D., Chicago i
Tyler, L. G., LL.D., Richmond, Va 2
Upton, Mrs. George P., Chicago i manuscript 154
Utley, George B., Chicago 2
Vennema, J., Chicago i
Vinson, Pres. R. E., Austin, Tex 5
Voigt, J. F., Chicago i
40
Vols. Pams.
Wadepuhl, W., Madison, Wis i
Warren Company, S. D., Boston, Mass i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago 3
Wassell, Mrs. Sam S., Little Rock, Ark i
Watson, Miss Mary L., Chicago i
Watt, Charles E., Chicago i
Watts & Co., London, England i
Webster, G. N., New York City i
Whipple, Brig.-Gen. C. H., Los Angeles, Cal i
Wilkins, E. H., Chicago i i
Wilkinson, H., Chicago 2
Williams, Mrs. Edward M., Northfield, Minn i
Wilson, S. M., Lexington, Ky i
Wishard, Mrs. Elizabeth M., Minneapolis, Minn i
Wood, Dr. C., Stanford University, Cal i
Wood, Gundy & Company, Toronto, Canada i
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions 97 71
American and foreign libraries 5 broadsides 52 124
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations 64 112
Commercial, financial, and political organizations i map 52 87
Foreign governments 211 82
Genealogical, historical, and other patriotic organizations 35 38
Railway corporations i 7
United States government 125 topographic maps 253 536
United States, municipal governments 12 68
United States, state governments 75 267
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1920
Bank stock $ 17,500.00
Bonds 769,319.85
Loans secured by real estate 4,600. oo
Contracts for sale of real estate 17,640. 55
Notes receivable 62,548 . oo
Balance to credit at bank 26,760. 62
The expenditure for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to 927,702 . 33
REAL ESTATE
40 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in BushnelTs Addition,
i Lot in State Bank Addition.
68 Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sees. 3, 39, 14.
14 Lots in Sec. 34, Town of Jefferson.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sees. 22, 23, 14.
REPORT OF THE JOHN M. WING FOUNDATION FOR
THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1920
The receipts of income for the year amounted to $11,067.86
Profit in exchange of bonds 600. oo
$11,667.86
Cash on hand, January i, 1920 8,689. 2I
$20,357.07
Expenditures
Books $17,560.48
Salary of Custodian (part salary) 1,200.00
Forest Home Cemetery Fund for perpetual
care of Wing burial lot 600. oo
19,360.48
Cash on hand $996. 59
This fund now amounts at par value to:
Bonds and Stock $240,557 . 26
Cash 297 . 69
$240,854.95
Statistics, December 31, 1920
Number of volumes received John M. Wing Bequest,
including 4 Incunabula 3,793
Collection on History of Printing and Incunabula 591
Total number of volumes 4,384
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THt LIBRAE
OF THE
OF
Report of the Trustees
of the Newberry Library
for the Year
192,1
Chicago
1922
FOUNDER
Walter E0nmt
1804-1868
Of whom it may be said, as truly as Anthony a Wood said
of Sir Thomas Bodley: "By his noble and generous endeavours
he hath been the occasion of making hundreds of public writers,
and of increasing in an high degree the commonwealth of
learning."
CONTENTS
PAGE
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 7
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 9
LIBRARY STAFF, DECEMBER 31, 1921 n
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 13
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS OF LIBRARY, 1921 . . . 32
NAMES OF DONORS, 1921 38
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, DECEMBER 31, 1921 43
REPORT OF THE JOHN M. WING FOUNDATION 44
TRUSTEES OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, 1921
*MR. JOHN P. WILSON
MR. HORACE H. MARTIN Elected November 4, 1901
MR. DAVID B. JONES Elected May 5, 1902
MR. JOHN A. SPOOR Elected January n, 1904
MR. JOHN P. WILSON, JR Elected January 3, 1911
MR. EDWARD L. RYERSON Elected March 6, 1911
MR. FREDERIC I. CARPENTER Elected February 3, 1913
MR. ANDREW C. MCLAUGHLIN Elected April 6, 1914
MR. CHARLES H. HULBURD Elected April 6, 1914
MR. JOHN W. SCOTT Elected May i, 1916
MR. ALBERT H. WETTEN Elected December 5, 1916
MR. HORACE S. OAKLEY Elected April i, 1918
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
*HON. GEORGE E. ADAMS 1892-1917
*MR. EDWARD E. AVER 1892-1911
*MR. ELIPHALET W. BLATCHFORD 1892-1914
*MR. WILLIAM HARRISON BRADLEY 1892-1901
*MR. DANIEL GOODWIN 1892-1898
*MR. FRANKLIN H. HEAD 1892-1914
*HON. EDWARD S. ISHAM 1892-1902
*GEN. ALEXANDER C. McCmRG 1892-1901
*HON. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH 1892-1896
*GEN. WALTER C. NEWBERRY 1892-1912
*HON. LAMBERT TREE 1892-1910
*MR. HENRY J. WILLING 1892-1903
MR. BRYAN LATHROP 1896-1916
MR. GEORGE MANIERRE 1898-1919
MR. MOSES J. WENTWORTH 1901-1916
* Charter Member, April 13, 1892.
OFFICERS, 1921
President
EDWARD L. RYERSON
First Vice-President Second V ice-President
JOHN W. SCOTT HORACE H. MARTIN
Secretary and Financial Agent
JESSE L. Moss
Assistant Secretary and Financial Agent
PHILIP WILLIAMS
Librarian
GEORGE B. UTLEY
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, December 31, 1921
To His Excellency, Len Small,
Governor of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois:
SIR: In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled:
"An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public
libraries in the cities, villages, and towns in this State" (Illinois),
approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organ-
ized, the Trustees of The Newberry Library herewith transmit
their thirtieth annual report, showing the progress and opera-
tions of the Library during the year 1921.
The Annual Report of the Librarian, appended hereto, con-
tains the statistics of the Library for the past year, including
those of general administration, accessions, attendance, etc.,
together with the names of donors and the number of their
respective gifts. It shows that the Library continues to perform
services of a high educational value to the general public and to
provide resources of increasing importance to the scholarly
investigator.
The use of the Library, both in number of readers availing
themselves of its resources and in amount of printed and manu-
script material utilized by them, has notably increased over
that of the preceding year. It is gratifying to report that on
numerous occasions during the year the Library has had the
especial privilege of being of direct aid and service to various
public bodies and officials engaged in important public work.
In addition to the acknowledgments which have been
officially made to those who have made gifts to the Library,
the Trustees desire, in this Report, to express their appreciation
of the thoughtfulness that has been of such benefit to this
institution.
A statement of the assets of The Newberry Library on
December 31, 1921, with the real estate; also the expenditures
for books, pamphlets, maps, and fittings of the Library, from
its foundation to date, will be found as an appendix to this
report. There is also appended a report on the operations of
The John M. Wing Foundation of the Library for the year 1921.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. RYERSON, President
THE LIBRARY STAFF
December 31, ig2i
I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
The Librarian
Gertrude E. Dowle, Secretary to the Librarian
Vera McMiilin
II. PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT
Wm. Stetson Merrill, A.B., Head of Department
Cara D. Durkee Mrs. Edith Ryther
Mae I. Stearns George Langer
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Edward Larson
Mary L. Watson Ralph Moureau
Harry L. Youngren Sidney Pope
LeRoy E. Gray William Puckelwartz
Gertrude Loop, B.A. Lionel Sayers
III. BOOK SELECTION AND ORDERING
Pierce Butler, Ph.D., Head of Department*
Ruth Lapham, M.A.
IV. CATALOGUE DEPARTMENT
Adaline M. Baker, B.L.S., Head of Department
Helen A. Fowler, B.L. Marie Smith
Mrs. Margaret Lawrence, A.B. Lillian Tarnowft
Everett McCullough, A.B. Mabel Tengwald
Nels Marklund Constance Underhill
Bernice Cunningham Alexander Coutts
Mary D. Kimble Helmar Winblad
Mrs. Henrietta Mohlerf
V. EDWARD E. AYER COLLECTION
Clara A. Smith, Custodian
VI. JOHN M. WING FOUNDATION
Pierce Butler, Ph.D., Custodian*
VII. BINDERY
John Schonenberger, Head
VIII. CARE AND PROTECTION OF THE BUILDING
Ingve Soderstrom, Head
* Service divided between the John M. Wing Foundation and Book Selection
and Order Department,
f On leave of absence.
tT Substitute for Mrs. Mohler during latter's leave of absence.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees of The Newberry Library:
GENTLEMEN: Herewith is submitted the thirty-fifth annual
report of the Librarian and the second which it has been my
privilege to make. The statistics given in the text and in the
several appendixes are taken from the official records currently
maintained by the heads of departments and responsible
assistants.
BOOK SELECTION AND ACQUISITION
A total of 19,018 titles have been investigated and passed
upon, an increase of 2,208 over the previous year, and an increase
of 3,862 over 1919. None of these years, however, reaches the
altogether exceptional number of titles, 24,923, which were
passed upon in the year 1918, the work of those twelve months
running far ahead of any previous annual record. The biblio-
graphical and clerical work involved in this investigation, as
has been stated in previous reports, has the following direct
objects: (i) to learn whether or not a given title or edition is
already in the Library; (2) if it is not in the Library, to ascertain
from authoritative bibliographical or other sources whether its
importance is such as to justify its acquisition; (3) if found
desirable for acquisition, to list it accurately under title, author,
date, and place of publication, and to submit it to the Com-
mittee on Books for final consideration before ordering. Of the
total 19,018 titles investigated, 1,788, or 9.4 per cent were
decided upon as suitable for acquisition. The corresponding
percentages for the past five years were:
1917 21. ii per cent
1918 6.8 per cent
1919 6.5 per cent
1920 14. i per cent
1921 9.4 per cent
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During the year ninety booklists were prepared, seventy-
three of which were for the general collections and seventeen
for the John M. Wing Foundation.
The extent of titles ordered (exclusive of the Ayer and Wing
collections) in some of the primary and secondary subjects
which we are endeavoring to develop is as follows :
I. Americana: (i) General, 36 titles; (2) American his-
tory and politics to the close of the Revolutionary War, 72 titles;
(3) Travels, 126 titles; (4) South and slavery, 92 titles; (5)
American local history, 75 titles; (6) Collective biography, 12
titles.
II. European: (i) General history, 192 titles; (2) Great
War, 41 titles; (3) English local history, 109 titles.
III. General: (i) English literature, 344 titles; (2) Celtic
literature, 69 titles; (3) Biography, 126 titles; (4) Music and
the theater, 39 titles; (5) International law, 13 titles; (6) Folk
lore, 68 titles.
A noteworthy gift was made during the past year by the
Friday Club, the Library receiving from that organization a
superb copy of The Essayes of Montaigne, as rendered into
English by John Florio, and printed in London in 1603. The
volume is in old, probably the original, calf binding, has fine
margins and is perfect in every particular. The importance of
this book is well expressed by Professor Saintsbury: "If the
question were asked what translated books have exercised most
influence on the English mind (the authorized version of the
Bible and other religious books being ruled out of the competi-
tion), I do not think that any third could enter, with any chance
of success, for the first prize against North's Plutarch and Florio's
Montaigne" 1 The Library has for some years possessed an
early edition (1610) of the former, and now, through the gen-
erosity of this distinguished group of Chicago women, the
Library becomes the fortunate possessor of the exceedingly rare
and prized first edition of the latter.
'Florio's Montaigne. Vol. i. Introduction, p. ix. (Tudor Translations
Series.)
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Mr. Frederic Ives Carpenter made several donations to the
Library during the year, among which were: a manuscript Latin
poem in praise of Edmund Spenser, by R. H. (probably Richard
Harvey) written in a hand contemporary with the poet; and a
copy of Marcilio Ficino, lamblichus de mysteriis Aegyptiorum,
Venice, Aldus, 1497, which is, in addition to the importance of
the text, one of the finest of the earlier Aldine books.
Among the more notable volumes acquired by purchase are
the following: (i) Rainolds, John, TW Overthrow of Stage-playes,
1599, important for the light it throws upon the stage history of
the Elizabethan period; (2) Heale, William, An Apologie for
Women, 1609, often cited by the commentators on the Shake-
spearean plays; (3) Costalius, Petrus, Pegma, cum narrationibus
philosophicis, 1555, an emblem book of interest to the Shake-
speare student; (4) Thomas, William, The History e of Italye,
1561, a Shakespeare source book for some of his plots, especially
Othello; (5) Camus, Jean Pierre, Admirable Events .... Trans-
lated into English by S. DuVerger, 1639, a source for The Taming
of the Shrew; (6) Jordan, Thomas, London's Glory, 1680, and his
London's Triumphs, 1677; (7) Phiston, William, The Estate of
the Germaine Empire, 1595; (8) Chandler, Thomas Bradbury,
What Think Ye of the Congress Now? New York, 1775, a Tory-
attack on the Continental Congress, the authorship of which
has also been attributed to Myles Cooper.
Among the more notable examples of early printing that
have been added to the Wing Foundation, the following deserve
special mention: (i) Arnold, Richard, Chronicle, in English,
first edition, probably printed in Antwerp, about 1503; (2)
Petrarch, // Canzoniere, Venice, Gabriele and Filippo di Pietro,
1473; (3) Opera Nova Contemplativa, Venice, 1510, an Italian
paraphrase of the Biblia Pauperum, the only Italian block-
book, being a perfect copy of the 120 wood-cuts engraved by
Giovanni Andrea Vavassore; (4) Plato, Opera, translated into
Latin by Marsilio Ficino, Florence, Nicolaus Laurentius, 1483-84,
the first printed edition of Plato's collected works; (5) Isidorus,
Etymologiarum sive Originum Libri XX, Strassburg, Mentelin
is
[1472], containing a woodcut which is reputed to be the first
printed map: (6) Gregorius I, the Great, Homiliae, Paris, press
of Ulrich Gering, 1475; (7) Valla, Lorenzo, De Elegantia Linguae
Latinae, Rome, Pannartz, 1475, one f * ne most beautiful books
acquired during the year.
In 1919, shortly after the establishment of the John M.
Wing Foundation, the Board of Trustees decided that in the
development of the Foundation emphasis should at present be
given to the acquisition of : (a) a representative collection of the
books produced by the pioneers of the art of printing during the
first century of its history, viz., 1450 to 1550; (&) special works
issued by later printers and presses, viz., books especially notable
for their importance as examples of fine printing, or significant
as exemplifying some special feature in the development of
the art.
The increasing rarity and consequent increasing cost of
desirable examples of the art of printing produced during the
first century of its practice have made it seem the part of wisdom
to lay special emphasis on the acquisition of this class of books.
In consequence, since the Foundation became operative in 1919,
113 specimens of the fifteenth-century press have been procured,
of which 83 were added during the year 1921. There have also
been secured 21 worthy specimens of the first half of the sixteenth
century, of which 13 were obtained during the past year. These
purchases in this field, added to the books already in the posses-
sion of the Library, derived either from the Probasco, Ayer,
Bonaparte, or some other collection, bring our total of fifteenth-
century books to the number of 401.
The emphasis given to the acquisition of examples of notable
presses, early or recent, has not, however, precluded the securing
of desirable items whenever possible at reasonable prices relating
to the history of famous presses, or to the lives of noted printers,
or on type designing, specimen books, bibliographies of printing,
and other allied subjects.
A notable gift to the Wing Foundation was a complete set,
handsomely bound in three-quarters morocco, of the Inland
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Printer, 67 volumes, from 1883 to date, presented by Mrs.
Jennie O. Shepard, president of the Henry O. Shepard Company,
publishers of the Inland Printer, in memory of the late Henry O.
Shepard, founder of the company. This set was specially
bound for the private library of Mr. Shepard.
The following are among the principal additions to the
Edward E. Ayer Collection: The First Decade of Peter Martyr,
or Pietro Martire d'Anghiera, as he is more properly named,
printed at Hispali (Seville), by Jacob Corumberger, or Crom-
berger, in 1511. This book is one of the primary sources of
American history, and is the most important printed book
acquired by the Ayer Collection during the year. At Alcala, in
1516, it was republished together with the Second and Third
decades, and the entire eight decades were published at Com-
plutum (Alcala) in 1530. These three early editions and
twenty-six other editions are all in the Ayer Collection.
A few volumes have also been added to our narratives of
Indian captivity including: A Narrative of the Captivity and
Sufferings of Isaac Knight .... edited by H. A. Hunter,
Evansville, 1839; A True Narrative of the Capture of David
Ogden .... by Josiah Priest, Lansingburgh, New York, 1840;
A True Story of . . . . Matthew Calkins, by Josiah Priest,
Lansingburgh, 1841 ; and A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy
Harbison, Pittsburgh, 1829.
The gift of the Memoirs, Occasional Papers, etc., in all 15
volumes, of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu,
Hawaii, must be mentioned as one of exceedingly great value
and interest in regard to the archaeology, ethnology, and natural
history of the Hawaiian Islands.
In accessions other than printed books, there were added
thirty-five volumes of manuscripts and drawings relating to
the Philippine Islands, variously dated from 1680-1891, a very
valuable addition to our collection of manuscripts relating to
the Philippine Islands. Included is a little atlas of drawings
and maps by Joaquin Rayal y Larre, governor of Davao and
Nueva Ecija, 1879-81. These drawings are accompanied by
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some printed texts. In manuscript there are three Tagalog
texts: Obras predicates en Idioma Tagalog por Diego de la
Asumpcion, Manila, 1680; Dominicas Doctrinales en Lengua
Tagalog, Sampaloc, 1701; and a drama called D a Ynes Cuello
de Garza y el Principe Nicanor, by Honorato de Vera, Manila,
c. 1882. Among the other items are: Visita a las Provincias de
Cagaydn, Ilocos, Pangasinan y Pampanga, by J. I. de Arzadun y
Revolledo, Manila, 1743; Descripcidn de la Provincia de Ilocos,
c. 1794; Descripcidn Historica y Politica de las Islas Filipinas
c. 1825.
To our transcripts from the Spanish and Mexican archives,
we have added during the year, 327 documents, consisting of
9,695 pages, making a total number of pages now in the collection
67,512. There has also been added to our Overland journeys,
the original manuscript journal of Holmes D. Van Schaick, who
went from North Manlius, New York, to California in 1852.
We have also received through the kindness of Mr. Ayer three
typewritten copies of Overland diaries, sent to him by the
California State Library.
By a special arrangement effected between the Board of
Trustees and Mr. Edward E. Ayer, the latter transferred to
The Newberry Library, for permanent ownership, his extensive
and valuable collection of European and oriental manuscripts,
including a number of printed books, notable for their illumina-
tion, fine binding, or other features. The collection consists of
44 manuscripts of European workmanship and origin; 41 of
oriental origin, 16 of which are rolls; and 24 printed books; a
total of 109 pieces.
The European manuscripts are chiefly of the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries, the majority on vellum, and nearly all of
them are illuminated. Six are work of the French school of
illumination, seven of the Italian school, and the others are of
Flemish, German, or Spanish origin. Fifteen pieces are minia-
tures from the Hour Books, French workmanship, mostly of the
fifteenth century. Among the oriental manuscripts are : fourteen
Persian, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries; three
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Arabic, seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, and one Tibetan.
The oriental manuscript rolls include three Hebrew manu-
scripts, four Persian, one Arabic, three Sanskrit, one Hindu,
three Japanese, and one Chinese.
In this brief compass it is possible to select for special mention
only a few of outstanding beauty and significance of workman-
ship. Among such, all of which are rich in illuminations, are
the following: (i) Book of Hours, French workmanship on
vellum, with borders showing work of both French and English
illuminators, with genealogical notes, in an old English hand,
of the Gonstone and Mildemay families, 1509 to 1593, in old
Flemish binding; (2) Bible, Latin manuscript on vellum, fine
example of Italian work of the thirteenth century; (3) Petrarch,
Latin manuscript on vellum, fifteenth-century Italian work;
(4) History of the Punic Wars, by Leonardo Bruni d'Arezzo,
Italian manuscript on vellum; (5) Book of Hours, Italian work
on vellum, sixteenth century, small manuscript, with carefully
executed work, the borders containing 450 tiny birds in color;
(6) Breviary, Latin manuscript on vellum, German work of the
early fifteenth century; (7) Persian manuscript of the fifteenth
century on native paper, The Divan, or Minor Poems, by Amir
Khussan, oriental binding, flowered lacquer; (8) Persian manu-
script, seventeenth century, collection of various writings from
masters of Persian calligraphy; (9) Turkish manuscript, late
sixteenth century, Jami (Persian poet), Yusuf wa Zalikha,
translated into Turkish verse by Hamdi; (10) Arabic manu-
script of seventeenth century, Guides to the Righteous.
PUBLIC SERVICE
The total number of readers during 1921 was 53,673, an
average of 4,472 a month, an increase of 13,838, or 34 per cent
over 1920, which year in turn exceeded 1919 by 4,581. Novem-
ber, as last year, was the heaviest month, with 5,251 readers,
and July the lightest, with 2,915. The number of volumes
placed in the hands of readers was 174,731, an increase of
31,218 over 1920, which in turn exceeded 1919 by 31,306. The
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recorded number ranged from 10,947 called for in July up to
17,770 used in March. The number of volumes on the open
shelves is now 12,352. No accurate count of the number of
these books consulted is practicable, as readers are constantly
withdrawing and replacing these books without bringing them
to the delivery desk. Additions to this open-shelf collection
in the main reading-room have been freely made from the
current accessions of the year. The collection as it stands is
an up-to-date working library, mostly of books in the English
language, covering the literature of most frequent service for
current reference. Books which are expensive or rare or other-
wise difficult of replacement are not included.
Early in the year sets of certain serials indexed in the Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature and in the International Index to
Periodicals were removed from remote locations in the building
to shelves in rooms adjacent to the main reading-room. This
move has eliminated many steps and much loss of time to
readers. All general serials in foreign languages from the year
1911 to date are equally accessible. As practically no foreign
periodicals of general scope have been indexed earlier than 1911,
the indexed volumes of serials are now all shelved in close
proximity to the reading-room.
The Department of Genealogy and Local History has
maintained its accustomed popularity, 21 per cent of the total
number of readers being recorded there.
The service rendered by the Ayer Collection, although it
remains quantitatively small, continues to be of a high order,
and keenly appreciated by specialists who avail themselves of
it. One or two examples may be cited as illustrative of its
nature as applied to scholars at a distance unable to visit it in
person. Typewritten copies of 147 pages from the John Howard
Payne manuscripts relating to the Cherokee Indians were made
for a gentleman in Tennessee; a photostatic copy was made of
the original manuscript diary of Father Junipero Serra of his
journey from San Loreto to San Diego in 1769; and a photo-
static copy has been made of a practically unknown printed
edition of Libro XX of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes.
This copy, so far as we have been able to ascertain, corresponds
with no other printed edition. In addition to the usual requests
for information of various kinds in regard to the Indians, their
languages, customs, religions, and ceremonies, the following
subjects are among those which have been investigated: early
cartography; United States filibustering in Mexico during the
Mexican revolution (in which the transcripts from the Archives
of the Indies were very helpful); pioneer travel from the
Alleghany Mountains to the Mississippi; and overland journeys
and western narratives.
Although not yet installed in its permanent quarters, con-
siderable use has been made during the year of the material
contained hi the Wing Foundation, the greater part of its readers
being either typographers or professional artists. One local
manufactory has already cut matrices for type-casting based on
designs found in old books recently acquired by the Foundation.
The editor of the trade journal of another firm, through use of
the historical section of the collection, has gathered material for
a series of short papers on the great typographers of the past.
In general, the interest displayed by these readers and the use
they made of the collection are ample evidence of the high place
the Wing Foundation will take, as a section of the Library,
when it is installed in more suitable quarters.
The books in the Chinese language have been of considerable
service to a small but highly scholarly group of Chinese students
at the University of Chicago, and it seems likely that this service
will steadily increase.
The principal clientele of the Library continues to be
advanced students and teaching staffs of the local universities,
high-school and grade teachers, and the professional and business
man or woman who is pursuing some branch of the humanities
as an avocation.
Mail and telephone inquiries. Complete statistics are not
kept of information given inquirers over the telephone, nor of
the letters written in response to requests for literary and
historical data from persons living at a distance, or unable to
visit the Library, but we have current record of over 1,800
telephone inquiries satisfactorily answered, and of 373 written
communications sent out from the Librarian's office containing
carefully compiled data supplied by reference assistants. Both
these forms of service form a part of the daily routine and should
receive due consideration in estimating the usefulness of the
Library to the community.
Inter-library loans. We received twenty-eight applications
asking for the loan of forty-four volumes. Some of these
requests were for books which the Library did not possess, and
our general and special obligations toward scholars in Chicago
obliged us to decline a number of other requests. Extenuating
circumstances, however, seemed to warrant exceptional con-
sideration in a number of requests, and the Library loaned for
a limited period, usually two weeks, thirty-seven books to
thirteen other institutions. The Library borrowed one volume
from the University of Chicago.
Exhibitions. There have been two exhibits during the year.
i. The exhibit of books, maps, prints, and manuscripts
relating to the Pilgrims and their life in England, Holland, and
America, in connection with the Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebra-
tion, opened in the fall of 1920, and mentioned in last year's
report, proved of such interest that it was carried over and
extended into the summer of 1921. A committee of the Drama
League offered prizes to the grade and high schools of the city
submitting the best essays on certain selected subjects relating
to the Pilgrims, and your Librarian served as chairman of a sub-
committee of the League to select these essay subjects and to
prepare a bibliography of books and periodical articles service-
able in the preparation of the essays. In consequence many
high-school and a few grade-school pupils used the books
especially placed for their service and a still larger number of
them came to see the exhibit. As the time for submitting the
essays was extended to the first week of June, the period of
this exhibit was correspondingly extended.
2. Beginning on the first of September and lasting until the
end of the year the Library has held an exhibit of books, manu-
scripts, prints, and other material relating to Dante, his life,
works, and time, this in connection with the various com-
memorations occasioned by the six hundredth anniversary of
the poet's death. The exhibition was visited by men and women
from all walks of life; teachers and professors from our local
educational institutions, humble toilers from the Italian colony
who came to pay homage to their great national genius; a few
Dante scholars from out of town who came expressly to see the
exhibit, and a number of classes from the various schools, all
these in addition to the rank and file, who day after day,
came and saw with varying degrees of appreciation what
was there set forth. A leaflet was printed listing about one
hundred of the Library's books on Dante and the Italy of
his time, and distributed free to those visitors who cared
for it.
Publications. The following publications descriptive of the
Library and certain classes of its publications were prepared and
issued:
1. Report of the Trustees of The Newberry Library for the
year 1920. 43 pages. Printed from type. 500 copies.
2. Staff Directory, revised to February 15, 1921. 8 pages.
Multigraphed. 75 copies.
3. List of Serials Currently Received by The Newberry
Library. Bulletin Number 9. 93 pages. Multigraphed. 100
copies.
4. Selected List of Books Acquired since January, 1920, by
The Newberry Library. Bulletin Number 10. 20 pages.
Multigraphed. 200 copies.
5. Proposed Photographic Reproductions of Rare Books and
Manuscripts. 30 pages. Multigraphed. 150 copies.
6. Dante: His Life, His Time, and His Influence. A Select
List of Books Prepared in Connection with an Exhibit in Com-
memoration of the Six Hundredth Anniversary of the Poet's
Death. 12 pages. Printed. 1,000 copies.
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Of these and former publications of the Library a total of
1,978 copies were distributed to persons and institutions known
to be directly interested in the subject matter.
TECHNICAL WORK AND PROCESSES
During 1921 a total of 6,978 books, pamphlets, leaflets,
manuscripts, etc., were added to the permanent collections.
The total number of volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., in
all departments of the Library on December 15, 1921, amounted
to 400,205, a net gain during the year of 4,851. Of the number
added in 1921, 3,732 pieces were acquired through purchase
(including 631 for the Ayer Collection and 220 for the Wing
Foundation) ; 109 were acquired from Mr. Edward E. Ayer, by
special arrangement with the Board of Trustees, as hereinbefore
reported; and 1,380 were selected gifts.
As the Librarian has pointed out in numerous previous
reports, the quantitative output of the divisions of the service
engaged in this work, that is, the actual number of books, etc.,
annually shelved, after all necessary recording and marking of
them has been done, is conditioned absolutely by the extent to
which any of the folio whig elements are operative: (i) Unusual
difficulty in determining exact identification of the author,
correct bibliographical description of a particular edition, or
the most appropriate classification of a book. These difficulties
are an almost constant factor in the cataloguing of books prior
to 1800. (2) The extent to which certain "collective" works
require "analytical entries" in author and subject catalogues
in order to avoid possible duplication of purchases as well as
to reveal the resources of the Library more completely. (3) The
percentage of books in foreign languages. (4) The extent to
which the work of the division is interrupted or halted by
reason of illness, leave of absence, vacations, substitute service
in other departments, or resignations. (5) The time expended
in instructing untrained assistants.
Notwithstanding the fact that nearly a thousand more books
were received this year than last, that there have been vacancies
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in the staff the greater part of the time, and that there has been
a considerable absence 'on account of illness, the current work of
accessioning, classifying and cataloguing is nearly up to date.
The Catalogue Department reports show that 2,891 new titles
have been catalogued in complete form, as against 2,145 m 1920.
Card copy for 1,193 titles was prepared for printing on the
multigraph, this work involving the actual multigraphing of
29,184 cards and guides. These titles represent works for which
the printed cards of the Library of Congress were not procurable.
"Call-numbers" and accession numbers were multigraphed on
11,429 Library of Congress cards.
Since March the order slips for all books received have been
filed in the Official Catalogue, remaining there until replaced by
the permanent catalogue cards. This procedure gives to those
consulting the Official Catalogue earlier information than they
would otherwise have of recent accessions, and also helps the
Order Department to prevent duplication of orders.
In reporting a year ago on the amount of recataloguing
accomplished in 1920 we presented a table showing that 31,255
volumes remained unrepresented in the Public Author Catalogue
on December 15, 1920. This included approximately 18,000
volumes, which had been partially recatalogued, but the cards
for which were not yet available to readers using the public
catalogue. With the limited amount of time that could be
given to recataloguing only one person devoting full time to
it the rate of speed at which the previously uncatalogued books
were being represented in the public catalogue was exceedingly
unsatisfactory, for until such representation is made, the chance
is remote that a reader will learn of a book's availability. To
hasten representation, therefore, we instituted, early in 1921, a
"Temporary Card" so called in small type at the top of the
card, buff in color to differentiate it from the permanent cards,
and on these temporary cards the recataloguing has since pro-
ceeded. Short title entries have been used and the cards have
not been subjected to the careful revision given to those which
are permanently added to the Catalogue. During the year
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temporary cards for the entire 18,000 volumes above referred
to have been made and filed in the Public Author Catalogue,
and we are proceeding to treat the other uncatalogued material
in the same way. In addition, 1,413 volumes were fully recata-
logued in 1921. Consequently when the remaining (approxi-
mately) 11,842 volumes are at least temporarily catalogued, all
the books in the Library will be represented either in the Public
Author Catalogue or in the special catalogues like the card
catalogue of the Ayer Collection, the printed catalogue of the
Bonaparte Collection, or the official catalogues covering the
United States government publications. The following table
sets forth the present status of the work :
Volumes
Not represented by cards in the Public Author Cata-
logue, December 15, 1920 31 ,255
Recatalogued in full in 1921 i ,413
Recatalogued on Temporary Cards during
1921 (approximately) i&,ooo 19,413
Not represented by cards, either permanent or tem-
porary, in the Public Author Catalogue on
December 15, 1921 11,842
We would, by no means, say that the books represented on
these temporary cards are adequately catalogued; they are,
however, represented in the public catalogue and thus made
available to readers and when the remaining eleven thousand
are also similarly treated we may feel that no part of the Library
remains unavailable through lack of catalogue representation.
The work then of substituting full title entries and thoroughly
revised cards for the temporary ones can proceed under less
stress and as the requirements of other duties dictate.
The Public Author Catalogue now contains 257,231 cards,
representing 165,531 titles, 251,950 volumes, and 36,654
analytics. These are the permanent cards; it contains in
addition 9,950 temporary cards, which have been discussed
above.
TRANSFER OF THE CLARKE COLLECTION
Through a special arrangement with the Board of Trustees
elsewhere referred to, a collection of 1,359 titles, covering 2,119
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volumes, relating to angling and other sports, known as the
Clarke Collection, from the fact that it was originally made by
Mr. Robert Clarke, of Cincinnati, and purchased by the Library
in 1892, was transferred by the Board of Trustees to Mr. Edward
E. Ayer, who has presented it to the Field Museum of Natural
History, of this city.
PHYSICAL CHANGES
There has been a minimum of changes during the year.
Owing to the continued high cost of building material and the
difficult situation in the labor market building alterations under
contemplation have reluctantly been held in abeyance. A
strip of wood stack, 45 feet long and 7 feet high, installed in the
basement newspaper room, has enabled us to expand our news-
paper files and rearrange the entire room so as to give adequate
provision for growth for several years to come. The whole
collection of bound newspapers, comprising about 4,900 volumes,
was shifted, and the newspapers were carefully arranged in
order of call-number so far as size permitted. Shelves have
been plainly labeled to make it yet more convenient to find
desired volumes quickly. The newspapers taken only during
the period of the world-war have been classed with source
material on the war. The lighting of the Catalogue Room has
been improved, and several sealed windows on the hallway on
the second floor and on the stairways have been opened and
screened, thus giving better ventilation in the main reading-
room.
THE BINDERY
The operations associated with binding and repairing of
the books, as has been pointed out in previous annual reports,
fall into two distinct groups. One comprises the details con-
nected with the designation of the nature and kind of binding
to be put on the books received unbound, the assembling of
the requisite parts and numbers of periodical publications, the
withdrawal of worn or broken volumes from the shelves for
necessary repairs, etc., the delivery to and receipt of this material
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from the Bindery, and the keeping of systematic records of
these facts. These operations are performed by members of
the Library staff.
The Bindery proper deals exclusively with the second
group of operations, i.e., those having to do with the technical
treatment of a book by the binders from the time of its receipt
in an unbound condition until its return, newly bound or repaired,
to the Library assistants. In the Bindery it is collated, assembled
by signatures, sewn, bound in cloth, leather, pigskin, or board
cover, gilded, stamped, labeled, etc. All of this, of course, is done
by skilled artisans under the direction of an experienced chief.
During the year 3,410 books and pamphlets were newly
bound; 686 repaired and relettered; 598 maps were mounted on
muslin; 87 book or document boxes were made; and 7 slip
covers were made for the protection of especially fine bindings.
The aggregate amount of work performed for the Library by
the Bindery is about 12 per cent greater than that done in 1920.
As in former years, the Bindery has also performed many other
services whose direct results contribute to keeping our books in
good present condition and to their length of life. Under these
miscellaneous services fall such activities as the making of
periodical binders and holders, the covering of publications
printed on the multigraph, the repair of the genealogical indexes
and shelf-lists, the making of dummies from strips of card-
board, the cutting up of Library of Congress proof-sheets, etc.
The Bindery, as in past years, has supplied the Library with a
large variety of devices and apparatus which add greatly to
ease, economy, and convenience of service.
Under the direction of the Head of the Bindery, 29,184
catalogue cards and guides were printed on Jthe multigraph,
525 copies of Library publications printed on the multigraph
and bound, and nearly 75,000 official forms, blanks, and applica-
tion slips printed.
THE LIBRARY STAFF
The number of authorized positions in the classified staff,
i.e., positions for which appropriations are annually made, was
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thirty-four. Of the persons holding these posts eight have been
in the service of the Library more than ten consecutive years,
and the services of five of them cover each a period of more than
twenty years.
Nine members of the staff resigned during the year. All of
them were assistants who had been in the service of the Library
less than two years, except Mr. C. J. H. Martin, who resigned
after a service dating from 1896. Other resignations included
those of Miss Ethel Bachelle, Miss Florence Hayes, and Miss
Louisa Lippincott, from the Catalogue Department. This
number of resignations does not include those of pages, of whom,
as in past years, a more or less continuous procession is passing
through the Library. The change in the labor market has
made a marked difference in our ability to procure this class of
assistance, and for several months past the Library has employed
two pages on full day schedule.
Miss Adaline M. Baker, who has been a member of the staff
since 1916, was appointed Head of the Catalogue Department
in April. She had served as acting head since the resignation
of Mr. Blanchard at the end of the year 1920.
Additions to the staff include Miss Everett McCullough,
Mrs. Margaret Lawrence, Miss Constance Underhill, Mrs.
Henrietta Mohler, Miss Mabel Tengwald, and Miss Marie
Smith, all to the Catalogue Department, and Miss Vera McMillin
to the Librarian's Office. With the exception of pages and
evening assistants no changes have occurred in the Public
Service Department.
For the past three months the staff has been complete for
the first time during the year except for the leave of absence
granted to Mrs. Mohler, her place being temporarily filled by
Miss Lillian Tarnow, for a number of years a member of the
staff in the Catalogue Department.
The statement made in last year's report can be repeated
here with equal truth and force, that it has been extremely
difficult to keep the Catalogue Department satisfactorily
recruited. We are glad, however, to be able to modify somewhat
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the statement so undeniably true a year ago that it was
practically impossible to obtain assistants with the desired
degree of training and experience. This situation is still a
serious one, but not so acute as a year ago. Two of our recent
staff additions are certificate holders of accredited library
schools and two others have had some previous library experience,
which has been of service to them in their work in this Library.
The most serious and detrimental feature of frequent changes
is the amount of time required of our experienced and trained
staff members in coaching the new assistants. A considerable
amount of this instruction is obviously required even by those
who come to us with library-school training and some degree of
experience in other cognate institutions, but the time which
of necessity must be given to those who come without adequate
training and experience slows up the machinery and lessens the
output of an entire department.
Notwithstanding these handicaps, added to which has been
a degree of staff illness greater than during the preceding year,
the work has gone steadily forward, and, particularly, the
service to the public has not, it is believed, suffered. The
outlook at the close of the year for effective service is brighter
than it has been for some time.
The Library was represented by the Librarian at the annual
conference of the American Library Association, held at Swamp-
scott, Massachusetts, the last week in June, and at the annual
meeting of the Illinois Library Association, held in October at
the University of Illinois. Mr. Merrill also attended the
Swampscott conference, and Miss Lapham attended the meet-
ing of the American Historical Association at St. Louis in
December.
This report would be emphatically incomplete if I failed to
express my sincere appreciation of the continued good will and
generous support, which have been vouchsafed me in such large
measure by every member of the Board of Trustees. These
evidences have continued to make the work of your Librarian
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not only possible, but have given him very real satisfaction and
gratification in the performance of it.
I wish also to record my warm appreciation of the loyal and
faithful support and of the conscientious and intelligent service
given by the staff of the Library. The Board of Trustees is
thoroughly aware of their loyalty and faithfulness to this institu-
tion, and it only remains for me to commend them again to
your care and consideration.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
GEORGE B, UTLEY, Librarian
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL LIBRARY OPERATIONS
1921
I. NUMBER OF READERS
1. Principal Reference Division 36 , 571
2. History and Genealogy Division n ,350
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 396
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 5 ,029
5. Wing Foundation 327
Total readers 53,673
II. RECORDED USE OF BOOKS
1. Principal Reference Division 85,314
2. History and Genealogy Division 76,070
3. E. E. Ayer Americana and North American Indian Collection 1,694
4. Exhibition Room (Manuscripts, Incunabula, Book Plates, etc.) 9,122
5. Wing Foundation 2 , 531
Total volumes 174, 731
III. BOOK SELECTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
1. Titles investigated 19,018
2. Titles selected i , 788
3. Volumes represented by titles selected 2 , 548
4. Official lists of selected titles typed and submitted to the Com-
mittee on Books 90
5. Order cards typed or written 2 , 730
6. Bibliographical questions investigated, and answered for other
divisions of the Library service, for other Libraries, and for
readers 649
IV. CLASSIFICATION
1. Purchases 3 , 732
2. Acquired from Mr. Ayer special arrangement 109
3. Gifts 1,110
4. United States documents 906
5. Gifts and gift continuations, for current use only 233
Total volumes and pamphlets classed 6,090
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V. CATALOGUING (CURRENT ACCESSIONS)
1. New titles 2 ,891
2. Volumes represented by foregoing titles 3 , 234
3. Analytics 418
4. New volumes of continuations i ,902
5. New cards prepared:
a) For the Public Author Catalogue 6, 186
b) For the Classed Subject Catalogue 8, 289
c) For the Official Author Catalogue 6,695
d) For the Official Name List 2 ,304
Total new cards prepared and revised 23 ,474
VI. RECATALOGUING (NEW PUBLIC AUTHOR CATALOGUE)
1. Titles
2. Volumes
3. Analytics
4. Number of cards prepared
5. Name List Cards
6. Temporary cards
VII. PRESENT CONTENTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC
AUTHOR CATALOGUE
1. Titles 165,531
2. Volumes 251,950
3. Analytics 36,654
4. Cross-references 31 ,626
5. Number of cards 257 , 231
6. Temporary cards 9,95
VIII. STATISTICS OF CARDS FILED IN THE LIBRARY
CATALOGUES AND INDEXES
1. Public Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 8,045
b) Cards removed for improvements and additions and refiled 2,496
Total cards in this Catalogue 257 , 231
2. Classed Subject Catalogue:
a) New cards added 8 , 874
b) Extra subject cards filed for departmental use i ,342
c) Tabbed subject-heading guides added 1 1
d) Tabbed subject-heading guides deducted 728
Total cards in this Catalogue 14,829
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3. Alphabetical Index to Classed Subject Catalogue:
o) New cards added i , 342
b) Blue guides filed 2,121
Total cards in this Catalogue 2 ,678
4. Official Author Catalogue:
a) New cards added 7,494
b) New cards substituted for old 921
c) Cards removed for improvements and additions and refiled 2 , 854
Total cards in this Catalogue 281 , 713
5. Official Name List:
a) New cards added 2 , 696
b) Cards removed for improvements and additions and refiled 566
Total cards in this Catalogue 106,033
6. Library of Congress "Proof-Sheet" Catalogue:
0) New entries filed 32 ,41 1
Total cards in this Catalogue 547 , 893
DC PREPARATION OF BOOKS FOR BINDING, REPAIRS, ETC.
1. Volumes prepared, recorded, and delivered to Bindery:
a) New acquisitions i ,839
b) Volumes removed from shelves for repair, etc 757
2. Volumes returned from the Bindery, newly bound, rebound,
repaired, etc 2 , 601
X. BINDERY
1. Binding:
a) Volumes bound in half-morocco 154
b) Volumes bound in cloth 2 , 757
c) Volumes bound in pigskin (newspapers) 192
d) Pamphlets bound in "Newberry binding" 307
Total newly bound volumes 3 ,410
e) Volumes repaired and relettered 686
/) Volumes on which "call-number" was gilded 2,565
g) Volumes on which the name of the Library was gilded ... 3, 325
K) Maps mounted on cloth 598
1) Illustrations, plates, charts, etc., "guarded" 6,816
j) Bookplates pasted in new and rebound books 4>33
2. Multigraph printing:
a) Catalogue cards and guides multigraphed 29, 184
6) Library publications printed: number of copies 525
c) Library forms, blanks, application slips, etc., multigraphed 74> 2
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3. Supplies:
a) Blank catalogue cards cut from stock and punched 15,000
b) Memorandum slips cut from stock and punched 18,000
XI. INCREASE IN THE LIBRARY
1. Purchases 3>732
Acquired from Mr. Ayer special arrangement 109
2. Gifts:
a) Entered in the Accession Record i , 1 10
b) Classed without accessioning 23
c) British India public documents 247
d) United States public documents 906
3. Ayer Collection 631
4. Wing Foundation 220
Total pieces 6,978
XII. CONTENTS OF THE LIBRARY
1. Entered in the Accession Record 322,322
2. Classed without accessioning 206
3. British India public documents i ,814
4. United States public documents 8,845
5. East Asiatic Collection 21 ,654
6. Ayer Collection 40, 760
7. Wing Bequest 3 , 793
8. Wing Foundation 81 1
Total volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc 400, 205
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XIII. STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1921
(By SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
CONTENTS OF THE CLASSIFIED SECTIONS
Vols. and
Pamphlets
December 31,
1920
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Transfers
Vols. and
Pamphlets
Added 1921
Vols. and
Pamphlets
December 31,
IO2I
General Reference
2,400
O
30
2,430
Periodicals
17,144
+ 8
212
17.364
Newspapers
4,?30
o
162
4.7OI
Academies
2,201;
o
26
2,321
Philosophy
4.O<?2
63
4. 113
Religion
16,701
8
140
16,842
Church History
xo.&zc
i
148
IO,Q62
Biography
12,400
o
315
12,805
Genealogy
6,807
I
140
6,046
History
38,060
+ 2
1,071
40,033
Geography and Travel
1O,OIQ
46
203
10,176
Economics
21,3*4
2
367
2I,7l8
Sociology
4,6<C2
o
QO
4.742
Education
II ,O2s
+ I
114
11,140
Civil Government
13,7^
I
226
13,978
Law and Legislation
l6,472
o
170
16,642
Science and Technology
I7,I<7
1,085
112
16,184
(inc. old N)*
Military and Naval Arts
2,260
o
SO
3,310
Sports
1,8^2
807
84
I.OIQ
Theater
617
o
2C
642
Music
I2,OOQ
o
">4
I3,O"53
Thomas Collection
566
o
O
566
Fine Arts
10,4x1;
o
167
IO,622
Language
0,700
o
212
IO,OII
Literature
^1,081
47
SOI
32,435
Literary Biography
2,4/16
o
71
2,517
Bibliography
17, one
3
340
18,300
Totals
302.603
2 . 1 24
e,m
30'C.SOO
* Nine volumes of old N were reclassed.
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY, 1921
(By SUBJECTS AND CLASSES)
Vols. Paras.
Dec. 31, IQ2I
1. Classified sections (carried) 305 , 590
2. Incunabula in General Library (including 2 omitted from
the multigraphed list) 248
3. E. E. Ayer Collection (including 18 incunabula) 40,760
4. Bonaparte Library (including 14 incunabula, one of which
was omitted from the multigraphed list) 18, 212
5. East Asiatic Collection 21 ,654
6. John M. Wing Foundation (including 116 incunabula) 811
7. John M. Wing Bequest (including 4 incunabula) 3 , 793
8. United States documents:
Government classification 6, 239
9. Unclassified lots (estimated) :
a) Bibliographical Museum i , 156
b) Bonaparte supplement 702
c) Pamphlet material (accessioned) i ,014
tf) Reserved duplicates 26
Total 400, 205
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XIV. APPENDIX
NAMES OF DONORS, 1921
Vols. Pms.
Albright, Miss E. M., Chicago 5
Alden, J. B., Neshanic, N.J i
American Type Founders, Chicago 2
Anderson, Mrs. A. F., Seward, Neb i
Anonymous 4 2
Armstrong, A. J., Waco, Tex i
Ayer, Edward E., Chicago, 1 1 manuscripts, 4 typescripts, 2 maps 115 19
Baran, J. N., Chicago 2 3
Barge, W. D., Chicago i
Barker, Mrs. F. W., Chicago i
Bartlett, F. E., Chicago i
Bartlett, H. E., Chicago : i
Baskerville, P. H., Richmond, Va i
Bay, J. C., Chicago i photograph
Benedict, Mrs. Stone, Basle, Switzerland i
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 15
Bernstein, Herman, New York City i
Bidwetl, F. D., Albany, N.Y i
Blatchford, Mrs. E. W., Chicago i
Blatchford, Paul, Chicago 2 photographs
i map, 3 packages pamphlets, 6 pieces silver (Newberry) 55 i
Blish, J. K., Kewanee, /// (Bequest) 417
Bloomfield, Leonard, Urbana, /// i
Bramhall, John T., Chicago i
Brewster, W. F., Chicago i photostat, 2 photographs
Callaway, Rev. T, W., Chattanooga, Tenn i
Capper, Hon. A., Washington, D.C i
Carlton, W. N. C., Paris, France i
Carnovale, Luigi, Chicago i
Carpenter, F. I., Chicago i manuscript n 10
Carter, J. R., Boston, Mass i
Chapman, W. H., Los Angeles, Col i
Clarke, Mrs. C. M., Chicago 15
Coleman, C. B., Meadville, Pa i
Cotter, Arundel, Garden City, N.Y i
Cox, Mrs. A. G., Chicago i
Davis, F. M., Chicago i
De Boer, L. P., Denver, Colo i
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Vols. Pams.
De la Camp, Otto A., Chicago i
Dellenbaugh, F. S., New York City i
Dent, T., Chicago 2
Depew, Hon. C. M., New York City i
De Quarante, Vanni, Los Angeles, Col i
Dodge, O. E., TaUman, Mich i
Doran, J. L, Philadelphia, Pa i
Dorland, Dr. W. A. N., Chicago 2 2
Eaton, Dr. A. W., Boston, Mass 4
Emmerson, L. L., Springfield, III i
Engelhardt, Father Zephyrin, Santa Barbara, Col i i
Felt, D. E., Chicago i
Fisk, Miss B. M., Chicago 12
Flint, F. P., Los Angeles, Col i
Frear, Hon. J. A., Washington, D.C i
Friday Club, Chicago i
Gale, Mrs. M. M., Glendale, Col.,
collection of picture cards, i photograph 3
Gardner, D. H., Chicago i
Gates, Mrs. S. Y., Salt Lake City, Utah i i
Gollancz, Sir Israel, London, England i
Gormley, J. F., Chicago i
Hager, Dr. D. S., Chicago. 2
Halsted, S. H., Pasadena, Col i
Harding, G. F., Chicago i
Harrison, E. E., Chicago i blue print chart
Heath, H. F., Chicago i manuscript i
Hertmanowicz, J. J., Chicago i
Hessel, J. F., Champaign, III i
Holmes, T. J., Chicago i
Humphreys, H. P., Chicago i
Hunt, Miss Mary, Oskaloosa, Iowa i
Janet, Charles, Voisinlieu, France i
Jenkins, M. R., Chicago i
Joyce, Miss C. L., Chicago i
Kahn, O. H., New York City i
Kaiser, J. B., Tacoma, Wash i
Kanzaki, Kiichi, San Francisco, Col i
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Vob. Pams.
King, E. J., Washington, D.C i
Kirby, G. T., New York City i
Le Breton, T. A., Washington, D.C 2
Leffingwell, Rev. C. W., Pasadena, Col i
Lister, J. T., Wooster, Ohio i
Lunt, Miss Cornelia, Evanston, III 52
Lynch, Miss Abbie, Pittsburgh, Pa i
Lytle, Leonard, Detroit, Mich i
McCartney, R. H., Chicago 4
Meredith, F. C., Stoneham, Mass i
Merrill, W. S., Chicago i
Merritt, A. N., New York City , i
Miller, J. N., Wichita, Kans i
Millis, John, Chicago i
Miner, F. E., Chicago i
Mitchell, J. A., Boston, Mass i
Morehead, J. M., New York City i
Morrell, Charles, Chicago i
Morris, J. L., Minneapolis, M inn 10 newspapers
Morris, Mrs. Wistar, Overbrook, Pa i
Morton, Dr. D., St. Joseph, Mo 2
Moss, J. L., Chicago 7
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York
City 10 19
Newton, C. A., Naperville, /// 2
Northup, C. S., Ithaca, N.Y i
Palmer, Hon. Honore, Chicago i
Panin, Ivan, Toronto, Canada i
Paryski, M. P., Pittsburgh, Pa i
Patterson, Norman, Chicago i 3
Peredo, Senor Francisco, Chicago i
Pischel, Miss Emma, Chicago 2 2
Pittsford, B. C., Chicago i
Powell, Miss I. F., Chicago 2 i
Purmort, Mrs. H. C., Chicago i
Reinberg, Peter, Chicago 2
Reynolds, A., Altoona, /// i
Robins, Mrs. W. N., Chicago i
Roosbroeck, G. L. van, Minneapolis, Minn i
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Vols. Pams.
Rothschild, W. S., New York City i
Ruggles, H. S., Wakefield, Mass 2
Sanborn, H. N., Bridgeport, Conn 2
Sanborn, Mrs. V. C., Chicago 8
Sapir, Edward, Ottawa, Canada 8
Sauer, E. H., Los Angeles, Col i
Schaffner, Miss M. A., Chicago 3 4
Schiff, M. L., New York City i
Schonenberger, John, Chicago i
Schoff, W. H., Philadelphia, Pa 2
Schroeder, Theodore, New York City 8
Scovel, Mrs. J. C., Chicago 2
Sharpe, W. C., Seymour, Conn i
Shepard, Mrs. Jennie O., Chicago 67
Sill, W. E., Albany, N.Y i
Sims, Mrs. W. I., Savannah, Ga i
Smith, Miss C. A., Chicago i
Smith, Hon. H., Washington, D.C i
Spargo, John, Old Bennington, Vt i
Sprunt, James, Wilmington, N.C i
Steinbrecher, J., Chicago i
Storey, W. B., Chicago i
Taylor, G. A., Boston, Mass i
Taylor, Mrs. Harriet, Chicago 4
Tengwald, Rev. V. J., Kewanee, III i
Thompson, S., Chicago i
Thompson, Slason, Chicago i
Toomey, T. N., St. Louis, Mo i
Utley, G. B., Chicago i 4
Vail, estate of Theodore N., New York City i
Van Dyne, Dr. A. L., Chicago i
Warren, W. P., Chicago i
Warvelle, G. W., Chicago i
Weaver, G. H., Chicago i
Weber, Dr. F. C., Chicago i
Wentworth, Mrs. M. J., Chicago 3
White, J. B., Kansas City, Mo i
Whittaker, T., New York City i
Wick, B. L., Cedar Rapids, Iowa i
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Vols. Pams.
Wightman, Mrs. I. M., Boston, Mass i
Wilcox, Rev. G. B., Chicago 3 12
WUder, F. J., Boston, Mass i
Academies, colleges, museums, universities, and other educa-
tional institutions 71 66
American and foreign libraries 102 183
Charitable, religious, and other social organizations,
i subscription 60 37
Commercial, financial, and political organizations 26 23
Finns, publishing companies, etc i subscription 16 13
Foreign governments 294 8
Genealogical, historical, and other patriotic organizations 29 21
Railway corporations i map 4 31
United States government 5 IO
United States, municipal governments 10 4
United States, state governments 44 3*
STATEMENT OF ASSETS, NOT INCLUDING THE
JOHN M. WING FOUNDATION,
DECEMBER 31, 1921
Bank stock $ 28,000.00
Bonds 630, 241 . 93
Loans secured by real estate 131 , 705 . 33
Contracts for sale of real estate 21,845.94
Balance to credit at the bank 50,579.02
The expenditure for books, periodicals, and fittings of the
Library from its foundation to date amount to 915 ,491 . 43
REAL ESTATE
40 Lots in Newberry's Addition to Chicago.
22 Lots in Kinzie's Addition.
Undivided property on Lake Shore, Kinzie's Addition.
13 Lots in BushnelTs Addition.
2 Lots in State Bank Addition.
2 Lots in Library Addition.
3 Lots in Canal Trustees' Subdivision of Sees. 3, 39, 14.
7 Lots in George Smith's Addition to Chicago, Sees. 22, 23, 14.
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REPORT OF THE JOHN M. WING FOUNDATION FOR
THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1921
Cash on hand, January i, 1921 $ 996. 59
Receipts of income for the year amounted to 1 1 , 338 . 81
$ 12,335.40
Expenditures:
Books $ 8,984.84
Salary of Custodian (part salary) i ,400. oo
10,384.84
Cash on hand December 31, 1921 $ 1,950. 56
This fund now amounts at par value to:
Bonds and Stock $240,776.25
Cash 4-87
$240,781.12
Statistics, December 31, 1921
Number of volumes received John M. Wing Bequest 3,793
Collection acquired on History of Printing, Incunabula, etc 811
Total number of volumes 4>6o4
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Report
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The Trustees
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The Newberry Library
1921
CHICAGO
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA
