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D eN 0™ “ die ™ s ^ p o i n t e d a 1,1 »as orna,,,, , flve J®“ 8 from M ay 1, 1900 The T®coln as í rf sy “ ed “ • % WOO, by the election of M ,k°L Mk.
D e Í , “ C D r - »eNormandie as Vice P rest Po^ ° n . ean D eery was elected Clerk of the Cor-llle historv of fin r •,
the6 f y C° nStant growth ? ' ! ^ the paSt year is as usual
m L V6ry of books of theXpanSÍ0U’ of its a n c le s foreeven\C' 1PtS * * * °f th’e¡r me . en agencies, an US i t “ 1* " ° f ltS b° ° ks and now maintains einhtv- h '' L ° ° 31, r‘i m
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' mp0I'timfc expansion o f1
3> estimates o f the T ° r SU° ' exPansion in c lu d e d in the: : r e£ s- . i e ior the ^
2 Cit y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
The need of new buildings for the branch libraries at Charlestown and East Boston has often been stated and i t becomes daily more pressing. The sum of $30,000 has been appropriated by the C ity to provide a branch library at Charlestown, but no suitable site has yet been found.
The follow ing tables exhibit briefly the financial condi
tion of the Library :
Ex p e n d i t u r e s.
For salaries .
Books and photographs Periodicals .
Newspapers
General maintenance .
$179,438 25 35,287 39 5,602 79 2,108 30 86,749 61
--- $309,186 34
Re c e i p t s.
C ity appropriation . . . $290,766 10 Income from T ru s t funds . . 14,648 26 Miscellaneous sources: g ifts , in
cluding cash on deposit in
London, etc., etc. . . . 3,771 98
--- $309,186 34
The number of volumes in the Library has been increased during the past year by 37,179, in part by purchase and in part by g if ts ; and the whole number of volumes in the Library on January 31, 1901, was 781,377.
There was expended for books, periodicals and newspapers during the year the sum of $42,998.48, an amount larger than usual, but including some exceptionally large expendi
tures, as, for instance, for Charlestown and Roslindale- The constant growth of the branch stations necessitates additional expenditure.
The books taken from the Library for home use during’
the year ending January 31, 1900, numbered 1,251,541,—
during the year ending January 31, 1901, the number was
1,324,728, showing an increase of 73,187. I t is impossible
to keep an account of the number of books used in the
Library building, since many are exposed to unrestricted use-
Li b r a r y De p a r t m e n t.
3
r p i
ceding y e ? ° f Manuscripts, organized during the pre-
? Uch Value, W e J v V5 y , consideraWe accessions of Request of J U(
r£ ^ irom glfts > Lie most notable being the
^hm h, since l n f d(1;i^ n!berlain’s manuscripts and autographs, Lie Library,
a. y b’ 1 have come into the final possession of Was Published b v t h ! d®Scriptl0n of Liese, in pamphlet form, S mad^ the subiect of in 1897‘ This department L in charge, j r _ a sPecial report by M r. Ford, who has Librarian. The ™ ep° r t 1S incorporated w ith that of the Provided f roni ™anuscripts purchased have been chiefly
W i iu ^ e s p e c ia lir f i ° f trUSt fu n d s: Tbe Trustees . -al m terest to the n u tbe acquisition of manuscripts of Punted in the M o n th lC l^ ’ i f Qd S° me ° f them have been re- P T^e Statistical n U y B u lle tn i o f the L ib ra ry ,bo??’ Y S been larc7e] v a -tm e n t’ ? so Under the charge o f M r - ate m f r ° m t}ie g e S i “ ^ Cr®ased’ b° L i b y the w ith d ra w a l o f S ifts f in L i i f d e m l ? r j ’ 7 h ic h fin d a more aP p rop ri- in c lu d ^ PUblie doCn ln p “ eni ’ and esPec ia lly by considerable n ient
1
n g niany received / states an d m u n ic ip a litie s , ass s i haS ful1/ iu st S f ? m f ° reign Sources' T he d ep artm ent a t0 the s tu d e n t o f St h ®X1Stence and fu rn ishe s m uch side ld public a d m in ifr ° ° m plex Problenis o f govern
o r the a d m inistration w hich develop on every
fr°onin! ] a lly g a i n s ? t h e ? 1? ^ iS enoug h to say L ia t i t abren ' e, n a ture 0f the 1 to w a rd co m p le tio n, th ou gh ,
J S S S f * i " “ » S e a l ” l f T \ 0 f “ “ L ib «**T i . especially
“ ' ' “ ''ee-J, c o n s ta n tly re .
n « c t “ ‘ “ “ l « m a in ta in e d 1 *
The L ib - 6 ' eilt l L ib rary and
S e T t 0^ » ° « PS o 5 2 t i‘ h; P” “ io schools by select.
The - ju n c tio n . g tlJ subjects im m ediately
series 0f to interest Lie public
Lus year upon municipal govern-
4 Ci t y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
ment, given in the Lecture Room of the Library. The lectures are given gratuitously by the lecturers.
The Trustees call attention again to the fact that, while they publish much matter relating to the Library which is of Pubho interest and distinctly valuable, yet all such publica
tions entail upon them a loss. The Lib rary bears the ex
pense of the publication, and the proceeds of all sales go directly to the C ity Treasury, w ithout benefit to the Library.
In like manner the Library bears the expense of collecting fines while the fines collected are paid into the C ity Treasury but not to the credit of the Library. I t seems reasonable that moneys thus obtained, amounting to a profit of several thousand dollars to the C ity, should be applied to the benefit of the source from which they are derived. Fines represent largely in ju ry to books, and the money thus derived should be available to replace this loss. The Exam ining Committee concur in this opinion.
This matter is again called to the attention of the C ity Government because a special appropriation fo r rebinding volumes is again needed. Last year the Trustees received an appropriation of $10,000 for this purpose, and a like or greater sum is needed for this year and next. For several years i t has proved impossible to provide all the rebinding needed from the annual appropriation, and the ordinary wear of the books was increased when they were removed to the new Library and were rearranged.
The Trustees gratefully acknowledge the assistance rendered by the Exam ining Committee of this year. I t was constituted as follow s:
W illia m F. Apthorp.
Thomas M. Babson.
Mrs. M ary E. Blake.
A lfre d Bowditch.
Francis H. Brown, M.D.
V ery Rev. W illia m Byrne.
John H . Colby.
Mrs. W . C. Collar.
James C. Davis.
Charles F. Donnelly.
James W . Dunphy.
Hon. J. D. Fallon.
Thomas J. Gargan.
Rev. G. A . Gordon, D .D . Francis L. Higginson.
Rev. E. A . Horton.
Miss Sarah Orne ‘Jewett.
Rev. Robert F. Johnson.
Frank S. Mason.
John Noble.
W illia m L. Parker.
George Putnam.
Henry R. Reed.
I Rev. W . D . Roberts,
j Mrs. H . H . Sprague.
Miss Frances Turner.
D. B. Updike.
Horace G. W adlin.
Mrs. D arw in E. Ware.
Samuel Wells.
Miss Maria E. Wood.
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t.
t)
c®election o fEth e tu h .? Car® aPPears to Lave been taken in the le Committee d e s e r v ^ ^ d ^ 68 and tIie recommendations of
a,., ' aPPears th a t the L i t J f haV6 r f ceived ca re fu l a tte n tio n , a8i f ® e rfu l d is t a n c e o f T T alw a^ re ly ° n the generousG ifts ° ^6nder L service ^ b6St Cltlzens w h enever th e y are
o f ° 2 ,t0 the Library Lave been
1 he CLamberWn alth° U§'h’ w ith the exception alue has been L lr p li i i *’ no sm^ le collection of great
A t o S thG Pei'i0d C0V6red b/ t L i sr o o f16 1Uner court ^ T h A ' W alker Las been placed Pel,r aclj acent to tlie C b i f 1,0^ decorative ceiling of the
Theam l j and w ill b f r l f d re n f R ° 0m was comp le te d since th a t Ir u s t e es w on lrl erred to in the n e x t re p o rt, from 8enero«s te sta t 1 welcom e Lequests o f m oney, and hope* u i s” h 8 » ® o « T tS — r b" tlie I A , a L " i
they ]lpgl-!e Valu e and Purchases of rare works, Popular ^ t0 expend "nub, Hbrar^ but fo r which Tim P PuLlic funds appropriated fo r more
L ib ra ria n fi^ e^ baoskr esPecial attention toP ° m m in „ . subordinate ro,™,,*.___ ,
c o 2 “ ' u- « ™ C d i? ar s L f ttentir u ‘ o K p °r t r f and of i66' These contain aQf t [lat of tbe Exam ining general f 6tad w]iich do not ^ b° th ° f general in terest
11 r eport. ot find appropriate place iii this
1901.
So l o m o n Lin c o l n,
T
President.Ja m e s De No r m a n d ie, Vice President.
Jo s ia h H . Be n t o n, Jr., He n r y P . Bo v v d it c h, J-Ho m a s Dw i g h t.
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L I B R A R I A N ’ S R E P O R T .
To the Board of Trustees :
The report of the Librarian for the year ending January 31, 1901, is respectfully submitted.
T H E L IB R A R Y SYSTEM . The Library System comprises :
The Central Library, on Copley Square.
Ten branch libraries, w ith permanent collections of books.
Tw enty delivery stations, of which seven are reading rooms, four service stations and nine shop stations.
Twenty-nine engine houses, receiving books on deposit.
Twenty-one schools (eleven supplied from the Central L ib ra ry and ten from the branches).
Six institutions receiving deposits of books.
A total of eighty-seven agencies, as against seventy-two on February 1, 1900.
F IN A N C E .
Details as to the receipts and payments fo r the year are given in the statement of the A u d ito r (A ppendix I. of this report).
The financial condition of the Library for 1900-1901, briefly exhibited, is as follo w s:
En d o w m e n t s. Endowments .
Income
Todd newspaper fund Income
«226,150 00 9,723 50 50,000 00 2,000 00
The only addition to the endowments of the Library the past year has been the sum of $6,000, received June 25,1900, in a legacy of the late Daniel Sharp Ford, publisher of the
“ Youth’s Companion.” B y a vote of the Trustees, the income, u n til otherwise ordered, w ill be devoted to the pur
chase of books adapted to youth.
The w ill of the late Abram E. C utter of Charlestown
gives and bequeaths to the Library the sum of $4,000. A ls °
CENTRALLIBRARYBUILDING, COPLEYSQUARE,
^ ! ib r:;7 b°°ks, subject to a life interest for his widow.
Us wlU was probated June 7, 1900.
Gross In c o m e a n d Ex p e n d it u r e.
all ^ The gross income of the Library from gt)„ : lces> including balances February 1, 1900, except special appropriations, was as follows :
General appropriation
Trust funds:
in tlle bunds o f the C ity Treasurer Miscellaneous g ifts . . . .
xchange account
interest on bank deposit i
^ondon accounts : Trust funds . General book funds . interest on the above
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 7
$290,766 10
17,847 39 578 03 1,853 75 1,739 78
$10,579 13 11,033 97 455 09
22,068 19
\ l l T re- ~ From Seneral income •
From f ?Ii ds income (including Todd Fund)
p general book fund . 7
° m miscellaneous g ifts .
w „ u i c w u a i j i ,
i u u i, would appear as ns is, however, subject to outstanding obliga- part to snom»! — Tlie available
$14,040 74 A nom i
'S25,666.9<
D T1 rl I ' ~ “ »v v i
balance i s b u t S
1 8 8
f i0
re s tric tio n s - Dut ¡#>13,860.06, made up as fo llo w sApplicable to books, as follows:
A 'e c e « “ “ ” 8 0" ,<m tions ' ^ leserve I ° r continua- General book funds
ss outstanding orders .' i« S „ “ ger ount • • • Cash d™ „r°mestic account .
ations : balances on hand
$334,853 24
$290,766 10 14,648 26 3,467 22 304 76
$309,186 34
9,838 25
$7,759 36 1,968 59
$4,202 49
5,790 77 1,853 75 1,739 78 273 27
$13,860 06
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I t is to be observed furthe r that the bulk of the above available balance is composed of funds applicable only to the purchase of books, and to a great extent of funds which must be reserved for the purchase of books of a very special character.
Sp e c ia l Ap p r o p r ia t io n s. B uilding Appropriation. — Copley square b uild
in g ; balance February 1, 1900 . . . $85,434 70
Expenditures, 1900-1901 . . . . 8,606 76
Balance . . • . . . $76,827 94
A g ain st which are contracts, fo r paintings,
statuary, etc., amounting to . . . . 80,975 00 In d ic a tin g a deficit of . . . $4,147 06
to be met by application of the balance of the Furnishing appropriation so far as necessary.
Furnishing Appropriation. — Copley square b u ild
ing ; balance February 1, 1901 . . . $4,821 81 Broadway Extension Improvement Appropria
tio n .— Balance February 1, 1900 . . $3,010 92
Expenditures, 1900-1901 . . . . 435 23
$2,575 69
B U IL D IN G S , E Q U IP M E N T , A N D G E N E R A L A D M IN IS T R A T IO N .
Extensive repairs upon the Library building have been found necessary. The tile roof has been put in order and all the joints have been newly cemented. The joints in the walls have been repointed. The court-yard walls in the basement have been made water-tight. The iron work out
side the building has been p u t in order. The public lavatories have been moved from the fro n t to the rear of the building.
The engines and electrical machinery call for considerable expenditure yearly for repairs. These and the elevators are inspected by experts at stated intervals.
Wo r ks op Ar t.
The John E llio tt Decoration. — In the year 1891 a letter
was received by the Board of Trustees from Dr. H arold
W illiam s, offering to raise a sum of money for the purpose
of engaging M r. John E llio tt to decorate the ceiling of one
C E N T R A L LI B R A R Y , G R O U N D FL O OR .
C E N T R A L LI BR AR Y , E N T R E S O L A.
36X107 CK.T RO' J6X4¿
Hall 40X06
Cmiloocn's Room
Issvt Dcpabt
33X64 Main 5taircase Hall
4 0 X,?i7
C E N T R A L LI BR ARY , S E C O N D FLOOR,
C E N T R A L LI BR ARY , E N T R E S O L B.
jnjJ î i Special Libraries i t *—'
M t O 0 Q D OTTO 0 0 0 O l f n
—- T "* » * * ♦ * • * * * * » * . ^ : : : : U : ' >
C E N T R A L LI B R A R Y , S P E C I A L L I B R A R I E S FLO OR.
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 9
of the rooms in the new Lib rary building. This offer was accepted and, at a later time, Mr. E llio tt’s services were secured for the proposed decoration.
In the autumn of 1900 the finished work was received by the Library, and, after suitable frames had been prepared, the decoration was made public, on March 17, 1901. The Lib rary is indebted to the follow ing persons for the g ift of these ceiling paintings and for a contribution of $¡900 towards the expense of the frames: Miss Anna S. Amory, M r. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, Miss E d ith Andrew, Mr.
and Mrs. A lb e rt S. Bigelow, M r. G. N. Black, Mrs. A.
Vv. Blake, M r. Stephen Bullard, Mrs. James B. Case, M r.
and Mrs. Charles P. Curtis, Mrs. O. B. Frothingham, Mrs.
John L. Gardner, Miss Marion Gray, M r. Joseph C. Hoppin, L -. H enry M. Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mr. and Mrs.
U avid P. Kim ball, M r. and Mrs. Charles G. Loring, M r.
Ceorge Id. Norman, M r. and Mrs. Charles S. Sargent, M r.
«and Mrs. J. M. Sears, Mrs. G. H. Shaw, Mrs. W . Id. Slocum, i i f ° rge Wales' M r- and Mrs. Samuel D. Warren, M r.
and Mrs. Barrett W endell, dir. and Mrs. H arold W illiam s, ' r. Ralph B. W illiam s, and an anonymous subscriber. A n
j
- owance of $1,000 for the frames was authorized by the authorities. -
b v ^ ^ 01-™^ *?ie. ^ ev' ^ r * dames Freeman Clarke, painted wm B illings, has been given to the Library by W in- e is °^ khe Church of the Disciples, and others, through
VV ilham How ell Reed. S
Books Re c e iv e d.
C e n tra l L ib r a r y B ra n ch e s, V o lu m e s. V o lu m e s . T o ta l
13,068 11,059
1,657 239
11,059 24,127
239 7,896
T o ta l
672 2,200 2,284
672 2,200 2,284
25,881 11,298 37,179
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The number of volumes in the Library January 31, 1901, was 781,377.
Books bought for the Central Library : volume»
C ity a p p ro p ria tio n q’ ooc
T ru s t funds
Books bought for the branches :
C ity a p p ro p ria tio n . Special a p p ro p ria tio n Fellow es Athenseum
13,068 9,696 344 1,019 11,059
The
e x p e n d itu refor books, periodicals and newspapers for the same period was 142,998.48, as against •$33,048.97 the previous year. This does not include the follow ing sums, namely, $1,141-49 paid by the Fellowes Athenseum fo r books and periodicals purchased for the Roxbury Branch, and
$435.23 from a special appropriation for Station P.
The payments have been as follo w s:
C ity m oney expended fo r books :
1 900-1901.
F o r C e ntral L ib ra ry (in c lu d in g deposit
collectio n) . . $13,187 70 F o r branches . . 9,254 97
--- $22,442 67 T ru s t fu n d s expended f o r books . 12,539 96
$34,982 63 T ru s t fun ds expended fo r news
papers . . . 2,108 30
$37,090 93 C ity m oney expended fo r p e rio dica ls :
F o r C entral L ib ra ry $3,998 29 F o r branches . . 1,604 50
_________ $5,602 79
1 899-1900.
$10,401 71 4,488 92
$4,365 30 1,455 27
$14,890 63 10,367 39
$25,258 02 1,970 38
$27,228 40
$5,820 57
$42,693 72 $33,048 97
T o ta l :
C ity money . . $28,045 46 T ru s t fu n d s . . 14,648 26
--- $42,693 72
In addition to this amount purchases were follow ing special funds (g ifts ) :
C a r n e g i e ...
N u m is m a tic . . . . ■ • L e w i s ...
H y a m s ...
D u n p h y . . . . O ld S ou th Society . . . . W h i t i n g ...
made from the
$8« 14 88 97 80 45 28 74 3 46 15 00 2 00
$304 76
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 11
,867.48. For the about double was
The total amount spent for books, including the amounts paid by the Fellowes Athenaeum and from the Station P fund mentioned above, for the year was $44,575.20. O nly twice in the history of the Library has this expenditure heen equalled, once, in 1873, when the Barton library was bought, and again, in 1890, when purchases were made from the sale of the library of S. L. M. Barlow, the outlay m each case (about $46,000) being met by funds especially provided for the purpose.
Among the large payments were $1,430.60 for books fo r f|le Charlestown B ranch; $1,500 for books for the new
‘ ‘ Oslindale Reading Room; $400 for books fo r the new Andrew Square Reading Room; and $800 for books of ref- e ience for the branches. O f works of fiction 6,473 vol- jnnes were bought, at an expense of $<
ranch system the expenditure for books af ° f the preceding year.
11 the purchases made from T ru st funds, broadsides, nuscripts and autograph documents have a prominent r f ce* These are of both local and general interest, and ]\p'1 6 f° Colonial and Revolutionary events, and to Boston, cli^SSaclrusetts, and New England history. Among pur- ses of special significance are an autograph letter of Ezra Selden to Nathan Hale, the patriot, dated ha m lUl^ Camp, June 25, 1775, and endorsed in Hale’s g , Writin g ; account books and letters relating to the su , hres of 1760 and 1767, and to the losses and damages 17761Ue<^ ^ le rf ,° wn ° f E °st ° n from the B ritish, 1775—
Caz
han<^ f wenty-three consecutive numbers of the Boston and 6d 6 an<^ C ountry Journal, 1762-3. Other manuscripts this ^e|)CUJneilf s are mentioned under Manuscripts later in adun-1 sPechd collections the follow ing are among additions made:
C efm a*'iCA L ib ra r?-
M ilit niatliematical and astronomical works.
volUn,f
■Mbj'wry (T w entieth regiment)..— Eighty-seven I>onqf°n re§irnentaf histories, etcvolume
m° W ^ ernor' a^ Collection. — t wo hundred and titty including fiT6 l*6611 bought from the income of the A rtz fund, B e lls ^ n hlegone, first edition (1836), A ld ric h ’s the
■ Two hundred volumes of French and
Memorial Collection. — Two hundred and fifty
including +h ° ^eeu bought from the income of the A rtz fund, Wm-ifieS h'-'st edition of P h ilip Freneau’s Poems (1786), (185 hlegone, first edition (1836), A ld ric h ’s (
1 7«
7\ m b Thomas Forrest’s The Disappointment
<i8 4 2 >-
Tissot’s
T ^ ^°}^ec^on.— The L ibrary has received a copy of
vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, in two
12 Cit y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
volumes, folio, a fine copy, together w ith the cheaper English edition of the same work, for general use. Also the follow ing im portant works : Furtw ängler’s Die antiken Geminen ; Chefs-d’oeuvre d’art de la Hongrie ; Berling’s Das Meissner Porzellan ; and Rossi’s Musaici cristiani. The photographs added include 100 platinum prints of Normandy and B rittan y and 1,100 photographs of Ita ly and Spain.
Maps.__To the Map Collection have been added 141
eighteenth century maps, chiefly of America, and numerous w all maps of Boston and vicinity, recently published for the use of the C ity and State officials. Also the Theatrum orbis terrarum by Ortelius (A ntw erp, 157 0), H alley’s A tlas mari- timus (London, 1728), Jefferys’ W est India Atlas (London, 1783), and O tten’s A tlas minor (Amsterdam, 1740).
Charlotte H a rris Collection. — From this fund have been
obtained a copy of the earliest edition of Maximilianus Transylvanus, De Moluccis, Cologne, 1523, a rare tract on the discoveries of Magellan in the earliest circumnavigation of the globe; also Wiggles w orth’s Meat out of the eater, 1770, Brackenridge’s Death of General Montgomery, 1777, and W orlidge’s Select collection of drawings from curious antique gems, London, 1768.
Music Collection. — Schumann’s W erke herausg. von Clara
Schumann, in 33 volumes ; Paléographie musicale (Im p ri
merie Bénédictine de Solesmes), 6 volumes.
Ticknor L ib rary. — Camoens, Pretidâo de amor. Endechas,
. . . seguidas da respectiva traducçâo em varias linguas (Lisboa, 1893) ; and Lapidario del Rey Alfonso X.
Gralatea Collection. — Eighty-three volumes, selected by T.
W . Higginson (Carnegie fun d ).
Other purchases added to the general collection are as follows :
A collection of books obtained in Australia, chiefly in the Samoan language, also numerous books on discovery in New South Wales.
Im portant works on numismatics, including Herrera’s Medallas de proclamaciones y juras de los reyes de España (M adrid, 1882).
Seventeen portraits of Benjamin Franklin.
Codex Borbonicus, manuscrit mexicain (Paris, 1899).
Segar’s Baronagium genealogicum, continued by Edmond
son (London, 1764-84), 6 volumes, folio.
Sappey’s Description et iconographie des vaisseaux lym ph
atiques considérés chez l ’homme et les vertébrés (Paris, 18 85).
Nordisk familjebok (Stockholm, 1876-99) 20 volumes.
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 13
Revista de Cuba, 16 volumes.
lu lle r W orthies’ Library, edited by Alexander B. Grosart, eleven volumes, including the works of John Donne, Lord Brooke and Andrew Marvel.
Justinian. Codex et novellae, a product of the press of Giorgio Arrivabene, Venice, 1491. Two volumes. Folio, bound w ith examples of the contemporary Venetian printers.
The publications of the Im perial Statistical Bureau of Germany, 1873-93.
National 0konom isk T id s s k rift (Knbenhavn, 1873-1900).
G ifts of special importance are mentioned in an appendix to this report, together w ith a lis t of givers.
Resides books the follow ing have been purchased:
!
j310 photographs 224 maps.
33 broadsides.
100 manuscripts.
1,150 posters, and many engravings.
Au c t io n Sa l e s.
j L ib rary obtains a considerable part of its valuable c ditions from auction sales. Owing to great and increasing competition, the most valuable books are often secured by ca n ^ff buyers, whose bids far exceed any which the Library thi +a° :orci to make. D uring the past year bids were sent, to secru y-four sales, for 1,007 books, of which only 486 were ch 16<^' S tm > net result justifies the time spent in the j ; i Se ’ eyery year some of the most notable accessions to the
ia ry come from the auction room,
oted 6 i| Urc^iases ° f the year have been fa irly well distrib- cla ' ^ ^?8S attention than usual has been paid to certain
< sses of literature this defect w ill be remedied later, mei i )aii ° f the w ork of the Ordering and Receiving Depart-
1 18 sbown in the follow ing ta b le :
O rd e rs '^ 8 f*rePared (aggregating 14,977 title s ), G ift acknowledgments s e n t ...
serials entered
ooks received on a p p r o v a l...
xc anges packed and sent, volumes . runes distributed to F ic tio n Committee
44 505 1,562 29,422 2,196 922 698
Th e Re c o m m e n d a t io n o f Bo oks.
T I
10T K
to book« f 1 bul ebt ed to many friends for suggestions as
0 be purchased. M r. Thomas S. Perry, at present
14
in Japan, lias recommended many French and German books, as heretofore. Dana P. B artlett, Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has helped in the choice of a collection of mathematical and astronomical works fo r the Bowditch Library, and Col. T. W . Higginson has selected most of the books added to the' Galatea Collection. D r. Malcolm Storer has sug
gested the titles of desirable numismatical w o rks; the Presi
dent of a Boston Polish Society has made out a lis t of books in the Polish language, and M r. A . S. W aldstein of Cam
bridge, one in the modern Hebrew language. M r. W illia m C Lane Librarian of Harvard College, has obtained in E g yp t an interesting collection of photographs for this Library, and M r. Charles R. Hildeburn, in his visits to out of the way places in England, has found valuable material illu s tra tin g the history and topography of that country.
Arrangements have been made w ith M r. Sidney C. Cockerell to search in England for illum inated manuscripts for the Library.
T h e L ib r a r y m u s t depend m a in ly on recom m endations made b y members of the staff, to w ho m book re v ie w s and catalogues are assigned in th e d iffe re n t d e p artm en ts o f k n o w le d g e .
In order that the Library in its selection of books may not fa ll behind in any department suggestions are invited from friends. Blank recommendation forms can be obtained on application.
The total number of books read by the Fiction Committee was 683, as against 467 the preceding year. O f these, 346 were accepted by the Trustees, including 28 unfavorably reported on by the Committee, and 325 were rejected, in
cluding 76 favorably reported on. O f these books there were bought 3,191 copies, at a cost of $2,750.68. This year, fo r the first time, children’s books have been read by the Committee.
Th e Ch a m b e r l a in Co l l e c t io n.
The Honorable Mellen Chamberlain, for twelve years the Librarian of the Boston 1 ublic Library, died on June 25, 1900. B y the provisions of his w ill his collection of historical documents, manuscripts, autographs, portraits, en
gravings and books, which had been offered by him to the Trustees of the Library on I ebruary 14, 1893, for deposit here, on certain conditions, and which had been received September 4, 1893, became the property of this Library.
Cit y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 15
retained by Judge us collection, w ith other material
lamberlain during his life, w ill be kept in rooms especially aHanged under his supervision.
of our years ago the L ib ra ry published a brief description lain 11SrpI10*'a^ e collection w ith a sketch of Judge Chamber- +• ‘ ^ be manuscripts are being indexed under the direc-
Jn o M r. W orthington C. Ford of the L ib rary staff.
Th e Ca t a l o g u e De p a r t m e n t. 'pi
stre 6 1 Catalogue Department has been reorganized and n a r t " ^ lenec*' ^be rePort M r. H u n t, Chief of this de
ment, shows the follow ing results :
Li m}) „ .t reca ta lo g ^ °|jlmes ant^ Pa r^s catalogued i f*ei ° f title s fo r th e same
ese totals include the follow ing items :
d u m b e r of „ „
L ib ra ry ne'w volum es and parts, C entral d u m b e r of fo r th e same
^ Central L ib ra mes an<^ Pa rts recatalogued, o f title s fo r th e same
^ r a n c h e s :
Numbei
61,817 38,521
20,304 17,341 22,583 11,641
9,948 9,539 4,104
47,782 26,137
22,878 15,188 13,382 4,225
N u m be r of tu rn nbes catalogued
d u m b e r of v * 68 fo r th e same . . . L ib ra ry Urnes of serials added, C entral
• • • . . . ttjAV* **,014
bm inary^trfti books have been searched for, pre- 0 ieir recommendation fo r purchase.
7,100 6,724 4,572
Co o p e r a t i v e In d e x.
five in d e x^00!'1 ^ a-S ca,t al° g ue(i 525 titles for the Coopera- received frm n°fi Scientific periodicals. The L ib rary has
1 the other co-workers, 2,743 titles.
^ A R Ijs i n t h e Va r i o u s Ca t a l o g u e s.
fhis year>
1 ^ 7j o r f 11 Ptbded, headings w ritten for, and filed c®ding year ’ o f ca^ s’ as against 153,500 cards for the pre- Special" r -i unmber 46,900 cards were placed in documents a n otr^ s’ . m°st of all in the Department of
n Statistics and the A lle n A . Brown L ib rary
16 Ci t y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
of Music. When it is considered that the number of cards in 1899-1900 was 32,500 above any previous record and tha t this year 14,000 have been added to that number, i t w ill be evident how great is the increase in this part of the work.
Tr a n s f e r s.
The work of transferring from Stack 4 (the old Lower H a ll collection) all the books not fiction has progressed rapidly, 5,197 volumes having been transferred during the year, accompanied by the recataloguing and clearing up of the card catalogue to correspond. A bout one-third of this work is finished.
Pr in t in g.
The w ork of p rinting the cards for the A lle n A . Brown L ib ra ry of Music has gone forward w ith more continuity than heretofore. The bulk of titles w aiting for the printer has been reduced this year by about 4,000 cards, but not less than 1,000 cards have been added, and about 14,000 cards now remain to be printed.
The titles of new books have been added more promptly to the catalogue, and there is no accumulation of new cards.
Nine thousand cards, however, representing recatalogued work, s till w ait to be printed. A ll this shows that the Catalogue Department is making “ copy ” faster than the P rin tin g Department can take care of it.
Th e Ba t e s Ha l l Ca t a l o g u e.
The work of changing the Bates H a ll Catalogue from double rod to single rod drawers was begun in January.
This task, which necessitates the trim m ing and repunching of the entire catalogue, and its transfer to other cases, w ill be a laborious one.
To relieve the crowded condition of the catalogue and provide for its further growth three new cabinets are build
ing-
Sp e c ia l Ca t a l o g u e s.
N ot much has been attempted outside the regular cata
logue w o r k ; indeed, there has been no time to devote to
such undertakings. Miss Rollins has prepared an Italian
fiction lis t and worked to some extent on a German fiction
list.
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 17
Pu b l ic a t io n s.
Swiftf
Edif0nTinf i a summai7 of the report of M r. Lindsay
of the publications of theLibrary.
^ n n u a ] I i s tf ° r 190<M001- D a te o f Issu e . Pages. E d itio n . P ric e fln d'ing lis t v i / o ... ¿an- b 190b 184 3,470 .05 H?st a l°S ies a n d lo c a l i,I8« ; ' " " " 1900’ 40 5’ 488 Free.
H ls toru:al inanusc0^ 1^ ^ 0- ^ - - ^ b 1900, 88 1,015 25
Monthly B u •
36 250
Excl,langepo stal title s 6tinS ... 1st o f each m on th 434 *5,000 ^ F r e e
Sui6S,and regulation«... April> 1900> 16 520
PPlement t o h s t f n r L ... Dec-> e lis t fo r th e y o u n g . S e p t, 1900’ 16 1900, 7 r i ’ 200 2,400 Free.
In. all 8^1
r Lnrino- tVlpPages as against 793 pages in 1899.
B u lletin, in „ year there have appeared in the M onthly
*nS lists ; to the titles of new books, the follow- :,tilfces’ eomnL ar i tIe®Vw ith special reference to the United p Present used iD tT v ' W ‘ E rnst ( May ) ; Text-books i sri«iurie nf tb ® Public schools of Boston (September);
Planches 1900 i S ^ 0118 at the Central Library and t A. Gordon1’9
t1 ( 0ctober) ! Looks illustrative of Rev.
Mating
p r o fRon ® Low ell lectures (November) ; Books illus- . sl1 administ , n)'-M °?'se Stephens’s Low ell lectures on Ene-
“ I connection In^ ia (December); Books suggested ece®ber) ■ 1 . r ‘ Lewman Smyth’s Low ell lectures
\Tr' Lym an! AU, ^ ,° 1 man : books in connection w ith history ari(i,tt8 + Loweil lectures (January, 1901);
h Prof.
pna4u(aI knowledge : books in connection ' also durum 1, rooks s Lowell lectures (January, 1901);
annscrip ts i r gt h J^ same_ period the follow ing prints from the B Chusetts Bay S C T 8 ° f the L ib la i7 : Trade of the
JoinriJ;Lh plantation - -,C 1 and A p r il) ; Paper currency in B rit; , ‘r'nv_n ; j 0p 8 .I14 America ( A p r il) ; Four letters
o fPonrS^ Soldie rsfo r th e ^ CB mS/ S N ° teS ° n the tria l of tb e Ezra Q18torical letter- T°ston massacre,” 1770 (A u g u s t) ; 1790 S®lden, J u n ^ oV C°g'swell, June 15, 1775 ; (Decemb00 (November)1.77^ Washington (tw o ), aoi'oSs ober) i Journal of Ecclesiastical council, 1743 ary j EaPe Cod, b y h a p u r v e y in 1791, for a canal
The9bj L } ames M mthrop (January and Febru-
Selectedt pe pubhcationt h beM&nthly Bulletins wor% of com-hsts illUg^°f-’ b a n n in g with November, 1900, of Lctures delivered before the
* 4.000 in th e su m m e r m o n th s. " ---
18 Cit y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
Low ell Institute. These lists are prepared by the lecturers themselves, but they are found to require considerable edit
ing and recasting in order to make them suitable for pub
lication The books referred to are then placed on shelves in Bates H all, available prim arily for persons who attend the lectures I t is hardly time to pronounce on the u tility of this scheme. I only give i t as my opinion that these lists enrich the pages of tlie B ulletin, even when they have little bibliographical fulness or significance. Their publication is all in furtherance of the policy which encourages us to graft on our own work features (such as the continued publication of the
P r o g r a m m e sof the Low ell lectures) belonging more immediately to the work of other institutions.
The various issues of the B u lle tin seem to have been readily taken by the public, and are soon out of print.
The Annual lis t remains the same in scope, except that in the latest issue the E dito r has introduced the titles^ of more recent public documents of various states and countries, which were first published in the B ulletin.
D u rin g the past year a new venture has been modestly yet hopefully begun. Mr. W orthington C. Ford, in charge of the manuscript collection, occasionally offers fo r the B ul
le tin some rare or interesting matter, w ith a view to opening gradually to the public our resources in this direction.
These separate contributions are to be gathered up into vol
umes, of w hich the first has already appeared, and is entitled
« H istorical Manuscripts in the Public Library of the C ity of Boston. Number One.”
The follow ing material is ready to be p rin te d : 1. A n Index to B ritish patents, prepared by M r. Frank C. Blaisdell- 2 A L is t by authors and titles of Italian fiction, compiled by Miss M ary H. Rollins. I t comprises about 1,500 titles.
3 A L is t of German fiction is well under way, which when completed w ill combine at least 6,000 titles. 4. H istorical manuscripts. Number Two.
Ge n e a l o g y.
The most popular publication of the Library for some time
is the “ Finding L is t of Genealogies, and Local and Town
Histories containing Fam ily Records in the Public L ib ia iy o
the C ity of Boston.” In the preface it is stated that the fate
A rth u r M. Knapp, then Custodian of Bates H a ll, had, nj
December 1898, completed a revised and greatly enlarged
edition of a lis t of genealogies and local histories, which wa-
published in the B ulletin of this Library for October, l » y i -
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 19 The
in wMch6 Yr1 aS, / llUS leffc was Practically in the definite shape Doyle ila . - lvnaPP wished it to appear. Miss Agnes C.
The ' S Sm?e made additions to and revised the titles.
gratifvinleCepi i0n &iven to this publication has been most country ° Vp
116 demand for i t has come from all parts of the Practical
j8 lib r a r y has perhaps never issued a more
eal aud useful list.
Sh e l f De p a r t m e n t of t h e Ce n t r a l Lib r a r y.
cludbo-CfKdltr?ns ,to tire shelves of the Central Library, ex-
® e ’ uplieate Room, have been as follows : Collection, including
Special Libraries . a rstical Department .
Total
Deposit Collec-
V o lu m e s .
15,838 6.544 2,667 25,049
Ttle total
A
~?ePa]
Addition 1 1 1 ’ --- WIUUWIUO VVOiO -JT,UUU.
Put in place r ! vitlg’ e ffic ie n t for 25,000 volumes, has been for more
a u x ie ty .
Shelf D e rn \ nUmber ° f volumes and pamphlets sent by the A d d i t i o ^ r r * *° vari°us binderies was 24,866.
sh ] f ddliS wiP relieve for a short time the pressure e room, which is beginning to be a matter of
The Th e Bin d in g of Bo oks.
tpUt the Lib rary Bindery has been : bound
B o o tP llle ts ,''oun,l .
00ks repaired, etc. ! | |
Total
and. trimmed atl° nS’ etC-’ f °lded, stitched
Maps, etc • • • • . .
P h ° t o g ra m 10 U,n te d 011 c lo th • • •
-Mi«r.e] J ' and engravings mounted . Libr
B
Other1!|aileous w°rk “ . ru'scellaneous work y the
V o lu m e s .
12,525 4,530 5,017 22,072 76,925 1,129 3,985 2,176 pieces
739 hours
- ’000 was 81 T tiie C ity Government the sum of
a ^ ^0°ks.T K l. u ^ le lib r a r y to be used in rebinding
est made to
i l1S ^nowance was made in answer to a re-
' m ° f $30,000 f Ma/ ° r hy the 150ilrd of Trustees for the
or the above specified purpose, of which
20 Cit y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
one-third m ight he spent in 1900, and sim ilar amounts in the two succeeding years.
On the receipt of this sum the book binders of the C ity were invited to submit bids, on the inspection of specimens showing the style and quality of binding required. The work done by the binders who were the successful bidders, aided by two or three others from outside the C ity, has been satisfactory. The sum provided has been spent w ith the follow ing results:
Num ber o f volumes rebound . Newspapers rebound, volumes
T o ta l .
11,198 612 11,810
The Bindery Department of the L ib rary was allowed to share in this undertaking to a lim ited extent, working extra time evenings, and binding 1,115 volumes.
This rebinding of books was under the charge of the Shelf Department and Bindery Department, which deserve a special word of praise therefor. The need of continuing the w ork is pressing.
The binding and repair work for the year may be summed
up as fo llo w s :V o lu m e s.
L ib ra ry B indery (regular w ork) . . . 22,072 Rebinding ($10,000 allowance) . . • 11,810
Rebinding popular books . . . . 12,900
B in din g pamphlets (special collection) . . 2,000 T o t a l ...48,782
In addition to this many thousand volumes are repaired by the attendants at the Library.
Th e Pr in t in g De p a r t m e n t.
There has been no addition to the w orking force of the
P rin tin g Department, or to the machinery. There has been
a considerable increase in the number of cards printed for the
card catalogues; otherwise the output remains in general
character substantially the same as given in the A nnual
Report for last year. To meet the increasing demands made
upon the department, especially for the card catalogue, and
in order that the three departments of Cataloguing, E diting,
and P rin tin g may w ork continuously and economically, an
additional linotype machine is urgently needed.
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 21
^ Dis p o s it io n op Pu b l ic a t io n s.
todian of n«uei i°f LibrarP publications sent out by the Cus- Ionian of
q+ i i .
J ^num berdht k ?UrinS the >'ear was 83,68«. The total inclueliv,.,. n buted of blank forms now in use in the Library,
s the charging slips, was 2,084,466.
Use op Bo oks.
by readerseif ^ X S‘ven the number of volumes taken
^ P a rtm » « /0/ , e use during the past year from each
“ ent of the Library. The sum is :
Central T •}, Home use.nibrarvrahn ,(including Central
bra no)
b00ks 1S8Ued through•anew " a and 8tations) • • and
stations1899-1900.
430,987 820,554
1900-1901.
431,657 893,071
Only „ ,
v a rie d j.,Pa rtlal count can be r eaders. 1 T if* eS’ sdice many s
Pa st y e a r was6 3«7°n fiQ ^ Uf e 1L m u n u y i o r cue
tbe year nrc,- b L063 volumes, as against 355,017 volumes
zin c ,. _ P re v io u s . ISTr. 1.__i. cl____ <•
Total
• 1,251,541 1,324,728
. _ . made of books used w ithin the readers, y j 1168’ since many shelves are now thrown open to Past year waT l1Se m tbe Central Library for the Zlnes and No account is kept of the use of maga-
v °ium es as ^j0ans- — O th e r lib ra rie s have received394
been deniedn " ! i r this
L ib r a r y ;35
a p p lica tio n s have as o u g i^ to ^ *o r tb e reason th a t p o p u la r books, such system is inter, ^ f verL P u b lic lib ra ry , were asked fo r. T he T . rnries 0f Sor ^ Pro v i de o n ly fo r the exchange betw eenLibrary
are 10larly o r u n u s u a l books. C alls upon th is nconyenj ei f l k e ly to reach such a n um be r as to cause e§ a lly e n title « f° U1 16 w itb d ra w a l o f books needed b y thoseeCl to use the L ib ra ry .
H aving. !.SSr' I: De p a k™ :e n t, Ce n t r a l Li b r a r y. K ° f the I s s ^ f 13^ increased space and fa c ilitie s , the d l v ^ b a s U n d e r t h e ° h a rg e 0 f M is s the o f book«en ™ore s a tis fa c to ry th an heretofore. T h e of a carripT* 1 bastened bJ tb e a d d itio n s made to 8 till elay in ffe ttin T * W h ile the c o m p la in ts o f readers
num erous Pn ^ ooks are less th an fo rm e rly , tlie j" are S afte r s ix y “ ° 5 h t 0 c a u s e s o lic itu d e . T h e book ra il- s c°U sidem hie S sf r y ice, shows signs o f weakness, and
lo L repr s-
rules w ere changed so th a t n ow b u t one
2 2 Ci t y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
seven-day book may be charged on a card at a time. This change was made to allow a more even distribution of new fiction among readers. I t w ill probably reduce the amount of fiction read, and perhaps the total record of use of the Library.
The development of the system of outlying agencies of the Library has brought a great increase in the w ork of the
IssueDepartment and a closer cooperation between these departments.
Ba t e s Ha l l.
The use of books by students in Bates H a ll seems to in
crease. The Custodian, M r. Bierstadt, has reclassified and brought up to date the works on history placed in this room.
No books in the entire Library system reach more readers than this reference collection.
E xhibitions of books have been given upon the open screen at the time of the Low ell lectures, and to illustrate notable current events, such as the death of Queen V ictoria. The shelves at the catalogue end of Bates H a ll have been mostly devoted to new books not fiction and their use has been quite large.
The centre desk in Bates H a ll has been enlarged, afford
ing better facilities for work, and giving more room for the display of the catalogues of the Library, and documents frequently consulted by readers.
Th e Sp e c ia l Lib r a r ie s.
To the Assistant Librarian, M r. Fleischner,v in charge of the Special Libraries, is mainly due the remarkable develop
ment of this department of the Library. Follow ing his report i t is learned that the use of these libraries has s till fu rth e r increased during the past year, under the charge of Miss Hitchcock and her assistants. On the industrial arts, 1,000 volumes have been added and 1,938 on the fine arts, making 11,000 volumes of the former and 18,151 of the la tte r in the collection.
A notable extension of the work done in connection w ith the schools is found in the establishment of a class in indus
tria l design, under a trained teacher, supplied by the School Committee. The class has met at the Library once a week, since December 15, 1900.
Ex h ib it io n s.
The system of exhibitions, lectures and classes has been
extended, and it is evident that this feature of the work of
the department is more and more appreciated. A stereopticon
L i hr A it y De p a r t m e n t. 23
to the interest in the Exhibitions of photo- held in the follow ing by the Library w ill add
„ Ia™res glven in the Lecture Room.
order • ’ ?ngr avings, etc., have been nom m une uunowing S(:u|ptu r' aru*ary-February, 1900, Christian and mediaeval in t pe p Renaissance architecture ; Assyrian antiquities Profess ^ useum ( in connection w ith a lecture by MedaR01 u Lyon). March, Renaissance sculpture;
Library l # Cted the late A rth u r M. Knapp, of the bio t att’ ail<^ &riven to the Lib rary by his brother ; origi- c 's engraved by Stevenson to illustrate the chap
nalhooks n" Kr engraved by
Flatz •' j ^bed by Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne at Davos the V ir •d lan P anting, 14th-16th centuries; The life of Henry p ’o 11 connection w ith a lecture by the Reverend the early r ' ^ aU^ ng- A Pr i b Flemish paintin g ; Books on document 1St?ry ° I ^ ew E ngland; Maps, manuscripts and W . g r s ni atang to the postal service, loaned by M r. C.
lecture L ' Renaissance architecture in connection w ith --- m connection w ith a and Ereneb R™fessor E - B. Homer. May, Dutch, German
° f Paintin'* f c^ ools.of painting. June-July, English school August ag ’ ^ meiacan painting, chiefly mural decoration.
° f Fhiria H’l^i'^ber, Spanish school of paintin g ; Photographs c°llection r !,aPa n ; Colored plates of oriental ceramic art, ber, A t h e n f T - Walters, g ift of Louis Prang. Octo- Fissot Bibl ^'I,, Rome > The original French edition of the lews. lna„ e,’ , h e Sella collection of A lpine and Cai
maned u ---— Caucasianber-Decemh
n tbe Appalachian Mountain Club.Novem- in eonnecti61’ .eeb sculpture ; The life of C hrist in art,
^Paulding • °
b, Wlt^ lectures by the Reverend H enry G.
R °m Rossi’« \r ° ler^ ; Madonnas. January, 1901, Plates (h i connectin' U.saic^ cristiani delle chiese di Roma; Venice ln stru ct or - a Course of lectures by .J. F. Hopkins, Schools) • p „ ^awing to the teachers in the Boston public
victoria.’ " g y p t; Greek ar t ; Rome; Portraits of Queen hetoria.
Th
libraries and^f*?.611 exbibitions of pictures at the branch nionth. ' a 10ns- These exhibitions are changed every
The
f p • Cl a s s e s.L ib ra rie s In T « !'L ei?Utne( a tio n o f v is its made to the Special 0 PHe u Se o f tin' ° i S ailC^ ch l bs in classes w i ll show the e x te n t Soli , h 8 cI ePai'tm e n t.
C l
^ 0’8
p . 8 22 visits 413 members
>Vate classes 60 visits 961 members
• • • 69 visits 1,027 members
Total --- ---
. 151 2,401
24 Cit y Do c u m e n t No. 23.
To the schools and clubs 201 portfolios of pictures have been sent. Four lectures, illustrated by the stereopticon, have been given under the auspices of the U n ity A r t Club.
Ph o t o g r a p h s.
The collection of photographs consists of the fo llo w in g :
P ainting . 5,524
A rchitecture . 5,349
Sculpture . 2,114
Miscellaneous . 300
T o ta l . 13,287
Process pictures :
P a inting . 2,498
Architecture . . . . 2,050
Sculpture . . . . . , 715
Unclassified • . . . 175
T o ta l . . . 5.438
The additions during the year have been: 1,335 photo
graphs and 752 process pictures.
The use of the Special Libraries is increasing; the special catalogues are being constantly improved and additional cat
alogue cases have been provided.
Th e Al l e n A . Br o w n Lib r a r y op Mu s ic.
More than five hundred volumes have been added to the L ib rary of Music. This collection contains nearly a ll the new and uniform editions of the great masters, those of Chopin and Schumann having been recently acquired.
Much attention has been paid to the purchase of the fu ll orchestral scores of operas, oratorios and large choral works, and the number of these in the Library, now exceeding six hundred and fifty , w ill compare favorably w ith all but a few of the great European collections. The same can be said of chamber music in all its branches, to which large additions are being constantly made.
Miss Margaret D. W hitney, in charge of the Music L i
brary, having resigned from the service, Miss Marguerite Barton has been appointed to f ill this position.
Two bronze tablets and an oak table w ith drawers for
holding photographs have been placed in the M ilita ry Alcove
by the Twentieth Regiment Memorial Association.
Lib r a r y De p a r t m e n t. 25
^ Do c u m en ts a n d St a t is t ic s.
and S t * 1? 1 ^ le the Department of Documents made in fh 1CS sbows that considerable progress has been Coldection 6 farrangeiiient and development of this important namely ti ° material. Two points may be emphasized, b ility to 16 need of more shelf room, and of greater accessi-
eaders through a more convenient location.
^ Ma n u s c r ip t s.
y e a r ^ w m ^ r M r' Ford’ which follows, 011 the first fu ll A separate . tbe DePai’tment of Manuscripts is of interest.
T lie n , I00m bas been provided for this department.
increasedU]UUf Cllpt collectiol|s of the Library have been tioib” or r-Unng tbe y ear by important gifts to the “ Aboli- Samuei j A arrison collection, by the daughters of the Rev.
(Maria W ? .’ and the niece of Mrs. H enry G. Chapman t° r bindiiiQ8 v*1 ^hapm an)■ The Phelps collection is rea'dy poilection ' • wdd n° t he completed until the Garrison
?S pr0Ce 1U r 6 Same condition. The Garrison collection lng the last 0t mounting, preparatory to binding, and dur- treated.
lastTf • year 3,192 separate pieces have been thus two more y !S exPepted that the work w ill be completed in the -writers eaj't’’ i dbe c° i i ection has been indexed, so far as Papers haye l 4 16 ,le tters are concerned, as rapidly as the time, additi0 ee/ 1 ,§*ven ° u t to be mounted. From time to Wendell P r?a . etters and papers are received from Mr.
shown a p'ei)f/ U'nsou and M r. Francis J. Garrison, who have the collection lnterest m the measures taken fo r g ivin g Public. 1 s tmM form, when i t shall be accessible to the
J.1 ,
Sci'ipts came R ast year the Chamberlain collection of manu- Provisions of f], ° lu d Possession of the Library under the l b e general nwnl^
°f
^ 'fudge Mellen Chamberlain.in tbe hand bnr«ta^Ure o l this collection has been described
' v lssu®d by the Trustees in 1897, and
anyfeatures w ill be deferred u n til the con- fccount ~0fUUs n L -Sf Uxd by che T l’ustees in 1897, and any tent* , sPecial fee"- ... - J
owi v rit
w ill include the portraits, engravings, some verv rUBiues and advertisements, of which there a ready numbers rare exampfes- The card catalogue
e)ith of the collection Sei)arale entries, and covers about one- Tibrary by Col°^Tu°^n b l0 'vn material, presented to the Thomas W entw orth Higginson, has also are
b e tte rcontain entries i no'Tn- d he catalogue, already begun, w ill
other character* Wr,lte r and principal mention of public and
Lnd Printed £ o a d sTd^ ^
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