Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 1952

              CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
HENRY F. SCHNEIDER, President
STANLEY J. KLONOWSKI
Vice,President
RUSSELL M. ELMER
MRS. ROBERT H. JAMISON
DR. CHARLES H. GARVIN
Secretary
MRS. RALPH S. SILVER
LOUIS H. WIEBER
EDITH WOODBURN, Clerk..Treasurer
Assistant to the Director
DIRECTOR
L. QUINCY MUMFORD
THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
1952
The Cleveland Public Library-through its Main Library in
the heart of a great industrial city; branches and stations near
homes, factories, and business houses; its traveling book service to
outlying districts; libraries in the schools; its services to the blind,
the shut-ins and the hospitalized-provides a broad pattern of
library services to individuals and community groups. The fol.
lowing pages give a brief story of how this Library has served
young and old, the handicapped, a variety of local organizations,
the city government-in short, every segment of the community.
During the past year 253,000 citizens held Cleveland Public
Library borrowers' cards-passports to information, to treasures of
literature, to reading pleasure. With these cards, they found new
ideas, fresh inspiration, techniques, and just plain fun. Together
they borrowed 5,618,488 volumes, an increase of 83,000 as
compared with the preceding year. It is impossible to estimate the
countless inquiries for reference and informational assistance. A
condensed statistical summary will be found at the end of this
report.
SERVING THE YOUNG
A Dynamic Program for Children and Young People
In the firm faith that children with books will live richer lives,
the children's librarians sought to make the world of books a p~rt
of the everyday life of the child. They created centers of friendli­ness
and understanding in the libraries; planned puppet and
~(magic" shows, film, music and holiday festivals; and, above all,
held story hours that dramatized the pleasures of reading for three
age groups beginning with the littlest ones who read early and
eagerly from picture books. They set no limit to the spirit of
inquiry in the children's rooms.
To bring the youngest moppets closer to the world of books,
the children's librarians gave book talks in churches, schools,
hospitals, community centers; they told stories on the air, in
settlement houses and day nursery centers, and in the summer
moved out to the playgrounds with their stories. To make summer
vacations enjoyable and profitable to children of all ages, they
conducted summer reading programs in the branches. HCowboy
Small's Summer Reading Roundup" (for the tots) an.d HBy Rocket
to Adventure" (for older children) were the intriguing titles of the
programs in 1952.
The Children's Department provided another major service of
a reference and advisory nature in the field of children's literature.
This included direct reference assistance to children from the pre­school
years through the eight grades, as well as consultant service
to parents, teachers, social workers, and other adults charged with
the guidance and welfare of children.
The response of the children themselves to the offerings of
the Library has been encouraging; approximately seventy-five
thousand of them borrowed well over one and a· half million books
in 1952. Introduced to the world of books and the rewards of
reading by the children's librarians, the youngest soon learn that
books are not only a source of joy, but a source of help in the
important task of growing up.
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From Children's Rooms to School Libraries
In the friendly, busy atmosphere of the thirty-nine school
libraries, public school students received reading guidance and
reference service from professionally trained librarians. Their
reading interests and requests were practically limitless, reflecting
classroom work, club programs, hobbies, family projects, and
events of national and international importance.
School librarians handled a tremendous volume of reference
work yet found time to give book talks in classrooms and to
cooperate with their schools and neighborhoods in a variety of
projects. Junior High School librarians, aware of the increasing
numbers of retarded readers now coming into the schools, have
been working individually and with committees of teachers to select
books with simple vocabularies for their use.
The school library's aim is to help students become good
citizens of the comtuunity and the world, and upon this objective
the service was focused during the year.
From Children's Rooms to Young People's Activities
T een-agers who were ~~graduated" from the children's rooms
took advantage of the many opportunities offered by the Youth
Department. Approximately 43,000 young people between the ages
of fifteen and twenty, out of the approximate total of 61,000 of this
age group in Cleveland, have library cards.
Young people in 1952 were unusually concerned with events
on the national and international scene as evidenced by their
requests in the Stevenson Room and by their attendance at the
Youth Department's programs on world affairs and the American
way of life. Nearly two thousand of them from the schools of
Greater Cleveland· attended the ~~Roads to W orld Understanding"
programs, a series sponsored for the eighth year by the Youth
Department, the Cleveland Press World Friends Club, the Junior
Council on World Affairs, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. The
Middle East, Latin-America, Japan, Germany, Europe in 1952, and
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the American Indian were the subjects of the year presented by an
outstanding group of speakers. The programs were enriched with
related films, music, dancing, a play, and extensive exhibits.
Other important activities sponsored by the Youth Depart­ment
included the Stevenson Room Teen Reviewers, and the Chess
Group.
Youth's Reading Interests, 1952
When children and young people read for fun, and not for
teacher, what did they read? Science fiction was tops in interest
with the smallest fry. Young boys chose books about war, guided
missiles, and airplanes, but young girls preferred school stories.
Boys and girls of all ages liked animal stories. Among the older
elementary and junior high school students there was an increased
interest in non-fiction.
One junior high school librarian, commenting on the problem
of selecting books for retarded readers, said that she found it
difficult to interest them in books which lie outside the realm of
their own experience. Stories with historical or foreign background,
stories of knights or of immigrant families have no appeal for
this group.
A survey of reading interests in one of the high schools
revealed that science fiction was once again in the lead at this age
level. Some high school librarians noted a greater demand for
religious books with Costain's Silver Chalice leading the list. Other
titles mentioned as being popular among high school students
were: I Led Three Lives; Kon-Tiki; Bounty Lands; Big Sky; and
The Trees.
The children of this first television generation, while enjoying
the wonder and Inagic of TV, love books no less than did their
fathers. TV was an exciting addition to the lives of children and
young people, but librarians are in essential agreement that the boy
or girl who was a good reader before the family set was installed
has not stopped reading!
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SERVING ADULTS
For what purposes do adults come to the Library? They came
In 1952 with questions as varied as the range of human interest!
An event of most compelling interest to readers during the year
was the Presidential election; its impact was keenly felt in every
agency of the System.
That readers were deeply concerned with the issues of this
campaign was evident in the flood of questions which came in.
Readers asked for the candidates' views on foreign policy, labor,
taxation; the party platforms; the advisability of placing a military
luan in the White House; the names of the magazines and news­papers
supporting each candidate; statistics on public opinion polls;
and the religious affiliations of the candidates.
The Library is proud of its part in helping to create an
informed electorate. Using the slogan of the American Heritage
Foundation, ~~Read-Think-Vote,"it urged the public to do just
that, providing voters' information on all issues of the campaign.
To promote reading before election day, it publi~hed a list, (~The
Presidential Campaign of 1952," with reading suggestions on the
campaign issues, the conventions, the electoral system, and
candidates' biographies.
The Main Library's auditorium was open to the public for TV
viewing during the conventions and later for election returns. So
successful was this experiment that it suggests many possibilities
for the future in voters' education.
Clevelanders were increasingly interested in all aspects of
public affairs. They inquired about legislation on taxation, price
and rent control, social security, universal military training; they
studied the McCarran Imluigration Bill and the reports of the
Kefauver COlumission. They were interested in new developments
in their own fields; business and professional men and women, and
labor officials caught up with these developments by consulting the
Library's special collections of books, periodicals, and services.
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An increasingly large number of patron~ came to the Library
with requests sparked by television, reaffirming this medium's.
power to stimulate new interests and to create fresh demands upon
the subject divisions. TV has been described as a script-eating
dragon which swallows material almost more quickly than it can be
produced. Because in television, as in other creative fields, the
reservoir of ideas must be kept full with replenishment from many
minds, the script writers need books and libraries. And so do the
producers who use visual materials; consequently, there was an
ever-growing demand for pictures, a demand which the Library
anticipates will be even greater in the future. This year's call was
largely for pictures of political campaigns, politicians, and former
Coronations. An interesting request came for pictures of old-time
dentists and their offices for a Cleveland Dental Society program.
From the audience point of view there is evidence that
television does not replace other forms of communication such as
theatre, films, recordings and books, but rather reinforces them.
It has broadened the interest of the public in many subjects,
especially in the fields of drama, poetry, and biography. For
example, many viewers enjoyed the TV appearance of poet Robert
Frost and then became interested in knowing more about him. That
interest led them back to books.
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public, their friends and neighbors,
came to the Library for books and periodicals to help them solve
personal problems, plan and build their homes, and manage their
finances. Many parents requested books on child psychology, sex
and religious education, while others, busily involved with Johnny's
homework, wanted books on the latest teaching methods.
Still others came for books about their hobbies and other
leisure time activities. They requested books on music, drama, and
art, history and biography; they frequently asked for help in travel
and vacation planning, as well as the assistance of the Readers'
Adviser in planning reading programs.
Many preferred to read fiction during their leisure hours. Of
these, a large proportion chose novels set in the future, not only
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science fiction, but some of the more serious sociological and
political novels of the future such as Limbo by Bernard Wolfe,
When and Ij, by Philip Reynolds. There was a continued interest in
George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Readers seemed to be searching for an inner faith and security as
revealed in the heavy demand for Costain's Silver Chalice, Heming­way's
Old Man 'and the Sea and other titles, many of which have
their setting in Biblical times.
Local writers and scholars, as well as many from outside the
city, used the Library's resources extensively, including the Foreign
Literature Collection. One visitor, Dr. 1. L. Kandel of the
Mid-European Studies Center of the National Committee for a
Free Europe, sought help in locating material to be used in the
rewriting of textbooks of the countries behind the Iron Curtain to
be held in readiness awaiting the liberation. He declared that in
no other library had his organization found so many useful books
and so much information as was available here. The Library's
collections in various foreign languages have been widely used also
by Cleveland's HNew Americans," who are eager to learn English,
yet anxious to continue their reading of native literatures.
The Main Library with its large subject collections was in a
key position to provide the resources and assistance to meet these
varied requests. Its Municipal Reference Library in the City Hall
offered skilled reference services to the city fathers, while the
Business Information Bureau provided the business community
with its nationally recognized reference services. Branches and
stations, serving people in their neighborhoods~ engaged in a
steadily increasing volume of. adult reference and advisory work.
Library Programs lor Adult Education
The Library continued to seek new ways of making its
resources more effect:ve in the field of adult education. It again
offered a variety of programs for adults in Main Library and in
the branches.
The Main Library Department sponsored twenty HNoon-Hour
Book Reviews" of recent books; four HArt Evenings" devoted to
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talks on cartooning, flower arrangement, fashion illustration, and
flower painting; and nine ccMusical Evenings," a program series
now firmly established in the community.
Fine Arts and Literature divisions joined with community
groups in planning programs of music and poetry for the
anniversary celebrations honoring John Howard Payne, Thomas
Moore, and Ernest Ball. Three divisions of Main Library-John
G. White, Fine Arts, and Literature-cooperated with the newly
organized Cleveland Folklore Society to encourage the collection
and study of materials pertaining to folk traditions of Ohio.
A new venture in adult discussion groups was the Library's
co-sponsorship of the program, ccWorld Politics," with Western
Reserve University and the Council on World Affairs. This
project was financed by the Fund for Adult Education through the
American Foundation for Political Education.
Another new venture of the Adult Education Department was
the organization of the experimental HTheatre for Adult Educa­tion"
with the cooperation of Ramon Elias of the Cleveland Play
House. With the production of The Clouds, by Aristophanes, the
first attempt was made to produce the plays on the Great Books List
-another first for Cleveland.
Continuing programs were the popular and highly successful
HLive Long and Like It Library Club" for senior citizens, ((The
Great Books Discussion Program," and the HInvitation to Ideas"
series providing stimulating discussion of Northrop's Meeting of
East and West.
Film Programs
The Film Bureau presented a well-balanced series of
programs: ((Four Evenings of Documentary Films;" HFive Monday
Evening Film Programs," built around American themes; and
((Children's Film Programs," presented in cooperation with the
Children's Department.
The Bureau co-sponsored with the Council on World Affairs,
((World Affairs Are Your Affairs;" it also co-sponsored with a
group of local organizations a series of film programs, ((Human
Relations on the Screen." Other activities included its cooperation
with the British Consulate in presenting a series of British films.
Branch libraries used films extensively in the broad pattern
of their adult education programs. Their film programs were built
around a wide variety of themes and became an effective means of
introducing many people to their neighborhood agencies.
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SERVING THE SHUT-INS
That ThoBe Who Cannot Run, May Read
leWe are young; we are old. We are of low estate; we are of
high estate. We are humble; we are proud ... for disability knows
no limits, brooks no degree, and it is ageless. Weare the disabled
... If you are one of us, you will find yourself frequently bored by
idleness. You would like to read but you can't get into the public
library, perhaps, either for lack of transportation or the curse of
steps. You cannot buy the new books. It is almost impossible for
relatives or friends to select for you the books you would select in
place of the ones that are tout' ... In Cleveland, through the
magnanimity of a man who saw the problem, books are actually
delivered by truck, and trained librarians visit shut-ins at home to
guide them in their reading if they need that guidance. That is
ideal." -Harold A. Littledale, Mastering Your Disability
Cleveland does indeed have a shut-in service provided through
the generosity of the Frederick W. and Henryett Slocum Judd
Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, and the related tax-~upported
Hospital Division of the Library. Handicapped and homebound
Clevelanders who are temporarily or partially disabled may write
or call this Division for information about the service.
The Hospital and Judd Fund Division's chief concern during
the year was with growth. The tremendous hospital building
program in the Cleveland area brings a need for greater library
facilities. Wonderful new opportunities for service await the
Library in these institutions, if it can supply books and staff to meet
the increased patient population.
This busy Division served 4,333 readers in their own homes
and in institutions, making an average of 69 home visits per day, a
total of 17,118 during the year! Shut-ins and hospital patients
borrowed 201,924 books this year, an increase of 27,402 from the
previous year. Book circulation increased in every hospital library;
and other gains resulted from the establishment of five new hospital
stations and increased hours of service in some hospitals with
enlarged facilities.
What the patients themselves think of this service is best told
by them.
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From the Records
of the
Hospital and Judd Fund Division
Patron A-A cardiac, aged 11, this girl was pleasant but un­responsive.
With a book tightly clasped to her heart,
she greeted the librarian at the door with: ttl want to
keep this one. I love it." This much-loved book of
poems became the key which opened her mind to other
books and new worlds.
Patron B-A displaced person-depressed and lonely-was un­responsive
to the staff until they brought books in her
native language. Her eyes lit up and she smiled for
the first time since admittance.
Patron C-A professional woman in her thirties, hospitalized with
a brain tumor, finds science fiction and historical
novels an escape from the knowledge of her afRiction.
Patron D-Helpless with rheumatoid arthritis, a user of the ceiling
projector, he says: ttThe library books and the visits
are the only things that give me an incentive to live
now."
Patron E-A polio victim since the age of six, now a free-lance
artist, says: ttSometimes I feel as if the Library should
share my commissions because without the books I
wouldn't be able to do much of the work I do."
SERVING THE BLIND
They Read by Ear and Fingertip
Discovery of the world of books need not be limited to those
with sight: today's blind can read with talking books and braille
transcriptions. Bringing these facilities to the blind is the happy
and satisfying work of the Blind Division which circulated an
average of 679 volulnes per month, a considerable increase over the
previous year, especially in the use of talking books. The circula­tion
to juvenile readers is still numerically small, but represents a
gain of 41% over 1951. The Blind Division mails braille and
talking books to readers throughout Northern Ohio, serving as a
distributing agency for the Library of Congress which supplies the
records. Information regarding the use of this service will be
gladly furnished upon request.
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The Blind Division told the story of its services on televi~ion
and radio; worked with visually handicapped displaced persons,
one of whom studied English and braille concurrently; and co­sponsored
with the Cleveland Board of Education a club of visually
handicapped music ,students. A group of blind adults met reg­ularly
at Sterling Branch for discussion meetings, and more
recently another such group has been gathering at Quincy Branch.
How this service is appreciated by the blind themselves is
poignantly told in excerpts from their letters to this Division.
From Letters
to the
Library lor the Blind
Patron A-A blind college student writes in appreciation of braille
transcriptions: ttyou are practically putting me
through college."
Patron B-A former doctor, now blind, continues his interest in
books: ttYour knowledge of books and your judgment
keeps me better informed and more interested than
when I satisfy my ego and select my reading matter."
Patron C-A relative of a blind woman writes in appreciation: ttlt
is impossible to tell you how much books have meant
to her."
Patron 0-The wife of a former college professor expresses grati­tude
for the talking books loaned to her blind husband:
ttThe possibility of keeping on with his reading has, at
least partially, lifted h:m out of the deep depression he
was in over a year ago when he was told that he could
never again read anything."
Patron E-A blind woman writes: ttl do not believe anything ever
helped me more than the talking books ... "
Patron F-Another blind woman expresses her appreciation:
ttThe talking books have given me a new outlook on
life and are a source of great delight to me. Thank
you for your service . . . "
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SERVING CLEVELANDERS, WHEREVER THEY ARE
. \'CONGRATULATIONS 1"01"HE BRANCH LleRARIES OF.J ~-tRWI'!J ~S-CLEVELAND
FROM UNITED FEATURE SYNOICATE ... __ -n! 19"
Courtesy of The Cleveland Press.
Books to You Since '92
Library service of sixty years ago was graphically and!
amusingly portrayed in the above cartoon by Erwin Hess, creator
of the syndicated feature, ((The Good Old Days." It was in ((the
good old days," 1892, that the Cleveland Public Library established
its first branch to bring books to people in their own neighbor­hoods.
Housed in rented quarters opposite the West Side Market,
it was known as West Side Branch, the predecessor of Carnegie
West Branch. The success of that venture encouraged the Trustees
to locate other branches in population centers throughout the city.
Now, sixty years and thirty branches later, the branch library has
become a vital part of the cultural life of the neighborhood
communities of Cleveland. The city's appreciation of the branch
libraries was evidenced in its generous cooperation with the Branch
Department's 60th Anniversary Celebration. Loc~l newspapers and
house organs carried stories of the event while the Cleveland Trust
Company contributed space in its outdoor display case at East 9th
and Euclid for an anniversary exhibit.
The branches celebrated with special anniversary programs in
their agencies and on the air, and published an anniversary folder
and book-mark.
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Extension Services-Station Libraries
The Comlnunity Stations had a busy, fruitful year and were
reaching more people than they did in 1951. At year's end a new
community station was being planned for the Harvard-Lee area, a
rapidly developing section of the community.
The Traveling Book Service, serving Clevelanders in outlying
districts, "registered 2,289 borrowers in 1952 and circulated 141,165
volumes, an increase of 7,241 over 1951.
In the further effort to reach people wherever they are, the
General Stations Division provided service to deposit libraries in
jails and workhouses, fire stations, factories, and social agencies.
Three stations were closed during the year, but new ones were
opened at the Standard Oil Co., the County Child Welfare Board,
and in an additional fire station.
TELLING THE LIBRARY'S STORY
To keep readers informed about the Library's growing col1ec­tions
and resources, the Public Relations and Exhibits Department
told the Library's story through the medium of the press, radio,
and exhibits. Writing press releases and scripts for the Library's
two programs «Books That Live" and ~~Book Fare," photographing
materials for the archives and press releases, creating colorful
displays to highlight book col1ections and special events, and
executing the art work for library publications were activities which
engaged the time and talents of the Department.
To reach an ever widening circle of readers, the Library has
experimented with the newest medium of communication and
education, television. Its first appearance on TV was on the guest
spot of the ~~Idea Shop" program of Mildred and Gloria. Members
of the staff appeared on sixteen consecutive programs in which they
gave book talks and described library activities. In the spring, the
University Circle Series invited the Library to present a thirty
minute program. This led to the Library's own program, «Views
and Reviews," which began September 19 and was presented over
Station WNBK fifteen times in 1952.
The Library continued one of its earliest means of communi­cation
with readers, its publications. It published the book bul1etin
The Open Shelf in new format, as wel1 as numerous programs and
booklists; the Business Information Bureau's Business Information
Sources; a supplement to the Film Bureau's Film Catalog; and
the Library Announcer, a calendar of programs and activities
throughout the System.
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CONVEYING APPRECIATION
To the Board of Library Trustees goes the deep gratitude of
the Director and the staff for the consideration and understanding
by each member of the varied problems which constantly arise to
which much thought and time is given by the Trustees.
To the members of the staff hearty commendation is due for
another year of loyal and devoted service. Special mention should
be made of those who perform the auxiliary duties behind the
scenes which make possible the public service described In the
foregoing pages. Their contribution is vital to the work of the
Library.
Warm appreciation IS extended to every individual and or­ganization
that gave books, periodicals, money, and equipment
to further the services and work of this Library. Grateful ac­knowledgment
is made to the many volunteers who have made
possible the transcription of special materials for the blind, both in
braille and in record form. The volunteer workers in the hospital
libraries have also been of invaluable and inspiring help.
The generosity of residents of the comunity, and even those in
other parts of our state and nation, in contributing of their time
and talents-speakers, artists, musicians, discussion leader8 and
others-helped immeasurably in the success of the diversified
Library programs.
To all of these, the, Library is greatly indebted for their
interest and assistance in presenting a broad informational, educa­tional
and cultural program for our community.
L. QUINCY MUMFORD
Director
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743.256
62.645
2.751.586
1,516,743
544.258
CONDENSED STATISTICAL REPORT
USE OF BOOKS-CIRCULATION
TOTAL BOOKS LENT FOR HOME USE. ..••.............•....• 5.618.488
Books lent per capita. 6.1
Increase from previous year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .• . .. . . . . . . . 83,01 ()
Books Lent hom:
Main Library. Lewis Carroll Room. Stevenson Room and Muni-cipal
Reference (City HaIH .........•............•....
Library for the Blind (Talking Books. 48.791) '" .•..•.•
Branch Libraries .
School Libraries .
Station Libraries .
BORROWERS
Registered card-holders in union file:
Adult. ... 168,020 Juvenile .... 84.95' Total. ... 252,971
Number of borrowers registered or re-registered during the year:
Adult. ... 57.341 Juvenile.... 30.710 TotaL ... 88.051
YP (under 21) included in Adult Registration..................... 37.210
The following agencies provided library service but do not require registration
cards:
34 school libraries
937 classroom libraries in 178 buildings
105 station libraries
BOOK STOCK
Added. . .. 139.870
PERIODICALS
On Hand 1952. ... 2,691.989
Periodicals currently received (separate titles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.140
Newspapers currently received (separate titles). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
FILM USE-16 mm
Number of films booked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.256
Number of films shown ,. 21,363
Aggregate audience 939.910
Special screenings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
GROUP ACTIVITIES
Groups
Use of Auditoriums " " . . 411
Use of Club Rooms 4.011
Use of Other Rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
Staff Talks ........................•................ 1,754
Library Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
Storytelling 2,124
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Attendance
20.479
115,596
18.532
59.365
25,354
63.399
BRIEF FINANCIAL REPORT
BALANCE ON HAND, JANUARY 1, 1952
General Fund ••...•.•.••........•.......• $ 375.637.38
(Includes $370,000 received
in December 195 1)
Reserve for Fire Losses .••................
Miscellaneous and Trust Funds .
RECEIPTS
189.358.26
107,471.43 $ 672.467.37
Taxes (intangible) 1952 ....•••.........•. $3.350.000.00
Fines, Gifts, Endowments .•.••.•••.....•.•
Miscellaneous ......•.•...........•...•.
DISBURSEMENTS
153,781.41
110,374.72 $3.614.156.13
Operation •..•••••...........•..•...............••.•
BALANCE ON HAND, DECEMBER, 1952
General Fund .••.•.•...••...•.•..•••••••. $ 49,856.27
Reserve for Fire Losses. • • • • . . . . . • . . . . • • . • 263.310.92
$3.822.286.06
Miscellaneous and Trust Funds .•..........
(Includes amounts encumbered
for 1952 obligations)
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151,170.25 $ 464,33 7.44
THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
MAIN LIBRARY, 325 SUPERIOR AVENUE
CH 1..1020
MUNICIPAL REFERENCE DIVISION 1 Lakeside Avenue TO 1-4600
BRANCHES
ALTA E.125 St. near Mayfield Rd. RA 1.-6596 LORAIN 8216 Lorain Ave. ME 1-4962
ARLINGTON 12330 Arlington Ave. GL 1-0306
BROADWAY 3328 East 55 Street VU 3~8692
BROOKLYN W. 25 St. &. Mapledale ON 1.-6178
MEMORIAL 15212 Lake Shore Blvd. KE 1~5860
MILES PARK Miles Park &. E. 93 St. MI 1-4990
MT. PLEASANT 14000KinsmanRd. LO 1-4790
CARNEGIE WEST 1900 Fulton Rd. WO 1-0998 NORWOOD 6405 Superior Ave. EN 1.-6232
CLARK 4620 Clark Avenue
COLLINWOOD 856 E. 152 St.
NOTTINGHAM 760 E. 185 St. IV 1~5588
QUINCY Quincy Ave. &. E. 79 St. HE 1~6118
EAST 131st STREET 3830 E. 131 St. LO 1~6133
EAST 79th STREET 1215 E. 79 St. UT 1~7266
RICE 2820 E. 116 St.
SOUTH 3096 Scranton Rd.
CE 1..5062
SU 1..1690
EASTMAN 11500 Lorain Ave.
EDGEWATER 1407 W. 75 St.
CL 1..9433
OL 1-0051
SO. BROOKLYN Cor. Pearl Rd. &. Henritze
ON 1~585
EUCLID~l00thSt. 9917 Euclid Ave. SW 5-4117
STERLING 2200 E. 30 St. MA 1..5766
FLEET 6511 Fleet Ave.
GLENVILLE 660 Parkwood Dr.
MI1..5666
MU 1..2040
SUPERIOR 1347 E. 105 St.
UNION 9319 Union Ave.
SW 5-4249
MII-4961
HOUGH Crawford Rd. &. E. 86 St. SW 5~4383
WEST PARK W. 157th St. &. Lorain Avenue
. WI 1~3730
JEFFERSON 850 Jefferson Ave. CH 1~7527 WOODLAND 5806 Woodland Ave. EN 1..7402
COMMUNITY STATIONS
CEDAR 10112 Cedar Ave. SW 5-4644 PERKINS 2818 St. Clair Ave. SU 1~S054
FRIENDLY INN 3754 Woodland Ave.
HE 1..6468
WOODHILL 2973 Woodhill Rd. RA 1..7970
39 SCHOOL LIBRARIES
OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES
104 STATION LIBRARIES 883 CLASSROOM LIBRARIES
TRAVELING BOOK SERVICE HOSPITAL AND SHUT..IN SERVICE