Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 1881

              THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF MANAGERS
LIBRARIAN
OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY
CLEVELAND. O..
FOR T H E YEAR E N D I N G AUG. 81. 188
CLEVELAND:
PRINTED AT THE I'l l!) [SUING HOUSE OF THE KVANO. ASSOCIATION
1881.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
B O A R D OF M A N A G E RS
AND
LIBRARIAN
OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY
OF
CLEVELAND, O.
F O R T H E Y E A R E N D I N G A U G . 31, 1 8 8 1.
CLEVELAND:
PRINTED AT THE PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE EVANG. ASSOCIATION
1881.
MEMBERS:
REV. J. W. BROWN, D. D., PRESIDENT.
E. M. HESSLER, SECRETARY.
W. J. AKERS.
L. F. BAUDER.
COL. W. F. HINMAN.
DR. WM. MEYER.
E. R. PERKINS.
1880-1881.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Books and Regulations,
Messrs. BROWN, MEYER AND BAUDER.
Finance and Insurance,
Messrs. BAUDER, HINMAN AND HESSLER.
Employes and Grievances,
Messrs. AKERS, MEYER AND PERKINS.
Furniture and Building,
Messrs. HINMAN, AKERS AND HESSLER.
I. L. BEARDSLEY,
Librarian.
Report of the Library Board.
To the Honorable Board of Education:—
The Board of Managers of the Public School Library have
the honor to submit, in compliance with the terms of the
law, their annual report of th$ financial affairs of the insti-tution
entrusted to their management, for the last current
year, ending August Blst, 1881. For additional informa-tion,
covering all points of interest, your Honorable Board
are respectfully referred fco the appended report of the
Librarian:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand, August 31*t, 1880 $ 5,261 45
Collections first half of current year 10,608 13
Collections second half of current year 7,425 10
Total $23,294 68
E X P E N D I T U R E S .
Salaries $7,269 76
Books 6,166 60
Reading Room 440 00
Binding.. 520 38
Gas 475 37
Fuel 492 30
Transporta4aon 81 49
Insurance 250 00
Repaid 391 97
Furniture 1,840 29—17,928 16
Balance in Treasury $ 5,366 52
By order of the Library Board,
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN W. BROWN,
President.
Librarian's Report.
To the Honorable Library Board:—
Gentlemen:—The thirteenth annual report of the Libra-ry,
for the current year, ending August 31st, 1881, is here-with
presented for the information of your Honorable
Board:
The number of volumes in both departments at the end
of the year was 33,029, against 29,372 the previous year,
showing a net increase of 3,657 volumes. Of this number,
1,196 volumes were placed in the reference room, and 2,461
volumes in the circulating department. The purchases
amounted to 3,825 volumes, at a cost of $6,166.60, or an
average of $1.61 per volume. Last year the average cost
was $1.74J per volume. The number worn out and con-demned
was 239, of which 180 was fiction, 38 juvenile, 6
travel, 10 German, 2 history, and three of other classifica-tions.
The donations were 236 volumes, 121 of which were
given by the late venerable Mrs. Lydia C. Hussey, and 50
pamphlets. A list of the donors will be found in Append-ix
B. The delinquent volumes are 9 in number, against
10 last year. The following tabulated statement will ex-hibit
the accessions and losses in detail:—
Number of volumes in circulating department 26,554
Number of volumes in reference department 5,824
Duplicates 56
Odd volumes 43
Old books... 220
In Librarian's office 201
Mrs. Hussey's gift 121
Total 33.019
In Library last year 29,155
Bought during the year 3,825
Bound periodicals .*. 68
Bound new books 21
Donated 236
Recovered of missing. 51
33,356
Deduct for delinquents 9
Condemned 239
Lost and paid for 10
Missing 79— 337
Total 33,019
(5)
6 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
The following statement will exhibit the volumes in each
department with accessions during the year:—
VOLUMES. ACCESSIONS.
Travel 1,832 183
Social Science ami Special History 1,039 68
Belles Lettres 110 —
Fiction 7,685 539
Juvenile 2,389 215
Essay and Miscellany 1,142 10
Wit and Anecdote 283 25
Records of Rebellion 163 14
Natural History 495 19
Biography and Collected Works 2,245 112
Theology and Ecclesiastical History 1,082 114
Poetry ' 1,027 8
History 1,020 163
German 2,491 837
Physical Geography and Geology 242 11
Architecture, Music and Art 383 12
Education and History of Literature 387 15
Astronomy, Engineering and Mathematics 260 30
Natural Philosophy and Chemistry 246 20
General Science and Useful Arts 317 26
Physiology, Hygiene and Domestic Science 362 61
Elocution, Etiquette and Games 262 13
Mental and Moral Philosophy 235 4
Politcs and Law .'. 200 9
Botany, Horticulture and Agriculture 209 9
Ancient History, Archaeology and Myth-ology
; 328 23
Games and Sports 120 15
26,554 2,555
BORROWERS.
The whole number of tickets issued to the' end of the
year was 12,603, being an increase of 1,903 for the current
year. A considerable number of tickets are held for fines;
a few have been surrendered by persons leaving the city.
The number in active use will approximate 10,000.
CIRCULATION OF BOOKS. {
The Library was kept open for drawing books 306 days.
The number given out was 134,568, or a daily average of
440 volumes, against 466 the previous year. The largest
number drawn in one day was, February 26, 1,161: small-est,
March 30, 141. The drawings by months, for the past
four years, were as follows :—
7 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
1878. 1879. 1880. 1881.
September 4,819 7,130 8,017 8,324
October 8,738 9,506 9,520 9,898
November 8,989 10,886 10,436 11,064
December 10,384 11,261 12,497 12,523
January 11,841 13,347 15,621 13,244
F e b r u a r y . . . . , 11,278 13,787 14,719 14,048
March 12,063 13,030 15,406 14,893
April 10,869 13,109 13,904
May 9,517 10,830 10,986 10,504
June 8,378 8,916 10,082 9,840.
July 8,463 9,492 10,050 9,620
August 6,707
Total 105.339 108,175 130,443 134,568
CLASSIFICATION OF CIRCULATION.
The following is a comparative statement of the classifi-cations
of books drawn for the past six years. It will be
seen that there is a significant decrease in fiction below
the lowest during the time named, while juvenile is larger
with the exception of a single year. The character of
books classified as juvenile has steadily improved, and that
department is now far more valuable to th<j undoubted
advantage of the young Illustrated books of travel, of
science and art, are not only more attractive, but are a
great aid in reading, and an increase of drawings is a
healthful sign. With an increase of over 800 volumes i n
the German department, the decrease in drawing has
fallen from 8.20 to 6.87 percent.
1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881.
Fiction 60.42 55.80 53.75 54.85 56.42 50.14
Juvenile 15.40 12.20 12.90 13.69 12 05 14.52
History 3.05 3.51 4.25 5!44 6.30 6.21
Biography 3.42 3.56 3.00 3.13 3.59 6.62
Religious 75 .50 .90 .52 .69 .58
Poetry and Drama 1.05 2.40 2.ft 2.65 1.98 2 77
Travels 4.16 4.05 5.25 5.68 4 74 5.87
Science and Art 6.50 9.23 8.50 6.82 6.03 6 42
German 5.55 7.75 9.20 7.22 8.20 6.87
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
The number of visitors to this department during the
year was 25,925; previous year, 20,382 ; increase 5,593. The
number of volumes given out for consultation was 14,920,
only seven more than during the previous year. The
library, however, was closed 66 days on account of putting
in new and permanent cases.
8 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
The cost of improvements in the reference department
was $1,667.75, and case room has been made to hold proba-bly
about 14,000 volumes, and by adding the projected gal-lery,
the capacity of the room will be about double that
number.
READING ROOM.
The publications on file in the reading room are as fol-lows
:—
Daily papers 31
Weekly papers . 9
Magazines, Reviews, &c 32
Total 72
The appropriation for the reading room was five hundred
dollars. The amount expended was four hundred and
seventy-five dollars and nine cents. With the limited room
no material additions can be made, except m magazines or
periodicals, not above folio in size. All publications of
these sizes were bound at the end of last year, 68 volumes
in all, which saved the purchase of such as are required to
keep the files full. A list of publications taken will be
found at the end of the report, and marked Appendix A.
BINDING.
The number of volumes rebound during the year was 814
New volumes bound 30
Periodicals bound 68
Total 912
The cost of rebinding was $431,73
The cost of new binding 88,65
Total $520,38
The cost of binding has been yearly reduced, and the
present exhibit, it will be seen, is the most favorable ever
presented. At the same time the books are in as good con-dition
as they ever have been. Attention is invited to the
following table, showing the cost of binding since the
library was established, except one year, when no records
seem to have been kept:—
LIBRARIANV BEF0R$.
VOLUMES IN VOLUMES IN
LIBRARY. BINDING.
187 0 * 7,030 $256 35
187 1 10,011 No record.
187 2 12.756 440 00
187 3 16,435 897 34
187 4 20,415 1,009 90
187 5 18,834 1,350 53
LIBRARY. BINDING.
187 6 22,769 $1,164 88
187 7 25,117 992 50
187 8 25,467 822 95
187 9 26.490 690 70
188 0 29,155 783 73
188 1 33,019 520 38
Number of volumes mended in the library during the year 5,402
CATALOGUES.
The list of books purchased, both English and German,
is now in the hands of the printer, and will soon be com-pleted,
The old edition of fiction having become exhaust-ed,
and there being a necessity for re-arranging that classifi-cation,
a new catalogue has been prepared, embracing all
the books in that department, down to date, which will be
published as soon as possible. Manuscript catalogues of
the books in the reference library are being made by classi-fications
which will facilitate the finding of any volume
wanted. It is designed to prepare, in the same manner,
a subject catalogue, and a portion of the work has already
been completed.
FINANCIAL.
RECEIPTS.
Balance $ 79,26
Received for fines - 382 15
Catalogues sold 7 55
Books lost and paid for 9 90
Subscriptions 1 50
Old paper sold 6 06
Book sold by direction of the Board 8 00
$494 42
PAYMENTS.
Books $110 18
Transportation 51 83
Custom House 12 65
Postage 16 42
Postal Cards to delinquents 24 00
Printing 34 75
Stationery 43 14
Extra Help 23 12
Furniture 40 56
Advertising 3 50
Street car, recovering books 35
Miscellaneous 25 51
Balance of newspaper account paid 35 09
Balance 73 32
$494 42
1 0 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
LIBRARY SERVICE.
I. L. Beardsley, Librarian September 1st, 1876
Maria T. Hubbell, First Assistant. March 1st, 1875
Mary F. Hutchinson, First Assistant Reference
Department January 8th, 1874
Lizzie Hall, Assistant Reference Department April 21st, 1879
Emma E. Kenny, Assistant February 9th, 1876
Ida M. Rezner, " March 5th, 1878
Mrs. Rose Kelly, " March 18th, 1878
Caroline P. Kirkwood, Assistant March 19th, 1878
Anna Umbstaetter, Assistant October 21st, 1878
Carrie E. Bassett, " April 1st, 1881
Respectfully submitted,
I. L. BEARDSLEY,
Librarian.
LIBRARIAN'S? REPORT. 11
APPENDIX A.
List of Papers and Periodicals on file in the Reading
Room.
D A I L I E S .
Baltimore Sun,
Boston Commercial,
Buffalo Commercial,
Chicago Inter-Ocean,
Chicago Tribune,
Cincinnati Commercial,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Charleston Courier,
Cleveland Herald,
'' Leader,
" Plain Dealer,
Columbus Journal,
Denver Times,
Detroit Free Press,
Indianapolis Journal,
Christian Advocate,
Christian Union,
Churchman, N. Y.,
Church Times, London,
Congregationalist,
Louisville Journal,
N. 0. Picajrune,
N. Y. Evening Post,
N. Y. Herald,
N. Y. Tribune,
N. Y. Graphic,
Philadelphia Times,
Pittsburgh Commercial,
Portland Advertiser,
San Francisco Bulletin,
Springfield Republican,
St. Louis Globe Democrat,
St. Paul Pioneer,
Titusville Herald,
Toledo Blade,
Toronto Globe.
W E E K L I E S .
Evangelist, New York,
Examiner and Chronicle, N. Y.
London, Eng., Weekly Times,
London Phonetic Journal.
PERIODICLAS.
American Architect,
American Journal of Philology,
Appleton's Journal,
Army and Navy Journal,
Atlantic Monthly,
Blackwood's Magazine,
Brainards' Musical Review,
Boston Musical Herald,
Church Eclectic, London,
Demorests' Magazine,
Edinburgh Review,
Eclectic Magazine,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated,
Forest and Stream,
Godey's Ladies' Book,
Harper's Bazar,
Harper's Monthly,
Harper's Weekly,
Harper's Young People,
Literary Churchman,
Littell's Living Age,
London Engineer,
u Atheneum,
a Illustrated News,
" Punch,
Nineteenth Century,
N. Y. Nation,
N. Y. Mining Journal,)
Popular Science Monthly,
Princeton Review,
Puck.
Scientific American and Supple-ment,
Scribner's Monthly,
St. Nicholas,
Wilkes' Spirit of the Times.
PUBLICATIONS DONATED.
Catholic Universe Cleveland.
Christian Register Boston Mass.
Die Deutsche Zeitung Wheeling, W. Va.
Irish World New York.
Trade Review Cleveland.
Unitarian Review Boston,
12 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
APPENDIX B.
LIST OF DONATIONS. Volumes. Pamphlets
Baldwin, C. C., Cleveland 1
Barry, Charles C., Melrose, Mass
Bauder, Levi F., Cleveland 12
Berkshire, (Mass.) Life Ins. Co.. 1
Bloss & Ingersoll, Titusville. Pa
Board of Education, Cleveland 1
Boston, (Mass.) City Hospital
Bowditch, Henry, Boston 1
Briggs, Sam, Cleveland ••• 5
Bronson Library, Waterford, Conn
Cobden Club, London, England •••••
Coon, John, Cleveland..: 10
Eckman, William H., Cleveland 2
Eddy, Mary B. Glover, Boston, Mass 2
Friend's Library, Germantown, Pa
Goodman, John, Cleveland 1
Greene, Samuel Abbott, Groton, Mass 1
Hussey, Mrs. Lydia, deceased, Cleveland 121
Kirtland Society, Cleveland 2
Knight, Edward H., Zanesville, 0 1
Knox, John J., Washington, D. C 1
Mechanics Institute, Toronto
Mercantile Ins. Co., Buffalo
Mercantile Library Association, New York. 1
Mercantile Library Association, San Francisco:
Morse, Richard C., New York
Public Library, Boston, Mass , ®
Brookline, Mass
Chicago, 111
Columbus.
Cincinnati 3 ]
" " Detroit J
" u Lancaster, Mass *
" " Lawrence, Mass 1
11 " Lynn, Mass 1
tl 11 Newton, Mass 1
" " Providence, R. I 1
" " St. Louis, Mo • J*
u " San Francisco, Cal 2
" 11 Taunton, Mass •• 1
" " Toledo 1
" " Watertown, Mass...! 1
u 11 Worcester, Mass j
Polytechnic Society, Louisville, Ky ^ 1
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C 6
Townsend, Hon. Amos ^
United States Bureau of Education
" u Department of Interior 1 |
« " " of State 1 1
" " Treasury Department 2
11 " War Department I
Young Men's Association, Buffalo 1
White, Mrs. Bush, Cleveland 3b
Whitehead, W. A., Newark, N. J 1,
Total... 236 50