Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 1891

              Twenty-Third Annual Report
LIBRARY BOARD AND LIBRARIAN
OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
CLEVELAND, OHIO,
YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1891.
CLEVELAND, O.:
CLEVELAND PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.
1891.
Twenty-Third Annual Report
OF THE
LIBRARY BOARD AND LIBRARIAN
OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF
CLEVELAND, OHIO,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1891.
CLEVELAND, O.:
CLEVELAND PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.
1891.
MEMBERS.
TERM
EXPIRES.
H E N R Y W. S. W O O D , President 1893
J O H N C. H U T C H I N S , Secretary 1893
DR. O. B. C A M P B E L L 1894
DR. A. F. H O U S E 1894
Z. M. H U B B E L L 1892
P. H. L A V A N 1892
W. C. P O L L N E R 1892
STANDING COMMITTEES.
B O O K S :
MESSRS. HUTCHINS, POI,I,NER, HOUSE.
B U I L D I N G S :
MESSRS. POI,I,NER, LAVAN, CAMPBEI.IV.
E M P L O Y E E S :
MESSRS. HUBBBW,, POIXNER, HOUSE.
F I N A N C E :
MESSRS. HOUSE, HUBBEIX, HUTCHINS.
R U L E S :
MESSRS. LAVAN, CAMPBBU,, POI^NER.
P L A C E S OF B U S I N E S S A N D R E S I D E N C E.
NAME. PLYACE OF BUSINESS. RESIDENCE.
DR. O. B. CAMPBEU, .
DR. A. F. HOUSE . . .
Z. M. HUBBEU, . . . .
JOHN C. HUTCHINS . •
P. H. LAVAN
W. C. POIXNER . . . .
HENRY W. S. WOOD .
993 Cedar Avenue .
Cor. Sup. & Oliver Sts
Wilshire Building .
23 Blackstone Build'g
73-77 St. Clair Street
. 993 Cedar Avenue.
Cor. Sup. & Oliver Sts.
. . . . 77 Clinton St.
. . .783 Euclid Ave.
. 1220 Woodland Ave.
Report of the Library Board.
To the Honorable, the Board of Education of the City of Cleveland:
GENTLEMEN :—In compliance with the law of the State, the
Public Library Board of the City of Cleveland submit herewith
their Annual Report for the year ending August 31, 1891 :
R E C E I P T S .
Balance in Treasury, September 1, 1890 $ 9,499 34
From December, 1890, collection of taxes 14.013 03
From June, 1891, collection of taxes 10,392 72
Librarian, fines collected, etc 1,197 92
Librarian, cash in hands of, September 1, 1890 128 51
Total $35,231 52
EXPENDITURES.
Binding $ 1,765 98
Books 4,997 n
Furniture 254 91
Gas 1,023 30
Heating 45° 0 0
Insurance 470 00
Librarian's expenditures, (see appendix I) 644 79
Night watchman 150 00
Periodicals 846 50
Printing 98 50
Repairs 460 51
Salaries 11,888 54
Supplies 426 94
Telephone 72 00
Total $ 23,549 08
Balance in Treasury, September 1, 1891 . . . . $ 11,611 49
Cash in Librarian's hands, September i, 1891 . 70 95
$11,682 44
4 REPORT OF LIBRARY BOARD.
The following carefully compiled tables show the growth of the
Library and its expenditures since its establishment in 1869 :
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1871 2 1 1 , 7 50 3281 20 2 51
1872 5 1 3 . 1 65 1354 47 4 69 8
1 8 73 6 1 6 . 4 35 3 1 73 97
1874 6 2 0 , 4 15 3 9 80
1875 11 1-18,834 2 4 93 7 46
1876 14 2 2 , 7 69 4592 12 116 4 79 3 00
1877 14 2 5 , 1 17 3 5 09 33 187 112 5 1023
1878 8 2 5 , 4 67 67 151
1879 8 2 6 , 4 90 1186 " 5 5 "2*8 109 43 2 33
1880 10 2 9 , 1 55 2 7 43 54 57 80 1 05 102
1881 10 3 3 , 0 19 3 8 25 2 36 50 89 51 89 239
1882 10 3 6 , 5 63 131 64 1 35 74 126 289
1 8 83 9 3 9 , 0 92 1289 65 201 12 186
1884 9 $ 4 3 , 1 53 93 174 3 83 230
1885 11 4 5 , 9 05 3 0 56 210 2 30 127 "380 558 771
1886 11 4 8 , 8 37 4 2 53 2 95 5 4 4 3993 1 13 608 1304
1887 11 5 1 , 3 97 2837 115 190 2987 67 5 00
1888 11 5 4 , 4 30 2171 9 73 269 9 5 3 " "6 53 257
1889 12 5 7 , 3 70 3 1 95 3 45 1 59 1648 8 4 32 622
1890 11 6 2 , 3 80 4970 4 88 174 4718 84 4 23 759
1891 j 13 6 6 , 9 20 5 2 55 184 2 70 3915 86 110 867
4 8 67
4 7 20
1415
3 2 70
3 9 80
tlo81
3 9 35
2 3 48
3 50
1 0 23
2665
3 8 64
3544
2529
4061
2 7 52
2932
2560
3 0 33
2840
5 0 10
4 5 40
65,5521
9 4 , 7 02
100,671
8 4 , 4 75
1 1 1 , 2 17
173,281
1 5 6 , 0 00
1 6 7 , 0 52
1 8 9 , 1 97
1 0 5 339
1 0 8 , 1 75
1 3 0 , 4 43
1 3 4 . 5 68
1 2 5 , 7 22
1 2 7 , 4 83
1 4 8 , 2 07
1 9 8 , 2 02
2 0 9 , 6 02
1 9 9 , 6 51
2 0 9 , 5 56
1 9 4 , 3 3S
2 3 4 , 2 38
2 8 0 , 8 15
$ 1 3 7 6 52
2291 52
5 8 4 6 09
"3543 43
'••3966 02
4 1 0 6 82
J3976 61
J7760 60
6 7 7 4 20
1474 67
1577 27
4 7 8 9 23
6166 60
9 7 3 2 63
2954 70
6 4 2 7 90
4 0 8 0 25
4 9 5 3 47
3 6 2 1 07
2 4 6 0 90
4 4 4 0 78
115593 65
H5203 00
$ 256 35
Inclu'd
in Bks.
4 4 0 00
897 34
J1009 90
1079 00
5 0 6 41
1150 60
8 2 2 95
6 9 9 70
7 7 3 73
5 2 0 38
8 6 3 63
8 3 3 83
1072 70
1 2 7 1 99
1 7 4 1 56
2 0 9 8 34
5 9 0 99
651 61
=3599 10
1 7 6 5 98
3 0 2 71
196 89
127 93
3 5 0 00
440 00
500 00
507 58
525 40
6 1 4 72
587 35
732 70
701 40
888 23
959 15
8 4 6 50
H This includes amount spent for books in Librarian's Report, see Appendix H.
** Includes cost of binding 1,000 catalogues.
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
3 03
$2682
2 15
2 65
1 04
1 1 70
13
5 8 3
8 5 6
6 9 3
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9 41
257
1840
216
227
3 1 7
5 65
3 2 6
2 24
2 63
3 30
3 3 43
2 54
$ 1 6 23
2 1 56
2 6 53
4 1 50
4 6 18
4 7 85
6 0 56
6 8 39
7366
3 5 97
6 4 66
6 3 95
7269
7 7 19
8 0 69
8208
9 4 84
10368
11790
11185
10356
11372
11888
3 62
3 91
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96
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3 2
337
7 52
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5 7 67
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600
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42
106
1074
6 40
261 22
3 51
7 62
3 94
2 34
5 0 3
5 2
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2267
1967
$ 45
86
129
2 42
3 00
189
118
4 35
4 08
128
277
3 4 2
4 75
4 85
5 3 4
6 13
792
717
698
7 90
1373
1 2 33
1 0 23
19 07
8 1 49
174 39
8 7 55
5 2 12
$600 00
600 00
600 00
600 00
6 6 6 67
6 1 4 47
2135 24
1875 00
2 50
26 28
3 9 86
2 7 5 50
5 1 42
5 8 0 80
168 50
1130 71
57 25
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3 8 16
796 48
5 3 2 69
6 1 7 76
631 14
8 2 4 85
8 6 6 79
$
5 6 5 0 67
10131 17
9808 63
12992 27
11549 12
15181 14
20052 75
18691 95
11486 00
1 3 8 1 2 45
17928 16
21318 73
15587 64
18652 32
1 9 0 5 6 88
20591 04
21451 66
19353 58
22438 66
3 6 0 7 5 46
23549 08
t * etc. For explanation of reference to margin, see report of 1884-85.
5 REPORT OF LIBRARY BOARD.
In the last annual report your attention was called to the
fact that the Library had been arranged in open alcoves, allow-ing
free public access to the books for examination and selection,
and that during the few months in which it had been in opera-tion
the plan seemed to be successful, and to meet with public
approval. This arrangement has been continued during the
year just closed, and its success may be measured by the figures
given in the Librarian's report accompanying this. As during
the year 1889-90, the library was operated for a part of the
time upon the old plan and a part upon the new, a fair compari-son
of the two methods can only be made by comparing the
year 1888-89 with the year 1890-91, just closed. During the
former year there were issued for home use 194,338 volumes,
during the latter, 280,815, a gain of 86,477, o r more than 44
per c e n t y In addition to this, the use of books in the circulat
ing department for reference or reading has grown to be an im-portant
part of the work, of which no account is given in the
statistics. The loss of books during the year has been smaller
than during past years, and of those missing, a large proportion
are from the class fiction, which is not thrown open to the pub-lic,
being the only portion of the Library to which free access
is not allowed.
The work in the schools, for an account of which you are
referred to the accompanying report of the Librarian, has been
carried forward during the year successfully. It is only limited
by the lack of sufficient books in the library to supply the de-mand.
If it were possible to place books in all of the schools
where they would be used it might become a very important ad-junct
to the educational work of the city.
The rooms occupied by the Library, through the courtesy
of your honorable body, are sufficiently commodious for the
present needs of the Library. The most pressing need of the
building is the introduction of electric light, and I would rec-ommend
that measures be taken towards supplying this want.
The experience of other libraries which have it in use is almost
uniformly favorable. The Librarian of the Cincinnati Public
Library, in his last annual report, speaks in most enthusiastic
terms, not only of its superiority as a light, but also of the im-provement
in the atmosphere as to temperature and quality, and
the probable saving effected in book bindings. The main cause
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of the deterioration of bindings is probably the presence of the
products of the consumption of carbon in the atmosphere,
which would be obviated by the introduction of incandescent
light.
The new method of steam-heating of the building is a suc-cess,
and our fullest expectations have been realized.
The convenience of those using the Library would be
greatly increased by placing an elevator in the building. The
reference library on the third floor is practically inaccessible to
many persons who would be glad to use it, but are unable to
climb the two flights of stairs to reach it.
Another great need is the establishment of branch Libraries
or delivery stations, or of both. The city is so widely extended
that a large part of it is out of reach of the Library and can
only be reached by branches. These are in successful opera-tion
in other cities, and have been for years. They are, by no
means, an experiment, and the facts in regard to them can be
easily obtained. There is no question but that the interests and
convenience of a large part of the people of Cleveland would
be served by these establishments. It is, however, impossible
with the present resources of the Library, to do more than pay
the current expenses of the main Library and make such addi-tions
as are absolutely essential.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. S. WOOD, President.
Report of the Librarian.
To the Honorable, the Public Library Board:
GENTLEMEN :—In compliance with rule 17 for the Cleve-land
Public Library, I submit to you the following statement of
the work in the Library during the year ending August 31,
1891, and, as nearly as possible, of the condition of the Library
at the close of that year, being the Twenty-Third Annual Report
of the Librarian and the seventh which I have had the honor to
submit to you.
BOOKS.
According to the last Annual Report there were on hand
August 31, 1890, 62,380 volumes. There have been added
during the year 5,752 volumes, deducted by wear, loss and sale
1,212 volumes, making a net gain of 4,540 volumes, and a total
on hand August 31, 1891, of 66,920 volumes.
A detailed statement of the number of books in the Library
may be found in appendix A. Among the more important ad-ditions
to the Reference department were the following: Salon,
1890 ; Abraham Lincoln, 10 vols., Nicolay and Hay; History of
Art in Sardinia, Judea, etc., 2 vols., Perrot and Chipiez;
Familiar Wild Flowers, 5 vols., F. E. Hulme; History of
Greece, 8 vols., Duruy; Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 21
vols.; American Spiders and their Spinning Work, vols. 1-2,
H. C. McCook; Silva of North America, vols. 1-2, C. S. Sar-gent;
Great Cathedrals of the World, F. H. Allen; Recent
Ideals of American Art, G. W. Sheldon.
A statement of the number of books added to the Circulat-ing
department by classes will be found in appendix B. From
this it will be seen that the largest number purchased is in the
class juvenile. This has been in part with a view of supplying
the demand from the schools. The purchases in fiction include
a large number of duplicates of standard novels already in the
library. Very little of a sensational character has been bought.
Biography, history and travel are next in order among the
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English books in the number of accessions. The additions to
the German books include much of permanent value. The
total purchase of books during the year amounts to 5,255 vol-umes,
for which the sum of $5,203 was paid, or an average of
99 cents per volume. In appendix C will be found a statement
of the books now in the Circulating department by classes.
The following monthly magazines have been placed in the
Circulating department. They are issued in numbers until
the volumes are complete: 2 Arena, 2 Atlantic, 10 Century,
4 Cosmopolitan, 1 Chautauquan, 2 Forum, 8 Harper, 2 Lippin-cott,
1 Nineteenth Century, 2 N. A. Review, 2 Popular Science,
p St. Nicholas, 8 Scribner, 3 Wide Awake, 1 Westermann's
(^onatshefte, 1 Deutsche Rundschau, 1 Nord und Slid.
Of the books noted in appendix A as condemned the
greater portion have been given to the night and unclassified
schools.
B;JT PAMPHLETS.
There are on hand at the Library, 1,885; a t Central
,High School, 212; at the West High School, 71 ; a total of 1,-
896^ being an increase during the year of 272.
^ jA list of the gifts to the Library during the year with the
fairies of the donors may be found in appendix D.
?FL )IH WORK IN THE LIBRARY—CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT.
io (i -J
; s^'lThis department has been open 308 days, being every
Weekday in the year except the holidays. The hours are from
8%Q<AJ M. to 8 P. M. except on Saturday, when the hours are
ffoih A. M. to 9 P. M. The number of books issued dur-ing
the year was 280,815, being an average daily issue of 911,
fciitfuM increase of 36,577 over last year. The number of mem-bership
cards issued was 9,757. Further details of the work in
th&Jd£pkrtment may be found in appendix E.
moivtj,he(<iuse of books for reference and reading in the Circulat-ing
department is growing to be an important part of the work.
St^jmMciilarly noticeable in the alcoves devoted to history and
fiWaflire.01-1 The freedom to select books from the shelves and
in the alcoves is appreciated by, and especially
V&teMJe*tePthe more studious users of the Library. No account
^ k e ^ ^ f ^ h e books thus consulted, and it forms no part of the
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detail statistics of work in this department, which may be found
in appendix E.
Permit me to call attention to the progressive decrease
in the reading of novels from the Library, as shown by a com-parison
with the reports of previous years. This would ap-pear
to indicate an increasing proportional demand for those
books which inform and educate rather than for those which
merely entertain or amuse. This tendency has been fostered by
the board in its selection of books for purchase. According to
the report for the year ending August 31,1885, the Circulating
department contained 30,819 volumes, of which 8,340 or 27 per
cent, were classed as English fiction. From this class about 99,-
000 or 50 per cent, of the circulation was drawn. Six years
later, at the close of the year included in the present report, the
same department contains 46,174 volumes, of which 9,694 vol-umes
or 21 per cent, are novels, and from these 109,459 or 39
per cent, of the circulation is drawn.
From this it will be seen that, while with the growth of the
Library this class has grown both in the number of volumes and
amount of use, still the increase has been relatively less than in
any other class of literature. The foregoing comparison is be-tween
the class fiction and the other classes in the Circulating
department. In appendix E may be found a statement by
classes of books issued during the last thirteen years. No ac-count
is made of the growth of, or work in the Reference de-partment.
The books added to this department are intended
to be, without exception, such as shall be of permanent value,
and while the number is small, compared to those added to the
Circulating department, their average cost per volume is very
much greater.
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
This department has been open 360 days, or every day in
the year except the holidays. The hours have been from 9 A.
M. to 9 P. M., except on Saturdays, when it remains open un-til
10 P. M. on week days, and from 1 P. M. to19 P. M. on
Sundays, throughout the year. The Reference department and
the reading room were visited by 56,834 people during the year,
being a daily average of 158, and an increase of 3,268. Of
these visits, 9,818 were on Sunday, being a daily average of 188.
Two hundred and seventeen periodicals and newspapers
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are taken in the reading room. The total expense for period-icals
is $923.13.
A very noticeable feature of the work in this department
has been the almost constant use of the publications of the
Patent office. Appendix F gives tabulated figures of the work
in this department.
CATALOGUING.
During the year the making of a card catalogue of the Ref-erence
department has been carried forward, and the card cata-logue
of the Circulating department has been kept up to date.
No supplement giving the additions to the English books
has been published since the issue of the Catalogue in 1889. It
would be well to issue a supplement as soon as practicable.
No additional Catalogue of the German books has been
published since 1885, but one is nearly ready for the printer,
having been held back to include some additional volumes. The
work of Cataloguing has been done, as heretofore, by a detail of
the regular assistants in the Library during the less busy days
and hours of the week.
REVISION OF THE RULES.
The thorough revision of the rules by the present Commit-tee
on Rules, by introducing some needed changes and more
conveniently arranging the body of rules already in existence,
has much facilitated their application.
LECTURES.
During the past winter a series of talks or papers were
given in the Library. It was intended to have one each week,
and with the exception of an interval at holiday times and two
disappointments from sickness, this has been carried out.
The time given for this was from 9 to 9:30 in the morning,
and although the Library was open it was so quiet at that time
that one assistant could do all that was necessary.
The programme has been as follows : A critical synopsis of
44 Macbeth," with readings by Hon. John C. Covert, of the
Leader, two mornings; a paper on " Miracle Plays," by Mrs.
May Alden Ward, whose life of 4 4 Petrarch" has recently issued
from the press of Robert Bros., and whose " Dante " was so well
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received a few years ago; "George Eliot," by Mrs. Covert;
" T h e Influence of Poetry in Politics," by Mrs. E. M. Avery;
" Comparison of Religion," by Mrs. Lydia Hoyt Farmer; a
" Day in Concord," by Mrs. Burns; " Giotto," by Anna M.
Pratt, whose verses the readers of '' L i f e " may recall, and
4' Theory of Art," by Mrs. King.
The papers and talks were, without exception, interesting,
and helpful in the work.
ADMINISTRATION.
I do not wish to close this report of what may be regarded
as a successful year's work without acknowledging in terms of
high commendation the services of the assistants, to whose faith-ful
efforts this success is largely due. I believe that the, work of
the assistants in the Library during the past year has been better
than ever before. I believe that the interest of the Library can
be best advanced by requiring continuous elevation of the
standard of work, and by recognizing and encouraging efficient
services by promotions and increased salaries. The work of a
good library assistant requires no less ability or preparation
than that of a teacher in the grammar school, and some posi-tions
require even broader and more advanced training. The
salaries paid, however, are much less. I believe that the stand-ard
of preparation required should be gradually advanced, ana
the pay increased, until the positions are equal to those of teach-ers
in our higher schools.
SPECIAL WORK IN THE SCHOOLS.
During the past year more than 3,000 volumes were placed
in sixty-one schools, nearly all of the grammar grades. They
were issued directly to the teachers, who were held responsible
for them. A special purchase of about fifteen hundred dollars
worth of books was made for the purpose, and all applications
received before the middle of the last term were filled, although
to do so taxed the resources of the Library to the utmost, and
depleted the shelves to a point beyond which it is not advisable
to go. If, as seems very likely from the interest manifest by the
teachers, still greater demands are made during the coming
year, the Library, with its present resources, will be unable to
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supply them. These deposits of books in the schools, while
forming little branch libraries for the families represented in the
schools, by the avidity with which the books have been sought
for and used, emphasize strongly the pressing need of a system
of branch Libraries and Delivery stations in a city so widely ex-tended
as ours, in which a considerable portion of the residents
are practically out of reach of the Library. A very pleasant
feature of the work during the past winter was the use of the
Library by the members of the various literary societies and
clubs in the city.
Further detailed statement may be found in the following
appendices.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. H. BRETT, Librarian.
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L I B R A R Y E M P L O Y E E S.
WM. H. BRETT Librarian.
MISS MARIA T. HUBBELL Assistant Librarian.
C I R C U L A T I N G D E P A R T M E N T.
M i s s EMMA M. JOHNSON, MISS ADALINE T. REZNER,
MISS ANNA C. GRANGER, MISS JESSIE L. RITTER,
MISS MARGARET G. PIERCE MISS CECELIA M. HUTSON,
MISS LYDIA S. HONECKER, MISS GERTRUDE H. HANNA,
MISS MILDRED C. WOOD.
S U B S T I T U T E S .
MISS HERMINE A. SIMON, MISS JENNIE E. ISBISTER,
MISS EMILY L. COLLINGS, MISS M. C. JACOBS,
*MRS. ELLA DREIEUSS, MRS. M. B. PAOLI,
*MISS M. F. KIMMEL.
R E F E R E N C E D E P A R T M E N T.
M i s s CARRIE E. BASSETT, MRS. SOPHIA M. BRECKENRIDGE>
MISS BERTHA L. SCHROEDER.
S U N D A Y S U B S T I U T E .
MRS. ANNA C. MUELLER.
"Resigned.
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A P P E N D I X A.
V O L U M E S IN T H E L I B R A R Y — C I R C U L A T I N G DEPARTMENT.
On hand September i, 1890 41,892
Additions.
By purchase 4,958
By gift iy
Transferred from Reference department... 445
Reported missing last year and recovered... 86 5,506
Deductions. 47>39
Worn out and condemned 867
Lost and paid for 58
Issued and not recovered 160
Unaccounted for IIO 1,195
46,203
R E F E R E N C E D E P A R T M E N T.
On hand September 1, 1890 17,745
Additions.
By purchase 287
By gift ..." 166
Periodicals from Reading room, bound 205
Deposit from Patent office 22 680
Deductions. T^>425
Transferred to Circulating department 445
Duplicates sold g
Missing 8 462
17,963
L I B R A R I A N ' S O F F I C E.
On hand September 1, 1890.
Additions. 266
By purchase IO
By gift ! 1 11
277
D U P L I C A T E S AND U N C L A S S I F I E D.
On hand September 1, 1890 2,443
In Library (estimate) Sept. 1,1891 ' 1,686
On sale with Messrs. Taylor, Austin & Co... 757
At High Schools, Sept. 1, 1890 34 2,44^
At High Schools, Sept. 1, 1891 34
Total 66,920
SUMMARY.
On hand in all departments, Sept. 1, 1890 62,380
Additions.
By purchase 5,355
By gift ^4
Bound from Reading room 205
Deposit from Patent office 22
Recovered 86 5,752
Carried forward 68,132
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A P P E N D I X A . - C O N T I N U E D.
Brought forward 68,132
Deductions.
Worn out and condemned 867
Lost and paid for 58
Issued and not yet recovered 160
Missing—unaccounted for 118
Duplicates sold 9 1,212
66,920
On hand September 1, 1890
Net increase—
In Circulating department
In Reference department
In Librarian's office
SUMMARY
On hand September 1, 1891.
In Circulating department
In Reference department
In Librarian's office
Duplicates and unclassified
At High Schools
Total on hand Sept. 1, 1891
62,380
4,311
. 218
11 4,54o
46,203
17,963
277
2,443
34
66,920
66,020
IP LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
A P P E N D I X B.
B O O K S ADDED T O T H E C I R C U L A T I N G D E P A R T M E N T BY C L A S S ES
FROM S E P T . I , 1890, T O S E P T . I, 1891.
Juvenile 1,116
Fiction 977
Literature 377
Biography 436
History, Foreign, 711
" American, 307 V 425
" Ancient, 47 J
Sociology 122
Philosophy 27
Science 90
Art 90
Poetry 38
Education 32
Natural History 43
Theology 142
Travel 311
Useful Arts 86-
German 663
Total 4-975
A P P E N D I X C.
B O O K S BY C L A S S E S IN T H E L I B R A R Y.
Juvenile 4,112^
Fiction 9,694
Literature 3,425
Biography 4,260
History, American, 1,415 ]
" Foreign, 1,780 V 3>859
" Ancient, 664 J
Sociology I,55I
Philosophy 825
Science I,354
Art 1,081
Poetry 1,410
Education 52°
Natural History 702
Theology 2,892
Travel 3,227
Useful Arts M26
German 5,836
Unclassified 29
Total 46,203
IP LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
A P P E N D I X D.
L I S T OF D O N O R S T O T H E C L E V E L A N D P U B L I C L I B R A R Y -
NAMES OF DONORS.
Adelbert College
American Academy of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Amherst, [Mass.,] College
Andover, [Mass.,] Seminary
Arizona Territory
Ashley, Hon. J. W., Toledo, O
Astor Library, New York
Baldwin, Hon. C. C
Bolton, Mrs. S. K
Bond, F. H
Booth, O. H., Poughkeepsie, NY.
Boston, Mass.—
City Hospital
Public Library
Boutell, Lewis H., Chicago, III
Bridgeport, [Conn.,] Public Library
Brookline, [Mass.,] Public Library
Brooklyn, [N. Y.,] Institute
Bronson Library, Waterbury, Conn
Buffalo, \N. Y.,] Library
Burgess, H. H
Burton, Hon. Theodore E
California—
State Board of Trade
State Library
State Mineralogist
Chicago—
Board of Trade
University
Cincinnati Public Library
Civil Service Reform Association, St. Louis, Mo
Cleveland Christian Scientists
Columbus Public Library
Cooper, O. H., Austin, Texas
Cooper Union, New York
Cornell University
Day, L.W
Dayton—
Board of Education
Public Library
Denver Public Library
Detroit Public Library
Dowey, D., Detroit, Mich
Elizabeth, [N.J.,] Public Library
Fall River, [Mass.,] Public Library
Fenton & Stair
Funk & Wagnalls, New York
Friends' Book Store, Philadelphia, Pa
Friends' Free Library, Germantown, Pa
Gleason, Wm. J
Bd. Unb. P.
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A P P E N D I X D . - C O N T I N U E D.
NAMES OF DONORS.
Goodwin, A. K., Providence, R. I.
Grand Haven, [Mick.,] Public Library
Grand Rapids, [Mich.]—
Board of Trade....,
Public Library
Green, Hon. Samuel A., Boston, Mass
Griffith, Axtell, Cady & Co., Holyoke, Mass
Halifax, [Eng.,] Public Library
Hall, E. H., Cambridge, Mass
Handsworth, [England,] Public Library
Harlan, Dr. C., Wilmington, Del
Hartford, [Conn.,] Seminary
Harvard University
Hathaway-Brown School
Hoepli, U., Milan, Italy
Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans
Howe, J. M., Boston, Mass
Ingersoll, E., Philadelphia, Pa
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins University
Kansas Historical Society
Kitchen, Dr. H. W
Kouvalinka, J. G., Long Island City, N. Y.
L. S. & M. S. R. R.,
Lancaster, [Mass.,] Public Library....
Lawrence, [Mass.,] Public Library
Leeds, [Eng.,] Public Library
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa
Leonard, Rev. D. L., Oberlin, O
Levi Parsons' Library, Gloversville, N. Y.
Loudon, [Eng.,] Librarian of Guildhall .. .
Lord, J. S., Springfield, III.
Los Angeles, [Cat.,] Public Library
Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture
Lynn, [Mass.,] Public Library
Maimonides Library, New York
Maine, State Supt. of Instruction
Manchester, [N. //.,] City Library
Mansfield, [Ohio,] Memorial Library Association.
Massachusetts—
Board of Agriculture
State Library
Mercantile Library, New York
Merchants' Express, St. Louis, Mo
Michigan—
Bureau of Labor
University
Milwaukee, [ Wis.,] Library
Minneapolis—
Public Library
Superintendent of Instruction
Minnesota Bureau of Labor
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT\
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NAMES OF DONORS. Bd. Unb
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Montgomery, M. L., Reading, Pa
Morrison Library, Richmond, Ind
Murphy Varnish Co
Nevada—
Department of Public Instruction
University
Newark, [N.J.,] Public Library
New Bedford, Mass.—
Board of Trade
Public Library
Newbury Library, Chicago, III
New Haven, [Conn.,] Public Library
New Jersey State Library
Newton, [Jj/tf-sx,] Public Library
New York—
Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Library
New York Central & Hudson River R. R....
Ohio-
Commissioner of Public Schools
Meteorological Bureau
State Bar Association
Omaha Public Library
Osterhout Library, Wilkesbarre, Pa
Patterson, J. W., Concord, N. H.
Peabody Institute
Pennsylvania—
College of Dental Surgery
Historical Society
University
Philadelphia—
Institute of Homeopathy
Library Company
Portland, [Maine,] Public Library
Poughkeepsie, [N. Y.,] Board of Education.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Providence, [R. I.,] Public Library
Register Publication Co., Chicago, III
Reynolds Library, Rochester, N. Y.
Rice, J. H., Columbia, S. C.
Rosengarten, J. G., Philadelphia, Pa
Royal Society of Canada
Salem, [Mass.,] Public Library
St. Joseph, [Mo.,] Public Library
St. Louis Mercantile Library
St. Paul, [Minn., Public Library
San Diego, [Cal.,] Public Library
San Francisco—
Mercantile Library
Public Library
Scarborough, Hon. J. C., Raleigh, N C.
Shinn, J. H., Little Rock, Ark
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A P P E N D I X D . — C O N T I N U E D.
NAMES OF DONORS. Bd. Unb.
Smith, Rev. E. D
Smith, Scott A., Providence, R. I.
Smithsonian Institution
Society for Psychical Research
Southbridge, [/Ifass.,] Public Library
Springfield, [Ohio,] Public Library
Swan, R. I., Boston, Mass
Swansea, [England,] Public Library
Swift, M. I., Ashtabula, O
Taunton, [Mass.,] Public Library
Todd, E. A., Pittsburgh, Pa
Toledo-
Daily Bee
Public Library
Topeka, [Kan.,J Academy of Science
Toronto Public Library
Trenton, [aY.y.,] Bureau of Statistics
United States-
Bureau of Ethnology
Commissioner of Labor
Commissioner of Patents
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Department of War
Post Office Department
Signal Office
Vassar College
W. C. T. U
Waite, H. E. N., Newton, Mass
Waterhouse, S., St. Louis, Mo
White, John G
Wisconsin—
Bureau of Labor
State Historical Society
State Superintendent of Instruction
Woburn, [Mass.,] Public Library
Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa..
Worcester, [Mass.,] Public Library
Wyoming, Governor's Report
Yale University
Young Men's Christian Association, N. Y.
Young Men's Mercantile Library, Cincinnati
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A P P E N D I X E.
C I R C U L A T I N G DEPARTMENT.
Days
open.
Books
issued. Largest day. Smallest day. Aver-age.
No. of
cards
issued.
Sept 26 19,061 Sept. 27, 1,643 Sept. 16, 470 733 316
Oct 27 23,182 Oct. 25, 1,961 Oct. 29, 39o 858 435
Nov 25 25,09! Nov. 29, 1,901 Nov. 17, 551 1,004 435
Dec.. . 26 25,595 Dec. 6, 1,936 Dec. 24, 607 984 345
Jan 26 29,755 Jan. 24, 2,101 Jan. 7, 707 1,144 444
Feb. 1 24 27,815 Feb. 28, 2,261 Feb. 16, 738 i , i 59 247
March 26 28,245 Mar. 21, 2,251 March 19, 709 1,086 T>773
April ! 26 25,042 April 4, 1,929 April 30, 493 963 1,376
May 26 20,570 May 23, 1,587 May 21, 485 791 1,172
June 26 18,594 June 6, 1,446 June 10, 402 715 1,488
July 26 18,324 July 25, 1,209 July 23, 512 705 935
Aug 26 19,541 Aug. 29, 1,267 Aug. 14, 481 75i 791
308 280,815 9,757
Largest month, January 29,755
Smallest month, July 18,324
Largest average daily delivery, February 1,159
Smallest average daily delivery, July 705
Largest day, February 28 2,261
Smallest day, October 29 390
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A P P E N D I X F.
R E F E R E N C E D E P A R T M E N T.
23
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4 , 0 85
4,435
4 , 5 25
4 , 6 62
4 , 1 40
4 , 9 55
4 227
3 , 5 48
3 , 0 06
2 , 7 34
2 , 9 98
4 7 , 0 16
2,097
2 , 3 73
2,247
1 , 8 75
1,960
1 , 8 44
2,112
1,802
1,635
1,161
1 3 3 2
1 5 3 5
21,973
142
151
185
174
179
173
190
163
136
116
105
115
599
887
1,246
907
978
1,095
1,249
554
764
437
423
679
9,818
428
764
557
534
666
649
387
409
229
290
522
5 , 7 33
150
222
249
227
289
274
250
138
153
109
106
136
75
107
153
139
133
90
130
97
68
57
72
104
IP LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
A P P E N D I X G.
N E W S P A P E R S AND P E R I O D I C A L S ON F I L E IN T H E R E A D I N G ROOM.
ABBREVIATIONS.—m monthly, d daily, d and s daily and Sunday, w weekly,
sw semi-weekly, sm semi-monthly, q quarterly, bm bi-monthly.
Advance w
American Architect w
American Economic Associa-tion
bm
American Historical Associa-tion
q
American History, Magazine
of m
American Journal of Archseo-
!ogy q
American Journal of Philology..q
American Journal of Science
and Arts m
American Machinist w
Arena m
Arkansas Gazette w
Army and Navy Journal w
Art Amateur m
Art Interchange sm
Ashland [Ohio,] Times w
Atlanta Constitution d
Atlantic Monthly m
Auglaize County [Ohio,] Dem...w
Bee Line Gazette m
Bellefontaine [Ohio,] Repub-lican
w
Belletristiches Journal w
Blackwood's Magazine m
Book Chat m
Boston Herald d and s
Brj^an [Ohio,] Press w
Buffalo Express d and s
Caldwell [Ohio,] Press w
Cambridge [Ohio,] Jeffersonian..w
Canton [Ohio.J Democrat w
Carrollton [Ohio,] Free Press...w
Catholic Universe w
Catholic World m
Century m
Chamber's Journal m
Charlottetown [P. E. I.,] Her-ald
w
Chautauquan m
Chicago Times s
Chicago Tribune d and s
Christian Union w
Cincinnati Commercial-Ga-zette
d and s
Cincinnati Enquirer d and s
Civil Service Record m
Clermont [Ohio,J Courier w
Cleveland Anzeiger d and s
Cleveland East End Signal w
Cleveland Examiner w
Cleveland Gazette w
Cleveland Globe w
Cleveland Leader d and s
Cleveland Marine Record w
Cleveland Medical Gazette m
Cleveland Plain Dealer...d and s
Cleveland Press d
Cleveland Sun and Voice s
Cleveland Trident w
Cleveland Volksfreund w
Cleveland Waechter-am-Erie
d and s
Colliery Engineer w
Columbus State Journal d
Congressional Record d
Conneaut [Ohio,] Reporter w
Contemporary Review m
Cosmopolitan m
Courier des Etats Unis w
Critic w
Cuyahogan, Brooklyn, Ohio w
Dawn m
Dayton [Ohio,] Daily Journal....d
Decorator and Furnisher m
Delaware [Ohio,] Herald sw
Delineator m
Demorest's Monthly m
Denver Republican d
Denver Sun d
Detroit Free Press d
Deutsche Rundschau m
Dublin Review q
East Palestine [Ohio,] Valley
Echo w
Eclectic Magazine m
Edinburgh Review m
Educational Monthly m
Electrical World w
Elyria [Ohio,] Republican w
Engineering and Mining Jour-nal
w
Engineering News w
Evangelical Messenger w
Farm and Fireside sm
Findlay [Ohio,] Jeffersonian d
Fliegende Blatter w
IP LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
A P P E N D I X G . - C O N T I N U E D.
Forest and Stream w
Forum m
Frank Leslie's Newspaper w
Fremont*[Ohio] Democratic
Messenger w
Gegenwart w
Gartenlaube w
Georgetown [Ohio,] News-
Democrat w
Germania sm
Good Housekeeping m
Gospel in all Lands.., 111
Harper's Bazar w
Harper's Monthly m
Harper's Weekly w
Harper's Young People w
Hillsboro [Ohio,] News-Herald..w
Household m
Illustrirte Zeitung sm
Independent w
Indianapolis Journal d and s
Irish World w
Iron Age w
Iron Trade Review, Cleveland...w
Jeweler's Weekly w
Journal of Education w
Journal of Franklin Institute...m
Judge
Kansas City Times .d and s
Ladies' Home Companion sm
Library Journal m
Life
Lippincott's Magazine m
Literary Digest w
Literary News m
Literary World sm
Littell's Living Age w
London Academy w
London Athenaeum w
London Illustrated News w
London Punch
London Times d
Louisville Courier-Journal
d and s
MacMillan's Magazine m
Magazine of Art m
Manifesto, Shaker Village, N.
H-Mansfield
[Ohio,] Shield and
Banner
Marion [Ohio,] Democratic
Mirror
Marquette Mining Journal w
McArthur [Ohio,] Enquirer w
Mechanical News m
Mechanics
Memphis Avalanche d and s
Missionary Herald m
Missionary Review of the
World m
j Mt. Vernon [Ohio,] Banner w
I Mt. Gilead [Ohio,] Union Reg-ister
w
Musical Courier w
Musical World m
Nation w
National Temperance Advo-cate
m
National Tribune w
New England Historical and
Genealogical Register q
New England Magazine m
New Lisbon [Ohio,] Patriot w
New Orleans Times-Democrat
d and s
New York Herald d and s
New York School Journal w
New York Staats-Zeitung d
New York Times d and s
New York Tribune d and s
New York Voice w
New York World d and s
Nineteenth Century m
Nord und Sud m
North American Review m
Oberlin [Ohio,] Weekly News, w
Official Gazette, U. S. Patent
Office w
Ohio Archaeological and His-torical
Quarterly q
Ohio Practical Farmer, Cleve-land
w
Old Homestead, Cleveland m
Omaha Bee d and s
Orange Co. [Florida,] Reporter.w
Outing m
Painesville [Ohio,] Telegraph....w
Path m
Paulding [Ohio,] Gazette w
Perrin's Stenographer w
Philadelphia Press d and s
Photographic Times w
Phrenological Journal m
Pittsburgh Dispatch d and s
Political Science Quarterly q
Popular Science Monthly m
Practical Mechanics m
Progressive Thinker w
Protestant Standard w
Public Opinion w
Publisher's Circular sm
Publisher's Weekly w
Puck
Quarterly Review q
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A P P E N D I X G . - C O N T I N U E D.
Railroad and Engineering Jour-nal
m
Railway Guide, Lewis & Dry-den
m
Ravenna [Ohio,J Republican w
Religio-Philosphical Journal . .w
Review of Reviews m
St. Clairsville [Ohio,] Gazette...w
St. Louis Globe Democrat
d and s
St. Nicholas m
St. Paul Pioneer Press d and s
Sandusky [Ohio,] Register w
San Francisco Bulletin d
Scientific American and Sup-plement
w
Scientific American, Builders'
Edition m
Scribner's Monthly m
Season m
Shelby [Ohio,] Times w
Sidney [Ohio,] Journal w
Spirit of the Times WT
Springfield [Mass.,] Republi-can
d
Springfield [Ohio,] Republic-
Times d
Sunday School Times WT
Toledo Blade d
Toronto Empire d
Toronto Globe d
Town Topics, Cleveland w
Travelers' Record, Hartford,
Comi m
Twentieth Century w
Ueber Land und Meer sm
Union Signal w
Unitarian Review m
United Ireland w
Urbana [Ohio,] Citizen and
Gazette w
Van Wert [Ohio,] Bulletin w
Warren [Ohio,] Chronicle w
Washington Independent, w
Washington [D. C.,] Post d
Weather Review m
Westermann's Monats-Hefte...m
Western History, Magazine of..m
Westminster Review m
Wide Awake m
Woman's Journal m
Woman's Tribune w
Wooster [Ohio,] Republican w
World's Columbian Exposi-tion
m
Youth's Companion w
IP LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
A P P E N D I X H.
B O O K B I N D E R ' S W O R K.
On catalogues $ 14 00
Bound from Reference room 272 50
Bound from Circulating room 1,286 70
Books repaired 37 15
Embossed with shelf numbers 72 90
Maps mounted 12 85
Collating in bindery 5 05
Binding Accession books and shelf catalogues 64 50
Blank books 9 05
Total $1,774 7o
Condemned books and errors charged back 8 72
$1,765 98
IP LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
A P P E N D I X I.
S T A T E M E N T OF R E C E I P T S AND E X P E N D I T U R E S BY L I B R A R I A N.
Received. Expended. To Treas.
September $ 93 47 $ 17 23 $ 78 51
October 94 18 48 61 76 24
November 97 14 22 47 45 57
December 108 99 67 38 74 67
January h i 04 45 27 41 61
February 97 92 27 55 66 77
March 94 56 79 43 69 37
April 114 49 87 85 15 13
May IOI 86 57 36 26 64
120 12 79 43 45 00
July 88 50 57 5i 40 19
August 75 65 54 70 30 99
Total $1197 92 $644 79 $610 69
On hand September i, 1890 $ $ 128 51
Receipts 1,197 92
Expenditures 644 79
Paid to Treasurer 610 69
Balance on hand September 1, 1891 70 95
| I,326 43 $1,326 43
EXPENDITURES.
Advertising $
Binding
Books
Car fare
Deposits refunded
Expressage
Expressage refunded
Fines refunded
Freight and cartage
Furniture
Labor
Money orders
Periodicals
Postage
Repairs
Supplies
To Treasurer
1 45
1 20
205 89
3 55
20 00
48 39
10
3 76
23 79
18 25
36 03
90
76 63
47 66
12 65
144 54
610 69
Total $ 1,255 48
RECEIPTS.
Binding
Books lost
Books sold
Catalogues
Deposits
Expressage refunded.
Fees
Fines
Old paper
Postal cards
$ 95
46 08
6 75
32 25
10 00
8 60
3 00
1,046 55
3 05
40 69
Total $1,197 92
On hand September 1, 1890 $ $ 128 51
Total receipts 1,197 92
Total expenditures 1,255 48
Balance on hand September 1, 1891 70 95
$I,326 43 $!,326 43