Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 1894

              TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Library Board and Librarian
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OK
CLEVELAND, OHIO,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING AUGUST J1, 1894.
CLEVELAND, OHIO :
THE CLEVELAND PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO
I895-
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Library Board and Librarian
OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF
CLEVELAND, OHIO,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING AUGUST 1894.
CLEVELAND, OHIO :
THE CLEVELAND PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.
1 8 9 5 .
M E M B E R S .
JOHN C. HUTCHINS, President, 1896
EVAN H. HOPKINS, Secretary, 1895
N. A. GILBERT, 1897
E. W. HORN, 1897
Z. M. HUBBELL, 1895
MARS E. WAGAR, 1895
J. A. SMITH, 1896
STANDING COMMITTEES.
BOOKS.
Messrs. Smith, Wagar, Gilbert.
BUILDINGS.
Messrs. Wagar, Hopkins, Horn.
EMPLOYEES.
Messrs. Hubbell, Wagar, Gilbert.
FINANCE.
Messrs. Hopkins, Hubbell, Smith.
RULES.
Messrs. Gilbert, Horn, Hopkins.
PLACES OF BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE.
Names.
N. A. Gilbert
Evan H. Hopkins..
E. W. Horn
Z. M. Hubbell
John C. Hutchins..
John A. Smith
Mars E. Wagar
Place of Business.
641 Society for Savings Bldg...
831 The Cuyahoga
Evangelical Asso. Pub. House.
Wilshire Building
County Court House
504 Society for Savings Bldg...
Cor. York and Carroll Sts
Residence.
1134 Case Ave.
84 Miles Ave.
1225 Slater Ave.
77 Clinton St
766 Euclid Ave.
618 Jennings Ave.
174 Franklin Ave.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. 3
R E P O R T O F T H E L I B R A R Y B O A R D .
To the Honorable, the Board of Education:
GENTLEMEN:—I n 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, 1894 :
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury September 1, 1893 $ 7,855 11
From December, 1893, collection of taxes 7,500 00
From December, 1893, " " " 5,000 00
From December, 1893, " " " 5,000 00
From December, 1893, " " " 6,099 x3
From June, 1894, " " " 7,500 00
From June, 1894, " " " 5,000 00
From Librarian, fines collected, etc 1,972 21
Librarian, cash in hands of, September 1, 1893 64 05
By gift ofWm. G. Mather 25 00
By overdrawn salary 7 00
TOTAL $46,022 50
EXPENDITURES.
Bindery $ 265 00
Binding 5,082 54
Books n,453 75
Electric lighting 1,625 00
Furniture 478 57
GAS 468 32
Insurance 724 70
Janitor, engineer and heating 1,922 07
Librarian's expense account 1,290 40
Night watchman 240 00
Pages, extra labor, etc 1,141 34
Periodicals 1,250 00
Police service 60 00
Printing. " Open Shelf," etc 865 50
Rent, (West Side Branch) 480 00
Repairs 5o3 ?6
Salaries 14,948 22
Supplies 852 96
Telephones 180 00
T O T A L $43,832 13
Balance in Treasury September 1, 1894 $ 2,149 73
Cash in Librarian's hands September i, 1894 40 64
$ 2,190 37
4 REPORT OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. 4
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. 5
The plan of permitting free access of patrons to the
shelves, adopted some time since tentatively, can no longer
be regarded as an experiment, as it has worked to the en-tire
satisfaction of the management and of those using the
library.
This radical innovation, introduced by us, has resulted
in its adoption in several of the other public libraries
throughout the country, and is destined to general recog-nition.
The past year has been a very prosperous one for
the library in every respect, and especially along the lines
of departure which we have been following during the
past two or three years.
The plan of issuing books to the teachers of the pub-lic
schools has been greatly extended and is working most
admirably, and is producing the most satisfactory and im-portant
results, and has become, we venture to assert, a
most valuable adjunct and help to the larger work which
you are doing for our public schools.
In 1893, there were issued from the main and branch
libraries 349,190 volumes. In 1894, there have been issued
532,648 volumes, a gain of 183,458 or 52 per cent. It is
gratifying to know that, notwithstanding the establish-ment
of branch libraries, the books issued from the main
library show a healthy increase. There were issued from
the main library in 1893, 264,845 volumes. In 1894,
367>734 volumes, a gain of 102,889 or more than 38 per
cent.
We refer with special satisfaction to the increased inter-est
taken in our reference department, which is one of the
most valuable and instructive features of our work. The
record shows that in 1893 there were 54,681 visitors in the
reference department, while in 1894 t l l e r e were 90,271, an
increase of 35,590 or 65 per cent. In 1893, there were 32,-
390 books used and referred to, while in 1894 there were
67,894, a gain of 35,555 or n o per cent. This illustrates
the fact that our well-selected and valuable reference de-partment
is being more and more appreciated by the rap-
6 REPORT OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. 6
idly increasing number of people in our city, who prize
the privileges of such a department.
Our efforts to reach as near as we may the great body
of the people by the establishment < of branch libraries
have been highly appreciated and approved, and our work
in this direction has been productive of the most gratify-ing
and substantial results, and is destined to become, we
believe, one of the most popular and efficient features of
the library. The record of our West Side branch, on Pearl
street, is pointed to with pride as indicative of the results
to be anticipated in the continued extension of this branch
of our work, which we contemplate accomplishing as rap-idly
as the means at our command will justify. There
were issued in the Pearl street branch in 1893, 84>345 vol-umes.
In 1894, 126,883 volumes, an increase of 42,538
volumes or 50 per cent.
The cost of binding and repairing books in the library
has been for years a most provokingly large item in the
expenses of running the library, and has become a serious
problem to the management. In our efforts to solve this
problem we are now establishing a bindery department in
the main library, which we hope and believe will greatly
decrease the outlay heretofore made for binding and re-pairing.
We anticipate that we shall be able by this
means not only to save considerable expense, but also to
have the binding and repairing more satisfactorily and
substantially done.
We are happy to announce that our purpose to con-tinue
to extend our work along the lines above indicated
will be, we anticipate, greatly facilitated by the increase of
money to be derived from the increase in the levy for
library purposes, and that as a consequence we shall be
able to make a much better showing for the ensuing year.
But after all, the thing which the Cleveland Public
Library needs more than anything else is a suitable and
permanent home, a library building dedicated to the ex-clusive
use of the library. We are sadly behind most of
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our sister cities in this respect. The enterprise, the
wealth and the intelligence of Cleveland should be at no
distant period devoted to the pleasant task of construct-ing
a public library building, which should in its ap-pointments,
and in its architectural and artistic features,
not only meet the demands of the Cleveland of to-day, but
also anticipate the certain needs of the " Greater Cleve-land
" which is to come.
In closing this report, we desire to express our high
appreciation of the courtesy and help which we have at all
times received from the School Council and the Director
of Schools, and of the devoted and painstaking efforts of
our efficient librarian and his deputy and assistants to
promote the best interests of the library.
For details of the work of the year and a statement of
the condition of the library, you are referred to the report
of the librarian accompanying this.
Very respectfully submitted,
JOHN C. HUTCHINS,
President.
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REPORT OE THE LIBRARIAN.
LIBRARY EMPLOYEES.
WIWJAM H. BRETT, Librarian.
Miss MARIA T. HUBBEU,, Assistant Librarian.
Miss Bertha L. Schroeder,
Miss Anna C. Granger,
Miss Margaret G. Pierce,
Miss Adaline T. Rezner,
Miss Jessie L. Ritter,
Miss Cecelia M. Hutson,
Miss Gertrude H. Hanna,
Miss Mildred C. Wood,
ASSISTANTS,
2 Mrs. Sophia M. Breckenridge,
Miss Hermine A. Simon,t
6 Miss Jennie E. Isbister,
i Miss M. C. Jacobs,
i Mrs. M. B. Paoli,
i Miss Helen E. Dempcy,
3 Miss Linda A. Eastman,
SUBSTITUTES.
Mrs. Anna C. Mueller.0
Miss Helen L. Bassett,*
Miss Louise C. Callow,**
Miss Annie F. Sutherland,
Miss Stella Schwartz,
Miss Helen V. Lundy,
Miss Lucie V. Andres,
i Edward L. Jahraus,
3 Frank Sealand,00
i Harvey Benton,%
3 Miss Jennie MacDougal,
i Miss Cora L. Wells,
i Miss Florence Hirsch,****
i Miss Augusta L. Seaman,
i Miss Alice E. Douglas,
i Mrs. W. C. Morrow.***
PAGES.
3 Ralph Scott,J
3 Clement Jacobs,
i James Green.||
1 Circulating department.
2 Reference department.
3 West Side.
4 Catalogue department.
5 Office.
6 Circulating department and Schools.
* Resignation accepted Feb. 6, 1894.
** Resignation accepted Sept. 5, 1893.
*** Leave of absence from May, 1894.
**** Leave of absence from Aug. 3, 1894.
t Absent on leave during entire year.
X About one-fourth time.
|| From Oct. 1, 1893.
0 Sundays and Saturday afternoons.
00 Sundays from Sept., 1893, to Feb., 1894.
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R E P O R T O F T H E L I B R A R I A N.
To the Honorable, the Public Library Board:
GENTLEMEN : — I n compliance with Rule I for the
Cleveland Public Library, I submit to you the following
statement of the work in the library during the year end-ing
August 31, 1894, a n d as nearly as possible of the con-dition
of the library at the close of that year, being the
twenty-sixth annual report of the librarian, and the tenth
which I have had the honor to submit to you:
BOOKS.
According to the last annual report, there were on hand
79,610 volumes. There have been added during the year,
by purchase, gift, the binding of periodicals, and in other
ways, 12,820 volumes; deducted by wear and loss, 1,628
volumes; making a net increase of 11,192, and a total on
hand August 31, 1894, of 90,802 volumes. An examina-tion
of the tables given in the report of the president
shows that the net increase for 1889 was 2,840; for 1890,
5,010; for 1891, 4,540; for 1892, 5,158; for 1893, 7,532.
A comparison shows that the net increase for 1894 was
almost 50 per cent, greater than that of the year before,
and more than double that of any previous year.
A statement of the number of books in the library may
be found in Appendix A. A statement of books on hand
in circulating departments by classes may be found in
Appendix B. A statement of the books added to the cir-culating
department by classes may be found in Appendix
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C. A list of the magazines placed in the circulating de-partment
of the main library and of the branch may be
found in Appendix D. These are issued for home use. A
list of the more important works added to the reference
library may be found in Appendix E. A list of magazines
and papers on file in the reading room at the main library
and at the branch may be found in Appendix F.
Of the books noted in Appendix A as condemned, a
portion have been given to the night and unclassified
schools, and to other institutions. Most of them have
been so worn as to be of no further use.
PAMPHLETS.
There are on hand at the library 3,150 pamphlets ;
at the Central High School, 212 ; at the West High School,
171; a total of 3,433, being an increase during the year
of 559-
GIFTS.
A list of the gifts to the public library during the
year, with the names of the donors, may be found in Ap-pendix
G.
BINDING.
A statement of the bookbinder's work during the year
may be found in Appendix H. The preparations for doing
the repairing and a portion of the binding in the library
have been carried on under the direction of the special
committee, and it is expected that work may be begun in
September.
WORK IN T H E LIBRARY.
I11 presenting the following summary of the work of
the library during the year, it is gratifying to note that
the increase in the size of the library has been accompa-nied
by a more than corresponding increase in its use in
all its departments. In this connection, permit me to re-iterate
the remark which I have already made in previous
reports, that the figures given do not represent the entire
use of the library. The cases containing the encyclopedias
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and other reference works most in demand are left open,
and no attempt is made to keep an account of their usey
nor is any account kept of the use of current numbers of
magazines, which stand in an open shelf accessible to all.
The circulating departments are used largely also as refer-ence
and reading rooms, and of this use no account is
kept, nor does it find any place in the statistics given,
though undoubtedly adding largely to the usefulness of
the library. This remark applies both to the main library
and the branch.
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT AND READING
ROOM.
This department has been open 355 days and 9 half
days. The hours have been from 8:30 A. M. to 8:30 P. M.,
except on Saturdays, when it remains open until 9:30
P. M., on week days, and from 12:30 to 8:30 P. M. on Sun-days
and holidays throughout the year. The reference
department and reading room were visited by 90,271 peo-ple
during the year, being an increase over the previous
year of 35,590 or more than 65 per cent. The daily aver-age
was 251. The visitors on Sundays numbered 18,878,
being an increase over the previous year of 8,307 and a
daily average of 363. The number of books noted as is-sued
for reference and reading was 67,894, being an
increase of 35,555 or nearly n o per cent. This only in-cludes
books given out and noted by the assistants, and
undoubtedly falls much short of the actual use. Details
of the work in this department may be found in Ap-pendix
K.
Two hundred and thirty-six periodicals are placed on
file in the reading room ; of these, thirty are daily, ninety-seven
weekly, five semi-monthly, ninety-one monthly, two
bi-monthly and eleven quarterly. (See Appendix F.) The
total expense for periodicals in the reading rooms was
$1,281.50. (This includes amount spent by librarian. See
Appendix L,.)
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CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT.
This department has been open 307 days and 9 half
•days, the entire library having been closed on the legal
holidays and on Thursday afternoons in July and August.
The hours are from 8 A. M. to 7:30 P. M., except on Sat-urday,
when the hours are from 8 A. M. to 8:30 P. M.
The number of books issued during the year was 367,734,
being an increase over the previous year of 102,889 or
more than 38 per cent. The average daily issue was
1,180. Further details of the work in this department
may be found in Appendix I.
WEST SIDE BRANCH.
The work of the West Side branch also shows a grati-fying
increase. The number of volumes issued for home
use was 126,883, being an increase over the previous year
of 42,538 or 50 per cent. Details as to the work in its
circulating department may be found in Appendix I, and
of its reference department in Appendix K. As the refer-ence
and circulating departments are in the same room,
the hours are the same as those of the reference depart-ment
at the main library, except that it opens one-half
hour earlier.
THE WORK IN THE SCHOOLS.
The issue of books through the schools as described
in previous reports has been continued. There were is-sued
early in the school year 4,708 volumes to 113 teach-ers.
These remained in the schools during a large part
•of the year, and were in turn issued by the teachers to
their pupils for home use 38,031 times. The demand from
the teachers for books to be used in this way is far greater
than the library can possibly supply, and it is rapidly in-creasing
from year to year.
A library of 20,000 carefully selected volumes would
undoubtedly be kept in constant use in the schools during
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the entire school year. The benefits of such a library to
the boys and girls in our schools would be almost inesti-mable,
and its salutary effects upon the future of our city
far-reaching and permanent.
An examination of the analysis of the circulation of
the library given in Appendix I will show that the books
issued in this way are drawn from the more instructive
classes of books in the library. The testimony of those
teachers who have used the books in this way is unani-mous
and hearty as to their value to their pupils, both in
and out of school. No more worthy object can present
itself than the endowment of a children's library, either
independently or as a branch of the public library, suffi-cient
to meet the needs of the pupils in our schools.
ISSUE OF BOOKS FOR HOME USE.
The total issue of books for home use by the main
library, as given in the foregoing report, was 367,734; by
the West Side branch, 126,883; by the schools, 38,031;
being a total of 532,648, an increase over the previous year
of 183,458 or 52 per cent.
The analysis of the circulation given in Appendix I
shows that the issue of fiction was about 39 per cent, of
the whole, children's books 22 per cent, German books of
various classes about 10 per cent.
The supply of books in every department is entirely
inadequate to the constant demands, and the circulation
much less than it would be with a sufficient collection of
books to meet the needs of the reading public.
MILES PARK BRANCH.
The purchase of books and the fitting up of the room
for the proposed Miles Park branch is being carried for-ward
under the direction of the committee appointed by
the board, and it is probable that the branch will be
opened for public use early in September.
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CATALOGUING.
The work of the year has been confined to the neces-sary
accession, shelf and dictionary card catalogues of the
additions to the library, and the publication since the first
of January of a monthly bulletin of the new books added
to the library under the title of the " Open Shelf."
ADMINISTRATION.
The great increase in the work of the library during
the past year is in itself a sufficient testimonial to the
earnestness, efficiency and intelligence of the corps of as-sistants
in the libraries, and renders hardly necessary the
hearty commendation of their work, which I take pleasure
in adding.
An examination of applicants for positions in the library
was held by direction of the board on June 25th and 26th.
Seventy-one applicants took the entire examination, and
presented complete sets of papers. The results of this ex-amination
are before the board for such action as they
may see fit to take.
In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to add that I am
happy to be able to lay before you a report which is a rec-ord
of the progress and of the usefulness of this institution
which is entrusted to your charge. I trust that you may
find in it evidence that the labor and time which you have
so freely given to its management have not been given in
vain, but that it is accomplishing in a large measure those
educational purposes for which it was established.
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APPENDIX A.
V O L U M E S I N T H E L I B R A R Y.
MAIN LIBRARY—CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT.
On hand September 1, 1893, 49,724
Additions—
By purchase, 5.625
By gift, 35
Magazines bound from circulating room, . . . 156
Transferred from reference room and duplicates, 38
Recovered, missing previous years, 163 6,017
^ , • 55,741
Deductions—
Worn out and condemned, 1,006
Lost and paid for, 86
Issued and not recovered, 39
Transferred to West Side branch, 17
Unaccounted for, 303
Error in count, 1893, . . . 54 1,505
Total on hand, 54,236
MAIN LIBRARY—REFERENCE ROOM.
On hand September 1, 1893, 19,386
Additions—
By purchase, 288
By gift, 112
Periodicals bound, 185
Deposit from patent office, 16 601
D^e du, ctio.n s— ^,987
Transferred to circulating room, 16
Transferred to West Side reference room, . . . 33
Transferred to Miles Park reference room, . . . 3 52
Total on hand, 19,935
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WEST SIDE BRANCH—CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT.
On hand September i, 1893, 8,000
Additions—
By purchase, 1,861
Magazines bound from circulating room, . . . 74
Transferred from main library, and duplicates, . 20
Recovered, 14
Error in count, 1893, 26 1,995
9,995
Deductions—
Worn out and condemned, 71
Lost and paid for, 19
Issued and not recovered, 5
Unaccounted for, 67 162
Total on hand, 9,833
WEST SIDE BRANCH—REFERENCE ROOM.
On hand September 1, 1893, 751
Additions—
By purchase, 226
Transferred from main reference room, . . . . 33 259
1,010
Deductions—
Transferred to circulating room, 3
Missing, unaccounted for, 1 4
Total on hand, 1,006
MILES PARK BRANCH—CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT.
By purchase, 3,^4°
MILES PARK BRANCH—REFERENCE ROOM.
By purchase, 222
Transferred from main reference room, 3
225
DUPLICATES AND UNCLASSIFIED.
On hand September 1, 1893, i,7!5
At High Schools, September 1, 1893, 34
- i,749
Deductions—
Transferred to circulating department, . . . . 22
Total 011 hand, 1,727
Total volumes on hand, 90,802
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SUMMARY.
On hand in all departments, September 1, 1893, . . 79,610
Additions—
By purchase, 12,065
Magazines bound, 415
By gift, 147
Deposit from patent office, 16
Recovered, missing previous years, 177 12,820-
92,430
Deductions—
Worn out and condemned, 1,077
Lost and paid for, 105
Issued and not recovered, 44
Unaccounted for, 371
Over count in 1893, 31 1,628
Total, 90,802-
On hand in all departments, September 1, 1893, . . 79,610
Net increase—
In circulating room, main library, . . . . . . . 4,512
In circulating room, West Side branch, . . . . 1,833
In circulating room, Miles Park branch, . . . . 3,840
In reference room, main library, 552
In reference room, West Side branch, 255
In reference room, Miles Park branch, 222 11,214
90,824
Net decrease—
In duplicates and unclassified, 22
Total volumes on hand, 90,802
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A P P E N D I X B.
BOOKS ON HAND SEPTEMBER I, 1894, BY CLASSES, IN THE
CIRCULATING DEPARTMENTS.
Juvenile
Fiction
Literature
Biography {Foreign ..
American
Ancient ..
Sociology
Philosophy
Science
Art
Poetry
Education
Natural History
Theology
Travel
Useful Arts
German
French
Main
Library.
West Side
Bra-i.ti.
Miles
Park. Total.
4917 1458 550 6925
I COO 2 2634 1081 I37I7
4 4 2 6 975 452 5853
4763 658 302 5723
1856 3°3 196 2355
715 284 179 1178
1780 115 87 1982
1795 231 119 2145
953 87 38 1078
1587 210 93 1890
1253 160 92 I505
1520 207 79 1806
871 97 46 1014
958 147 76 1181
3164 236 118 3518
3803 527 258 4588
1598 166 74 1838
7794 1338 9132
381 381
54236 9833 3840 67909
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A P P E N D I X C.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT OF THE LIBRARY
FROM SEPT. I, 1893, TO SEPT. I, 1894, BY CLASSES.
Main
Library.
West
Side.
Miles
Park. Tot il.
Juvenile.. 776 352 550 1678
Fiction 1872 575 1081 3528
Literature 549 246 452 1246
Biography 241 89 302 631
r Foreign IOI 29 196 326
History < American 135 52 179 366
( Ancient 48 18 87 153
Sociology 165 55 119 338
Philosophy 55 9 38 102
Science 119 39 93 251
Art 142 4 i 92 275
Poetry 59 19 79 157
Education 67 15 46 128
Natural History 94 40 76 211
Theology 129 37 118 283
Travel 283 104 258 645
Useful A*ts 112 25 74
211
German 817 TQ1
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French O
5816 1938 3840 11594
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A P P E N D I X D.
MAGAZINES PLACED IN THE CIRCULATING DEPARTMENTS OF THE MAIN
LIBRARY AND THE BRANCHES, AND ISSUED FOR HOME USE.
NAME OF MAGAZINE. •Si 3 n
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Arena
Atlantic Monthly
Blue and Gray
Cassier's Magazine
Century Magazine
Chautauquan
Cosmopolitan
Current Literature
Education
Educational Review
Forum
Geographical Magazine....
Godey's Magazine
Harper's Monthly
Lippincott's Magazine
McClure's Magazine...
New England Magazine....
Nineteenth Century
Nord und Siid
North American Review....
Outing
Pall Mall Magazine
Popular Science Monthly.
Review of Reviews
Rundschau
Saint Nicholas....:
Scribner's Magazine
Short Stories
Westerman's Monthly
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APPENDIX E.
SOME OF THE IMPORTANT WORKS ADDED TO THE
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT DURING THE YEAR.
Adjutant Generals' reports as follows :
Connecticut volunteer organizations, i vol.
Illinois in the war, 8 vols.
Indiana in the war, 8 vols.
Iowa, 2 vols.
Kansas, 1861-65, 1 vol.
Michigan, 1862-66, 6 vols.
Wisconsin roster of volunteers, 2 vols.
American dictionary of printing and book-making.
Ancient and modern ornament, 120 plates.
Arnold, C. D. and Higinbothan, H. D. Official views of the
World's Columbian Exposition, Book of plates.
Baedeker, K. Guide book of the United States.
Barrows, J. H., ed. World's parliaments of religions, 2 vols.
Bates, S. P. Pennsylvania volunteers, 5 vols.
Buell, J. W. Magic city, Book of plates.
Burns, E. Coinage of Scotland, 3 vols.
Cleaveland, G. A. and Campbell, R. E. American land-marks,
Text with 48 plates.
Conder, J. Flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement.
Coues, E. Expedition under Lewis and Clark, 4 vols.
Detail and ornament. Italian renaissance, 40 plates.
Dresser, C. Art of decorative design.
Elliott, M. H., ed. Art and handicraft in the Woman's building.
Frullini, Prof. Ornamental carvings from nature, 2 vols.
Goodale, G. L. Wild flowers of America, 51 col. plates.
Hamerton, P. G. Drawing and engraving.
Hopkins, A. A., ed. Scientific American cyclopaedia.
Larned, J. N. History for ready reference, 3 vols.
Monstrelet, E. de. Chronicles, 13 v o l s.
Nevill, R. Old cottage and domestic architecture, . Text with 41 plates.
Peck, H. T. International cyclopaedia, 15 vols.
Political debates between Lincoln and Douglas.
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APPENDIX E—Continued.
Redgrave, S. Dictionary of artists.
Reiss and Stiibel. Necropolis of Ancon in Peru, . . . 3 vols., 141 plates.
Revolutions de Paris, 17 vols.
Salon for 1893.
Sargent, C. S. Silva of North America, Vol. 6.
Schaff, P. and Wace, H. Nicene and Post-Nicene fathers,
• • • • Vols. 1 to 7—9 and 11.
Shakespeare, W. Mid-summer night's dream. Illustrated.
Shakespeare, W. Taming the shrew. Illustrated.
Skeat, W. W., ed. Complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, . . . . 4 vols.
Standard dictionary, Vol. 1.
Vignola. Architecture; or, study of the five orders.
Wagner, L. Significance of names.
Walsh, W. S. Handy book of literary curiosities.
Williams, J. L. Gray's elegy and its author.
Williams, J. L. Home and haunt of Shakespeare, . . . . . 60 plates.
Wood, G. B. and Bache, F. Dispensatory of the United States, 17th ed.
World's congress of homoeopathic physicians.
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A P P E N D I X F.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS ON F I L E IN THE
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. Those marked with an * are in
the Reading Room of the West Side Branch. Those marked with a f are to be found at
the West Side Branch only. Those marked with a f in the Reading Room of the Miles
Park Branch.
Adelbert m
American Academy, Annals of..bm
American Antiquarian bm
American Architect w
" Catholic Historical
Researches q
American Economic Assoc bm
" Journal of Politics....m
" " " Science
and Arts m
*tAmerican Machinist w
" Sentinel w
Architectural Record q
*? Arena
Army and Navy Journal w
* Around the World m
*Art Amateur m
Ashland (O.) Times w
Astronomy and Astro-Physics...m
*tAtlantic Monthly m
Auglaize County (O.) Democrat.w
Baldwin, The (Berea College)....m
Blackwood's Magazine m
Blue and Gray m
Bohemian Voice m
Book News m
Boston Herald d
Bryan (O.) Press w
Buffalo Express d and s
Carroll (O.) Free Press w
*tCassier's Magazine m
Catholic Universe w
" World m
*tCentury m
Chambers' Journal m
Charities Review in
Chautauquan m
^Chicago Tribune d and s
Cinn. Commercial Gazette..d and s
Civil Service Chronicle m
Cleveland Amusement Gazette...w
Citizen ....w
East End Signal w
Gazette w
*t " Leader d and s
Marine Record w
Medical Gazette m
*t " Plain Dealer d and s
Sun and Voice s
Trident w
Voice of the People...w
Volksfreund w
Waechter und An-zeiger
d and &
College Folio, Woman's College.m
Congressional Record d
Conneaut (O.) Reporter w
Consular Reports m
*tContemporary Review m
Cook's Excursionist m
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APPENDIX F—Continued.
*tCosmopolitan m
^TCritic w
Current tlistory q
" Literature m
Cuyahogan, Cleveland w
Daily Jeffersonian d
Dawn m
Dayton (O.)^ Journal d
*|Decorator and Furnisher m
Delaware (O.) Herald w
Delhagen and Klasings Monats-hefte
m
*|Demorest's Monthly Magazine m
Denver Republican d and s
Detroit Free Press d and s
Deutsche Rundschau m
Domestic Monthly m
Donahoe's Magazine m
Dublin Review q
Eclectic Magazine m
Edinburgh Review q
^Education m
^Educational Monthly m
*tEducational Review m
Electric Engineer w
*tElectrical World w
Elyria (O.) Republican w
1"Engineer w
tEngineering a n d M i n i ng
Journal w
Engineering Magazine m
^"Engineering News w
Examiner, San Francisco...d and s
Far and Near m
Farm and Fireside sm
~*Fliegende Blaetter w
Forest and Stream w
^Fortnightly Review m
-*?Forum m
Fremont (O.) Democratic Mes-senger
w
*Gartenlaube w
Ceorgetown (O.) News-Democrat w
^"tGodey's Magazine m
*Goldthwaite's Geographical
Magazine m
*Good Housekeeping m
Good Roads j.m
Gospel in All Lands m
Greenville (O.) Journal w
Hardware sm
*"THarper's Bazar ....w
*t " Monthly m
*t " Weekly w
*t " Young People w
Headlight, Cleveland m
"^Illustrated American w
" Zeitung w
*tlndependent w
Integral (Case School) m
International Journal of Ethics...q
Irish World w
Iron Age w
Jewish Review w
Johns Hopkins University Circu-lars
m
Journal of Education w
" Franklin Institute...m
" " Geology m
" " Knights of Labor w
Kindergarten Magazine m
Ladies' Home Companion sm
*'T " " Journal m
"*tLeslie's Illustrated Weekly w
Library Journal .m
*tLife w
*"1~Lippincott's Magazine m
Literary News m
*t " World sm
Littell's Living Age w
Longman's Magazine m
*fLondon Illustrated News w
London Times d
"*"tMcClure's Magazine m
Magazine of Art m
Manifesto, Shaker Village, N. H..m
Marion (O.) Democratic Mirror..w
Marquette Mining Journal w
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APPENDIX F—Continued.
Memphis Avalanch d and s
Military Service Institution,
Journal of. bm
JVlining Industry and Trades-man
w
Missionary Herald m
" Review of the World..m
Mode de Paris m
Morning Star (Polish) w
Mt. Vernon (O.) Banner w
Mt. Gilead (O.) Union Register...w
*Munsey's Magazine m
*tMusic m
Musical Courier w
*tNation w
National Magazine m
National Temperance Advocate, m
Nederlander, De w
New Church Messenger w
New England Historical and
Genealogical Register q
*|New England Magazine m
New Lisbon (O.) Patriot w
*New Nation w
New Orleans Times-Democrat
d and s
*|New York Herald d and s
" " Mail and Express...d
" " School Journal w
" " Tribune d and s
* " " World dands
•New Yorker Staats-Zeitung
d and s
^Nineteenth Century m
Nord und Sued m
*|North American Review m
Oberlin (O.) News w
Official Gazette, U. S. Patent
Office
Ohio Farmer w
Ohio Propaganda m
Ohio State Journal d and s
Old Homestead, Cleveland m
Orange Co. [Florida] Reporter...w
Our Sunday Afternoon w
^'touting m
*1"Outlook w
Painesville (O.) Telegraph w
Pall Mall Magazine m
Paradise of the Pacific .....m
Patent Office Record, Canada m
Path m
Paulding Co. (O.) Republican w
Pernin's Stenographer m
"^Philadelphia Press d and s
Phonographic World m
Photographic Times w
Pitman's Phonetic Journal w
Pittsburgh Dispatch d and s
Poet Lore m
*"tPopular Science Monthly m
Post Graduate and Wooster
Quarterly q
Pratt Institute m
Progressive Thinker w
Protestant Standard w
•Public Opinion w
Publisher's Circular .....w
Publisher's Weekly w
Quarterly Illustrator q
" Review ..q
Ravenna (O.) Republican w
Reveille Echo, (East Palestine,
O . ) w
•tReview of Reviews m
Revue Des Livres sm
St. Clairsville (O.) Gazette w
•St. Louis Globe Democrat, d and s
*'TSt. Nicholas m
*tScientific American and Sup-plement
w
•TScientific American, Builders'
Edition m
*tScribner's Monthly m
Season m
Shelby (O.) Times w
Sidney (O.) Journal w
Spirit of the Times w
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APPENDIX F—Continued.
Sports Afield m
Springfield (0.) Republic-Times..d
Stark County (O.) Democrat w
*TSunday School Times w
Techniker, Der m
Toronto Empire d
Toronto Globe d
*Town Topics, Cleveland w
Travelers' Record, Hartford m
*Ueber Land und Meer w
United Ireland w
United Service m
Universalist w
U. S. Government Publications..!!!
* Utility.
Van Wert (O.) Bulletin
Washington (O.) Independent....
Weather Review m
Western Reserve Chronicle
Westerman's Monatshefte
Westminster r Review
William and Mary College Quar-terly
W. C. T. U. Times ....
Woman's Tribune
Wooster (O.) Republican
*tYouth's Companion
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APPENDIX G.
L I S T OF DONORS TO THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NAMES OF DONORS. Tj S3
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Avery, Elroy M
Awl, Mrs. Woodward
Ay 1 ward, F. G., Hereford, England
Bacon, Dr. W. H
Baltimore (Md.) City Library
Barber, Geo. F. & Co., Architects, Knoxville, Tenn
Binghamton (N. Y.) City Library
Blackstone, T. B., President of Chicago & Alton R. R
Bolton, Mrs. Sarah K
Boston, Mass.—Boys' Institute of Industry
" " —City Hospital
" " —Commissioner of gas and electric light.
" " —Public Library
Booth, Mrs. Emma Scarr
Bradlee, C. D., Boston, Mass
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Library
Brookline (Mass.) Public Library
Bryan, F. C.. Akron, Ohio
Bureau d'Exchanges Internationaux, Montevideo, Uruguay
Burlington, Vt—Fletcher Free Library
California—Free Public Library
" —State Library
Cambridge Library, Johnstown, Pa
Cambridge (Mass.) Public Library
Cambridge School for Girls, Cambridge, Mass
Canada—Controller of Customs
" —Geological survey
" —Royal Society of Canada
Century Association, New York City
Chicago (111.) Public Library
Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass
Childs, Geo. W., Philadelphia, Pa
Cincinnati (O.) Public Library
Clerkewell Public Library, London, England
City Library Association, Springfield, Mass
Coal Trade Journal, New York City
Columbus, Ohio—Board of Education
" " —Public Library
" " —Public School Library
College of Dental Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa
College of New Jersey, Princeton, N. J
Co-operative Banks, Boston, Mass
Davis, Evan H
Decker, Edgar
Des Moines (Iowa) Public Library
Detroit (Mich.) Public Library
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APPENDIX G—Continued.
L I S T OF DONORS TO THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NAMES OF DONOBS.
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Dodge, Martin
Doggett, Samuel B., Boston, Mass
Dover (N. H.) Public Library
Dudley, P. H., New York
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
Fall River (Mass.) Public Library
Field, Hon. Stephen J., Washington, D. C
Fitzgerald, Mrs. P. F., London, England
Ford, E. J., Trenton, N. J
Friend's Free Library, Germantown, Pa
•General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, New York
Gobeille, Jos. Leon
Gramercy Park, New York
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Public Library
Green, Hon. Samuel A., Boston, Mass
Harlem Library, New York City
Historical Library of the Y. M. C. A., Springfield, Mass...
Hodge, O. J
Hogg, Alex., Fort Worth, Texas
l l i on (N. Y.) Free Public Library
Indian Rights Association, Philadelphia, Pa
Iowa - State Library
Japan—Agricultural Bureau
" —Bureau of Commerce and Industry
" —Department of Education
Jersey City (N.J.) Free Public Library
Johnson, Clarence, Concord, N. H
Johnson, Hon. Tom L., Washington, D. C
Kansas—State Agricultural College, Manhattan
Kyle, Wm. S., Plymouth, Mass
Lancaster (Mass.) Public Library
Lawrence (Mass.) Free Public Library
Leland Stanford, Jr., University
Lenox Library, New York
Leeds (Eng.) Free Public Library
Lewis, Henry
Library Association, Portland, Ore
Library Co., Philadelphia, Pa
Los Angeles (Cal.) Public Library
Lynn (Mass.) Public Library
Maimonides Library, New York City
Maine Genealogical Society
Manchester (N. H.) City Library
Manchester (Eng.) Public Free Library
Massachusetts—Commissioner of Public Records
" —State Board of Agriculture
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APPENDIX G—Continued.
L I S T OF DONORS TO THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NAMES OF DONORS.
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Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital.
McDowell, Wm. O., Newark, N. J
Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, Cal
Melrose (Mass.) Public Library
Memorial Library Association, Mansfield, O
Mercantile Library, New York City
Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, Pa
Mercantile Library, St. Louis, Mo
Mercantile Library, San Francisco, Cal
Milliken, Mr. J
Milwaukee (Wis.) Public Library
Montgomery, M. L., Reading, Pa
Morton, Levi P
Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass
National Electric Light Association, New York
Newark (N.J.) Free Public Library
New Bedford (Mass.) Free Public Library
New Jersey—Bureau of Labor Statistics
" - State Library
New Church Board Publication, New York
New Haven (Conn.) Free Public Library
Newton (Mass.) Free Library
New York City—Aguilar Free Library
" " " —Free Circulating Library
New York State—Bureau Statistics of Labor
" " —State Library
" —State Reformatory
" " " —University of.
Ohio—Bureau of Labor Statistics
Oldham, Joseph R
Olivet College, Olivet, Mich
Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, Philadelphia...
Peoria (111.) Public Library
Philadelphia, Pa.—City Institute
Physio-Medical College, Indianapolis, Ind
Pitman, Benn, Cincinnati, Ohio
Poole, Wm. F., Chicago, 111
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y
Prentiss, Perry
Providence, R. I.—Bureau of Industrial Statistics
" " —Commissioner of Public Schools
" " —Public Library
Quaritch, Bernard, London, England
Renold's Library, Rochester, N. Y....
Salem (Mass.) Public Library
San Francisco (Cal.) Free Public Library
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APPENDIX G—Continued.
L I S T OF DONORS TO THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NAMES OF DONORS.
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Scott, F. J., Toledo, Ohio
Scranton (Pa.) Public Library
Seaver, Edwin P., Boston, Mass
Seattle (Wash.) Public Library
Sheehan, John V. & Co., Ann Arbor, Mich.;
Sioux City (Iowa) Public Library
Southbridge (Mass.) Public Library
Springfield (O.) Public Library
St. Paul (Minn.) Public Library
" Sunset Club," Chicago, 111
Swansea (S. W.) Public Library
Taunton (Mass.) Public Library
Taylor, Hon. V. A., Washington, D. C
Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass
Toronto (Can.) Public Library
Tulane University, New Orleans, La
United States—Department of Agriculture
—Department of the Interior
—Department of Labor
—Department of State
—Inter-State Commerce Commission.
—Smithsonian Institution
Union Pacific R. R., Omaha, Neb
University of California, Berkeley, Cal
University of Cincinnati
University of Ann Arbor, Mich
Van Home, Robt. M., Cincinnati, Ohio
Vermont—State Library
Walker Manufacturing Company
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn
Western Reserve University
White, John G
Whiting, J. H., Jr., Canton, Ohio
Worcester (Mass.) Free Public Library
Wooster (O.) University of.
Yale University, New Haven, Conn
Young Men's Mercantile Association, Cincinnati....
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A P P E N D I X H.
B O O K B I N D E R ' S W O R K .
Bound from reference room, $ 787 54
Bound from circulating room, 3>°25 °6
Books repaired, 842 98
Books embossed with shelf numbers, 333 10
Maps mounted, 68 20
Supplies for bindery work, 10 40
Blank books (scrap books), . 15 0 0
Collating in bindery, 4 75
Total, $5,087 03
Errors charged back, 4 49
$5,082 54
A P P E N D I X I.
C I R C U L A T I N G D E P A R T M E N T — B O O K S ISSUED.
Days
open.
Main
Library.
W. st Side
Branch. Total.
September 26 25,769 7,957 33,726
October 26 28,583 9,068 37,651
November 25 28,836 10,291 39,127
December 25 31,998 11,816 43,814
January 26 36,290 I3.099 49,389
February 23 35,828 12,823 48,651
March 27 38,983 13,764 52,747
April 25 31,408 11,252 42,660
May 26 28,596 9,776 38,372
June 26 27,995 9,443 37,438
July 25 25,673 8,519 34,192
August.... 27 27,775 9,o75 36,850
307 367,734 126,883 494,617
38,031
532,648
Issued for home use from the
Total issue of books for home
schools
MAIN LIBRARY.
Largest month, March, . . 38,983
Smallest month, September, 25,769
Largest day, February 10, 3,I4°
Smallest day, July 12, 280
WEST SIDE BRANCH.
Largest month, March, 13,764
Smallest month, September, 7,957
Largest day, February 24, 1,127
Smallest day, August 9, 55
io REPORT OE THE LIBRARIAN.
A P P E N D I X I—Continued.
East
Side.
Per
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West
Side.
Per
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Biography 8,155 2.22 1,742 1.37 2,005 5.28 11,902 2.23
Fiction 159.444 43.36 47,918 37.76 1,506 3.97 208,868 39.20
Fine Arts 5.910 1.61 1,021 .81 94 .25 7.025 1.41
History 14,291 3.89 4,131 3.26 4,867 12.80 23,289 4.37
Juvenile 66,192 18.00 34,230 26.98 18,865 49.60 119,287 22.37
Education 4,329 1.18 491 .39 7 .02 4,827 .90
Literature 26,419 7.19 7,834 6.17 818 2.15 35,071 6 58
German—X 26,964 7.33 12,942 10.20 111 .29 40,017 7.51
W 4,775 1.27 2,018 1.59 11 .03 6,804 1.27
Y 3,012 .82 2,572 2.03 834 2.19 6,418 1.20
Natural Science 9,172 2.50 1,893 1.49 2,933 7.71 13,998 2.62
.87 .30 3,573 .67
Poetry 5,111 1.39 1,388 1.09 458 1.20 6,957 1.30
Sociology 8,629 2.35 2,121 1.67 866 2.27 11,616 2.18
Theology 5,084 1.38 859 .68 241 .63 6,184 1.16
Travel 9S56 2.68 4,196 3.31 4,229 11.12 18,2*1 3.43
Useful Arts 5,926 1.61 1,140 .90 186 .49 7,252 1.36
1,279 .35 1,279 .24
367,734 100.00 126,883 100.00 38,031 100.00 532,648 100.00
PERCENTAGE OF CIRCULATION, 1894.
East
Side.
Per
Cent.
West
Side.
Per
Cent. Schools Per
Cent. Total. Per
Cent.
Fiction 159,444 43.36 47,918 37.76 1506 3.97 208,868 39.21
Juvenile 66,192 18.00 34,230 26.98 18,865 49.60 119,287 22.37
History 14,291 3.89 4,131 3.26 4,867 12.80 23,289 4.37
Biography 8,155 2.22 1,742 1.37 2,005 5.28 11,902 2.23
Theology 5,084 1.38 859 .68 241 .63 6,184 1.16
Poetry and Drama 41,769 1135 10 734 8.46 1,377 3.62 53,880 10.14
Travels 9,856 2.68 4,196 3.31 4,229 11.12 18,281 3.13
Science and Art 26,913 7.32 5,541 4 37 3,985 10.47 36,439 6.85
German 36,030 9.80 17,532 13.81 956 2.51 54,518 10.24
367,734 100.00 126,883 100.00 38,031 100.00 532,648 1' O.OO
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
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A P P E N D I X K.
R E F E R E N C E DEPARTMENT—MAIN LIBRARY.
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October... 3794 2027 146 78 1167 566 233 113 4961 2593
Novemb'r 4382 2590 175 104 1256 574 316 143 5638 3164
December 4614 2732 184 109 1324 652 220 109 5938 3384
January... 6831 3990 263 153 1291 S44 323 211 8122 4834
February. 5821 3762 253 163 1130 846 282 212 6951 4608
March 5570 3739 206 138 956 655 239 164 6526 4394
April 4230 2670 169 107 1070 728 214 I46 5300 3398
May 4230 3388 163 130 645 438 161 IO9 4875 3826
June 2189 2349 87 94 465 334 114 84 2654 2683
J^Y 2520 1946 IOI 78 462 353 92 71 2982 2299
A u g u s t . . . . 3056 2211 113 82 629 492 157 I23 3685 2703
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October... 1790 1767 69 68 819 609 154 122 2609 2376
Novemb'r 1996 200I 80 80 651 554 165 138 2647 2555
December 2052 I740 82 7O 982 940 164 157 3034 2680
January... 2463 2379 95 9i 886 682 221 170 3349 3061
February. 2463 2644 107 115 888 697 222 174 3351 3341
March 2857 3264 106 121 632 637 158 159 3489 3901
April 1978 2324 79 93 683 722 171 180 2661 3046
May 1412 I460 54 56 227 237 57 27 1639 1697
June 952 - 976 36 37 163 m 4i 33 1115 m o
JULY.. 851 686 34 27 249 262 50 52 1100 948
A u g u s t . . . . 1107 826 4i 30 239 226 60 3i 1346 1052
21416 21598 6813 6000 28229 27598
r e p o r t o f t h e l i b r a r i a n. 35
APPENDIX L.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES BY
LIBRARIAN.
Receivt d. Expended. To Treasurer.
September $137 49 $ 66 53 $ 14 05
156 28 76 42 70 96
November 149 00 56 76 79 86
161 77 70 24 92 24
January 139 06 91 76 9i 53
131 72 94 5i 47 3°
March 206 90 124 64 37 21
April 183 10 141 81 82 26
May 204 24 103 55 41 29
June 194 65 141 60 100 69
159 88 165 10
August 148 12 157 48 47 83
Total $1,972 21 $1,290 40 $705 22
On hand September i, 1893, $ 64 05
Receipts, 1,972 21
Expenditures, $1,290 40
Paid to Treasurer, 705 22
Balance on hand, September 1, 1894, 40 64
Total, $2,036 26 $2,036 26
io
REPORT OE THE LIBRARIAN.
APPENDIX L—Continued.
S T A T E M E N T OF R E C E I P T S AND EXPENDITURES BY
LIBRARIAN.
EXPENDITURES. RECEIPTS.
261 55 Books lost, $ 105 42
Car fare, 47 35 Catalogues, 13 00
Deposits & fines refunded 21 26 Deposits and fees, . . 34 00
Expressage, 58 89 Expressage refunded, . 4 50
Freight and cartage, . . H I 59 Fines, 1,615 64
Furniture, 45 38 Furniture, 8 50
Money orders, 2 44 Old paper sold, . . . . 1 54
" Open Shelf," 59 64 " Open Shelf," . . . . 108 64
Page, extra labor, etc, . . 70 80 Order returned, . . . 90
Periodicals, 3i 50 Postal cards sold, . . . 69 09
Postage, 128 99 Postage on " Open Shelf
Profit and loss, 4 28 refunded 9 98
Repairs, 56 13 Sundries to settle acct., 1 00
Supplies, 388 12
2 48 Total, $1,972 21
To treasurer, 705 22
Total, $i,995 62
On hand September 1, 1893, $ $ 64 05
Total receipts, r>972 21
Total expenditures, i,995 62
Balance on hand, September 1, 1894, 40 64
Total $2,036 26 $2,036 26
RULES
OF THE
C L E V E L A N D P U B L I C L I B R A R Y B O A R D.
A R T I C L E I. Regular meetings of the Board shall be
held on the first Tuesday of each month, at 7: 30 P. M.
A R T I C L E II. Special meetings may be called by the
Secretary upon the written request of the President or of
any two members of the Board. No business shall be
transacted at such meeting which is not stated in the call
therefor, unless by unanimous consent of all members of
the Board.
A R T I C L E III. Four members shall constitute a
quorum.
A R T I C L E IV. It shall be the duty of the President
to preside at all meetings, to appoint all committees,
unless their appointment is otherwise provided for, and he
shall perform such other duties as by custom, law, or the
rules of this Board devolve upon him. He shall also be
ex officio a member of all standing committees.
. A R T I C L E V. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to
keep a neat, exact and permanent record of the meetings
of the Board, the financial accounts of the library, and lay
before the Board at each regular meeting a statement of
the amount in the treasury to its credit. He shall have
the custody, subject to Article VI, of the papers of the
Board, and, on the termination of his term of office, he
shall forthwith deliver the same to his successor. He
shall promptly present to the Board, by written report, all
38 RUIyES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
laws of the General Assembly of Ohio, which may from
time to time be enacted, for the establishment, mainte-nance
or government of this Board or the public library
under its care.
ARTICLE V I . Copies shall be retained of all official
correspondence of any of the members or employees of the
Board relative to the affairs of the library, and such
copies, with all letters received, contracts, bills, receipts,
vouchers, reports, communications, books of account, or
other documents or papers of any kind whatsoever, shall
be preserved and kept in the rooms of the library, in
places designated by the Secretary, whence they shall not
be removed by any one except by order of the Board.
ARTICLE VII. There shall be six standing commit-tees
of the Board, namely: a committee on books ; on
finance; on employees; on buildings ; on rules; and on
book-binding and printing; each committee consisting of
three members.
ARTICLE VIII. Unless otherwise ordered, to the
committee 011 books and the Librarian shall be referred
all matters relating to the selection, purchase and ex-change
of books and periodicals; the sale and exchange
of duplicates and of all old magazines and papers not
kept for filing and binding; and said committee shall
make written recommendations to the Board as to all
matters referred to it. It shall be the duty of this com-mittee
to examine, from time to time, the books in the
library, and to temporarily, pending the order of the
Board, exclude from circulation any and all books which
it may deem offensive to good morals, and promptly, after
such action, report the same to the Board for its action.
No purchase of books or periodicals to an amount exceed-ing
one hundred dollars shall be made except by authority
of the Board, entered upon its record, and none whatever
unless the money therefor has been previously appropri-ated
for that purpose, by like action and by like record,
39 RUIyES OF T H E PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
and such purchases as are made under this rule shall be
reported to the Board at the next meeting.
A R T I C L E I X . Unless otherwise ordered, to the com-mittee
on finance shall be referred all matters relating to
the library funds and all claims, and it shall audit all
accounts, including the report of the Librarian, provided
for in Rule 16; and if such claims, accounts and reports
are correct, certify them to the Board, and in any event
report thereon with their recommendation.
A R T I C L E X. Unless otherwise ordered, to the com-mittee
on employees and Librarian shall be referred all
matters relating to the appointment, control and remuner-ation
of employees of the library, who shall report thereon
to the Board for its action, and all matters relating to the
appointment, control and remuneration of the Librarian
shall be referred to said committee for its report to the
Board for its action thereon. But prior to the employ-ment
of any librarian, assistants or help, the compensation
shall in each case be fixed by the Library Board by a call
of the roll, and the employment of the Librarian and each
assistant and help shall thereafter be determined by vote
in the same manner, and the Librarian shall hold his
office until his successor is elected and qualified.
A R T I C L E X I . Unless otherwise ordered, to the com-mittee
on buildings shall be referred all matters relating
to the construction, alteration, repair, furnishing, heating
and lighting of the rooms to be used for the purpose of
the library, for its report and recommendation.
A R T I C L E XII. Unless otherwise ordered, to the
committee on rules shall be referred all matters relating to
the rules for the government of this Board, and to the
same committee and Librarian shall be referred all matters
relating to the government of the library and its employees,
who shall promptly report thereon, with recommendations
for the action of the Board.
4 0 RUIyES OF T H E PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
A R T I C L E XIII. Unless otherwise ordered, to the
committee on book-binding and printing shall be referred
all matters relating to the binding, and repair of books,
the arrangement, printing, sale and disposition of cata-logues
and finding lists, and statistics of circulation, and
all matters relating to stamps, plates, labels, printed forms
in use in the library, and publications or printed matter
issued by authority of the Board, for its report and recom-mendation.
ARTICLE XIV. The Librarian shall, on the Monday
preceding each regular meeting of the Board, or whenever
xequested by the chairman of the committee on finance,
deliver to said chairman any and all matters relating to
the library funds, claims and accounts, together with any
report which he is required by the rules to make, or which
he desires to make, with reference thereto, in proper and
convenient form, for the examination thereof by said
committee, with his indorsement thereon as the correct-ness
thereof, and any further report which he may deem
proper to make.
A R T I C L E X V . The order of business at regular
meetings of the Board shall be as follows:
1. Reading of the records of the previous meeting.
2. Communications.
3. Report of the Librarian.
4. Reports of committees in the order they are
named in Article VII.
5. Unfinished, new and miscellaneous business in
the order named.
A R T I C L E XVI. The Board shall at each regular
meeting in September, December, March and June appro-priate
sufficient money to supply the Librarian with funds
for the payment of cartage, freight, express, postage, extra
work, and other incidental expenses, and the same may be
drawn and used by the Librarian for the above and no
41 RUIyES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
other purposes; and appropriations shall be made from
time to time, by the Board and for other specific purposes,
but no money shall be drawn from the treasury except in
pursuance of appropriations made by the Board, and no
appropriation shall be made except pursuant to a written
resolution offered by a member of the Board, reciting
definitely the object and purpose thereof, and adopted by
a call of the roll, recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
The Librarian shall report, in writing to the Board at each
regular meeting an itemized statement of all moneys
received and paid out by him.
ARTICLE XVII. Until October 1st, 1894, the pay-rolls
and all warrants upon the Treasurer shall be upon
the order of the Board, and certified by the President and
Secretary, and thereafter all claims against the library
funds shall be approved by the President and Secretary,
and paid upon the warrant of the Auditor of the Board of
Education.
ARTICLE XVIII. The annual report of the Board
shall contain a codification of the laws governing the
library and this Board.
ARTICLE XIX. No amendment of these rules shall
be finally acted upon until the next regular meeting after
the same shall have been proposed, but the Board may
temporarily suspend any or all rules and regulations in
force by its authority, by a*concurring vote of a majority of
all its members, and the vote on such suspension shall be
taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the record.
RULES
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
i. The Librarian shall devote his entire time to the
duties of his office, and before entering upon the discharge
of his duties shall give a bond for the faithful performance
of his duties in the sum of $5,000.00, with two or more
sureties to be approved by the Board, which bond shall
be deposited with the Secretary of the Board within ten
days after being notified so to do by the Secretary ; and
in event of his failure, his office shall thereby become
vacant. He shall have the charge and superintendence of
the rooms of the library and property, and of all books
and other public property contained in them, and shall be
responsible for the exercise of due care for the safety
thereof. He shall assign the assistants, employees and
help to such work as he deems expedient for the efficient
management of the library, and be responsible for the
orderly deportment of such assistants, employees and help
and readers, and for the enforcement of all rules governing
the same, and for the enforcement of promptness and the
exercise of due courtesy by all employees in the discharge
of their duties to each other and the public. He shall
collect all fines imposed according to Rule VII, and report
the same to the committee on finance, at least once a
month, or oftener if required by the chairman of said com-mittee.
It shall be the duty of the Librarian to keep, or
cause to be kept, in proper book, an account of all receipts
and disbursements made by him for the library, which
RULES GOVERNING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 43;
shall be subject at all times to the inspection of the com-mittee
on finance or any member thereof, or any member
of the Board desiring to see the same. He shall keep, or
cause to be kept, a record of the attendance and services
of each assistant and employee. At each regular meeting
he shall submit to the Board an abstract of said record for
the preceding month, accompanied by such suggestions
as seem to him to tend to promote the efficiency of the
service, or the welfare of the library. He shall recom-mend
to the Board for appointment such assistants, help
and employees as he may deem necessary for the efficient
management and care of the library, and as well any
changes in the help and assistants that he may deem
necessary for such efficient management and care. He
shall attend all meetings of the Board, and may take part
in its deliberations, subject to its rules, but he shall not
vote. At the close of each financial year, he shall submit
to the Board a detailed report as to the progress of the
library during the previous year and its condition, accom-panying
the same with such recommendations and sug-gestions
as may seem to him expedient. This report shall
be submitted in time to accompany the annual report of
the Board. And the Librarian shall perform such other
duties as may be required of him by the rules of the Board,
or by its order from time to time.
2. The following persons are entitled to draw books
from the Public Library without charge, subject to the
rules governing their issue :
I. Residents of Cleveland and the territory attached
thereto for school purposes, not under twelve years of age,,
known to the Librarian or satisfactorily vouched for in
writing by responsible citizens.
II. Residents of adjacent territory who pay taxes on
property in the city of Cleveland or territory attached
thereto for school purposes.
III. Persons of proper age attending educational
4 4 RULES GOVERNING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
institutions in the city of Cleveland, furnishing a satisfac-tory
guarantee from the authorities of the institution in
which they matriculate.
IV. Persons temporarily resident in the city may
draw books from the library, provided they furnish suffi-cient
guarantee, or make a sufficient deposit of money
satisfactory to the Librarian.
3. Non-residents over twenty-one years of age, other
than those mentioned in rule 2, may have the use of the
library upon the same conditions as residents, by paying
in advance a fee of one dollar for four months, or two
dollars for one year.
4. The names and residences of all persons drawing
books must be registered, and all changes of residence
promptly reported. The Librarian, when he deems it
necessary, may require a special deposit, for the care and
return of any book or books.
5. Only two books may be drawn at the same time,
except that two volumes of the same set may be counted
as one volume. Teachers' cards, however, may be issued
to school teachers, residents of the city, on which three
books may be drawn at a time, in addition to those to
which such teacher is entitled as a resident of the city;
such additional books to be on such subjects as may be of
use in preparing school work. No book may be kept
longer than two weeks, but may be redrawn once for the
same period. Periodicals labeled " Seven Day Book,"
cannot be retained more than one week, and cannot be
renewed.
6. Books of reference may be taken from the refer-ence
department on the written order only, of a member
of the library Board, provided no book of great value, or
book or periodical required for frequent reference shall be
taken. This rule does not apply to the members of the
library Board or Librarian. The Librarian may permit
the Superintendent of public instruction, supervising
RULES GOVERNING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 45;
principals of public schools, the principal of the city train-ing
school, and members of the Board of Education, to
take books from the reference department without an
order from a member of the Board, subject, however, to
the general rules.
7. A fine of two cents a day, up to the value of
the volume or set, will be imposed for retaining a book
longer than the stipulated time provided by the rules. A
fine will also be imposed for turning down leaves, marring
or in any way injuring or defacing a book. If a book be
lost or destroyed, the borrower shall pay the cost of replac-ing
such book, or the set, if the book belong to a set.
8. No one except members of this Board shall be
permitted to open a case or take books from the shelves,
except under the direction of the Librarian or his
assistants.
9. Unnecessary noise, or loud conversation, in the
library, is strictly prohibited.
10. The use of tobacco and cigars is prohibited in
all the rooms of the library.
11. The library hours shall be : for the circulating
department, from 8 A. M. to 7: 30 P. M., except Satur-days,
when it shall remain open until 8 : 30 P. M.; for the
reference department, week days, from 8 : 30 A. M. to 8 :30
P. M., except on Saturdays, when it shall remain open
until 9: 30 P. M., and Sundays from 12 : 30 P. M. to 8: 30
P. M. Either or both departments may be closed on pub-lic
holidays, by order of the Board.
12. Aid to readers will be rendered by the Librarian
and his assistants as far as consistent with their other
duties.
13. Any person incurring a fine shall draw a book
but once after the penalty is incurred, and the ticket shall
thereafter be retained, and the further privileges of the
library suspended until such fine shall have been paid.
RULES GOVERNING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 46;
14. No book shall be retained or laid aside by any
employee of the library for any reader, except on the fol-lowing
conditions : any person entitled to draw books
desiring a book which is out of the library, can, by leaving
an addressed postal card, be notified of the return of the
book, and have it retained not exceeding forty-eight
hours.
15. No book shall be drawn unless the library ticket
is presented, if required, at the time of drawing.
16. No amendment of these rules shall be finally
.acted upon until the next regular meeting of the library
Board after the one at which it is proposed, and a majority
of the Board must concur.
17. Members of the Cleveland Board of Education,
the superintendent of public instruction, the supervising
principals and the assistant supervising principals of the
Cleveland Public Schools, the principals of the city schools,
and ex-members of the Public Library Board, shall be
allowed to retain books for a period of four weeks, but for
retaining them longer than that period the usual fine must
be charged.
18. Conversation of assistants of a personal nature
with visitors or friends, or any other conversation than that
which relates to the business of the library, is strictly for-bidden,
except by permission of the Librarian.
19. Applicants for positions in the Cleveland Public
Library service, other than for Librarian, must fill out in
their own handwriting an application in such form as
ordered by the Board, as accurately as possible, and leave
the same with the Librarian.
When additions to the assistants, help or employees
may be required, each applicant shall, if practicable, be
notified by the Librarian, giving the time and place of
examination, which shall he held by the Librarian, under
the supervision of the committee on employees, the results
RULES GOVERNING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 47
of the examination to be reported to the Board by the
Librarian.
All vacancies hereafter occurring to be filled by a
selection from the candidates passing the best examina-tion,
and from those who possess the best general qualifi-cations,
according to the judgment of the Board.
48 LAWS RELATING TO T H E PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD,
LAWS
PERTAINING TO THE ORGANIZATION AND
GOVERNMENT OF
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 B O A R D .
Revised Statute of Ohio, Section 4000. The Public
Library Board of the City of Cleveland shall consist of
seven suitable persons residents of said city, no one being
a member or officer of the Board of Education. The
members of the Library Board shall serve without com-pensation,
and hold their offices for three years, and until
their successors shall have been elected and qualified,
except that at the first election two of the Board shall be
elected for one year, two for two years, and three for three
years. After said election, so many shall be elected each
year as equals the number whose term expires that year.
They shall be elected by roll call as in other cases, by the
Board of Education of the City of Cleveland, at its first
regular meeting after the third Monday of April, 1886,
and annually thereafter as hereinbefore provided. The
Board of Education shall have power at any time to fill
vacancies in the Library Board for unexpired terms by
election as aforesaid. (Passed April 28th, 1886.)
Sec. 4001. Such Library Board shall report in writ-ing
to the Board of Education once each year, and oftener
if required by the latter; shall have exclusive charge and
control of the Public Library of the city, and shall have
full power to make all rules and regulations for the gov-ernment
and management thereof; to employ a Librarian
and such assistants and help as may be needed for the care
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and protection of the Library, and to attend to the draw-ing
and return of books; but prior to such employment,
the compensation of such Librarian, assistants and help
shall be fixed by the Library Board, by a majority of the
members thereof voting in favor of such compensation, on
roll call by the Secretary; and such Librarian, assistants
and help shall be employed by a vote in the same manner.
(Passed April 18th, 1883.)
Sec. 4002. For the purpose of increasing and main-taining
a library in said city, and the territory thereto
attached for school purposes, such Library Board may levy
annually a tax of five-tenths of one mill on each dollar valu-ation
of the taxable property of the city, and the territory
thereto attached for school purposes, to be levied, collected
and paid in the same manner as are school taxes of the
city. All money appropriated, received or collected by
tax for the library, shall be expended under the direction
of the Library Board in purchasing such books, pam-phlets,
papers, magazines, periodicals, journals, and other
property as may be deemed suitable for the Public
Library, and in payment of all other charges and ex-penses,
including compensation of the Librarian, assist-ants
and help that may be incurred in increasing and
maintaining the library, and all claims against said fund
shall be approved by the President and Secretary of said
Board and paid upon the warrant of the Auditor of the
Board of Education in the manner now provided by law
for the payment of claims against said city. (Passed May
16th, 1894.)
By an act of Legislature passed April 16th, 1883, a
Board of Tax Commissioners was provided for, for each
city of the first, second and third grade of the first class,
and it was further provided : " No tax shall be levied
upon the property of any such city, by the Council thereof
or any authority therein, except by the Boards of Educa-tion
in cities of the first grade of the first class and in
cities of the third grade of the first class for school and
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educational purposes, until approval by the Board of Tax
Commissioners aforesaid." (R. S. 2690—C.) Cleveland
being a city of the second grade of the first class, all levies
made by the Library Board were subject to the approval
of the Board of Tax Commissioners.
By an act of the Legislature passed April 13th, 1892,
a Board of Equalization and Assessments was provided
for the City of Cleveland which superseded the Board of
Tax Commissioners and the Boards of Equalization, and
which therefore exercises all the powers formerly vesting
in those Boards. All levies of taxes now made by the
Cleveland Public Library Board are subject to the approval
of the Board of Equalization and Assessments.
By act of Legislature passed May 16th, 1894, the pro-visions
of the depository law of Cleveland were made
applicable to the funds of the Library Board.