Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 1898

              Thirtieth Annual Report
O F T HE
C L E V E L A ND
Public Library Board
F O R T HE
Year Ending August 31, 1898,
W I T H
Accompanying Documents.
Thirtieth Annual Report
OF THE
CLEVELAND
Public Library Board
FOR THE
Year Ending August 31, 1898,
WITH
Accompanying Documents,
CARR
P R O M P T
PRINTER
CLEVELAND
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC L I B R A R Y BOARD, 5
R E P O R T OF PUBLIC L I B R A R Y BOARD, 7
R E P O R T OF L I B R A R I A N , 13
L I S T OF EMPLOYEES, 32
F I N A N C I A L STATEMENT, 35
APPENDICES, 53
LIBRARY BOARD.
MEMBERS.
JOHN C. HUTCHINS, President 1899
HARRY DIXON, S e c r e t a r y 1901
F R A N K H. BAER I9 °I
E . W . H O R N 1900
CHAS. F. O L N E Y 1899
WM. R . PALMER 1901
R. K. PEI/TON . T900
STANDING COMMITTEES.
BOOKS.
Messrs. B'aer, Olney, Dixon.
BOOK BINDING.
Messrs. Palmer, Horn, Baer.
BUILDINGS.
Messrs. Olney, Dixon, Palmer.
EMPLOYEES.
Messrs. Horn, Palmer, Dixon.
FINANCE.
Messrs. Dixon, Palmer, Olney.
RUI.ES.
Messrs. Pelton, Olney, Dixon.
PLACES OF BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE.
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H A R R Y DIXON
E . W . H O RN
JOHN C. HUTCHINS-CHAS.
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Post Office
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REPORT OF THE
CLEVELAND
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
T O THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
R EPOR T OF. THE LIBRA RY B OA RD. 9
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.
To The Honorable, The Board of Educatiori:
Gentlemen :—The Public Library Board of the City of
Cleveland has the honor herewith to submit its annual
report for the year ending August 31, 1898.
The year that has just gone has been one of most satis-factory
in progress and results along every avenue of our
work.
The plan of issuing books to be selected and distributed
by the teachers in the public schools to their pupils, has-been
continued during the year with the most gratifying
results, and its further extension, so much to be desired, is
only deferred by our inadequate supply of books available
for that purpose. The continuance and liberal extension
of this work we regard as of the first importance, as it tends
to make the library what it should be, an active and effi-cient
agency in the education of the children of our public
schools.
On the first day of January, 1898, we had the great
pleasure of opening to the public the new and beautiful
branch library building on Franklin avenue to take the place
of the old and altogether inadequate one on Pearl street.
Since occupying this new building the drawing of books at
the West Side branch has materially increased, and the room-iness,
taste and convenience of the new building have been
highly appreciated by both the employees and the people
who patronize this branch.
The bindery, established several years since in cramped
and confined quarters in the Main library building, has
been during the past year removed to the Franklm Avenue
branch, where large and commodious rooms in the basement
have been fitted up for. its use. With this additional room
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and increased facilities, more and better work is being done
than ever before, and this department is now on a firm and
secure foundation, so that our books can receive prompt
attention and before they become seriously damaged, result-ing
in keeping them from use and off the shelves a much
shorter period than was found necessary before we estab-lished
the bindery and removed to our new quarters. We
are happy to announce that a very considerble saving has
been made by thus being able to bind and repair our books
under our own direction.
We now have four fully equipped branches located in
different and widely separated parts of the city, all of which
are doing excellent work and have fully justified their estab-lishment.
There is still great need of one more branch for
the especial accommodation of the people who reside in the
north-east portion of the city, and we hope we shall be able
to establish this additional branch in the near future.
Besides these branches we now have nine widely scattered
stations where books are taken from the Main library for
more convenient distribution among the people residing
near these various stations. This scheme, which entails
very little additional expense, continues to work admirably
and is generally appreciated by those accomodated thereby.
From August ist to September ioth there was conduc-ted
in the Main Library, under the direction of our progres-sive
librarian and his accomplished assistant, a library
school, at w7hich there was a daily attendance of twenty-five
pupils, the great majority of whom were employees of our
library. Lectures and instruction were given by Mr. Brett,
the librarian; Miss Eastman, assistant librarian; Miss
•Pierce, Miss Tyler, Miss Odor, and Miss Elliott, of our
library staff, and by Miss Doren, the librarian of the Dayton
Public Library ; Miss Crawford, cataloger of the same libra-ry;
Dr. G. E. Wire, of the Law Library of Worces-ter
County, Massachusetts; Miss Gertrude E. Woodard, of
the State Normal school, Ypsilanti, Michigan; Mr. R. P.
Hayes, of Chicago; Mr. H. L. Elmendorf, superintendent
of the Buffalo Public Library; Miss May H. Prentice, of
the Cleveland Normal school; Mr. Charles Orr, librarian
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Case Library, and Mr. E. C. Williams, librarian Adelbert
College Library. Most satisfactory results were obtained
from this library school, which was carried on throughout
with absolutely no expense to our Board.
We sincerely regret being compelled to report that our
work for the ensuing year will of necessity be very seriously
crippled in all directions by the action of the Tax Commis-sion
in reducing our tax levy. In order to meet the neces-sities
incident to this reduction we have been compelled,
reluctantly, to discharge a number of the employees of the
Board and to reduce the number of hours of keeping open
the branch libraries. In spite of the expense saved in
these ways we shall have only a very limited amount of
money to expend for new books and periodicals. We feel
that this action on the part of the Tax Commission was a
grave mistake, and confidently believe that they will see
the matter in a different light when called upon next year
to act upon the levy of this Board. We announce however,
with the liveliest satisfaction, that the act of the Legislature
authorizing the sale of bonds to the amount of $250,000,
with which to purchase a site and construct a new Main
library building, has been by the Supreme Court of the state
declared constitutional, and that these bonds have recently
been sold for the sum of $295,250, said price being the largest
ever paid for bonds of this class. With this money we hope
and expect in the near future to begin the construction of a
new building which will be both an honor to our fair city
and a comfortable and convenient home for our valuable
and rapidly increasing library.
For a detailed account of the condition of our finances
reference is hereby made to the clear and comprehensive
statement of the Director of Accounts accompanying this
report, and for a more detailed account of the condition and
growth of the library reference is made to the concise and
intelligent report of our librarian.
In concluding this report, we earnestly invoke the con-tinued
sympathy, support, and good will of your honorable
body, which has been so generously given in the past. We
here renew the expression of our continued confidence in
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and our appreciation of the faithful and intelligent services
of our librarian and his devoted corps of assistants during
the past year.
Very respectfully submitted,
JOHN C. HUTCHINS,
December 5th, 1898. President.
REPORT OF THE
LIBRARIAN
T O THE
CLEVELAND
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
To the Honorable, the Public Library Board:
Gentlemen :—In compliance with Rule i, for the Cleve-land
Public Library, I submit to you the following state-ment
of the work of the library during the year ending
August 31, 1898, and as nearly as possible of the condition
of the library at the close of that year, being the fourteenth
annual report of the librarian :
According to the last annual report,
BOOKS. there were on hand 129,518 volumes.
There have been added during the year,
by purchase, gift, the binding of periodicals and in other
ways, 17,367 volumes; deducted by wTear and loss, 2,913
volumes, making a net increase of 14,454 volumes, and a
total on hand August 31, 1898, of 141,426 volumes.
The net increase of the Main Library and Branches
was as follows:
Main Library 7,02 5
West Side Branch r477
Miles Park Branch J/359
Woodland Branch 1,980
South Side Branch 2,613
A detailed statement of the growth of the library by
departments and branches, with a summary of the whole,
may be found in Appendix A.
A statement of the books added to the circulating de-partments
of the Main Library and Branches by classes, and
of the number on hand at the close of the year, may be
found in Appendices B and C.
A list of the gifts to the Public Library during the year,
with the. names of the donors, may be found in Appendix D.
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The condemned books noted in Appendix A have, as
usual, been sent to various institutions.
There are also in the library a
BOOKS NOT large number of books not classified nor
READY accessioned, and not, therefore, carried
FOR USE. on the records of the library, many of
which are valuable and should be clas-sified,
cataloged and made a part of the library as soon
as circumstances will permit. One of the most valuable
parts of this collection consists of publications received
from the various departments of the government of the
Dominion of Canada. At present a large part of the un-classified
books are stored in the attic.
From the statistical tables in
CATALOGING Appendices A and B, it appears that
DEPARTflENT. 15,068 volumes were added to the cir-culating
departments, and 2,099 to the
reference departments, in all 17,167.
In addition to this, two important pieces of work have
been completed, having been begun just before the close of
the preceding year, viz.: (1) A complete typewritten list
on cards, arranged alphabetically by author, of all books in
the circulating department, to be kept in the catalog room
for official use. (2) The revising of the lists of books in
all the branches, combining in one list what had formerly
been on five, this revision and transfer of the books to the
union shelf-list giving us at a glance the number of copies in
each library.
These two new official records give us a direct method
of tracing books; knowing the author, we go direct to the
author list to see if the book is in the library; and if so,
taking the shelf number found here and going to the union
shelf-list, where at a glance we can see if the book is in
Main and Branches, how many copies, etc.
The need of these official lists was so very urgent that
their completion was hastened before the beginning of the
revision of the public card catalog.
So many urgent needs for fuller and more accurate
catalog records in the various departments and branches
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make it difficult, with so small a cataloging staff, to decide
wThat should be taken up as next in importance, but during
the next year the following should without doubt be at
least begun:
1. Revision of the public card catalog, supplementary
to the printed catalog.
2. Revision of German shelf-list and catalog, and
German branch lists.
3. A new dictionary catalog of the juvenile classified
books now in the children's room, which is especially
urgent on account of the constant search for material in
this room in the school work.
4. A dictionary catalog of the Reference Department.
There are many other lines of work that should be
taken up, such as the completion of the branch catalogs,
partly made, the making of a catalog of the French books
and Bohemian books, the making of book cards for the
entire circulating department in order to improve the charg-ing
system, etc. But with the small force now in the cat-aloging
department, it is doubtful if the first four above
specified can even be begun.
The work in its very nature is tedious and painstaking.
It takes time to do such work as this correctly, and it were
better not done at all than incorrectly. This department
greatly needs additional assistants thoroughly trained for
technical work.
At the beginning of the year the
BOOKBINDING. binders' work was much in arrears,
owing to the lack of room at the Main
Library to accommodate a sufficient force.
In January, 1898, the bindery was removed to the new
West Side Branch building,rwhere it occupies a room 28x70
ft. in the basement, well lighted and conveniently arranged.
As soon as possible after the removal, ten additional persons
were employed, and at the close of the year a large part of
the arrears of work had been brought up. There still
remairi, however, a considerable number of books which
should be bound as soon as possible, and, in addition to
these, a large number of documents and periodicals which
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are awaiting that convenient season when the funds at the
disposal of the Board will justify the expense of binding
them. The work of the year has, however, placed the
books in use in the library in a much better condition of
binding and repair than for many years past.
The report of the foreman of the bindery, which, in
detail, forms Appendix E, shows 5,634 volumes newly
bound, 1,776 magazines and papers bound, 22,682 volumes
rebound in old covers, 21,699 volumes repaired, and a con-siderable
amount of miscellaneous work.
The total expense for salaries and materials was
$6,690.27; adding to this an allowance of 10 per cent, for
deterioration in value of machinery, amounting to $84.85,
we have a total of $6,775.12 for all expense except lighting
and heating—it is impossible to estimate the expense of
these items separately. The report of the binder shows
that work was completed during the year amounting, at the
contract rates formerly paid, to $8,748.45. This shows a
favorable balance of $1,973.33.
This department has been open 307
MAIN LIBRARY. w e e k days, closed on Sundays and the
CIRCULATING legal holidays. The hours were from
DEPARTTIENT. 8:00 A. M. to 7:30 p. M., except on Sat-urdays,
when they were from 8:00 A. M.
to 8:30 p. M. The number of books issued during the year-was
406,718. The average daily issue was 1,324. Further
details may be found in Appendix F.
The work of re-registering bor-
REGISTRATION. rowers, begun in 1897, has been carried
on during the past year. The first
6,000 numbers on the register have been taken up
and new cards issued, and considerable progress made on
the next block of numbers, from 7,000 to 17,000. Between
March 14th and August 31st, 726 cards were transferred
from the main circulating department to the new children's
room. These facts are mentioned because of the amount of
necessary work which they represent, a re-registration or
transfer of a borrower requiring about twice the work of
the first registration.
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The present plan will re-register all borrowers once in
three years, the time limit which seems essential for reliable
records ; the re-registration will therefore be continuous,
about one-third of it being done each year, but it will be
so planned as to bring the greater part of it during the
summer months when the other work is lighter.
The most important addition to the
CHILDREN'S ROOM, work of this department during the
year was the establishment of a chil-dren's
room. This is formed by enclosing the large alcove
formerly used for fiction by a glazed partition, and provid-ing
a separate entrance. In order to avoid annoyance, the
work of making the necessary changes was begun and
largely finished on the 22nd of February, so that the work
of the library was not interrupted. This provides a pleas-ant
room for the children which, although entirely too
small, appears to be the best available in the present build-ing.
In addition to the children's stories, there are placed
upon the most convenient shelves in the room a collection
of books suitable for younger readers. These are classified
and arranged in the same order in which they stand in the
alcoves of the Main Library. They are largely drawn
from the departments of natural science, travel, history,
biography and literature, but include also ethics, religion
and sociology and other subjects, and are practically a col-lection
parallel to the main one, embracing everything of
interest to the young folks. Each book bears the same
class number as in the main collection, with the addition of
a mark indicating that it belongs to the juvenile collection.
The partial records which have thus far been kept indi-cate
that more than half of the circulation from this
room is drawn from these books rather than from the
stories.
One of the successful features of
EXHIBITS. the work during the year has been
the display in the open rack from week
to week of books upon various subjects.
Among the subjects thus displayed have been the
following :
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Arbor day.
Artistic book-making.
Before an audience.
Christmas.
Games.
Great commanders.
Hot weather dishes.
Humor.
Lenten reading.
Life on the farm.
Music.
Nature.
Naval and military service.
War.
Successful exhibits have also been given of original
drawings for book illustration and book cover design, the
work of the Cleveland Art School.
The posting on the bulletin boards of special reading
lists, of illustrations from the circulars of new books and
of the more artistic magazine posters, has also attracted
This department has been open
307 week days, fifty-two Sundays and
six holidays. The hours have been from
8:00 A. M. to 8:30 P. M. on week days,
and from 12:30 P. M. to 8:30 P. M. on
Sundays and holidays throughout the
year. The number of recorded visitors to the department
was 95,363. The number of books issued for reference and
reading was 74,689. Details of the work may be found in
Appendix G.
Two hundred and ninety-eight periodicals were placed
on file in the reading room ; of these 16 were daily, two
semi-weekly, 107 weekly, ten semi-monthly, 129 monthly,
seven bi-monthly and 27 quarterly.
Many improvements have been made in the organiza-tion
of this department. The most important of these con-sist
of the re-classification of 15,181 books, the accessioning
of about 14,541, and the completion of a shelf list, which,
much attention.
REFERENCE
DEPARTMENT
AND READING
ROOMS.
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with the addition of a subject index on cards, constitutes a
very satisfactory classed catalog of the department. This
work was begun in July, 1897, completed in May, 1898.
The gilding of the numbers on the books and their arrange-ment
on the shelves was completed in June.
Another feature has been the work with the clubs. In
December, 1897, a n attractive portion of the reference room
was set aside as a " Club Corner," wThere the members of
the many literary clubs in the city might come for study.
The topics in the programs of these clubs, about twenty-five
in number, were looked up in advance, the references written
on cards and filed in boxes, a box being devoted to each
club. This method has systematized and facilitated the
work in a large degree, both for the department and for
the clubs.
The following is a list of the clubs which have received
special assistance in the Club Corner in the past year :
A B C Club of Science.
Book and Thimble Club.
Case Avenue Literary Club.
Centennial Club.
Chautauqua Circle.
Cleveland Century Club.
Cleveland Literary Guild.
Cleveland Novelist Club.
Conversational Club.
Council of Sociology.
East ClevelandlReading Circle.
Eliza Hickok Circle.
Emerson Literary Society.
Martha Bolton Club.
Men's League of Bolton Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
Mid-Day Club.
Monica Club.
Octomay Club.
Philomatheon Club.
Saturday Club.
Society of Art and History.
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Sorosis.
Twentieth Century Literary Club.
U & I Club.
Unity Club.
Woman's Press Club.
In November, 1897, it became necessary to provide a
reading place for the children, the juvenile circulating
department not being large enough to accommodate them as
readers. A portion of the main reading room was railed off,
the files of juvenile magazines increased and a large number
of new books placed at the disposal of the children. A
registration system was adopted, and a membership card
issued to each child. About 400 children have been regis-tered,
and the room has a constantly increasing patronage.
A special attendant in charge also assists the children in
properly using the reference library in connection with their
studies.
The building for the West Side
WEST SIDE Branch, which was in progress of con-
BRANCH. struction at the time the last annual
report. was made, was completed and
ready for occupancy in December, 1897. It is situated at
No. 130 Franklin avenue. The building is 60x110 feet; the
main room occupies the entire floor except the space required
for vestibule and stairway. Over the stairway is a gallery
used for a newspaper reading room, and adjoining this a
small club room. The club room has been used by the
classes in the West High School, and also by the Centennial
Club and several teachers' classes.
The library rooms on Pearl street were closed on
December 26th, and the library was moved during the next
four days.
The new library was formally opened and dedicated on
January 1, 1898. Many visitors inspected the rooms during
the afternoon, and the dedicatory exercises in the evening
called together a large audience. The presiding officer was
Mr. Mars E. Wagar, chairman of the committee which had
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had charge of the erection and furnishing of the building.
Short addresses were made by the President of the Library
Board and others.
The number of volumes issued for home use from
this branch during the year was 140,537. The number of
visitors to the reference department was 38,342, and the
number of volumes noted as consulted or read by visitors
to this department was 33,530. Details as to the work in
the circulating departments of the branch libraries may be
found in Appendix F, and in the reference departments in
Appendix G. As the reference and circulating departments
at the branches are in the same room, the hours were the
same as those of the reference department at the Main
library.
The number of volumes issued for
home use by the Miles Park Branch was
MILES PARK 79,112. The number of visitors to the
BRANCH. reference department was 32,089, and
the number of volumes noted as read or
consulted by visitors to this department was 25,476.
The notable event of the year at this branch was the
fitting up of a room in the basement for the use of clubs
and other literary gatherings. This has been used regularly
during the winter by two clubs.
The number of volumes issued for
WOODLAND home use by the Woodland Branch was
BRANCH. 130,771. The number of visitors to
the reference department was 34,949,
and the mumber of volumes noted as consulted or read by
visitors to this department was 28,367 .
Near the close of the year a glazed -partition was built
enclosing the south end of the main room and forming a
quiet room for students.
There were issued for home use at
SOUTH SIDE the South Side Branch 105,370 volumes.
BRANCH. The total number of visitors to the
reference room was 37,088, and the
number of books recorded as used 37,422.
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Early in the year a club room was fitted up in the base-ment
of this branch. This was occupied regularly each
week throughout the winter by two children's clubs, one
composed of seventh and eighth grade pupils, organized by
Miss Granger, the branch librarian, for the study of famous
localities in England, in connection with their history, and
the other, of somewhat younger children, was organized by
Miss Jacobs, the senior assistant, forthestudy of American his-tory.
The number in each class was about 65, and the at-tendance
and interest was maintained throughout the season.
The library has continued its co-
THE SCHOOLS, operation with the schools by the issue
of books to teachers and pupils from
the main library and branches, and also by the special
methods which have been reported in previous years.
The Central High School library has been operated as a
branch under the charge of an assistant from the library
since January, 1896. It now numbers 3,500 volumes, the
property of the school, and has had an average of over 1,000
volumes from the. library on its shelves during the year.
There were issued for home use during the year 13,160
volumes. The number of visitors to the room was 30,562.
It has been impossible for the assistant in charge, in
addition to her other duties, to attempt to keep an account
of the use of books in the room for study and reference,
which probably constitute its greatest value to the school.
The following opinion from Mr. Harris, the principal of
the school, shows the estimation in which it is held : "It
would be impossible to do the work of the High School as
it is now done, especially in literature and English, without
the library. I consider it the greatest improvement that has
been made.''
The plan of issuing books to the teachers in the gram-mar
and other schools has been continued substantially as
described in previous reports. In addition to those sent to
the public schools, books were issued to teachers in some of
the parochial schools.
The number of books issued was only a little in excess
of last year, simply because no more books could be spared.
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The demand from the teachers for books to be used in this
way is, and has been for several years past, manifoldly
greater than the supply.
It is exceedingly desirable that a special and adequate
collection of books should be formed for the purpose of
supplying this demand, which has grown far beyond the
ability of the library to meet it. The value of such a col-lection
to the educational work of the city can hardly be
estimated.
In addition to the books sent to the schools for the use
of teachers and pupils, nine sets of books were sent out to
circulate at the mothers' club meetings at some of the
schools. These sets contained books on the care and train-ing
of children, on cooking, housekeeping, house planning
and building, home sanitation, etc. These books were
largely used by women who had not used the library, and
they have led to the establishment in several of the school
buildings, of regular delivery stations for their neigh-borhoods.
The delivery stations mentioned
DELIVERY above are at the Gordon, Ray, Willard
STATIONS. and Woodland Hills schools. The sta-tions
at Goodrich House and Hiram
House (social settlements) have been continued, also those at
the Y . M. C. A., the Railroad Branch of the Y . M. C. A.,
the Y. M. H. A. and the Sherwin-Williams Co. Station M
was reopened in August in the bank at the corner of Will-son
avenue and Lena street. The room for this station is
furnished free, and the work done without charge by the
Cleveland Savings and Banking Co.
This organization, whose formation
LIBRARY and purposes were described in the last
LEAGUE. annual report, has continued to increase.
Its influence has made a very marked
improvement in the care of the books and in the deport-ment
of the children in the library. It has done much to
put the child in the right attitude towards the library
work.
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Although this did not end until
SUHMER September 10, and is therefore not
SCHOOL. entirely included in the limits of the
year reported upon, I will, with the
permission of the Board, include it in this report.
The following statement embodies substantially the
report already made to the Board. I will only preface it by
saying that attendance was entirely voluntary on the part of
all members of the library staff :
'' I was authorized by a resolution of the Board to
organize and carry on such a school, provided it could be
done without any outlay of money from the funds of the
Board, but that members of the library staff were at liberty
to assist, provided that such assistance did not interfere with
their duties in the library. In accordance with this permis-sion,
the following arrangements were made and carried out :
The use of the Assembly Room by the School Council
was secured from the Director of Schools free of expense,
excepting the pay of the janitor.
The services of Miss Esther Crawford, Head Cataloger
of the Dayton Public Library, were secured as principal
instructor, and lectures were also arranged for from mem-bers
of the library staff and others.
The fee was fixed at $15.00, and the number of the
class at twenty-five, as it was calculated that this would
cover the expense for lectures and instruction from those
not connected with the library, and other minor expenses ;
those connected with the library were to receive no compen-sation
for their work in the school.
The requirement for admission was a diploma from a
reputable high school, or its equivalent. About fifty appli-cations
for admission were received and many more inquiries,
some of them from a distance, the extremes being Brooklyn,-
N. Y., and Utah.
The class as made up included eighteen members of the
library force, four others from Cleveland, and one each
from Dayton, Fowlersville, N. Y., and Wooster. The fol-lowing
is a list of the students :
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Miss Andres Cleveland Public Library.
Mrs. Biddle Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Cogswell ". . Cleveland Public Library.
Mrs. Colburn Cleveland.
Miss Current Cleveland.
Miss Davis Wooster, O.
Miss Marian Doren Dayton, O.
Mrs. Erwin Cleveland, O.
Miss Fraser Fowlersville, N. Y.
Miss Ingham Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Isbister Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Jacobs Cleveland Public Library.
Miss MacDougall Cleveland Public Library.
Mrs. Mueller Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Nicholson. . Cleveland.
Mrs. Paoli Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Powrer Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Rezner Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Ritter Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Rogers Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Schwarz Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Scott Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Smith Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Sykora . . : Cleveland Public Library.
Miss Whiteman Cumulative Index.
The session lasted from August i to September xo,
inclusive, six weeks, six days per week.
The hours were as follows : Lectures from 8 to 11:30
A. M., being three lectures of one hour each, with inter-missions
of fifteen minutes. Practice work from 1 to 6 p. M.
The following lectures were given :
Miss Crawford—rClassification 15
Cataloging 34
Miscellaneous 10
Miss Eastman 5
Miss Tyler—Accessions and Shelf L i s t . . . . 7
Miss Pierce—The Library arid the Public. . 5
Miss Odor—Reference Work TT
58 REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
Miss Elliott—Indexing i
Dr. G. E. Wire, Lib'n, Worcester, Mass. . . i
Miss Woodard, Ypsilanti, Mich.
—Bookbinding 3
Miss E. C. Doren, Libfn, Dayton P. L 2
Mr. R. P. Hayes, Chicago 1
Mr. H. L. Elmendorf, Supt. Buffalo Library 1
Miss M. H. Prentice 3
Mr. Chas. Orr, Librarian Case Library. . 1
Mr. E. C. Williams, Librarian Adelbert. . . 1
Mr. Brett 3
In all 104 lectures.
The attendance of the class was very close, there
being only seven days' absence during the entire course,
and those absolutely unavoidable. The class gave the
closest attention to the lectures and worked assiduously in
the practice hours, and most of them worked evenings also.
The course of instruction was confined entirely to library
methods, and was planned for those who were already in
library work or had a sufficient general education to fit
them for it.
While it is clearly impossible to give in six weeks any-thing
equivalent to the one or two years' courses of the
regular schools, it was the intention that the instruction
should be thorough and accurate and should give the
modern and most approved methods, in order that the
course might be of value to those who continue their
work in our library or others, and that any who may
afterwards take a course in any of the regular schools
may have nothing to unlearn, but, on the contrary, may
find that a good foundation has been laid for further study.
From the scope of the course itself, from the earnest and
assiduous work of those of the library force who were
members of the class, and from what I have observed in
the library since the close of the school, I am convinced
that it will be of value to the future work of the library.
I hope it may be one step towards the establishment of a
permanent library school of a high grade in Cleveland.
58 REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
I append hereto a statement of the receipts and expend-itures
of the school, from which it will be seen that it was
conducted without any expenditure from the funds of the
library :"
RECEIPTS.
Tuition $375-oo
Sale of supplies 127.42
Supplies returnable 17-44
Contributed by a friend 13.80
$533-66
DISBURSEMENTS.
Non-resident instructors. .$340.25
Supplies 142.93
Printing 6.00
Janitor 20.00
Miscellaneous expenses 24.48
$533-66
The library was represented at the
ASSOCIATION meeting of the Ohio Library Associa-
MEETINGS. tion, in Cincinnati, in October, 1897, by
fourteen members of its staff, and at the
meeting of the American Library Association, at Lakewood,
by twenty-three.
There can be no question of the value of these meet-ings,
and I believe that the liberal policy of the Board in
encouraging attendance upon them yields valuable returns
to the library.
Beginning with the year 1898, the
PUBLICATIONS, publication of the Cumulative Index
was placed in the hands of the Helman-
Taylor Co. The library continues to compile and edit it as
heretofore. The Helman-Taylor Co. also became the selling
agents for the other publications of the library.
. There were issued during the year
RESUnE. for home use in all 924,561 volumes,
being a gain of 141,993 volumes, or 15
per cent, over last year. It is interesting to note the fluctu-ations
in circulation coincident with the beginning and pro-gress
of the war. The records show a large gain in circu-lation
as compared with the previous year up to the month
of February ; in March there was a smaller increase, in April
a still smaller one, and in May the circulation was about the
same as the year before. In June and July there was a
decided loss, and in August it reached the level again.'
58
REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
A reference to the tables in Appendices B and F will
show that a high standard in the purchase of books is main-tained,
and that a fair proportion of the more important
classes are used.
Throughout this year, as in previous ones, the supply
of books has been entirely inadequate to meet the demand.
This is true in all departments of the library, and in all
classes of books. There is no question but that the use of
the library is much limited by its inability to meet these
demands upon it.
One of the most important things for the growth and
usefulness not only of this, but of all public libraries, is a
recognition of the value of thoroughly trained assistants;
of the necessity on the part of the library assistant of sup-plementing
a good general education by a course of technical
training such as that given in the library schools, or some-thing
equivalent to it. The standard of work in the library
has been raised and the requirements as to technical knowl-edge
and accuracy increased during the past year.
The value of technical training is generally recognized
by the assistants in the library, and something has been
done by class work, as already reported, and other ways, to
secure it. The work of the library is showing a marked
and still progressive improvement. To this desirable result
the improvement .in technical work on the part of many of
the assistants and their increased interest in the work have
largely contributed. Much is also due to the more effective
assistance in planning and "supervision of the work, and to
the more definite organization of the library into depart-ments,
each in charge of a responsible and competent head.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I venture to express the hope
that this account of the stewardship which you have en-trusted
to me may be in a measure satisfactory, and that as
you read it you may feel some assurance that your unselfish
labors in behalf of the library during the busy year now
past have not been fruitless.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. H. BRETT,
Librarian.
58
REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
LIBRARY EMPLOYEES.
GENERAL.
Administration:
W i t t i A M H. BRETT Librarian.
M i s s LINDA A. EASTMAN Assistant L i b r a r i a n.
Miss Gertrude H. Hanna Accountant
Edward Jahraus Assistant Accountant.
Miss Mary E. Ensign Stenographer.
John G. Vleck Page.
Cataloging Department:
Miss ALICE S. TYLER, Catalog Librarian.
Miss Adaline T. Rezner. Miss Charlotte Buss.
Mrs. Anna C. Mueller. Miss Lada Sykora.
Miss Florence Hirsch. Miss May R. David.00
Miss Alice S. Douglas. 1 Miss Carrie S. Tibbitts *
John L. Cannon.**
One page.
Cumulative Index:
Miss JULIA E. ELLIOTT, Head Indexer.
Miss Sadie Ames. Miss Rose Gymer.00
In addition to this, assistance was rendered by details from other
departments amounting to the time of three assistants and one page.
Bindery:
W I L L I A M E. WARD, F o r e m a n,
And an average of thirteen assistants.
M A I N L I B R A R Y.
Miss MARIA T. HUBBELL, Chief Clerk.
Circulating Department:
Miss MARGARET G. PIERCE, Loan Librarian.
Mrs. Minnie B. Paoli, in charge of Receiving desks.
Miss Jessie L. Ritter. Miss Hattie Callow.
Miss Hermine A. Simon. Miss Nina Nourse.tt
Miss Helen E. Dempcy.J Miss Ernestine Rosewater.t
Miss Anna F. Sutherland. Miss Isabelle Buchwald.t
Miss Effie L. Power. Miss Louisa Giesel.t
Miss A. Elizabeth Smith. Mrs. M. B. Atkinson.0
Mrs. E. E. Leonard.0 John L. Yeagle.0
Seven pages.
Miss J E N N I E E. ISBISTER, Loans to branches and stations.
58 REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
Reference Department:
Miss VIRGINIA N. ODOR, Reference Librarian.
Mrs. Sophia M. Breckenridge. Miss Minnie E. Hickman.
Miss Mabel T. Horton.00
Two pages.
Three janitors. One engineer. One night watchman.
WEST SIDE BRANCH.
Miss CECELIA M. HUTSON, Branch librarian.
Miss Helen V. Lundy. Miss Roena A. Ingham.
Miss Lucie V. Andres. Miss Edith Scott.t
Mrs. I. C. Smith, f
Two pages. One janitor.
MILES PARK BRANCH.
MRS. LUCY S. BIDDI^E, Branch Librarian.
Miss Ella Lace. Miss Martha Mills.
One page. One janitor.
WOODLAND AVENUE BRANCH.
Miss MILDRED C. WOOD, Second Assistant Librarian in charge.
Miss Jennie MacDougall. Miss Stella Schwarz.
Miss Eleanor Sunderland.
Three pages. One janitor.
SOUTH SIDE BRANCH.
Miss ANNE C. GRANGER, Branch Librarian.
Miss Mary C. Jacobs. Miss Maud Cogswell.00
Two pages. One janitor.
C E N T R A L H I G H S C H O O L.
Miss AUGUSTA L- SEAMAN, Branch Librarian.
* Appointed assistant July, 1898.
** About two-thirds time, of which one-third was in Catalog
' and one-third in Cumulative Index,
t Substitute.
0 Clerical.
00 Substitute appointed assistant April, 1898.
t Resigned November, 1897.
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTS.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
1898.
RE FOR 7 OF THE AUDITOR. 37
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR.
C L E V E L A N D , 0 . , S e p t e m b e r i, 1898.
To The Honorable, The Public Library Board of the City of
Cleveland, O.
GENTLEMEN : Herewith, as required by law, I submit
a report of the financial transactions and s t a n d i n g of the
Publip L i b r a r y Board for t h e fiscal year e n d i n g A u g u s t 31,
1898, said report b e i n g comprised in the f o l l o w i n g tables,
v i z . :
Table No. 1
Table No. 2
Table No. 3
Table No. 4
Table No. 5
Table No. - 6
Table No. 7]
Table No. 8
Table No. 9
Table No. 10
Table No. 11
Table No. 12
R e s p e c t f u l l y submitted,
H. L. RossiTER,
A u d i t o r .
— Analysis of Receipts, Disbursements, Assets and
Liabilities.
Receipts in Detail —General Tax Levy.
— Receipts in Detail — Depositary Interest.
-Receipts in Detail — Earnings.
-Disbursements in Detail — Local Account.
Assets in Detail—Cash.
— Assets >in Detail—Furniture and Fixtures, and
Buildings.
— Estimated Receipts for 1899.
— Comparison of Receipts, Disbursements, Assets
and Liabilities for four years.
— Comparison of various items for twenty years.
— Comparison of Tax Valuation and Library Levy
thereon for seven years.
— Results in 1898 by comparison with 1897.
3 8 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
THE S T A T E OF OHIO,
Cuyahoga County, ss.
H. L. Rossiter, being first duly sworn, says that he is
the duly appointed and qualified Auditor of the Public Li-brary
Board of the City,of Cleveland, and that the matters
and facts set forth in the accompanying annual report of
such Public Library Board are true, as he verily believes.
H. L. ROSSITER.
Sworn to before me, a Notary Public in and for said
county, by said H. L. Rossiter, and by him subscribed in
my presence, this 21st day of September, A. D., 1898.
A L B E R T F. CROSBY,
Notary Public.
(Seal.)
39 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
TABLE NO. I.
ANALYISIS OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
Cash on hand September i, 1897 $ 34,01775
RECEIPTS —
Received from General Levy (table No. 2). .$ 67,782 74
Total taxes $ 67,782 74
Received from Interest (table No. 3) $ 486 24
Received from Fines (table No. 4) 2,340 28
Received from Index sales (table No. 4) 1,978 67
Received from miscellaneous sales (table
No. 4) 962 30
Total earnings $ 5,767 49
Total Receipts $ 73,550 23
To be accounted for $ 107,567 98
DISBURSEMENTS —
Paid for rents (table No. 5) $ 3,289 98.
Paid for salaries (table No. 5) 39,282 68
Paid for insurance (table No. 5) 1,837 36
Total fixed charges $ 44,410 02
Paid for stationary and office supplies (table
N0.5) 4,54109
Paid for fuel and light (table No. 5) 4,971 95
Paid for catalog printing (table No. 5) 2.763 02
Paid for rebinding books (table No. 5) 6,559 J5
Paid for repairs (table No. 5), 2,273 52
Paid for freight and cartage (table No. 5) 16 94
*PPaaidid fofor rc ul imburalartyi vsec hionodle, x n(etta, b(leta Nbloe. N5)o . 5) . . 1,65161 07
Total supplies $ 22,79281
Paid for library furniture (table No. 5) $ 4,233 27
Paid for books (table No. 5) 9,986 46
Paid for periodicals (table No. 5) 2,321 80
Total furniture and fixtures $ 16,54153
Paid for buildings (table No. 5) $ 3*43785
Total permanent improvements $ 3,437 85
Total disbursements $ 87,182 21
Cash on hand September 1, 1898 $ 20,385 77
ASSETS —
Cash (table No. 6) $ 20,385 77
Office and library furniture (table No. 7) 14,268 27
Books and periodicals (table No. 7) 138,344 26
Buildings (table No. 7) 3,437 85
Total Assets $ 176,436 15
LIABILITIES —
No liabilities
Excess of Assets $ 176,436 15
*This item, with all other expenditures for the library school, was refunded
the library under the head of miscellaneous sales. ( See pages 39 and 47.) The
school was conducted without expense to the library. ( See statement, page 29.)
4 0 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
TABLE No. II.
RECEIPTS IN DETAIL.
GENERAI, TAX LEVY.
NOTE—This money is collected under the authority of Section 4002 of the
Revised Statutes of Ohio, as amended May 16, 1894 (91—O. L-, 268,) and supple-mented
April 22, 1896 (92—O. IY., 590.)
Tax valuation of the city of Cleveland $141,915,430 00
Tax valuation of portion of Brooklyn township annexed for school
purposes only 27,630 00
Tax valuation of portion of East Cleveland township annexed for
school purposes only 43,810 00
Tax valuation of portion of Newburgh township annexed for school
purposes only :... 458,535 00
Total valuation Cleveland School District $142,445,405 00
Levy for Public Library—^ mill on above valuation $71,222 71
Add delinquent taxes on real estate brought forward from duplicate
of 1896 2,529 10
Add levy on omitted property, and property whose valuation has
been increased by Board of Equalization, placed upon the
duplicate by County Auditor ( §1039-1040 R. S.) i,779 08
Add penalties imposed for non-payment (§2844 R. S.) 145 71
Total $75,676 60
Deduct tax abated by County Auditor on account of prop-erty
whose valuation has been decreased by Board of
Equalization (§1039 R. S.) $ 447 92
Deduct tax remaining unpaid at August, 1898, settlement 5,021 81 5,469 73
Net collection $70,206 87
Deduct County Treasurer's fees for collection—1 mill on
above balance (88—O. I,., 147) 702 06
Balance $69,504 81
Deduct tax refunded by County Auditor on account of
errors in the duplicate (§1038 R. S.) $ 04
Deduct tax inquisitor's fees (§2803-11 R. S.) - 366 53
Deduct cost of advertising delinquent tax sale 41 93
Deduct amount reserved for firemen's and police pension
funds (83—O. I,., 108 §4) 1,311 82 1,865 32
Balance $67,639 49
Add net collection of delinquent taxes on personal prop-erty
$143 25
Net receipts from general levy $67,782 74
41 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
TABLE NO. III.
RECEIPTS IN DETAIL.
I N T E R E S T .
NOTE.—Under the provisions of the "Depositary Law," (85—O. L., 197,) AS
amended (91—O. L-, 263,) contracts were entered into for the care of the money of
the citj' of Cleveland, and of the City School District (the money of the Public
Library, by section No. 1 of said act, being considered for the purpose set forth
therein to be money of the City School District,) with the Euclid Ave. National
Bank, the Dime Savings and Banking Co. and the State National Bank, they
being the highest and best bidders for same, wherein said banks agree to pay,
respectively, 3 51-100 per cent., 3 33-100 per cent, and 2 95-100 per cent, interest on
average daily balances on deposit in such banks.
In addition to their general credit , each of the above banks gives bond in the
sum of $100,000.00 for the safe keeping of such money of the School District.
S T A T E M E N T SHOWING A V E R A G E DAILY BALANCES OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT MONEY.
Euclid Avenue
National Bank.
Dime Savings and
Banking Co. State National Bank
Month
Average
Balance
Interest
Average
Balance Interest
Average
Balance Interest
1897 July
August
September .
October . . ..
November .
December..
1898 January. . ..
February ..
March
April
May
June
$33,942 04
84,525 20
176,968 98
126,870 80
90,236 14
40,501 89
34,940 92
46,243 46
61,226 26
129,593 55
106,060 70
110,006 36
$101 18
251 98
510 54
378 21
260 33
121 04
' 104 16
124 52
182 52
373 87
316 17
317 36
$29,168 34
77,623 16
165,676 13
118,889 89
81,246 57
29,914 70
29,425 86
39,I7I 27
52,622 72
127,373 67
98,552 35
101,9x7 89
$ 82 50
219 54
453 45
336 25
222 37
84 61
83 22
100 06
148 83
348 62
278 73
278 95
$25,342 04
67,483 73
155,496 99
109,354 42
75,759 12
24,782 72
25,333 64
30,735 86
47,255 33
123,136 31
9M53 61
95,183 09
$ 63 50
169 07
377 02
273 99
183 69
62 10
63 47
69 56
118 40
298 56
228 38
230 79
Totals $3,041 88 $2,637 13 $2,138 53
Total Depositary Interest on average balances of the City School
District, as above $7,817 54
Less amount credited to Board of Education 7,331 30
Net Depositary Interest received $ 486 24
42 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
TABLE No. IV.
RECEIPTS IN DETAIL.
F I N E S A N D SALES.
Fines col-lected
for
undue re-tention
of
books
Sales of
Catalogs
Miscellaneous
Sales Totals
Central Public Library $1,502 79 $1,978 67 $870 43 $4.35i 89
West Side Branch 243 35 26 47 269 82
Miles Park Branch.... 173 9i 16 53 190 44
Woodland Ave. Branch 278 68 35 64 314 32
South Side Branch 141 55 13 23 154 78
Totals $2,340 28 $1,978 67 $962 30 $5,281 25
43 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
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TABLE No. VI.
ASSETS IN DETAIL.
C A S H .
Cash balance in Depositary No. i, T h e Euclid Ave. N a t i o n a l Bank,
as per report August 31, 1898 $264,117 95
Cash balance in Depositary No. 2, T h e Dime S a v i n g s and Banking
Co., as per report August 31, 1898 292,384 34
Cash balance in Depositary No. 3, T h e A m e r i c a n E x c h a n g e National
Bank, as per report August 31, 1898 246,990 22
T o t a l $803,492 21
Deduct amount of checks issued by treasurer, but not presented at
b a n k s for p a y m e n t $ 3,90828
Net cash balance, C l e v e l a n d School District $799,583 93
Deduct amount to credit of Board of E d u c a t i o n . . ' $779,198 16
Net cash to credit of Public L i b r a r y $20,385 77
45 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
TABLE No. VII.
ASSETS IN DETAIL.
S T A T E M E N T OE P E R M A N E N T I M P R O V E M E N T S AND
F U R N I T U R E A N D F I X T U R E S.
Value
of
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Value 0
Build-i
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Value 0
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Value of
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Periodicals
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CENTRAL L I B R A R Y—
Occupies, rent free, b y cour-tesy
of Board of Education
second and third floors of the
Board of Education building
190 E u c l i d Ave.
Second floor occupied b y cir-culating
dep't, children'sroom
and offices.
T h i r d floor devoted to ref-erence
dep't, reading room,
catalog dep't, and assembly
room of the Library Board
and editorial room of the
cumulative index. $1,428 95 $5,095 61 $ 99,395 44 $105,920 00
WEST S I D E BRANCH—
Occupies n ew b r i c k building
leased from People's Savings
and Loan Ass'n, at 130 Frank-l
in Ave. T h e circulating dep't,
reference library and chil-dren's
room on main floor;
newspaper room and study
and class rooms in g a l l e r y;
bindery in the basement. 2,*O8 90 2,935 82 14,455 97 19,400 69
M I I . E S P A R K BRANCH—
Occupies at nominal rental,
by courtesy of Park Commis-sion,
the old Newburgh Town
Hall Building, in Miles park.
Circulating and reference
dep't on main floor; study and
class room in basement. 1,670 23 8,610 79 10,281 02
WOODLAND AVE. BRANCH—
Occupies one-story brick
building at 1060 Woodland
Ave., leased from Mrs. J. C.
Rich. Circulating and refer-ence
dep't on Main floor. 2,019 3°
9»529 14 11,548 44
SOUTH S I D E BRANCH—
Occupies new brick build-ing,
coi3. Clark Ave. and Joseph
St., leased from Mr. Frank
Seither. Circulating and ref-erence
dep'ts on main floor;
class room in basement. 2,547 3i 6,352 92 8,900 23
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
BRANCH—
Occupies class room at Cen-tral
High School. Furniture
and about 3,500 books owned
by Central High Library
Ass'n. Daily demand supplied
by messenger from Central
Library.
Totals $3,437 85 $14,268 27 $138,344 26 $156,050 38
4 6 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
TABLE No. VIII.
ASSETS IN DETAIL.
E S T I M A T E D R E C E I P T S F R O M T A X E S A N D O T H E R SOURCES
F O R T H E Y E A R 1899.
Estimated valuation of Cleveland School District $144,720 00
L e v y for library—45c. per $1,000 on same . $ 65,124 00
Add probable delinquents (real) 2,700 00
Add probable additions 1,800 00
Add probable penalties 176 00
Total $ 69,800 00
Deduct probable abatements .$ 400 00
Deduct probable unpaid 5,000 00
$ 5,400 00
Net probable collection $ 64,400 00
Deduct Treasurer's fees (1 mill) 644 00
Balance $ 63,756 00
Deduct probable r e f u n d i n g $ 15000
Deduct probable Inquisitor's fees 360 00
Deduct probable cost of advertising 50 00
Deduct probable amount for pension f u n d 1,300 00
$ 1,860 00
Balance $ 61,896 00
Add probable net collection of delinquent personal t a x 204 00
Total probable receipts f r om t a x $ 62,100 00
Probable receipts from interest $ 500 00
Probable receipts f r om fines 2,400 00
Probable receipts f r om i n d e x sales 1,700 00
Probable receipts f r om miscellaneous 400 00
Total probable earnings $ 5,000 00
Total for appropriation $ 67,100 00
NOTE.—The above estimates are based upon the figures for collection of taxes
and earnings for 1897 (see tables No. 1 and No. 2).
47 REPOR T O F THE A UDITOR.
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TABLE No. XII.
R E S U L T S I N 1898 B Y COMPARISON W I T H 1897.
Increase of assets (table No. 9) $ 6,347 40
Increase of earnings (table No. 9) 1,106 90
Increase of receipts from taxes (table No. 9) 273 52
Increase of value of books and periodicals (table No. 9) 12,308 26
Increase of operating expenses (table No. 9) 13,450 87
Increase of cost of maintenance (table No. 10) 9,815 09
Increase of number of books in library (table No. 10) 14,454
Increase of number of books drawn (table No. 10) 141,993
APPENDICES.
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APPENDIX B.
BOOKS ADDED TO T H E L I B R A R Y FROM S E P T E M B E R I, 1897, TO
SEPTEMBER I, 1898 — CIRCULATING DEPARTMENTS.
Main
West
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South
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Total
Biography _ _ .. 426 144 99 139 167 975
Education _ _ _ _ _ 151 42 32 47 57 329
Fiction—Adult _ _ 1 1 49 225 195 366 306 2241
Fiction—Juvenile 1240 295 165 238 385 2323
Fine Arts __ _ _ 2 1 1 31 18 26 41 327
f Ancient I 40 36 25 34 76 3 i i
History^ Modern 129 24 17 21 28 2 19
l u . S 343 107 66 87 180 783
Literature 692 236 194 296 278 1696
Natural history _ __ 333 162 103 138 215 95i
Philosophy _ 182 19 14 17 20 252
Poetry _ _ _ 109 4i 23 62 57 292
Religion _ 389 45 59 72 102 667
Science _ _ . _ 2 12 86 26 43 9i 458
Sociology _ _ . 663 147 93 145 173 1 2 2 1
Travel 261 ' 58 34 66 104 523
Useful Arts __ _ 1 79 36 16 26 54 311
Bohemian __ _ __ 109
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Germany X __ 259 59 11 61 69 459
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Total circulating dept. 759O 1887 1202 i93i 2458 15068
Reference dept. 1206 270 206 183 234 2099
Total additions 8796 2157 1408 2 1 1 4 2692 1 7 1 6 7
58 REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
APPENDIX C.
BOOKS ON HAND SEPTEMBER I, 1898, BY CLASSES, I N THE
CIRCULATING DEPARTMENTS.
Main
West
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Total
Biography __ __ __ 5621 896 590 58o 552 8239
Education I I 98 208 157 160 144 1867
Fiction—Adult 13235 3467 2350 2724 1841 2 3 6 1 7
Fiction—Juvenile 6933 2085 1519 1759 1373 13669
Fine Arts._ _ __ 1841 289 226 272 233 2861
f Ancient 983 362 159 131 148 1783
History \ Modern 2163 180 280 283 232 3138
1U. S 2439 540 505 464 459 4407
Literature _ __ 6196 1676 1147 1 1 6 7 892 I I 0 7 8
Natural history _ _ — 1542 361 266 303 342 2 8 14
Philosophy _ 1309 145 113 IOI 106 1774
Poetry 1967 316 223 238 225 2969
Religion __ 4106 379 298 3 10 360 5453
Science 2025 324 229 237 242 3057
Sociology __ _ -- 3I3° 466 387 469 451 4903
Travel 4525 709 490 5 1 4 478 6 7 16
Useful Arts _ 2048 256 2 1 1 228 197 2940
Bohemian 239 3 1 7 556
French __ _ __ 633 633
German __ _ __ 9103 1883 207 1028 9 16 I3I37
Italian . ' 1 2 12
Total 7 1 2 48 14542 9357 1 1 2 85 9 1 9 I 1 1 5 6 23
58 REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
APPENDIX D.
DONORS TO T H E CLEVELAND PUBLIC L I B R A R Y DURING 1898.
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Name of Donor "S o P» § I a O « Cfl
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Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.__ 1
Alabama Agricultural Exp. Station, Auburn, Ala._ 13
Alamo Publishing Co., Florence, New Mexico 2
Allen, Mrs. Fairchild, Aurora, 111 1
American Agriculturist Library, Springfield, Mass. 2
American Anti-Vivisection Soc., Philadelphia, Pa. 1
Am. Ass'n for the Adv'c'm't of Science,Salem,Mass. 1 1
American Baptist Home Missionary Society 1
American Forestry Association, Washington, D. C. 3
American Historical Association,Washington, D. C. 1
American Institute of Homoeopathy, New York._ _ 1
American New Church Tract & Publication Soc._ 1
American Swedenborg P't'g. & Pub. Soc., N.York. 10
American Unitarian Association, Boston, Mass 1
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass 1
Andover (Mass.) Intelligencer, 1
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass... 1
Angell, George T 1
Angola Normal College, Angola, Ind 1
Arizona Agr. Experiment Station, Tucson, Arizona, 3
Arizona Department of State 1
Arkansas Agricultural Exp. Sta. Fayetteville, Ark. 6
Armour Institute, Chicago, 111 1
Arnold, F. S., Cleveland 1
Australia Govt. Printing Office, Sydney, Australia. 1
Badgly, S. R „ 1
Balch,Mrs. Emily S., 1412 Spruce St.,Ph'delphia, Pa. 1
Bangor (Maine) Public Library 1
Banks, Rev. Louis Albert, Cleveland 11
Bates, S. A 1
Batten, John M., Pittsburgh, Pa 1
Beeler, Chas., Cleveland 1
Belleville (111.) Public Library 1
Benton, J. H., Jr., Boston, Mass 1
Berkshire Athenseum, Pittsfield, Mass.__l 1 12
Biddle, Mrs. L. S. Cleveland 4
Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton, Mass 1
Binghampton Board of Education, New York 1
Bolton, Mrs. Sarah K., Cleveland 3 1
Boston Board of Gas & Elc. Light Commissioners, 1
Boston City Hospital 1
Boston Public Library 7
Boston State Board of Arbitration 1 ____
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 6
Brett, Mrs. Jane C., Cleveland 1
Brockton Public Library, Mass 1
Brookline (Mass.) Public Library 3
Brooklyn (N. Y.) Library 3
Brooks, Mrs. S. C., Cleveland 37
Buffalo (N. Y.) Library 4
Buhring, Mr. E., Cleveland 2
Builders' Iron Foundry, Providence, R. I 1.
58 REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
APPENDIX D—Continued.
Name of Donor Bd. Unb. Pam.
Burrell, Percy Jewett i
Burrows Bros. Co.; Cleveland i
California Agricultural Experiment Station 2 2
California State Mining Bureau, San Francisco,Cal. 3
Cambridge (Mass.) Public Library 1
Canada—Customs Department 1
Canada—Department of Trade and Commerce 2 4
Canada—Patent Office 1
Canada—Post Office Department 1 1
Canebrake Agri. Exp. Station, Uniontown, Ala 4
Carmalt, W. H 1
Carnegie Library, Allegheny, Pa 6
Carnegi® Library, Pittsburgh, Pa 6.
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library 1
Chase, W. G., Boston 2
Chicago Board of Trade 1
Chicago Civil Service Commission 1
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce 1
Cincinnati Public Library 6
Civil Service Reform Association, New York 2
Clerkenwell Public Library, London, England 5
Cleveland Architectural Club 11
Cleveland Board of Charities and Correction 1
Cleveland Board of Education 9 5
Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners 7 1
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce 1
Cleveland Christian Science Reading Room 1
Cleveland Department of Accounts 1
Cleveland Directory Co 55
Cleveland Homoeopathic Hospital 1
Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College 1
Cleveland Municipal Association 9
Cleveland School of Music 1
Cleveland Telephone Co 1
Coggswell, Miss Maud, Cleveland 1
Colorado Agri. Exp. Station, Fort Collins, Col 4
Colorado State School of Mines, Golden, Col 1
Columbus Board of Education 2 1
Connecticut State Board of Agriculture 1
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y 1 1 2
Croydon (Eng.) Public Library 1
"Cuba," 1123 Broadway, New York 1
Cumming, J. M 1
David, Miss M. R., Cleveland 1 1 1
Dayton, (O.) Public Library 1
Decker, E. Cleveland 117 125
Denissen, Christian 1
Denver, (Col.) City Library 8
Desnoyer, Peter, Cleveland 1
Detroit (Mich) Public Library 1 1
Doncaster (Eng.) Free Library 2
Doty, Thomas K., 1
Douglas, Alice Elizabeth 4
Dover (N. H.) Public Library 1
Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J 1
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Name of Donor Bd. Unb. Pam.
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa 2
Dyer, E. G., Warren, O I
Earley, Miss Maud, Chippewa Falls, Wis 16
Eau Claire (Wis.) Public Library 1
Edwards, E. J., Cleveland 1
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md 2
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass 1 3
Evanston (111.) Public Library 1
Fairmount Park Art Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 2
Fall River (Mass.) Public Library 1
Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111 1 4
Fitchburg (Mass.) Public Library 1
Fitz Public Library, Chelsea, Mass 1
Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Vt 1
Flower, Frank A., West Superior, Wis 2
Foote, Allen R., Tacoma Park, D. C 1
Foraker, Hon. Joseph B 1
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa 1
Galbreath, Charles B 20 7 35
Gilbert, Mrs. M. D., Cleveland 355
Gilmore, W. E., Chillicothe, Ohio 1
Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa 1
Goodrich House, Cleveland 1
Goodsell Observatory, Northfield, Minn 1
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Public Library 1 1
Gratz College Library, Philadelphia, Pa 1
Green, Samuel A., Groton, Mass 3
Grosvenor Public Library, Buffalo, N. Y 4
Hamilton (Ont.) Public Library 1
Hanna, Mrs. H. H., Indianapolis, Ind 1
Harlem (N. Y.) Public Library 1
Hartford (Conn.) Public Library 17
Hartford (Conn.) Theological Seminary 2
Hartley House, New York City 1
Hartman, Mrs., Cleveland 3
Harvard University, Cambridge Mass 1 1
Haskell, Miss Julia 11
Hatch Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass 8
Hadyn, Hiram Collins, Cleveland 1
Hazen, James K 1
Helena (Mont.) Public Library ' 2
Helman-Taylor Co., Cleveland 2
Henderson, Hon. David B 1
Henkels, Stanley V., Philadelphia, Pa 4
Hennecke Co., Milwaukee, Wis 2
Heywood, W. S., Worcester, Mass 1
Hillsboro (Ohio.) Public Library 1
Hinsdale, B., Ann Arbor, Mich 1
Hoar, Alfred Wyman, Monticello, Minn.. 1
Hoboken (N. J.) Free Public Library 1
Holcomb, J. R. & Co., Cleveland 18 12
Holliday, Benjamin F 1
Horstmann, Bishop, Cleveland 7
Hotze, C. L., Cleveland 2
Hunt, Alfred E 1
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Hutchins, John C., Cleveland i
Idaho Agri. Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho. 3
Illinois Agri. Experiment Station, Champaign 2
Illinois Dental Society 1
Imperial University of Japan, Tokyo 1
Indian Rights Association, Philadelphia, Pa 2
Indiana Agri. Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind. 7
Ind.B'rd of Charities and Cor'ct'n,Indianapolis,Ind. 5
Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines, Iowa 1
Iowa Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2
Iowa State Library, Des Moines, Iowa 1
Irish National Federation of America 1
Js. BlackstoneMemor'lLbr'yAssn.,Branford, Conn. 1
Jelineck, Frank 1 * 1
Jersey City (N. J.) Free Public Library 4
John Crerar Library, Chicago, 111 3
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md 1 3
Kansas State Agri. College, Manhattan, Kansas.- 22
Keffer, John C., Cleveland 28
Kelley, Elder William H., Kirtland, Ohio 1
Kentucky Agri. Exper. Station, Lexington, Ky.__ 5
Kerr, Charles H. & Co., Chicago, 111 1
Konvalinka, J. G., Long Island City, N. Y 1
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. Co., Clev'd. 1
Lancaster (Mass.) Public Library 1
Langley, S. P 1
Lawrence (Mass.) Public Library 2
Leeds (Eng.) Free Public Library 1
Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, Cal 10
Lemcke & Buec.hner, 1
Lewis Institute, Chicago, 111 1
Lilly, Mrs. H. L., Cleveland, 236
Lincoln (Eng.) Public Library 1
Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass 1
Longmans, Green & Co., New York 1
Lord & Thomas, Chicago, 111 1
Los Angeles (Cal.) Public Library 1
Lowell (Mass.) City Library . 2
Lukens, Henry K., New York City 1
Lyon & Healey, Chicago, 111 3
McCormick Reaper Co., Chicago, 111 1
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 29
McLean, George E 1
Maimonides (N. Y.) Free Library 1
Maine Agricultural Exper. Station, Orono, Maine, 14
Maine Genealogical Society 1
Maine State College, Orono, Maine 2
Manchester, Rev. Alfred 1
Manchester (Eng.) Public Libraries 1
Manhattan (N.Y) East Side Mission Free Circ.Lbr'y 1
Manhattan and Bronx (N. Y.) Dept. of Education. 1
Marburg, Theodore, Baltimore, Md 1
Marlborough (Mass.) Public Library 3
Massachusetts Agri. Expr. Station, Amherst,Mass. 31
Massachusetts Commonwealth, Boston, Mass 1
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Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass i
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston.__ i
Mahew, W. F., Cleveland i 5
Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, Cal 2
Melbourne (Australia) Public Library 1
Mercantile Library Co., Philadelphia, Pa 23
Merchant's Exchange of St. Louis 1
Meyer, F. C 1
Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich. 1
Milligan, Thomas, St. Everett, Mass 1
Milne, J. M 1
Milwaukee (Wis.) Public Library 3
Minneapolis Department of Statistics 1 ____
Minneapolis (Minn.) Public Library 2
Minn. Agri. Exp. Station, St. Anthony Park, Minn. 2
Minnesota Botanical Garden, Minneapolis, Minn. 1
Minnesota Bureau of Labor Statistics, St. Paul 1
Missouri Agri. Exper. Station, Columbia, Mo 6
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo 2 ___
Monetary Convention, Indianapolis, Ind 1
Monnett, F. S. Columbus, O 1
Montana Agri. Exp. Station, Bozeman, Mont 2
Moore, Clarence B., Philadelphia, Pa 3
Moses, Zebrina, Washington, D. C 1
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass 1
Music Teachers' National Association, New York 1
Musser, Dr. J. H., Philadelphia, Pa 9
Myers, George A., Cleveland 2
National Cash Register Co., Dayton, O 1
National Electric Light Association 1
National Municipal League, Philadelphia, Pa, 1
Nebraska Agri. Exper. Station, Lincoln, Neb 2
Nevada Agri. Exper. Station, Reno, Nev 3
New Bedford (Mass.) Public Library 3
New England Vivisection Society Boston, Mass... 4
New Hampshire State Library, Concord, N. H 1
New Haven (Conn.) Public Library 6
New, Jersey Archives 1
New'London (Conn.) Public Library 3
New Man Publishing Co., Beloit, Kansas 1
New York Agri. Exper. Station, Geneva, N. Y 14
N. Y. Board of Mediation and Arbitration, Albany, 1
New York Department of Street Cleaning 3
New York Factory Inspector 1
New York Farmers 1
New York Free Circulating Library 2
New York Mercantile Library I
New York Public Library, New York City 4
New York Society Library, New York City 1
New York Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen __ 4
New York State Board of Charities 3
New York State Charities Aid Association 1
New York State Library, Albany, N. Y 1
New York Y. M. C. A 1
Newark (N. J.) Public Library 4
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Newberry Library, Chicago, 111 2
Newton (Mass.) Public Library 1
North C'ntr'l Ass'n.of Colleges and Second'ry Sch'ls ____ 1
Northwestern University, Evanston, 111 1
Oberlin College. Oberlin, O 10
Ohio Agricultural Exper. Station, Norwalk, Ohio, 11
Ohio Agricultural Exper. Station, Wooster, Ohio, 1
Ohio Ass'n of the New Church, Lakewood, Ohio, 1
Ohio State Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio 1
Ohio State Board of Charities, Columbus, Ohio.._ 5
Ohio State Board of Education, Columbus, Ohio__ 1
Ohio State Dept. of Inspection, Columbus, Ohio__ 2 2
Ohio State Library, Columbus, Ohio 2
Ohio State University Summer School 1
Omaha (Neb.) Public Library 5
Orwig, Rev. A. W., Cleveland 1
Osborne, J. A. & Co., Cleveland 14
Osterhout Free Library, Wilkesbarre, Pa 2
Paine, James H ' 1
Palmer, Charles F 1
Patterson, (N. J.) Free Public Library 6
Peabody Institute, Danvers, Mass 1
Pechin, Mrs. M. S., Cleveland 400 28
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery 13
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture 1
Pennsylvania Geological Survey 6
Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind 1
Peoria (111.) Public Library
Perry, Mrs. A. T., Cleveland
Philadelphia (Pa.) City Institute
Philadelphia (Pa.) Free Library
Philadelphia (Pa.) Library Co
Philadelphia (Pa.) Museums
Pierce, Margaret G., Cleveland
Pittsfield (Mass.) Athenaeum
Polytechnic Society of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky.
Portland (Me.) Public Library
Pratt, F. L. & C. H., Boston, Mass 1
Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, N. Y
Princeton University, Princeton,, N. J 1 j _ _ _ — ^
Providence (R. I.) Athenaeum
Quaritch, Bernard, London, Eng
Quincy (111.) Public Library
Ranck, Samuel H., Baltimore, Md
Raymond, Sidney, Cleveland
Reading (Eng.) Free Public Library
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, R. I. .
Revell, F. H. & Co., New York
Reynolds Library, Rochester, N. Y 1
Rhode Island Public Schools 1
Richards, Charles R., Teacher's College, N. Y
Ritchie, John, Jr
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.
Ross, David, Springfield,111. 2
Rossiter, Charles, Cleveland 1
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Routzahn, E, G., Cleveland 9
Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa. 1
Rupp, George P 1
Saint Giles Public Library, London, Eng 1
Saint Joseph (Mo.) Public Library, 8
Saint Louis (Mo.) Mercantile Library 2
Saint Louis (Mo.) Public Library 2
Saint Martin-in-the-fields, London, Eng 1
Salem (Mass.) Public Library 8
San Francisco (Cal.) Board of Supervisors 1
San Francisco, (Cal.) Free Public Library 37
Scranton (Pa.) Public Library 3
Seattle (Wash.) Public Library 1
Selden, Mrs. K. W., Cleveland 29
Smith & Blake, Cleveland 6 10
Smith, Lewis, Cleveland 1
Smith, Miss B. S., New York City 1
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C 4 2 2
Society of Contemporary History 1
Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, N.Y. 1
Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language 1
Somerville (Mass.) Public Library 7
Sound Currency Reform Club, N. Y 2
South Orange (N. J.) Free Public Library 1
Southbridge (Mass.) Public Library 1
Springfield (111.) Bureau of Labor Statistics 1
Springfield (Mass.) City Library Association 2
Springfield (Mass.) Park Commissioners 1
Stetson, W. W 1
Stewart, Mrs. E. G., Cleveland 21
Stewart, Gabrielle Townsend, Cleveland 26
Stoeckel, Mr. Carl, Norfolk, Conn 1
Stoffel, William J 1
Sturtevant Co., Boston, Mass 1
Swartwood, Mrs. C. E., Cleveland, 4
Syracuse (N. Y.) Central Library 1
Taunton (Mass.) Public Library 1
Tedder, H. R., President L. A. U. K., London. Eng. 1
Tennessee University, Knoxville, Tenn 2
Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, Mass 1
Thurston, Lorrin A., Washington, D. C 1
Thwaites, Reuben Gold i 1
Tiepke, H. E., Providence, R. I 2
Toronto (Canada) Public Library 3
Tufts Library, Weymouth, Mass 5
Tulane University, New Orleans, La 2
Tuttle, Mrs. Herbert, Hillsboro, O 1
Union for Christian Work Library, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1
United States — Agriculture, Department of 25 8 261
United States — American Republics, Bureau of. _ 58 11 37
United States — Civil Service Commission 7
United States — Congress 52 4 30
United States—Education, Bureau of 1 3
United States — Interior, Department of 11 14 34
United States — Interstate Commerce Commission 2 1
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United States—Justice, Department of i
United States—Labor, Department of i 6
United States — National Library 2
United States—Navy, Department of 4 5
United States—Patent Office 4 1
United States—Post Office, Department of 1
United States—State, Department of 8 6
United States—Supt. of Public Documents 35 5 18
United States—Treasury, Department of 7 11
United States—War, Department of 38 1 106
University of California, San Francisco, Cal 7
University of Chicago, 111 2 1
University of Illinois, Libr'y Sch'l, Champaign, 111. 1
University of Maine 2
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich __r_ 18
University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Park, Minn. 1
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb 7
University of New York, Albany, N. Y 11 17
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 1
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Penn.__ 1 , 3
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 2
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt 1
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va 1
University of Washington, Seattle, Wash 1
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis... 1
University of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 1
Unknown 2 3
Ursuline Academy, Cleveland. 1
Utah, State Dept. of Instruction 1
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 1
Venezuela Dept. of Foreign Affairs 2
Venn, Theo. J 1
Volta Bureau, Washington, D. C 1
Wagar, M. E., Cleveland 20
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa. 13
Waltham (Mass.) Public Library 3
Warren (Ohio) Public Library 1
Washington City Library Association 1
Watertown (Mass.) Public Library 1
Webb, W. H., New York City 2
Wells College, Aurora, N. Y 1
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn 3
Western College and Seminary, Oxford, O 1
Western Reserve University, Cleveland 1 13
White, John G., Cleveland 23 36
Whitney, Mrs. Eunice, Cleveland 1
Whymper, Edward 1
Willard, W. B 1
Williams, A. J., Cleveland 1
Williams, Hugh, Cleveland 1 1 1
Wilmington (Del.) Institute 10
Winthrop, R. C.,Jr 1
Wisconsin State Hist. Society, Madison, Wis 2
Wiziarde, Robert 1
W. C. T. U., Cleveland 1
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Wood, Charles D. _ i
Wood, T. W i
Worcester (Mass.) Free Public Library 2
Yale University, New Haven, Conn 4
Y. M. C. A., Cleveland 1
Youth'9 Companion 1
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560 volumes periodicals, etc., bound in yz morocco.
1,216 volumes periodicals, etc., bound in )/2 roan.
2,952 volumes rebound in old covers (resewn).
19,624 volumes rebound in old covers (not resewn).
32 volumes periodicals rebound in old covers (resewn).
74 volumes periodicals rebound in old covers (not resewn).
2 atlases bound.
526 volumes repaired with new leather backs.
757 volumes repaired with new cloth backs.
20,065 volumes repaired.
351 volumes periodicals repaired.
20,077 volumes numbered.
2,045 volumes lettered J or K.
2,473 art studies mounted on board.
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A P P E N D I X G.
R E F E R E N C E D E P A R T M E N T — M A I N LIBRARY.
Visitors
week days.
Books week days.
Average visitors
week days.
Average books
week days.
Visitors Sundays.
Books used
Sundays.
Average visitors
Sundays.
Average books
used Sundays.
Total visitors.
Total books.
September 4653 2914 1 79 1 12 747 462 186 113 5400 3376
October __ 6593 5489 253 2 1 1 1 1 42 918 228 184 7735 6407
November 6980 6336 268 244 920 908 230 227 7900 7244
December 6312 6713 234 249 981 928 245 232 7293 7641
January __ 10517 8811 405 339 1688 1 5 5 1 338 3 10 12205 10362
February _ 9321 7 1 4 1 388 298 1303 1054 326 264 10624 8195
March 8801 6297 326 233 1089 935 272 234 9890 7232
April 9666 6840 372 263 1095 992 274 248 10761 7832
May 6586 4902 253 189 75o 529 I 50 106 7336 5431
June __ 5730 3946 220 152 53i 439 135 n o 6261 4385
July 3843 2812 149 108 600 2 13 120 43 4443 3025
August 5059 3396 187 126 456 163 1 14 4i 5515 3559
84061 65597 11302 9092 95363 74689
WEST SIDE BRANCH.
Visitors
week days.
Books week days.
Average visitors
week days.
Average books
week days.
Visitors Sundays.
Books used
Sundays.
Average visitors
Sundays.
Average books
Sundays.
Total visitors.
Total books.
September 1890 1 1 65 73 45 385 258 96 64 2275 1423
October 2256 1493 87 57 695 413 139 83 2951 1906
November 2540 1723 98 66 828 574 207 144 3368 2297
December _ 2436 I8IO H I 82 III5 907 279 227 3551 2 7 1 7
January 4754 3911 191 156 2008 1782 502 445 6762 5693
February _ 3200 6604 133 275 I I 6 5 1039 291 260 4365 7643
March 2809 2285 104 85 839 753 2IO 188 3648 3038
April _ 1974 1687 76 65 600 513 I50 128 2574 2200
May 2042 I590 79 61 520 459 I04 92 2562 2049
June- 1726 1420 66 55 319 228 80 57 2045 1648
July 1383 1005 56 40 316 227 63 45 1699 1232
August ___ 2261 1460 84 54 281 224 70 56 2542 1684
29271 26153 9071 7377 38342 33530
58
REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
A P P E N D I X G — C o n t i n u e d .
MILES PARK BRANCH.
Visitors
week days.
Books week days.
Average visitors,
week days.
Average books
week days.
Visitors Sundays.
Books used
Sundays.
Average visitors
Sundays.
Average books
used Sundays.
Total visitors.
Total books.
S e p t e m b e r 1545 945 59 36 292 136 73 34 1837 1081
O c t o b e r 1848 1794 71 69 5 15 216 103 43 2363 20I0
N o v e m b e r 2396 2243 9 I 86 563 296 140 74 2959 2533
D e c e m b e r . 2496 2043 92 75 718 259 179 65 3214 2302
J a n u a r y 2879 2771 n o 106 906 475 181 95 3785 3246
F e b r u a r y _ 2538 2378 105 98 737 359 184 89 3275 2737
M a r c h 2581 3024 95 112 622 344 155 86 3203 3368
A p r i l 2451 2214 94 85 575 276 144 . 69 3026 2490
M a y 2166 1826 84 73 685 298 114 49 2851 2124
J u n e 1786 1181 68 45 280 143 70 36 2066 1324
J u l y 1475 821 59 32 238 124 47 25 1 7 1 3 945
A u g u s t 1631 1158 60 43 216 152 54 38 1847 1910
25742 22398 6347 3078 32089 25476
WOODLAND BRANCH.
Visitors
week days.
Books week days.
Average visitors,
week days.
Average books
week days.
Visitors Sundays.
Books used
Sundays.
Average visitors
vSundays.
Average books
used Sundays.
Total visitors.
Total books.
S e p t e m b e r 1239 608 47 23 391 89 98 22 1630 697
O c t o b e r __ 1463 965 56 37 689 238 138 48 2152 1203
N o v e m b e r 2087 1608 83 64 637 178 1 59 44 2724 1786
D e c e m b e r 2062 1566 79 60 745 301 186 75 2807 1867
J a n u a r y 2459 2180 98 87 1009 327 202 65 3468 2507
F e b r u a r y _ 3201 3219 139 140 738 434 148 87 3939 3653
M a r c h 3689 3 4 13 137 126 717 4 3 i 1 79 108 4406 3844
A p r i l 3 J 3 5 3128 121 120 745 572 186 143 3880 3700
M a y 3056 2905 122 116 625 443 104 74 3681 3348
J u n e 2235 2241 86 86 337 285 84 7 i 2572 2526
J u l y 1717 1 5 75 69 63 276 229 55 46 1993 1804
A u g u s t 1483 1310 55 49 ' 214 122 53 30 1697 1432
27826 24718 7123 3649 34949 28367
58 REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
APPENDIX G.—Continued.
SOUTH SIDE BRANCH.
Visitors
week days.
Books week days.
Average visitors,
week days.
Average books
week days.
Visitors Sundays.
Books used
Sundays.
Average visitors
Sundays.
Average books
Sundays.
Total visitors.
Total books.
September 1742 1352 67 52 488 448 122 1 12 2230 1800
October 22IO 2782 85 107 830 895 166 1 79 3040 3677
November 4420 5538 1 70 2 13 705 740 141 148 5 1 2 5 6278
December. 1950 2496 75 96 795 851 1 59 163 2745 3 3 1 1
January 3 5 75 3225 143 129 1296 1248 2L6 208 4871 4473
February _ 3979 4002 173 1 74 1 1 90 765 238 153 5 ^ 9 4767
March 4428 4725 164 1 75 784 7^2 196 183 5 2 12 5457
April _ 2080 2262 80 87 500 540 125 135 2580 2802
May 1750 I 5 50 70 62 408 234 68 39 2 1 58 1784
June 1222 988 47 38 1 76 IL6 44 29 1398 988
July 1200 IOOO 48 40 260 2 15 52 43 1460 1 2 1 5
August 1002 820 37 30 98 50 25 13 1 1 00 870
29558 30740 7530 6834 37088 37422
C E N T R A L HIGH SCHOOL.
Visitors
Week days.
1909
4 3 9 9
4302
4005
2505
3236
3454
3601
3 1 5 1
30562
The Central High School l i b r a r y was closed during June, July and August.
No record was k e p t of the number of books consulted for reference.
September.
October
November.
December .
January
February _
March ___
April
May
58
REPOR T OF THE LIBRARIAN.
APPENDIX G.—Continued.
TOTALS.
Total
Visitors.
Total
Books.
September _ 15,281
22,640
26,378
23,615
33,596
30,608
29,813
26,422
2i,739
14,342
11,308
12,701
IO,597
15,203
20,144
17,838
26,281
26,995
22,939
19,024
14,736
10,871
8,221
8,855
October _ __ __
November _
December. _ _
January.
February _ _____
March __
April _ _ __ _
May _ __ ___ _
June__ _ _ _ _
July
Augus t __ _ ___ _ 268,443 201,704