Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 1900

              Diagram showing distribution of each dollar of Cleveland taxes and com-parison
of the amount received by the Library with that of the other city
departments.
Thirty-Second
Report
CLEVELAND
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
September 1st, 1899, to
December 31st, 1900.
Cleveland
The Forman-Bassett-Hatch Co.
1901
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Report of Library Board, Sept. i—Dec. 31, 1899 7
Report of Library Board, Jan. 1—Dec. 31, 1900 8
Library directory IJ
Report of librarian 19
Catalog department 37
Reference department 41
Circulating department 44
Stations, schools, and loans to branches 49
West Side branch 51
Miles Park branch 54
Woodland branch 57
South Side branch 61
Sub-branches .. 64
Auditor's report 67
Inventory report 91
Books added 94
Books on hand in circulating departments 95
Bindery report 96
Books issued L 97
Reference use of library 106
Registration report 121
Gifts and donors 122
.Summer school, financial report and list of students 129
Reading committee J 30
Use and expansion of library during 22 years 132
Rules of Library Board , 134
Rules for government of library, including 136
Qualifications for service in the library 14a
Grades and salaries __ 141
President's Report.
President's Report
For the four months from September 1, 1899, to December 31, 1899.
To the Honorable The Board of Education,
Gentlemen :—The Public library Board of the City of
Cleveland has had the honor of submitting to you each year
since the library was entrusted to its charge, an annual
report for the year closing August 31, the last one submitted
being the 31st annual report, and covering the year ending
August 31, 1899. In tirder to conform with other depart-ments
of the city and with the prevailing practice in libra-ries,
the library Board has decided to make its year end
with the calendar year. I have the honor to submit to you
therefore the following brief report for the four months
ending December 31, 1899. ~ " ; '
There were in the library and its various branches on
the first day of September, 1899, 150,446 volumes; there
were added by purchase and gift during the period of four
months from September 1 to December 31, 7,316 volumes.
There were issued for home use 276,854 volumes, for refer-ence
use 113,183 volumes, and there were 99,599 visitors to
the reference departments of the library during the same
period.
Further details as to the condition of the library, the
classes of books purchased and circulated, the expenditures
and other matters, will be prepared for your information and
presented with the annual report for the current year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. R. PALMKR, President,
Cleveland Public Library Board.
President's Report
For the year 1900.
To the Honorable, The Board of Education,
Gentlemen:—The Public Library Board of the City of
Cleveland has the honor to submit its annual report for the
year ending December 31st, 1900.
The library had on hand at the beginning of the year
$292,328.22. It received during the year from taxation, the
proceeds of a levy of .5 of a mill for general purposes and of
.1 mill for sinking fund, the amount of $85,020.32. It
received from interest, fines and other sources, $14,927.99,
making the total receipts $99,948.31.
It expended for general purposes, $90,143.48; paid
interest, $12,500; for new building, $4,769.64, and turned
over to the Sinking Fund Commissioners, $14,231.31, leaving
on hand at the close of the year $270,632.10.
Full details as to receipts and disbursements, assets and
liabilities, with comparative tables, may be found in the
report of the City Auditor appended, pp. 67-88.
By an amendment passed by the legislature on
February 27, 1900, the amount permitted to be levied for
general library purposes was increased from .5 to .6 of a
mill, and by a resolution adopted by the Board on May 19,
a levy to this amount was made. This however failed to
be approved by the Tax Commission, and was changed to
.5 by their action. A levy of .2 of a mill was also made for
the sinking fund for the payment of the bonds. This was
reduced by the Tax Commission to .1 mill.
The most important question before the Board at the
beginning of the year was that of providing quarters for the
library, either temporary or permanent, as the building
occupied for the past twenty-two years had been sold, and
possession must be given by April 1st, 1901. A communi-cation
had been received in December, 1899, fr o m the
Chamber of Commerce committee on grouping the public
buildings, calling attention to the plans which were being
PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 9
matured. On January 8th a further communication was
received from Mr. W. G. Mather, chairman of . that com-mittee,
calling attention to the report giving a plan for
grouping the buildings on the lake front, and asking the
co-operation of the Board to bring this about. By a resolu-tion
of same date the Board formally approved the plan of
the Chamber of Commerce for locating the buildings on the
lake front, and promised its co-operation.
The Board definitely abandoned the site on the corner
of Ontario and St. Clair streets, known as the Tabernacle
property, and directed that the deed of it, which had been
held in escrow, be returned to the owners.
Propositions were received from the proprietors of several
buildings offering to rent temporary quarters for the library,
all of which were carefully considered. The Board decided
to erect a temporary building on the vacant lot north of the
City Hall, on the corner of Wood and Rockwell streets, and
forming part of the City Hall lot. This was leased from
the city for five years from April ist, 1900, at a nominal
rental, and with the privilege of renewing for five years in
case the city renews its lease for that period, as it has the
option of doing. The plans presented by Mr. A. A. French,
architect, were accepted, and he was engaged to superintend
the construction. Bids were opened for the work on the new
building on September 17th, and accepted on October ist.
At the time of making this report the work is in progress.
vSoon after beginning the work on the new building,
negotiations were entered into with the trustees of Case
library, with a view to enlarging the building for the joint
occupancy of the two libraries. Several conferences were held,
but it was impossible to arrive at an agreement which was
satisfactory to both Boards, and the project was abandoned.
In January an urgent request was made by the Seventh
District Improvement Association for the location of a
branch in the neighborhood of Willson avenue and
Broadway, and in December a delegation from the Wade
Park Improvement Association asked for the location of a
branch in the East High School or its vicinity. Both re-quests
were carefully considered, but from lack of sufficient
funds the Board has been unable to comply with them.
IO P R E S I D E N T ' S R E P O R T.
In this connection I wish to emphasize the urgent
necessity for a larger levy for library purposes: The work of
the library has been very much hampered during the past year
for the lack of sufficient funds, and during the year upon
which we are just entering it will be still more seriously
crippled. There is not sufficient money to carry on in an
efficient way the main branches and stations, and funds for
the purchase of new books are entirely lacking. The
opening of additional branches and stations, however great
the need, is entirely out of the question.
Under these conditions the most practical policy for
the Board is to keep up the work which it has undertaken
as best it may, in the hope that an increased levy will
furnish the means to buy books and also to open one
or two additional branches where they are most urgently
needed. Unless a larger fund is provided for the year 1902,
it will be necessary to close up a part of the branches and
stations already in operation.
The report of the librarian and appended documents
which accompany this, give a detailed account of the work
of the library during the year just passed. The work
appears to have been successful. The use of the library as
measured in the issue of books, 958,737 volumes, was
greater than in any previous year in the history of the
library. The number of volumes purchased during the
sixteen months since the last detailed report was 20,952,
costing $13,715.66. The library numbers at the close of
the year 170,123 volumes, being a net increase during
sixteen months of nearly 20,000 volumes.
In closing this report I wish to acknowledge the obli-gation
of the Library Board to your honorable body for the
use of the large portion of the School Headquarters building
which has been occupied by the Main library for the past
twenty-two years, and to assure you that we appreciate the
courtesy which we have always received, and,the substantial
assistance which you have given to the work of the library.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD W. HORN, President,
Cleveland Public Library Board.
LIBRARY DIRECTORY. I I
Library Directory.
Library Board.
The organization of the Board up to June ist, 1900, was as stated
on p. 13 of the last report; since that date it has been as follows:
E. W. HORN, President 1903
CADY STAGEY, Vice President 1902
HARRY DIXON, Secretary ^OI
FRANK H . BAER 1901
CHARGES F . OI,NEY R I9D2
Russmx K. Peyton I9o3
OLIVER M. STAFFORD I9OI
Standing Committees.
Books.
Baer, Staley, Pelton.
Buildings.
Staley, Dixon, Olney.
Employees.
Olney, Pelton, Baer.
Finance.
Dixon, Baer, Staley.
Bookbinding.
Pelton, Dixon, Stafford.
Rules.
Stafford, Staley, Olney.
Names. Place of Business. Residence.
FRANK H . BAER_-_
HARRY DIXON
E . W . HORN .
CHAS. F . OI,NEY___
R . K . PEI/TON
O. M . STAFFORD.__
CADY STAGEY
203 Chamber of Commerce
720 The Cuyahoga
Sheriff's office
Retired
1006 Rose Building.
Broadway and Willson __
( Case School of Applied
( Science
Rowfant Club.
284 Clinton street.
1036 Scovill avenue.
137 Jennings avenue.
91 Norton street.
2216 Willson avenue.
| 788 Fairmount street.
12 LIST OF LIBRARIES.
List of Libraries.
MAIN LIBRARY 205 WOOD STREET.
Branches.*
West Side Branch - 229 Franklin Ave.
Miles Park Branch Miles Park.
Woodland Branch 1060 Woodland Ave.
South Side Branch ---Clark Ave., cor. Joseph St.
Sub-Branches.*
Central High School Sub-Branch Willson Ave.
Detroit Sub-Branch 618 Detroit St.
Hiram House Sub-Branch 345 Orange St.
Alliance Sub-Branch- 300 Woodland Ave.
Deposit Stations.
Ba. Station Barkwill School.
C. H. " Cleveland Hardware Co.
D. S. " Denison School.
fE.H.S. 44 East High School.
F '4 ... - Gordon School.
G 44 - -- Giddings School.
G. H. " Goodrich House (social settlement).
L. S. 44 Landon School.
M 44 Cleveland Savings & Banking Co.,
cor. Willson and Lena.
N 44 Willard School.
O " Oakland School.
R " Gilbert School.
S. W. Co.4 4 . - - The Sherwin-Williams Co.
Tr. 44 . - - - Tremont School.
U 44 ... Woodland Hills School.
Un. 44 Union School.
Wa. " Waring School.
X 44 - Orchard School.
Y 4 4 Twist Drill Co.
* Branches and sub-branches are named here and in the following
reports in the order of their establishment,
f Formerly S station.
U S T . OF IYLBRARIES. 13
Delivery Stations.
N. S.
H
Station
11
Normal School.
Hatch Library.
Y. M. C. A. " .Young Men's Christian Association.
NOTE—The following distinctions are observed in the classifying
of the branches and stations.
BRANCHES: Equipped with circulating, reading and study rooms;
each has its own collection of books; open full library hours; branch
librarian and assistants.
SUB-BRANCHES : Reading room with periodicals; deposit of books
from Main library for circulation; open about six hours per day (every
day, except C. H. S., which is open on school days only); assistant in
charge.
DEPOSIT STATIONS : Deposit of books from Main for circulation;
open from two to nine hours per day, from two to six times per week.
DELIVERY STATIONS : No deposit, books sent as asked for.
14 EMPLOYEES.
Employees—General.
Administration.
W I U J A M H. BRETT Librarian.
Miss LINDA A. EASTMAN Vice-Librarian,
Miss Gertrude H. Hanna Accountant.
Harry J. Thompson Supply Clerk.
Miss Mary E. Ensign Stenographer.
Page.
Order Department.
* * * ROBERT O. BESWICK -Head of Order department.
Catalog Department.
* Miss A U C E S. TYI^ER Catalog Librarian.
X Miss CATHERINE S. TIBBITTS First Assistant.
Miss Sadie Ames, Miss C. Louise Rogers,
Miss Lucie V. Andres, . Miss Lada Sykora,
Miss Mary C. Jacobs, Miss Eleanor Sunderland,
Mrs. Anna C. Mueller, ttMiss Charlotte Salen,
° Miss Maude E. Current.!
Bindery.
WIUJAM E. WARD, Foreman. Fourteen Assistants.
Main Library.
Circulating Department.
I" MISS MARGARET G. PIERCE Loan Librarian.
T MRS. MINNIE B. P A O U In charge of Receiving Desks.
Miss Jennie E. Isbister Loans to Branches and Stations.
Miss Effie L. Power In charge of Children's Room.
Miss Adaline T. Rezner, 000 Miss Mary I. Davis,
Miss Jessie L. Ritter, ttt M i s s Anna Gill,
Miss Hermine A. Simon, ttt Miss Nina A. Peck,
** Miss Florence Hirsch, 000 Miss Ada M. Pierson,
Miss Hattie Callow, 000 Miss M. Maud Pierce,
Miss Isabelle C. Buchwald, 000 Miss Gertrude E. Towson,
Miss Rose Gymer, 000 Miss Ethel E. Emery,
Miss Edith A. Scott, 000 Miss Floranell Francisco,
t t Miss Alta B. Claflin, 000 Miss Julia Whittlesey,
00 Miss Louise Claflin, 000 Miss Lura L. Haupt,
t t t Miss Florence A. Craft, 000 Miss Ida Prall,**
000 Miss Sarah E. Cotter, Seven pages.
EMPLOYEES. 15
Reference Department.
ffMrs. Sophia M. Breckenridge,.-*+*Miss May R. David,
Miss Mabel T. Horton, Two pages.
Care of Building.
Three janitors. One engineer. One night watchman.
West Side Branch.
Miss C E C E W A M. HUTSON Branch Librarian.
Miss Helen V. Lundy, Miss Elizabeth Gould,.
Miss Roena Ingham, °Miss Helen Collart,
f i t Miss Frances Deighton, °Miss Pauline Reich,
Two pages. One janitor.
Miles Park Branch.
Miss C H A R L O T T E A . Buss Branch Librarian.
Miss Ella S. Lace, ttM i s s R u t h K. Field,
Miss Martha E. Mills, °°°Miss Jennie T. Beavis.
One page. One janitor.
Woodland Branch.
Miss M I L D R E D C. WOOD Branch
ttMiss Stella Schwarz,
Miss Jennie McDougall,
ttMiss Edna Whiteman,
Seven pages (part time.)
Librarian.
*** Miss Louisa Giesel,
ttMiss Hellene Manche,
tttMiss Berenice LaRue.
One janitor.
South Side Branch.
Miss A N N E C. G R A N G E R Branch Librarian.
***Miss A. Elizabeth Smith, ttM i s s Nancy Simpson.
ttMiss Emilie L. Haley, °00Miss Viola Dickey.
Five pages (part time.) One janitor.
Sub-Branches.
Miss Augusta L. Seaman Central High School.
Mrs. Mattie C. Smith, Detroit.
Mrs. Ella E. Leonard Hiram, r f f f
Miss Bertha Manche Alliance. )
i 6 EMPLOYEES-Stations.
Miss Augusta H. Batchelder,, Miss Silisia M. Wright,
Miss Nettie Deighton, W. L. Oak.es,
Mrs. Hattie B. Williams, Miss Elizabeth Prendergast.
Pages who have been in the employ of the Library
eighteen months or more:
Milton Teasdale,
Paul Thompson,
Carl Vitz,
James 1'alecek.
* Resigned November, 1900.
0 Student page,
t From April, 1900.
*** Appointed November, 1900.
If Away on leave of absence from March i-December 31, 1900;
resigned December 3 r, 1900.
J Acting head of department the latter part of the year.
** Resigned July, 1900.
Temporarily in charge of Reference department.
*** Resigned August, 1900.
f t Appointed assistant November, 1900.
00 Leave of absence to attend Library School,
f i t Appointed assistant December, 1900.
000 Substitute.
*** Resigned December, 1900.
XX Resigned January, 1900.
ttt In charge of receiving desks from March, 1900.
UYTT Bach of these sub-branches has one page assistant.
Report of Librarian.
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Report of 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 report:
As it was decided by a resolution passed in December,
1899, to change the beginning of the library year from
September ist to January ist to correspond with the fiscal
year of the city, this report covers the sixteen months from
September ist, 1899, to December 31st, 1900. In the
tables appended will be found the more important figures for
the four months from September to December, 1899, inclu-sive,
and full statistics for the calendar year 1900.
The statement of the Auditor, which accompanies this,
gives in full detail the financial history of the library for
the period included.
Buildings.
The branch buildings were all thoroughly cleaned and
repaired early in the summer. Some important additions
were made at Miles Park and Woodland as noted in the
reports of the branch librarians. Only the most necessary
repairs have been made at the main building, as it is soon
to be vacated.
Books.
According to the last annual report there were on hand
150,446 volumes. There have been added during the
sixteen months by purchase, 20,952 volumes; by the bind-ing
of periodicals and in other ways, 3,693 volumes, a total
of 24,645 volumes: deducted by wear and loss, 4,968
volumes, making a net increase of 19,677 volumes, and a
total on hand of 170,123 volumes. The net increase in the
Main library and the branches is as follows:
Main library 14,620
West Side branch 600
Miles Park branch 1,003
Woodland branch _.: 1,218
South Side branch 1,389
Detroit sub-branch 847
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A detailed statement of the growth of the library may-be
found in Appendix A, pp< 91-93. A statement, by classes,
of the books added and the books on hand, may be found in
Appendices B and C, pp. 94-95.
In the selection of new books for purchase during the
year past* the library has had the assistance of a reading
committee. This committee was organized early in; the year
by Professor O. F. Emerson of the College for Women. The
members have read a large number of the new books of the
year as issued, with a view to giving an opinion as to the
value of each to the library, land ! this opinion has been
taken into account in the selection of books. The function
of the committee is purely advisory—it has no control of the
purchases. The services of its members are voluntarily,
given, and it's work has been of great value. A copy of the
suggestions made to the members in beginning their work,
and a list of the members, are appended, pp. 130-131.
Gifts.
The gifts received by the library during the sixteen
months include 2,370 books and 1,328 pamphlets. Details
of the gifts will be found in Appendix H, p. 122. A large
part of these are government and institutional publications.
Mr. John G. White has made large and valuable addi-tions
to the collection of Oriental folk-lore which he had
already given the library.
The new building which will be occupied during the
next year, although intended for only a few years, is never-theless
provided with a stack room entirely separated by a
fire wall from the main library and affording much greater
security from fire than the present building. The new
building will also have greatly increased stack and shelf
room for books. On both of these accounts the library is
much better prepared to receive and care for such gifts as
that ot Mr. White, noted above. Upon the shelves of the
library a special collection upon any subject may be so
arranged and cared for as to be of use to all in the city who
may be interested, and at the same time the individuality of
the collection be maintained by shelving it separately, with
proper acknowledgements to the donor upon the book plates
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and other records. Such a disposition of special collections
would seem to commend itself rather than to let them pass
into the hands of those who may not be interested in them,
or be scattered under the auctioneer's hammer.
Bookbinding.
The bookbindery, which is operated in the basement of
the West Side branch, has continued under the supervision
of Mr. Wm. E Ward. His report giving a detailed account
of the work may be found in Appendix D. p. 96.
Care of books
The system of repairing, cleaning, and caring for the
books on the shelves, as noted in our last report, has been
continued. The reports of the heads of departments and
branches, and an examination of the books, indicate that
this work is carefully done, and the usefulness of the books
increased and prolonged thereby.
Catalog department.
The report of the catalog librarian which is appended,
P- 37J Rives details of the work of this important department.
The children's subject catalog which is described is especially
noteworthy, and even in its incomplete state is proving useful.
Reference department.
This department has been without a head since May,
1899, as noted in our last report. The work has been car-ried
on by the senior assistants, with such partial oversight
as could be given by the vice librarian. While credit is due
to the assistants for their faithful work, there is no ques-tion
but that the value of the department is greatly lessened
by the lack of a reference librarian. For details as to the
condition of this department and its work during the year,
your attention is invited to the report upon it by the vice
librarian appended hereto, p. 41.
Registration.
There are registered at the date of this report a total of
54,066 live membership cards, showing a gain of 3,651
borrowers since the last report printed, August 31, 1899.
For details of registration see Appendix G., p. 121.
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Books for home use.
The function of the Circulating department of the Main
library is a triple one: It is the natural point of issue of
books for home use for the central part of the city; second,
it attracts many others from all parts of the city who appre-ciate
the advantages of immediate access to the large and
valuable collections which it contains; third, many books
are loaned through the stations department to the various
branches and stations, two messengers being kept constantly
busy for the purpose. The issue of books from this depart-ment
directly, for the four months from September ist to
December 31, 1899, w a s i2i>334; for the year 1900 it was
374>259 volumes, or about 39% of the entire circulation of
the library; the indirect loan from the main collection
through the other library agencies are counted as their own
issue, and no accurate statistics kept of the work thus caused
at the Main library.
The entire issue of books for home use from the Main
library, branches, sub-branches, stations and schools, during
the four months was 276,854 volumes ; during the year 1900
it was 958,737, an increase as compared wilh the last report of
127,010 volumes. For further details of circulation see
Appendix E, pp. 97-106.
The proportionate issue of some of the important classes
is as follows :
English fiction 37-5%
Juvenile fiction 20.0%
Aft and science-.- 6.3%
History, biography, and travel 10.5%
Literature and poetry 10.3%
Philosophy and religion 2.4%
Sociology and education 4.9%
German 6.8%
Other foreign books .6%
The number of German books in the circulating depart-ments
of the library is 13,949, o r a little over 10%; the
issue of German books for home use was 65,443, o r nearly
7% of the whole circulation.
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Work with the children.
This is the first report in which the statistics of books
issued from the children's room at the Main library could be
given separately, and some interesting facts are shown by a
comparison of the figures from this room and the main cir-culating
department, as given in Appendix B, p. 101.
Contrary to the general impression, a slightly smaller per
cent, of fiction is being read by the children than by the
adults. The per cent, of history issued from the children's
room is over three times as great as from the main depart-ment,
and the per cent, of travel more than twice as great;
the per cent, of biography and of science are also greater—
as is sociology, but this latter is accounted for by the fact
that fairy tales are classified under the general heading of
sociology. Fine arts, philosophy, religion, education, poetry,
literature, useful arts, and foreign languages were issued in
smaller proportion from the children's room. As probably
more than two-thirds of the children who frequent the Main
library are of foreign parentage, it is a very significant fact
that less than five-tenths of one per cent, of the books issued
on juvenile cards are in foreign languages.
All this seems to indicate that the library is doing an
undeniably large share in educating our future citizens. The
above figures are for the Main library only, where the books
issued on the children's cards were 19.54% of the total issue.
The work here is greatly hampered and limited by lack of
room, and little can be done in the way of reaching out or
broadening in any way until we are provided with larger
quarters. At the branches and stations the children's use of
the library is much larger in proportion to adults, the work
in many of the school stations being almost entirely with the
children.
The extension of these school stations and the develop-ment
of the sub-branches have brought the books within
reach of many children who have never had library privileges
before, and the little people were not slow to avail themselves
of them.
The distribution in January, 1900, of a new Library
league book mark containing suggestions for reading for
2 4 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 2 24
the year, brought good results, and the juvenile finding list
of history, biography and travel, described under " Publica-tions,"
has undoubtedly had much to do with the large per
cent, of those books read, as noted above. It is desirable
to print such a list for the other classes of juvenile books as
§oon as possible. The dictionary catalog of the juvenile
books (for description of which see report of the catalog
librarian) will also do much to facilitate the educational side
of the work for the children.
Use of the library.
The present year is the last in which the Main library
will carry on its work in the building at 190 Euclid avenue,
which it has occupied, by the good will of the school author-ities,
since 1879. In 1879 the circulation was 108,175
volumes- It gradually increased until it reached its highest
point in 1898, when 406,718 volumes were issued from the
Main library. The total issue of books for home use from
the main building from 1879^0 J900 inclusive, was 5,526,086
volumes. The number of books noted as used in the refer-ence
room during the same period was 880,204. This makes
a total registered use of the Main library during that period
of 6,406,290 volumes. This is much less than the actual
use, as no record is made of the use of cyclopedias and other
of the more commonly used reference books, nor the use of
books in the Circulating department for reference work,
which is considerable.
The issue of books from the Main library, branches and
other agencies during the same period was 8,435,307 vol-umes
; the use of reference books noted, 1,805,921 volumes,
making a total registered use of the whole library system
during that period of 10,241,228 volumes. See tabulated
statement, pp. 132-33.
The library system.
The most important phase of the library work of recent
years has been the development of a system of library agen-cies
in various parts of the city. Formerly the entire library
work was confined to the Main library. The first extension
was by the issue of small collections of books to teachers for the
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benefit of their pupils. This was carried on largely between
1889 and 1892, from 3.000 to 5,000 volumes being used
throughout the year in this way. In 1892 the first branch,
that of the West Side, was established. In 1894 the Miles
Park branch was opened, Woodland in 1896, and the
South Side in 1897. These branches contain from 12,000
to 17,000 volumes each, and include a reference collection
and a reading room. They are kept open during the same
hours as the Main library. Further information in regard
to each may be found in the reports of the branch librarians
appended, pp. 51-63.
The sub-branches are four in number. The first estab-lished
was at the Central high school in 1896. Three
have been established during the past year; Detroit, Hiram
house, and Alliance. Each of these has a collection of
books for circulation, a few reference books and a small
reading room. Further information in regard to each may
be found in a statement appended, pp. 64-66.
The stations have been largely increased during the
past year. These are of two classes: deposit stations hav-ing
collections of books numbering from 100 to 1300 volumes,
of which there are now 19, and delivery stations to which
books are sent as asked for, of which there are 13. Forty
special collections, each in a case, have been made for use in
the fire stations. At the time of making this report they
are in use in twenty-six stations. An account of this work
may be found in the report of the stations librarian
appended, pp. 49-50.
This rapid development from a single library to an
extensive system may best be shown by the following com-parison
:
Until 1889 all the public library work of the city was
done at the Main library. In 1892 as noted above, the first
branch was opened.
In 1895 the library system consisted of:
The Main library.
Two branch libraries.
Seventy-two collections averaging fifty volumes
each, deposited with teachers for the use of
their schools.
26 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
It now comprises:
The Main library which, in addition to its Reference
and Circulating departments, includes the
Administrative and Catalog departments for
the whole library system, and the loan of
books to the various other library agencies.
Four branch libraries, occupying buildings devoted
exclusively to their use.
Four sub-branch libraries.
Nineteen deposit stations.
Thirteen delivery stations.
Forty-seven collections averaging fifty volumes
each, deposited with teachers for the use of
their schools.
Twenty-six engine houses having collections of
books.
A total, aside from the Main library, of 113 library
agencies in operation during the year 1900.
In 1889 the issue of books for home use was 194,338,
being a little less than in any of the four years previous.
From this it would seem that the library had practically
reached its limit with the methods and equipment then in use.
The opening of the shelves to public access in 1889 gave a
great impulse to the use of the library, and the circulation
increased in 1891 to 280,815. .1895, with the branches
and deposits in schools as noted above, it was 595,169; and
in the year past with its present system it was 958,737.
The increase of circulation has evidently been made by
bringing the library within the reach of those who were not
previously using it, as the use of the Main library has
steadily increased during most of the period of expansion
by branches.
Need of further extension.
Although the extension of the work of the library by
branches and other agencies has been so important a feature
of the work of the years just past, and although, as shown
elsewhere in this report, 61 % of the issue of books for home
use is made outside of the Main library, either directly from
the branch and station collections, or from the Main library
REPCJRT OF LIBRARIAN. 27
through them, the field is not nearly occupied. There are still
many neighborhoods in the city in which the need is as
great as in those which have already been supplied, and as
the value of these agencies is more fully recognized, there is
a constant and increasingly urgent demand upon tiie Board
for their establishment in various parts of the city. Several
of our deposit stations would be able to increase their work
many fold if tbe room and books could be provided and the
hours of opening extended.
The Work as at present carried on taxes the resources
of the library' to their utmost, and no further extension can
be made until the levy for library purposes is increased or
the present income is supplemented by gifts. In fact, it
would not be possible to carry on the work as at present
conducted if it Were not for the helpful co-operation of the
Board of education in having furnished rooms for the Main
library for over twenty years, in housing one sub-branch
and thirteen deposit stations ; of the Park Board who furnish
the building for the Miles Park branch library at a merely
nominal rental, of the Hiram house, the Council educa-tional
alliance, the Cleveland savings and banking company,
and other institutions and business houses which, by
furnishing rooms, light, heat, and janitor service, and in
some cases a part of the help needed for the work of issuing
the books, have made possible various others of the sub-branches
and stations.
The value of an adequate system of branches developed
throughout the city, aiding and supplementing the work of
the schools, is incalculable. This will not, however, in the
least lessen the value or the necessity of an adequate central
library, but will rather increase it. The Main library must
always be the headquarters for administration, for book
buying, binding, and cataloging, and for the storing and
supplying of books for the branches and stations. It will
be the main circulating library, containing in addition to a
collection of the lighter and more popular books much larger
than can be placed in any branch, the general collections on
the more important subjects, such as history, biography,
travel., literature, philosophy, religion, and science, which
it is impossible to duplicate on account of their extent and
28 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
expense. In this and in its reference library, it will be the
storehouse and workshop of the scholar and the student.
As the administrative center of a system of branches it will
require even more ample housing than if its work were
only that of a reference and circulating library for those
who are able to visit it. The experience of other large
cities as well as Cleveland is that the use of the main library
is not decreased by the opening of branches, but that the
branches increase the use of books by bringing them within
the reach of those who are not able to use the main library.
The logical conclusion is, therefore, not that the
branches will in the least lessen the necessity of a main
library, but that the main library, which, in addition to its
own reference and circulating work, is the center of admin-istration
and supply for a library system, will need a larger,
and more fully equipped building. Further, as a city is
in a measure judged by its public buildings, civic pride
and interest would dictate that this building should
not only be adequate in its proportions to the purpose for
which it is intended, but noble and dignified in its archi-tecture
as becomes the great institution which it is to house
and the great city whirh it is to serve.
Lectures.
During 1899-1900 lectures were arranged at the four
main branches as follows :
Dr. E- M. Avery—Salem witchcraft.
Mr. W. H. Brett—Modern library buildings (il.)
Mr. C. F. Dutton, Jr.—Niagara, past and present
(il., twice given).
Mr. C. F. Dutton, Jr.—Some ways in which the
earth has grown (il.)
Rabbi M. J. Gries—An education for all.
Miss H. L. Keeler—Wild flowers of early spring.
Rev. J. W. Malcolm—Lincoln.
Mr. C. H. Mucklev—Astronomy (il.)
Prof. C. F. Olney—Mexico (il )
Rev. W. B. Pickard—The house that Jack built.
Mr. J. B. Smiley—The Greek boy (il.)
Miss K. E- Junkermann—Readings from Dickens-
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The lectures were largely attended and, as may be
gathered from the reports of the branch librarians, were
highly appreciated. They were upon subjects which nat-urally
suggest and lead to further reading and investigation.
There can be no question as to the value of such lectures in
connection with library work where conditions are favor-able.
Special thanks are due to Mr. C. F. Dutton, Jr., not only
for his own interesting lectures, but also for his valuable
assistance in illustrating other lectures in the course.
Exhibits.
Several interesting exhibits have been made during the
sixteen months past. Among the most noteworthy were the
original drawings of the illustrations of Wheeler's Life of
Alexander, loaned by the Century company; the collection of
Cromwell pictures and facsimiles of documents, loaned by the
Springfield (Mass.) city library, and the Burbank and Rine-hart
collections of Indian pictures. An exhibit of rubber in
its crude state and in the various stages of its manufacture,
loaned to the library by Mr. Robert S. Pierce, of the Cleveland
rubber works, received much attention; it has since been ex-hibited
in several libraries in other states, east and west. A
collection of fine foreign woods given to the library by the
Martin-Barriss company was exhibited in connection with
the illustrations from several modern books on trees, among
which was "Our native trees and how to identify them,"
by Miss Harriet L. Keeler, of this city.
Most of these exhibits were made also at the branches.
The West Side branch also gave a notable exhibit of pho-tography,
the work of local amateurs. Many bulletins have
been prepared by assistants in the library during the year,
and several very attractive ones were prepared especially for
this library by students of the New York state library school,
for which we are under great obligation.
Publications.
Since January, 1900, a printed bulletin, the "Open
shelf," has been published quarterly. This contains in
alphabetical arrangement by author, under the different
classes, a complete list of the new books added to the library
during each quarter. The advantage of these printed bul-letins
lies in the fact that they are the only record of books
28 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
added to the library, that can be carried by the people to
their homes and therje consulted at their own convenience.
In June, 1900, a, selected .finding list of juvenile books
in history, biography and travel, was published. It was, a
tentative list, graded by age, rather hurriedly worked out
because the need was so great, with the expectation of
making ,i,t the basis ior a more permanent list in the future.
10,000 copies were printed, of which 1,000 were covered
with art canvas and sent to the schools for school room use;
the remainder were distributed to individual children and
teachers. The value of this list has been spoken of more
fully under the heading " Work with the children."
Summer school.
The second summer school conducted by the library.was
held during the six weeks from July 23 to'September 1,
1900. The class was limited to twenty-six and, its object
being to train assistants for our own service, preference was
given, firsts to applicants already on the library force;
second, to eligible applicants for positions in our library;
and third, to librarians or assistants of oftier libraries.
Miss Esther Crawford, head cataloger of the Dayton
public library, Was again the principal instructor, giving 60
of the 102 lectures delivered to the school, and to her
thorough preparation and admirable methods of instruction
very mucli of its success was due. Miss Mary Frances Isom,
of the Pratt institute library school, was engaged as reviser.
Members of our own staff contributed the following
number of lectu^res, 37 in all: The librarian, 6; Miss East-man,
vice librarian, 17 ; Miss Tyler,; catalog librarian, 12;
Miss Tibbitts, first assistant cataloger, 2. The work of
preparing and giving these lectures, as well as much other
work necessary for the school, was a large addition to the
regular duties of the staff, and coming as it did during the
hot weather of midsummer, was no small tax on their
strength and energy, yet it was carried through with cheerful
enthusiasm and with no thought of recompense beyond the
furtherance of the work.
We are indebted to Mr. Allen D. Severance, instructor
in historical bibliography at Western Reserve university,
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 2 31
for three lectures on bibliography, to Mr. H- C. Williams,
librarian of the Western Reserve university, for a lecture
on college libraries, and to Miss Isom for a lecture on read-ing
lists.
The subjects covered by the course, with the number
of lectures in each, were the following :
Accessioning 3
Alphabeting ... 3
Bibliography 3
Book numbers . . . 3
Cataloging 32
Children's work- __ 2
Classification 16
Library arrangement - 2
Reference work . ... 13
Shelf-listing 4
And one lecture on each of the following :
Binding materials, Duplicates and gifts, General survey
of book routine, Government and service, College libraries,
Library advertising, Library handwriting, Library period-icals
and publications, Loan systems, Means and ends,
Mechanical preparation of books, Note-taking, Order
department routine, Reading lists, Records and statistics,
Serials, Trade bibliography and book-buying, What next?
What this summer school and the one of two years ago
have done in raising and maintaining the standard of
efficiency among the assistants, is the most convincing proof
of the need and efficacy of such systematic training as can
not possibly be given incidentally to the daily routine work
of the library.
The total expenditure for the school, exclusive of the
cost of the supplies which were sold to the students,
amounted to $407.56. The receipts for tuition ($15 for each
student) amounted to $390, making the total cost of the
school to the library only $17.26.
A list of the students and an itemized statement of ex-penses
may be found appended on p. 129.
The library staff.
During the year several changes occurred in the per-sonnel
of the staff. Miss Alice S. Tyler, catalog librarian,
32 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
resigned September 30 to occupy the position of secretary of
the Iowa library commission. Miss Tyler had been in
charge of the Catalog department for four years, and her
services in perfecting the organization of the department and
in systematizing and improving the work were of great
value. She was succeeded by Miss Catherine S. Tibbitts,
the first assistant in the department.
Miss Margaret G. Pierce, loan librarian, was absent
on account of ill health from March, and resigned in Decem-ber.
Miss Pierce had had charge of the Circulating depart-ment
for three years, having reached the position by
deserved promotions. Her services were of great value to
the library, and I sincerely, hope that a season of rest will
enable her to resume library work. She was succeeded by
Mrs. M. B. Paoli, the first assistant in the department.
Miss A. E. Smith, first assistant at the South Side
branch, resigned August 31, to accept the position of
librarian of the Warren, Ohio, Public Library. Other
resignations which have deprived the library of valuable
services, were those of Misses Florence Hirsch, May R.
David, Marian M. Doren, and Ida J. Prall, from the Main
library; Miss Stella Schwartz, first assistant, and Miss
Louise Giesel, both of Woodland branch.
A technical examination of substitutes was held on Feb-ruary
19, at which six papers were presented, and another on
October 24, at which fifteen were presented. These sub-stitutes
passed the examinations and were appointed
assistants of the first grade.
On November 5, 1900, the position of order clerk was
created, and Mr. R. O. Beswick was appointed to the
position.
An examination of applicants for positions was held
on November 11, 1899, at which thirty-four candidates
presented themselves, and another on October 13, 1900, which
was taken by fifty-two persons. From those who were suc-cessful
nineteen substitutes have been appointed. Among
those appointed during the past eighteen months are ten
graduates of reputable colleges, and all others have at least
high school preparation.
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 2 33
One assistant is on special leave of absence attending
the New York state library school. The growing appre-ciation
of the value of a thorough and liberal education and
of the necessity of supplementing this by technical training
is one of the strongest factors in the development and
increasing efficiency and value of library work.
Twelve members of the library staff attended the annual
meeting of the American library association in Montreal.
The value of these meetings is very great, not alone in the
information derived from the discussions of practical methods
and comparison of experiences, but in the increase of interest,
the inspiration which comes from considering the ideals of
the leaders in library work. The liberal policy of the Board
in encouraging attendance at these meetings in years past
has been fully justified by the results.
The members of the library staff are with few exceptions
bringing to their work an active, intelligent, and unselfish
interest which is deserving of the highest commendation.
Opportunities and needs-
Various needs of the library have been suggested in this
report and are more fully stated in the department and
branch reports which accompany it. Unfortunately most
of them can not be supplied without an increased income.
The employment of a reference librarian, however, does
not involve so great an expense as to be impracticable. I most
heartily endorse the statement and recommendation in the re-port
on the Reference department by the vice librarian. This
department has been without a responsible head for nearly
two years, and although the work of the assistants has
been well done and is deserving of commendation, neverthe-less,
in order that the organization of the department may
be completed by assigning and shelving the large accumula-tion
of documents and completing the catalog, a competent
reference librarian should be selected and appointed as soon as
possible. The greatly increased shelf room in the new building,
in process of erection, will afford an opportunity to make avail-able
several thousand volumes, including many of great
value, which have heretofore been stored. It is exceedingly
desirable that this work should be carried forward rapidly
after the library occupies the new building.
34 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
The extension of the library has been carried as far as-possible
with the present income. To meet the need for
branches and stations in portions of the city not now sup-plied,
and to meet the demand for good books in the libra-ries
and stations now in operation, would require a much
larger fund than is now available. There is no question but
that the work of the library is seriously hampered by the
Lack of a sufficient supply not only of new, but of standard
books. The demand at the Main library and all of the
branches and stations far exceeds the supply, and the value-of
the library to the community is much less than it would
be with adequate funds for the purchase of books.
One of the special needs is an increase of the small
reference collection in each of the branches. These should
include more of the fundamental reference books for schools
and general use, and a larger collection of the import-ant
periodicals indexed in the Abridged Poole's index. A
reference library of this sort, costing from three to five
thousand dollars, in each of the larger branches, would be
of inestimable value to the neighborhood.
The amount which it is possible under present circum-stances
to raise for library purposes by taxation, even if the
full levy permitted by the law were collected, is entirely
inadequate to equip the library to meet the demands upon
it, to do the work which it should do for the readers and
students of Cleveland, and to take its proper place with the
schools and colleges as an educational institution.
As the library has been built up and is maintained by
public taxes, it may be interesting to note what portion of
the funds raised by taxation are used for its support as
compared with those appropriated for other public purposes.
The diagram, (see frontispiece), which was designed in
the department of accounts, shows the distribution of each
dollar raised for city purposes by taxation. Of the sixteen
funds into which this is divided, that for dredging is the
smallest, 4 mills; that for the board of elections next, being-
5 mills; the third is the library fund, being one cent and
three mills; the largest is that for the public schools, being:
28 cents and 5 mills.
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 2 35
The appropriation for library purposes is a little more
than half that for paving, less than half of that for street
cleaning, considerably less than one-third of that for street
lighting and less than one-fifth of that for bridges and
viaducts; briefly, our highways require more than twelve
times the amount assigned to the libraries. A further com-parison
shows that the fire department gets annually seven
times as much as the library, the police department six
times as much and the sanitary police twice as much; while
it costs considerably more than twice as much to maintain
the infirmary department as it does the library and all its
branches and stations. As compared with the fund for
school purposes, which, large as it is, is far from adequate to
the needs of that all-important department, the only sug-gestion
is that if it pays to spend 28.5 cents out of every
dollar to teach boys and girls the use of books, it certainly
pays to spend 1.3 cents more to give them an opportunity
to continue the use of good books through life.
While in most of the important departments the funds
appropriated are really inadequate for the needs of our large
and rapidly growing city, this comparison shows how
relatively small is the proportion of funds expended for the
library, and that proportionally to the work it is doing and
the place it is filling in the civic life, it is not a great burden
to the taxpayers of Cleveland.
Under present municipal conditions it seems unwise
to tax the city sufficiently for library purposes to meet the
needs. The main work of the library corresponds to that of
tbe public schools. Its central purpose is to train for citi-zenship.
This being its purpose, it is supported by public
funds as the schools are. In its more advanced work its
aims correspond more nearly to those of colleges and
higher institutions of learning which are generally supported
by endowment. The cost of the equipment and service for
advanced library work places it practically beyond the reach
of support by taxation. It appeals to that same interest
which has so liberally endowed our colleges and universities.
In some places this appeal has been successful; the great-est
public library work in the country is being done in those
cities in which the public funds have been supplemented
36 REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
by endowment and gift, as is the case in Boston, Providence,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Minne-apolis,
and other cities, in all of which the libraries are
partly supported by taxation and have received large gifts
and endowments greatly increasing their resources.
While a liberal policy on the part of the t a x commission
permitting the full levy to be made would greatly increase
the value of the library, even this is entirely insufficient to
enable it to do the great work which is possible, to build up
an institution which may hold its place, as it should, among,
the great libraries of the country; an institution in which
the city may take greater pride.
The library has now a building fund of less than
$300,000 which has been provided for a Main library build-ing.
Its only property is its books and fixtures; it owns no
real estate, all of its branches occupying rented buildings.
The full levy permitted by law will yield, under present con-ditions,
less than $90,000 per year for current expenses and
the increase of the library. Before the Main library building
is erected the fund for that purpose should be increased to at
least $500,000 that we may have a library building equal,
for instance, to that of the city of Milwaukee. In view of the
rapid growth and brilliant prospects of the city, it will be a
shortsighted and unwise policy to build a smaller or poorer
building. It should have, in addition to this, not less than
$300,000 to expend in branch libraries. It should have, in
order to carry on the work now in progress and meet the
pressing demands for increase, an income of $150,000, with
the possibility of still more as the city grows and extends.
As I have already said, it seems to be neither possible nor
advisable to increase taxation to a sufficient extent to meet
these great demands. The possibility of building an insti-tution
which shall be adequate to the needs of the city,
depends upon our ability to secure such gifts and endowments
as shall greatly increase the amount provided by the city for
buildings, for growth, and support. Such gifts are being
secured by other cities. This is, I believe, the most import-ant
matter pressing for the consideration of the Board.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. H. BRETT,
Librarian.
CATALOG DEPARTMENT. 37
Catalog Department.
To the Librarian :
From September ist, 1899, to January 1st, 1901, the
total number of books prepared in the Catalog department
for reference and circulation numbered 24,645.
Not a few of these were duplicate copies purchased for
the schools and stations collection, which collection, though
regarded as part of the Main library, has grown to be a sort
of traveling library, complete in itself and of fair proportions.
1640 bound volumes, 730 unbound volumes, and 1328
periodicals were received as gifts. This was a large increase
over the preceding year, and indicates that the library is
steadily gaining new friends.
The work of the Catalog department has not been
entirely with the new books added. The work of acces-sioning
the books which were in the library before the re-arrangement
has been carried on as described in the report
of this department for 1899, and much has been accom-plished.
The German shelf list has been carefully revised
preliminary to printing a finding list.
Late in November, 1900, the making of a complete shelf
list of all the books in the schools and stations collection was
begun. This, when finished, will serve as an author list and
will be filed at the various schools and stations that are
depositories for the library books. Bach card contains
author, title, series, class number and accession number.
This piece of work is more than half finished, the school
shelf list, consisting of about six thousand cards, being
entirely done, and the one for stations begun.
During the last of the year, the collection of French
books, numbering about eight hundred, has been classified.
Previous to this, these books were arranged alphabetically
on the shelves ; the classification has made it possible to
bring together books treating of allied subjects.
38 CATALOG DEPARTMENT. 38
One of the most important events in this department
has been the beginning of the children's catalog. This,
as was mentioned in last year's report, is primarily to
meet the need of teachers and children in their school work.
When completed, the worth of this catalog should be proved
by two tests: its simplicity—its utility. The large classes
of natural science, useful arts and fine arts are entirely
finished. All the work, thus far, has been done by one
cataloger, which, while necessitating smaller results in a
given time, has accomplished a careful uniformity not other-wise
obtainable. The cards for this catalog have been written
on the typewriter. Almost no technical terms have been
used in the subject headings, the idea being always in mind,
''Under what name will the children ask for it?" So
minutely has the analytical work been done that in many
cases it has amounted to indexing ; for example, a book
of three hundred pages by T. W. Knox, bearing the title
" Young Nimrods in North America," has been found to
contain information for the children upon hunting, bears,
Hudson's bay co., foxes, moose, deer, lumbering, Adi-rondack
mountains, the.West, buffaloes, Indians, antelopes,
seals and whales, for all of which subjects analytical cards
have been made.
No work has yet been done in the Catalog department
upon the Reference room catalog. Author, title and added
entry cards have been made by the assistants in the Refer-ence
department for the following classes : Biography,
useful arts, literature, history and travel.
Some work has been done toward the revision of the
public card catalog of the Circulating department. The
subject headings have been revised and unified, cards
rewritten and refiled, and guide cards placed for the
following subjects: Africa, Canada, China, colleges and
universities, Cuba, Egypt (ancient and modern), England,
France, Franco-German war, Germany, Greece, India,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, missions, Netherlands; North
America, Norway, Poland, Rome, Russia, South America,
Spain, Switzerland, United States, and the West.
Early in the year was begun the task of revising the
CATALOG DEPARTMENT. 39
•shelf list preparatory to printing a finding list of the English
books. This work also has been done by only one cataloger
with a little help now and then. The classes of biography
and history are completed, and as soon as the travel is fin-ished,
the first finding list will be ready to print.
The copy for the quarterly lists of additions published
in the library bulletin, the " Open shelf," has been prepared
in this department.
In addition to the current work for the four branch
libraries, the branch cataloger has revised and unified for
each branch catalog all subject headings used for the differ-ent
countries and their subdivisions. Also, the entire collec-tion
of the reference books at the branches, consisting of
over 1,100 books, has been classified.
To Miss Tyler, its former catalog librarian, the depart-ment
owes its present excellent organization and many of
the good things which have thus far been accomplished;
to her large hopefulness it owes the success of many plans
undertaken with difficulty, during the stress of busy times
and few and untrained assistants.
While much that is good has been done in this depart-ment
in the past, much still remains to be done. It has
been said, " The heart of a library is its catalog ;" is it not
then urgent that a portion of the library so vital, should be
strong and in good condition in all its parts ? It may also
be said that the catalog is but a means to an end; but if
the means fail, how is the end to be reached successfully ?
The plea, then, for the work of the coming year is the
strengthening of the catalogs :
In the Reference department—a speedy completion of
the one now begun.
In the Circulating department—a careful revision of the
old card catalog covering the years from 1889 to 1896. This
seems an almost hopeless task, if the cards must be written
by hand ; in connection with this work, the need for an
additional typewriter is most urgent.
In the branch libraries—a revision and completion of
the partial lists now doing duty as catalogs.
If, as has been predicted, but few new books may be
4 ° CATALOG DEPARTMENT. 38
added during the coming year, this time should be to the
Catalog department its golden opportunity. All of the weak
places in its records of earlier years, and there are still many,
should be made strong.
Work begun and left half done because of more urgent
needs should be completed. Here and now, a strong and
sure foundation should be laid for a larger helpfulness in the
years of greater prosperity and activity to come.
Respectfully submitted,
CATHARINE S. TIBBITTS,
Catalog librarian.
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT. 41
Reference department and
Reading room.
To the Librarian :
There have been recorded in the Reference and Reading
rooms of the Main library during the past sixteen months
t35'830 visitors who consulted 110,643 books. This record
and the tabulated report by months and classes which will
be found in Appendix F, though an actual count so far as
they go, are of necessity but a partial count, and the figures
therefore give but an inadequate idea of the use of the de-partment
by the public.
No attempt is made to keep a record of the use of the
current periodicals, of which there are 470 titles on file, and
some of these are so constantly in use as to be too badly
worn for binding, other copies being ordered for this purpose.
The department now contains 28,715 accessioned vol-umes
; adding the unaccessioned volumes stored in the attic,
the collection contains a total of over 30,000 volumes, and
about 10,000 pamphlets.
The additions to the department during the past sixteen
months amounted to 2,174 volumes ; of these 1,134 volumes,
or more than one-half, were gifts, the most important among
which were the government publications and the additions
to the collection of Oriental folk-lore, which Mr. John G.
White is buying for the library.
Probably the most important of the purchases, from
the standpoint of immediate utility, were the volumes
needed to complete the following valuable Poole sets:
Blackwood, Book buyer, Catholic world, Economic
journal, Edinburgh review, Harvard graduates' magazine,
Longman's magazine, Scottish review and Yale review.
Quite a number of the other magazines indexed in Poole
still remain incomplete, and the filling in of these sets will
undoubtedly add more to the usefulness of the department
than the addition of an equal number of almost any other
reference books, for the reason that we already have the
42 REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
full index to the magazines which makes their contents at
once available, and most of that contents is in just the con-densed
form for which requests come so constantly.
In December the time of closing the Reading room was
changed from 8:30 to 9:30 p. m., and this additional hour
has been greatly appreciated by readers.
The portrait collection started some time ago has grown
rapidly during the past year, hundreds of portraits having
been cut from old magazines, etc., mounted on manilla
boards of uniform size and filed alphabetically. The collec-tion
(which has cost nothing, practically, as even the work
which has been put upon it has been done as " busy work "
at odd times) is now proving its usefulness almost daily to
the newspapers, club workers, teachers and students.
References to all subjects on the club programs were
looked up in advance of the meetings and filed this year as
usual ; the references which are thus accumulating from
year to year should in time become a most valuable adjunct
to the general catalog, as they have already become an in-dispensable
help to the club workers themselves.
The daily news bulletin in the main hallway, which
has become a feature of the work much appreciated by the
busy frequenters of the library, and has stimulated an intel-ligent
interest in current events, has been the work of the
Reading room assistants. Numerous attractive bulletins
have also been prepared by them, and several collections of
pictures have been shown, the largest of which was the
fine Cromwell collection, loaned by the Springfield (Mass.)
city library association. Some of the treasures of the
Reference department in the shape of old and rare books,
fine bindings, interesting plates, etc., have been displayed
from time to time in the glass show cases.
Beyond the making of author and title cards for two
more classes, literature and history, nothing has been done
on the catalog which will make the stores of information
contained in the reference collection more readily accessible
and more useful to the public ; and little more can be accom-plished
in this direction with only the present force.
The report of books 011 hand in this department, as
given in Appendix A, is only approximately correct, as,
43 REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
owing to the lack of sufficient help, no inventory of the
books was taken this year. This is the only department in
which a careful and accurate count of the books was not
made.
Great credit is due to the senior assistants of the depart-ment
for carrying on the current work with comparatively
little assistance, particularly as this work shows a steady
increase. What follows is in no sense a criticism on their
performance of the duties assigned to them, in which they
have shown increasing efficiency.
The needs of the department remain practically as stated
in the last report, but increased rather than diminished by
the sixteen months which have intervened. The need of a
head for this department I can not urge too strongly. The
wisest administration of a reference library of 30,000 volumes
certainly requires the work of a specialist, and an amount of
time and attention to details of planning and supervision
which can not possibly be given by the vice librarian, whose
time has to be divided proportionately between the general
work and the supervision of the thirty-six departments,
branches, sub-branches and stations.
There is in the Reference room a visible monument
which is being erected to the need of a reference librarian.
It consists of hooks, pamphlets, etc., requiring for their
disposition decisions which will affect broadly much of the
treatment of indefinite numbers of other books, and, ulti-mately,
the usefulness of the whole department, and which
can be made safely only when there is a head of the depart-ment
who is capable of comprehending the relation of those
decisions to the whole work, and of seeing that they are
properly carried out in all of their details. This pile of
books has been dubbed " t h e mountain." It is growing
almost daily, and to those who realize its import, it
seems to be crying loudly for removal. With its removal
would disappear many present causes ol uncertainty and
anxiety. Respectfully submitted,
LINDA A. EASTMAN,
Vice librarian.
44 CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT.
Circulating department.
Main library.
To the Librarian :
The library year having been changed to coincide with
the calendar year, this report will of necessity cover sixteen
months, beginning September i, 1899, and ending December
31, 1900. During that time this department has been open
408 week days, and closed on Sundays and all legal holidays.
The hours were from 8:30 A. M., to 8:30 P. M.
The number of books issued from the main room for
the first four months was 99,370, with an average daily
circulation of 974; from the children's room, 21,964, daily
average 215; main and children's room combined, 121,334,
dailj' average 1,189.
For the twelve months of the year 1900 the issue from
the main room was 301,126, daily average 984; from the
children's room 73,133, daily average 239. Total circula-tion
for main and children's rooms for the year, 374,259;
daily average, 1,223. The above total shows an increase
over the preceding year of 11,066—this notwithstanding the
fact that there has been a decrease in the circulation of the
children's room caused by the establishment of more stations
in the school buildings and the opening of two sub-branches in
the most thickly populated parts of the city. The number
of transfers from the Main library since the last report was
988. A detailed statement of circulation by classes appears
in appendix E, p. 101. Details of the registration will be
found in appendix G, p. 121. The total number of live cards
to date in the main room is 24,261; in the children's room,
3,471. All numbers from 20,000 to 24,000 not reregistered
have been cancelled, and all outstanding fines written for.
A monthly statement is now sent to all borrowers having
fines charged against them, and is proving satisfactory to
the borrowers and the library. A guarantors' index, begun
last year in main and children's rooms, has been completed
to date and is proving its usefulness.
CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT. 45
The hoped for change from the classed issue books to
the book cards for the second entry of our charging system
has been made in the children's room, and the preparation
for the change is nearly completed in the main room. The
book cards, 85,653 in number, have all been made, and the
pocketing, relabeling, and numbering of the same number
of books is nearing completion. This large piece of work
has been done almost wholly by the assistants in the Circu-lating
department, who have at the same time kept up all
the other work of their various alcoves, only one assistant
from the Catalog department having been detailed to assist
on this work for three and a half months past.
The books and shelves are in a better condition than
ever before. This is due to two causes, the first of which is
the care exercised by the assistants in examining the books
and putting them into the hands of the borrowers only
when .found to be in good condition; this care by the
assistants has awakened a responsive wish on the part of
the borrowers to assist in caring for the books, and they
have become very helpful by quickly detecting and report-ing
ati3^ damage or defacement to books in their care.
Secondly, a competent person has been engaged whose duty
it is to keep books and shelves free from dust.
The shelves are badly crowded at some seasons and in
some alcoves, but this we hope to see remedied in the
very near future. That at the present time the end of the
week finds many shelves woefully bare is also true; and the
clamor for more of the best and most recent books in certain
lines is justified. This is especially true in science, useful
arts—particularly mechanical arts—and also the fine arts.
A strong claim is presented also by a large contingent of
readers, for more copies of the best novels of the day, of
which we have a limited number.
The Circulating department constitutes a very large
annex to the Reference room proper for real reference work.
More or less of this is done in all of the alcoves, and there
is seldom a time during opening hours that there are not
numbers of students and others busily at work at the tables
or reading in quiet enjoyment. No accurate record of this
work has been or can be kept.
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Some idea of the amount of work done in this depart-ment
for the clubs can be had from the fact that, during the
time covered by the report, 44 club programs have been
brought in, containing 909 subjects which have been looked
up and references made to all helpful material on them to
be found in the department. This work has been done by
the assistant in charge of the history and travel alcoves,
in addition to the regular work of the alcove, which includes
also the care of the circulating pictures, 3,006 of which
were issued for home use.
Exhibits of various kinds have become a recognized
feature of library work. These are not only attractive in
themselves but arouse interest in the subjects represented.
Usually books have been shown and reading lists posted in
connection with the exhibits.
The custom of collecting the best books on timely sub-jects
and calling attention to them through the newspapers
has become a part of the regular work, and the apprecia-tion
of the readers is shown by the number of books issued
as a result. Many books known only to the student or
seeker after knowledge along certain lines, by this means
become the familiar friends of the general reader. For
instance, the books mentioned in a December number of
" Outlook" as the greatest books of the nineteenth century,
were collected and attention called to them through the
newspapers and by bulletins ; as a result Darwin's " Origin
of species," of which several duplicates stood upon the
shelves, became one of the most popular books in the
library, the demand being much greater than the supply.
Many like cases might be cited. Frequently with these
collections a few good prints illustrating the subject are
placed near the books ; when prints or photographs are not
available, pictures cut from magazines and other sources are
used. Reading lists and bulletins have also been largely
used to attract attention to the books.
To a number of publishing houses and other .friends
of the library we are indebted for some of our best exhibi-tions.
Notable among these may be mentioned the original
drawings by Castaigne, made to illustrate Wheeler's " Life
of Alexander," loaned by the Century company, and the water
CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT. 47
color pictures by Mrs. Ellis Rowan which were the originals
of the illustrations in Alice Iyounsbury's " Guide to the
trees" and loaned by the Stokes company—of these there
were sixteen, and in connection with them were shown fifty
specimens of natural native and foreign woods which were
examined and studied with great iuterest. A rubber exhibit
proved also very attractive to visitors of all ages, and very
instructive as the rubber was shown in all stages from the
raw material to the manufactured article.
To Miss Keeler of our own city, the library is indebted
for a set of fine .plates from her new book, " O u r native
trees." Through the kindness of the New York state
library school and some eastern libraries we were enabled
to show attractive bulletins during the spring and summer
months, tliose from Albany being made by the students there,
and attracting very favorable notice for the artistic manner
in which many of them were treated.
A collection of Burbank and Rinehart Indian pictures
and many curios fashioned by the deft fingers of this passing
race showed that interest in them is still very much alive,
as nearly all of the books on the subject were circulated
while the exhibit lasted.
Children's Room.
To begin and end with the needs of this room is what
one feels impelled to do, in watching its workings from day
to day. The greatest of these needs are :
1. More room, better ventilation and lower book shelves.
2. A simple subject catalog. This will soon be avail-able,
as work on it began several months ago.
3. Some good reference books.
This room, never large enough to meet the requirements
of the little people who own it, is at the present time totally
inadequate to seat or even give standing room to the children
during the busy hours of the day, and on Saturdays the
main circulating and reference rooms are called upon to assist
in providing seats and tables for the littles ones to work at.
The boys alone fill the room to overflowing, and the little
girls who come later are distributed around the library
wherever an available seat can be found.
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A graded list of books of juvenile history, travel and
biography, about 600 titles in all, has been printed and dis-tributed
through the schools. Besides this, all book-cards
for at least three thousand books belonging to this room
were made here and the books slipped without cessation of
circulation.
The time spent in the careful selection of the new books
added to this department, and the very considerable amount
of reference work done for children and teachers, help to
make this one of the busiest spots in the library.
The membership of the Library league has increased
gradually. The work has been carried on through personal
contact with the children in the department. More can not
be done in our present crowded quarters, but the League
spirit is still alive and evidenced daily in the bette'r care of
books and the feeling of ownership on the part of the children.
T would again emphasize the urgent need for more space
and more and better facilities to meet the wants and needs
of the little men and women.
No report of the Circulating department would be
complete without reference to Miss Margaret G- Pierce, the
the former loan librarian. Her earnest and untiring effort,
combined with a fertile mind and originality of thought,
brought about many desirable results, foremost among these
being the systematizing of every detail of the work.
That the staff is^becoming more and more a unit in the
zeal to excel in the various duties assigned, is, I think, not
saying too much. Invariably every fresh demand made
upon them, made necessary by the changing conditions of
library work, is met with a cheerful response which merits
the highest commendation.
Respectfully submitted,
MINNIE B. PAOLI,
Loan librarian.
STATIONS, SCHOOLS AND LOANS- 4 9
Stations, schools and loans to branches.
To the Librariaji:
According to the last annual report there were fourteen
deposit stations and four delivery stations, with a circulation
for the year of 41,393 volumes.
There are now nineteen deposit stations and thirteen
delivery stations. The circulation for the four months
ending December 31, 1899, was 25,144 volumes. The
circulation for the year 1900 was 119,341 volumes, a gain of
78,072, or 188.6CJC over the last year reported.
Of the deposit stations, thirteen are in school buildings;
these stations supply the children of these buildings, and
the surrounding neighborhoods, as well as the children from
other school buildings within walking distance Through
these school stations we are reaching hundreds of children
who never heard of the library before it was brought into
their buildings.
Three of the stations are situated in factories. These
have been very successful; one employee in each factory has
charge of the issue of the books, which is done during the
noon hour. This work should be extended, as it gives
those employed in these factories a convenient opportunity
to select books for themselves instead of depending on
another member of the family to do it for them, as is usually
the case when they have to draw from the Main library or
its branches.
Goodrich house station is located in a building devoted
to social settlement work in the center of the city. Through
it we are reaching the children of that section.
Another station is located in the Cleveland savings and
banking co.; this is in one of the residence parts of the city
and has always been very successful.
Books are also issued to the students of the Western
Reserve university through Hatch library, through the
Y. M. C. A. to its members, also to the students of the
Bethlehem Bible and missionary training school, and to
5 ° STATIONS, SCHOOLS AND LOANS.
the students of three private schools, "Grey Gables," Miss
Mittleberger's, and the Hathaway-Brown school.
We have been issuing books directly to the members of
two mothers' clubs, one at Trinity church house and the
other at Pilgrim church. Several mother's clubs organized
in connection with the public schools are drawing books
through the school stations.
During the past year we have sent boxes containing
twenty books each to the different fire stations in the city.
We issued during the school year 1899-1900, 2,337
books to forty-seven teachers, who reissued them to their
pupils 17,806 times. The school issue for the current school
year will all be carried over to the next annual report.
The station work is constantly growing and is reaching
out into parts of the city that the Main library can not
reach. Better work could be done if the accommodations in
the different buildings were better. At present in many of
the buildings we have not enough heat and the space
allowed us is very small and subject to change according to
the other needs of the school.
The number of books from the Main library loaned to
our branches, sub-branches, deposit stations and delivery
stations is steadily growing. During the winter the average
number of books loaned them monthly is about 1700; dur-ing
the summer months it is considerably less.
The greatest need of this department is a larger supply
of books of all kinds, the older standard works, and the late
popular ones.
Respectfully submitted,
J E N N I E E. ISBISTER,
In charge of stations, schools and
loans to branches.
WEST SIDE BRANCH. 51
West Side branch.
To the Librarian :
The report closing August 31, 1899, showed 14,768
volumes as on hand in the circulating department. There
have been added by purchase, gift, the binding of periodicals,
and by transfer, 1539 volumes ; deducted by wear and loss,
and reclaimed by Main library 1171 volumes, leaving on
hand December 31, 1900, 15,136 volumes, a net gain of
368. In the reference department there were 1964 volumes,
to which have been added by purchase, gift and binding,
233 volumes, condemned 1, leaving 2196 volumes on hand.
Our books are in good condition as to repair and bind-ing.
During the past summer the books in our reference
department have been classified and the numbers gilded on
the back.
Since September 1, 1899, we have issued 2771 cards to
borrowers, including new cards, reissues and transfers. In
the same period we have cancelled and transferred 3978 cards.
For the sixteen months our report covers we issued
144,370 volumes for home use. The largest number issued
in any single month was 12,598 volumes during March.
The smallest per cent, of fiction issued (adult and juvenile)
was in the month of January, 56.6. Our small French
traveling library, exchanged twice during this time, has
been much appreciated by our readers of French, 219 volumes
having been issued.
During the time mentioned above 56,734 persons con-sulted
books and periodicals in the library. We have had
on file in our reading room a good selection of magazines and
illustrated journals, our circulating department has been
greatly aided by the twenty monthly magazines regularly
issued for home use, and the boys and girls have much
enjoyed the periodicals found in their department.
In the early spring three free lectures were given in the
library, with an average attendance of 735. The first of
these was given on February 12th, by Rev. John W. Mai-
52 WEST SIDE BRANCH. 52
colm ; subject : Abraham Lincoln. The second, March i2thr
by Mr. James B. Smiley ; subject : The Greek boy.
The third, April 9th, by Mr. Charles F. Dutton, Jr.;
subject: Some ways in which the earth has grown. The
two last mentioned were accompanied by fine stereopticon
views. One result of the first lecture was the gift to the
West Side branch of a handsome engraving of Abraham
Lincoln, the donor being Mr. Jacob Mintz. The attendance
at these lectures would indicate that much might be done m
this line with better facilities.
During the time covered by this report we have had
several interesting exhibitions. In December, 1899, we had
a collection of fine, large photographs of the Congressional
library. In February, 1900, a rubber exhibit was given,
in which was shown rubber in its crudest state and in its
finest manufactured grade. In April were shown pictures
illustrating scenes in the life of Alexander the Great,
loaned by the Century company, of New York. In May
150 pictures of the life and times of Cromwell, loaned by the
City library association of Springfield, Mass., attracted much
attention. In November an exhibition of the Burbank and
Rinehart Indian pictures was made, together with a fine
collection of articles made and used by Indians, quite a
number of which were loaned by West Side people; in
December a display of photography at which over 250 fine
views were shown by 27 West Side amateurs. The rubber
exhibit and display of Indian curiosities were especially
attractive to the teachers and school children. The display
of amateur photography called out much home talent and
many inquiries as to another exhibition next fall. All have
brought many visitors to the library and we believe have
been productive of good.
In addition to the exhibitions above noted we have
been favored with several illustrated bulletins from the New
York state library school, and others have been made by
the assistants, as time permitted. With each exhibition or
bulletin we place in an open rack books upon the subject
noted.
Some of the needs of the branch are: complete sets of
magazines for the reference department, and the cataloging.
WEST SIDE BRANCH. 53
of the books in that department; a complete catalog of the
circulating department; a separate room for the children
with a competent assistant in charge and more books.
I have only words of commendation for the conscien-tious
effort and untiring energy on the part of the staff, who
have so earnestly endeavored to make our branch a useful
.and attractive feature of the West Side.
Respectfully submitted,
CECELIA M. HUTSON,
Branch librarian.
5 4 MILKS PARK BRANCH.
Miles Park branch.
To the Librarian :
According to the last annual report the Miles Park
branch had on hand 9,713 books in the circulating depart-ment.
During the last sixteen months 1,312 books have
been added and 408 deducted, leaving on hand January 1,
1901, 10,617 volumes, a net gain of 904. The reference
books were 918 in number, and now number 1,017, a n in_
crease of 99, n o having been added and n deducted.
The books are kept in good condition by an assistant
from the bindery, who makes simple repairs here and sends
to the bindery books needing to be resewn or rebound.
The work of registering borrowers continues. There
are at present 3,028 membership cards in use.
The number of books issued during the sixteen months
was 94,919. The per cent, of fiction issued during 1900 was
37.5, and according to the last report 42.2. There were
88,542 visitors to the reference department, and 137,983
books consulted, a decided gain.
A number of improvements have been made at the
branch this year : six new windows have replaced as many
of the old ones ; a sewer, new gas and water connections
have been made ; the gas lights have been repaired and put
in order, so that they can be used in an emergency ; a cement
floor has been laid in the two basement rooms, which before
were damp and unhealthful ; three window seats have been
put in and are in constant use ; two new tables help to meet
the needs of an increasing number of visitors ; the large
pictures on the walls have had their titles gilded on the
frames ; the new dictionary rests on a stand, so increasing
the comfort of the user and decreasing the wear and tear
on the book ; the electric keyboards have been covered with
boxes ; the newspaper rack has been made deeper ; both the
circulating and reference magazines have new cases ; several
red felt bulletin boards—one ten feet long, the others smaller
—furnish space for special collections of pictures or reading
lists on various subjects which are of interest at the time,
MILES PARK BRANCH. 55
or to which we wish to attract attention. Following is a
list of some of the bulletins which were posted during the
year : New Year's day, Admiral Dewey, liquid air, Kruger,
South Africa, Cecil Rhodes, St. Valentine's day, Washing-ton,
Lincoln, Indians of North America, Niagara Falls, the
Passion play, India rubber, municipal architecture, Hawaii,
Bird homes, Independence day, Holland, cotton, vacation
books, Paris exposition, modern authors, Hallowe'en,
Thanksgiving day, Christmas. The bulletin on rubber
was supplemented by an exhibit of rubber in all stages of
manufacture, and a number of articles made from the finished
product. The pictures of Niagara Falls were posted in
May, when C. F. Dutton, Jr., of the West high school,
delivered a lecture, illustrated by stereopticon views, to a
large and appreciative audience. The pictures of cotton
pickers and cotton factories were made interesting by a num-ber
of ripe cotton bolls from Alabama, whose soft green and
white made a brave showing on the warm red felt. Another
which deserves special mention was one of the Christmas
bulletins; it was a small Christmas tree hung with the fac-similes
of.book covers which are so numerous in the holiday
catalogs.
A number of new ideas which have been put into oper-ation
during the year have been for the special benefit of
the children, who form a large proportion 'of the visitors to
the library. The children's magazines were taken from the
magazine case and placed on a new shelf in the children's
end of the room, with the result that they are now read
much more than formerly. Two shelves in one of the cases
were filled with books suitable for the second and third
school grades ; it was always hard to select books simple
enough for these youngest readers, but having the books all
together, and easy of access, has so obviated the difficulty
that the amount of reading they do is remarkable, and there
have been times when only ten or fifteen of the two hundred
books have been on the shelves. The picture books suit-able
for still younger readers have also been taken from the
main collection and put on a separate shelf. Two racks,
each holding about forty books, were placed on the tables
and are kept full of the newest and best books—one rack
5 6 MILES PARK BRANCH.
for the girls and one for the boys. During the year twelve
scrap books have been made ; the pictures are cut from
illustrated catalogs, magazines and worn out books.
They are mounted on large sheets of paper, and these are
bound together at the bindery. References to books are
made from the pictures, and the scrap books not only enter-tain
the younger children, but make an illustrated catalog
for the older ones, bringing to their notice good books
which they otherwise would not have thought of reading.
During the year the reference shelf list was revised,
corrected and rewritten and the books were numbered. The
shelf list of the bound magazines in circulation was also
revised. A new inventory book and a guarantor's list
were written.
Our branch was represented at the summer school of
library science, and the work at the U station is done by two
of our assistants.
The greatest need of this branch is a children's room.
The library is crowded at all busy times of the day. With
the children in a separate room far better results could be
obtained in the work with them, and older students would
enjoy the freedom from the noise made by so many youth-ful
readers. We also need our club room, which is still used
as a relief for the Miles Park school.
Before closing this report I wish to say that we are
greatly indebted to the principal and teachers of Miles Park
school for their help and sympathy in our work. We are
also very grateful to the many friends of the library, whose
generous gifts of flowers kept the room bright and fragrant
from early spring until late fall.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE A. BUSS,
Branch librarian.
WOODLAND BRANCH. 57
Woodland Branch.
To the Librarian :
Appendix A gives the number of volumes on hand in
the circulating and reference departments in this branch
September ist, 1899, 12,536. Additions 1,621, deductions
403, net increase 1,218, making the total number of volumes
on hand January ist, 1901, 13,754.
The circulation of books for the sixteen months was
I5I>7I5 volumes.
Of 115,862 volumes issued for home use from January
ist, 1900, to January ist, 1901, only three were unrecovered,
showing good work done by the collector of over-detained
books. $337.00 shows good work done in the collection of
fines. All departments show an increase in the work over
the year 1899.
The walls and ceilings of all the rooms in the branch
were cleaned during the summer. All woodwork and furni-ture
was thoroughly washed and polished. New book cases
and a new case for art studies have relieved the crowded
condition of the shelves. Electric fans were placed in the
building during the summer, which made the rooms more
comfortable. The welcoming blaze of the grate fire which
is kept burning in a corner of the room opposite the front
entrance during the winter months, calls forth many
expressions of appreciation, as do also the fresh cut flowers
from the library garden in the summer time.
During the quiet months a force of boys, trained for the
work, cleaned several thousand of the badly soiled books;
thumb marks were erased, clean labels put in and the out-side
covers washed with soap and water. Great care has
been taken to have all books on the shelves in perfect repair.
The usual amount of work has been done for the stu-dents,
club members and members of debating societies.
Appendix F shows 67,925 visitors to the reference depart-ment
during sixteen months, and 92,783 books consulted.
Appendix G shows 1,406 new membership cards issued
in 1900. During the year the first 5,000 cards were taken up;
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of these 911 were reregistered. The table shows 12,105 cards
issued during the life of the branch (five years) and the
approximate number of live cards to date 6,519. Beginning
in September, 1900, persons registered have been classified
by age and sex. Of the 831 registered to January 1st,
1901, the classification shows boys registered 204, girls 184,
men 186, women 214. About 50% adults and 50%
children.
Special work has been done again this year in picture
exhibits and bulletin board work. Every important event
and current topic has been as fully illustrated as possible.
Following is a list of some of the subjects illustrated:
Indians and Indian life; Thanksgiving; noted musicians;
Christmas; France and the Paris exposition; Ruskin and
his home; valentines; Lincoln and Washington; spring
(this bulletin included birds, butterflies, flowers, trees and
nature); Easter; Arbor day; Egypt; Oberammergau; birds'
nests (the original photographs taken to illustrate " Bird
homes" by the author, A. R. Dugmore); original water
colors and photographs for the illustrations in " Nature's
garden," by Neltje Blanchan ; South Africa; England and
ber possessions; China and the Chinese; Gibson art;
Florida; California, etc. These exhibits, together with the
beautiful blackboard work in colored chalk, done by one of
the assistants for the juvenile room and the artistic print-ing
done by another assistant in putting appropriate quota-tions
on the boards, have increased the interest and made
the rooms at all times attractive.
The work has been somewhat retarded by the excess of
demand over supply of new and late books. We have
endeavored to use our collection to the best advantage by
keeping special lots of books in the open racks, supplement-ing
our own books with others borrowed from the Main
library. Our aim has been to awaken interest in and have
more books read which belong to the less used classes, such
as essays, poetry and song; etiquette, child training, home
economics, nursing, etc.; lives of great and good men;
nineteenth century progress; popular books for home study;
books about people and places of current interest; fireside
travels, etc.
WOODLAND BRANCH. 5 9
In the work with the children we have endeavored to
teach order, cleanliness and the proper care of the books.
Bulletins are kept posted for the children, and books on the
various subjects are kept before them as they are needed for
school work.
Since the chauge in this department noted in the last
report, the proportion of juvenile fiction read by the children
is smaller, and of classified books larger than when the
juvenile classified books were scattered through the cases
with the books for adults. The articles of crude and manu-factured
rubber which were on exhibition in this department
in the spring were enjoyed by both teachers and pupils.
It was necessary in the fall to adopt a system whereby
boys coming to the library evenings would be admitted to
the reading room by membership cards only. This has
proved effectual in keeping out the disorderly element.
During the winter of 1900, three lectures were given in
the branch building, as follows :
Dr. Elroy M. Avery, Salem witchcraft.
Miss Harriet L- Keeler, Wild flowers of early spring.
Rev. Ward Beecher Pickard, The house that Jack
built.
For Miss Keeler's lecture the building was decorated
with palms, potted plants and cut flowers, through the
courtesy of Mr. Ziechman, a neighbor florist. The
attendance on all these lectures was large and the comments
and words of praise showed that they were appreciated.
The reference and reading room needs greater seclusion.
It is necessary to use this room for a passage way to the
dressing rooms and telephone room, and this disturbs the
quiet of the room.
More books are needed in the reference collection, in the
Bohemian collection, and in the juvenile collection to supple-ment
the school work.
Much noise and confusion would be obviated by a
children's room having a separate entrance.
An institutional building is needed in this district.
From the success of the lectures given it is apparent that a
lecture hall would mean much to the community. The
interest taken in the picture exhibits means that art is
6o WOODLAND BRANCH. 58
appreciated and shows the need of an art gallery. The
interest in and use of the small collections of books of music
we are able to borrow from the Main library is an indica-tion
that good concerts would be an added educational factor
among the people. The necessity of denying the privileges
of the library to unruly boys on account of disorder and
failure to comply with the rules, brings an appeal for club
and game rooms for them where their energies can be wisely
directed and their talents developed.
We have reason to be thankful for the success of the
year's work, and I feel most grateful to my associates,
who have received and carried out my suggestions so cheer-fully
and successfully and who have themselves all been so
full of helpful suggestions and devotion to the work.
Respectfully submitted,
MILDRED C. WOOD,
Branch librarian.
SOUTH SIDK BRANCH. 6 l
South Side branch.
To the Librarian :
The annnal report of this branch for the year ending
August 31, 1899, gave a total of 10,799 books on hand.
During the succeeding 16 months, covered by this report,
there were added by purchase, gift, binding of magazines,
and transfer 1,630 volumes, and deducted on account of
wear, loss and contagious disease 241, leaving a net increase
of 1,389, and a total of 12,188 on hand December 31, 1900.
During this time 118,205 books were issued, a decrease
of about 2,000 from the preceding sixteen months. Our
report of visitors to the reference room is 55,488, showing
an increase of 14,296 ; and books consulted number 73,854,
an increase of 36,655.
Reregistration of the first 4,000 borrowers was begun
in July, all live cards reissued, and those not in use can-celled
; card holders against whom fines, over ten cents,
were charged, were notified, with somewhat indifferent
results ; we still hold 473 cards upon which fines are charged.
The fact that we refer to this file, with every applicaticn for
borrower's cards, has, we believe, a wholesome effect upon
many, notably children, who had stopped drawing books
because of fines. Now, after a lapse of three years, many
of our earlier patrons are taught a lesson in library economy
by being reminded of and made to feel that such fines are
debts of honor.
By insisting, as far as is possible, upon the children keep-ing
the Library league pledge, by carefully watching the
books, cleaning, and replacing loose leaves, and occasional
visits from the bindery assistants, our books are kept in
good condition.
Our reference books have recently been classified and
numbered. The use of our reference room, always large, is
increasing with daily calls from all grades in this school
district. We do reference work for normal students, pupils of
business colleges, several denominational schools, debating
clubs in school and church societies, and Lincoln high school.
62 SOUTH SIDK BRANCH. 6l
The teachers send their subjects to us in advance of the
lesson, and we collect such material as will be most helpful
to the students. By studying the assignment of work we
keep in close touch with the schools, rendering assistance to
teachers who bring classes to the library for instruction in
the use of reference books.
In 1899 a course of free lectures was planned along
educational lines, beginning November 21st with a very
fruitful lecture by Rabbi Moses J. Gries on " A n education for
everybody." December 12th, Professor Olney delivered his
lecture on "Mexico." January 19th, Mr. C. F. Dutton, Jr.,
lectured on "Niagara: past and present." Mr. Muckley,
on February 13th, lectured on "Astronomy," and on March
13th, Mr. Brett finished the course with a lecture on
"Modern library buildings." The lectures, with the
exception of the first, were illustrated by stereopticon
views, and were from first to last a means of arousing
interest in the subjects treated, bringing up the standard of
reading in a marked degree. That these lectures were
appreciated by the people was evidenced by the numbers
who were unable to gain admittance, several hundreds being
turned away from each lecture for want of room. Their
popularity showed the possibilities of a library as an educa-tional
center in a community. Mr. Brett gave later a stere-opticon
talk to the children, who had to be excluded from
the three last lectures for lack of room ; and in the spring
Miss Katherine K. Junkermann, of the West high school,
gave a most enjoyable evening of "Readings from Dickens."
We keep pace with matters of special interest by posting
bulletins and reading lists, supplemented by collections of
books. During this time we have had several exhibits of
educational value, such as photographs of historical interest,
collections of Indian curios, and the Burbank Indian pic-tures
; one exhibit of notable profit to the children was that
of rubber in its various stages, from the crude to the man-ufactured
article.
The South Side women's club meets fortnightly in the
library club room.
During the summer our building received some neces-sary
repairs, ventilators were put in and the walls recalci-
SOUTH SIDK BRANCH. 6l
mined. With these additions to its comfort and beauty,
and its fine collection of pictures, this library is one of the
most attractive places on the South Side.
Before closing this report, I desire to make acknowledg-ment
of the efficiency of my co-workers. In September of
1900, Miss Elizabeth Smith was called from this branch to
the position of librarian in the Warren, Ohio, library. Two
others of my staff attended the summer school, where they
made the most of the technical training there given. Their
personal qualities and their sense of the high standard re-quired
by their calling make work with them a pleasure and
the library attractive. Much credit is due not only to the
assistants but to the pages for their conscientious and efficient
work. Respectfully submitted,
ANNE C. GRANGER,
Branch librarian
6 4 SUB-BRANCHES.
The sub-branches, with some extracts from the
reports of the sub-branch librarians.
Central high school.
The Central high school sub-branch has been contin-ued
under the charge of Miss A. L- Seaman. This library
contains 5,565 volumes belonging to the school and a con-siderable
number, varying from time to time according to the
demand, deposited from the Main library.
During the year 12,902 volumes were issued for home
use, the proportion of literature, 42%, being notably high.
The large part of the use of this library is, however, as a
study room and reference library for the school.
" Talks have been given to the pupils on the use of
reference books. The teachers also have taken reference
books, useful for the subject in hand, to their class rooms
and explained the best way of getting at the subject.
The shelf list cards and author catalog were completed
and subject catalog commenced."
The Detroit sub-branch.
This was opened on January 2, 1900, in a little store-room
formerly occupied as a saloon at 618 Detroit street,
next to the Detroit school. It has been since its opening in
the charge of Mrs. Mattie C. Smith. It has upon its shelves
about 2,500 volumes, 847 volumes being its own and the
remainder loaned from the stations department. It has issued
during the year 19,962 volumes for home use. The number
of readers at the tables was 22,837, and 18,398 works were
consulted.
44 T h e branch is indebted to Mr. Harry Dixon for a fine
portrait of Lincoln, toother friends for pictures and to Mr.
Jacob Schoen for a large globe of gold fish.
The two bulletin boards have proved a source of pleas-ure
and interest, as they are constantly posted with pictures
indicative of current events or anniversaries.
65 SUB-BRANCHES.
The books have been kept in good condition by impress-ing
upon the children the proper way to care for and handle
them.
The needs of this sub-branch are: ist, A larger room
where the readers may be undisturbed by the borrowers ;
2d, More books for circulation; 3d, More reference books."
Hiram house .sub-branch.
The Hiram house sub-branch was opened on February
3d, 1900, in the new Hiram house, a social settlement
under charge of Mr. G. A. Bellamy, located at 345 Orange
street, in one of the most densely populated neighborhoods
in the city. It replaced a station which had for some months
been operated in the former Hiram house. It has been
under the charge of Mrs. Ella E- Leonard since its opening.
It has 1800 volumes on its shelves, 165 of which are the
property of Hiram house, and the remainder are loaned
through the stations department. It has issued in a little
more than eleven months 15,817 volumes. The number of
visitors was 12,310 and the number of books consulted
T3<353- Rooms, light, heat and janitor service are fur-nished
free by Hiram house.
" T h e Alliance sub-branch is located a short distance
from this and has drawn heavily on Hiram house sub-branch,
as this is a Jewish district and a great many parents
prefer to have their children draw books there. It has been
a great relief for this library, especially in the reading rooms,
as our quarters are too small to accommodate so many.
Both sub-branches are principally visited by children.
Donations of back numbers of periodicals and pamphlets
have been received, which have helped to keep the rooms
supplied with reading matter.
The greatest need of the library is a sufficient supply
of books."
Alliance sub-branch.
This was opened on March 10, 1900, in the Council
educational alliance building at 300 Woodland avenue.
It was in charge of Miss Helene Manche of the Woodland
branch until April 16, when she was succeeded by her sister,
Miss Bertha Manche.
66 SUB-BRANCHES.
The number of books on the shelves at the close of the.
year was 1388, of which 753 were the property of the
Alliance, the remainder loaned through the stations depart-ment.
The number of books issued during less than ten
months of 1900 was 13,451. The number of visitors was
11,265 and 17,071 books were consulted. As at the Hiram
house, rooms, light, heat and janitor service are furnished
free of cost by the Council educational alliance.
"The frequenters of this sub-branch include the pupils
from Harmon, Mayflower and Brownell schools, some from
Central high school, pupils and teachers of the night school,
members, leaders and teachers of the various clubs and
classes conducted by the Council educational alliance.
The teachers of the various schools have assisted us
materially by giving the children lists of books to read to
aid them in their school work. Some from Harmon school
have been kind enough to come after school hours to help
the children select books most suitable for them to read.
The most urgent need is more books, both for circula-tion
and reference. I would recommend that a collec-tion
of Hebrew books be put into this sub-branch. There is a
great demand for this literature and no library of the kind
in the city."
Financial Statement.
Report of Auditor
For the four months from Sept. i-Dec. 31, 1899.
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR. 69
S T A T E OF OHIO, )
Cuyahoga County, \ s s '
Chas. P. Salen, being duly sworn, says that he is the
duly appointed" auditor of the^ Public library of the City of
Cleveland, and that the matters set forth in the accompany-ing
report are true as he verily believes.
CHAS. P. SAE.EN.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this
first day of January, A. D. 1901.
CHAS. H. CARRAN,
Notary public.
C L E V E L A N D , O., January 1, 1900.
To the Honorable, The Public Library Board of the City of
Cleveland, O.
Gentlemen : Herewith I submit a report of the financial
transactions and standing of the Public Library Board for
the four months ending December 31, 1900, said report
being comprised in the following tables, viz :
Table No. 1—Analyses of Receipts, Disbursements, Assets and
Liabilities.
Table No. 2—Receipts in Detail—Earnings.
Table No. 3—Disbursements in Detail—Local Account.
Table No. 4—Assets in Detail—Cash.
Table No. 5—Liabilities—Bonds Outstanding.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. P. SALEN,
Auditor.
7° R E P O R T OF T H E AUDITOR.
Table No. I.
Analysis of Receipts and Disbursements,
Assets and Liabilities.
September 1st—December 31st, 190G.
Cash on hand September 1st, 1899.... $319,581 5T
RECEIPTS—
Receipts from fines $ 727 07
Receipts from miscellaneous sales 2,145 74
Total earnings .. S 2,872 81
Total receipts - 2,872 81
Total to be accounted for $322,454 38
DISBURSEMENTS—
Paid for interest $ 6,250 00
Paid for rent 846 32
Paid for salaries 13,253 45
Paid for insurance 106 27
Total fixed charges $20,456 04
Paid for stationery and office supplies. $ 731 13
Paid for fuel and light 1,075 44
Paid for catalog printing 100 00
Paid for rebinding books 2,186 44
Paid for repairs 465 11
Paid for freight and cartage 185 81
Total supplies $ 4,743 93
Paid for library furniture $ 458 97
Paid for books 3,194 48
Paid for periodicals 1,249 14
Total furniture and fixtures.... $ 4,902 59
Paid for buildings $ 23 60
Total permanent improvements... $ 23 60
Total disbursements 30,126 16
Cash on hand January 1, 1900 $292,328 22
ASSETS—
Cash $292,328 22
LIABILITIES—
Bonds outstanding 250,000 00
Excess of assets... $ 42,328 22
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Report of the Auditor.
For the Year 1900.
S T A T E OF OHIO, )
Cuyahoga County, \ s s '
Chas. P. Salen, being duly sworn, says that he is the
duly appointed and qualified auditor of the Public Library
Board of the City of Cleveland, and that the matters set
forth in the accompanying annual report are true as he
verily believes. CHAS. P. SALEN.
Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence this
first day of March, A. D. 1901.
C H A S . P. C A R R A N ,
[ S E A L . ] Notary public.
CLEVELAND, O., January 1, 1901.
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 standing of the
Public Library Board for the fiscal year ending December 31,
1900, said report being comprised in the following tables, viz:
Table No. 1—Analysis of Receipts, Disbursements, Assets and
Liabilities.
Table No. 2—Receipts in Detail—General Tax Levy.
Table No. 3—Receipts in Detail—Depositary Interest.
Table No. 4—Receipts in Detail—Earnings.
Table No. 5—Disbursements in Detail—Local Account.
Table No. 6—Assets in Detail—Cash.
Table No. 7—Assets in Detail—Furniture and Fixtures.
Table No. 8—Liabilities—Bonds Outstanding.
Table No. 9—Comparison of Receipts, Disbursements, Assets and
Liabilities.
Table No. 10—Comparison of various items for twenty years.
Table No. 11—Comparison of Tax Valuation and Library Levy there-on
for seven years.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. P. SALEN,
Auditor.
r e p o r t o f t h e a u d i t o r . 76
Table No. I.
Analysis of Receipts and Disbursements, Assets and
Liabilities for the Year 1900.
Cash on hand September 1st, 1900... $292,328 22
RECEIPTS—
Received from General Levy (Table No. II) $85,020 32
Total taxes $85,020 32
Received from interest (Table No. I l l ) $10,264 69
Received from fines (Table No. IY) 2,767 07
Received from miscellaneous sales (Table
No. IV) 1,896 23
Total earnings... $14,927 99
Total ordinary receipts $99,948 31
Total to be accounted for.. $392,276 53
DISBURSE MENTS-
- Paid for interest (Table No. V)____ $12,500 00
Paid for rents (Table No. Y) 3,318 90
Paid for salaries (Table No. V).___ 47,417 07
Paid for insurance (Table No. V) 829 50
Total fixed charges $64,065 47
Paid for stationery and office supplies (Table
No. V) $4,434 63
Paid for fuel and light (Table No. V) 5,277 06
Paid for catalog printing (Table No. V) 695 99
Paid for rebinding books (Table No. Y) 7,732 36
Paid for repairs (Table No. Y) 1,360 35
Paid for freight and cartage (Table No. V).. 597 51
*Paid for library school, net (Table No. V ) . . . 577 80
Total supplies $20,675 70
Paid for library furniture (Table No. Y ) . . . . $ 1,531 73
Paid for books (Table No. Y) 13,715 66
Paid for periodicals (Table No. Y) 2,654 92
Total furniture and fixtures $17,902 31
Paid for buildings (Table No. V) 4,769,64
Turned over to Sinking Fund Commissioners 14,231 31
Total disbursements $121,644 43
Cash on hand September 1st, 1899... $270,632 10
ASSETS—
Cash (Table No. VI) $270,632 10
Office and library furniture (Table No. VII) 15,383 27
Books and periodicals (Table No. 7). 170,123 00
Buildings
Total Assets $456,138 37
LIABILITIES—
Bonds outstanding 250,000 00
Excess of assets $206,138 37
*This item was refunded to the library under the head of miscellaneous sales-
The total expense of the school to the library was $17.26. See Appendix I, p. 129.
r e p o r t of t h e a u d i t o r. 7 7
Table No. II.
Receipts in Detail for the Year 1900.
General Tax Levy.
NOTE.—This money is collected under the aulhority 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—0. L., 590.)
Tax valuation of the city of Cleveland $145,071,985 00
Tax valuation of portion of Brooklyn township annexed for school
purposes only 51,120 00
Tax valuation of portion of East Cleveland township annexed for
school purposes only. 65,590 00
Tax valuation of portion of Newburgh township annexed for
school purposes only 478,685 00
Total valuation Cleveland School District $145,667,380 00
Levy for Public Library—6-10 mill on above valuation 87,400 42
Add delinquent taxes on real estate brought forward from dupli-cate
of 1899 3,813 45
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.)_ 3,334 41
Add penalties imposed for non-payment (§2844 R. S.) 174 29
Total $94,722 57
Deduct tax abated by County Auditor on account of
property whose valuation has been de-creased
by Board of Equalization (§1039 R.S.) $ 371 55
Deduct tax remaining unpaid at August, 1900, settle-ment
6,038 63
6,410 18
Net collections $88,312 39
Deduct County Treasurer's fees for collection—1 mill on
above balance (88—0. L., 147) 883 10
Balance $87,429 29
Deduct tax refunded by County Auditor on account of
errors in the duplicate (§1038 R. S.) $ 61 07
Deduct tax inquisitor's fees (§2803-11 R. S.) 850 22
Deduct cost of advertising delinquent tax sale 24 43
Deduct ampeonusnito n rfeusenrdv e(8d3 —f0o.r L„fi r1e0m8 e§n4)'s and police 1,613 11
2,548 83
Balance $84,880 46
i net collection of delinquent taxes on personal
property 139 86
Net receipts, from general levy $85,020 32
7 8 r e p o r t o f t h e a u d i t o r . 78
Table No. III.
Receipts in Detail for the Year 1900.
Interest.
NOTE.—Under the provisions of the " Depositary Law," (85—0. L., 197,)
as amended (91—0. L.. 263,) contracts were entered into for the care of the money
of the city 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 Avenue National
Bank, the Dime Savings and Banking Co. and the American Exchange National
Bank, they being the highest and best bidders for same, wherein said banks agree
to pay, respectively, 3 34-100 per cent., 3 41-100 per cent, and 3 35-100 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.
Statement Showing Average Daily Balances of the
School District Money.
Euclid Avenue
National Bank.
Dime Savings and
Banking Co.
American Exchange
National Bank.
Month. Average
Balance. Interest. Average
Balance. Interest. Average
Balance. Interest.
1899 July
August
September.
October
November..
December..
1900 J a n u a r y . . ..
February ..
March
April.
May
June
$202,745 12
251,800 69
361,741 25
316.200 70
261.259 36
196,628 64
192,274 20
237,294 69
191,908 51
296,121 02
243,707 40
183,794 61
$575 13
714 28
993 05
896 97
717 21
551 77
545 43
607 99
544 37
812 91
691 32
504 55
$203,344 52
250,383 75
365,936 79
311,313 06
258,420 89
194,005 16
190,333 53
234,640 46
189,317 80
295,953 14
242,597 16
188,255 89
$588 92
725 15
1,025 62
901 61
724 29
566 87
551 24
613 79
548 89
829 47
702 60
527 63
$202,174 02
249,832 55
344,405 74
309,644 60
261,207 79
196,279 61
192,782 56
232,547 84
193,477 37
289,272 20
242,579 10
184,148 67
$575 22
710 82
948 20
882 00
719 21
558 45
548 51
597 61
550 48
785 79
690 18
507 03
Totals $8,154 98 $8,306 08 $8,073 50
Total Depositary Interest on average balances of the City School
District, as above $24,534 56
Less amount credited to Board of Education 14,269 87
Net Depositary Interest received $10,264 69
r e p o r t o f t h e a u d i t o r. 79
Table No. IV.
Receipts in Detail for the Year 1900.
Fines and Sales.
Fines. Miscellaneous
Sales. Total.
Main library . t $1,761 71 $1,798 27 $3,559 98
West Side branch 290 54 35 92 326 46
Miles Park branch ! 168 28 13 12 181 40
Woodland branch . 313 99 -26 11 340 10
South Side branch . 173 09 17 38 190 47
Detroit sub-branch | 25 89 1 68 27 57
Hiram sub-branch 21 91 3 51 25 42
Alliance sub-branch 11 66 24 11 90
Totals $2,767 07 $1,896 23 $4,663 30
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Table No. VI.
Assets in Detail for the Year 1900.
Cash.
Cash balance in Depositary No. 1, The Euclid Avenue National Bank,
as per report December 31st, 1900. 8182,151 39
Cash balance in Depositary No. 2, The Dime Savings and Banking Co.
as per report December 31st, 1900 178,981 06
Cash balance in Depositary No. 3, The American Exchange National
Bank, as per report December 31st, 1900 182,123 34
Deposited by treasurer since last report of banks... 78 75
Total $543,334 54
Deduct amount of checks issued by treasurer, but not presented at
banks for payment 48,904 39
Net cash balance, Cleveland School District $494,430 15
Deduct amount to credit of Board of Education 223,798 05
Net cash credit of Public Library $270,632 10
r e p o r t o f t h e a u d i t o r . 82
Table No. VII.
Assets in Detail for the Year 1900.
Statement of Permanent Improvements and
Furniture and Fixtures.
Value'
of
land.
Value
of
build-'
ings.
Value
of
furni-ture.
Value
of books
and
periodi-cals.
Totals.
CENTRAL LIBRARY—
Occupies rent free, by cour-tesy
of Board of Education,
second and third floors of
the Board of Education
building-, 190 Euclid ave.
Second floor occupied by
circulating dep't, children's
room and offices.
Third floor devoted to ref-erence
dep't, reading room,
catalog dep't and assembly
room of the Library Board. $5,095 61 $114,368 00 $119,463 61
WEST SIDE BRANCH—
Occupies new brick build-ing
leased from People's
Savings and Loan Ass'n, at
130 Franklin ave. The cir-culating
dep't, r e f e r e n ce
library and children's room
on main floor ; newspaper
room and study and class
rooms in gallery; bindery
in the basement. 2,935 82 17,332 00 20,267 82
MILES PARK BRANCH—
Occupies at nominal rental
by courtesy of Park Com-mission,
the old Newburgh
Town Hall building,in Miles
Park. Circulating and ref-erence
dep'ts on main floor;
study and class room in
basement. 1,670 23 11,634 00 13,304 23
WOODLAND BRANCH—
Occupies one-story brick
building at 1060 Woodland
ave., leased from Mrs. J . C.
Rich. Circulating and ref-erence
dep'ts on main floor. 2,099 30 13,754 00 15,853 30
r e p o r t o f t h e a u d i t o r. 8 3
Table No. VII.--Con.
Assets in Detail for the Year 1900.
Statement of Permanent Improvements and
Furniture and Fixtures.
Value
of
land.
Value
of
build-ings.
Value
of
furni-ture.
Value
of books
and
periodi-cals.
Totals.
SOUTH SIDE BRANCH—
Occupies new brick build-ing
corner of Clark ave. and
Joseph st., leased from Mr.
Frank Seither. Circulating
and reference dep'ts on main
floor; class rooms in base-ment
and tower.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
BRANCH—
Occupies class room at
Central High School. Fur-niture
and about 5,565 books
owned by Central High
Library Ass'n. Daily de-mand
supplied by messen-ger
from Main library.
DETROIT SUB-BRANCH -
Occupies a rented store
room at 618 Detroit street.
Circulating dep't with a few
reference books and period-icals.
HIRAM SUB-BRANCH*—
Occupies two rooms in
Hiram House, 345 Orange
street. Circulating depart-ment,
a few reference books
and periodicals.
ALLIANCE SUB-BRANCH*—
Occupies rooms in the
Council Educational Alli-ance.
Has a circulating
department, a few reference
books and periodicals.
STATIONS—
The stations are furnished
in large part by the library.
$2,547 31 $12,188 00 $14,735 31
1J
149 00
120 00
50 00
716 00
847 00 996 00
120 00
50 00
716 00
Total s . $15,383 27 !$ 170,123 00 $185,506 27
*NOTE.—The books at Hiram and Alliance are only a small part of them owned
by the institutions. Most of them are deposited by the stations department.
8 4 r e p o r t o f t h e . a u d i t o r .
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