Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Waukesha, Wisconsin, July 4-10, 1901

Part 42

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Porter, Washington T., Tr. P. L., Cincinnati, O.

Potter, Kate M., Ln. City L., Baraboo, Wis.

Potter, Lucy A., As. Ln. State Normal School L., Oshkosh, Wis.

Pray, T. B., State Normal S., Stevens Point, Wis.

Price, Anna M., Ln. Univ. of S. Dakota L., Vermillion, S. D.

Price, Helen L., L. Organizer, Urbana, Ill.

Putnam, Mrs. Hannah, Canton, Ill.

Putnam, Herbert, Ln. of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Radcliffe, Alice, As. P. L., Milwaukee, Wis.

Rankin, Julia Toombs, As. Ln. Carnegie L., Atlanta, Ga.

Reed, Mrs. Adele C. Paxton, Ill.

Reeve, Dr. J. T., Secy. F. P. L., Appleton, Wis.

Remmer, Mary E., Cataloger P. L., Chicago.

Resor, Mrs. Josephine H., Ln. Parlin L., Canton, Ill.

Riblet, L. E., Waukesha. Wis.

Ringier, Margaret, Deputy Ln. P. L., Quincy, Ill.

Robertson, Josephine Chester, Head Cataloger Univ. of Chicago, Chicago.

Robinson, Lydia G., As. P. L., Chicago.

Roddy, Marie Louise, As. P. L., Milwaukee, Wis.

Roden, Carl B., Supt. Order Dept. P. L., Chicago.

Rommeiss, Emma, As. P. L., Chicago.

Root, Azariah Smith, Ln. Oberlin Coll, L., Oberlin, O.

Roper, Eleanor, Senior As. The John Crerar L., Chicago.

Rose, Emma E., Ln. P. L., Fond du Lac, Wis.

Russel, J. R., Ln. P. L., Butte, Mont.

Russell, Janet, Ln. P. L., Merrill, Wis.

Ryerson, E. Egerton, As. Ln. P. L., Toronto, Can.

Sacksteder, M. A., Open Court Publishing Co., Chicago.

Salisbury, Grace E., As. Ln. State Normal S., Whitewater, Wis.

Salisbury, O. M., Agent Ginn & Co., Madison, Wis.

Sanders, Mrs. Minerva A., Ln. F. P. L., Pawtucket, R. I.

Sawyer, Ida E., Cataloger Northwestern Univ. L., Evanston, Ill.

Schmidt, Eliza, As. P. L., Milwaukee, Wis.

Sears, Minnie E., As. Cataloger Univ. of Illinois L., Champaign, Ill.

Seely, Blanche, As. The John Crerar L., Chicago.

Seeman, Samuel, William G. Johnson & Co., Pittsburg, Pa.

Seeman, Mrs. Samuel, Pittsburg, Pa.

Scott, Mrs. Frances Hanna, Ln. Mich. Coll. of Mines, Houghton, Mich.

Sharp, Katharine Lucinda, Head Ln. and Director State L. S. Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, Ill.

Shaw, R. K., As. L. of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Shepard, Rhoda C., Ln. Shortridge High S., Indianapolis. Ind.

Silverthorn, Nellie C., Ln. P. L., Wausau, Wis.

Simonds, May, As. Mercantile L., St. Louis, Mo.

Simonson, Roger A., Library Bureau, Chicago

Simpson, Frances, Cataloger Univ. of Illinois L., Champaign, Ill.

Skavlem, Gertrude J., As. Ln. P. L., Janesville, Wis.

Skinner, Marie A., Ln. P. L., Lake Forest, Ill.

Smith, Elizabeth, Sec'y L. Board, De Pere, Wis.

Smith, Elizabeth Church, As. State Hist. Soc., Madison, Wis.

Smith, Faith E., Ln. P. L., Sedalia, Mo.

Smith, Laura, Chief Cataloger P. L., Cincinnati, O.

Smith, Susan T., Ln. State Normal S., Chico, Cal.

Smith, Walter McMynn. Ln. Univ. of Wisconsin L., Madison. Wis.

Smythe, Elizabeth Harris, Circulating L., 31 Washington St., Chicago.

Soule, Charles Carroll, ex-Trustee, Pres. The Boston Book Co., Boston, Mass.

Sperry, Ethel, Waterbury, Conn.

Sperry, Helen, Ln. Bronson L., Waterbury, Conn.

Stearns, Lutie E., Library Organizer Wisconsin F. L. Com., Madison, Wis.

Steiner, Dr. Bernard C., Ln. Enoch Pratt F. L., Baltimore, Md.

Stern, Renée B., 5515 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago.

Stevens, Edith, Boone, Ia.

Stevens, Olive, As. Ln. Iowa State College L., Ames, Ia.

Stevenson, William Marshall, Ln. Carnegie F. L., Allegheny, Pa.

Stewart, Rose Gemmill, Cataloger F. L., Philadelphia, Pa.

Stillman, Mary Louise, Supt. Issue Dept. P. L., Milwaukee, Wis.

Stites, Katherine, Ln. F. P. L., Hoopeston, Ill.

Stout, Hon. J. H., Trustee Mabel Tainter L., Menomonie, Wis.

Strohm, Adam, Ln. Armour Inst, of Technology, Chicago.

Stuart, William H., Leary, Stuart & Co., 9 S. 9th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Stuart, Mrs. William H., Philadelphia, Pa.

Stuntz, Steve C., As. Univ. of Wisconsin L., Madison, Wis.

Swan, L. P., Ln. State Normal School L., Whitewater, Mo.

Thayer, Maude, As. Ln. State L., Springfield, Ill.

Thorne, Elizabeth G., Ln. F. L., Port Jervis, N. Y.

Thwaites, Reuben Gold, Sec. and Supt. State Hist. Soc, Madison, Wis.

Thwaites, Mrs. R. G., Madison, Wis.

Todd, Marie A., As. P. L., Minneapolis, Minn.

Tuttle, Elizabeth, As. Ln. L. I. Hist. Soc, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Tyler, Alice S., Sec. Iowa L. Com., Des Moines, Ia.

Urban, Gertrude, As. P. L., Milwaukee, Wis.

Utley, Henry M., Ln. P. L., Detroit, Mich.

Van Valkenburgh, Agnes E., Head Cataloger P. L., Milwaukee, Wis.

Vincent, Mrs. Anna C., As. Ln. P. L., Rockford, Ill.

Voges, Aug., Bookseller, Chicago.

Waddell, Nina T., 2d As. Ln. P. L., Kansas City, Mo.

Wagner, Sula, Cataloger P. L., St. Louis, Mo.

Wales, Elizabeth B., Ln. P. L., Quincy, Ill.

Walker, Evelyn H., Ln. All Souls Church, 3939 Langley Ave., Chicago.

Wall, Lenore, Cataloger P. L., Quincy, Ill.

Wallace, Anne, Ln. Carnegie L., Atlanta, Ga.

Wallace, Charlotte Elizabeth, Ln. Hazelwood Br. Carnegie L., Pittsburg, Pa.

Warren, Irene, Ln. Univ. of Chicago School of Education, Chicago.

Waters, W. O., Univ. of Illinois L. S., Champaign, Ill.

Watson, Carrie M., Ln. Univ. of Kansas L., Lawrence, Kan.

Weber, Mrs. Jessie Palmer, Ln. State Hist. L., Springfield, Ill.

Weber, Linda, Springfield. Ill.

Webster, Ida M., Ln. P. L., Lincoln, Ill.

Wellman, Hiller Crowell, Ln. P. L., Brookline, Mass.

Welsh, Robert Gilbert, Manager Library Dept. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City.

Wescoat, Lulu M., As. P. L., St. Louis, Mo.

West, Mabel G., Cataloger Knox College L., Galesburg, Ill.

Wheelock, Mary E., Ln. P. L., Grinnell, Ia.

Whitaker, Alfred E., Ln. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Col.

White, Peter, State L. Commission, Marquette, Mich.

Whitten, Robert H., Sociology Ln. State L., Albany, N. Y.

Whitten, Mrs. Robert H., Albany, N. Y.

Whitney, Mrs. Carrie Westlake, Ln. P. L., Kansas City, Mo.

Wilkerson, Elizabeth B., Cataloger Cossitt L., Memphis, Tenn.

Williams, Lizzie Annie, Ln. P. L., Malden, Mass.

Williams, Mary, As. Hampton Inst. L., Hampton, Va.

Wilson, Halsey W., Cumulative Book Index, Minneapolis, Minn.

Windsor, Phineas L., As. L. of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Wing, Florence S., Student Univ. of Illinois L. S., Champaign, Ill.

Wire, Dr. G. E., Deputy Ln. Worcester County Law L., Worcester, Mass.

Wood, Harriet Ann, Cataloger P. L., Cincinnati, O.

Wood, Mary Whistler, Cataloger P. L., Chicago.

Woods, Henry F., Ln. P. L., East St. Louis, Ill.

Wright, Charles Edward, Ln. Andrew Carnegie F. L., Carnegie, Pa.

Wright, Mrs. Mary L., Ln. P. L. Streator, Ill.

Wright, Purd B., Ln. F. P. L., St. Joseph, Mo.

Wyer, James Ingersoll, Jr., Ln. Univ. of Nebraska L., Lincoln, Neb.

Wyer, Malcolm G., Excelsior, Minn.

Youmans, Mrs. Henry M., Pres. Wisconsin State Federation of Women's Clubs, Waukesha, Wis.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote K: The State Library Section held no meeting, as such, but its interests were represented in the meeting of the National Association of State Librarians, held simultaneously with the A. L. A. meeting, and reported in _Library Journal_, July, 1901, p. 397.]

ATTENDANCE SUMMARIES.

BY NINA E. BROWNE, _Registrar; Librarian of Library Bureau, Boston; Secretary A. L. A. Publishing Board_.

BY POSITION AND SEX.

Men. Women. Total.

Trustees and other officers 24 11 35 Chief librarians 56 118 174 Assistants 31 136 167 Library Bureau, booksellers, etc. 23 4 27 Library school students 3 3 Others 14 40 54 --- --- --- Total 148 312 460

BY GEOGRAPHICAL SECTIONS.

9 of the 9 No. Atlantic states sent 87 6 " 9 So. " " " 23 2 " 8 So. Central " " 4 8 " 8 No. " " " 318 5 " 8 Western " " 16 5 " 8 Pacific " " 9 Canada sent 3 --- Total 460

BY STATES.

Me. 4 N. H. 1 Vt. 3 Mass. 22 R. I. 3 Conn. 4 N. Y. 28 Pa. 22 Del. 2 Md. 3 D. C. 14 Va. 1 N. C. 1 Ga. 2 La. 1 Tenn. 3 Ohio. 18 Ind. 27 Ill. 119 Mich. 14 Wis. 93 Minn. 13 Ia. 18 Mo. 16 Kan. 5 Neb. 6 S. D. 2 Mont. 2 Col. 1 Ariz. 1 Cal. 3 Oregon 2 Idaho 2 Wash. 1 Canada 3 --- Total 460

NUMBER OF LIBRARIES REPRESENTED FROM EACH STATE.

Me. 3 libraries represented by 4 N. H. 1 " " 1 Vt. 2 " " 3 Mass. 9 " " 10 R. I. 2 " " 2 Conn. 3 " " 3 N. Y. 13 " " 17 Pa. 8 " " 16 Del. 1 " " 1 Md. 2 " " 3 D. C. 4 " " 11 Va. 1 " " 1 Ga. 1 " " 2 La. 1 " " 1 Tenn. 2 " " 3 Ohio. 9 " " 17 Ind. 16 " " 24 Ill. 38 " " 86 Mich. 4 " " 8 Wis. 35 " " 76 Minn. 5 " " 9 Ia. 12 " " 14 Mo. 6 " " 16 Kan. 2 " " 2 Neb. 4 " " 5 S. D. 2 " " 2 Mont. 2 " " 2 Col. 1 " " 1 Ariz. 1 " " 1 Cal. 2 " " 2 Oregon. 1 " " 2 Idaho. 1 " " 1 Wash. 1 " " 1 Canada. 2 " " 3

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Some inconsistencies and obvious errors in punctuation and capitalization have been corrected without further note.

Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been retained.

Unusual spellings have been retained, except as noted below.

Inconsistencies in spelling have been fixed in cases where there was a clear majority of a given spelling, and otherwise retained.

On p. 7, the word "multimillionaires" was broken between lines in the original; it has been arbitrarily rendered as "multimillionaires" as opposed to "multi-millionaires".

On p. 22, the phrase "to have so-called expert opinions expressed concerning books" had "concernings" in the original.

On p. 43, "expense" was "exepense" in the original.

On p. 48, the phrase "independent and autonomous institutions" had "autonymous" in the original.

On p. 62, the phrase "The best reviews of children's books ever written" had "childen's" in the original.

On p. 67, "unquestionable" was "unqestionable" in the original.

On p. 68, there is mention of "'The pink hen,' by Cuthbert Sterling. There is a fairy tale called "The Pink Hen", by Cuthbert Spurling; this may be what was meant.

On p. 71, "expressing" was "experssing" in the original.

On p. 79, the word "summer-school" was split across lines; "summer-school" was arbitrarily chosen instead of "summerschool".

On p. 82, the word "handbooks" was split across lines; "handbooks" was arbitrarily chosen instead of "hand-books"; both were in use at the time.

On p. 86, "questions" was "questtions" in the original.

On p. 109, the phrase "have examined the accounts of the treasurer" had "trueasurer" in the original.

On p. 111, in the obituary numbered "8", the word "died" was surmised; the original is unclear.

On p. 114, the phrase "the demand which would otherwise exist" had "exists" in the original.

On. p. 117, the phrase "although with very inadequate force" appeared in the original on a line ending in "in-" followed by a line starting with "dequate"; hence, "indequate".

On p. 120, the word "inter-oceanic" was split across lines; it was arbitrarily made "inter-oceanic" as opposed to "interoceanic".

On p. 130, in §8, "...meeting of the Association appoint a committee..." was "...meeting of the Association appoint a a committee..." in the original.

On p. 138, the phrase "and, secondly, when we are sure" appeared in the original on a line ending in "sec-" followed by a line starting with "condly"; hence, "seccondly".

On p. 144, the phrase "wished that a complete bibliography" appeared in the original on a line ending in "con-" followed by a line starting with "plete"; hence, "conplete".

On p. 152, the phrase "These subject headings are simply suggestive" had "heading" in the original.

On p. 155, the phrase "purely bibliographical notation" had "biliographical" in the original.

On p. 156, the word "letterpress" was split between lines once, and written as "letter-press" once; these have been changed to "letterpress" for consistency with previous usage.

On p. 159, the phrase "the purpose of the author arrangement" had "arangement" in the original.

On p. 162, the phrase "regardless of whether it was as author" had "regardlesss" in the original.

On p. 190, the phrase "the frailest of our sex" had "frailiest" in the original.

On p. 191, the phrase "the support and maintenance of public libraries" appeared in the original on a line ending in "pub-" followed by a line starting with "lib"; hence, "publib".

On p. 199, the phrase "AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN" had "GOTTINGEN" in the original.

On p. 210, the phrase "at 9 p.m. Mr. Eastman's" was missing the full stop after the "m" in the original.

On p. 210, the phrase "the monotony of work" had "monotany" in the original.

On p. 213, the phrase "Craver, Harrison Warwick" had "Harison" in the original.

On p. 217, the phrase "Shortridge High S." had "Shortbridge" in the original.