Town annual report of Chelmsford 1894, Part 5

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Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Town of Chelmsford
Number of Pages: 94


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Donations were also received from individuals as follows : Rev. Wilson Waters, 19 volumes; Rev. H. A. Cornell, 5 ; Rev. S. I. Briant, 2; the Misses Hunt, 6; Bureau of Educa- tion, 4 bound and 16 unbound volumes; Civil Service Report, 1, and a large number of unbound magazines, mostly from Mrs. E. L. Bussell. Additional shelves were put in, filling all the space available for that purpose.



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With the material mentioned, the work of arranging, classifying, and cataloguing the books was begun. The ser- vices of Miss Celia P. Battles were procured for that purpose. Such of the books as required repairing, or rebinding, were sent to the book-binders. The popular magazines, where.we had complete volumes, were also bound.


A large number of books were found to be so dilapidated that, in the opinion of your Trustees, the money required for their repair would be better expended in the purchase of new books, and they were, therefore, discarded.


Among the books coming from these different sources ' were quite a number of duplicates which are not catalogued, but are accounted for in the summary given with this report. The expense involved in these preparations after allowing for the Librarian's compensation, it was found would consume the entire appropriation of $200 voted by the town, so that we were not only left without the means for the purchase of books from that source, but we had no funds with which to pay for the printing of the catalogue which had been prepared. In this dilemma the Proprietors of the Social Library generously came forward and paid for the printing, amounting to the sum of $101.80. Since the catalogue, was printed additional dona- tions have been received as follows: Samuel C. Hunt, 19 volumes ; Rev. Wilson Waters, 1; W. Hapgood, 1; Rev. H. A. Cornell, 2; S. A. B. Abbott, Esq., 1; F. E. Blake, 1 ; Prof. A. S. Packard, 13; E. H. Warren, 1; H. S. Perham (map), 1; Chelmsford Social Library, 57, new books.


The Trustees appointed for Librarian Mrs. E. T. Adams, who had served for several years in that capacity for the Social Library.


The library was first opened to the public Oct. 7. At first the patrons were permitted to select books from the shelves, as had been the custom in the old library, but the space was so limited, and the confusion arising from the mis- placing of the books was so great, that it was found necessary to close the doors and pass the books outside as they were


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called for. This unavoidable change has occasioned some dis- comfort to the patrons, as the space where they were obliged to wait could not be heated, but it has been borne quite patiently. The Trustees have had no funds with which to pay for the transportation of books to other parts of the town. This service has been performed for the people of South Chelmsford by Mr. A. Heady Park without compensation, exchanging the books once in two weeks. The other parts of the town have not availed themselves of the use of the library except so far as they have come individually. The library was closed to the public Feb. 17, to enable the Trustees to make an examination of its condition, and give an opportunity for some further necessary work.


The library has been open only four months and ten days. But even that brief period has been sufficient to demonstrate the wisdom of the town in taking measures to establish a Free Public Library. The number of different persons who have taken books during that time was 249, which was more than treble the number during the entire previous year of the Social Library. The number of volumes taken has been 2,647, against 1,910 during the last year of the Social Library .


The centennial celebration of the Social Library (Jan. 6, 1894,) was doubtless a factor in stimulating an interest in the library, and some of the donations of books have been from friends whose attention was called to it by that event. The hours for taking books have been from 3.30 to 4.30 on Wednesday, and from 7 to 8 o'clock on Saturday, but the Librarian has found the hour all too short to supply the throng of patrons.


The Trustees have voted that in future the hours for opening shall be from 3 to 5 o'clock on Wednesday, and from 6 to 8 on Saturday.


From what has already been said we think it must be sufficiently evident that the library is in need of better accom- modations. There still remains sufficient unoccupied space


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upon the shelves to receive what books are likely to be added during another year, and perhaps for a longer time, but there is almost no opportunity to make use of the books of reference, and no facilities for a reading room. The inconvenience to the patrons has already been mentioned.


The Trustees would recommend that the town appro- priate a sum not less than $250 for the use of the library for the ensuing. year.


STATE OF THE LIBRARY.


Whole number of books and documents now in library


2447


Source from which they were received :


From Social Library


1691


South Chelmsford Library


·


360


State of Massachusetts


105


Friends in Beverly


50


Magazines bound


90


Public documents


9


Individuals


33


Received since catalogue was printed :


From Social Library


57


Individuals


40


Public documents


.


.


12


2447


In addition to the above we have 579 unbound magazines, 1 map, and a number of books not yet passed upon by the Trustees.


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


Money appropriated by town


$200 00


Received from sale of catalogues


18 75


Received from sale of old paper Received from fines


·


30


1 95


$221 00


Paid for additional shelves and


fittings


$46 35


Paid for binding and repairing books 55 50


supplies


16 17


cleaning room


1 20


preparing catalogues, classi- fying, etc. ·


66 49


Paid Librarian from treasury $13 40


Paid Librarian from money


received for use of


library room


.


1 00


14 40


$200 11


Unexpended balance


20 89


$221 00


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. HARRIET M. BARTLETT, Secretary, LUTHER H. SARGENT,


HENRY S. PERHAM, Chairman, S. INGERSOLL BRIANT, MISS LOUISA A. ALLEN, A. HEADY PARK,


Trustees.


Books Added to the Library Since the Cata= logue Was Printed, March, 1894.


FICTION.


Beric the Briton. G. A. Henty 4.916


Karl Krinken. Elizabeth Wetherell ·


2.704


Caspar and His Friends. Amy Lothrop 2 701 .


Canoe-Mates. Kirk Monroe


3.710


Camp-Mates. Kirk Monroe


3.712


Dory-Mates. Kirk Monroe


3.711


Eleanor's Visit. Joanna H. Mathews


2.616


Elsie's Santa Claus. Joanna H. Mathews 2.618 ·


Fanny's Birthday Gift. Joanna H. Mathews 2.613


Hard Maple. Elizabeth Wetherell


2.700


Hildegarde's Home. Laura E. Richards Hildegarde's Holiday. Laura E. Richards


2.620


Ivar the Viking. Paul Du Chaillu


3.502


Jenny Wren's Boarding House. James Otis


3.500


Mabel Walton's Experiment. Joanna H. Mathews


2 617


Mr. Rutherford's Children. Elizabeth Wetherell 2.702


One of the 28th : A Tale of Waterloo. G. A. Henty 4.920


Peter Budstone. J. T. Trowbridge 3.707


Phil and His Friends. J. T. Trowbridge 3.708


Queen Hildegarde. Laura E. Richards 2.621 ·


Raft-Mates. Kirk Monroe 3.713


Redskin and Cowboy. G. A. Henty


4.918 .


Rosalie's Pet. Joanna H. Mathews 2.615


Saint Bartholomew's Eve. G. A. Henty 4.917 .


3.715


School-boy Days in Italy. Andre Laurie . School-boy Days in Russia. Andre Laurie ·


3.714


Sybil and Chryssa. Elizabeth Wetherell 2.703


·


2.619


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The Arabian Nights. Revised and Annotated by Jas. Mason 5.612


The New Scholars. Joanna H. Mathews 2.614 ·


The One I Knew Best. F. H. Burnett 3.501 . The Satin-Wood Box. J. T. Trowbridge ·


3.709


To Right the Wrong. Edna Lyall 2.622


True to the Flag. G. A. Henty


4.919


Works of Jonathan Swift, with Notes and Life of


Author, by Walter Scott. 19v. . 5.900- 918


JUVENILE. .


Another Brownie Book. Palmer Cox 5.429


The Brownies at Home. Palmer Cox . 5.430


BIOGRAPHY.


Admiral Farragut. Capt. A. T. Mahan . 10.810


General Jackson. James Parton . 10.811


General Thomas. Henry Coppee, LL. D. . 10.812


Louis Agassiz. C. F. Holder . 10.712


Memorial of Alpheus Spring Packard 10.1014


Memoir of Jeffries Wyman. A. S. Packard


10.1015


Memoir of Josiah Gardner Abbott. Chas.


Cowley .


10.1013


One of a Thousand. Biographical sketches of


one thousand representative men of


Massachusetts 19.213


Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, 2 vol. 11.808-809


HISTORY.


Customs and Fashions in Old New England. A. M. Earle 10.307 .


History of Harvard. Henry S. Nourse 10.1012


. History of Prussia. J. S. C. Abbott 8.610


Lucy Keyes : The Lost Child of Wachusett Mt. Francis E. Blake 10.1016


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The Sabbath in Puritan New England. A. M. Earle 10.306


Twenty Years in Congress. J. G. Blaine, 2 vols. 11.810-811


TRAVELS.


Ascent of the Volcano of Popocatepetl. A. S. Packard 7.421


Europe Illustrated. Edited by F. K. Warren 6.709


Letters of Travel. Phillips Brooks 6 415


Over the Mexican Plateau in a Diligence. A.


S. Packard 7.422


Saunterings. Chas. Dudley Warner 6.619


The Heart of Europe. Leo De Colange ·


6.710


The Labrador Coast. A. S. Packard


7.512


The World's Worship in Stone. M. M. Ripley


6.708


Zigzag Journeys in the Great North-West. H. Butterworth 6 520


Zigzag Journeys in the Mediterranean. H. Butterworth 6 521


SCIENCE.


Zoology for High Schools and Colleges. A. S. Packard


. 20 905


SOCIOLOGY.


The Farmers' Tariff Manual. Daniel Strange. 16.308


AMERICAN PROSE.


A New England Boyhood. E. E. Hale : 18 507


Speeches, Lectures, and Addresses. Wen-


dell Phillips, 2 vols. .


18.505-506


AGRICULTURE.


Entomological Writings of A. S. Packard, 4 pam 21.97-100 Causes of Destruction of Forest Trees. A. S. Packard, 2 pam. . 21.101-102


Fifth Report of U. S. Entomological Commission 21.103


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BOOKS OF REFERENCE.


Notable Episcopal Churches. G. W. Shinn 13.107


Official Congressional Directory 12.207


The Science of Correspondences Elucidated. Edward Madeley


13.108


EDUCATIONAL REPORTS, ETC.


Abnormal Man. Arthur MacDonald.


Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania. F.


N. Thorpe.


Biological Teaching in the Colleges of the United States. John P. Campbell.


Education in Delaware. Lyman P. Powell.


Higher Education in Ohio. G. W. Knight & J. R. Commons.


Report of Commissioner of Education, 1889-'90. 2 vols.


Report of U. S. Civil Service Commission, July, '91 ; June, '92.


Report on Secondary School Studies, Dec., 1893.


Shorthand Instruction and Practice. J. E. Rockwell.


Spelling Reform. Francis A. March.


Statistics of Public Libraries in U. S. and Canada. Weston Flint.


MISCELLANEOUS.


Catechism. Hezekiah Packard.


Map of Chelmsford in 1794.





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