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Expenditures : Narragansett Machine Co., Ginn & Co., J. L. Hammett Co., Chas. Johnson, Jr.,
$101 25 14 40
236 96
75 00
$427 61
Balance, Feb. 1, 1914,
294 36
$721 97
$721 97
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Dr.
Cr.
Receipts : Balance, Feb. 1, 1913, Appropriation, March, County Dog Fund,
$ 1,43865 20,00000 638 17
Expenditures :
Teaching,
$12,678 50
Supervision,
1,457 30
Janitors,
1,811 00
Transportation,
1,88975
Fuel,
86960
Books,
42663
Supplies,
320 91
Repairs and New Equipment,
1,17999
Miscellaneous,
92165
$21,555 33
Balance, Feb. 1, 1914,
521 49
$22,076 82
$22,07682
EDMUND ANTHONY, JR. SCHOOL FUND
Dr.
Cr.
Receipts : Dividends on October 23, 1913,
$200 00
THE H. H. ROGERS TRUST FUND
Dr.
Cr.
Receipts : Dividends on January 30, 1914,
$810 07
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Teachers.
Sara B. Clarke,
$1,000.00
Myra D. Crowell,
800.00
Vashti M. Crosby,
750.00
Bertha C. Grimes,
250.00
Marion H. Lovell,
275.00
Mrs. C. F. Kendrick,
157.25
Grace J. Delva,
375.00
Ruth Bailey,
237.50
Elsie M. Kelley,
275.00
Eula P. Goodael,
275.00
Hazel E. Patterson,
275.00
Sara M. Curtis
525.00
Edith M. Kendrick,
565.00
Mattie L. Norris,
655.00
Ida M. Lindquist,
248.75
Marguerite Struthers,
240.00
Lillie B. Allen,
525.00
Katherine R. Eames,
525.00
Mildred A. Thompson,
250.00
Florence Adams,
72.00
Mildred Canfield,
144.00
Rachel E. Kingsley,
525.00
Mary A. S. Sale,
525.00
Lydia Ilsley,
240.00
Rosa M. Bowker,
250.00
Fannie G. Harlow,
250.00
Lucy J. Bonney,
200.00
Alice T. Lee,
50.00
Mary F. Calden,
250.00
Edale B. Garside,
240.00
Constance Andrews,
137.50
Charlotte C. Bayley,
240.00
Mrs. Charles F. Woodbury,
202.50
Mrs. F. C. Hill,
186.75
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Mrs. W. H. Thayer, Rachel W. Gifford, M. Maud Morton, Anna B. Trowbridge, John R. King,
6.25
6.00
450.00
450.00
50.00
$12,678.50
Janitors.
R. B. White,
$250.00
C. L. Lawton,
350.00
F. C. Taber,
300.00
Samuel Bumpus,
36.00
Willard A. Hoxie,
35.00
A. H. Austin,
540.00
J. B. Alton,
300.00
$1,811.00
Transportation.
J. L. Eldridge,
$200.00
Poor Department,
300.00
A. L. Mackie,
175.00
Lillie B. Allen,
25.00
Union Street Railway Co.,
1,189.75
$1,889.75
Superintendent. .
Charles F. Prior, $1,457.30
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Fuel.
Denison Brothes, J. C. Tripp, George P. Randall,
$746.94
82.96
31.45
A. L. Austin,
8.25
$869.60
Books.
Charles Sanborn & Sons,
$18.05
D. C. Heath & Co.,
155.13
E. Babb & Co.,
42.08
School Arts Publishing Co.,
14.00
Ginn & Co.,
25.92
Charles E. Merrill Co.,
3.60
Little, Brown & Co.,
20.85
American Book Co.,
33.60
Educational Publishing Co.,
17.32
D. Appleton & Co.,
13.34
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
51.24
Burr J. Merriam,
10.00
J. L. Hammett Co.,
21.50
$426.63
Supplies.
J. L. Hammett Co.,
$233.58
Milton Bradley & Co.,
42.67
E. Babb & Co.,
26.16
A. N. Palmer Co.,
4.10
F. S. Brightman & Co.,
4.75
Pairpoint Corporation,
2.95
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
6.70
$320.91
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Repairs and New Equipment.
H. H. Hathaway,
$106.32
C. F. Delano,
178.29
L. W. Morton,
25.43
Edward R. Cole,
1.25
Kenney Brothers & Wolkins,
351.20
F. W. Elliot,
20.00
Parke E. Davis,
31.50
A. L. Bliss,
15.25
S. Whitlow,
3.65
C. A. Hacker,
1.25
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.,
5.38
P. F. Wood Boiler Co.,
14.90
Charles Derosier,
5.54
B. Taber,
236.80
Walworth, English & Flett,
15.75
M. P. Whitfield,
118.60
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.,
13.03
David P. Valley,
25.00
Charles F. Wing Co.,
9.60
A. C. Gardner,
1.25
$1,179.99
Miscellaneous.
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.,
$40.27
Dr. A. N. Bruckshaw,
100.00
Fairhaven Water Co.,
183.63
C. D. Waldron,
47.36
Fairhaven Post Office,
39.90
Adams Express Co.,
12.70
F. S. Brightman & Co.,
9.04
H. W. Barney,
.55
F. W. Fraits,
14.50
West Disinfectant Co.,
30.00
George S. Nickerson,
3.25
Robert N. Doran,
1.15
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Wright & Potter,
1.56
Dr. H. B. Hamilton,
3.00
Briggs & Beckman,
20.05
New Bedford Rubber Co.,
2.15
C. F. Cushing,
5.15
Kenney Brothers & Wolkins,
1.20
New Bedford Printing Co.,
11.75
Browne Pharmacy,
1.15
C. W. H. Moulton Co.,
5.00
Z. B. Davis Corp.,
1.45
C. J. Becker,
2.80
C. F. Delano,
10.87
Calvin Delano,
25.75
A. L. Austin,
3.50
H. S. Hutchinson,
1.20
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.,
.75
New Bedford Despatch Co.,
.35
Ginn & Co.,
2.69
C. A. Hacker,
1.00
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
3.18
A. L. Mackie,
30.00
Rachel W. Gifford,
144.00
Joseph Sylvia,
6.40
W. H. Dunham,
20.50
C. F. Prior,
35.86
Peter Murray,
4.00
H. H. Hathaway,
11.91
A. R. Washburn,
7.17
George S. Eddy,
6.00
Somerville Brush Co.,
6.45
N. P. Hayes,
3.74
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.,
1.25
Manuel D'Amarel,
39.72
Barrett Mfg. Co.,
6.25
B. F. Cottelle,
2.50
P. B. Bragdon,
9.00
$921.65
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THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
1913
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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY 1893-1914.
President
HENRY H. ROGERS
1893-1909
HENRY H. ROGERS
1909-
Vice Presidents
WALTER P. WINSOR
1893-94
GEORGE H. TABER
1895-96
GEORGE H. TRIPP
1897-98
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1899-00
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1901-02
JOB C. TRIPP,
1903-04
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1905-06
FREDERICK B. LYMAN
1907-08
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1909-11
EDWARD L. BESSE
1911-13
MORRIS R. BROWNELL
1913-
Treasurers
JAMES L. GILLINGHAM
1893-94
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE
.
1895-96
WALTER P. WINSOR
1897-1911
GEORGE B. LUTHER
1911-
Secretaries
THOMAS A. TRIPP
1893-96
MISS ELLEN H. AKIN .
1895-96
MRS. SARAH C. ANTHONY
1897-98
MRS. LIZZIE F. NYE
1899-00
DON C. STEVENS
1901
DREW B. HALL
1901-1911
GALEN W. HILL
1911-
STANDING COMMITTEES 1913-1914
Book Committee-
Mr. Rogers, Mr. Brownell, Mr. T. A. Tripp, Mrs. Winsor, Miss Clarke.
Finance Cimmittee-
Mr. Luther, Mr. J. C. Tripp, Mrs. Nye, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Pope.
House Committee-
Mr. Besse, Mr. G. H. Tripp, Miss Akin, Mrs. Broughton, Mr. Bauldry.
Trustees
Miss Ellen H. Akin
1893-
Edmund Anthony, Jr.
1902
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony
1893-1912
Lyman C. Bauldry
1913-
William E. Benjamin
1893-
Edward L. Besse
1893-
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton Morris R. Brownell
1909-
Miss Sara B. Clarke
1912-
James L. Gillingham
1893-1912
George B. Luther .
1909-
Frederick B. Lyman
1904-1909
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye
1893-
Henry H. Rogers .
1893-1909
Henry H. Rogers, Jr.
1909-
Harry L. Pope
1912-
Don C. Stevens
1893-1901
George H. Tripp
1893-
Job C. Tripp
1902-
Thomas A. Tripp
1893-
Charles W. White, Jr.
1902-1904
Mrs. Mary G. Winsor
1893-
Walter P. Winsor
1893-1911
George H. Taber
1893-1901
George W. Stevens
1893-1908
1893-
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LIBRARY STAFF
LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY.
GALEN W. HILL
June, 1911-
ASSISTANTS.
FLORA H. LEIGHTON, in charge of circulation
EDA M. PERRY, Children's Librarian ANNIE THOMPSON, Cataloger RICHARD A. DENNIE, Page
January, 1903- February, 1905- December, 1891- January, 1913-
JANITOR.
WILLIAM O. SAWYER April, 1907-
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1913.
To the Trustees of the Library :-
I have the honor of submitting the annual report of the library for the year ending December 31, 1913.
An increase in interest on the part of the people of the town, an increase in the right sort of circulation, a closer co- operation with the schools and an advance on the technical side of the work in making the catalog a more useful tool and guide to readers are some of the reasons for believing that progress has been made the past year.
Accessions and Withdrawals.
During the year 983 volumes were added to the library, while 695 were withdrawn from the shelves. This shows a net increase of 288, making the total number of volumes in the library 21,156. Thirty-eight titles of fiction were added to the pay duplicate collection. The accessions and with- drawals by classes appear in the tabulated statistics at the end of the report.
The work begun in 1911, of withdrawing from the shelves such early accessions as had outlived their usefulness was continued as time permitted through 1912 and completed last winter. The books thus rejected amounting to 700 titles and 1070 volumes, all non-fiction (the fiction was previously dis- posed of) were sent to C. F. Libbie & Co., book auctioneers, of Boston, and sold by them at two sales in April. The net amount received from the sale was $137.81, a sum fully as large as we expected.
In connection with the accessions, special mention should be made of the gift to the library by Mr. Job. C. Tripp, of the
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Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language by Prof. F. A. March.
During the fall, additions were made to the music collec- tion. these taking the form chiefly of piano and vocal scores in bound volumes. A brief note in the weekly paper that such music was available resulted in a very decided increase in the use of the whole collection. An effort will be made the coming year to build up a more up-to-date and better- rounded collection of books on mechanics, engineering, busi- ness, and the different trades, and to encourage their use.
Binding.
Four hundred and eighty-eight books were rebound, be- sides the binding of fifty-four volumes of periodicals. This is a larger amount of binding than usual. A volume might be written on the loose, fragile binding that the publishers put on the ordinary one-dollar to two-dollar book. A change in the shelving was made so as to bring together all the bound periodicals of a general nature along the rear wall and stack of the gallery.
Registration.
Registration for the year numbered 418 names. Of these, 174 were adults, 106 children, and 89 non-residents. The total registration is 2876 names, probably about 2400 being active borrowers. It is an interesting note that exactly two- thirds of the adults registered are women and one-third, men. In the case of children, there is nearly an equal division, half boys and half girls.
Circulation.
The circulation from the regular collection for the year was 50,370 volumes, which was an increase of 1186 over 1912, a normal increase and the largest circulation in the history of
the library with one exception, 1894, the year after its foun- dation. There was also an increase in the amount of non- fiction loaned, which is decidedly pleasing as the rule made the previous year extending the time limit on non-fiction from two to four weeks would naturally tend to decrease the num- ber of issues of such books during the year.
The number of books issued under the usual vacation privilege rule was exceptionally large, 774 volumes. The per- centage of fiction loaned was 67.7, that per capita (using the New Bedford Standard's estimate of the 1913 population of Fairhaven) was 9.75 and per borrower registered 18.9.
Catalogue.
A complete revision of the subject headings in the card catalogue was carried out during the year. The very great need of such a revision was explained in the last annual re- port. The new and amplified edition of the list of subject headings published by the American Library Association was used as the basis and the whole catalogue was gone over carefully, headings being changed to correct inconsistences and to secure uniformity. All headings were typewritten in red ink and an entirely new set of reference cards made. All this detail occupied a very considerable part of the time of the librarian and Miss Perry during the year. Miss Helen McCoy, a student of the New York State Library School spent the month of March at the library and materially as- sisted in this work. The value of the catalogue has been greatly enhanced and one may be reasonably sure that all the books in the library on a subject are now listed under that subject instead of under two or three synonomous head- ings with no cross references between them.
The one thing much needed in the catalog is a more careful analysis of many of the books in the library, particularly collections of biographies and literature. In this way much material not available in single books may be listed in the catalogue. This sort of cataloging is often the most useful
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in a library of this size and type, and as time permits, such analytical cards will be made for some of the books.
Bulletin.
With the beginning of the year, the Bulletin was changed from a monthly to a quarterly publication, being issued in March, June, September, and December. The change has proved satisfactory both as to cost and from the point of usefulness. It seems to be better appreciated by the pub- lic generally; more people ask for it at the desk; there are inquiries as to when it is to come out, and checked copies are often brought to the library.
Children's Room and Work With Schools.
The circulation from the children's room was 13,129, an increase of 700 over last year and of nearly 200 over that of any year since the department was instituted. The cause of the increase seems not so much that the children read more books, but that more children use the library. On many evenings the seating capacity of the children's room is in- adequate. This makes discipline more difficult, but in the main the children have been orderly and well behaved.
The usual vacation privilege heretofore only granted to adults of taking out an extra number of books and of keep- ing them all summer was extended this year to children liv- ing at a considerable distance from the library. Many chil- dren from East Fairhaven and Oxford availed themselves of the opportunty and seemed to appreciate it. These same boys and girls fill the children's room during the free period at noon after their lunch at school and are exceptional in their behavior and their enjoyment of reading.
A new bookcase with glass doors was purchased to fit the space between the children's room and the main stack. In this case has been placed the special collection of illustrated gift books, best editions of children's classics and standard
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fairy tales and picture books. Previously these books were kept in a closed cabinet in the stack room. Now they can be seen by the children and parents and their use under special rules has increased.
The shelving in the children's room is becoming a problem. The shelves are very crowded and during the summer when the school collections are returned and there is less circula- tion, the books often have to be piled on top of each other or on the floor. To save room, many of the new books for older children have been classified with the adult collection, but neither this nor the elimination of the old and worn out books has relieved the congestion to any considerable extent.
Work With Schools.
School libraries were sent as usual to the High and Oxford schools. Evidence of continued and increased interest on the part of teachers in the library was very gratifying to the library staff. Some time in the early spring, at the sugges- tion of the librarian, two of the High School teachers present- ed papers at one of the regular teachers' meetings on the subject, "The Public Library and the High School." One paper was written from the viewpoint of the librarian, and the other gave that of the school and the teacher. Judging from the report of the meeting which was given to the libra- rian, it was unusually interesting and developed considerable discussion. As a development of this discussion, one of the teachers brought a class of students to the library and personally instructed them in the use of the catalogue and other tools in securing material for special work.
A special list selected from some of the books in the library on educational subjects was printed in the September Bulletin. Special copies of this Bulletin with personal cards asking the co-operation of teachers in building up the educa- tional collection were sent to each teacher. The books in this list together with a few others on allied topics were placed
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on four shelves near the delivery desk. At the end of six weeks it was noted that only one shelf of books was left, the remainder being in circulation.
Graded lists of books for pupils from the fourth to the eighth grades were compiled by Miss Perry last fall. These are chiefly compilations of several lists issued by libraries and schools for supplementary reading. They were type- written and are tentative only. The teachers have been asked by Miss Perry to cooperate with her by making the lists accessible to the children, by recommending books from them to their classes, by suggesting the omission of such books as may be beyond a particular grade or otherwise unsuitable or undesirable, and by suggesting to the library, titles not mentioned in the lists. After a trial period long enough to discover what books are best adapted to use, per- manent lists will be prepared and printed.
Buildings and Grounds.
During the the spring the old evergreen hedge on the line of the library property in the rear of the building was taken up and replaced by a new privet hedge. The brick sidewalk on William street was repaired in the fall. The repairs with- in the building have been few and minor in character. A new typewriter was purchased in May, an accession greatly ap- preciated. The old one which was taken in exchange had become very unreliable in action and was not adapted to card work.
Personal.
Mr. Lyman C. Bauldry was chosen a trustee in March to fill a vacancy in the board.
The meetings of the Massachusetts Library Club have, as usual, been attended by some members of the staff. and through the generosity of the trustees, the librarian had the opportunity and the pleasure of attending the conference of
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the American Library Association at Kaaterskill, New York, June 23rd to 28th.
In conclusion I wish to express to the Board of Trustees my sincere appreciation for their uniform courtesy and confi- dence and to my associates in the work of the library, the same appreciation for their continued enthusiasm and effi- cient cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
GALEN W. HILL, Librarian.
January 13, 1914.
APPENDIX. Accessions, Withdrawals and Circulation, 1913.
ACCESSIONS
WITH- DRAWALS
CIRCULATION
Adults
Children's Room
Total
Adults
Child- ren's Room
Pay Duplicates
Schoolr'm Libraries
Pictures Pamphlets and Clippings
34,248
Fiction
176
108
53
98
435
38
109
153
25,921
8,327
General Works
6
1
5
12
18
2
137
30
167
Periodicals
35
4
39
14
5,197
262
15,459
Philosophy
8
1
9
115
7
122
Religion
13
1
14
4
172
128
300
Sociology
61
8
5
6
80
13
5
496
641
1,137
Language
6
3
3
12
4
12
59
401
460
Science
20
2
6
2
30
11
1
270
213
1,234
Useful Arts
62
22
7
11
80
7
11
725
510
Not classified
Not classified
320
Music
29
11
1
41
5
8
914
849
1,763
Travel
41
6
5
4
56
11
9
1,171
618
1,789
History
16
1
7
6
30
207
2
366
549
915
Biography
23
1
1
25
10
2
543
195
738
Totals
527
203
108
145
983
38
464
231
37,241
13,129
1082
730
1392
53,574
*Exceptions were Mary Antin's Promised Land and Price Collier's, West in the East; both enjoyed a large circulation.
tChiefly unbound magazines.
Registration for year, 418.
Total registration, 2876.
.
Total
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
New titles
Add. copies & volumes
Pay Duplicates
Adults
Children's Room
21
2
941
293
1,235
Fine Arts
40
26
5
14
4
49
214
106
Chiefly fiction *
483
3
1
71
Literature
Largest day's circulation, 230, Friday, January 10. Smallest day's circulation, 55, Christmas day. Per cent. fiction circulation, 67.7. Circulation per capita (Pop. 5500), 9.75. Circulation per borrower, 18.9.
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