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Text Books.
C. F. Spooner,
$1.32
National Council of Teachers of English,
5.00
The Macmillan Co.,
16.43
Ginn & Company,
309.80
Allyn & Bacon,
52.30
Public School Publishing Co.,
.50
World Book Co.,
1.02
Charles E. Merrill Co.,
21.41
American Book Co.,
65.32
Frederick Leighton,
2.40
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.,
54.27
The Century Co.,
73.36
Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
113.06
Edward E. Babb & Co.,
40.42
D. C. Heath & Co.,
35.67
Gregg Publishing Co.,
5.73
Chandler School for Women,
80.00
McGraw-Hill Book Co.,
7.65
$885.66
Supplies.
American Type Founders,
$97.31
Russia Cement Co.,
.60
The Ault & Wilborg Company of N. Y.,
4.10
A. E. Coffin Press,
69.60
Carter, Rice & Co.,
1.35
45
Briggs & Beckman,
9.15
Greene & Wood,
.80
De Wolf & Vincent,
59.25
J. L. Hammett Co., 195.89
The Cudahy Packing Co.,
21.00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.,
52.33
Wadsworth Howland Co.,
13.48
Library Bureau,
38.94
Akin-Denison Co.,
24.11
B. L. Makepeace,
11.01
H. S. Hutchinson,
21.23
Browne Pharmacy,
6.11
Central Lumber and Supply Co.,
22.53
William N. Johnson,
31.05
McKinley Publishing Co.,
.34
Ginn & Company,
1.51
E. Anthony & Sons,
37.54
Ruth H. Cady,
4.65
F. S. Brightman,
.85
Dixon Redfern,
1.90
Milton Bradley Co.,
24.87
Brightman Bros.,
4.17
Steiger, Dudgeon Co.,
42.62
C. C. Birchard,
10.08
Fairhaven Star,
1.10
M. Steinert & Sons,
3.25
George C. Dickey,
.39
Jesse Willey,
.60
Mary U. Yaffee,
14.00
McIntosh Publishing Co.,
25.48
Eugene Dietzgen Co.,
5.73
George H. Morrill Co.,
2.48
Scientific Material Co.,
33.13
Estate Thomas W. Croacher,
36.62
The Bruce Publishing Co.,
1.70
$932.85
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Janitors.
William B. Weeks, Pardon A. Howland, A. C. Robertson, Arthur Dean,
$1,849.92
1,056.00
960.00
1,260.00
$5,125.92
Fuel.
City Coal Company,
$2,237.41
Dennis Mahoney,
64.95
Akin Denison Co.,
11.65
$2,314.01
Light, Water, Janitors Supplies, Etc.
Lunch Department,
$936.20
N. P. Hayes,
60.71
Fairhaven Water Co.,
318.83
Herbert W. Bliss,
17.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty,
49.08
Masury Young,
12.50
New Bedford Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.,
418.90
Standard Electric Time Co.,
2.85
Dennison Mfg. Co.,
2.73
Frank J. Jameson,
78.38
C. F. Delano,
17.36
F. E. Earle Co.,
3.15
Cudahy Packing Co.,
43.09
Akin Denison Co.,
14.75
G. M. C. Engineering Co.,
25.00
Herman H. Hathaway,
3.90
The Cutler Haner Mfg. Co.,
2.77
John R. Lyman,
20.65
Johnson Service Co.,
6.00
Wood, Brightman Co.,
6.80
47
Briggs & Beckman,
.90
Brightman Bros. Co.,
13.94
C. B. Dolge Co.,
15.00
De Wolf & Vincent,
12.23
Valentine's Machine Shop,
19.44
A. W. Harris Oil Co.,
43.35
Charles F. Wing Co.,
.75
The George T. Johnson Co.,
46.50
$2,192.76
Repairs.
F. E. Earle Co.,
$10.39
Valentine's Machine Shop,
10.00
A. Leonard Bliss, Mudge,
72.14
C. F. Delano,
28.80
$163.00
Health.
Dr. C. E. P. Thompson,
$153.00
New Equipment.
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins,
$355.00
Sundries.
Parsons Steam Laundry,
$ 33.69
Alfred F. Foote, commissioner,
10.00
Elmer Stevens,
85.60
American Railway Express,
27.76
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.,
123.15
William H. Page,
4.00
LeTendre & Son,
10.00
Louise Stevens,
8.00
41.67
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Fairhaven Star,
1.95
Calvin Delano,
170.00
Edith M. Weaver,
5.00
George C. Dickey,
10.61
Murray, The Florist,
165.00
A. F. Packard,
3.50
$658.26
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1921
TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Lyman C. Bauldry William E. Benjamin Edward L. Besse
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
Morris R. Brownell
Miss Sara B. Clarke
Miss Edith Dana
Miss Georgia E. Fairfield George B. Luther Harry L. Pope Henry H. Rogers George H. Tripp Thomas A. Tripp William B. Gardner
Mrs. Eliza C. White
Officers and Standing Committees, 1921-1922
Henry H. Rogers, President. Thomas A. Tripp, Vice President. George B. Luther, Treasurer. The Librarian Acts as Secretary of the Board.
Book Committee-
Mr. Rogers, Mr. T. A. Tripp, Miss Dana, Mr. Pope, Mrs. White.
Finance Committee-
Mr. Luther, Mr. Benjamin, Mrs. Broughton, Mr. Brownell, Mrs. G. H. Tripp.
House Committee-
Mr. Bauldry, Mr. Besse, Miss Clarke, Miss Fair- field, Mr. Gardner.
FORMER TRUSTEES
Miss Ellen H. Akin, 1893-1919
Edmund Anthony, Jr., 1902
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony, 1893-1912
James L. Gillingham, 1893-1912
Job C. Tripp, 1902-1917
Frederick B. Lyman, 1904-1909 Charles W. White, Jr., 1902-1904
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye,
1893-1919
Walter P. Winsor, 1893-1911 Mrs. Mary B. Winsor, 1893-1921
Henry H. Rogers, 1893-1909
Don C. Stevens, 1893-1901
George W. Stevens, 1893-1908
Mrs. H. H. Stillman, 1919-1920
George H. Taber, 1893-1901
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LIBRARY STAFF
GALEN W. HILL. Librarian FLORA H. LEIGHTON.
In Charge of Circulation and Children's Work
ANNIE THOMPSON
Cataloger and Accessions
SARA B. CLARKE Loan Desk
LURETTIA HOLMES.
Loan Desk and Accessions
RICHARD DEVINE
Page
EDWIN T. WILCOX Page
GEORGE TABER Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH.
ALBIN SILVA In Charge RICHARD DEVINE Assistant
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Report of the Librarian for the Year 1921
To the Trustees of The Milicent Library :
It is always a source of gratification to report that business is good. If 1921 has not been a prosperous year industrially or commercially, at least one small library can report that it has been the busiest year of the twenty-eight years of its existence.
The one drawback to this feeling of satisfaction is that our present income is and has been insufficient to meet the steady increase in the demands upon the library. Though the library has been administered as economically, we be- lieve, as possible, it has been necessary the past two years to draw upon the reserve fund for current expenses. This fund was set aside in earlier years as a reserve in case ex- traordinary repairs or replacements should be necessary. It is now at a dangerously low figure at a time when new floors are almost a necessity, and within a few years a new boiler and extensive replacements of parts of the heating and lighting systems, will be required.
Fairhaven is growing fast and the demands for library service will increase rather than diminish. Unless we can be assured of more income it is very apparent that the library building will deteriorate and that the service ren- dered by The Millicent Library must fall below the stand- ard desired by the donor and by the trustees and expected by the people of Fairhaven.
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Accessions.
During the year, 1,197 books were added to the library, and 289 were withdrawn from the shelves. This made a net increase of 908 books and a total of 27,068 books in the library. The book purchases have been kept fairly, I think, within the reasonable demand. Prices have continued high, especially so it has seemed for juveniles, and the demand for classroom libraries necessitated considerable purchase of children's books this summer. It is a pleasure to note a slight decrease in average prices for the fall books and that prices for rebinding have also dropped. Additions were made this year to our small collection of books in French, Portuguese and Italian. Of the books withdrawn a little over one hundred were duplicate fiction in good condition, and these were turned over to a small library just starting in the village of Apponegansett.
Circulation.
The circulation'of books and magazines from the main library during 1921 was 58,527, a gain of 2,773 over any previous year's record. Including the circulation from the Oxford Branch the total is 67,938, which makes the figures 4,225 ahead of those of 1919, our former record year. As mentioned in the annual report of two years ago we are carrying the steady increase in loan desk work with equip- ment that is not only out of date but is decidedly outgrown. A new registration was begun January 1, 1921 and 1,268 cards have been issued to December 31. There are at least 1,000 active cards on the old registration which have not expired.
Children's Room and Work with Schools.
The circulation of books from the children's room at the main library was 16,115, children's books taken from the Oxford Branch numbered 2,908, the total children's cir-
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culation being 19,023. This is not the record figure but is larger than that of any year except 1919. A net increase of 354 in the number of books in the children's room brings the total to 3,491. It has been necessary to shelve some of the children's books in the main stack. A rearrangement of books, and of tables and desk have made for easier service. Cloth magazine binders have been ordered for the children's magazines which will help to preserve for at least one month some of these popular periodicals.
Mrs. Leighton has continued in charge of the children's department and the work with schools. As long as she is willing to continue with this work I feel that she is very adequately solving the problem of a children's librarian.
Classroom libraries have been sent to all teachers who have requested them, the largest number of books going to the Job C. Tripp School, and the usual course in the use of the library was given to pupils of the eighth grade by Mrs. Leighton.
The library at the High School now numbers 600 Millicent Library books and about 100 books owned by the school. Since September, Miss Ethel Doran who is taking a post-graduate course, has had charge of this library. Dur- ing the summer vacation Miss Doran did very creditable work as an apprentice at the main library and gained val- nable experience. Her appointment has relieved the faculty of the school from direct charge, has centered the respon- sibility and has resulted in better service and an increased use of the books. From September 4 to December 23, 413 books were charged to students. No records were avail- able for the earlier months of the year.
Oxford Branch.
Mr. Silva's report for the year shows that 9,411 books have been issued from the Oxford Branch during the year. This figure breaks the former record of the branch by
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nearly 1,500 books and represents an average of 60 books an evening or a book issued for each minute the library is open. The record circulation for one evening was 137. Many evenings this fall there have been as many as forty or fifty persons at one time in the small room the library occupies. It is a distinct credit to Mr. Silva that the work has been handled so quietly and efficiently under such crowded conditions.
Building.
Repairs on the building have been limited to what was absolutely necessary, the replacement of a radiator, a small piece of new floor laid in the stack and other small items. The need of new floors in the entrance hall, reading room and stack or some covering such as a cork carpet should be apparent to the most casual observer. A better and more modern light is needed over the desk and the lighting sys- tem in the stacks is not the best and is expensive in the way of constant replacement of lamps. Repairs in the heating system will have to be considered and the lawn on the west side of the building needs turning over and reseeding.
The Staff.
The staff situation is somewhat more settled than a year ago. Mrs. Leighton has acted as children's librarian and has also retained general oversight of the loan desk while Miss Clarke who came in September, 1920, as a sub- stitute, we hope regards herself now as a permanent mem- ber of the staff. Almost over-zealous to the point of dis- regarding her own health, Miss Clarke felt obliged to 'leave in June, but has returned this fall on a part time schedule which so fits in as to be of material advantage to the work. In September Miss Thompson, who have been working under handicaps which would daunt most people, was granted an extension of her vacation to a month. Miss
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Clara Foster of Jackson College made a capable substitute for Miss Clarke during the summer. In the fall Miss Lurettia Holmes was added to the staff and is proving in personality and adaptability well fitted to the work.
Other Items.
On September 8 and 9 this library entertained the Cape Cod Library Club at its annual meeting. Ideal weather, an interesting program and an unexpected attendance of nearly sixty, all made for what was generally spoken of as a very successful and enjoyable meeting.
At the annual conference of the American Library Association held this year at Swampscott, June 20-26, the library was represented by Miss Clarke and Mrs. Leighton for three days, and by Mrs. Hill and the librarian for the remainder of the week. The privilege of attendance at this splendid conference of nearly 1,500 librarians was sin- cerely appreciated.
I cannot close this report without expressing for my- self and the other members of the staff the sense of loss that we have felt since the death of Mrs. Mary B. Winsor in April of the past year. A member of the board of trus- tees from the beginning of the library, Mrs. Winsor held it second to none of her many interests in the life about her. We hope she realized how much we valued her help in the appraisal of books and how much we appreciated her good judgment and quiet assistance in so many other ways. She had no inconsiderable share in making The Millicent Library what it is today.
In September Miss Edith Dana was elected to fill the vacancy on the Board.
Respectfully submitted,
GALEN W. HILL,
January 10, 1922.
Librarian.
CLASSIFIED Accessions, Withdrawals and Circulation
ACCESSIONS
With- drawals
Adults
Juvenile
Total
Main Library
Oxford Branch
Total
New Titles
Added copies
and volumes
New Titles
Added copies
and volumes
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
Adults
Juvenile
Fiction
269
126
51
114
406
165
49
33287
11013
4580 1627
1537
50423
*Periodicals
3662
#General Works
6
15
3
24
1
151
Philosophy
15
1
16
148
14
1
163
Religion
11
3
14
1
134
104
4
21
263
:Sociology
41
24
10
24
99
1
11
394
949
13
146
1502
Language
3
1
2
39
45
16
69
470
2
25
792
'Science
8
22
37
4
277
321
31
92
721
Useful Arts
31
7
2
1
41
3
871
283
89
102
1345
Fine Arts
27
4
2
33
1
568
393
24
78
1063
Music
14
16
2
3
35
224
107
2
2
335
Literature
48
8
55
129
10
865
866
16
182
1929
Travel
27
3
1
41
72
1
700
378
44
272
1394
History
576
452
46
193
1267
Biography
26
4
8
9
47
486
183
24
32
725
Total
543
214
97
343
1197
176
113
42412
16115
6503
2908
67938
289
58527
9411
*Not accessioned
Includes bound magazines
(Gifts 23)
Duplicate pay collection, 839 Pictures, pamphlets, etc., 65€ High School library, 413
17
3
7
18
45
2
3
3
3
.
7
1
5
302
5591
274
425
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CIRCULATION
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STATISTICAL REPORT. THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS. Annual Report for Year Ending December 31, 1921.
Annual Report for Year Ending December 31, 1921.
Population served
7,291
Terms of use: Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies: Central library; one branch; one school deposit station.
Days open during year (Central library) 365
Hours open each week for lending
84
Hours open each week for reading.
84
Vols. at beginning of year.
Adult 22,996
Juvenile. 3,164
Total 26,160
Vols. added by purchase
709
437
1,146
Vols. added by gift.
23
23
Vols. added by binding otherwise counted
material not
25
3
28
Vols. lost and withdrawn.
176
113
289
Vols. at close of year.
23,577
3,491
27,068
Pamphlets, pictures, etc., added.
No record kept
Vols. of fiction loaned
37,867
12,556
50,323
Total volumes loaned
48,915
19,023
67,938
Home use from agencies.
413
Other circulation (pictures, clippings, etc.).
1,495
Number of borrowers registered during year. 1,282
Total number of borrowers
2,700
Registration period, three years.
Titles
Number of periodicals currently received.
116
Copies 96 Financial statistics omitted.
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