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76.54
Little, Brown & Co.
33.21
The Macmillan Co.
343.40
Charles Scribner's Sons
108.65
John C. Winston Co.
37.06
The University Publishing Co.
.95
Silver-Burdett & Co.
70.88
World Book Co.
·14.71
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge
1.29
Public School Publishing Co.
2.21
Longmans, Green & Co.
31.81
Lyons & Carnahan
16.19
L. C. Page & Co.
9.43
D. C. Heath & Co.
148.71
J. B. Lippincott Co.
17.06
Rand, McNally & Co.
3.36
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
469.32
Scott Foresman & Co.
97.60
Keystone View Co.
7.83
Charles E. Merrill Co.
9.18
Warwick & York
1.04
New England Publishing Co.
18.00
C. C. Birchard & Co.
13.76
$2,599.91
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SUPPLIES
F. S. Brightman Co. $ 20.97
Edward E. Babb & Co.
975.86
Fairhaven Star
176.15
Milton Bradley Co. 400.56
The Browne Pharmacy
5.80
J. L. Hammett Co.
673.16
Playground & Recreation Assn. of America
8.70
Ryan & Buker
26.62
Bastian Bros. Co.
43.98
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
36.85
White-Smith Music Publishing Co.
4.61
Knight, Allen & Clark
5.50
National Safety Council
4.60
W. M. Diser Co.
5.84
Steiger-Dudgeon Co.
5.85
Superintendent of Documents
1.00
Scott, Foresman Co.
13.50
Public School Publishing Co.
91.67
Dowling School Supply Co.
80.85
C. E. Doner
23.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
2.68
The University Publishing Co.
8.94
H. S. Hutchinson & Co.
.50
National Child Welfare Assn.
4.20
Russell Sage Foundatoin
2.40
Wheeler Publishing Co.
22.69
Art Craft Industries
14.61
McIntosh Publishing Co.
1.28
New Bedford School Department
1.25
William Livesey
7.95
$2,671.57
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TEACHERS
C. Harold Striley
$2,287.50
Reta J. Reid
1,665.00
Elizabeth Hastings
1,500.00
Lora E. Tuckwell
900.00
Evelyn F. Nordstrom
1,274.00
Hazel E. Berry
1,410.00
Hazel B. Allen
780.00
Marion Johnson
560.00
M. Alice O'Brien
745.00
Margaret McGuire
400.00
Doris L. Leavitt
480.00
M. Louise Norris
1,500.00
Irma Sherin
1,055.00
Mary A. S. Sale
1,520.00
Maybelle Carroll
690.00
Gladys Axtell
520.00
Helen Newton
1,320.00
Carrie M. Worthing
750.00
Helen Rounseville
440.00
Gertrude Janowsky
1,350.00
Gertrude Karl
1,320.00
Gladys Heeley
1,195.75
Sara Mclaughlin
703.15
Mildred Hall
1,350.00
Hazel M. Hack
1,840.00
Helen K. Nicholson
1,470.00
Mildred Borden
1,350.00
Edith A. McNamara
1,350.00
Mary S. Fletcher
1,350.00
Louise C. Johnson
540.00
Beatrice Smith
750.00
Mildred Webb
1,350.00
Katherine MacDonald
400.00
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Arline P. Coburn
796.50
Elizabeth Graham
1,840.00
Marion Nicholson
1,060.00
Marjorie Llewelyn
1,060.00
Alice E. Baker
1,316.25
Evelyn McFarlin
750.00
Caroline R. Gilmore
1,350.00
Dorothy Fuller
1,350.00
Elizabeth Carroll
1,060.00
Katherine G. Manning
1,302.75
Margaret Costello
400.00
Myra D. Crowell
1,940.00
Susan G. Livesey
1,400.00
Edith C. Kendrick
1,350.00
Rose Caton
1,320.00
Elizabeth Caswell
157.50
Josephine Griffin
1,190.00
Augusta L. Rigby
1,272.50
Gertrude H. Falt
330.00
Dorothea Pollard
1,060.00
Alice M. O'Brien
555.00
Eva Riley
400.00
Mary T. Katkin
520.00
Eunice E. Terry
412.50
Malcolm Castle
1,410.00
Sara Gibbons
1,160.00
Hazel Lovering
1,240.00
A. Edna Blankinship
460.00
A. Edna Keough
875.00
Anna B. Trowbridge
1,000.00
Evelyn B. Wells
846.50
Edith M. Faunce
350.00
Inez Boynton
405.00
Muriel Secord
266.75
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
900.00
Mary A. S. Sale, noon hour
54.90
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Mrs. Rachel B. Luther
180.00
Mary Hannigan
600.00
Mrs. Lumbard
207.00
Hazel M. Hack, noon hour
50.00
Mrs. H. T. Gidley
182.00
Mrs. Dutton
12.00
Mrs. Chester Kendrick
149.25
Frances Kingman
148.00
Mrs. Grace Babbitt
48.00
Mrs. F. E. Earle
54.00
Mrs. Pearl Wilbor
30.00
Mrs. Annie D. Tripp
12.00
Delmer F. Borah
200.00
Alice Cardoza
3.00
Florence Valentine
206.10
Evening School Teachers
James M. Parkinson
$176.00
Guy B. Staples
154.00
Mildred E. Gurney
45.50
Hazel M. Hack
80.50
$456.00
456.00
$72,663.90
JANITORS
Charles H. Lawton
$ 960.00
Willard L. Hoxie
1,040.00
Thomas Barnes
1,124.00
Walter L. Holmes
1,044.00
Walter Spencer
1,040.00
Joseph Arkwright
152.00
Allen Spooner
22.82
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Bert W. Besse
920.00
Wm. B. Weeks, night school
14.00
Joseph Arkwright, night school
12.00
Bert W. Besse, night school
64.00
$6,392.82
TRANSPORTATION
Union Street Railway Co.
$2,193.75
Alexander Hadfield
1,546.00
3,739.75
FUEL
Holmes Coal Co.
$3,118.94
George P. Randall
34.16
Charles James
12.00
$3,165.10
LIGHT, WATER, JANITOR'S SUPPLIES, ETC.
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$ 1.88
The Charles F. Wing Co.
3.01
F. S. Brightman
1 29.50
Church's Market
11.18
H. I. Dallman Co.
88.72
The Millicent Library
11.75
La-Lo Chemical Co.
41.77
Fairhaven Water Co.
1,133.66
N. P. Hayes Co.
20.75
John H. Bryant
2.50
Frank J. Jameson
7.79
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
4.39
William Livesey
24.59
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Henry C. Doughty
164.00
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
489.08
H. K. Nye
8.97
J. Oscar Peckham
5.50
Reformatory for Women
11.99
C. F. Delano
47.12
Chas. P. Thatcher
38.09
De Wolf & Vincent
27.50
Patrick Sullivan
15.00
Herman H. Hathaway
3.57
John Sutcliffe
3.46
Hawes-Farmer Electric Co.
10.48
$2,306.25
REPAIRS
Walworth-English-Flett Co.
$ 86.82
William Livesey
38.41
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
13.81
Herbert W. Bliss
36.86
Herman H. Hathaway
42.29
F. E. Earle Co.
241.15
Norman W. Macleod
32.31
Wade & Sisson
199.97
C. F. Delano
40.80
A. Leonard Bliss
13.82
Charles E. Lumbard
119.98
Osberg & Knowton
133.82
DeWolf & Vincent
38.78
William H. Page
5.00
C. W. H. Moulton Co.
8.20
Patrick Sullivan
35.30
Richard T. Thatcher
33.06
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New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
107.38
C. E. Beckman Co. 2.80
Wing & Evans Inc.
22.41
Econmy Electric Co. M. P. Whitfield
7.65
14.15
Valentine's Machine Shop
31.01
Dupuis Piano Co.
1.50
$1,307.28
NEW EQUIPMENT
Charles F. Wing Co.
$ 129.83
Kenney Bros & Wolkins
278.63
Milton Bradley Co.
16.00
The Hospital Supply Co.
12.47
Remington Typewriter Co.
70.00
J. L. Hammett Co.
17.50
Byron Jackson
375.00
Ryan & Buker
375.00
Wright & Ditson
29.66
F. S. Brightman Co.
26.10
Edward E. Babb & Co.
56.72
C. E. Beckman Co.
30.11
$1,417.02
HEALTH
Dr. Chas. E. P. Thompson
$ 426.00
Lena P. Howland, School Nurse
1,500.00
$1,926.00
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MISCELLANEOUS
Manuel D'Amarel
$154.91
Delmer F. Borah
125.00
American Railway Express Co.
18.40
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
6.20
C. E. Beckman Co.
1.90
M. Steinert & Sons Co.
5.00
Fairhaven Garage
1.40
J. L. Hammett Co.
3.52
F. R. & N. B. Express Co.
4.04
Browne Pharmacy
5.75
Patrick Sullivan
70.00
Thomas Barnes
2.50
Herbert Barnes
4.00
Commissioner of Public Safety
24.00
- Robert S. Erickson
4.50
Clarence M. Dunn
5.17
H. T. Hillman
4.00
W. B. Weeks
17.00
Fairhaven Star
37.50
H. M. Hopwood & Son
1.00
Charles F. Prior
26.60
$522.39
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1926
Alton B. Paull
$ 25.00
Edward L. Besse
25.00
Wm. B. Gardner
25.00
James Stetson
25.00
Mrs. Ella H. Blossom
25.00
Miss Sara B. Clarke
25.00
$150.00
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INSURANCE
Alfred Nye
$ 7.80
Goddard, Case & Borden Cornish-Craig Corp. E. S. Whiting
226.53
488.50
107.00
$829.83
PORTABLE SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Edward E. Dabb & Co.
$4,788.74
William Livesey
7.00
Manuel D'Amarel
14.09
Thomas Barnes
6.00
L. Robinson
4.50
E. Winpenny
4.50
John Karl
5.00
$4,829.83
HIGH SCHOOL (Itemized Expenditures)
TEACHERS
George C. Dickey
$3,290.00
Guy B. Staples
2,000.00
James M. Parkinson
2,150.00
Robert S. Erickson
900.00
Bernard Shelley
-
580.00
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
600.00
Edwin F. Pidgeon
1,080.00
Delmer F. Borah
720.00
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Mildred E. Gurney
350.00
Lena J. Russell
1,252.50
Margaret Siebert
2,000.00
Eunice E. Strong
1,770.00
Florence R. Griswold
1,470.00
Inez Boynton
770.00
Grace W. Mackie
1,288.50
Ruby R. Dodge
1,350.00
Susan B. Gifford
1,350.00
Mary E. Heald
1,570.00
Ruth Tyler
1,500.00
Marjorie Gifford
1,350.00
Geraldine Freeman
1,240.00
Evelyn B. Wells
576.00
Anna B. Trowbridge
425.00
Elvera L. Bianchi
390.00
Ella Rockwood
125.00
Winifred Hughes
260.00
Catherine Dennie
240.00
$30,597.00
OFFICE CLERK
Mildred F. Bryant
$240.00
TEXT BOOKS
American Book Co.
$ 173.90
Little, Brown & Co.
8.10
Allyn & Bacon
246.77
Edward E. Babb & Co.
23.52
The Macmillan Co.
-31.45
G. P. Putnam's Sons
.80
Ryan & Buker
20.21
Charles Scribner's Sons
1.53
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Hougton, Mifflin Co.
11.66
Educational Aid Society
1.50
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
25.89
Regents Publishing Co.
13.44
A. L. Simmons
5.25
Harvard Co-operative Society
2.03
Silver-Burdett & Co.
3.33
George H. Doran Co.
1.92
Ginn & Co.
211.47
Scott, Foresman & Co.
7.73
South-western Publishing Co.
107.28
The Gregg Publishing Co.
111.21
The Chemical Rubber Co.
2.05
G. & C. Merriam Co.
16.00
The Monthly Evening Star
3.00
The H. W. Wilson Co.
7.00
The F. W. Faxon Co.
46.00
The Grocery Trade Co.
2.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
6.92
$1,091.96
SUPPLIES
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$ 73.67
H. S. Hutchinson Co.
9.30
American Type Founders Co.
16.90
The Birmingham Pen Co.
1.50
The Office Appliance Co.
8.08
Carter, Rice & Co.
63.84
Chandler Secretarial School
2.40
Albert B. Drake
8.17
The F. W. Faxon Co.
42.85
Ginn & Co.
3.25
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J. L. Hammett Co.
444.25
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
29.12
Steiger-Dugeon & Co.
4.38
Charles Scribner's Sons
39.00
Fairhaven Star
36.50
Greene & Wood
5.50
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
6.38
Knight, Allen & Clark
41.98
Sullivan & Crocker
62.55
Lyons & Carnahan
46.53
Alice W. Winsor
121.23
F. S. Brightman
9.43
Doubleday-Page & Co.
12.36
B. L. Makepiece Inc.
16.10
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
1.20
M. E. Bennett
.83
Milton Bradley Co.
29.92
A. E. Coffin Press
2.00
Bausch & Lamb Optical Co.
2.23
The Browne Pharmacy
13.84
De Wolf & Vincent
57.61
Eugene Dietzgen Co.
2.71
Cook-Vivian Co.
7.89
Oliver Ditson Co.
8.12
Fisher Abrahamson & Austin S. Maxim
2.50
Kardex Rand Sales Corp.
5.54
White-Smith Music Publishing Co.
2.48
C. F. Delano
.55
John Franklin Music Co.
4.00
Regents Publishing Co.
1.30
Howard-Wakefield Co.
2.00
George L. Claflin Co.
95.51
Brightman Brothers
3.40
Bastian Bros. Co.
50.34
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Keuffel & Esser Co. Star Store Reynolds Printing
29.20
26.95
36.61
$1,492.00
JANITORS' SALARIES
Wm. B. Weeks
$1,849.92
Pardon A. Howland
1,200.00
A. C. Robertson
960.00
Frank Hadfield
1,560.00
$5,569.92
FUEL
City Coal Company
$1,461.56
LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS' SUPPLIES, ETC.
The Novelty Press
$ 2.25
C. E. Beckman Co.
24.93
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
295.03
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
209.03
Fairhaven Water Co.
474.59
Herman H. Hathaway
.57
William Livesey
6.40
Charles P. Thatcher
31.01
F. S. Brightman Co.
3.60
West Disinfecting Co.
35.55
Swift & Company
12.00
N. P. Hayes Co.
26.82
New England Sales Co.
10.17
Wood-Brightman Co.
8.50
Brightman Brothers
14.91
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The Cudahy Packing Co.
18.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
5.55
R. W. Foster
5.40
Thos. H. Hersom Co.
37.50
A. Leonard Bliss
13.45
Murray, The Florist
62.50
Valvoline Oil Co.
13.75
Wing & Evans
22.41
Lambeth Rope Co.
30.88
Frank J. Jameson
51.80
C. H. Porter
1.44
H. K. Nye
1.80
Paisler & Willis
.90
New England Plate & Window Glass Co.
18.00
$1,438.74
REPAIRS
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
$ 11.90
New England Plate & Window Glass Co.
50.25
Herbert W. Bliss
35.30
N. P. Hayes C.
19.25
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
57.81
Richard T. Thatcher
23.82
Osberg & Knowlton
186.08
Johnson Service Co.
5.85
A. T. Delano
25.30
H. A. Francis
1.00
Blossom Brothers
4.00
New Bedford Gas & Ed. Light Co.
46.85
Poor Brothers
1.00
C. E. Beckman
1.80
Valentine's Machine Shop
65.93
A. Leonard Bliss
1.10
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Crawford L. Dunham
4,735.96
William Young
440.00
Herman H. Hathaway
43.60
Bausch & Lamb Optical Co.
26.25
J. J. Duggan Roofing Co.
75.00
F. E. Earle Co.
29.00
George Wm. Griswold
26.00
$5,913.05
NEW EQUIPMENT
Royal Typewriter Co.
$147.50
Wright & Ditson
137.01
James W. Brine
4.14
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
25.00
Narragansett Machine Co.
44.21
M. Steinert & Sons
15.75
$373.61
HEALTH
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
$173.00
MISCELLANEOUS
American Railway Express Co.
$ 16.73
George C. Dickey
20.53
F. R, & N. B. Express Co.
2.35
Elmer Stevens
70.40
Parsons Steam Laundry
25.90
The Print Shop
3.36
Leo Vezina
12.00
Boston, Prov. & F. R. Express Co.
2.45
Manuel D'Amarel
9.02
Commissioner of Public Safety
10.00
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Henry T. Crane
50.00
Murray, The Florist
15.00
C. E. Beckman
1.00
Geo. L. Hiller
1.50
Dennis Mahoney
50.60
Singer Sewing Machine Company
2.91
E. P. Winard & Son
1.71
$295.46
INSURANCE
E. S. Whiting
$232.50
Alfred F. Nye
232.50
$465.00
THE
MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
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TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Lyman C. Bauldry
Miss Georgia E. Fairfield
William E. Benjamin
William B. Gardner
Edward L. Besse
George B. Luther
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
Mrs. Eliza C. Pease
Morris R. Brownell
Harry L. Pope
Miss Sara B. Clarke
Henry H. Rogers
Miss Edith Dana
George H. Tripp
Thomas A. Tripp
OFFICERS 1927-1928
Henry H. Rogers, President
George H. Tripp, Vice President
George B. Luther, Treasurer
Louis Felix Ranlett, Secretary
LIBRARIANS
1893-1901
1901-1911
Louis Felix Ranlett
1926-
FORMER TRUSTEES
Miss Ellen H. Akin
1893-1919
Don C. Stevens
1893-1901
Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902
George W. Stevens 1893-1908
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony 1893-1912
Mrs. H. H. Stillman 1910-1920
James L. Gillingham 1893-1912
George H. Taber 1893-1901
Frederick B. Lyman 1904-1909
Job C. Tripp
1902-1917
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye 1893-1919
Charles W. White, Jr. 1902-1904
Henry H. Rogers 1893-1909
Walter P. Winsor
1893-1911
Mrs Mary B. Winsor 1893-1921
Don C. Stevens Drew B. Hall Galen W. Hill
1911-1926
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1927 - 1928
Book Committee-Mrs. Pease, Chairman, Miss Dana, Mr. Pope, Miss Fairfield, Mr. Rogers.
Finance Committee-Mr. Luther, Chairman, Mr. Bauldry, Mr. Brownell, Mr. Benjamin .
House Committee-Mr. T. A. Tripp, Chairman, Mr. Gardner, Miss Clarke, Mr. Besse, Mrs. Broughton.
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LIBRARY STAFF
DECEMBER 31, 1926
Louis Felix Ranlett Librarian
Josephine H. Carr
General Assistant
Sara B. Clarke.
. Loan Desk
Winifred Hughes .... Reference Assistant and High School Librarian
Florence Wilkinson. . General Assistant
Harold B. Dutton, Jr.
Page
Edward T. Rourke. Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH
Albin Silva In Charge
Harold B. Dutton, Jr. Assistant
EAST FAIRHAVEN BRANCH
Malcolm S. Castle . In Charge
RESIGNED' DURING 1926
Galen W. Hill. . Librarian Elvera L. Bianchi .... Reference Assistant and High School Librarian
Lurettia Holmes.
Accessions and Children's Work
Warren K. Page.
Page
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR 1926
To the Trustees of The Millicent Library :
During the thirty-fourth year of The Millicent Library action has been taken on all but one of the points suggested in the report of January 12, 1926 :
SUGGESTIONS CARRIED OUT
(1) The 150 children served by the branch that was opened in the East Fairhaven School in February have in eleven months borrowed about one and one-half times as many books from the branch as they did in twelve months from the main library before the opening of the East Fairhaven School. This alone amply justifies the opening of the branch and its continued operation.
(2) The increase of fines from one to two cents a day has resulted in books being returned more promptly than was formerly the case. This means that more people have had the "seven-day" books while they were still new and shows our action in conforming to the usual library practice to have been wise.
(3) An order has been placed for book shelves to occupy the two unused doorways and the space under the south window in the children's room. This will permit the entire collection of children's books being located in the children's room and will give more room in the main stacks for the reference collection.
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(4) The closing of the children's room after six o'clock in the evening to children under eleven years of age has simplified the problem of discipline and given a better chance to the older children who do come to read.
(5) The entire collection at the Oxford Branch has been changed, a larger collection than ever before deposited in its place, and new fiction supplied generously. Some adver- tising was undertaken. The circulation has, however, con- tinued to fall off. It was 1318 less than in 1925 and almost 4000 less than in 1922, the record year for the branch. This is, however, no warrant for being dissatisfied with the branch which, though it was directly responsible for not more than 3% of the expenditures of the library, contributed 6% of the circulation. The supply of even more new books, more advertising, and the installation of a library sign on the Oxford School would call the branch to the attention of more citizens who are entitled to library facilities.
It is possible that the branch would serve more readers if it were in the vicinity of the Edmund Anthony, Jr. School instead of in the present location. Or branches in both localities might be advantageous.
(6) New editions of the pamphlets "Mark Twain and Fairhaven" and "The Presentation of a Samuari Sword to the Town of Fairhaven" were printed. Photographs were taken for new post cards of the library.
(7) As was pointed out last year the capacity of the book stacks is almost reached. The inevitable weeding out of the book collection has been postponed for a few years by the assembly of some old stacks that had been stored in the basement. These will allow all of the magazine reference files to be assembled in one place-a very con- siderable convenience-and, with certain other changes,
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now completely planned, will give considerable room in the main stacks for expansion.
(8) Changes in the library course for the pupils of the 7th and 8th grades of the Rogers' School have been planned, but lack of time has prevented the librarian from drafting the course.
(9) The indirect radiators which remain everywhere but in the trustees' room have not been replaced with direct radiators, as will be necessary some time, but a very great improvement was made in the extensive modernizing of the electric wiring and the installation of a new fuse board.
SOME FUTURE NEEDS
Several repairs upon the building must be undertaken as means permit during the next few years. The radiators have been mentioned. Preceding them in order of urgency is the cleaning or replacing of the water pipes that feed the lawn sprinklers and the refinishing of plaster and wall decoration in five places. The turf in the northeast section of the lawn, though most recently replaced is in very poor condition.
PERSONNEL
During the year four of the six regular members of the library staff resigned, but in every case their successors began work before their departure and thus, in spite of the many changes, any impairment of the library service was avoided. The staff roster that forms a part of this report enumerates the changes. The librarian is most appreciative of the willingness shown by the withdrawing members in instructing their successors and of the careful instruction given by the remaining members.
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In addition to the persons named on the roster Miss Alice Eitel, Miss Annie Thompson, Mrs. Warren F. Griffin, Mrs. James H. Leighton, and Philip Gidley should be men- tioned. Miss Eitel served as general assistant during the summer and became familiar with the work in a gratifying short time. Miss Thompson has always responded willing- ly when called upon as a substitute. Mrs. Griffin, a former member of the staff, has recently been asked to serve for three hours weekly so that she, too, may be available as a substitute. Mrs. Leighton has given generously of her time in reading and criticising books suggested for addition to the collection. She merits our most hearty thanks. Philip Gidley was most efficient in his temporary work as page.
During the absence of the librarian at the Summer School of Library Economics at Columbia University Miss Holmes (now Mrs. R. C. Dunn) took charge of the work at the library. At another time, in the absence of Miss Bianchi, she served for a month as high school librarian. In these special cases, as in the performance of her regular work, she was most efficient.
Mr. Castle, principal of the East Fairhaven School, has handled the work of the new branch in his building.
GIFTS
Notable gifts during the year were a bronze and glass lock case for the display of rare books, by Mrs. Urban H. Broughton ; a handsomely-bound volume of the Bowdoin collection of prints, by Miss Grace Dana and Miss Edith Dana; and two sets of photographs at the time of its opening, by Mr. William Evarts Benjamin.
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INTERPRETATION OF STATISTICS
The attached statistical tables and statistical report show that the entire library system issued 7195 more books this year than last (a gain of nearly 9%), maintaining the fixed habit of annual increase. Though fiction made up 78% of the total circulation it made up but 58% of the purchases. There is, perhaps, too great a discrepancy between these figures, but in considering them it should be borne in mind that the non-fiction becomes an integral part of the collec- tion and remains useful for many years after much of the fiction of any one year is worn out or is no longer called for.
The juvenile collection, though comprising but 13% of the total collection, supplied 27% of the circulation. This, coupled with the fact that children's books wear out far faster than books used by adults, justifies the fact that 39% of the purchases were of children's books. We have not enough books for the youngest readers. This is felt both when classroom collections are made up and in the demand at the loan desk. Children select books largely by their appearance. It is important that the juvenile collection be kept attractive. Covering of worn volumes is being experi- mented with as a partial cure. Binding is an expensive and not complete remedy. Constant and generous replacement must be depended upon.
ACTIVITIES
Special undertakings during the year were the completion of an inventory and the beginnings of an organization of the picture collection upon a new plan. The usefuless of the card catalog was increased through its expansion to relieve overcrowding. A new bulletin board was installed, many special exhibits were arranged, considerable atten- tion was given to publicity, and the use of the Bulletin was
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materially increased by supplying the publication with illus- trations and popular notes about special features of the library.
All of the regular services of the library have been carried on and augmented.
Respectfully submitted, LOUIS FELIX RANLETT. Librarian.
January 11, 1927.
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ACCESSIONS
With- drawals
CIRCULATION
Main
Oxford
East Fairhaven Branch
Library
Adult
Juvenile
Adult
Juvenile
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Fiction
454
344
798
260
47917 3602
14882
2994
1031
76
1332
68232
12
¿General Works
000
81
1
82
377
144
131
6
660
Philosophy
100
11
11
2
161
189
108
5
22
2
326
Religion
200
22
22
21
500
1019
28
15
187
1749
Sociology
300
53
24
77
14
564
389
60
158
1171
Language
400
36
554
Science
500
10
4
14
19
769
165
24
35
21
1014
Useful Arts
600
50
28
11
39
12
710
370
13
16
31
1140
Fine Arts
700
3
7
10
7
238
186
2
9
28
463
Music
780-789
24
35
109
15
1197
1234
25
46
192
2694
Literature
800
27
13
40
11
1107
549
52
111
41
1860
Travel
910-919
26
21
47
20
663
594
21
104
73
1455
History
900
40
6
46
6
797
306
18
20
7
1148
Biography
831
533
1364
59092 |
20383
3981 1
1554
76
2144
87230
79475
5535
2220
*Not accessioned
¡Includes bound magazines
** Part of books property of High School
Pay Duplicate Collection ** High School Library
4974
Pictures, Pamphlets, etc.
651
Total
93966
Class
Adult
Juvenile
Total
30
4600
* Periodicals
314
654
2
2
1
2
14
16
17
301
121
14
82
3
53
B-920
404
1111
Classified Accessions, Withdrawals and Circulation
Branch
164
Statistical Report THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
American Library Association Form of Statistics Annual Report for the Year Ending, December 31, 1926
Name of library, The Millicent Library.
Town, Fairhaven, Mass.
Librarian, Louis Felix Ranlett.
Date of founding, 1893.
Population served (Census 1925)
10,827
Assessed valuation of town
$11,489,290.00
Terms of use, Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies 10
Consisting of-Central Library
3 Stations (Oxford Branch, East Fairhaven Branch, High School Library.) 6 Schools (16 classroom collections.)
Number of days open during year (Central Library)
365
Hours open each week for lending 84
Hours open each week for reading
84
BOOK STOCK
REGISTRATION
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Vols. at beginning of year
27,202
4,091
31.293
Vols. added by purchase
767
533
1,300
Vols. added by gift
35
35
Vols. added by binding material not
otherwise counted
29
29
Total vols. added
831
533
1,364
Vols. lost or withdrawn
158
246
404
Total vols. at end of year
27,875
4,378
32,253
Periodicals currently received (Titles 128, Copies 158)
158
Publications issued (4 Bulletins, 1 Annual Report, 2 Souvenir
Pamphlets )
7
14
USE*
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Vols. of fiction loaned
50,987
17,245
68,232
Total vols. loaned
63,149
24,081
87,230
Per cent of fiction of total vols. loaned.
. .
80%
72%
78%
Circulation per capita
8.06
Circulation per registered borrower
24.47
Pictures, photographs, clippings, etc., loaned
651
REGISTRATION
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Borrowers registered during year
708
492
1,200
Total of registered borrowers
2,173
1,392
3,565
Registration period, three years.
Per cent registered borrowers of population served
33%
* Vols. placed in collections in schoolrooms are counted in circulation on the day they are moved from the central library and their subsequent use is not counted.
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