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4.57
M. Steinert & Sons Co.
.95
Charles N. Smart
2.00
New England Publishing Co.
18.00
W. A. Francis
10.80
New Bedford Plate & Window Glass Co.
5.00
Steiger-Dudgeon Co.
5.25
F. A. Owen Co.
8.00
Office Appliance Co.
5.08
The Macmillan Co.
18.31
The Bruce Publishing Co.
144.50
Ginn & Co.
10.71
Rand-Kardex Service Corp.
14.87
Ryan & Buker
80.37
J. B. Taylor Co.
20.81
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
7.60
$3,456.74
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TEACHERS
C. Harold Striley
$1,500.00
Reta J. Reid
990.00
Stanley F. Hall
980.00
John D. Connell
500.00
Elizabeth Hastings
1,520.00
Marion Johnson
819.00
Evelyn Nordstrom
715.00
Esther Clement
520.00
Blanche McKeen
440.00
Hazel E. Berry
1,520.00
Margaret McGuire
1,060.00
Doris L. Leavitt
1,220.00
M. Louise Norris
1,500.00
Irma Sherin .
1,098.75
Mary A. S. Sale
1,570.00
Gladys Axtell
1,320.00
Helen Newton
1,350.00
Helen Rounseville
660.00
Thelma Kalloch
500.00
Gertrude B. Janowsky
1,350.00
Gertrude E. Karl
1,350.00
Gladys Heeley
750.00
Sara Spencer
440.00
Mildred Hall
1,350.00
Hazel M. Hack
1,900.00
Helen K. Nicholson
1,485.00
Mildred Borden
1,350.00
Edith A. McNamara
1,312.90
Louise C. Johnson
1,350.00
Mary S. Fletcher
1,350.00
Katherine MacDonald
1,060.00
Mildred Webb
1,350.00
Elizabeth Graham
1,900.00
Elizabeth Carroll
755.00
Rachel Mostrom
480.00
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Marjorie Llewelyn
690.00
Olive B. Woods
440.00
Dorothy Crosby
420.00
Marion Nicholson
690.00
Genevieve Slade
500.00
Margaret Costello
1,060.00
Caroline R. Gilmore
1,350.00
Katherine G. Manning
1,350.00
Dorothy Fuller
1,350.00
Myra D. Crowell
2,000.00
Susan G. Livesey
1,414.00
Edith C. Kendrick
1,353.00
Rose Caton
1,350.00
Josephine Griffin
750.00
Katherine Goggin
440.00
Augusta L. Rigby
783.00
Ann O'D. Brow
1,356.40
Dorothea Pollard
690.00
Anna P. Malone
400.00
Mary T. Katkin
1,320.00
Eva Riley
1,020.00
Eunice W. Terry
656.50
Elsie Perry '
400.00
Florence Valentine
510.00
Muriel Secord
1,160.00
Malcolm Castle
905.00
Wilfred H. Graves
600.00
Sara Gibbons
750.00
Ada E. Bowen
540.00
Edna Blankinship
1,190.00
Hazel Lovering
1,320.00
A. Edna Keough
1,131.25
Anna B. Trowbridge
950.00
Evelyn B. Wells
860.50
Edith M. Faunce
603.75
Inez Boynton
780.00
Delmer F. Borah
500.00
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Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
900.00
Mrs. H. T. Gidley
290.50
Mrs. Rachel Luther
72.00
Pearl E. Wilbor
30.00
Mrs. Lombard
87.00
Mary A. S. Sale, Noon hour
55.80
Mrs. Fred Soule
15.00
Mrs. C. Kendrick
89.50
Mrs. A. D. Tripp
6.00
Ruth Woodland
5.00
Rena Safford
500.00
Theresa Coulombe
400.00
Hazel M. Hack, Noon hour
20.00
Clarence W. Arey
60.00
Helen R. Porter
42.00
Evening School Teachers
James M. Parkinson
$164.00
Guy B. Staples
66.50
Hazel M. Hack
143.50
George C. Dickey
77.00
$451.00
451.00
$75,922.85
JANITORS
Charles H. Lawton
$1,040.00
Willard L. Hoxie
1,060.00
Thomas Barnes
1,284.00
W. L. Holmes
1,044.00
Walter Spencer
1,060.00
Bert W. Besse
1,060.00
Bert W. Besse, night school
82.00
$6,630.00
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TRANSPORTATION
Union Street Railway Co.
$3,357.61
Alexander Hadfield
1,800.00
$5,157.61
FUEL
Holmes Coal Co.
$3,454.31
George P. Randall
28.09
Dennis Mahoney
10.00
Charles F. James
12.00
$3,504.40
LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS' SUPPLIES, ETC.
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
$ 567.54
F. S. Brightman Co.
137.25
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
8.38
William Livesey
45.64
Herman H. Hathaway
1.75
Charles F. Wing Co.
77.42
H. K. Nye
4.87
John T. Doughty
66.00
Charles P. Thatcher
9.59
Masury-Young Co.
12.67
Richard T. Thatcher
.50
Frank J. Hart
5.00
H. L. Wilson
1.15
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
12.03
C. E. Beckman
4.20
La-Lo Chemical Co.
9.10
C. F. Delano
84.05
John T. Leahy
4.75
John T. Sutcliffe
2.50
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N. P. Hayes Co.
15.70
A. C. Smith & Co.
.55
H. I. Dallman Co.
22.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
4.00
Edward E. Babb & Co.
15.80
Massachusetts State Prison
16.29
DeWolf & Vincent
.30
Fairhaven Water Co.
963.33
Thos. Hersom & Co.
6.00
Church's Market
3.80
Reformatory for Women
27.86
$2,130.52
REPAIRS
DeWolf & Vincent
$ 28.17
Patrick Sullivan
72.00
C. F. Delano
13.55
George L. Packard
271.40
F. E. Earle Co.
451.64
H. H. Hathaway
515.18
Hawes Electric Co.
14.60
H. M. Hopwood & Son
1.00
A. C. Smith Co.
4.20
N. B. Roofing Co.
61.99
Valentine's Machine Shop
51.31
Wade & Sisson
31.27
William Young
27.50
E. G. Baldwin
7.95
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
.85
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
1.40
Charles E. Lumbard
387.70
Enos Days
1.50
C. F. Spooner
4.00
Wm. H. Mudge
95.35
G. H. T. Brown & Co.
2.81
Herbert W. Bliss
19.29
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F. A. Blossom
2.00
William Livesey
6.15
Milton H. Frost
16.10
C. F. Wing Co.
1.25
$2,090.16
NEW EQUIPMENT
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
$ 214.62
Charles E. Lumbard
26.05
Denoyer-Geppert
45.13
Charles F. Wing Co.
47.80
Wright & Ditson
40.20
$ 373.80
HEALTH
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
$ 500.00
Lena P. Howland, School Nurse
1,462.50
$1,962.50
MISCELLANEOUS
American Railway Express Co.
$ 18.31
Manual D'Amarel
103.79
Walter G. Spencer
2.10
Inez Boynton
8.71
Delmer F. Borah
10.00
J. L. Hammett Co.
.51
Harvard University Press
2.50
C. E. Beckman Co.
2.00
Commissioner of Public Safety
60.00
William Livesey
1.50
Charles F. Prior
59.91
Patrick Sullivan
42.50
Fairhaven Star
9.50
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A. D. McMullen
10.00
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
1.50
Overland Express Co.
1.35
Reynolds Printing
5.50
C. F. Spooner
5.00
S. S. Kresge Co.
1.15
Clarence M. Dunn ,
1.75
George C. Dickey
4.26
The Millicent Library
23.42
Murray, The Florist
8.00
W. A. Sabins Sons
.75
William C. Card
1.20
The Browne Pharmacy
.75
John T. Sutcliffe
2.07
$ 388.03
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1927
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
INSURANCE
James Henshaw
$ 138.60
Alfred F. Nye
259.00
Goddard, Case & Borden
48.00
$ 445.60
PORTABLE SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$4,058.40
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
777.00
$4,835.40
High School (Itemized Expenditures)
TEACHERS
George C. Dickey
$3,390.00
Guy B. Staples
1,200.00
Albert V. House
680.00
James M. Parkinson
2,150.00
Bernard Shelley
870.00
Carlton H. Larrabee
560.00
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
600.00
Delmer F. Borah
1,860.00
Margaret Siebert
2,000.00
Lena J. Russell
1,900.00
Eunice E. Strong
1,800.00
Florence R. Griswold
1,485.00
Inez Boynton
810.00
Grace W. Mackie
870.00
Allan N. Cox
640.00
Ruby R. Dodge
1,370.00
Susan B. Gifford
1,370.00
Mary E. Heald
1,680.00
Ruth Tyler
1,500.00
Marjorie Gifford
1,350.00
Geraldine Freeman
1,340.00
Evelyn B. Wells
600.00
Anna B. Trowbridge
403.75
Winifred Hughes
670.00
Catherine Dennie
600.00
Pearl E. Quinn
30.00
Marion L. Barker
580.00
Marian B. Goodwin
240.00
Mildred F. Bryant, Sec. to Principal
689.50
$33,238.25
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TEXT BOOKS
Allyn & Bacon
$ 210.75
American Book Co.
169.57
Doubleday, Page & Co.
55.55
F. W. Faxon Co.
2.50
Ginn & Co.
323.09
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
74.65
D. C. Heath & Co.
91.27
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
20.37
The Macmillan Co.
164.66
Charles Scribner's Sons
32.92
E. P. Dutton Co.
2.50
Gregg Publishing Co.
3.09
Harper Brothers
2.65
Rand McNally & Co.
1.38
University of Chicago Press
27.62
D. Van Nostrand Co.
2.70
H. W. Wilson Co.
16.90
Chamber of Commerce
3.00
Chemical Foundation
2.00
Little, Brown & Co.
31.67
Regents Publishing Co.
17.56
The Old Corner Book Store
3.50
M. Witmark & Sons
16.20
McGraw-Hill Book Co.
15.30
Charles E. Lauriat Co.
3.00
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
21.58
So-Western Publishing Co.
303.60
$1,619.58
SUPPLIES
Lemuel F. Besse
$ 1.80
Charles N. Smart
6.00
Oliver Ditson Co.
21.34
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Milton Bradley Co.
8.64
A. E. Coffin Press
21.75
Eveready Mfg. Co. of Boston
2.17
R. R. Dodge
2.15
The Bruce Publishing Co.
29.38
Fairhaven Star
105.65
Blossom Bros.
48.40
H. S. Hutchinson Co.
4.15
F. H. S. Orchestra
5.50
The Boston Music Co.
37.09
American Book Co.
.83
Knight, Allen & Clark
146.92
F. S. Brightman Co.
41.15
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
13.98
Lester D. Rich
36.00
The Browne Pharmacy
8.61
C. M. Carroll
4.20
Library Bureau
16.05
F. G. Hillman
.59
Carter, Rice & Co.
42.20
B. L. Makepiece Co.
38.45
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
10.31
Geo. L. Claflin Co.
40.19
Regents Publishing Co.
1.05
Ginn & Company
.80
J. L. Hammett Co.
578.78
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
8.00
Kee Lox Mfg. Co.
12.00
Sullivan & Crocker
11.15
World Book Co.
1.20
The Manual Arts Press
1.92
R. W. Fosters Brass Foundry
1.50
Lorenz Publishing Co.
11.04
American Type Founders Co.
11.37
Sam Fox Publishing Co.
13.50
Grace W. Mackie
3.40
McIntosh Publishing Co.
7.15
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Eugene Dietzgen Co.
51.15
Dennis Mahoney
30.90
D. C. Heath & Co.
5.78
Albert B. Drake
2.14
The Macmillan Co.
1.00
Steiger-Dudgeon Co.
10.83
De Wolf & Vincent
64.57
Green & Wood
9.70
Universal Text Book Co.
1.22
Acushnet Saw Mills Co.
209.74
C. H. Porter
12.56
Reynolds Printing
19.75
E. C. Stetson
69.10
Birmingham Pen Co.
3.00
Theodore Presser Co.
3.80
C. C. Birchard & Co.
31.70
University of Chicago
2.50
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
.80
White-Smith Publishing Co.
12.23
Edward E. Babb & Co.
1.01
Gregg Publishing Co.
30.25
Boosey & Co. Ltd.
15.43
$1,945.52
JANITORS' SALARIES
Wm. B. Weeks
$ 308.32
Pardon A. Howland
1,450.00
A. C. Robertson
960.00
Frank Hadfield
1,560.00
Howard H. Shumway
1,330.00
$5,608.32
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FUEL
City Coal Co. $1,339.68
LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS' SUPPLIES, ETC.
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
$ 552.94
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
211.05
Dustbane Mfg. Co.
17.82
Fairhaven Water Co.
390.01
Charles P. Thatcher
22.68
Brightman Bros.
27.11
F. S. Brightman Co.
5.13
Valvoline Oil Co.
19.65
William F. Nye
3.00
N. P. Hayes Co.
48.29
Thos. Hersom & Co.
25.00
C. F. Wing Co.
2.88
Murray, The Florist
45.00
De Wolf & Vincent
8.08
Narragansett Machine Co.
8.43
Swift & Co.
11.25
C. F. Delano
1.68
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
9.30
A. E. Wordell
2.00
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
6.64
Geor. T. Johnson
4.50
The Lunkenheimer Co.
3.81
West Disinfecting Co.
6.25
Herman H. Hathaway
2.65
C. E. Beckman Co.
2.55
A. L. Bliss
26.90
A. W. Harris Oil Co.
21.21
$1,485.81
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REPAIRS
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
$ 29.13
New England Plate & Window Glass Co.
39.00
Henry Churchill
92.26
Valentine's Machine Shop
76.68
A. T. Delano
116.41
Herbert W. Bliss
110.30
Osberg & Knowlton
619.66
Walter F. Douglas
145.43
C. F. Delano
18.95
F. B. Sistare & Son
5.00
Green & Wood
9.70
Rankin & Arnold
19.00
DeWolf & Vincent
12.95
Blossom Bros.
83.18
Jonathan Handy Co.
2.44
F. B. Phillips
15.60
H. H. Hathaway
.85
James M. Parkinson
61.40
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
11.10
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
340.98
Crawford L. Dunham
116.65
A. L. Bliss
200.05
F. H. S. Athletic Association
35.20
F. H. Lunch Dept.
20.30
$2,182.22
NEW EQUIPMENT
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
$ 182.06
Wright & Ditson
111.70
Narragansett Machine Co.
134.13
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
125.00
Remington Typewriter Co.
60.00
$ 612.89
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HEALTH
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson $ 184.00
MISCELLANEOUS
American Railway Express Co.
$ 22.52
Boston, Prov. & F. R. Express Co.
.60
American Type Founders Co.
.57
George C. Dickey
15.68
Elmer Stevens
73.00
Fall River and New Bedford Ex. Co.
4.45
James M. Parkinson
1.00
William H. Page
4.00
Manuel D'Amarel
1.00
Parsons Steam Laundry
25.80
Knight, Allen & Clark
.80
C. E. Beckman Co.
6.87
Overland Express Co.
2.25
A. E. Coffin Press
5.00
Ruby R. Dodge
.75
F. G. Hillman
7.32
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
23.40
William H. Page
4.00
William B. Goeghegan
25.00
Reynolds Printing
1.35
D. N. Kelley
4.00
Commissioner of Public Safety
20.00
Crowell's Art Store
1.50
$ 250.86
INSURANCE
E. S. Whiting
$ 391.00
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927
With a table showing the growth of the Library during the thirty-five years of its operation
FAIRHAVEN STAR
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TRUSTEES DECEMBER 31, 1927
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 and 1928
Henry H. Rogers, President George H. Tripp, Vice President George B. Luther, Treasurer Louis Felix Ranlett, Secretary
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1927 and 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 Committtee-Mr. T. A. Tripp, Chairman, Mr. Gardner,
Miss Clarke, Mr. Besse, Mrs. Broughton.
STAFF DECEMBER 31, 1927
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
Wilfred H. Graves
In Charge
Report of the Librarian for the year 1927
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To the Trustees of The Millicent Library :
During 1927 there was a 9% increase in the usefulness of the Millicent Library system to Fairhaven.
INTERPRETATION OF STATISTICS
95,313 volumes were issued. This is 8,083 in excess of the total for 1926, the previous record year. The use of the East branch fell off 430. The main library gained 4,353 during 1927. In 1926 the Oxford branch issued fewer books than in any previous year since its opening in 1915. In 1927 it issued 3% more books than in 1921, which was the previous high record year, and 75% more books than in 1926.
Through the high school library, the duplicate pay collec- tion, and the picture collection there were 6,396 additional issues of books, periodicals, pictures, pamphlets, and clippings. These issues, though not ordinarily counted in formal library statistics, do represent a real part of the library service. With them the total of issues was 101,709.
The per capita circulation for 1927 was 8.8, as con- trasted with 8.06 in 1926. The cost per volume of circula- tion was 13.1 cents in 1927, as against 15.6 in 1926. Just as in 1926, 78% of the use of the library was of fiction books. Fiction made up 60% of the purchases.
These and other statistics of interest are given in the tabu- lations which are appended to the report. The table showing the growth of the library for its entire thirty-five years of activity is particularly worth noticing.
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BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE
Maintenance of the building involved considerable atten- tion and expense though none of the desirable but not im- mediately imperative major repairs were made. These major repairs, in the order of their desirability, are the re- touching of spots where the paint has fallen from the in- terior walls, the painting of the ends of the book stacks, the refinishing or covering of the floors, the replacement of two of the rugs which are nearly worn out, and the in- stallation of direct radiators, particularly in the children's room which is always hard to heat.
The entrance doors were refinished and the walls and frieze in several of the rooms were washed. Many of the rugs were washed and mended. Minor repairs were made upon the furnace, the water pipes, the electric fixtures, and the tiling. More heat was obtained from the furnace by the use of a mixture of one-third stove coal and two-thirds pea coal instead of all pea coal as heretofore. The damp summer so improved the lawn that the anticipated replanting of the north-east section was not necessary.
The room occupied by the branch in the Oxford school was completely refinished and new magazine shelves and chairs were installed. A sign calling attention to the branch was hung and a new exterior light was put in place.
The study now being made by the House Committee re- garding the whole problem of insurance on the library is a matter of much importance.
THE BOOK COLLECTION
A large operation successfully carried out was the transfer to the basement of the bound magazines and the rearrange-
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ment of the entire book collection. This relieved the con- gestion upon the main shelves and has given considerable room for the growth of the collection. The project of dust- ing all the books individually has been started. Some four hundred volumes were rebound in the newly devised, decor- ated fabrikoid bindings which are far more attractive than the plain buckram bindings formerly in vogue. The staff did considerable mending, but not nearly as much as would have been desirable had time allowed.
481 books which were recorded as missing in the in- ventories of 1922, 1918, and 1916 and which had not been found subsequently were definitely withdrawn from the records. 374 books were discarded because worn out and 41 were accounted for as lost by borrowers. 1,289 books were added to the collection.
Following these operations an actual count of the bound volumes in the possession of the library revealed that there are in the collection 2,009 fewer volumes than would nor- mally have been reported under the heading "total volumes in library at end of year." This discrepancy in the figures is accounted for by the fact that in the past though books found to have been missing in two successive inventories have al- ways been withdrawn from the shelf-list record and the public catalog thay have never before been withdrawn from the record of "total volumes in library at end of year." In order that our figures as reported might actually represent our present book stock the entire 2,009 missing volumes have been withdrawn on the records of 1927.
The library now owns 30,637 volumes. This is 1,616 volumes fewer than were reported at the end of 1926, but is an actual and accurate figure. The disappearance of 2,009 volumes is not at all alarming when it is remembered that the loss from all causes, including inaccuracies in the records is spread over a period of 24 years from 1893 to
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1916 and that in the ensuing 11 years but 481 books have been unaccountably lost.
Acknowledgement has already been made both personally and publicly to the donors of the 48 volumes that were added to the collection by gift.
Generous quantities of new books were placed at the Oxford branch and the hours for the branch increased by one half for the winter season. The use of the East branch did not warrant the continuance of the service during the school summer vacation and the room was, accordingly, closed for that period.
Particular attention was devoted to improving the collec- tions of books in the sciences and useful arts.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Outstanding among special activities was the course in the use of the library given in October to the eighth-grade pupils of the Rogers school. Other special activities were the completion of a rearrangement of the picture collection ; the calling of attention to the stereograph collection; the cataloging of books previously uncataloged; the further popularization of the quarterly bulletin; the preparation of regular public reports on the activities of the library ; the re-codification and printing of the library rules ; the ex- hibition of poster collections ; the Book Week exhibit of new books ; and the collection of books for the American Merchant Marine Library Association. The librarian delivered thirteen public addresses on bookish subjects.
STAFF
Upon succeeding Mr. Malcolm S. Castle as principal of the East Fairhaven school Mr. Wilfred H. Graves also suc- ceeded him in charge of the East branch library. There
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were no other changes in the library staff. Miss Wilkinson has been enrolled in a course on work with children. The librarian is a director of both the Old Dartmouth and Cape Cod library clubs. Members of the staff have attended the meetings of these and the Old Colony and Massachusetts library clubs.
APPRECIATION AND CRITICISM
Appreciation of the library is quite general. The principal adverse criticism comes from persons who have reserved books and do not get them as soon as they would like. This can not be avoided by any action short of buying individual copies of popular books for everyone who asks for them. The demand for much-talked-of titles soon passes. "Elmer Gantry" after nine months is no longer reserved. If we had bought enough "Elmer Gantrys" to satisfy the first demand for the book we should now have a shelf full standing idle. It is the constant endeavor of the library to maintain a fair balance between immediate and ultimate demand for particular titles and to increase its collection of books that shall be of lasting value.
Omnivorous users who demand books by such general descriptions as "adventure, war, western, or love stories" find that neither the catalog, the staff, nor the existing read- ing lists give them all the help they want. It is planned to satisfy this demand by labelling each volume of fiction with the proper description.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS FELIX RANLETT,
Librarian.
January 10, 1928
Statistical Report
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS. American Library Association Form of Statistics Annual Report for the Year Ending December 31, 1927
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 $11,915,745
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 (23 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
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Vols. at beginning of year
27,875
4,378
32,253
Vols. added by purchase
815
359
1,174
Vols. added by gift
48
48
Vols. added by binding material not otherwise counted
67
67
Total vols. added
930
359
1,289
Vols. lost or withdrawn, classified
420
476
896
11
Vols. lost, unclassified (See text of report
for explanation of this entry.) 2,009
Total vols. lost or withdrawn 2,905
Total vols. at end of year 30,637
Periodicals currently received (Titles 129, Copies 164) .. 164
Publications issued (4 Bulletins, 1 Annual Report, 1 Rules) 6
USE
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Vols. of fiction loaned
53,570
20,839
74,409
Total vols. loaned
66,509
28,804
95,313
Per cent of fiction of total vols. loaned 80%
72%
78%
Circulation per capita
8.8
Circulation per registered borrower
25.44
Pictures, photographs, clippings, etc., loaned.
523
REGISTRATION
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Borrowers registered during year
897
477
1,374
Total of registered borrowers
2,296
1,450
3,746
Registration period, three years.
Per cent registered borrowers of population served . . . 34%
Vols. placed in collections in schoolrooms are counted in cir- culation on the day they are moved from the central library and their subsequent use is not counted.
10
Book Stock and Circulation for 35 Years
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
CIRCULATION
Year
Year of Operation
Population
Vols. at end of year
Central Library
Oxford Branch
East Branch
Total of Columns 5, 6 and 7
1Extra
Grand Total
1927
35
10,827
30,637
83,828R
9,695R
81,790
95,313R
6,396R
101,709R
1926
34
10,827
32,253
79,475R
5,535
42,220
87,230R
6,736R
93,966R
1925
33
10,827
31,293
73,182R
6,853
80,035R
6,621R
86,656R
1924
32
10,000
29,717
71,738R
8,064
79,802R
2
473
80,275R
19:3
31
9,000
28,852
67,588R
7,529
75,117R
2
550
75,667R
1922
30
7,291
28,111
61,155R
9,343
70,498R
3,404
73,902R
1921
29
7,291
27,068
58,527R
9,411R
67,938R
1,908
69,846R
1920
28
7,291
26,160
49,890
6,476
56,366
1,740
58,100
1918
26
6,277
24,643
45,883
6,498
52,381
1,179
53,560
1917
25
6,277
23,761
48,070
6,085
54,155
1,282
55,437
1916
24
6,277
22,909
47,223
6,858R
54,081
3,211
57,292
1915
23
6,277
22,596
50,474
33,737
54,211R
3,397R
57,608R
1914
22
6,000
21,367
51,798R
51,798R
2,207
53,915R
1913
21
5,500
21,156
51,100
51,100
2,474R
53,574R
1912
20
5,122
20,868
50,249
50,249
1,440R
51,709
1911
19
5,122
20,932
551,102
51,102
1,334R
52,436R
11910
18
4,700
20,652
48,857
48,857
2 794
49,351
61909
17
4,700
19,984
50,327
50,327
2 892
51,119
1919
27
6,277
25,659
55,756R
7,957R
63,713
1,625
65,338R
Book Stock and Circulation For 35 Years (continued)
1908
16
4,700
19,332
46,915
46,915
46.915
1907
15
4,700
18,373
44,594
44,594
44,594
1906
14
4,700
17,846
46,275
46,275
46,275
1905
13
4,200
17,108
46,401
46,401
46,401
1904
12
3,750
17,465
46,614
46,614
46,614
1903
11
3,750
16,958
50,882
50,882
50,882
1902
10
3,750
16,660
45,555
45,555
45,555
1901
9
3,750
15,998
45,269
45,269
45,269
1900
8
3,750
15,200
45,993
45,993
45,993
1899
7
3,000
14,428
42,998
42,998
42,998
1898
6
3,000
13,576
43,484
43,484
43,484
1897
5
3,000
12,660
45,294
45,294
45,294
1896
4
3,000
11,821
46,033
46,033
46,033
1895
3
3,000
10,909
49,680
49,680
49,680
1894
2
3,000
10,109
51,298R
51,298R
51,298R
71893
1
3,000
9,001
40,124
40,124
40,124
EXPLANATION OF NOTES
1-Includes high school and pay collections, and pictures, pamphlets, and clippings except when otherwise specified.
2-High school and pay collections not included.
3-Open for 8 months only.
4-Open for 11 months only.
5-Four-week rule introduced.
6-Duplicate pay collection begun.
7-11 months only. Library opened Feb. 1, 1893 with 7,345 volumes. Library organized Oct. 13, 1892.
8-Open for 9 months only.
R-A record year. Used only with circulation figures.
Classified Accessions, Withdrawals and Circulation, 1927
ACCESSIONS
With- drawals
CIRCULATION
Main Library .
Oxford Branch
East Branch
Total
Class
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Total
Adult
Juvenile
Adult
Juvenile
Adult
Juvenile
Fiction
534
241
775
578
49574
15586
3996
2981
1272
73409
1 Periodicals
000
41
41
28
221
115
11
347
Philosophy
100
4
4
1
184
8
3
12
5
366
Sociology
300
43
5
48
43
535
708
37
251
90
1621
Science
500
25
S
34
19
314
222
13
53
15
617
Useful Arts
600
50
59
27
849
189
48
21
11
1118
Fine Arts
700
21
4
25
29
886
227
11
67
10
1201
Music
780-789
16
4
20
9
221
191
1
21
14
448
Literature
800
46
31
77
45
1370
2027
25
327
142
3891
Travel
910-919
59
11
70
35
1074
772
78
163
43
2130
History
900
36
6
42
25
602
618
9
108
59
1396
Biography
B-920
39
5
44
17
795
242
31
70
1138
4 Unclassified
2009
Total
928
363
1291
2905
61,067
22,761
5442
4253
1 1790
95,313
83,828
9695
1790
1-Not accessioned.
2-Includes bound magazines.
3-Part of books property of High School.
4-See explanation in text of report.
Total
101,709
1
179
100
1527
Language
400
4
36
40
34
77
1170
1
Religion
200
9
3
12
6
264
84
1
18
5909
4101
602
1188
2 General Works
Pay Duplicate Collection
944
3 High School Library Pictures, pamphlets, etc.
4929
523
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