732 GIFT OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HANDBOOK OF THE LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Compiled by H. H. B. MEYER, Chief Bibliographer D. C. LIBRARY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HANDBOOK OF THE LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUiMBIA Compiled by H. H. B. MEYER, Chief Bibliographer in cooperation with the D. C. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 * zr.7' 32 - LIBRARY SCHOOL L. C. card, 14-30005 * .' . . - PREFATORY NOTE IN 1897 the District of Columbia Library Association published a small handbook of the libraries in the District, and in 1898 a supplement thereto. In 1910 a new edition was proposed, and a committee (consisting of Miss Claribel A. Barnett, Mr. Willard O. Waters, with Mr. H. H. B. Meyer as chairman) was appointed to compile it. This committee did some preliminary work in formu- lating a plan of procedure, enlarging the list of libraries, and pre- paring a blank form for statistics, etc. Pressure of official duties prevented the work from going further. Upon the announcement of the meeting of the American Library Association in Washington this year, it became obvious that such a handbook, in a revised edition, would be a convenience to the delegates. It was determined, therefore, to complete the data, so far as this proved possible within the limited time available, and to issue the new edition, even if imperfect. Upon the chairman of the committee, as in the best position to expedite the undertaking, the responsibility then fell; and as he is the Chief Bibliographer of the Library of Congress, the publi- cation itself has been undertaken by this Library which in any event would have been appropriate. For the reasons explained above, as a statement it is doubtless lacking both in completeness and accuracy of detail. There has not been time even to submit the items for revision to the various libraries described . It may be perfected in a later edition . In the meantime, it may prove serviceable as it stands. H. H. B. MEYER Chief Bibliographer , Library of Congress Chairman Committee of District of Columbia Library Association HANDBOOK Academy of the Holy Cross. Dumbarton Heights, Upton St. near Conn. Ave. NW. The library is under the direction of the Sister Superior. i REGULATIONS. Open during the sessions of the school the year round. Many of^the books are placed hi the various class rooms where needed, but all are for the use of the teachers and students. The reference books are kept in the general library with some one in attendance from 3 p. m .-5 p. m. Does not engage in interhbrary loans. RESOURCES. 5,000 vols. Average yearly growth 100 vols. There are special collections of music, art, and pedagogical works. Fourteen of the leading maga- zines.are subscribed for, of which four are Catholic. Card catalogue. Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary. See St. Thomas Aqui- nas' Library, Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary. Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.), new building, The Mall, izth and B Sts. SW. East wing, ground floor. Miss Claribel R. Barnett, librarian. 2 BUREAU LIBRARIES. The following bureaus and offices of the depart- ment, with the exception of the Weather Bureau library, are administered as branches of the department library. In them are shelved about one- third of the library's collections, the books, however, being catalogued and charged in the main library. Several of the bureaus maintain special indexes of subjects pertaining to their work. Biological Survey, Bureau of. Department of Agriculture Grounds, The Mall. Mr. Wm. H. Cheesman, Editor and Librarian. Chemistry, Bureau of, 216 isth St. SW. Miss Anne E. Draper, librarian. Dairy Division, new building. The Mall, izth and B Sts. SW., west wing, fourth floor. Miss Margaret Doonan, librarian. Entomology, Bureau of, Department of Agriculture Grounds, The Mall. Miss Mabel Colcord. librarian. Experiment Stations, Office of, 220 i4th St. SW. Miss E. Lucy Ogden , librarian. Farm Management, Office of, 224 i2th St. SW. Room 205. Miss Cora L. Feldkamp, librarian. Forest service, 930 P St. NW. Miss Helen E. Stockbridge, librarian. Markets, Office of, new building. The Mall, I4th and B Sts. SW., west whig, fourth floor. Miss Caroline B. Sherman, librarian. Plant Industry, Bureau of, new building. The Mall, i4th and B Sts. SW., west wing, first floor. Miss Eunice R. Oberly, librarian. The bureau maintains a union catalogue of botanical and horticultural literature, including nearly all the works on these subjects in the libraries of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Roads, Office of Public, 202 i 4 th St. SW. Mr. Wm. W. Sniffin, librarian. Statistics, Bureau of, main building, Department of Agriculture grounds. The Mall, second floor. Miss Louise Hayward. librarian. Weather Bureau. See Weather Bureau Library- 6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HISTORY. The library dates practically from 1862, when the Department of Agriculture was established. It was reorganized in 1893. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3 St. SW. M. Bartow Mercer, librarian. 10 HISTORY. Certain books purchased by the original War College Board in July, 1902, constituted the beginning of this library. The Army War College was organized August 15, 1903, from which date the library has been a prominent feature of the work of the office, widening in scope and increasing in importance to the War Department and to the Army in general from day to day since that time. The library is under the supervision of the secretary of the Army War College, at present Maj. Charles Crawford, U. S. A. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. rn.-4.is p. m. daily except Sundays. Reference library primarily maintained for the use of the student officers attending the War College course and for the officers of the War College Division, General Staff, but all bureaus of the War Department, Navy Department, Marine Corps, and other Government offices have access to the material available. Through the medium of weekly lists of books received and information noted and indexed the library proves of great value to the Army at large, books and periodicals being issued to all officers, wherever located, on request. RESOURCES. 34,427 vols. and pamphlets. The library is strong in military reference books, embracing a large number of works on military art and science, military history, military biography, military bibliography, and is constantly collecting the most reliable material available to be used in the preparation of military monographs on various countries. Associated Charities Reference and Loan Library of Sociological Books and Pamphlets, 923 H St. NW. Walter S. Ufford, general secretary in charge. n REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. ta.-s p. m. daily except Sunday. Reference and circulating library for the use of any one interested in social service work. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 1,000 vols. and pamphlets, including many reports of sister societies and publications relating to social service work. Card catalogue. Bahai Assembly of Washington Library. 12 A small circulating library of books dealing with Bahaism is maintained for the present at the residence of Mrs. Egerton R. Boyle. 2602 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Bar Association of the District of Columbia, City Hall, D St. opposite 4*4 St. NW. T. Ellis Allison, librarian. 13 REGULATIONS. The librarian or assistant is on duty each week day from 9 a. m.-s p. m., but the library is open to members continuously, night and day, every day in the year. Privileges are limited to members of the Bar association of the District, and to members of the bar specially permitted by the board of directors, and, to a limited extent, to out-of-town lawyers when introduced by a member. Reference library only for the aid of practicing lawyers. Is not a circulating library. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 15,838 vols. 393 vols. added during 1913. Library consists of textbooks on general legal subjects, legal digests and reference works and re- ports of decisions of American and English courts. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 Biological Survey, Bureau of (U. S.)- See Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.). Bureau Libraries. Blind, National Library for the. See National Library for the Blind. Business High School, gth and R Sts. NW. Miss Margaret D. Davies, librarian. 14 HISTORY. The library was started with a few volumes as a nucleus in 1890 when the school was opened. Prior to the year 1908 there was no appointed libra- rian; teachers took charge of material and room. Since 1908, with the appointment of a librarian, the work has developed repidly. REGULATIONS. Open 8.45 a. m.-3.3o p. m. every school day. Circulating and reference library for the use of the pupils and teachers of the school. Pupils are at liberty to use the library before and after school and at lunch hour without any restrictions. During school sessions they are privileged to use it during study hours with permission of the teacher in charge of the study rooms. Aims to help the pupils to more extended reading on all subjects in the curriculum. The vol- umes in the library are supplemented twice weekly by loans from the Public Library. RESOURCES. 2,130 vols. Average increase, 90 vols. per year. The library has a collection of clippings arranged in clipping cases and provided with a typewritten subject catalogue. Ten magazines are regularly received and made available by the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1905-1913, and current numbers. Card catalogue and shelf list. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2 Jackson Place, near Pa. Ave. NW. Miss Kathryn Sellers, librarian. 15 HISTORY. The Carnegie endowment for international peace was established April i, 1911. At the beginning of 1914, the library was thrown open to the public. REGULATIONS. Open every week day from 9 a. m.-4-3o p. m. except Saturdays, when it closes at i p. m. Reference library primarily for the use of the staff, but may be used by anyone. RESOURCES. About 5,000 vols. Specializes in international law and relations, and the literature of peace and war. Carroll Institute, 912-920 loth St. NW. William H. Lepley, librarian. 16 HISTORY. Carroll Institute was organized in September, 1873, and the library was established in 1880. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-ro p. m. daily except Sundays and holi- days. Circulating library, privileges extended to members of the Institute only. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 5,000 vols., 280 pamphlets, and 60 maps. Average growth per year about 50 vols. The leading magazines are kept on file in the reading room for the use of the members. The library is of a general character, special attention being given to fiction, poetry, travel, religion, history, and biography. There is a card catalogue. 3989514 2 10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Catholic University of America, Brookland, D. C. Rev. Dr. Wil- liam Turner, librarian. 17 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-s p. m. daily except Sunday. The reference room is open to anyone, the circulating library to professors and students. Engages in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 100,000 vols. and pamphlets. Average growth per year from 4,500 to 5,000 vols. The departments best represented are philosophy, scriptures, political science, law, education, chemistry, physics, and history. Card cata- logues, author complete, dictionary not yet completed. Census, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Commerce), ist and B Sts. NW. Miss Anne Gunnell Cross, librarian. 18 HISTORY. The library dates from 1899, when it was started by a bequest of 3,000 bound vols. and 4,000 pamphlets from the Eleventh Census. Until June, 1903, however, there was no regular organization or systematic method of obtaining books or periodicals needed in the work of the bureau. At that time an exchange was established with the various State libraries, departments, and bureaus, and through the courtesy of their officials many valuable volumes have been received. Foreign documents are now received through the International Exchange or the State Department. An exchange with trade, technical, and economic journals has also been established, until at the present time they number about 578. The plan of collecting was initiated by Dr. S. N. D. North, at that time Director of the Census, with the aid and advice of Mrs. Kate B. Wilson, in charge of the library, Dr. John Shaw Billings, and several other persons familiar with census work. The library has a large borrowing system in connection with the Library of Congress, and receives valuable assistance from that source. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays; reference library primarily for the use of the employees of the bureau, but open to any inquirers. Engages in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. Bound vols. March i, 1914, 28,970; unbound vols. and pamphlets, 39,418; unaccessioned vols. which will be bound later, about 600. Average growth per year, about 2,000. The library consists of statistical publications of the United States and principal foreign Governments, State and municipal documents relating to the lines of inquiry taken up by the bureau, press almanacs, and similar statis- tical annuals, also a few select works on statistics and economics. The library is strong in State reports and census reports United States, State, and foreign. It has a card catalogue arranged for the specialist, the subject headings having been chosen with direct reference to the work of the bureau. Central High School, O St. between 6th and yth Sts. Miss Laura N. Mann, librarian. 19 HISTORY. The library of the Central High School came into existence in Jan- uary, 1890. It had been preceded by the library of the Boys Advanced Grammar School, which in 1882 became the High School of Washington. In the summer of 1889 a wing was added to the building, and in the following whiter, when the change in name was made from the High School of Washington to the Central High School, the library was moved from the small class room in the main building into its pres- ent quarters in the addition. In 1882, when the first real high school was estab- lished, the library came into the possession of the collection known as the Washing- ton Library. At the same time the school authorities provided the sum of Si.ooc LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA II for the purchase of books for the new school . From time to tune sums were obtained from entertainments given by the students, but now Congress provides that the sum of $1,000 may be taken from the contingent fund for the purchase of books and periodicals for all the high and normal schools of the District. Of this the Central High School receives about Sioo. In the matter of library instruction of the students, the tradition goes back to the first librarian. Dr. Francis R. Lane, and bis assistant. This developed into illustrated blackboard talks, and in 1906 a library training class was inaugurated. REGULATIONS. Open 8.45 a. m.-s.ao p. m. during school days; reference and cir dilating library tor the use of the pupils of the Central High School. Occasionally engages in loans with other high schools. RESOURCES. 5,956 vols. exclusive of bound periodicals, which number 603 vols. Unbound pamphlets, including public documents, 634, besides about 1,300 unbound periodicals. The growth at the present time is slight, most of the money being used to replace lost and worn-out books. Dictionary card catalogue. Chamber of Commerce. See Washington Chamber of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Library of the, 704 Riggs Building, isth and G Sts. NW. Miss Esther Dodge, librarian. 20 HISTORY. The library began to accumulate with the organization of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States of America, in April, 1912. It was not, how- ever, accessioned and catalogued until October of that year. It was developed principally along the lines of tariff, banking and currency, and commerce. In September, 1913, a special room was acquired for the library, which previous to that time had been scattered throughout the offices in bookcases and on shelves. At present the books have exceeded the shelf capacity, and arrangements are being made to increase the space for new accessions. The library is a member of the Special Libraries Association. REGULATION'S. Open every week day from 9 a. m.-s p. m. except Saturdays, when it closes at i p. m. Reference library for the use of the chamber and its mem- bers. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 677 vols. and about 5,000 pamphlets. In addition to these publi- cations, the library includes 87 files of trade papers and magazines, a file of bills introduced in Congress which have to do with the business interests of the country, and the Congressional Record. The principal subjects covered are tariff, banking and currency, and commerce. The greatest part of the library falls under the sub- ject of social and political science, i. e., agriculture, transportation, communication, education, labor, trusts and corporations, commercial organizations, manufacture, industry, hygiene, and executive, legislative, and judicial documents. Card cata- logue of Library of Congress printed cards. All publications of the chamber are kept on file in the library. These include the Nation's business, the general and legislative bulletins, the referenda, member- ship lists, committee reports, and certain speeches in pamphlet form. There is also a clipping bureau in connection with the library, which follows such subjects as accord with the work and interests of the chamber. It is purposed in time to make the collection of publications issued by commercial organizations in the United States and abroad as complete as possible. Recently, many publications, mostly pamphlets, have been received from abroad. 12 LIBRARY OP CONGRESS Chemistry, Bureau of (U. S.)- See Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.)- Bureau Libraries. Chevy Chase College and Seminary, Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Mary B. Coppee, librarian. 21 A school library open throughout the school year for the use of the students and teachers. Children's Bureau (U. S. Department of Labor), Willard Build- ing, 513-515 i4th St. NW. Miss Laura A. Thompson, librarian. 22 HISTORY. The Children's Bureau was established by an act of Congress approved April 9, 1912, and began active operations upon the passage of the legis- lative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill on August 23, 1912. The law states that it shall investigate and report "upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, em- ployment, legislation affecting children in the several States and Territories." The library of the bureau was started in October, 1912. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use of the staff of the Children's Bureau, but other readers are welcome. Engages in interlibrary loans, but owing to its limited resources, chiefly is a borrower. RESOURCES. About 1,200 vols. and 2,000 pamphlets. Besides general reference books, the library consists largely of reports, pamphlets, circulars, and newspaper clippings on the subject of child welfare. It has in course of preparation a Union card catalogue of the literature in the various libraries in the District of Columbia relating to the field of work of the bureau. Christian Science Reading Room, Colorado Building, NE. cor. i4th and G Sts. NW. Mrs. E. Maud Talcott, librarian. 23 REGULATIONS. The Reading Room is open to all from 10 a. m. to 9.30 p. m. every day except Wednesdays when it closes at 7 p. m., and Sundays when it is open from 2.30 p. m. to 5-3 P- m. There is a small reference and loan collection; exact statistics not available. Civil Service Commission (U. S.), 1724 F St. NW. 24 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library primarily for the use of the commission, but open to the public. RESOURCES. About 4,200 vols. and pamphlets, chiefly publications relating to civil service and civil service reform in the United States, including States and cities, and foreign countries. Coast and Geodetic Survey (U. S. Department of Commerce), New Jersey Ave. and B St. SE. Ralph M. Brown, librarian. 25 HISTORY. The library was started about 1832, with a nucleus of the technical books purchased abroad in 1816 by Mr. Hassler, first superintendent of the survey. Like most bureau libraries of the early days, the Coast Survey library grew slowly. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 13 amounting to only 4.000 books in 1878. Modern library methods were introduced in 1898, the library being entirely reclassified and recatalogued according to the best usage of the day. An inventory was also taken, and 15.000 books and pamph- lets were found to be on the shelves. Since 1898 the library has been managed with the sole idea of making it a splendidly efficient working library for the bureau. Approximately 20,000 books of no use to the bureau have been discarded. The library has grown steadily in efficiency and decreased steadily in size, in spite of the average annual accession of 700 vols. It is estimated that 10,000 books more will have to be eliminated before the library will be in its best possible condition. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4-3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library primarily for the use of the bureau, but any responsible person known to the librarian or properly vouched for may consult books in the library or may draw out books that are not in constant use. Engages in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 25,000 vols. and pamphlets. 35.000 maps, charts, and blue prints (domestic and foreign). 69,000 field records (sent in by surveying parties). 13.000 negatives and prints of survey work and of Alaskan. Northern, Northeastern, and Northwestern boundary surveys. 653 vols. and pamphlets added last year. The scope of the library is the scope of the Survey surveying in all its aspects. The library is particularly strong in mathematics, astronomy, tides and currents, geodesy (6,000 vols. and pamphlets), hydrography (5.000 vols. and pamphlets), terrestrial magnetism (4,000 vols. and pamphlets), boundaries of the United States (600 vols. and pamphlets). Author, title (if considered useful), and subject card catalogues. Periodical reference card catalogue of articles oi interest to the bureau. PUBLICATIONS. List and Catalogue of Publications Issued by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1816-1002. With Supplement to August, 1008. College of Veterinary Medicine, 2113-2115 i4th St. NW. 26 There is a small collection of books on veterinary medicine and allied subjects in the assembly room for the use of the students, who are charged an annual library fee of $2. The collection is accessible at all times, there being no fixed hours of opening. Columbia Historical Society, Pacific Building, 622 F St . NW. Mrs. Mary Stevens Beall, secretary, 2116 P St. NW., acts as libra- rian. 27 HISTORY. The society was organized April 4. 1894, and incorporated May 3 the same year, for the collection, preservation, and diffusion of knowledge respecting the history and topography of the District of Columbia. REGULATIONS. Open every Wednesday n a. m.-4 p. m. from November to May, inclusive; at other times by special appointment with the secretary. Mem- bers and other students are welcome to the use of the library. Books can be taken out for a very limited time. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 652 bound vols., 3.520 magazines, pamphlets, and unbound books, 33 maps. Average growth per year about 45 vols., mostly by gift or bequest. The library specializes in books about the District of Columbia. Has a printed card index. 14 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Kendall Green, 7th St. corner of Florida Ave. NE. Miss Helen Northrop, librarian. 28 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m. to noon daily except Sundays. Reference library for the use of the students within the school. RESOURCES. About 5,000 vols., including 1,200 vols. in the Baker collection relating to the education of the deaf, said to be the best collection of the oldest litera- ture in existence. Columbian University. See George Washington University. Columbus Memorial Library, Pan American Union, iyth St. bet. B and C Sts. NW. Charles Edwin Babcock, librarian (acting). 29 HISTORY. The Columbus Memorial Library is the library of the Pan American Union, which was established in 1890 under the name International Bureau of American Republics. In 1910 the present name was adopted at the Fourth Pan American Conference held in Buenos Aires. In April of this same year the present building, the result of a gift of $750,000 from Mr. Andrew Carnegie and of contribu- tions from the Government of the various Republics, was dedicated. The Pan American Union is maintained by the 21 American Republics, controlled by a governing board composed of the Secretary of State of the United States and the diplomatic representatives in Washington of the other Republics of America, administered by a director general, Mr. John Barrett, and an assistant director, Mr. Francisco J. Vane's. The library, intended as a memorial to commemorate the assembling of the First International Conference of American Republics, held in Washington, 1889-1890, was definitely established by resolution in the second International American Conference, held in Mexico City in the winter of 1901-2. Its real development has taken place in the last few years, as is shown by a comparison of the following figures for 1906 with those given below. 14,326 vols. and pamphlets, 538 maps, 1,500 pho- tographs, 27,718 separate issues of periodicals, and no catalogue or index cards. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily, except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use of the general public. RESOURCES. 28,399 vols. and pamphlets, 1,095 maps, 84 atlases, 1.076 periodicals. 14,025 photographs. 2,579 vols. and 1,602 pamphlets were received in 1913. The library is entirely Latin American and only such publications as relate to that region are preserved. There is a dictionary catalogue for both books and periodical articles, comprising about 100.000 cards. A printed catalogue of history and description and travel has been issued. Supplement No. i to this catalogue was issued in 1909, and Supplement No. 2 is ready for printing. Commerce, Department of (U. S.), Commerce Building, iQth St. and Pa. Ave. NW. 30 The Department of Commerce was established March 4, 1913, and the formation of a department library was begun almost immediately. All books not actually needed by the several bureaus which were placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce have been brought together as a nucleus in central quarters on the tenth floor of the Commerce Building. At present no definite statement concerning the collection can be made. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15 Congress, Library of (U. S.), Capitol Hill, ist St. between East Capitol and B Sts. SE. Dr. Herbert Putnam, Librarian; Bernard R. Green, Superintendent of building and grounds. 31 Staff: Chief Assistant Librarian A. P. C. Griffin. Chief dak A. R- Bovd. Chtrfs of Divisions Bibliograpby-H. H. B. Meyer (chief brafiographer). Card Section C. H. Hastings. Catalogue Charles MarteL Classification C. W. Periey. Law J. D. Thompson (law librarian}. If ailing I|< GaiDard Hunt. Uapg and Charts P. Lee PhflBps. Music O. G. T. Soaneck. Order F. W. Ashley. Periodicals W. A. Sbde. Prints A. J. Parsons. Reading Room W. W. Bishop (superintendent). Copyright Office Register of Copyrights Thorvald Soil^tg. . The building was erected under acts of Congress approved April 15, 1886. October a, 1888, and March i, 1889, at a cost of $6^40,700 (below the Kuril fixed by law $6,500.000). The land cost $585,000 in addition The architects were John L. Sinitlinirvei and Pan! J. Pefa. Gen. Edward P. Casey, Chief of Engi- neers of the A i my, was piarfd in charge of the construction. He was succeeded on his death in March, 1896, by Bernard R. Green, who had assisted Gen. Casey as miirimtmAmt anA engineer. The building was completed in February, 1897, and opened in November. The site is about is acres in extent, and of this the building tfentfJK about j} acres. The floor space is about 10 acres (490.155 square feet). The book stacks contain about ioz>i miles of shelving, representing a capacity of 3,540,000 vok. of books and 84,000 vob. of newspapers. For details of decorations, see the guide books to the city, and especially the Handbook of the Library of Congress, compiled by Herbert SiiLtfl , Boston, Cnrtzs & Oitiiirion, 1913. HBTOCT. The Library of Congress was established by the "Act to make pro- States," approved April 24. 1800. The act carried with it an appropriation of fsxno lor the purchase of books. It soon became necessary to effect an organization to take care of the books, and this was done by the act of January 26. 1802, and on the 29th of the same month John Beckley was appointed the first Librarian of Con- gress. The Library was destroyed on August 24, 1814, when the Capitol was burned by the British troops. As soon as Thomas Jefferson, then Bring in retirement at Monticeflo, heard of the loss he offered his library to Congress, and on October 21. negotiate for its purchase. The i^*^ifr of these "^pp***^ 1 *** was the put chase. carry in 1815. of 6,500 vds. for $23.950. Twice again did the Library suffer from fire. 1 6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS On the night of December 22, 1825, both the Library and the Capitol had a narrow escape, and considerable but no serious damage was done by water. The fire of December 24, 1851, was more serious, more than half of the collection, about 35,000 vols., including about two-thirds of the Jefferson collection, was destroyed. To restore the Library, Congress, in 1852, appropriated $75,000, and fronJ this time on the growth of the Library went on uninterruptedly. In 1862 John Hill Burton, in The Book-Hunter, alludes to the Library of Congress in passing as containing "from sixty to seventy thousand volumes." On December 31, 1864, Ainsworth R. SpofTord was appointed Librarian, and from the year 1865 on the increase was more rapid. At the time of the transfer to the new building, in 1897, there were 787,715 vols. It was. still below a million when Dr. Herbert Putnam was appointed, April 5, 1899. At the present time it has reached the great total of 2,250,000 vols. A detailed History of the Library of Congress, vol. i, 1800-1864, by W. D. Johnston, was published by the Library in 1904. The history of the period subsequent to 1864 will be found in the annual reports of the Librarian of Congress. A Historical Sketch, covering the first hun- dred years, by Mr. David Hutcheson, was printed in the annual report for 1901, p. 18.1-197. Librarians since the organization of the Library: John Beckley, 1802-1807; Patrick Magruder, 1807-1815; George Watterston, 1815-1829; John Silva Meehan, 1829-1861; John G. Stephenson, 1861-1864; Ainsworth Rand Spofford, 1864-1897 (June 30); John Russell Young, 1897 (July i)-January 17, 1899; Herbert Putnam, 1899 (April 5). REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-io p. m. daily, and on Sundays and holi- days from 2 p. m.-io p. m. The Library is not open on Christmas nor on the Fourth of July. For reference use the Library is absolutely free to any reader over 16 years of age. The classes of borrowers are designated by statute; special permits are sometimes issued, and in some cases the privilege of drawing books is granted upon formal deposit of $5. The Library engages extensively in inter- library loans with librarians all over the country in the interest of scholarship. Books which should be in the local library are not lent, nor are reference books, nor certain classes, such as genealogies, whose absence would be a serious incon- venience. In such a large institution many special cases must arise, and readers contemplating a more extended use of the Library should provide themselves with copies of the Rules and Practices Governing the Use and Issue of Books, and the Information for Readers in the Main Reading Room, which may be obtained on application at the Reading-room desk. RESOURCES. The Library now contains about 2,250,000 vols. The exact figures for June 30, 1913, being 2,128,225 books, 135,223 maps and charts, 630,799 vols. and pieces of music, 360,494 prints: a numerical statement of the manuscripts is not feasible. The growth for the year ending June 30, 1913, was 115,862 books, 6,100 maps and charts, 39,167 vols. and pieces of music, and 10,749 prints. Accessions are made by purchase, by gift, by copyright, by exchange, by receipt of United States Government documents either by law or through the courtesy of other departments, by international exchange with foreign governments, by gifts from state and municipal governments, and by additions to the Smithsonian Deposit. The annual appropriation for the purchase of books is $98,000. The Library is rich in special collections acquired since 1897. The manuscript collection is of the first importance, including the Papers of nine Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, and Johnson; American statesmen and politicians: Franklin, R . Morris, Hamilton, Van LIBRARIES IN THB DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 17 Bnren. Duff-Green, Washburae, Oayton. Chase, Crittenden, Lyman TrambaH, E. M. Stanton. John Sherman, Gideon WeOes (deposited), James H. Hammond. j. L. M. Carry: Military papers: Pkkett papas. Gen. George B. McCleflan. Gen. W. T. Sherman; Diplomatic: wunam Short papers; Naval papers: Preble, John Paul Jones; Commercial history: Ellis, 1805-1853, Bourne, 1776-1816. Galloway, early part of the rSth cent my; Letters of Wunam Taylor (the latter part of the iSthcqitmy). of John White. Cashier of the Bank of the U.S. at Baltimore. Edward Dixon, Merchant of Port Royal. 1743-1796; District of Columbia: Papers of wdfaam Thornton. George Watterston; European aicuives. Stevens Index. 1763-1783: np- wards of 100,000 folios of transcripts of docmnents relating to American mlnnial his- tory; State papers- fWitmMtrfrViogriMsg ~armKrrJTtrftr**nt*twvr*.- Colaaia] docu- mentary history: Records of Virginia Company. Spanish papers of Kew Mexico and Florida, Philippine and Guam documents: Scientific: Manry papeis; Mexican his- tory: Ytnrbide papers. Inquisition papers (1759-); Literary: Louise Chandler Mookon coOectJon of letters. The prints have been enriched by the Hnbbard col- lection, gift in 1898 of Mrs. Gardner G. Hnbbard, by her win (1909). the income of a trust fund of 20,000 is applied to the purchase of additional engravings: Noyes. Works of Japanese artists; Garrett, 19.1*3 prints (on deposit); George Lothrop Bradley. 1.980 engravings; Prints issued by the government cakographies of Prance, Germany. Italy, Japan, and Austria-Hungary. The maps include the maimsciipt maps of Lord Howe, the Lowery collection of maps of Spanish posses* sions now within the limits of the United States, and one of the most extensive collections of Atlases in existence. The music colkfrinn is the most extensive in the Western Hemisphere, and is only surpassed by one or two collections in Europe. The document collection is hardly sm passed by the Public documents library which the ^p**i<*'i*i*'t of Documents h* brought together, and the collection of foreign HWM"^?^ is the must. ^M^'s**"- outside of Europe. Among printen books mention should be made of the Weber library (Sanskrit literature). 3.018 vots., i.oox pamphlets; nti (Slavic, about 1,500 vols.): Yndin ( Russian, *TVPO*> vols.}; The HmtfeWt-Kaas (Scandinavian, 5.000 vols.): The John Boyd Thacher coDectioa of Incunabula (deposited). The Detnard collection of Hebraica, com- prising upnaid of 10.000 titles, was given to the Library by Mr. Jacob H. Schiff in 1912. The foundations of a Japanese collection were laid through the purchases by Prof. Asakawa in 1907. The Chinese books have been put in order and steps have been taken to strengthen the weak spots which have been disclosed. Mention should also be made of the Hawaiian books. The couections of books in American y, the social, economic and political sciences, and especially PTBUCATXKS- The Library has- issued an extensive series of publications mcmding texts as wefl as bibliographic aids. Among the former are the Pro- ceedings of the Continental Congress, the Papers of the Virginia Cmiipany. the Washington papers, to mention but a few. The bibliographical publications include List of Geographical Atlases. i8tfa century newspapers, genealogies, early music, opera librettos, and the reference hsts prepared by the Division of Bib- fiography. For a complete fist of these see the List of Publications which may be had on request. Corcoran Gallery of Art, ijth St., corner New York Ave. NW. Frederick B. McGuire, secretary and director. 33 There is only a small collection of art books of reference for the use of the students of the school and the office force of the ir 39685-14 3 1 8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Corporations, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Commerce), Com- merce Building, i9th St. and Pa. Ave. NW. C. C. Houghton, librarian. 33 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use of the staff of the bureau, but open to any one inter- ested in its work. RESOURCES. About 500 vols. dealing with economic aspects of corporations, and 500 law books dealing chiefly with corporation law. These represent the residue from a larger collection, the rest of the books having been transferred to the Department of Commerce library. Cosmos Club, 1520 H St. NW. W. W. Bishop, chairman library committee. 34 REGULATIONS. Open 7.30 a. m.-i a. m., including Sundays and holidays. Club library for use of members only within the building. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. ^RESOURCES. About 3,000 vols. and pamphlets. Average growth, 300 vols. Receive regularly 20 newspapers and about 45 periodicals which are not bound. Has a special collection of the writings of members of the club. Card catalogue of authors only. Customs Appeals, United States Court of. See United States Court of Customs Appeals. Dairy Division (U. S.)- See Agriculture, Library of the Depart- ment of (U. S.). Bureau libraries. Daughters of the American Revolution. See National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Documents Library. See Public Documents Library, Superin- tendent of Documents office. Eastern High School, yth and C Sts. SB. Dorothea W. Boyd, librarian. 35 HISTORY. The library was founded when the school was established in 1891. It began with a couple of hundred reference books. For a number of years addi- tions were made through the efforts of the teachers, and pupils who secured money by giving plays, concerts, luncheons, etc. During these early years the library was greatly helped by a donation of about two thousand volumes received from Mr. William Hendley, a citizen of the northeastern part of the city. It was under this method of raising money by voluntary effort that the greater part of the col- lection was brought together. About 1898 the Board of education forbade the raising of money in the manner above described, and since then the new books have been paid for from the con- tingent fund of the public schools. The allowance for the first seven years was $100 a year, but since 1905 that sum has been cut down considerably. REGULATIONS. Open from 8.45 a. m.-3-3o p. m. Reference library for the pupils and teachers of the school. All pupils during their free hours have the LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 19 privilege of using the library, and consequently there is a large class working there every boor of the day. Pupils may take books home over night. Books are borrowed bom the Public Library. RBSOTTKCBS. 4,599 vote, and 1,430 pamphlets, making 6,029 in all. Increase, . 60 to 100 vofc. per year (1913, 75 vob.). Twenty-two periodicals of a general and educational character are regularly leceived. There is a card catalogue. Education, Library of the Bureau of (U. S. Department of the Interior), Old Post Office Department Building, 8th and F Sts. NW. Dr. John D. Wolcott, librarian. 36 HISTORY. Founded in 1868, the nucleus being the private educational library of Henry Barnard, first r*jimiiiiMiir rJ education. Reorganized *nA r**f**auif6mJt in 1908-9 by the elimination of irrelevant material and the adoption of improved ethods of ailiiiiit"*^ f **WQ REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. rn.-4.jo p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays to B persons intCTT^^d in i-dw^jp"' <* "" Mainly a reference library, but also lends books by mail to educators and school officials throughout the United States, and engages in interlibrary loans. Makes a specialty of supplying bibliographical fjftlf^mtMMi inwl gmitanrr jt| rtliif arinnal qihjtrfr!^ RKSOURCBS. About 145,000 vob. and pamphlets. Annual arrrvanm. 10,000 vok. A special pedagogical library, particularly strong in official documents, both American and foreign; in school and college publications, and in files of educational periodicals and society proceedings. Contains also many rare books and pamphlets and an extensive collection of American and foreign textbooks. Has a printed card catalogue, and cooperates with the Library of Congress in the cataloguing of jhwatiMMi books. Maintains a special card index of educational articles in cur- rent periodicals and reports. POBUCATJOKS. Monthly record of current educational publications, and annual and special bibliographies of education, which are published as bulletins. The Bureau of Education also collects and publishes the statistics of public, society, and School libraries. Engineer Office (U. S. War Department), Southern Building, NE. corner of ijth and H Sts. NW., room 305. 37 There is a small collection of reference books, on water supply, river and harbor work and fortification, for the use of the bureau. Engineer School Library (U. S. Army), Washington Barracks, foot of 4% St. SW. Henry E. Haferkorn, librarian. 38 HISTORY. The Engineer School at Washington Barracks, D. C., is under the supervision and control of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. Its object is to give to the junior officers of the Corps of Engineers a postgraduate course in civil, mili- tary, and electrical *?t*1 mechanical fngjnffw ing* to **A- researches in *^fc branches of science as relate to the *f*r*i* of the Corps of Engineers; to disseminate give such instruction as may be necessary for the chril engineering work of the Army, which consists vuy largely in the t|Mirtiii> of our liveis and harbors. This library is not a departmental library, strictly speaking, but is the library of a service school of the Army which happens at this time to be located at a military post within the limits of the District of Columbia. 20 LIBRARY OP CONGRESS Its development has been gradual, and its genesis was in the library of the bat- talion of engineers, if a small assortment of technical books can be so designated. This battalion was transferred to Willets Point, N. Y. Harbor, in 1865, after the close of the Civil War, and according to Brig. Gen. Henry Larcom Abbot in his Early Days of the Engineer School of Application (No. 14, Occasional papers. Engineer School, 1904), the establishment of an engineer school (then called En- gineer School of Application) was inaugurated in 1866, but systematic work did not really start until the summer of 1867. The working books of the battalion were the origin of the library, and to them were added others purchased from funds pro- vided for carrying on certain special duties and investigations assigned to the bat- talion by Congress. The purchase of books for these purposes was first specifically authorized by the Army appropriation act of July 5, 1884, and finally in the act of March 2, 1905, appears the item. Engineer School, Washington Barracks, D. C. The Engineer School and its library were transferred in October, 1901, from Wil- ets Point, N. Y., to Washington Barracks, D. C. The quarters up to the spring of 1914 were inadequate for the library, and with the exception of about 15,000 books, used as a working library, the rest of the collection has been either poorly shelved or stored away in wooden boxes. Donations of very valuable collections have been received from the officers of the U. S. Corps of Engineers and from the officers of other branches of the Army. Among these have been found many rare works, making the library an extensive, well-selected working tool essential to the operations of the Engineer School, as laid down by law and regulations. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library primarily for the use of the instructors and student-officers of the Engineer School and for the Corps of Engineers and other officers of the Army. Books are borrowed from other libraries, more especially from the Library of Congress. RESOURCES. About 50,000 books, 8,000 pamphlets, 500 maps, 250 typewritten manuscripts, representing translations, studies, and other papers by the staff of the school or by the student-officers, and from other sources, some of which are of a confidential character. Growth during 1913, 255 vols. purchased, 140 vols. period- ical and society publications, and 1,000 vols. by donation. Devoted to technology and military art and science, specializing in the applied sciences, more especially hydraulic engineering. Card catalogue, dictionary system, with the use of the I,. C. cards. The library furnishes "copy" for cards to the L. C. of titles not on the shelves of the L. C., and found worthy of preservation, and for analytics from The Professional Memoirs, a bimonthly journal, published by the school board of the Engineer School for the Corps of Engineers, and Engineer Department-at- Large (an unofficial publication). The latter publication contains in each number a Select List of Articles of Engineering Interest (collected from periodical and society literature of the engineering profession). PUBLICATIONS. Select List of References on Inland Waterways of Europe, com- piled by H. H. B. Meyer, chief bibliographer, Library of Congress . . . 1910; List of Publications Printed by the Battalion Press, Willets Point, New York Harbor and by the Engineer School Press, Washington Barracks, D. C., comp. by H. E- Haferkorn, 1910; Engineer School Library, List of Accessions . . . 1910, 1911; Engineer Troops, References to their Organization, Equipment, Training, and Duties . . . 1911; The War with Mexico, 1846-1848, a select bibliography, by H.E. Haferkorn . . . 1914. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 21 Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Board of (U. S. War Depart- ment), Southern Building, NE. comer of isth and H Sts. NW. A. H. Ritter, chief clerk. 39 This office is a branch of the office of the Chief of ifrtim"*ig. U. S. Army, and has only a "^y| collection of books required for office reference f^^ Entomological Society of Washington, New National Museum Building, The Mall, B St. opposite xoth St. NW. S. A. Rohwer, librarian. 40 HISTORY. The society was founded in 1884. The library, which was gradually accumulated by exchange, remained unamnged until 1911, when the present plan was wiit* tnyf *l REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. rn.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for use in the mrtsfnm by the members of the society. Does not engage in interlibrary l** 3 "^ RESOURCES. The collection consists mostly of entomological journals and trans- actions which are not in the library of the Division of Insects of the National Mu- seum. It is not the policy of the society to maintain a complete binary, but rather to obtain publications dealing with entomology, which are not otherwise imme- diately available to its members, in exchange for its proceedings. Entomology, Bureau of (U. S.). See Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.). Bureau libraries. Esoteric Society, Oriental. See Oriental Esoteric Society. Ethnology, Bureau of American. See American Ethnology, Bureau of. Experiment Stations, Office of (U. S.). See Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.). Bureau libraries. Fairmont Seminary, 2701 i4th St., corner Fairmont St. NW. Mrs. Lillian Hill, librarian. 41 HISTORY. The library was started when the seminary was founded in 1899, and has developed with the school. RBGULATIOXS. Open 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. School library open only to the stu- dents of the seminary. RESOURCES. About 3,000 vols. and 24 maps. Average growth per year, about 100 vols. The library covers the fields of history, biography, travel, fiction, essay, and poetry. V-1rvm rJth* IraAinf mapmnrt M> ffgntarty tvrrnrrtt tnr tttf rvaAmf Farm Management, Office of (U. S.). See Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.). Bureau libraries. 22 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Fisheries, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Commerce), NW. corner of 6th and B Sts. SW. Miss Rose M. MacDonald, librarian. 42 REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holi- days. The library is maintained primarily for the investigators of the bureau, to whom are lent any books desired either for field or office work. The library is also open to the public for reference use. The bureau maintains branch libraries at the laboratories at Woods Hole, Beau- fort, and Freeport for the use of the investigators at those stations. Books are temporarily transferred from the central library to the branch libraries. Engages in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 28,695 vols. Average growth per year 450 vols. The library is strong in ichthyology, commercial fisheries, fish culture, aquiculture, limnology, oceanography, and hydro-biology. There is a subject and author catalogue. Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Commerce), Commerce Building, igth St. and Pa. Ave. NW. Edward Whitney, in charge. 43 HISTORY. The present library was formed by the consolidation, under act of August 23, 1912, of the Bureau of Manufactures and the Bureau of Statistics. The books prior to that time, with the exception of a very small portion, constituted the library of the latter bureau, which, upon its organization in 1866, began to collect foreign official trade publications, etc. These at first were kept in the room of the chief clerk, under the immediate charge of a special clerk. In the early seventies the number of books had increased to such an extent as to warrant a special library room and the appointment of a librarian. From that time to this, the library has maintained a steady growth, principally through the medium of exchange of documents with foreign governments, United States departmental offices, and private publishers, with occasional purchases by means of congressional appropriation allowed for that purpose. It is the intention of the department to consolidate this library with the Department of Commerce library at a later date. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library primarily for the use of the bureau, but anyone interested in commercial or other economic subjects is allowed to use the books in the library. RESOURCES. About 18,000 vols. and 2,000 pamphlets. Average increase, 300 vols. per year. Receives regularly between 300 and 400 trade papers and periodi- cals, about three-fourths of which are filed either permanently or for a limited period. The library is strong in official trade and navigation reports and statistics. Card catalogue incomplete. Forest Service (U. S.). See Agriculture, Library of the Depart- ment of (U. S.). Bureau libraries. Franciscan Monastery, head of Quincy St., Brookland, D. C. Father Godfrey Hunt, in charge. 44 HISTORY. The monastery was founded about 1899 and the building dedicated in 1900. The collection of books was begun almost immediately by Father God- frey Schilling, who remained in charge for a few years. After his departure not LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 23 much was done for some time, but at present the library is being put into a newly prepared room, in which steel stacks will be erected later. REGULATIONS. The library is open at all times to the members of the order and to the public for reference use throughout the day and evening. RESOURCES. There are from 8,000 to 10,000 vols., the exact figures not being available at present. The library has a good collection in religion and philosophy. Specializes in everything relating to the Franciscan order. Friends' Select School, 1800-1817 I St. NW. 45 There is a reference and school library of about 1,500 vols. open throughout the school year to the teachers and students. General Land Office, Law Library (U. S. Department of the Interior), ;th to 8th and E to F Sts. NW. H. Raymond Sheppard, librarian. 46 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.30 p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use of the staff of the General Land Office only. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 4,000 vols. consisting of federal and state statutes and reports, text books, digests, cyclopedias, etc. Card index. Geological Survey, Library of the (U. S. Department of the Interior), 1330 F St. NW. Miss Julia L. V. McCord, librarian. 47 HISTORY. Organized in 1882, when the first librarian, Mr. Chas. C. Darwin, from the Library of Congress, was appointed. He commenced systematically to collect a library of geological literature, using as a nucleus a heritage of several thousand volumes from the discontinued Hayden, King, and Powell surveys. A collection of 1,882 books, largely early American geology, was purchased from Robert Clarke, of Cincinnati, and a little later the Des X overs collection of about 600 geological separates was acquired. An extensive system of exchange of the Survey's publications was inaugurated by which the library received, and con- tinues to receive, important additions, consisting largely of transactions of societies and other serials, but also not a few monographs. Mr. Darwin continued as librarian until December, 1902, when he was superseded by Mr. F. B. Weeks, who introduced the modern method of cataloguing and reclassified the library, which at that tune contained over 51,000 vols. Mr. Weeks was succeeded in April, 1908, by the present librarian, Miss J. L. V. McCord. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library primarily for the use of the employees of the Survey. It is also by special act of Congress (Public Resolution N"o. 8, approved April 12, 1892), "accessible, under such rules and restrictions as the officers in charge * * * may prescribe * * * to the scientific investigators and to students of any institu- tion of higher education now incorporated or hereafter to be incorporated under the laws of Congress or of the District of Columbia. ' ' The library is open to every- one for reference; books are lent for use in Washington to members of the Survey, to the librarians of other scientific libraries, and to scientific workers properly accredited to the librarian, for use outside of Washington, only in specially urgent cases, on approval of the director. RESOURCES. About 90,000 vols.; 100,000 pamphlets; 25,000 maps. Growth about 2,600 vols. per year. The library is restricted to geology (broadly defined) and related sciences. Catalogues (card) author, subject, serials, map. 24 UBRARY OF CONGRESS It has almost complete sets of the publications of national and State geological surveys, both of America and foreign countries, and sets of all serials devoted to geology. It contains practically all the literature of geology, paleontology, and mineralogy. The bibliographic section is especially strong. PUBLICATIONS. (Annual) Bibliography of North American geology, with sub- ject index. In preparation: A comprehensive bibliography of North American geology, from 1792, with subject index. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Upton St. near Conn. Ave. NW. 48 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays. Reference library for the use of the staff of the laboratory. RESOURCES. About 1,500 vols. mostly relating to the subjects investigated by the laboratory. George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW. Alfred Francis William Schmidt, librarian. 49 Law Library, New Masonic Temple, ijth St. between New York Ave. and G St. NW. Medical Library, 1325 H St. NW. .See also: College of Veterinary Medicine, 2113 i4th St. NW. National College of Pharmacy, 808 I St. NW. HISTORY. George Washington University was established as a theological school under the title of Columbian College of the District of Columbia, by act of Congress in 1821, and the library goes back to the same date, as shown by certain books which bear the stamp of 1821. In 1873 the name was changed to Columbian University, and on September i, 1904, its present name was adopted. Its growth was slow, for even as late as July i, 1906, the arts and sciences library contained only 10,000 vols. and pamphlets. At that time the Heinzel library (7,200 books and pamphlets) was purchased, and the following year the Wachsmuth library (7,900 books and pamphlets). In 1908 the Mount Vernon alcove on international law and political science was founded through the generosity of Mr. Andrew Car- negie. Previous to 1904 the librarian was also registrar, but in that year Miss Harriet Freeby was appointed first regular librarian, serving from 1904 to 1906. She changed the classification from the Dewey decimal to the Cutter system, which has since been retained. Since 1906 Prof. Schmidt has performed the duties of librarian in addition to his regular work as professor. Since the period of financial stringency in 1911 the library quarters have been inadequate to display the resources of the collection or to make them readily acces- sible. The quarters at present assigned to the library consist of the large reading room which contains all the reading texts, etc., necessary for the regular schoolroom work; a second room which is used for storage purposes and at the same time is a classroom, and hi addition a regular stack room in which the nonusable books are simply stored. The medical library has always been distinct from the main library and has formed a part of the medical department. The law library was an integral part of the general library until the completion of the new building, when it was separated from the main collection and moved into its new quarters, since when it has been a part of the law department. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 25 REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-6.4o p. m. on regular school days. Regular university library; privileges extended to university students, faculty, alumni. Engages in inter library loans. RESOURCES. 45,740 vols. , of which 38,221 constitute the arts and sciences library (10,759 unbound), 5,901 vols. constitute the law library, and 1,618 vols. make up the medical library. The average growth per year from 1006 to 191 1 was about 2,000 vols., but since that time, owing to the straitened finanrial condition of the university, the accessions have fallen to 729 vols. for last year. Special mention should be made of a collection on Germanic philology and allied subjects, the library of the late Prof. Richard Heinzel of the University of Vienna, and the classical library of Prof. Curt Wachsmuth of the University of Leipzig, and finally the special collection of over 4,000 vols. on international law and political science known as the Mount Vernon alcove which was established by Mr. Carnegie. The library has also a rather valuable collection of theological books. Georgetown University, Riggs Memorial Library, 37th and O Sts. NW. Rev. Henry J. Shandelle, S. J., librarian. 50 In addition to the Riggs Memorial Library, which is the main library of the university, there are the following department libraries located within the university grounds: Hirst Library. Morgan Maryland Colonial History Library. Observatory Library. HISTORY. The university library was established with the foundation of the college in 1789 and in 1891 transferred to the hall in the south pavilion of the Healy Building, which Elisha Francis Riggs, Esq., financier and philanthropist of Wash- ington, had equipped with galleries, alcoves, and a main reading room for the pur- pose. In recognition of his munificence, it was named the Riggs Memorial Library, after the father and brother of the founder. In 1911 Mr. Riggs furnished the "annex," which is calculated to hold 70,000 vols., and also serves as a minor art ealfcry. REGULATIONS. This is the general library of Georgetown University. It is open from 8 a. m.-s p. m., and at the same hours on Sundays and holidays to visi- tors. It is mainly a reference library. Privileges are extended to students in the arts and sciences and to persons known to the president and faculty of the uni- versity. It does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. The number of volumes in 1913 was 106,341, and pamphlets 62,649, with an average annual increase of 2,500 books and 1,250 pamphlets. The library- contains some hundred vols. printed between 1472 and 1520; a rare line of religious polemics in monastic bindings; alcoves ol liturgical, ascetical, and hagiographical works; a remarkable assembly of books on the American Indian languages, and a comprehensive and serviceable collection of volumes in the fine arts. Hirst Library, Georgetown College. Rev.Mark J. McNeal, S. J., librarian. HISTORY. The Hirst Library, named after Anthony A. Hirst, LL. D., *oi, of Philadelphia, is the final aggregation of the three libraries of the col- lege societies endowed by the students and maintained by an annual fee. REGULATIONS. Open daily from 12 m.-i p. m., and from 6 p. m.-7 p. m. ; for consultation Sunday from 7 a. m.-io p. m., and Wednesday and Satur- day from noon to 10 p. m. Privileges extended to all the students of George- 3989514 4 26 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS town University. It is the students' library of general scope, both cir- culating and reference. It does not engage in interlibrary loans. Morgan Maryland Colonial History Library, Georgetown College. Rev. Edward I. Devitt, S. J., librarian. HISTORY. The James Ethelbert Morgan Fund established through the generosity of Carroll Morgan provides for this library mainly composed of books pertaining to the history of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Its importance is enhanced by the large, perfectly constructed archive or muniment vault which contains old papers, documents, and forms a de- pository to which Maryland and District families are invited to contribute their ancestral and other valuable papers. With it is connected a museum of historical relics synchronous with the books and documents. REGULATIONS. Open from 8 a. m.-n a. m., and from 2 p. m.-s p. m. daily. Its privileges are extended to students and investigators of Mary- land Colonial and District of Columbia history for consultation. It is purely a library of reference and does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. It contains about 3,000 vols. and 750 pamphlets. Observatory Library, located on Observatory Hill to the west of the Georgetown College. Rev. John T. Hedrick, S. J., librarian. This is strictly a scientific library consisting mainly of works in astronomy and mathematics for the use of the observatory staff only. It contains about 2,000 vols. and 1,500 pamphlets collected since the erection of the astronomi- cal observatory in 1846. Georgetown University Law School Library, 506 E St. NW. Hugh J. Fegan, librarian. 51 REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-g p. m. daily except Sundays during the college term. Reference library for the use of students and university graduates. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 4,720 vols.; growth of from 250 to 500 vols. yearly. A carefully selected students' law library strong in American state reports. From a fund arising from the Denman bequest it specializes in works on Constitutional law. Georgetown University Medical College Library, at the Medical College, 920 H St. NW., and at the hospital, southwest cor. of 35th and N Sts. NW. Frederick Shriver, librarian. 52 REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-s p. m. daily except Sundays during the college year. Strictly a professional reference library intended for the use of the medical students and members of the medical profession. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. In the section located at the Medical College there are 3,014 vols. besides numerous pamphlets. In the section located at the Georgetown University Hospital is the fine collection of the dean, Dr. George M. Kober (containing about 1,500 vols), which specializes in public hygiene and dietetics. Georgetown Visitation Convent, 1524 35th St., near P St. NW. 53 REGULATIONS. Open from 2 p. m.-4 p. m. daily except Saturday and Sunday when the hours are from 9 a. m.-4 p. m. Reference library for the use of the students and faculty. RESOURCES. About 6,000 vols.; 24 of the leading periodicals are currently received . LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2J Gonzaga Library, New Gonzaga College Building, 19 I St. NW. Rev. E. DeL. McDonnell, S. J., librarian. 54 REGULATIONS. Open every school day. Reference library for use of the stu- dents and faculty of the college and clergy of St. Aloysius church. RESOURCES. About 30.000 vols. The library is specially strong in philosophy and theology. Gospel Mission Library, 214-216 4.K St. N\V. 55 A reading room with about 500 books of a popular character was slant d during the past winter and is proving a success. Government Hospital for the Insane, Nichols Ave., Congress Heights, SE. Mrs. Louise S. Hough, librarian. 56 HISTORY. The institution was founded about 1855. Two libraries have grown up, the patients' library and the medical library. REGULATIONS. The medical library is open at all hours to the faculty of the institution. The patients' library is open on Monday and Thursday of each week. RESOURCES. There are about 4,000 vols. in the medical library, especially strong in neurology and psychiatry. The patients' library consists cf about 6,000 vols., mostly in general literature and fiction. Forty-five medical journals and 10 magazines of a general character are currently received. Government Printing Office (U. S.). A circulating library was formerly maintained, but it was abolished by act of March 4, 1909. The books were mostly sent to the Public Library. There is now only a small working library relating to printing. 57 See also Public Documents Library, Superintendent of Documents Office. Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia, Masonic Temple, i3th St. and New York Ave. NW. Horace S. Naylor, librarian. 58 HISTORY. The library had its origin in a recommendation submitted to the Grand Lodge. F. A. A. M., in 1849. The object was to have a library cf Masonic works only and to limit its use to Masons cf the District of Columbia. This idea was carried out until Jan. 1873. when the library was opened to the public, and fiction added. The demand for fiction increased steadily until the library has outgrown the idea of a strictly Masonic reference collection, and is now supplying its readers more with popular novels than with Masonic literature. The library is maintained by an annual appropriation from the Grand Lodge, expanded under the direction of a committee. REGULATIONS. Open 10 a. m.-8 p. m.; Sundays and holidays excepted. Cir- culating library of general fiction and Masonic reference works. Under certain conditions the library is free to the general public; the reader must be recommended by a Mason. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES.^ 3,127 vols. Growth in 1913, 170 vols. The library has no special collection outside of Masonry. Its ami is to supply approved current fiction to the general reader and works on Masonry to those engaged in the study of that subject. It maintains a card catalogue. Holy Cross Academy. See Academy of the Holy Cross. 28 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Holy Cross College, Harewood Road NE. (Brookland). Very Rev. James Burns, Superior, C. S. C. 59 REGULATIONS. Open daily throughout the school year. Theological reference library for the use of the students and faculty. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 10,000 vpls. Average growth per year, about 500 vols. Rich in theological works and the writings of the Latin fathers. Card catalogue nearly complete. House of Representatives Library (U. S.), The Capitol. H. C. McCarthy, librarian. 60 HISTORY. The first mention of this library occurs in 1828. For some interest- ing facts in connection with it, see W. D. Johnston's History of the Library of Congress, v. i, p. 387-392. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m., or until the adjournment of the House. Reference library exclusively for the use of Members of Congress. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 25,000 vols. in the working collection and 450,000 vols. in reserve. Except for a few general reference books the collection consists of United States documents, 50 copies of each document published being received. Perhaps in no other library is duplication carried to such a high point as is found necessary in this, on account of the peculiar nature of the service rendered. Howard University Carnegie Library, 6th St. and Howard PI. NW- Miss Grace Llscom Hewett, librarian. 61 HISTORY. Founded in 1867 by the gift of a Webster's Dictionary. Soon after the private library of Dr. D. B. Nichols, one of the founders of the university, and its first librarian, was purchased. Dr. Nichols served as librarian from 1867-1882, at the same time doing other work in the university. Through his efforts many large donations of books were made. In 1874, 5 vols. from Lewis Tappan were acquired, to be kept as a special collection under the designation The Tappan antislavery library. Dr. C. H. R. Bulkley was the second librarian, also combining some teaching with his library administration; during his term the number of vols. was increased to 13,000. In 1891 Miss Irene C. Tyler was appointed librarian, the first to devote her whole time to the work. The library was then kept open for the first time during the school day. In 1898 Miss Flora L. P. Johnson was appointed and began to classify and catalogue the collection, a difficult undertaking in the over- crowded condition of the library. In 1910 Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave $50,000 for a library building with the stipu- lation that an income of $5,000 annually should be assured for its support. The law school has its own library in the law building and the medical school intends to move its collection to the medical building, but remaining also a branch of the general library. REGULATIONS. Open 8 a. m.-8.3o p.m.; medical room open until 10 p. m., Sundays and holidays excepted. General and reference library for the free use of the faculty and students of the university, and for the alumni students on pay- ment of $i library fee. The library borrows from the Public Library and from the Library of Congress. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 29 RESOURCES. 29.700 vols. and 22,000 pamphlets, making a total of 51,700, includ- ing the Law library of 3,200 vols. and 200 pamphlets. Growth in 1912-13, 846 vols. The library is strong in antislavery books, including the Tappan antislavery collection. Card catalogue. Hydrographic Office (U. S. Navy Department), Mills Building, lyth St. and Pa. Ave. NW. 62 There is a small collection of books consisting of sailing directions, and books of reference of a technical character pertaining to the work of the office, most of which have been received by way of exchange from other offices engaged in similar work. Immaculate Seminary, Nebraska and Wisconsin Aves. NW. 63 REGULATIONS. Hours and days of opening are suited to the convenience of the students, no regular time being fixed. Reference library for the use of the inmates of the seminary. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 1,500 vols. Growth last year, 30 vols. The library has a good working collection of general literature and subjects taught in the school. t>ut is strongest in English literature and carefully selected fiction. Dewey sys- tem in use. Immaculate Conception College (Dominican), 487 Michigan Ave. NE. (Brookland). Rev. Thomas a K. Reilly, O. P., librarian. 64 REGULATIONS. Open for students from n a. m. to 12 m. on class days, to the faculty at all hours. Circulating and reference library for the faculty and students of the college and students of the Catholic University. Prior's (Superior's) permis- sion required for all books lent to outsiders, always granted en request. Dees not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 15,000 vols. and a small collection of unimportant pam- phlets and liturgical manuscripts. The increase in 1913 was about 500 vols., mostly patrology. While the collection is intended primarily for ecclesiastical students, the subjects are not restricted. The library is, however, strong in philosophy, theology, and canon law. There are various editions of St. Tfccrnas Aquinas (O. P.), and various commentaries on his works, nctably the Leonine edition of Cajetan on St. Thomas, and the complete works of Albertus Magnus, O. P. There is a card catalogue. Immigration, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Labor), 513-515 i4th St. NW. 65 The bureau has a collection of about 1,000 vols. for office use, consisting largely of law books and reports touching immigration matters. There are also a few vol- umes dealing with immigration in a more general way. and some beaks on foreign countries which treat especially of their people, their manners, customs, habits, etc. Indian Affairs, Office of (U. S. Department of the Interior), Pension Building, G St. bet. 4th and 5th Sts. NW. M. S. Cook, clerk in charge of library. 66 HISTORY. The library had as its nucleus a collection of some 100 or more vols. purchased in the early seventies for the use of the historiographer. This position was discontinued in a few years without any of the results of his labors being pub- lished. The work of bringing into one place the books scattered about the office 30 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS and cataloguing them was begun in 1899. But few purchases have been made, as there is no library fund, and the accessions, excepting Government documents, have, therefore, been somewhat fortuitous. Although the library has not been regularly provided for by law, and the work put on it entirely clerical, it has grown up to meet a real need of the office for information concerning Indian affairs. In 1910 the law books belonging to the office were collected in one place, and thus what is known as the Law Library was established. It consists of about 525 vols., mostly United States statutes, court reports, opinions of the Attorney General, and decisions of the Comptroller, likely to contain matter of interest in connection with Indian affairs. It has not been catalogued, and is not in charge of the clerk who acts as librarian for the other collection of books. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holi- days. Reference library for the use of the clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. RESOURCES. About 1,050 vols. in addition to the 525 vols. in the law library mentioned above. The collection consists of books relating more or less directly to Indians and is, in fact, a technical working library in the field covered by the activi- ties of the office. Special mention should be made of a complete set cf the annual reports of the Indian Office, of which very few exist, and a collection of Congressional documents and miscellaneous pamphlets relating to Indians, bound in 98 vols. of about 1,000 pages each. This set of volumes has continuous paging, and is indexed in handwriting by subjects, in 2 vols. When this indexing was begun, about 1878, card catalogues were not in use, and the original system has been continued. There is a card catalogue of the main collection by authors and subjects, the subjects being mainly the references in the books to Indian tribes. Industrial Relations, Commission on (U. S.), Southern Building, i5th and H Sts. NW. Miss Clara Alida Richards, librarian. 67 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-5 p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Ref- erence library primarily for the use of the staff of the commission, but open to anyone wishing to consult the material. Engages in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About i, ooo vols. restricted to labor questions and allied subjects. Card catalogue. Insular Affairs, Bureau of (U. S. War Department). State, War, and Navy Building, southeast corner of xyth St. and Pa. Ave., rooms 246, 248, 250. Mrs. C. S. Coles, librarian. 68 HISTORY. The collection' was begun in 1898, so that the bureau might have readily available all published matter relating to noncontiguous territory, and during the time of its existence has served to answer the constantly recurring questions concerning the noncontiguous territory of the United States. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library primarily for the use of the bureau, but may be used by anyone. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 1,485 vols. exclusive of pamphlets and several hundred vols. of unbound official gazettes of Porto Rico, Cuba, etc., some of which it would be very difficult to duplicate. There are about 500 maps. Average growth about 100 vols. and 100 maps per year. The collection is composed almost entirely ol reports, laws, maps, and some manuscripts relating mainly to noncontiguous territory and receives currently the official reports and many newspapers from such regions. There is a card catalogue. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 31 Internationa] Bureau of American Republics. This became the Pan American Union in 1910. See Columbus Memorial Library, Pan American Union. 1 Health Commission Library (The Rockefeller Foundation), Southern Building, i5th and H Sts. NW., room 725. Miss Ono Mary Imhoff, librarian. 69 The International Health Commission is an outgrowth of the Rockefeller Sani- tary Commission, organized in 1909 for the eradication of book mum disease in the United States. It was formally established by resolutions passed toward the end of 1913 by the Rockefeller Foundation, which had itself been created by an act of the Xew York Legislature of May 13, 1913. The collection of a library has only just been begun. For fuller information concerning the plans and scope of the ^^O^MT** see the " Resolutions ^taMictiCTig the Intptnatjflflal health ^iim*cini " and "Outline plan for * *^^^*^tm^ in the work of relief and control of Uncinariasis (Hookworm disease) in infected coun- tries." International Reform Bureau (Inc.), 206 Pa. Ave. SE. Mrs. Wil- bur F. Crafts in charge of collection. 70 The International Reform Bureau was organized in 1895, and incorporated on May 9. 1896. "to promote those Christian reforms on which the churches sociologi- cally unite, while theologically differing." There is a private library of several thousand volumes, and pamphlets, and a large collection of dippings. The whole will become public when placed in the new building about to be erected at the comer of Pa. Ave. and id St. SE. Interstate Commerce Commission Library, 1317 P St. NW. Leroy Stafford Boyd, librarian. 71 HISTORY. The commission was establis" id in 1887 and almost at once special collections began to accumulate in the offices of the five commissioners and the secretary. In 1894 these separate collections were brought together into a regular library which has been maintained since. REGrn_iTioxs. Open 9 a. rn.~4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Circulating library for officials a * 1 *^ **"* > pV > > ^ ^. of the iimmi^g****^ awi for officials of other departments. Open to the public for reference. Does not engage in tnterlibrary loans outside of Washington. RESOURCES. 16.000 vols. and 10.000 pamphlets. 125 maps. Library strong in railroad literature and law. Special collections of bills, reports, and documents relating to Interstate commerce. 1885 to date. Card catalogue on 4 by 5 card, but is rftofif**! to adopt L. of C. printed cards. Justice, Department of, 1435 K St. NW. George Kearney, librarian. 72 HISTORY. The library had its beginning in the act of March z. 1831 (4 Stat.. 457). which appropriated $500 for the purchase of books for the office of the Attorney General. Thereafter appropriations were made from year to year with a gradual iiirirasc in the amount to meet the actual needs of the department. The collec- 32 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS tion has been augmented by donations from the other executive departments, and from the several States. The office of librarian prior to 1907 was not a statutory position, but was filled by a law clerk of the department assigned to the work by the Attorney General. By the act of February 26, 1907 (34 Stat., 986), the office of librarian was made a statu- tory one. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. The library is a reference library primarily for the use of the officials of the Department of Justice; its use is, however, by courtesy extended to officials of other executive departments, to the justices of the Supreme Court, the Court of Customs Appeals, the Court of Claims, the judges of other courts in the District of Columbia, and attorneys having cases before any of said courts. Does not engage in inter- library loans. RESOURCES. About 45,000 vols. and pamphlets. Average growth about 1,000 vols. per year. The collection consists of session laws, codes and compilations, and reports and digests of the various States of the Union, and of the United States British and British colonial laws and reports; some foreign law other than English good collection of law treatises and fair collection of legal periodicals; reference books; congressional documents and reports; a small collection of miscellaneous books, historical, biographical and sociological. Last printed catalogue, 1904. Card catalogue covering law treatises. King Theological Hall Library, 2420 6th St. NW. 73 King Hall, incorporated in 1891, is a theological school established by the mis- sionary council for preparing colored students for holy orders. The library has been merged into Howard University Carnegie Library and is now known as the Theological Loan Library from which books are lent to theological students for an indefinite period. Labor Statistics Library, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Labor), Commerce Building, igth St. and Pa. Ave. NW., rooms 201-209. Miss M. Alice Matthews, librarian. 74 HISTORY. The library was begun in 1885 and in the early years consisted of a miscellaneous collection of books on all subjects. Within recent years all books not bearing upon labor or economic questions have been discarded, and those retained have been completely recatalogued and reclassified according to Library of Congress methods. Since 1910 a trained librarian has been in charge who hopes to make the collection the best of its kind in this country. Students of labor problems are invited to make the fullest possible use of the resources of the library. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use of the employees of the bureau and all students and investigators of social problems. Books are lent only by special arrangement. Engages in interlibrary loans to some extent. RESOURCES. 28,000 vols. and pamphlets, of which about 3,000 are uncatalogued and unbound vols. and pamphlets. Accessions in 1913, 3,250 vols. all of which were catalogued. The scope of the library embraces official and unofficial material, dealing with all phases of the labor problem, including statistics, economics, and social investigations. The library has special collections of trade-union publica- tions, domestic and foreign labor, factory and mine inspection reports, cost of Hving, housing, industrial hygiene, accident prevention, social insurance, labor bibliography. Card catalogue (printed and typewritten). LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 33 Land Office. See General Land Office, Law Library. Law Library of Congress. See Supreme Court Library and Congress, Library of. Lighthouses, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Commerce), Com- merce Building, igth St. and Pa. Ave. NW. 75 The bureau has only a small collection of working technical books. Most of the books of the bureau were recently transferred to the library of the Department of Commerce. M Street High School, M St. between New Jersey Ave. and ist St. NW. Miss Julia B. Brandon, librarian. 76 REGULATIONS. Open every school day from 9 a. rn.-j p. m. , and when necessary for a half hour before school and for one hour after school; school library for refer- ence and circulation; privileges are extended to the students and faculty of the school; does not engage in interlibrary loans, but works in close relations with the Public Library of the District of Columbia. RESOURCES. 3,299 vols. and pamphlets; average appropriation per year of about $85. Good working school collection strongest in literature, history, and sociology. Card catalogue. McKinley Manual Training School, ;th St. and Rhode Island Ave. NW. Miss Dorothy DeMuth Snyder, librarian. 77 HISTORY. The library was started about 1904. but the first librarian was not appointed until 1909. REGULATIONS. Open every school day from 8.45 a. m.-5-3o p. m. School library for reference use; does not engage in interlibrary loans, but works in close relations with the Public Library of the District of Columbia. RESOURCES. 1,500 vols.; average growth per year, 200 vols. Good working school collections in natural science, useful arts, literature, and history- Card catalogue. Marist College Library, Brookland, D. C. Rev. F. Georgelin, librarian. 78 REGULATION'S. Open "all the tune." Reference library in two sections, one for the use of the staff of professors, the other for the use of the students. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 10,000 vols. and pamphlets. Average growth per year 150 vols. The library is strong in philosophy and sacred sciences. Card catalogue incomplete. Marist Seminary Library, Fort Drive and ad St. NE. Rev. J. J. Goergen, in charge. 79 REGULATIONS. Open every day. Reference library for the use of the members of the teaching staff. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 3,460 vols. and 640 pamphlets. Growth last year. 73 vols. Has a special collection of old theological works and is strong in works of sacred oratory, English and French. Printed catalogue. 34 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Markets, Office of (U. S.). See Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.). Bureau libraries. Metropolitan Club, iyth and H Sts. NW. Mr. P. Lee Phillips, librarian. 80 REGULATIONS. Open throughout the year during club hours, for the use of members and their guests only, within the club building. RESOURCES. Over 10,000 vols. Average growth about 500 vols. per year. The library consists of general literature, with a moderate amount of standard fiction. A printed catalogue was issued in 1890. There is a complete catalogue in manuscript. Miller Library, Forest Glen, Md. 81 This interesting and remarkable library of a true book lover is located so near the District line that it may well find a place in this compilation. The collection was the private library of J. De Witt Miller. Since 1901 it has been housed in a building especially erected for it by his friends, Mr. and Mrs. John Irvin Cassidy, of the National Park Seminary at Forest Glen. Mines, Bureau of (U. S. Department of the Interior), Bureau of Mines Building, 710 E St. NW. Mrs. Edith F. Spofford, librarian. 82 HISTORY. The library was established in 1911 with about 700 vols. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4-3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. The library is scientific and technical in character, and is for use in connection with the investigations of the bureau. It is divided between the offices of the Bureau of Mines in Washington, Pittsburgh, Denver, and San Francisco. Engages in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 12,000 vols., of which about 4,000 are located in Washing- ton. It is strong in material relating to mines and mining, especially mine acci- dents, and to the uses of the mineral resources of the country. Card catalogue. Missionary Library of the Diocese of Washington, D. C., south- east corner of 3d St. and Indiana Ave. NW. Miss Harriet O. Bowie, librarian. 83 REGULATIONS. Open from 10 a. rn.-u m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. Books can be taken out by applying to the librarian and filling in a printed slip. They can be kept for two weeks and then renewed. RESOURCES. 2,559 vols., exclusive of pamphlets. The library is general in character, but includes Convention journals of all the diocese and missionary dis- tricts in the United States. These are kept on file, and can not be taken from the library. Mount Vernon Seminary, uoo M St., corner nth St., NW. Miss Anne Seymour Ames, librarian. 84 HISTORY. The school was founded in 1875 by Mrs. Elizabeth J. Somers, who has remained principal, but for many years has associated with herself Mrs. A. G. Hensley, first as assistant principal, but latterly as co-principal. The library has grown with the school. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 35 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m .-9 p. m. every day of the school year, which extends from about the beginning of October to the end of May. School reference library for use of students and faculty. RESOURCES. About 2,000 v-ols. and 25 maps. Subscribes for 18 magazines, of which the Atlantic, Century, Harper's, and Scribner's are bound, and made avail- able by Poote's index for the earlier volumes, and the Readers' Guide for the later. Has the privilege of drawing 25 books at a time for four weeks from the Pub'ic Library. National College of Pharmacy, 808 I St. NW. 85 REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m. with no fixed hour for closing. The reading room is open until up. m. Reference library for students and faculty. RESOURCES. 2.500 vols. mostly confined to pharmacy, pharmaceutical chemis- try, materia medica, and the proceedings of pharmaceutical associations. National Geographic Society, i6th and M Sts. NW. 86 Owing to the extension of the building and the consequent rearrangement of the offices, the library is at present inaccessible and exact statistics can not be given. National Library for the Blind, 1729 H St. NW. Miss Etta Josslyn Giffin, director. 87 HISTORY. The National Library for the Blind was incorporated December 26. 1911. and the present library and reading room opened December, 1913. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. rn.-4.3c p. m. Reading room and circulating library- At present the books are only circulated in the District of Columbia. On Monday nights there is music, a lecture, or a miscellaneous program. OnSatnrday afternoons there are readings of poetry and prose. RESOURCES. 320 distinct titles, including duplicates 1,278. National Monetary Commission (U. S.). 88 The National Monetary Commission bad its origin in the act of May 30, 1008. and came to an end by the act of August 22. 1911, which directed that the final report was to be made January 8, 1912, and that the commission was to go out of existence March 31, 1912. During its existence the commission collected a valu- able library on finance, banking, and the monetary question in all countries. This library, by the act of August 23. 1912, was transferred to the Library of Congress. At the time of the transfer it consisted of 2,298 vols.. 1.528 pamphlets. 3.444 num- bers of periodicals. 30 maps, and 7 manuscripts. (See the Report of the Librarian of Congress for 1912, page 32.) National Museum (U. S.), New National Museum Building, The Mall, B St. opposite toth St. NW. N. P. Scudder, assistant librarian. 89 HISTORY. The National Museum had its origin in the various scientific collec- tions which came into the possession of the Government, either by gift or as the result of exploring expeditions sent out under Government auspices. The collec- tions were gathered together in the Patent Office Building, and from 1843-1858 36 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS were under the control of the Commissioner of Patents. In 1858 they were trans- ferred to the Smithsonian Institution with the stipulation that Congress should make an appropriation to cover the transfer and an annual appropriation for their care. Many of the articles which had been exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, at Philadelphia, were subsequently transferred to the National Museum and made necessary a separate building, which was completed in 1881. The need of a library was felt almost from the start and became all the more acute when the collections were placed in their own building with curators in charge of the various departments. To meet the convenience of the curators, considerable parts of the collection were distributed in the working rooms of the several departments, and thus sprang up a system of sectional libraries, until now there are 31 of these, ranging from about 6,000 vols. in the department of birds to a few hundred in the smaller departments. Plans for a new building to be located on the north side of The Mall were authorized by the Sundry civil act of June 30, 1902, and the building itself by a like act of March 3, 1903. The construction was completed in the autumn of 1911 and the library was transferred to it. The space assigned to the library in the new building, located in the ground story of the northern section of the east range, consists of what was originally a single room, with northern exposure, 107 feet 7 inches long by 21 feet i inch wide, and a smaller room facing on the east court measuring 39 feet by 21 feet 4 inches. The former has been divided into three compartments for the book stacks, cata- logue cases, and reading accommodations, while the latter is used for office pur- poses and preparatory work. All of the space is well lighted and ventilated, the equipment is modern and fireproof, and the facilities excellent in every respect. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays, Reference library for the use of the staff of the museum. The library is open to the public for reference use. Books are borrowed freely from the Library of Con- gress and other libraries for the use of the staff. RESOURCES. 43,692 vols., 72,042 unbound papers, and 122 manuscripts. The accessions during 1913 were 1,690 books, 2,213 pamphlets, 159 parts of volumes. The collection is wholly scientific, and especially strong in the natural sciences which fall within the scope of the museum. Particular mention should be made of the books dealing with museum administration. National Park Seminary. See Miller Library, Forest Glen, Md. National Press Club, Riggs Building, southeast corner i5th and G Sts. NW. 90 The library consists of about 1,200 vols., including the standard reference books, documents dealing with public questions which have been prominently before the country in recent years, and a few volumes of light literature. The library, like the Club, is open at all hours for the use of the members only. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, i?th and D Sts. NW. Mrs. George M. Sternberg, librarian general. HISTORY. The library was officially recognized as part of the working equip- ment of the society at the Congress of 1896, when the office of librarian general was created and Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee elected to fill the position. From a collec- tion of 125 books the library now numbers nearly 7,000 titles, the increase largely LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 37 due to gifts and exchanges, as before 1905 there was no fond for the purchase of books. A bronze tablet and a collection of books relating to Georgia have been placed in the library in memory of Mrs. Emily Hendree Park, State regent of Georgia, 1899-1902, and -vice president general, 1904-1907. REGXTLATTOXS. Open 9 a. rn.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library open to the public; does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 6. 700 vcls., including pamphlets. Increase last year, 400. Annual appreciation for the purchase of books, $50. The collection is strong in American history, with special reference to local and family histories. Card catalogue and fpifial card index of 10,000 cards to 28 bound volumes of typewritten abstracts of Revolutionary pensions. National University Law School, 816-818 ijth St. NW. 92 HISTORY. The library was established in 1867, the date of the founding of the Law School of the National University. REGUtATiOJfS- Open 4 p. m.-njo p. m. daily except Sundays to the students and faculty of the Law School. RESOURCES. About 2,000 vols., consisting largely of State reports. Supreme Court reports, and law treatises. Naturalization, Bureau of (U. S. Department of Labor), 513-515 I4th St. NW. 93 REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4-jo p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use cf the employees of the Bureau of Naturalization and of the Department of Labor. RESOURCES. 184 vols. mostly legal publications and books relating to the work of the bureau. Nautical Almanac Office (U. S.). In October, 1909, the books were turned over to the Library of the Naval Observatory, see below. Naval Medical School Library, 24th and E Sts. NW. Dr. J. D. Gatewood, medical director. 94 HISTORY. About 187$ a laboratory was established in Washington by the Medical Department of the Navy "to afford facilities for original work." In iSSi the Naval Museum of Hygiene began to take form from this, and with it the library. The museum was not recognized as an entity and appropriated for until 1883. The report of the Surgeon General of the N avy for i3Si says: "The library now contains nearly 4.000 vols. of the choicest sort in all departments of medicine and sanitary science, and is being added to rapidly by donations from all parts of the country, and from medical officers of the Navy." It win be seen from this that the library began with 4.000 vols. It is very probable that they had been collected from time to time during many years and constituted a library to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, which library now became the library of the Naval Museum of Hygiene. The report of the Surgeon General for 1882 reads: " There are now on the shelves 6.000 vols., a catalogue of which is being prepared that will greatly 38 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS facilitate the work of reference." In 1902 the Naval Museum of Hygiene was sup- planted by the Naval Medical School. The library has grown steadily but slowly to its present proportions. About four years ago the Library of Congress classifi- cation and card system was adopted and the library is now completely catalogued. There is no special appropriation for its maintenance. Books are purchased from time to time from funds of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. There are dona- tions from time to time. Thirty-four medical periodicals, both foreign and do- mestic, are subscribed for. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-4.30 p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library intended primarily for the use of the faculty and students of the school and all medical officers of the Navy. Have engaged but little in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 16,000 vols., includingmany vols. of bound medical periodi- cals. The growth last year was about 200 vols. 4t is strictly medical in character. There are collections in general medicine, tropical medicine, surgery, ophthal- mology, gynecology, pharmacy, state medicine, hygiene, pathology, bacteriology, anatomy, physiology, botany, zoology, chemistry, and military and naval hygiene. In many of these classes there are a few rare and valuable vols., particularly in botany, medicine, and anatomy. Bacteriology, tropical medicine, and pathology have been specialized in to an extent. The collection of bound medical periodicals is good. The Library of Congress card catalogue system is used. Naval Observatory (U. S. Navy Department), Massachusetts Ave. and W St. NW. There is also an entrance from Wisconsin Ave. north of No. 2521. William D. Horigan, librarian. 95 HISTORY. The first books were obtained by Lieut. J. M. Gilliss in the winter of 1842-43, when he was sent to Europe to procure the instrumental equipment for the new depot of charts and instruments, afterwards known as the Naval Observatory. He received donations of books amounting to nearly 300 vols. on astronomical and other scientific subjects. The principal donors were the Royal Society of London, theRoyal Astronomical Society, the British Admiralty, the East India Co., and the directors of the observatories at Greenwich, Berlin, Brus- sels, and Munich. Besides these donations, about 700 vols. were purchased by Lieut. Gilliss. The growth of the library has been due for the most part to the exchanges received from other scientific institutions. In October, 1909, the maintenance of a separate library by the Nautical Almanac Office was discontinued, and its collection, consisting of 3,998 vols. and 563 pam- phlets, was added to the library of the Observatory. Librarians: Prof. Joseph S. Hubbard, 1845-1863; Prof. William Harkness, 1863- 1865; Prof. Joseph E. Nourse, 1865-1879; Prof. Edward S. Holden, 1879-1881; Lieut. Edward F. Qualtrough, 1881-1882; Lieut. George E. Yardley, 1882-1883; Lieut. John C. Wilson, 1883-1885; Lieut. Lazarus L. Reamey, 1885-1887; Mr. Wil- liam D. Horigan, 1887-1889; Asst. Astronomer Henry M. Paul, 1889-1892; Mr. William D. Horigan, 1892 to date. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holi- days. Only persons connected with the Observatory can draw books, but books requested by other bureaus and offices of the Government for official use are loaned in every case where it is practicable. Works of general reference and books which can not readily be replaced can not be issued from the library without the consent LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 39 of the Superintendent of the Observatory- The library is open to the public for reference only. It does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOITRCES. On June 30, 1913, the library contained 27,296 vols. and 5,45* pamphlets; the accessions during the previous year being 446 vols. and 82 pam- phlets. It is supposed to contain the best collection of astronomical literature in the Western Hemisphere. It is unusually rich in its complete sets of the older serials devoted to mathematics, astronomy, and physics; in the publications of astronom- ical, meteorological, and magnetical institutions; in star catalogues and charts: and in astronomical tables and ephemerides. It has a large collection of mathe- matical tables, including some rare, early editions of trigonometric tables. Among the old and rare astronomical books are the two volumes of Hevelius's Machina Coelestis. There is an author catalogue on cards. Navy Department, Library of the (U. S.), State, War, and Navy Building, i ;th St. and Pa. Ave. NW. Charles West Stewart, Super- intendent of Library and Naval War Records. 96 The reception room of the library, one of the finest in the State, War, and Navy Building, is situated on the fourth floor, east front. It is 30 feet wide by 50 feet long. The floor is inlaid with Minton tiling. The walls are of iron, inlaid with 32 marble panels. Pour figures of bronze, each weighing 800 pounds, stand in the four comers, and represent War and Peace, Liberty, Industry and Mechanics, and Literature. Arts, and Commerce. HISTORY. The first librarian of the Navy Department was Prof. James R. oley, U. S. X., afterwards Assistant Secretary of the Navy, who, on June 2. 1882. was placed in charge of the few hundred books collected from the bureaus of the department. The . first appropriation for books was by act of Aug. 5, 1882, and the first appropriation for a clerical force was by act of July n, 1888. By act of July 7, 1884, a new office was combined with the library, that of Naval War "Records, and both offices have since continued under one head, whose title is "Superintendent of Library and Naval War Records." When Prof. Soley was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1889 he was succeeded by Lieut. Comdr. Fred M. Wise, U. S. N.. who was in turn suc- ceeded by Comdr. Richard Rush, U. S. N., in 1893, and by Prof. E. K. Rawson, U. S. N., in 1897. The present Superintendent, Charles West Stewart, took charge of the dual office in 1903. Prom a collection of a few hundred books, all told, in 1882. the library now contains over 50,000 vols., mostly technical and professional, and is classed as one of the principal naval libraries of the world. RBGtTLATioxs. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use of the officers of the Navy and the employees of the State, War, and Navy Departments. Books are borrowed from the Library of Congress and borrowed from and lent to the State and War Departments. RESOURCES. 50.000 vols. exclusive of public documents which have never been accessioned. The last accession number is 44,951, but this does not include about S.ooo vols. which had accumulated when accessioning was begun. Books and pamphlets accessioned during the fiscal year ending June 30. 1913. were 644. The semiannual accessions were printed until December. 1910. The collection is largely devoted to naval professional subjects. There are three card catalogues, (i) Author and title; (2) Subject; (3) Shelf list. 40 UBRARY OF CONGRESS New Jerusalem, Washington Society of the. See Washington Society of the New Jerusalem. Odd Fellows' Library Association, Odd Fellows' Hall, 423 7th St. NW. Mrs. Henrietta Warner, secretary and librarian. 97 REGULATIONS. Open from 7 p. rn.-g p. m. every evening except Saturdays and Sundays. RESOURCES. 6,000 vols. Ordnance and Fortification, Board of (U. S. War Department), Union Trust Building, isth and H Sts. NW., room 502. G. H. Powell, secretary. 98 The library consists of a collection of ordnance reports, and of mechanical and electrical books for reference use in connection with the work of the board. Oriental Esoteric Society, Library of the, 1443 Q St. NW. Miss Agnes E. Marsland, librarian. 99 HISTORY. Established toward the end of 1905, gifts from those interested in occultism forming the nucleus. All gifts and all dues and receipts from the loan or sale of books were to be put in a trust fund, which was to be used for the purpose of buying new books. "In 1907 a mail-order section" was established to lend books through the mail. In 1910 the library was affiliated with the Oriental Eso- teric Society. (See Bulletin of the Oriental Esoteric Society for Sept. 6, 1913, for detailed history.) REGULATIONS. Open 10 a. m.-$ p. m. daily except Sundays; free for reference only. On payment of a small fee books are lent directly or by mail to persons in any part of the world. RESOURCES. There are about 400 selected titles in the circulating part of the library, including those books which which have been most generally approved by students of esoterism, mysticism, occultism, and new thought, besides philosophy, religion, ethics, health, and social science in relation to occultism. Pan American Union. See Columbus Memorial Library, Pan American Union. Patent Law Association Library, Washington Loan & Trust Build- ing, gth and F Sts. NW., rooms 614-618. Misses A. M. and E. H. Parkins, librarians. 100 HISTORY. The library was begun in 1897 by an association of patent lawyers in the city of Washington. The membership is now world-wide, but is confined to patent lawyers. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-s p. m. Patent law reference library for the use of members of the Patent Law Association and their employees and clerks. RESOURCES. Several thousand volumes, with yearly acquisitions as far as possible of everything published of interest to patent lawyers, especially all books relating to United States or foreign patents, current publications, such as U. S. Supreme Court Reports, Federal Reporter, etc., and the rules of all U. S. district courts, Patent Office Rules of Practice, etc. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA 4! Patent Office, Law Library of the (U. S. Department of the Interior), Patent Office Building, F St., opposite 8th St. NW. R. F. Whitehead, law examiner in charge. 101 REGTJXATIOXS. Open 9 a. rn.-4.so p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. This is the working law library of the Patent Office. The public is allowed to use it bat not to take books therefrom. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 4.000 vols. General law library with special emphasis on patent law. Patent Office, Scientific Library of the (U. S. Department of the Interior), Patent Office Building, F St., opposite 8th St. NW. W. Meriam, librarian. xoa HISTORY. The Patent Office library was practically founded in 1836. although a collection of books had previously existed. In 1847 a classified list of the library books (recording about 2,000) was printed, bat it was not until 1851 that the real history of its Scientific library began under the direction of W. W. Turner, the first regularly appointed librarian, through whose efforts the foreign patent and periodical files were greatly increased and the scope of the library broadened . The librarians, with years of appointment, are as follows: W. W. Turner, 1852; W. E. Jillson. 1859; G. E. Schaeffer, 1863; W. B. Taylor, 1873; H. T. Fisher, 1876; W. Flint, 1877; L- D. Sate, 1885; H. L. Prince, 1889; L. S. WoHe. 1914; W. Meriam, 1914- The library is entirely dependent upon congressional appropriations which varied in sums until 1879 when a regular ammal appropriation of $5,000 was ob- tained until 1885-1886. Since then it has averaged $2,500, the present appropria- tion. From this appropriation about $800 is annually expended for the transpor- tation of U. S. patents to foreign countries (sent in exchange for foreign patents). The balance of the appropriation is applied to the purchase of books and sub- scriptions for periodicals. Many periodicals are secured through exchange for the Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office, and others are sent to the library free by the publishers. REGULATIONS. Open from 9 a. rn.-4.3o p. m. (later to the staff) daily, except Sundays and holidays, free to the public for reference searches. Purely a reference library composed of such technical and scientific books and periodicals as would be of use in the adjudication of patents. The library does not lend books oat of town but local interlibrary loans are customary. RESOURCES. 94,648 vols. (books, pamphlets, bound vols. of periodicals and patents). 1893 vols. were accessioned in 1913. Every effort is made to secure the most reliable publications (books and periodicals) in all industrial arts and sciences electricity, metallurgy, chemistry and physics being well represented as special classes. Printed catalogue through 1888; card catalogue since. Classified card index of important articles in our leading periodicals from 1891 to July. 1913; 370 technical and scientific periodicals (foreign and domestic) are received, not including Government patent publications, which form a class of their own. and number about 6o Peabody Library Association of Georgetown, D. C., 3233 O St. NW. Miss Eva Nelson Gilbert, librarian. 103 HISTORY. The Peabody Library Association of Georgetown, D. C., owes its creation to the generosity of the late George Peabody, who in the year 1867 placed 42 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS in the hands of William W. Corcoran and four associates the sum of $15,000 to be held by them and their successors as a fund for a Peabody Library to be established in the city of Georgetown. The library was incorporated under the title "The Peabody Library Association of Georgetown, D. C.," and has been in operation since 1867. Under an agreement with the school authorities of Georgetown the association was given the privilege of occupying one of the rooms in the Curtis School Building, and its workings are still carried on at that location. The effort of the trustees is to supply the portion of the city in which the library is situated with the recognized classics of English literature, as well as current general works. REGULATIONS. Open 6 p. ra.-g p. m. daily except Saturday and Sunday. Free to readers; books drawn by subscribers. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. About 9,000 vols. Growth in 1913, 125 vols. Collection is mainly fiction and English literature. Pension Bureau Reference Library (U. S.), Pension Building, G St. between 4th and 5th Sts. NW. Newton A. Strait, librarian. 104 HISTORY. The library was established July 18, 1910, by the authority of the Commissioner of Pensions. A small number of books was brought together from various parts of the bureau, mostly volumes which had been previously donated by the adjutants general of the several States. These were supplemented by the librarian from his personal library, and within the last year by the transfer of dupli- cates from the Library of Congress and some of the State libraries. A number of histories of military organizations have been generously contributed by their authors, and although the library has been in existence only a few years, it is already rich in this class of books and has many which are out of print and difficult to procure. REGULATIONS. Open 9 a. m.-4.3o p. m. daily except Sundays and holidays. Reference library for the use of the employees of the bureau. The privilege of consulting the books is extended to any one having business with the Pension Bureau. Does not engage in interlibrary loans. RESOURCES. 1,100 vols. and 75 pamphlets. There is no appropriation for the purchase of books, but the number has nearly doubled in less than a year by dona- tion and exchange. The library js specializing in State and other publications con- taining rosters of officers and men of the Civil and Spanish- American Wars, in his- tories of the various wars of the United States, and all work which will aid the bureau in authenticating claims for pensions. Such information is furnished not only to the special examiners of the bureau in the field but to committees of the Senate and House having charge of pension legislation, and to the claimants them- selves. Recently 150 vols. of the "Vital records" of the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island were donated by the State officials in the interest of claimants for pensions from those States. There is a card catalogue. Plant Industry, Bureau of (U. S.). See Agriculture, Library of the Department of (U. S.). Bureau libraries. Press Club. See National Press Club. LIBRARIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 43 Public Documents Library, Safeiiafcmieat of Dociio*nts Office, North Capitol and H Sts. NW. Miss Sarah Ambler, librarian. 105 properties at the time were three or lour wagon loads of second-hand documents of all ages, piled on the floor of an otherwise empty room. These were soon followed by a djily inmix of new dociimente hot from the Government presses. There was no provision of law for establishing a library. *****{* there was for cataloguing the documents. When they had been catalogued, there was only one reasnnahir way to preserve them, and that was in Hbrary form, so that they would be accessible ffY IK^ Trusting to good sense to supply the lialir* m the fa w. the library was stalled. and it is f animate that it was. for without it the varied duties that have since been The library work that has been accompfished is not only the creation of the gether to iz.nj closely-printed, dooble-oohmm pages. The number of document jml mi * pmthliJirtl js x>. iH of monthly catalogues 130. Two >*!*' In the report of Acting Seuetaiy of War. ! Dexter, to the House of Representatives under date of February xz. xSor. the hbrary is described as one that was * extensive, and contained many military works of celebrity'."* Its first Washington home was in a three-story brick dwdfing house on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, covering a part of the site now occupied by the double bouse numbered 1148-50. In iSi the Ebrary was moved into the " West e*eiuUe building" in the southwest portion of the site of the present State. War. and Xavy Building. About iS more permanent 0.0*1 to s were found in the old 1 Just as we go to press information reaches us that the Hbrary is to be trans- ferred to the Army War College, foot of 34 ! Bowerman, George F 107 I Bowie, Harriet O 83! Boyd, A. R 3' Boyd, Dorothea W 35 ' Boyd, Leroy Stafford 71 i Boyden, William L 9 Boyle, Mrs. Egerton R 12 , Brandon, Julia B 76 , Brockett, Paul 1141 Brooks, C. H 130 Brown, Ralph M 25 Bruncken, Ernest 31 Bulkley, Dr. C. H. R 61 Burns, Res. James 59 Carnegie, Andrew 29,49,61, 107 ' Casey, Gen. Edward P 31 Cassidy, John Irvin 81 ; Cheesman, William H a ; Cheney, James W 129 Clark, Thomas H 127 Colcord. Mabel 2 I Coles. Mn. C. S 68 Cook, M. S 66 Coppee, Mrs. Mary B 21 Corcoran, William W 103 Crafts, Mr*. Wilbur F 70 Crawford, Maj. Charles 10 Crocker, Mrs. Maja 124 Cross, Anne Gunnell 18 Darwin, Charles C 47 Davies, Margaret D 14 Davis, Miss M. H 135 De Land, Fred 128 Devitt, Rez. Edward 1 5 Dodge, Esther 20 Doonan, Margaret 2 Draper, Anne E 2 Elliott, Rev. Walter, C. S. P 7 Fanti, A 117 Farnum, Jessica L 31 Fegan, Hugh J 51 Feldkamp, Cora L a Fisher. H. T 102 Flint, Weston 102, 107 Freeby, Harriet 49 Gatewood, Dr. J. D 94 Giffin, Etta Josslyn 87 Gilbert, Eva Nelson 103 Gill, Dr. Theodore 114 Gilliss, Lieut. J. M 95 Georgelin. Res. F . 78 Goergen, Rer4J- J 79 Goetz, Mina 123 Goodwin. Edward C 113 Grant, Thomas 131 Greely, Brig. Gen. A. W 129 Green, Bernard R . 31 Griffin, A. P. C 31 Haferkorn, Henry E 38 Hammond. Surg. Gen . William G. 121 Harkness, Prof. William 95 Hanis.H.J 31 , Hassler, F. R 25 Hastings, C.H 31 Hayward, Louise 2 Hedrick, Ret. John T., S. J 50 . Heinzel, Prof. Richard 49 Hendley, William 35 Hensley, Mrs. A. G 84 Hewett, Grace Liscom 61 Hill, Mrs. Lillian 41 Hirst, Anthony A 50 Holden. Prof. Edward S 95 Horigan. William D 95 Hough, Mrs. Louise S 56 Houghton, C. C 33 Hubbard, Prof. Joseph S 95 Hunsmger, B. E 136 Hunt, Gaillard 31 ; Hunt. Father Godfrey 44 ; Hutcheson, David 31 Imhoff , Ono Mary 69 Jefferson. Thomas 31 Jewett, Prof. Charles C 114 Jillson, W. E 102 Johnson, Flora L. P 61 Johnston, Richard H 108 " Johnston, W. D 31 Jones, Myron J 136 Kearney, George '72 Kober, Dr. George M 52 Lane, Dr. Francis R 19 Lamer, John B 107 Leary, Ella 3 Lepley, William H 16 Lovell, Surg. Gen. Joseph 121 McCarthy, H. C 60 McCord, Julia L. V 47 McCulloch, Lieut. Col. Champe i C-.jr 121 MacDonald, Rose M 42 6l 62 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS McDonnell, Rev. E. De L., S. J. . . 54 McGee, Dr. Anita Newcomb 91 McGuire, Frederick B 32 McNeal, Rer. Mark J., S. J 50 Magruder, Patrick 31 Mann, Laura N : 19 Maria Patricia, Sister 126 Marsland, Agnes E 99 Mattel, Charles 31 Martin, Brother no Masterson, D. S 106 5 Matthews, M. Alice Meehan, John Silva Mercer, M. Barton Meriam, W Meyer, H. H. B Miller, J. De Witt Morgan, James Ethelbert Morrison, Frank 4 Naylor, Horace S 58 Nichols, Dr. D. B '. 61 North, S. N. D 18 Northrop, Helen 28 Nourse, Prof. Joseph E 95 Noyes, Theodore W 107 Oberly, Eunice R 2 Oehscn, Herman von 9 Ogden, E. Lucy a Osborn, Rev. Albert. . . 6 Park, Mrs. Emily Hendree 91 Parkins, Miss A. M 100 Parkins, Miss E. H 100 Parsons, A. J 31 Paul, Henry M 95 Peabody, George 103 Pelz, Paul J 31 Perley, C. W 31 Perry, R. Ross 107 Phillips, P. Lee 31,80 Pike, Gen. Albert 119 Powell, G. H 98 Prince, H. L 102 Putnam, Dr. Herbert 31, 107 Qualtrough, Lieut. Edward F. . . Rawson, Prof. E. K Reamey, Lieut. Lazarus L Reilly, Rev. Thomas a K., O. P. Richards, Clara Alida Riggs, Elisha Francis Ritter, A. H Rohwer, S. A Rush, Comdr. Richard Sale, L. D 102 Schaeffer. G. E 102 Schick, Mary E 115 Schilling, Father Godfrey 44 Schley, J. L 8 Schmidt, Alfred Francis William. 49 Scudder, N. P 89 Sellers, Kathryn 15 Shandelle, Rev. Henry J., S. J. . . . 50 Sheppard, H. Raymond 46 Sherman, Caroline B 2 Shriver, Frederick 52 Slade, W. A 31 Small, Herbert 31 Smithmeyer, John L : . 31 Smithson, James 114 Snifien, William W a Snyder, Dorothy De Muth 77 Solberg, Thorvald 31 Soley, Prof. James R 96 Somers, Mrs. Elizabeth J 84 Sonneck, O. G. T 31 Spofford, Ainsworth Rand 31, 107 Spofford, Mrs. Edith F 82 Stafford, Wendell P 107 Stephenson, John G 31 Sternberg, Mrs. George M 91 Stewart, Charles West 96, 116 Stockbridge, Helen E 2 Strait, Newton A 104 Swanton, Frederick 133 Swedenborg, Emanuel 133 Talcott, Mrs. E. Maud 23 Talman, Prof. C. Fitzhugh 134 Tappan, Lewis 61 Taylor, W. B 102 Thompson, J.D 31 Thompson, Laura A 22 Thurston, Ernest L 107 Tonner, John A 109 Triepel, Emma M. V 125 Turner. W. W 102 Turner, Rev. Dr. William '17 Tyler, Irene C 61 Ufford, Walter S n Wachsmuth, Prof. Curt 49 Warner, B. H 107 Warner, Mrs. Henrietta 97 Watterston, George 31 Weeks, F. B 47 Whitehead, R. F 101 Whitney, Edward 43 Wilson, Lieut. John C 95 Wilson, Mrs. Kate B 18 Windoin. W. D 118 Wise, Lieut. Comdr. Fred M 96 Wolcott, Dr. John D 36 Wolfe, L. S 102 Woodward, S. W 107 Yanes, Francisco J 29 Yardley, Lieut. George E 95 Young, John Russell 31 SUBJECT INDEX (The numbers refer to items, not to pases] Aeronautics Agriculture Entomology Ethnology. American literature . Animal industry Anthropology Aquicultnre Archaeology. American Architecture Ascetics Astronomy.. Astrophysics Atlases. . . Bacteriology 3 31.81.107 31 31.81.107 .. 2.31.40 3-3* Bibliography Biology Blind Botany Business Canon law 3-31 41 3.31-89 31. irS 17.50 25.31-50-95 31.95.114 3 31, 94 12.31 31 2,31 3**7 2.31.89 20,31 44-50 Cartography .................. 25-31-47 Catholic books ................... 1,7, 16,17,31,44,50.53,54,591 63, 64, 78, 79, IOT- HC-I12. 126 Central America ................. 29.31 Charities ......................... 11.31 Chemistry ............. 2, 17.31, 102, 117 Child welfare. .................... 22.31 Children's books... ..... . ....... 31-107 Chinese .......................... 31 Christian science ................. 23,31 Civil engineering ........... 3I.37-3&.39 Civil service ..................... 24,31 Civil War ................... 31. 104, 129 Climatology ..................... 31? (34 Chib libraries .............. . 8.34,80,90 College and university libraries. . . 6, 10,17.38-49.50-61 20.30.31.43 Corporation law .................. 31.33 Cuba ............................. 31,68 Daily lug ......................... 2.31 Deaf mutes .................. 28.31. 128 Dietetics ......................... 51-51 Diplomacy ...................... 31, 109 Directories.. .................. -- 31 District of Columbia ...... 27.31,50.107 Documents ........ r. 31.60.105.113.129 Economics ....................... 31 Education .. .. ______ ... ___ ... ____ 31, 36 Electrical engineering ............ 31-38 Electricity ...................... 31,102 Engineering. See Civil engineer- ing. Electrical engineering. Hy- draulic engineering. Mechanical Farm iiuingeincnt ... .......... 2 Finance. 20.31.05 Fine art 31,32. 50 First editions 31*81 Fish culture .. .. 42 Folklore 31,119 Foods 2,31 Forestry 2,31 Fortification 98 Franciscan oidei ._.._.._;._ 44 Freemasonry 31,58,97,119 French 31 Game preservation 2,31 Genealogy 31.50.91.116 Geodesy 15,31 Geography 31,86 Geology 3**47 Geophysics 31,48 German 3I.-49 Greek 31 '49, 50 Hagiography 50 Hawaiian Islands- 31,68 Hebraica 17-31- H9 History I7.3*j49r5o,io7 History. American 31,50,109 Homilelics 17.50.112 Horticulture a,3i Hunting 1,31 Hydranfic engineering 31-38-39 Hydrobiology 42 Hydrography 25,31,62 Hygiene , 31.94-106-121 Ichthyology 31-42 Immigration 31.65 Incunabula 31-50 Indian languages 3-31-51 lnHire 3,31,66 Industrial arts 31,102,107,117 Insanity. 31.56-121 Insects. Sec Entomology. International law 15.31.49.109 Interstate commerce 31, 71 Irrigation 2,31,47 Italian 31 Japanese 31 Labor. 4.31.67.74-108 Land drainage 2,31,47 Latin 17-31-49.50 Latin America 29,31 Law 13-17.3*. 49, 51, 61, 71, 72,92, loo. 120, 1*7, 13* Law. foreign 31, 109 Lighthouses 3iTS Limnology.... - ........... 49 Liturgies 17.50.112 63 UBRARY OF CONGRESS Magnetism, terrestrial 25,31,95 Mammalogy 2,31 Manual training 31, 77 Manuscripts 31, 109 Maps and charts 25,31,47 Markets 2,31 Maryland history 31 , 50 Mathematics 25,31,95, 117 Mechanical engineering 31.38 Medicine 9,31,49, 52,56,94, 106, 121 Metallurgy 31, 102 Meteorology 31.95. 134 j Mexico 29,31 i Military hygiene 94 j Military rosters 31, 104, 129 j Military science 8,10,31,38,98,129 j Mineral resources 31, 47, 82 Mineralogy 31,47,89 Mining 31,47,82 Museums 3 1 , 89 Mushrooms 2,31 Music 31 Napoleon 31, 114 Naturalization 31, 93 Naval hygiene 3i>94> 121 Naval science 8, 31 , 96 Navigation 25,31,62 Negroes 31,61 Neurology 31, 56, 121 Newspapers 31 Numismatics 31 Oceanography 25,31,42 Occultism 3i,99- 119. 124 Ordnance 31,98,129 Ornithology 2,31,89 Paleontology 3i)47 Parliamentary procedure 31, 113 Patents and patent law 31, 100-102 Patristics 17.31, 50, 59 Peace 15,31 Pedagogy 1,17,31.36.123 Pharmacy 2,9,31,85,121 Philippines 31 , 68 Philology, classical 31, 49, 50 Philology, Germanic 31, 49, 50 Philosophy 17,31,50 Philosophy, scholastic . 31, 44, 50, 54, 126 Physics 17,31,102,117 Plant industry 2,31 Political science 17.31. 49 Porto Rico 31,68 Prints 31 Psychiatry 31, 56, 121 Railroads 31,71,108 Reclamation 2, 31, 47 Regimental histories 31, 104, 129 Religion 17,31,44,49,50,54, 59 Roads 2,31 Russian 31 St. Francis. See Franciscan order. Sanskrit 31 Scandinavian 31 School libraries i, 14, 16, 19, 21, 35.4I.45.S3, 54.59, 63, 64, 76-79,84, IIO-H2, 123, 126, 135 School textbooks 31, 36 Science 31,89, 102, 114,117 Settlement libraries 55, 107 Shaker literature 31 Shipbuilding 31,96 Slavery i 31, 61 Slavic 31 Social service 11,31 Sociology 31, 74 Soils 2,31,47 South America 29, 31 Spanish 31 Spanish- American War 31, 104, 129 Statistics 18,31 Statistics, agricultural 2,31 Statistics, labor 31, 74 Surgery 9,31,121 Surveying 25.31.47 Swedenborgianism 31, 133 Tariff 31.127 Technology 31, 102, 107, 117 Topography 25,31,47 Trade unions 4.31. 74 Transportation 31, 71, 108 Tropical medicine 31. 94. 121 Trusts and corporations 31.33. 7* Veterinary medicine 26, i26a War 15,31,129 Washington, D. C. See District of Columbia. Weather. See Meteorology. Weights and measures 31, w 7 West Indies 31,68 Zoology 31.89 o STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY WILL INCREASE TO SO CENTS ON THE FOURTH DAY AND TO $1.OO ON THE SEVENTH DAY OVERDUE. JAN 1 1 1934 LD21-100m-7,'33 :TY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY