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Washington Number

VIEW OF WASHINGTON FROM THE MONUMENT

Entered as second class matter at tho Poat Offlee, Providence, R. I. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in scctlon 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized October 22,1927. Rates: $5.00 8 year. Foreign $6.60: single copies 60 cents. Contents ARTICLES District of Columbia Collection of the Washington Public Library. By Emma Hance ...... 148 Federal City to National Capital. By Louise P. Latimer ...... 1 39 Knowledge Tours of Washington. By Elizabeth 0. Cullen ...... 1 40 Library of Congress Notes. By Frederick W. Ashley 146 Public Documents Library. By Mary B. Hartwell I47 Washington of Tomorrow. By Major Carey H. Brown ...... 145

CONFERENCE Annual Dinner ...... 157 Map of Washington .... 152 Conference Notes.. .. 156 Pres. CadyYsMessage 150 Glimpses of Libraries 154 Program ...... I49 Hotels ...... 149 Travel ...... 149 -NOTES Agricultural Biblio- Domestic Economy. . 159 gra~hies...... 158 Railway Biographies . 1 57 Census Reports ...... 163 Chemical Indexes...... 163 Time Savers ...... 1 59 Crime Survey...... 158 Western Society of Distribution Studies ... 157 Engineers ...... 158

DEPARTMENTS Associations ...... 160 Events and Publica- Editorials ...... 1 5 1 tions ...... 159 Personal Notes...... 159

Special Libraries

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All payments sho~~lclbe made io Mrs. 1-1. 0. Brigl~am,Executive Officer, 11 Nisbet Street, Providence, R. I. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Welcome!

It is a ~re;ltpleasure for me to extend to the Special Libraries Association a cordial greeting and welcome in conneclio I with the 1928 Convention. As President of the Board of Commissioners I speak in behalf of the 540,000 people in the District of Columbia and assure you of a cordial welco~neto your Natio~ialCapital City. This is your city just as 1nuc11 as it is our city for those of us who live here, and we appreciate the responsibility that we have imposed upon us to care for and maintain the various services of the municipality so that its growth and development may be consistent with all that makes for a National Capital. I hope that your stay among us may be a profitable one and that your deliberations here will bear fru~tand fulfill the aims of your Association. PROCTOR I,. DOUGHERTY,

Greetings to the Special Librarians from the officers and members of the District of Colu~nbiaLibrary Association (organized in 1894). We are looking forward to the Washington Conference of the Special Libraries Association in the evpectation that the gathering will be both profitable and pleasant to guests and host alike. Washington, with its 220 libraries, large and small, and its nearly 9,000,000 books, is Izorne to all American librarians. No members of the family need have any fear of wearing out his welcome. All our doors will he wide open!

FREDERICK W. ASHLEY, Preside11t , Utslrizt oj C'o1ut~~62'uLibrury Asso~iution. Special Libraries

Vol. 19 MAY-JUNE, 1928 No. 5

WASHINGTON NUMBER Edltor: HERUERT 0. BKIGHAM

"Federal City" to National Capital By Louise P. Latirner, Author of "Your Washington and Mine," and Director of Work for ChiIdren, Public Library

HE capital city was named after By 1900 the city had slumped again. T George Washington, but George- From Madison's time each building, town, which mothered the delicate new monument and park was considered city, was not. For what George it was without relation to the others, thus named history neglects to say. General marring the cornposition planned by Washington right modestly spoke of the L'Enfant and U!Tl'asl~ington.In 1900 place as The Federal City and never upon urgent representation ol the local called it Washington. conditions by the An~ericanInstitute of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Architects, a Parking Conmission was Hamilton at least once actually agreed authorized to study the entire matter. for, so 'tis said, their agreement dictated These four men I-ecomrnenclecl a return the general location of the capital, while to the plan of L'Enfant wlie~everyossi- Washington chose the esact site, part ble and made proposals in sympathy in Virginia, part in Maryland. with the original plan. Then caxe that man of genius, Pierre To succeed this Commission, Congress Charles L'Enfant, and to him we owe in 191 0 most wisely created a perinanent the wonderful plan of Washington, part Conmission which is call&l the Com- of which plan has been lost by neglect mission ol the Fine Arts. In 1924 Con- and an undue economy. To \Vashing- gress created The National Capital ton, Jefferson, LIEnfant,PYilliam Thorn- Parking and Planning Commission. On ton, the architect of the capitol and the~etwo gro~rpsand on Congress rests James Holjan, the architect of the the responsibility for a consistent and White House should praise unstinted adequate Capital. Strength to their he given for most of what is right in arms! Washington. Pennsylvania Avenue will one clay Then came a false step in 1846 ~vlien be the noble street it was planned to be. that portion of the ten miles square UP this broad avenue history has lying in Virginia was returned to the marched from the very beginning. Tri- mother state by cession of Congress umphal 111arch mcl ~OLII-ningcortbge. and the District of Columbia was \j~hatcliffercnt tunes 111e bands have reduced to the 69 square miles it now is. played! But every tune the bands haw Haphazardly developed, the straggling played and every nlarching foot have village-city took on new life and a new been nat~onalmusic. And the faces of pride under the cllrection of Alesander the marchers and the faces of the R. Shepherd, President of the Board of watchers are history. The spirits of Public Works who, in 1871, fearlessly Washington, the Adarnses, Jefferson, and in the face of almost universal Maclison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, opposition set about rectifying some of Roosevelt, lb'ilson, of such is the city the mistakes of the past. lnade. 140 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1918 Knowledge Tours of Washington By Elizabeth 0. Cullen, Reference Librarian, Bureau of Railway Economics ASHINGTON is the witching city. special librarians who glory in "snaking" Serious persons come from afar small cars through intricate traffic and Wfor the single purpose of arriving at making ~naximumspeed in stretches, 8 :45 sharp at 14th and B Sts. S. 11. and the mind will be sufficiently occupied the Libraries of the Department of with speculating on the chances of Agriculture, or 17th and H Sts. N. W. staying in this world to keep it from for progression throug!l the economic straying to vistas and landn~arks. and financial libraries 111 that vicinity. At 10:45 the library staffs, not having Proper planning of routes, however, heard from the hospitals, realize that and a mental picture of the special another has succun~bedto the lure of librarian's W'ashington divided for es- ihe cool beauty of the Monument ploration of knowledge sources into four Grounds or the lively children, pigeons "quarters" by Pennsylvania Avenue, and squirrels frolicking in Jackson which extends southeast to northwest, Square, arid may be found at the close and 15th Street northwest to southwest, of the working day wandering along make possible a series of tours that take the river wall to find the perfect place in a great deal of the city, many li- to see the sun set over Arlington's hills, braries, and many points of interest or standing on the coping of the White and can be made in a relatively short House fence, south side, trying to see time. Rebecca, the first raccoon in the land. A thorough exploration of all the Time, appointments, agricultural prob- libraries open to the public, all the pri- lems and cconornics have been forgotten. vate libraries, all the information sources Because of these experiences the outside of the libraries, and all the erroneous conclusion has been drawn points of interest including this spring's that in order to arrive at any of Wash- baby bears at the zoo, the instruments ington's 220 libraries, blinders should for recording earthquakes in George- be worn en route to avoid sight, and con- town arid the model basin at the Navy sequently the tenlptation of the scenic Yard would require the detailed prepara- and historic places on the way, es- tion usually given to polar explorations pecially if walking. If driving with the and as much, if not more time.

- -- -- LINCOLN MEMORIAL May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 141

By taking a map of Washington and are tlie library of the Bureau of Mincs tracing heavily the dividing lines men- at 17th and F, the Corcoran Art Gallery tioned, i.e., Pennsylvania Avenue from at 17th arid New York Avenue (and the Anacostia River in the Southeast to Octagon House, lleaclcluarters of the Washington Circle Northwest, and 15th American Institute of Architects, one Street Northwest to Southwest it will block farther along New York Avenue be seen that the "quarters" join at 15th at 18th), the headquarters of the Street and Pennsylvania Avenue North- American Red Cross at 17th and El west where the Washington Hotel oc- Continental Hall at 17th and Dl and tlie cupies the northeast corner, the Treasury Pan-American Union between B and C. Building the northwest corner, an old The D. A. R. have planned roomier brick building soon to be replaced in the quarters for their remarkable genea- accomplishment of the Government's logical library in Constit~itionHall to building plan the southeast corner, and be built in back of Continental Hall, an equestrian statue of Gen. W. T. but this is in the lutui-e. The library on Shernlan the southwest corner. This the Americas in the Pan-American point is convenient for the beginnings Union is one of the few places in this and ends of the special librarian's es- country where visitors can work *pleas- plorations. antly soothed by the fouiltairl 111 the patio, or startled by loud shrieks from FIRST TOUR the tropical birds tlierc also. The Southwest "quarter" entered by With at least a stroll through the way of the Sherman statue offers many Aztec Garden in the rear of the Pan- advantages to the beginner in Wash- American ZJnion md a glance down 17th ington explorations, containing as it Street to fix the location of the rain- does some of the most beautiful spots bow fountain and wonder why the bronze in the world and many importallt Paul Jones at the end Cnces landward, libraries, but not too many for an one nest pi~oceeclsout B Street to the introductory trek. By planning "quar- Navy and Munitions Buildings housing ter" tours, incidentally, one can in most the Navy and blar Departments and cases see Washington in the best way, other offices like the Nat~onalCapital by walking. Park and Plan~zing Cornn~issiotl. In The high points of this "quarter1' are either a day call be spent going from the State, War and Navy Building, the library to library and espert to espert, special libraries on diverse subjects on but delays are fatal to the rapid con- 17th Street, more libraries 011 more clusion of introductory explorations, so subjects beyond, with the half-way after making notes as to what is in these point at the Lincoln Memorial and the buildings, the nest point of attainment possibility of concluding the tour at the is the exquisite l~uilclingof the National top of the Wa'shington Monument, for Academy of Sriences diagonally across the general view of the city. the street. Here arc housed eshibits Passing the Sherman statue one con\es illustrating current and funclamen tal to the sidewalk along- the fencc around phenomena of nut LI~e and the progress the south lawns of the White House of scientific research, and from its steps from which one catches a gliinpse of the there IS :I linc \.icw of the L,i~icoln Me- South front of the building In the White rnorial. House there is a private library orig- inally installed by Mrs. R4illard 1;illmore The Memorial-one of the most in the 1850s. Following the sidewalk one beautiful n~e~norialsto a national hero reaches the great gray pile of the State, in the world-is the halfway point, and War and Navy Building in which a clay few hurry away from it. From one side could be spent exploring libraries and one looks at Arlington on the Virginia records, and comes out at 17th Street hills, fro111 another at Potomac Park and New York Avenue. extending along the river, froin another 17th Street Northwest is becoming at the Monutnent reflected in the lagoon famous as a knowledge range. South of with the Capitol beyond, and from Pennsylvania Avenue looking from 17th another at the city rising on the hills, and New York Avenue in order there while within is the great statue of Lin- 142 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928 coln by Daniel Chester Vrench, and tinue through the Monument Grounds murals by Jules Guerin. to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving Returning by one of the streets lead- and see money made. The entrance is ing north from thc Memorial parkway on 14th -Street near C. Back up 14th to C Street, one passes the offices of the Street to B one arrives at the Depart- Haskin Service at 21st and C and may ment ol Agriculture housed in a variety proceed up 21st Street to G and the of structures at present, with the main George \%'ashington University to in- library on the first floor of the Bieber quire what new and unusual courses Building on the corner. Here esact have been installed in the Division of information on agricultural subjects, and Library Science as the result of the active also on the locations of the other agri- co-operation of Washington librarians cultural libraries will be given, whether with the University through the Com- in or near the buil&ng, or at 14th near mittee on Library Training of the D. C. F, like the Bureau of Public Roads, F Library Association. near 9th, like the Forest Service, or Then east on G to 18th where one 10 miles out in the country like the bee may well pause to consider possibilities. collection of the Bureau of Entomology. One block south at 18th and I; is the East of the Agricultural Department Department of the Interior under the lie the Slnithsonian Grounds in which roof of wh~chare included such libraries are to be found the Freer Art Gallery, as those of the U. S. Geological Survey, the old and new National Museums, the the Bureau of Education and the Smithsonian Institution and in the Federal Power Comnlission. One block southeast tip of the grounds the Army north at 18th and Pennsylvania Avenue Medical Museum with its famous li- is the Interstate Commerce Cotnmis- brary. Scholars and investigators the sion with its estraordinary legal library world over are attracted by the scientific and its Division of Indices, the several collections and eshibits in these build- million cards in which jolt one into a ings. Farther east at 6th and Missouri rea!ization of the myriad things that go Avenue is the Bureau of the Census, into interstate commerce and trans- and proceeding still east one reaches the portation, while the experts therein will Botanical Gardens at the loot of the suggest: the phases of the subject too Capitol. new to have gonc into book form as yet. The Capitol dominates the vicinity One 1:lock ahead on G is the Department and extensive exploration of it for of Lakor and its library whose bib- knowledge sources will yield rare treas- hographical work is well-known through ures, but one must hasten the con~pletion the Mon/kly Labor Rcviezs. in a short time of the tour through the At the end ol G Street looms the north southeast "quarter." Through the front of the State, War, and Navy at grounds to B Street one comes to 17th and onc may proceed south along the "Labor" Building-home of the 17th and through the park to the Monu- newspaper "Labor" (and not the De- ment for the trip to the top, or retrace partment, nor the American Federation one's steps to the starting point at the of Labor Building), then to the offices Sherman statue, and contemplating him, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey at or Alesander Hamilton in bronze across New Jersey Avenue and I3 with its li- thc street, decide on the southeast brary and its fascinating maps and "quarter" for the next esploration. charts, while across the street is the House Office Building. The Senate SECOND TOUR Office Building is on the opposite side The entrance to the southeast of tlie Capitol Grounds. 1 r quarter" is across the street from the Over the treetops of the Capitol Sherman statue, on 15th Street, where Grounds gleams the gilded dome of the before too long we hope, harlclsolne Library of Congress, a mecca that draws I~uilclingshousing the State, Commerce an average of 2000 visitors a clay, and and Labor Departments will replace which contains more than 3,500,000 of those still standing or being demolished the 9,000,000 books in Washington li- at present. At 15th and B one can con- braries Large as the building is, it has May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 143 the space problem of practically every patent, the firsts of air-brakes, and library in Washington, that ol caring telephones and moves. for the increasing numbers of serious East fro111the Patent Office on F one students and investigators who remain CO~CSto 5th Street and Judiciary for extended periods and must have Square in which are the old red-brick quiet and freedom from interruption. Pension Building and the fine white The Library of Congress, the National Court House. Finding F Street again Library, is the high-water mark of the on the other side of the Square and fol- southeast "quarter." Beyond lie the lowing it east to North Capitol, one pro- Marine Barracks at 8th and G, the Navy ceeds north on North Capitol (with Yard at the foot of 8th Street, and glances towards the Capitol, City Post across the Anacostia River, Bolling Field Office and the Union Station) to the and the Naval Air Station. So much off Government Printing Office and the the main highways of Washington es- Office of the Superintendent of Docu- ploration are the libraries of the Cln g' meer ments where daily miracles in research School and the General Staff College and identification from no clues are at the foot of 4% Street that to visit performed. Given a guess at the subject them necessitates a special trip, and ~nattcr,the suggestion that it might be while visiting them the Engineer Re- the 24th or 64th Congress from all you production Plant near the Engineer can tell from the inquirer's writing or School Library should not be over- information, someone in Documents looked. The Plant's 1927 Railroad will phone within an hour or two the Map of the United States indicates the exact document number, the esact type of work done there. author, the price if still available, or However one i-eturns to 15th and the nearest depository library to your Pennsylvania Avenue from the south- inquirer. east "quarter," whether direct from the At the "G. P. 0." if oae is minded to Library of Congress, or up from the go farther afield, cars should be waiting Engineer Barracks and preferably in to convey the esploring party to the some form of vehicle from either, one Columbia Institution for the Deaf has greater appreciation of IYashington's which includes Gallauclet College on "magnificent distances." Florida Avenue N. E.,then back along Florida Avenue to North Capitol THIRD TOUR straight to wards a wooded section that turns out to, be part of the Soldiers' The distances in the northeast "quar- Ilomc grounds when we reicli it at ter" are such that it ~nustbe made in at Michigan Avenue, where a right turn least two stages, one ending at the is inade to the Catholic IJniversity oE Government Printing Ofiice, and the America, the libraries of which contain other including a tour of outlying points valuable special collections. including the libraries of the Catholic Returning through the Soldiers' Home University of Ainerjca. The fiI-st stage Grounds for the "Capitol Vista" and begins at the V\~ashington Hotel froin an endeavor to pet the calves in the which one strolls up 15th Street to New Holstein he~d-one of the finest in the York Avenue bound for the Public world on one of tAc model farms in Library and its Washingtoniana-wllich America-one can skirt the reservoir are unique-with a side trip perhaps to and filtration plant located under a the American Federation of Labor nit park, and see Howard University for 9th and Massachusetts Avenue. Frorn colorecl students where marly prac- the Public Library at 9th Street and ticing white women physicians re- New York Avenue, one may stroll down ceived tlieir cnrly training, as other 9th or 8th or even 7th and arrive at the tntdical schools were not open to Patent Office at CI estendlng through the worncn whe:l they began their training. block to F. Therein is a truly remark- Thence east along Fair~nontStreet to able library of the beginning of things 14th, down 14th to Pennsylvania Ave- that we take lor granted-the first nue, and west along "The Avenue" to electric light patent, the first typewriter 15th Strect, and thc end of the knowl- 144 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1918 edge tour of the special lil)rarianls merce Building at 19th and H, with the "northeast" M"ashington. main lil~raryon the 10th floor and the co~nrnercial aeronautics library on the TOUR Gth, also nutnerous and important es- FOURTH perts ancl infortnatiocal sources else- where in the building. The special li11raria11's "northwest quarter" lying west of 15th Street and This is the point where concentration north of Pennsylvania is the most es- ends and distances begins, for the 11- tensive of the four. ik'alking is possible brary of the \Ireather Bureau, the first in the first and second stages but not to he reachecl in the third stage is at in the third unless one has the speed 24th and M, the Volta Bureau at 35th and endurance of a Tarahulnare Indian. and jTolta Place (above P Street) and The first stage I~eginswith the Treasury Georgetown College and its observatory at 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue, pro- three blocks farther west. Proceeding ceeds from the north entrance of the north on 35th to \Visconsin Avenue a 'Treasury by way of the Treasury Annes stop may be made at the Naval ob- across the street on Madison Place to servatory on the way out to the National tlie Veteran's Bureau one I~locknorth at Cathedral 011 Mount St, Alban at Wis- Vernlont Avenue a~idHI thence along consin and Massachusetts Avenues. H one block to 10th Street and a pu~se Arrierican IJniversity lies farther west at historic and 1)eautiful St. Jol~n's at Mr~ssnchuret~sand Nel~raskaAve- Episcopal Church ancl half a glance at nues. the beauties of Jackson Square. \\hole Since this third stage takes in "out- glances ase somelin~esfatal to the best lying districts" on returning from Ameri- intentions of esplorers for knowledge can Ilniversity one proceeds via Wis- to continue north or1 16th Street to the consin Avenue to Cathedral Avenue National Education Association at 1201, and then east to Connecticut Avenue, the National Geographic Society at passing through a residential section 16th and M, the Clarnegie Institution a1 and reaching at Connecticut Avenue 16th ancl P, and the unique Masonic thc main route to the Bureau of Stand- library in the Scottish Rite headquar- ards at Connecticut Avenue and Pierce ters at 16th and S. Mill Road, truly a house full of wonders Returning down 16th Street on the even for those who have had more than top of a bus, if one likes, to H Street, tlie usual scientific training. the second stage of the journey can The Bureau of Standards, library, begin. At H Street and Jackson Place, laboratories, experts and all, may well one block west of 16th Street, by the be the end of our esplorations. The statue of Baron VOII Steuben, tlie "drill- return to thc starting point can be made master of the Revolution," one can via Connecticut Avenue or by way of decide whether to cross the street-H Rock ('reek Park and the Zoo, where the Street-and v~sttthe C'ha~nbcrof Com- animals are 1,lasi. beyond thc dreams of merce of thc United States, or proceed the Holstein calves at the Soldiers' one block south on Jackson Place to Home, a fact which explains their re- the international law library of the cerved att itutlc e\.en when special li- Carnegie Endowment for International 1)rari;uih call upon them. Peace at No. 2, and then stroll up to 13y ~hesenecessarily hurried "quarter" No. 26 and the library of the Institute tours and the information readily sup- ol Economics, before proceeding l~eht plied by libmrians ancl others met during to 17th and H and the Transportation each tour, some knowledge of "library Building on the 10th floor of which is geography" in Washington can be ob- located the Library of the Bureau of tamed-enough, it is hoped to make Railway Economics. later and more intensive exploration Beyond 17th ancl 1101-th of Pennsyl- easy, even after the 220 libraries open vania Avenue are the Lil~raryof the to the public may have been explored Federal Reserve Board on 18th just and the searcher for knowledge has ar- above 1-1, and the Libraries of the De- ranged to visit some of the delectable partment of Commerce in the Com- private libraries in the National Capital. May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 145 Washington of To-morrow*

By Major Carey H. Brown, Engineer, National Capital Park and Planning Commission

0-MORROW'S visitor to Washing- to the south will be the group occupied T ton, if lie comes by train, will ap- by the Department of Agriculture. proach, not through smoky, sooty, rail- Passing the Washington Monument road yards, h~~tover a co~npletely with its completed setting, the visitor electrified system of tracks. As he will enter B Street, which, in its newly en-erges from the Union Station, lie will developed character, may have acquired see the nenly developed Capitol Plaza, a name more fitting the route of pro- greatly enhancing the setting of the cessions from the Capitol and Union Halls of Congress, and affording the new Station to the Lincoln Memorial and arrival a magnificent first view of the Arlington. Capitol and its surroundi~igs. On his Arlington will be reached by the right hand will be a fine new avenue magnificent Arlington Memorial Bridge leading off toward the Mall. spanning the Potolnac between the Pi-oceeding toward the east facade of Lincoln Memorial and the Lee House the Capitol, past the Senate Office Uuild- on Arlington Heights. Leading south- ing, he will iind on his left hand, nest ward from the Virginia end of the to the Library of Congress, the new Memorial Bridge will be the Mount home of the Supreme Court. Contin- Vernon Boulevard, connecting the home uing his route around the Capitol, he adburial place of MTashington with the will see the new office bu~lcling of the Capital which he founded. Corrtinuing House of Representatives, a part of the westward from he Memorial Bridge development of tlie grounds south of the will be the Lee Boulevard, a superb high- Capitol building. Just before entering way connection between the Capital the Mall, he will. pass through the new and the Shenandoah National Park. Botanic Garden, the buildings of that Climbing the hill into Arlington, our establisl~ment hav~ng been removed visitor will stand on the slope in front from the Mall itsell to permit of the of the Lee House by tlie resting place of proper development of Union Square L'Enfant, who first conceived the plan with the Grant and Mecde Memorials. of the Capital of the Nation. Before Leading westward from Union Square him will be spread the panorama of the through the Mall, will he the broad Mall city developed as to its central portion roadways finally constructed in accord- in accordance with the plan as portrayed ance with the Plan of 1901. on the tablet at L'Enfantls grave. On the right, across Pennsylvania More distant, beyond the area planned Avenue, will be seen the beginnings of by L'Enfant, he will see the hills which the new Municipal Center with a vista have provided new area for the growing along the open axis of this group to National Capital. the Courthouse, one of the earliest of All this shall have arisen from the Washington's public Luildhgs. Further growing desire of the people of this on to the north and west will be the Nation that their own National Capital Triangle, a superb and impressive group slid1 be second to none-a beautiful of buildings for the housing of the setting for the conduct of the Nation's Federal Departments, bordering the business, and a source of patriotic in- Mall from the Municipal Center to the spiration to all visitors; a Capital no grounds south of the White House. longer limited to the confines of the Within tlie Mall the National Museum, District of Columbia, but spreading the National Gallery of Art and other into Maryland and Virginia. Here will be cultural buildings will be located, while a great city, well-ordered, and beautiful.

*On pnges 162 and 163 we present a map of Washington showmg within the shaded area the contemplated changes plnnned hy the Commission. 146 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928 Library of Congress Notes By Frederick W. Ashley, Chief Assistant Librarian, Library of Congress ENRY C. FOLGER of New York Gutenberg Bible, to the Congression~al H announced on March 22 lhis .inten- Library; but, alas, I cannot affor,d to tion ,of erecting upon land immediately gratify this impulse. Let me, however, adjoining the Library of Congress a take this occasion to say that I stand suitable !building to house his un- ready whenever [anyone may come rivalled Shakelspeare collection, and to forward to go lhalves with me, to give provide an ample endowment for its half of my whmole incunabula collection maintenance and development. Ac- of 3,000 pieces to the Ellxary of Con- quisition of the land (over 50,000 gress, ,on the understandiillg that the square feet), quietly in pr~ogressfor 7 value of the other half bc given by or 8 years, lhas just been con~pleted. some othe-r donor." The world-famous collection, estimated Other very recent notable gifts to some years ago to contain 20,000 the Library of Congrcss include : volumes, is unsurpas~sedin quality and A valualble painting representing an richness. This new foundation linked eighteenth century ,artist's conception to the Natioaal Library in service to of Johan Gutenberg, the gift of Gabrikl scholarship (through proximity of its Wells. ideal side), carries extraordinary promise of what the National Capitol An exquisite early 14th centtfry vel- and Capitol Hill may become as a lum manuscript volume of the De- center of cultural studies. cretals of Pope Boniface VIII, 120 Dr. Otto H. F. VoUbehr in present- folios, richly illuminated, the gift of ing to the Library of Congress his en- Wilfred M. Voynich. tire collection of 10,800 printers' marks Abraham Lincoln's family Bible con- on April 20, added this remarkable taininlg records in his own hand; also offer: "Were I as wealthy a book col- the gold medal given to Mrs. Lincoln lector 3s I should like to be, I might by 40,000 French citizens in 1866. contemplate giving also my collection These are the gifts of Mrs. Robert T. of 3,000 incunabula, including my Lincoln.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 147 Public Documents Library By Mary A. Hartwell, Cataloger, Office of Superintendent of Documents ublic Documents Library is ters, and Congressional Directories of THEnot an' independent unit, but 'a part very early date. of the Officme of the Superintendent of We confess to a we'alm .ss in original Documents, (Mr. Alton P. Tisdel, prints of the documents of the first 14 Superintendent), which is under the Congresses, 1789-1817. The Library Government Printing Office (I~~oLI.of Congress has a much more complete George 13. Carter, Public Printer). In collection of the original documents of the office organization the library is a this early period; but ,the Library of part of the Catalogue and Library Sec- Congres,~,is nearly 100 years older than tion, which is charged also with the we are. Still ~~elhave a good inany duty of compiling and preparing for of such original prints and hlave card publication the Mont'hly Catalolgtle; entries for others. the Index to the Mo:lthly Catalogue; Our library is arranged according to the Docun~entIndex, which records by the special classification worked out sessions the nun~bereddocuments and for it in our office and published in the reports of the Senate and House of "Cl~eclclist of United States Public Representative; and the 'biennial Documents, 1789-1909," issued in 1911. Document Catalogue, which includes The classification number for each all publications of Coligress, the Execu- book consists of a conlbination of tive Departments, and the independent letters and figures representing in gen- offices of the Government. erjal the Department, bureau, series, Ours is truly a special library, as it and individual book. It therefore keeps is limited to United States Government together all the publications of each publications. It is re~narltableto note Dcpartmcnt. The classification is flex- 11o.w the library has grown in the 33 ible and is simple enough to be readily years since the esta5lishmetlt of the unclerstood by inexperienced assistants. office in 1895, until it now has *approxi- Research workers who come to our mately 450,000 books, pamphlets, ,and library frequently express their satis- maps. Yct not one cent has been faction in finding grouped ,together all spent to buy documents. Since 1895 the publications of each Department copies of all Government publications and bureau. printed are scnt to the Superintendent The 1:ilbrary slhelf-list is a much wed of Documents under provision of law. working tool. It is unusual in that The publications issued for more t'han the cards contain full bibli~graphi~al a century before the establishment of information and notes.. The arrange- our library have drifted to us largely ment, as has been indicated, is by pub- as returns from other libraries. WC Ilidhg offices. The shelf-list is, ,there- ourselves are amazed at the complete- fore, a huge list of all the puiblic at' lons ness of this collection that grew so of the Government, made up of several like "Topsy." It is a priceless histori- hundred smaller lists by Departments, cal collection of United States Federal independent offices, burcaus, divisions, docutnents, the most nearly complete etc. collection in existence of tlhe pulblica- We lmve many thousands of snlall tions of Congress, all Executive De- pamphlets, which are always a prob partments and independent organiza- lem in shelving. We 'have had made tions, and thcir subordinate bureaus. for us at the Government Prirltillg We tale pride in library treasures, Office pamphlet boxes tihat are simple, such as documents with autograph strong, and convenient to handle. sigtlatures of famous men; historical Tl~ecollect~ion of multigraphed and prints of early Censuses; tiny Blue mimeographed document material, Rooks, Army Regist,ers, Navy Regis- which has been accumulating rapidly 148 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928 during the past year has already been phone, and in person. As an aid in reported upon in the Annual Report of its work the Reference Section has the Superintendent of Documeilts, compiled a Reference Catalogue of np- 1927. proximately 250,COl cards. This scc- The library classiIication forms a tion also compiles Price Lists, which connecting link with other divisions of are useful not only to the office in the the office. The publications in avail- sale of publications but are convenient able stoclc are carded in the Stock Sec- for use in libraries as suLjcct Libli- tion, all cards being arrangcd in ac- ographies. cordancc with our library classiiica- To find facts concerning public dr~cu- tion. This stnck on June 30, 1927, iments and the history of the rnitctl comprised a little more than 32,000,000 States as revealed #by them, visit thc publications, consisting of stock for ofice of the Superintcndeiit of Docu- sale and stoclc coilsigned by the De- ments. Librarians coming to the partments for distribution on their Washington inceting of the Special order by the Superintendent ,of Docu- L?braries =\ssociation are especially in- ments; it is crowded into the first 4 vited. floors of our building and also stored in cvery availxble spot in the old Prospective purchaser-s of buol

PROGRAM TRAVEL The cornplate program for the Confemnce By the time this magazi'ne reaches the of the Special Libraries Association lo be readens nearly elvery 0n.e will have inache held at tahe Hotel Washington in Washing- plans for ,oitel~dsnceat the conventi,on, but ton, D, C., IonMay 21, 22, an,d 23, 1928, will be if by chance some one ,has failed ,to observe distributed at the Confercnwe. In a.ddi:tion the suggssltions made in the April issue of to the speake~snote8cl in ,the previous issue SPECIAL LIBRARIES, please bear in mind of SPECIAL LIBRAUES, Dr Harold C thmnt the r,a~~lroaclshave granted to the Asso- lloulto~~,Dircctor of the 1nwti.tute of ciation the ce1:iificate travel plan. When you Ec~nomic~s,will deliver an address. 011 buy your one-way aicket to Washington, be Tuesday morning, Dr. Widlian~ M. Steuart, sure to ask for a certificate (wlrich costs you Ditiector of thc U. S. Censns, will ,discuss the nothing), but- Census of nistributioa; and during the If 250 cert~ficatosare turned in at Wash- Round Table following Dr. Steuart's adclre~ss, ington the redtun trip ticket wrll bc sold at Xr Will Conracl of Tl~cMilsuaztkee Jo~~rr~alhalf-fare. If only 249 are turned in there presents for his topic, "Rewarch being will be no reduced fare. carricd on in th~cNewspape~s." Mmc Eugenia the^ efore, ask for a certificate. Kmcl~i~tsk~,Chief Bibliographer of ihc Iii~sti- lute ol Labor, will tlosc~+ibethe wolk of the HOTELS Hurcnu of Labur at TCha-kcby, Ulcrania. On For ,the benefit of those who dicl not that same morning, Nr Rdlo Sawyer, Head liappcil to sce thc A11ril issue of SPECIAL of the Economics Department ol tlic New LTBRARIES we rcpiint sthe list of hotels York Publ~cLibrary, will lcacl a Round Tal~l~e and their ratcs un Public Affai~slniormation Service. At Thc 'lVaslmi~~qtol~I-Iotcl, at the colner of th~rhirtl qcncral scrstoll on Wctlncstlay. Pcii~~sylva~~~aa1 cnue and 15th street, h,as llr \V 1)awson Jol~ns~nnof the Library of been dcs~gnatctlas official hcaclquarters, and Conqrcss, will Lake for hi.s mbject "Special ncarly all sessiims will bc held in the hotel. Collect~ons." Other hotcls in the vicinity which alie .it the business session on Weclne.sday, the reco~mnet~clcclby the local co~i~mitteeof ar- Spcctal Committee 011 P~tblicationls,Nethuds r~ngcnicntsarc: The Harrington, at 11th ant1 Cl~nmittec, Conunittee on Training .and E strceis; the Ralcigh, at 128th street and Classification Coiiim~tteewill submit ~eports. Pcnn~sylvania avcnue; the Willard, at Penn- Tt slin~~lclbc notccl that the mact~ngof the sj-Ivmia avenue and 14 streest. Fcclcral Rcscl-ve Libraiians is schecluled for Rates are q~~otcclas Eollows : llr.mclay, May 21, at four 11. ni., and not for Wasli~ngtonHotel-Single roo111with I~ath, IVedncsday, as previously armounced. $4 .to $7; double room with bath, $3 and $8 -4.t the Ncwspapcr Gioup maeting on Mmon- ctwin beds $8 and $12). clay aftcrnoon,Col. Lawreuce Madn, Chef Ilarr~ngto,i~-Sinmgle room with b~at.11, $2.50 oi the Division of hlsps, Library of Congreq to $5; d,wbLe room with bath, $440 ,to $8 will clisc~nssGovcrnn~enil hCap,s ; and th,e Hon. twin bcds $7 and $8) : double room wi,thou,t Thorl-ald Solbcrg, Register of Copyvigl~ts, bath, $3.50 to $5. will discuss "Furtiller Questio,i~~s011 Ph'otos RaLeigh-Room with bath, Single $4, $5, $6 ; and Copyrights An~swciicd." Mr Coarracl's doublc room with bath, $5 to $8 (twin beds, address before the Group, schecl~rled for $7 to $10) ; double room without bath, $4, Monday afternoon, w~ll,be ,del,iver,edon Wed- $5, $6. nesday afternoon Willard-S,ilngle room with bath, $5 to $8; The Newspaper Group are atso p1I,anndmgto double room wjtlh bath, $7 to $9 (twin beds, visit the office of bhe Was~h~ingtonEvenin~g $8 to $15) ; doub1.e room wilthout bai& $5 up. Star and Sunday Star at 12:15 on Tuasday The above r&as do nost indade mads. a6ternoon and latei have ,lunch,eon at the Raslervations shodd be made direct with Hotel Meid. each hotel, end the #earlier the better. 150 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928 Special Libraries EDITOR: HERBDRT0. BRIGHAM ASSOCIATE EDITORS: WILLIAMALCOTT, LDWIS A. ARMISTW,DANIBL N. HANDY. -DEPARTMENT EDITORS: ETHDLCLELAND, R. H. JOHNSTON, HBNRYH. NORRIS,MARY C. PABKER, RBBECCA B. RANKIN,MARGARET REYNOLDS, A. A. SLODOD.

Washington Conference HE primary object in forming organizations such as Special Libraries Associa- tion is to provide those interested in the subject with the opportunity for mutualT helpfulness through the interchange of ideas, knowledge of resources and their availability. In our association this is accomplished through three agencies, the journal, the local meetings and the annual conference, and the last is not the least important of the three. At the meetings of the local associations or chapters, the members share their experiences, learn to. know and trust each other personally, unite to carry out some project which wlll benefit all, such as a local directory, and in general establish those personal contacts which often mean so much in speeding up service and obtaining material otherwise not available. The national conference serves the same purpose but in a larger sphere fhich extends throughout the country. At a local meeting one encounters a few librarians who are at the head of large libraries, but at the national conference there is an opportunity to meet most if not all of those who look after the largest special libraries in the country. To establish such contacts should mean a great dea! to any member. And in addition, the use of government material is of such major ~mport- ance to almost every special library, that the opportunity to get acquainted with the government libraries as well as their librarians is one which no one can well afford to miss. The program speaks for itself and while much of the material will subsequently appear in printed form, attendance at the conference gives the chance for discussion with those best qualified to comment at a time when the subjects are fresh in thought. For the first time in several years, Special Libraries Association is holding its annual meeting wholly apart from the American Library Association or any branch association. This is the time and place to show your interest in your organization, to prove by your attendance that you appreciate its value and are willing to give it your support. Come in the right spirit, with a willingness to contribute of your own experience and not merely to get all you can and give little or nothing. Re- member the biblical injunction, "Give and ye shall receive." Come with the expecta- tion and preparation to participate in the discussions. Think over the unusual activities of your library during the past year, the problems you have solved and, if any, those you have not solved, and be ready to tell or ask about them. Get your company to send you and if that is not feasible, come on your own account. You owe it to yourself and your profession. Remember the keynote "Research." Don't forget to ask for a railroad certificate. FRANCIS E. CADY, President. May- June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

THE NATIONAL CAPITOL

HE Editor has kept in the background during the past few months due to the exacting duties of his official position which yearly grow more onerous. Under Tthe circumstances the Executive Officer has carried the burden of the magazine in addition to her other duties. Then, too, crowded columns have forced out the editorial pages. Possibly our readers realize the necessity of confining the maga- zine to thirty-two pages with eight or twelve pages added for special numbers. Of course, our solution is more advertising and in order to get this advertising we must patronize the firms which contribute in this manner. Our advertisers are carefully selected and we solicit their accounts upon the standard merit of the publication. Please help the Editor in this phase of his work.

Last montll we devoted a large share of the journal to recent progress in the life insurance field. Our modest associate editor, D. N. Handy, objected to fea- turing his name on the caption, but the entire credit for the preparation of this number should go to him. Always a source of genuine help, Mr. Handy appreciates most keenly the problenls of the Special Libraries Association.

Many librarians are planning to go to the Washington conference the third week in May, then continue on to the West Baden conference of the A. L. A., which starts on May 28. West Baden and its neighbor, French Lick, are located south of Indianapolis and north of Louisville in a charming section of Indiana.

Miss Elizabeth 0. Cullen of the Bureau of Railway Economics Library, recently spent a weekend as a guest of the Esecutive Officer and the Editor. Plans for the Washington number were perfected and bits of Rhode Island landscape studied at close range.

The Washington conference gives an unusual opportunity to see our magnificent .Federal city, envisage the numberous special libraries located in the Distrlct of Colunlhia and meet the varied types of people who will attend the convention, all interested in the same objective, better research and finer librarianship.

154 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June,1928 Glimpses of Libraries in Washington

"Books About Washington," a most useful of the Department of Agriculture will inteu- list of books on the history and points of in- eut special librarians in widely diverse fields. terest in Washington can be secured from Particular mention of the records of "Shir- the Public Library. ley" the fa,mous Carter Plantation on the * * * James Rlver, Va., was made in the 1927 an- Three Washington libraries are especially nual report of the Librarian of Congress. proud of the views of Washington to be seen from the windows pf each one. The Prints The "Federals" have their especial interest Division, Library of Congress, "possesses" a but it must by no means be inferred from fine view of southeast Washington and the their titles that they lare anywhere near each Maryland hills beyond. The librarics of the other. The Federal Board for Vocation,al Depa~tmentof Statc at 17th and New York Education is in the Maltby Building, a red- Avenue, and the Bureau of Railway brick structure at New Jersey Avenue and Economics at 17th anmd H, vie as to which B Street, N. W., just across from the west has the better view of south Wlashingtoa bounmdary of the Capitol Grounds, about half- and the Potomac with Virgmia beyond the way up the Hill. The Federal Farm Loan river. The Department of Stale Libnary has Board is ,in the Old Land Office Budding at a marvelous stone balcony outside its wisn- 7th and F Sbreets, N. W. The Federal Horti- dows from which the remarka~ble effect of cultural Board is in the Main Buildmg of forest may be had as the trees in Potomac the Department of Ag~iculturenear 14th and Park are numerous. The Library of the B S~rceds,S. W. The Federal Pwer Com- Bureau of Ra~lwayEconomics owns no bal- mission is in fihe Iaterior Building ,at 18th and cony but from ibs win,dows not only a soutih Street, W. The Federal Reserve Board view of the city but also w west view with F N. Library is in the Otis Buillding on 18th Street, the Episcopal Cathe~dral at Mt. St, Albans and Georgetown as impresslive high points N. W., between H and I. The Federal Trade Commission is at 2000 Stneet, and a northeast view with the tower of the D N. W. hospital at Soldicrs' Home as a high point may be enjoyed. The collection of directories in the Library * * * of thc Deaartment of Cormnerce is mote- Thc best collection of the works of Robert worthy anmd widely used, as is also the col- Burns in this country and a fine collection lection of the catalogues of colleges and uni- of the works of Goethe are amomg the versities in the same kbrary. Visual methods, notable treasures in the Li,brary of the Su- i.e., a bulletin board listing the latest reports preme Council, 33d Degrce, Scottish Ritc, at on countries, prominently located so that 16th and S Streets. actually "he who runs may rcad," are used * * * w~thmuch success in this library. Students of spcc~allibrary architecture will find the L~braryof the U. S. Geological Sur- Bulletin boards are important enough in vey in the Interlor Budding a1 18th and F Streets, and the Library of the Supreme the Library of the Bureau of Agricultural Council, 33d Degree, Scott,ish Rite, at 16th Economics to have a speciaml conunittee of the and S of unusual intorest. Many other library staff in cl~a~rgeof them. The results libraries in the District are entirely without are most successful benefit of architecture, and .the rearrange- ment for stack-room purposes of former Public Roads L~braryhas one of the most mansion kitchen alnd dining rooms, and of central locations and poss~bly one of the office-roonls with ceiling heights the wrong noisiest in the city. Situated ocn 14th St~eet, heights may be of peculiar fascination. N. W., between E and F Streets, opposite * * * the Willard Hotel, this Library has the Manuscript account books and farm rccords further excitement of having the stage of the in the Library of Congress and the Library Fox Theatre at the rear. A street car lim May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 155 is on 14th Street which streel is also a m+n Building. The State Departmenlt Library's route of the Headquarters car from the De- balcony is a three-decker of ornamental iron tective Hea,dquarters, a number of fire-engine and as a balcony is quite beauliful. Jt was companies, and hundreds of motor cars. The originally intended that the Library be also tremendous cffcct of a traffic jam on 14th a sort of musetun, helice the arrangement for Street and the Fox Theatre chorus and appli- display pnrposes. ances ,during the shaving of war pictures in *** the theater alt the rear necessitates n1arke:d The Bureau of Efficiency compiled anld the concentration to obtain lthe history of Brad- Government Printing Officc prints and sells dock's Rmoad. through ,the Office of the Superintendent of *** Documents "A Guide to 0.iuginal Sourcas for The Archives of the State Depal tment and the Major Statistical Activiiiess of the Unnt,ed the Oriental collection at the Library of Con- States Govermnant" to which all special gress contain some of ,the most decorated libraiians will want to add their own notes and decorative "vol~unes" among Washing- after visiting the various -Ilbraries, and ton's ,treasures. ,Seals in gold, silver, and sources of information. jade, gold tassels, exquisite page decorations, *** and handwriting that is work of art, make It is one thing to gct iiito the Office of the outside as well as the inside of the the Superintendent of Documents and an- "volumesJ' quite fascinating. The Indian other to gel out with any funds or at a rera- treaties w are colorful. The Chinese collection sonable hour. This officc has one of the ,at the Library of Congress possesses the first most knowledgeful and obliging staffs so far edition of an hmistorical work of great im- discovered and no visit to Washington is portance that is not known to exist in China. compl18ete without a tour through the library, reference ,rooms, fil'es and sdes office of the S~pcrintenden~tof Documenis. The Botany Catalog and the Entomologi- *** cal insdexes .at Agricult,ure, the Index Medicus, For some time sit has been the policy of at [the Army Medical School, the bibliag- national organizations to have Washington raphies on railways of the Library of the headquarters. This has ,resultad in the con- Bureau of Railway Economics, the lists of centration of many special libraries ad governmelit pdAicat,ions, the Agricultural sourccs of information in the Capital City. Ecolnomics bibliographies, and those on many The headquarters of the American Red subjmects compimled at the Library of Congress Cross, Nabional Society of Daughters of the offer unusual opportunitias to study ma- American Revolution, the Methodist Epis- terials, methods, and forms .adapbed to spe- copal Board of Tem~e~rance,Prohibition and cial purposes. Morals, and the Supreme Council, 33d De- gree, Scoltish Rite, are anlong Lhose housed Almost a million maps are in ,the Army in their own buildings, as is also the Ameri- War College. Possibly the next most ex- can Pedaration of Labor. tensive foreign collection is in the office of The architect of hth~e Scottish Rite Temple the Geographer of the State Department. is John Russell Pope of New York who is The latter office renders the valuable service now workin,g upon Constitution Hall, the of farmish~ing the cornect present location, monumental addition ,to Memorial Hall of the and the correct spellling of town.s, villages, DaughLers of the American Revolution. and sections in those places in the world *** where boundaries have changed in the last University and college libraries of import- decade. ance include American U.niversity, Catholic University, George Washington University, Balconies are features, if not conveni- Ge~~rge~townUniversity, Howard University ences (according to modern library standards) (for colored people), and Gallauclet College. in the Library of the Patent Office and the An attempt to cover them all in one af~ter- Library of the Department of State. Tbe noon, howev~er,will give an appreciation of Patent Office Library balcony is only one Washington's "magnificeilt distances" hsrdly architectural feature of the Patent Office to be secured otherwise. SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928 Conference Notes Frcnil sunrise to sunrisse each twenty-four With Miss Margaret Wlthington as Toast- horns in Washington can be filled with the mistress and Representativc Clyde Kelly of unusual and the interesting. Planned to Pennsylvania as the principal speaker at the allow ti~rle for special librarians to do the banquelt on Tuesday evening at 7 P. M.,the things In Washington that can be done no- annual banquet is assured of success. There where else, as well as t,o gain the utmost only devolves upon the Washingtou members from the papers and comnllttee reports to spread the news so thorou~hlythat when scheduled for thc 20th annual convcntion of the eager, hurrying throng converges upon the Special Libraries Association, the pro- thc Washington Ilotcl at bnnquc~t time, gram irlcludes some outstandmg fcaturcs Washingtonians will Icnow the attraction ant1 not block traffic asking ,al,out it. Af,t~~rban- Thc address of welcome at 10 A. &I., on qaet, rides and wallks will undo~~btccllybc in Monday, May 21, in the grand council room order. of the Cliarnher of Commcrce of the Uruted *** States formally opens ,the sessions. Golf, On Wednesday plans have been ~iiadeto tcnnis, antl riding e~itliusiasts,however, may leave time for visits to such lib~aries as itlfor~ilally opcn the Wash~ngton mccting haven't been seen in bet\vcen mcetings arlcl hours earlier if thcy like on the n~unicipal sessions. Wash~ngtonlibrarians arc cnlliusi- Ilnks, tcnnis courts, and biitllc paths of astically arranging to kccp "open house" Potonlac Park. Tlicy will find nnmerous and during the whole conveatmn, and therc a.ill prornincnt IVashingLun citizcns thcrc in pur- be so much to do adso much to see that suit of health antl tllc nuw-fashionable tanncd literally the time can bc fillcd from sunrisc complesions Thosc who hkc to journey tu sunrise and still lea\ c many tliitlgs to be lartlicr aficltl may cnib~nrk for tlic ~oli dnnc on later visit,s. coursc and britllc 1):tths of Rock Creclc Fark. whilc to thuhe Lo whom a \cry rady morn- Finally, remember to ask for a tm\cl ccr- Ing motnr r~tlc f~~lfillsall ncetls thcrc arc tificate when purchasing you^ onc-\yay ticket llliles of ri\ el drives :mtl park dr~\es to to Washington. If 250 ccrtilicatcs arc t~irtled travel over IVashington ill tlic carly morn- in at Washington the return ttip ticket wilt ing is at its 111ost picturesque, although many bc sold at half-fare. If only 249 are ~ur~lecl fcr\ edy claim that I'otomac Park in the in thcle will bc no rcducctl fare. Therefore, moonlight callnot bc equallcd anywhere In ask fur a certificate. the world. *** An carly morning airplane ride over thc Spccial L~brarics antl Special Libraries Association are it~clebted to Undcrwond city is planncd for Tucsday, May 22 Special & librarians who wish to enjoy this featurc will Untlerwood ior permission to use the cut on tlic coier, and to the Washington Chamber (lo well to inform llr Hyde of their inten- tions as soon as possible. The tr~pwill cost of Commerce a.nd the Na,tional Capital Park about $300 each atid there is a poss~bilityof ztnd Planning Commiss~onfor the cuts used having breakfast served at Hoover Field just as illustrations. The finc map rcprotl~icedin our colunlns is presented through the cow tcsy across the river. This trip IS scheduled for about 7 A AT., wh~chis a little late for of the Plaming Commission "dawn" in LVashington this time of thc yclar but therc is possibly ,no reason why ist should Th,e program as owt1,ined by -$.heCoilmii~tee not be held earlicr if ~t is desired to have a has some utausually in~teres~tingfe'ature~s, and tuorning round of golf aftar the ridc and should hmave a ,Y~POIJ~appeal for the illem- before the sessions begin at 10 A. M. bers ,of ,the Association. Miss Eleanor S. * * * Cavanaugh, Chairman of the Program Com- Planas are beisg ~~nadefor visits to the m~ttee,who w,as also Chairman of ?the .same various govennmental Ikbraries. Fdl details Camittee at the Tomnto Convention, de- of bhese visits dlbe givon (luring ithe Con- ls4erves :high pnaise for her work in ar~arnrging f erence. this exadlent program. May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 157

Mr. Rollo Sawyer, Editor of the Public of Census. Similar reports on Atlanta, Chicago, AEairs Information Scrvice, will disculss the Denver, Fargo, Kansas City, Providence, San relation of the S. L. A. .and the P. A. I. S. Francisco, Seattle and Springfield (Illinois) at the second general ,session on Tuosdsay, are to be released in the near futurc. May 22, 1928. Xr. Sawyer is anxious to find out how ,the P A. I. S. may be in~provedand Annual Dinner its 'scope extended and made more val~mble The Annual Dinner of the Special Libraries to spec~iallibrariarms. Cor11nlunications regard- Association will be hcld in the George Wash- ilng this mattar should be addressed eithcr to ington Room of the Washington Hotel on Mr. Sawycr, Economics Department, New Tuesday evening, May 22, at seven o'clock. York Public L~br~ary,or to blsss Rebecca B. Tickets are $350 each, and may bc reserved Rankin, Nunicipal Reference Library, Mu- through Xlss Gertrude Pelelkin, An~erica~~ ,nicipal Building, New Ymk Ci,ty. Telcphone & Telegi:aph Coinyany, 195 Broad- *** way, New York City, or may be bought on The U~ritcd Stales Daily, the only news- arrival at the Hotel Washington. paper devoting itself entirely to official news Miss Eleanor Cavanaugh has appo~nted of the Government, celebrated its second lliss Margaret 'LV~thingtollto take chalge of birthday on March 4, 1928. Mr. David Law- the 'd~nnerarrangements She is ably sup- rence, editor of The Utrited States Uaihy, ported by BIr. William Alco~ttof Bost~on,hlr. wimll be a speaker at ~themeeting of the News- Dorscy W. I-Iyde, Jr, and LIr C. Fred Cook paper Group on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. of Washiqton hIiss Gertrude Peterkin is Lawrencre was o~iginally scheduled for the in charge of the bickets, and will be the Tuesday sesssion wit~h ollher speakers givlag gracious hostess of Lhc evcning, and SIiss "Broadca~t~s"of Some Washington Instimtmu- Clara W. Herbart, of Lhe District of ~olum- tions. It is si,gnificant htMr. Lawrence bia Library, is in chargc of the decorations. s~l~oddbe inclnclecl in the "b~oaclcasting" Everyone is urged to come Tlle old mem- group as he is a nadio speakel of prominence bcrs to meet iheir f~~ends,and the new mern- and no clou'bt has been heard by many of bers to become acquainted wilh he old mcm- our members. bcrs. Hon. 11. Clyde Kelly, represcntatire ro Distribution Studies Congress from Pcnnsylvalnia, will be the Basic data on production in the most im- speaker of the evcning MISS Florei~ce portant lines of cornn~ercialactivity, as well as Bradley will givc one of her inimitable tal-ks extensive information on stocks of commodities on books, adMr. I-Iyde h8as promised some in the hands of the producers, is available, other spealte~swho will add to the gaiety but little is known as to the stocks in the hands and the wisdom of the occasion. of the consumers. Realizing that if the latter information could be gathered, a great amount Railway Bibliographies of waste might be eliminated in the field of The Library of the Bureau of Railway distribution, the Chamber of Commerce of the Econonlics continues. to produce bibhog- United States has sclected ten cities for trade naphi,cs of n,otable interest. Thc Burcau has distribution studies. These ten cities represent reccntmly issued "List of References on Rail- different types of population conditions and mad Co1lso41datjo11," "Som~c Chronological vaiious kinds of business activities. The na- Referrncels on the Pan-American Railw,ay" tional Chamber of Commerce had pre- made and a "Brief Li8s.L ,of References on S~tbuiban viously an experinlental census in Baltimore, Service." A compile~dlist of b,ibliographies so when it entered, in association with the issued by this organi~ationconipi-ises a note- Bureau of Census, into a survey of the cities selected, the major work was accomplished wortrhy co,n,tribut~ont,o the 11tera.tunc of ]ail- with little or no delay. The first of these' roads. Mr. Jo,hnston, Librarian, has also studies is now available. It is entitled, "Retail f,ouncl tiille to compile a valaab~le lecture and Wholesale Trade of Syracuse, New York." course on Special Lib,raries which .is to be A detailed report on sales, merchandise outlets, used In connection with the Library School number of establishments, employees, wages of George Washington Univens~ty. This and inventories based on a census of distribu- lecture counse is well worth reproducing in tion conducted by the United States Bureau SPECIAL LIBRARIES SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928

Crime Survey Agricultural Bibliographies The Social Science Research Council is The Department of Agriculture has re- making a survey of Research in Crime and cently issue~dsome Bibhographical Contribu- the Administration of Criminal Justice in th,e tions. The Bureau Library has prepared in United .States. The Coulncil plans an ex- reccnt years seventeen Contributions, the haustive bMography covering 011 worth latest a bibliography on ice cream compiled while researah work that has been done in by Carrie B. Sherfy, Librarian, Bureau of this country on the subjects of criminology, Dairy Indmtry, and Nell W. Smallwood, penology and all phases of criminal justice. Junior Library Assistant, Bureau of Dairy The manuscript report has been sent to the Industry. The Buneau of Agricultural editor of the Journal of Cnirninal Law an,d Economics has issued twenty-four bibliog- Criminology for fmuture pubkatio~nin that araphies, one of the latest editions being magazine. "Control of Production of Agricultural P8roducts by Governments," compilcd by A In connection with the bibliography, the M. Hannay under the direction of Mary G. report states that a card clatalog is being pre- Lacy, Librarian 'of the Bureau "The Poultry parad in the following mann,er: A completc Industry, a Selected List of References on set of cards covening all works on the topics thc Economic Aspects of the Industry, 1920- was obtained from t,he Library of Congress. 1927" its isstteld as No. 24 in lthe serlcs. These The set of cards was then ltaken 'to the New volumes are all issuemd in mimeographed fom~. York Public L~braryand checked against all The Departnlent also prints In "Agricultural entries in that institution and thence to the Library Notes" a list of inhneographcd puhll- Boston Public Library for a similar check. cations issued by the various departtnents and Later, afmter checking the topios in the large bureaus covering a wide ,r.aage of agricul- general librarlas of the East, it is planned tural subjects. to check certain of the lar,ge general libraries in the mnid'dle west and the far west, also to check special libraries featuring criminal Western Society of Jhgineers law, suwh as the library od the Harvard Law The Western Society of Engineers IS moving Schod and the Gary Gollection of Criminal on May 1 to new quarters in the Engineering Law and Criminology at the Law School of Building, Wacker Drive at Wells Street, Chi- Northwesterti University. cago. The Library is to have splendid new rooms. Recognizing that successful engineers In addition to the cat,aloged e~ntrieswhich not only leave a record of their own work for are being obtamad in ths manner, which con- posterity but utilize the work of their pred- sists for the great part of books, reporbs, e,tc., ecessors as shown in the literature of engineer- a study of scientific md legal journals will be ing, the Society has compiled a library which conducte~d. now numbers over 13,000 volumes and a large In pneparing the bibliography the comnmit- number of pamphlets and reports, all carefully tee Is utilizing in each 'state some local per- catalogued and indexed and kept up to date. son who is best informed concerning the This is in charge of an experienced librarian, subjec-t. Hazel B. MacDonald, who is always available to help find desired informat~on. Members are The committee in charge of the survley is permitted to borrow books from the library .anxious to dimscover all special collections in for a limited time and photostat copies of criminology, penology, c,rirminal law and its references may be had at cost. The publishers adrninisbrah~.Lt will greatly amreciate sug- of engineering books now deposit samples and ~gestionsas to where there are outstanding a srnall stock as soon as books are published collections on these and rehtad subjects Ln so that those who wish may examine and pur- private or public libraries that should be chase them for their own use. Perhaps one of checked. the most valuable features of the library is the display of over 300 technical magazines in the The committee consist,^ of Professor Justin reading room. Current numbers are always on M8iller, University of California, Chairman, hand and the library has complete files of many Professor Raymond Mdw, Columbia Univer- of them including the proceedings of most of sity, Professor A. F. Kuhlman, University of the engineering societies. These files form a Missouri, director of the survey. most valuablestore of information for engineers. May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Personal Notes Mary C. Parker, Department Editor Miss Ada M Mosher, formerly librarian Eclward D. Twecdd~l, Assistant Librarian of the Maccabees L?brary, is now connected of the John Crcrar Library, Chicago, passed wkth the Business and Commerce Divisaion of away on March 30th, after a period of r.est athe New Y,ork Public Library. in Floricta trying to regain fils healbh. Mr. Tweedell spent t~venty~fiveyears in !library Mrs. Jeanette .Ster.n, whmowas for a time work ,and with the exception of four years with 'the U. S. Eorest Bureau in San Frm- at the Provicle~ncePulblic Iibrary, his cnt,i,re cisco, has taken the pwt of librarian at the library work was pcrfonned .at the John Letterrnan Hospital, the Presidio, San Fran- Crerar Liml~rary,Chicago, where hmis friendly cisco. spirit endeared him to every one with whom hti,ss Marjorie Robertson has opened ,a li- he came in contact. The library periodicals brary in Bank of Itdy, Los Asngdes. Sh~e #speak most graciously of Mr. Tweedel4 and mas formcrly an assistmt in the Bank of his work. Italy, San Francisco. It Is with deep regret that ,the spccial li- Miss K. Dorothy Fcrguson, Bank of Italy, bramns hear of the clcath of Miss Eunicc H. has recently given a coursc ,of five lectures on Miller, which occurred on May 1, aftw an Special Libnaries at the University of Cali- illness of only a icw weeks. Miss AIiller, fornla. First Aslsistant in tlhe Economics Division, was also interested in spccial libraries ass in Xiss Margaret Hatch, Standard Oil Com- her work in a speci~al cIivis,ion she came in pany, wimlll give thc surnrner course in Spec,ial direct touch with the specimal libraries. She Librariels of the Library school in Rivcrsicte, at,tendad lnany of the New York snonthly Californsia. meetings. The sl~ecinl 1ibr.aria.n~of New Miss Her~nianeHenze 1s organizing a 1.i- York always went imo her in the Economios brary for Honig Coapec Advertis~ng Corn- Division when in search of material, and in her capablc and efficient way, but very paw modestly, she invatliably produced from the XLSSA. Caya has opened a llbrary for the Ncw York Public Libr,ary'ss spbendi,d collec- Califonnia Development Association, which tbn what was needed. The spccial !ibmrians moved into larger quarters in the Ferry know they have last ,a loyal and helpful con- Building, in January. firere. Time Savers Domestic Economy "Readers' In,k1' for April, 1928, presents a The Proceedings of the IV I~stevrtalional Business Man's Desk Library, ,a List of In- Congress of Domestic Econo?tly, which has expensive Tlrne-Savers. The list includes for ken hel,d at Rome during thc last mo~tuthof general reference Webster's Collegiate Dic- November, 1927, are now In process of publi- tionary, Crowell's Dictionary of Business and cation. Thesc Procaedi~~gswill be issued in Finance, World Almanac and Book of Pacts, Ibakn and Franch, but a number of Reports Statistical Abstract of the United States, (with the inclusion of those dtircctly pre- Who's Wh,o in America, Congressional Direc- sentcd to the Congress) will be dther summeld tory; far businmess manuals, Ha#ndbook of up or published "in extenso" in the English, Businless Comespondence, by Hal!, Style Spanish and Gcntnan languages. A special Book for Writers and Editors, by Mawson, Appendix will be dedicaled to the I?ster?za- Financial Handbook, by Montgomery, Crain's tional Exhibition of Do?rtestic Economy The Mmarket Data Book, Credit Men's Diary and voIume of the "Proceedings" will make 600 Manual of C,ommercid Laws It also admds pages, and will be offered to the subscribers as local information the ,State Ycar Book, a in the Un~tedStates for the price of three Street Guide of the city of Indianapolis and dollars, hec postage. the latest report of the Indianapolis Board Orders should bc addressed to the Direc- of Trade. This list with modificmtions might tor, Dr. Ar11,alcIo Cervesato, Via In Lucina, well be used for any special1 libr,ary. 17, Rome, Italy. SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928 Associations

The usual reports from the local associa- Cleveland tions ere more voluminous than usulal The January meeting of the Cleveland Through an ovemrsight, the February report Chapter was held on the 20th at the Clcve- of the Cleveland Chapter was not sent to land Museuin of Art. with hliss Ncll G. Sill, Special Libramrics; and thrbugh the neglect Libranan, as hostess Elcvmen n~en~bersdid of thq edlitor of the magazinne, the San Fran- ample justice to the informal dinner which cisco repori for the same 111011th was omitted was se,ned at yix o'clock in the lluseum from the Apr~lissue of .he magazine The restaurasnt. leditor was also nesponsible for a poition of the prognatn at the February iiieeting at Afiter the dinner, there was an opportunity Philadelphia, and p~esent'sherewith a ,brief to visit the Library and the Galleries of the report of the meeting. He takes ~th~soppor- lluseum. tunity to exienld to his hostesses in Phila- At 8-33,in the .Auditorium, llr. E. Robert deIphia silnccre thanks for the courtesy ex- Sch~iiitzlectuned cm the Music of Chde nc- tended to him during the evenlng. bus~scy,illustrat~ng on t~hepiano, which was most acceptable * * * Great Britain The Cleveland Chapter held i~tsApril meet- The Association of Special Libraries and ing in the Lecture Room of the Cleveland Information Bureaux and the Library Asso- Public L~braryon the evcninq of the 26th. cimation (London ancl Hornla Counties Branch) The subjcct of the prograin was "The His- held .a joint mcciing on March 28, 1928, at tory and Deve;lopruent of Hospital L~brary the London School of Economics to discuss Work." Slrs. Grace H. BirdsaM, Librarian at the Recornmendabions woth respect to specla1 Lakeside Hospitd, outbined )the h~storical libramrics contained in the Report of the Pub- growtlh of the mov,enicnt in gene~.alfrom the 11c Libraries C~nimitte~eof the Roartl of Edu- early efforts of Florence N'ightin,gale in the cation. Crinican War and the first carefudly selected library in 1904 at the McLean Hospital, Wa\- Boston erly, llassachus~etts,tbrough the World War, The April mcet,ing of the Special Librar~es to ~tsfinal incorporation by the Vceerans -4ssociat1on of Boston was held on the cye- Bureau of the U. S. Public Health Service ning of the 23rd in the lecture room of the Th,c active part taken by lliss Ahce Tyler, American .4cademy of Arts and Sciences. Dean of the Libr.ary Schod at Western lie- Professur Gootlwin of the llawachusetts In- sene University, was of ,sp,ecial local inler- stitute of Technolagy saxe an interesting ac- est ancl permitted the Chaptesr to bask ,in t8he count of the history of the ricade~nyand told reflected glory of ,her a~hi~evement. how its library had been enriched largely Mrs. Birdsall then described the urrit lypc through a bequest made more than a cen- in detail, including th,e difleront kvnds of hos- tury ago by Coumtit Rumford-a bequest ptals sened. The blackboarcl outline and originally of $3,000 which had now g-own to charts w~thwhich she iillust~rated 'her talk $60,000. The main discussion of the meet- wore particularly helpful in obtaming a ing dealt with discards and accessions to mental picture of !the chief points ii~~entioned. which Mr Charles Eaton, Libranan of the The group type was discussed by Miss Baker llernorial Library, George W. Lee of Gertrude 11. Edwards of the Hospital Di~i- the Stone & Webster Library, and Jam~elsI?. sion of the Statiolns Department of the Ballard of the Boston Medical Library con- Cleveland Public Library. She mefaced her tr~butcdinteresting and suggelst~veremarks. talk with the remark that t'he uni,t was the At the close of the meeting, Mrs. Mabel Ball, ideal type but that the cost made it prohibi- librarian of the Academy, concluchecl her tive for the small~erhosnita,ls. guests through the libnary an,d exhvbntod She t11e.n tlesc~ibed the group type as some of its spend treasures in mathematics operated by the Clevelland Public Lilbrary and sclence. since 1923. The pat4cnts receive the chief May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 161 attention though the staff is not neglected, and the Special Librarlcs Counc.il of I'hila- recreational and professional material being 8rlclll)hjllaand Vicinily, tlic IJ1i~ladcll)hiaAsso- pcovi,cled for the nurses. Miss Edwartls ci,alion hcld a cli,nner meethg 'or1 Friday, strosse~dthe need of adaptation on the pmt Ap~d23rd The spcalce~swerc hliss Rebccca of Lhe llibrarian and, since the lizbrary work IS B. Rankin, who Look for her Lopic "Training of secondary itnportance, the mistake of be- hr speci,al 1,ibrary wo~rk," and thc .eclito~rof ira too aggressive. She stlatcd that a SPECIAL LIBRARIES who discussed ihc friendly arrcl coijperative hospital .staff was a value of the local Associalioa. A delightful greet asset and th,at the attitude of the dinr~e~was sen ecl by thc ,managenlcnt of. the supe~rint~endcntwas ,reflecte.d in the s,taM. Hotc~lWal,tun. About the sanle books are in ,demand as Pittsburgh in th,e average brancah li~brary. Tlic special Thc ~ostponcdFcbruary nlceting of the Pitts- requisrtes are bright colors, good print, and burgh Special Librar~esAssociation was hcltl light weight. Tlic average nlon thly circ~k- h1arc.h 29 at the Mc,llon Inslitutc of 111tlus- 1,ion among ~h,ospitals'by the C;leveiand I'i~b- trial lies~oarch. Mr. Carl D. UImcr, n rc- lic Library ,is 6000. "Tlie rc~sults lane in- sca~~chC~ICIII~SL of ~IIC I(UIII)CPSC'OIII~~IIY .t.angible." Labocatorics read n wry inle~estiagpapcr New York on Wibliographic ~uctln~dsin a ~escarch0.r- Tlie March mcleting of the Ncw York Spc- g.nlii~atioil." Ilc first spokc about bibli- cia11Library As,sociati.on was held March 29111 c>g~apbicwork ill gc~icrala1i.d told of some at the B~itishLuncheon Club, 53 U~ro~adway. of thc blbliogral~liic anmcl nbstrac,t ~~criodicah The entm mechg was givnn over to monc tlmt nrc publishcd, nntl then clcsci ibc~d t11.c of the social1 side ,of the work and no s~enkcr abstract sc,lvicc ol his own compa~ny. There for th,e everning fullon ctl a c~uestiona~d tliscussiun periud. The Preu~dent, Air. I;ilekhcr, spoh oi The local C'aLalog~~ersScchon OF A L. A. several thmgs of interest to all, onc of wll~icll was invitcd Lo lhc inccli~ig,but due lo the was the coming conven.tio~la~t Washington. unpreve~~iablesliort~lcss LI~Lhc ~l.otice a~id As is usual this was a diluter niceting and exlrca~~clylmcl wcatl~cr Lhc allcntlal~ccwas both before and after .the d~nn.ernlnny con- sll1;~Il. tacts or .acquai~utanocswere ~~iade San Fra~ncisco There were 45 mernba~spresent. Thc Sllccial Library Association of San *** l~ral~ciscoheld its n~onlhlylun,cheon nlclet- The April meeting of th.e Mcw York Spe- ing Wcd~ws~day,Fcbruary 21. Thc committcc cial Library Associastian was held at thc chairmen ior the year WC~C~I~~CJLI~I~CC~~ by Britmish Lunche~on Club, 53 Broadway, on Mr. C. H. Judsot~,Pacific Tdcyhotnc & TIC~C- Tuesday, April 24th. The time was 6 P, hI., gral~liComlranp, prcsi,dent of tl~cSan Fran- and, of conilsle, it was a dinner rncctimng The President, Mr. Fletcher, presadctl and after sayi~lga fcw words albout ,the coming convention and speaking of two 01- I~ICC othcr (.hitlgs of mrnclr im~rortar~ccil was his pleasure ,to ~ntrocluceblr. TJretl,elriclc ('. I l ~~mtltl, Zratlc C'oin~nissiuncr for C'xm~tla nl Ncw York, hlr. Fletchcr in hi~s yory ct~ngcninl w:iy intrc~duccd Mr. I-Iucltl, who sclcclctl ns nn nttr8nalive litlc, "The Lady Nevi J)o,or," wh,ich of cou~iisc is au,r sisdcr nation on ,111~ north, Canatla. hlr. Hutltl's atltll eas will bc printed it11 a Iatmer issue of SPECIAL LT- BKARIES. Philadelphia In conr~ection with the Library Institalc ping J3~1rcaugavc a vcl y itilercsli~ng talk. helmd unlder the a~~~spicesof the Drexcl Insti- Thc pampl~lcts on the aim of SpcciaJ Li- tute Lib~:ary School, the Amer~cam Library Irrwics Associaticm wcle di,strkbutccl, and Assoc~ation, the Philade~lphia Libmrary Club everyone was loud in praise of Lhan. SPECIAL LIBRARIES May-June, 1928 Events and Publications Rebecca B. Rankin, Department Editor

Tlic Rinc Arts l)c~)arlmc~ltof thc Detroit often and postcd on,aIl the bulletin boards of Publ~cLibrary has conlpilcd a l~stof boolts the Conipany. on Costunlcs which niay bc obtaincd frce on rcqirest from the llbrary. The March number of Libraries, the ~nollthly issued by the Newark Public Library, contains "L~braries" for lhy prcscnts a "Scl~ect all article called Business ~~~~~l~of a Dibliography of Inventions and Inventors" Public ~ib~~~~~~~~l~~~ c~~~~~~~~,~by hlarion prepared by Uelknal~ Severance, Cntaloger, C, ~~~l~~, Sc~cnccJkp:wtmct~t, U. S Patcrit Officc, Washington. The April issue of Keeping in Touch, the monthly issued by the Schuster Stores in liatlmond & Co., 33 Pinc Strcct, New York Milwaukee, contains an explanation of the L'lty liavc is,sue,d a world cconon~ics chart privileges of the Milwaukee Publlc ~ib~~~~ which gives in succlncl io1m go~ernm~cn~t the schuster elnployees, written by statistics from official sources Col~~csof this M~~~ ~~h~lB, slattery, librariall of the chart may bc obtalnctl upon appl~catlon to Schuster storesaIld also editor of ~~~#i~~is I\Iiss Josephine Curry, Librarian. Touclz Thc ~n~ti~alnumber of a I~ttlclcaflet mucd List of Selected References on Highway hy lhc Busincss R~xnchof the Ncwark Pub- A yOrk and its Environs was lit IaibrnrJ 1s (laLcltl /\~,~il,1928. 11 is calletl Tr"c in prepared by the New York Municipal Refer- by thc co~n~)llcra "1Ionthlp Notc Prese~~lin~ ence Library at the request of the Regional Spcc~alScrviccs for ihc usc of Busincss Plan of New York. It is included in their Exccuti\es and Othcrs." The various Itenis "Highway Traffic," volume 3 of the splendid 1)ana. show ihc hantl~workof ATr series of Survey and Plan Reports. It is also The Libraly of lllc (.nrncgile Etl,c~owlllcnt printed in the Municipal ~ejerence Library for lntcrnational Pcncc continues ~tsvalua~ble Notes of March 28, 1928, a COPY of which may

1928. for January, Thc articlc mtleals with ihc The Library of the Philadelphia Electric work val~~ablc ~hc.rfor~nctlby f,act-finding Company, now in the new building of the a~enciesin shapin; the ilc\~cl~)lrn~rntof the Company, has an attractive location and is law handsomely furnished and equipped. Miss E. Thc Wilso~Bull~hrr of March, 1928, is Mae Taylor, librarian, has prepared a "Cat- clevoted to Pdn~plilet Material. The four alogue of Books and Periodicals in the Library, leading articles, "Etlucntional Pamphlets," 1927," which is intended for the use of the "Geographical Material," "Pub. Docs." and officials and employees of Lhc Company. It "Pamphlet Biographies" may be suggestive to is a classified list, each entry gives author, spec~allibrarians. title, and date of publication. Supplementary lists are published at intervals and are inserted Mrs. Carolinc Falterniaycr, librnrian of the in the "Catalogue," which is bound to allow Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., is responsible for their insertion, thereby keeping it up-Lo- for very attractlye library bulletins issued date. May-June, 1928 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Census Reports Chemical Indexes

To tlic Etlimtor : Alter two ycars OF intcnsive cffort, The Pcrliaps a numbcr .ol I~brariansha\ c rc- Chcmical I~oundation lias cornplcted all the ccivcd lcttcrs fro111 various sourccms rcccnlly iliclexcs necessary to give immecliaicly any aslciitg for suggcstiotis for i~iiprovc~i~c~ilin information conccrning its patcnts. Every Lhc 1930 Ccnsus ant1 otlirr st:li~stical rcpu,sls rcfcrencc of poss~blcvalue in cach paten1 lias nmIe by thc U. S. Go\,c~r~mcnl,l'11c1-c is been abstractccl antl catd-inclexetl. These probably no group of pcoplc anywhcrc, using 40,000 refercnccs mclude inventors, assignees, govcrnmcnt rcporls lo as gncal an cslciil as cliern~cnls, processes, apparatus, uses, foreign special liblamans, and I think thk is all cs- and Unitcd Statcs patents-in short, everything ccllent oppurtuni~yfor us, as an Associalion, escept journal and book rclerences. These fundamental data have been maclc to make somc constructi\c sugycstio~ls.Thc available, In convenient and thorough form, I3ureau of Kcsc8arch of ~hcIntc~-~iation~~l Atl- to anyone who cares to use them Anyonc may vcrtising Associalio~iis hcacli~ig uj) tlic all- consult the new indexes pe~sonallyat any time, pcal, anmcl b~c.causcI haw bccn in co.lltaci rn~lli or n~ayobtain lists of the references on the that bureau, I ,slioultl bc glad to act as a subjects in whicli lie is particularly interested. clcarmg liou,sc lor s~tgscstionsfrom S L. A. Copies of the patcnt spccifications will be loaned lf 111 your usc of xovcrn~i~enttlocumc~its, for examination antl The Chemical Founda- you have wishctl that 11ic fi,gurc.s ]night be tion will be glad to rcndcr any nssistance re- tliffc~-ciltlyasscnlblctl, or have iou.nmtl hat i~n- quested. Ilorlanml phaacs arc not co\crcd a1 all, or that The Fountlatian now has thc following llic i~lstlcxes arc inatlcqualc, won't you WI-I~C separate inrlrws: numerical; subject, inver~tor; to 11ic and l~sttlic spcc~fictIiin,gs you ~vc~uld assignec; forc~gnpatents; and Un~tedStates likc changed. Pcl:liaps wc can liavc a (11s- patcnts (rcferrccl to in patents). cuslsion of this at our convention in Wa~'liitig- In find~ngncw uscs lor products, especially ton, but i1 you cannot bc tlicrc, l~l~ca~wthink for ovcr-produced, waste, ant1 by-products, tlic new subjcct incles has been e~i~ployeclby lhia ovcr now antl wntc LO mc ni 3fU .\lntli- son A\ cnuc, NCWYolk C'ity. scwral firms, who haw. benefitecl thereby. All manulacturers arid research men arc ad- Herc is a clinncc for us to hcllr ourselves, vised to ascertain ns soon as passiblc whether atltl oilicrs, a~dwc slio~~ltl1101 miss 11. ihcre is anything of valuc to tlicm In these patents. 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