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Volume 1 Early suggestions to the War Services Committee, 1917 Committee Recommendations, 1917-1919 War Service Committee Members and Photograph Suggestions to the Preliminary War Service Committee, arranged chronologically, April 7-June 16, 1917 War Service Committee Reports and Recommendations, arranged chronologically Minutes of the War Service Committee, arranged chronologically

Volume 2 Plans and Activities, 1917-1918 Bulletin of Library War Committee and Councils ALA Committee on War Service Library Week, June 30, 1917 Library War Council, Aug. 29, 1917 ALA War Finance Committee Library War Council News Local War Council, Washington Library War Council Letters to Dr. Herbert Putnam, Directory Library War Service, May 1917-Nov. 1918 E. H. Anderson, Director, Public Library Mary Eileen Ahern, Editor Public Libraries Sarah B. Askew, Organizer, N. J. Eree Library Comm. W. W. Bishop. Libn, U.of , and Pres. ALA 1918 Arthur E. Bostwick, Libn. St. Louis Public Library R. R. Bowker, Publisher, Library Journal Gratia A. Countryman, Libn., Minneapolis Public Lib. John Cotton Dana, Libn, Free Pub. Lib. Of Newark N.J. Milton J. Ferguson, State Libn., California Frank P. Hill, Lib. Brooklyn Pub. Lib. And Chairman, ALA War Finance Comm. Mary Frances Isom, Libn. Portland Public Library M. L. Raney, Libn. Johns Hopkins University Hiller C. Wellman, Libn., Springfield, Massachusetts J. I. Wyer, Jr, Chairman ALA War Service Committee & Director New York State Library Letters of Thomas L. Montgomery, Pres. ALA 1917 and State Libn.Pennsylvania 2 Free Lib Commission Letters of Charles F. D. Belden, chairman New England Division Headquarters, War Service Committee War Service Administration, Plans and activities October 1917 - December 1918 War Service Administration Appointments Aug. 1917 - Aug. 1918

Volume 3 ALA Headquarters in Washington, 1917-1919 Outline of ALA organization for Library War Service Instructions from ALA Headquarters Discharged Soldiers Hospital Librarians Hospital Library Service Housing Problem - Washington Industrial Centers and State Commissions Office Ethics Office Library Office Routine Money Received by Libraries for Library War Service Permanent Post Libraries Personnel Sale of books unsuitable for War Library Service Text-books for the Navy Uniforms Vacations The ALA and the War Department Army Cooperation Army Education Duplication of Service Fosdick Expression of Appreciation Magazines banned by the War Department The War Department and Overseas Preliminary Arrangements Overseas book shipments Shipping permits Shipping of books to America, date extended to September 1, 1919 Care of overseas book shipments General Reports to ALA Headquarters ALA War Service, Herbert Putnam, Dec. 31, 1917 Report of Director of Camp Libraries, Matthew S. Dudgeon, 1917 Report to Carnegie Corporation on Construction and Equipment of Camp Library Buildings, Oct. 1, 1918 Camp visiting - Mexican Border. Nov. 19, 1918 Cornelia Marvin Reports from Concentration Points Library of Congress, F. W. Ashley, Nov. 1917 - Aug. 1918 3 Philadelphia Free Library, F. M. Price, Oct. 1917 - Apr. 1918 Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of, John H. Leete, Nov. 1917 Reports of State Library Commissions California State Library, Milton J. Ferguson Colorado State Library, Charlotte A. Baker, Jan. 7, 1918 Connecticut Public Library Committee, Charles D. Hine, Chairman; Aug. 30, 1918 Louisiana and Mississippi State Agencies, Henry M. Gill, Chairman. Sept. 1917 - June 1919 State Library, Henry E. Dunnack, Service to Canadian Transports Feb. 1910; Situation at Bath Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission J. A. Lowe, Aug. 1918 - Mar. 1919 Receiving Ship - Commonwealth Pier, Boston, John H. Reardon, Mar. 10, 1919 Michigan State Agency, Samuel H. Ranck, Supervisor; May - Oct. 1918 New York State Dept. Of Educ., William R. Watson, Chief, Educ. Extension; James I. Wyer, Jr., Dir. N.Y. State Lib.; Frank K. Walter, Vice Dir. New York State Library. Ja. 1918 - Jun. 1919 North Carolina State Agency, C. B. Galbreath, Libn. Apr. 23, 1918 Ohio State Agency, Mrs. J. A. Thomson, Dir. May 8, 1918 Pennsylvania Free Library Commission, Anna A. MacDonald and Robert P. Bliss; Apr-Oct 1918 Reports of Supervisors of Camps and Army Points Allentown, Pa. Public Library. Jan. 5, 1918 Baltimore, Maryland, Peabody Institute Library Louis H. Deilman, June 1918 Brockton, Mass. Edna M. Hardy and Frank H. Whitmore. May 28, 1919 Brooklyn, New York, Traveling Libraries. Se. 19, 1917 Chicago Public Library, C. B. Roden. Dec. 3, 1917 Cleveland Public Library, W. H. Brett. Nov. 21, 1917 Dallas, Texas, Public Library, Betsey T. Wiley. Jan.- Dec. 1918 Dayton Public Library, Electra C. Doren. June 1918 - Mar. 1919 Denver Public Library, Chalmers Hadley, Apr. 14, 1919 Des Moines Public Library, Forrest B. Spaulding. Sept. 12, 1917 Public Library, Adam Strohm. Dec. 1918 - Deb. 1919 Florence, Alabama State Normal School, Mrs. M. I. Hoskins Libn and Supervisor Nitrate Plants Jacksonville, Fla., Free Public Library, L. W. Josselyn, Libn. Aug. 1917 - Mar. 1919 Lincoln, Nebraska Legislative reference Bureau, Edna D. Bullock–Rept on Southern Camps Sept. 1917 4 Memphis, Tenn. Cossitt Library, Ruth M. Barker, Mar - Jun. 1918 Mt. Clemens, Mich, Public Library, Agnes Snover-Rept. Selfridge Field May 1918 & Oct. 1919 Muscle Shoals, Ala., Mrs. Mary Inge Hoskins Mar 1919. Also report from L. L. Dickerson, Dec. 1918 New Haven, Conn. Free Public Library, Willis K. Stetson. Rept on Naval Base at New Haven Sept. 4, 1919 New , Conn. Public Library, Frederick Wm. Edgerton. Feb - Dec. 1918. Also report from Marion M. Jackson, Field Secy - Oct. 30, 1918 , Sorting Station, James Hodgson Sep 1917 - Jan 1918 Report of Naval Stations in three Boroughs covered by New York Public Library, Edwin White Guillard, Special Investigator. Sep. 20 , 1917 Niagara Falls Public Library, Emma J. Kraemer, Supervisor , Jan. 11, 1919 Oklahoma City Carnegie Library, Mary E. Hays, June 5, 1918 Omaha Public Library, Lila Bowen. Oct. 1818 - Apr. 1919 San Pedro Branch of Los Angeles Public Library, Everett R. Perry, supervisor - Camps at San Pedro, June 12, 1918

Volume 4 Financial Campaigns and the Handling of Funds, 1917-1919 Financial Campaign Methods United War Work Campaign, Chronologically arranged August - November 1918 Financial Campaign Reports, General, 1917-1918 Financial Campaign Reports and Correspondence from City and State Directors, arranged according to cities or states, 1917-1918 Brockton, Mass. California Cleveland, Ohio Connecticut Denver, Col. Duluth, Minn. Green Bay, Wisconsin Kansas City, Mo. Organizational Chart Los Angeles, Cal. Nebraska New York State Oakland, Cal. Ohio State Budgets, 1917-1919 Handling of Funds – American Security and Trust Company October 1917 – 5 December 1918 Financial Statements December 1919 – October 1919 Auditor’s Reports, Marwick Mitchell, Peat & Co. 1918, 1919

Volume 5 New Jersey Public Library Commission, Library War Service Sarah B. Askew, Org. Part I, Sept. 1917-Sept. 1918

Volume 6 New Jersey Public Library Commission, Library War Service Sarah B. Askew, Org. Part II, Oct. 1918-June 1919

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Volume 7 New Jersey Public Library Commission, Library War Service Sarah B. Askew, Org. Part III, July-Oct. 1919

Volume 8 Books, Part I Selection, Classification, Ordering, and Orders, 1918-1919 Book Selection Books Undesirable for Overseas Banned Books College Catalogs Foreign Books German Polish Russian and Dutch Swedish Medical Books Military Books Classification of Military Literature Vocational Books U.S. Government Publications Special Books for all Points Book Ordering Publishers’ Discounts Forms and Instructions General Correspondence Book Orders General Correspondence with enclosed lists 6 Volume 9 Books, Part II Book Requests, General and Individual, 1918-1919 Book Requests General Army of Occupation, Germany Battleship in British Waters Camp Stuart Des Moines Camp Humpreys Jewish Welfare Board Massachusetts District Examining Board New York Public Library Fort Niagara Otisville Pennsylvania State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Philadelphia, Marine Barracks, League Island Portsmouth, N. H. San Domingo Fort San Houston Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Tulane University U.S.S.B. Boat, Missouri Virgin Islands Volunteers of America Watervliet Arsenal Winnebago, Nebraska Y.M.C.A. Educational Director Book Requests – Individual, arranged according to names of Individuals

Volume 10 Books, Part III Booklists, 1918-1919 Booklists General Booklists for Camp Libraries Booklists for Overseas Booklists for Reconstruction Hospitals and Base Hospital Units Booklists arranged by Subject General Correspondence

Volume 11 Magazines, Newspapers, and Scrapbooks, 1917-1919 7 Magazines Burleson Magazines Magazine Campaigns Newspapers Scrap-books

Volume 12 Book Campaigns, 1917-1919 Book Campaigns General Information and Plans Publicity Reports and Correspondence, arranged according to Cities and States conducting Campaign

Volume 13 American Red Cross and the ALA, 1917-1919 American Red Cross and the ALA Documents and Plans for War Library Service General Correspondence between Officials of ARC and the ALA Reports Directories and Personnel Publicity Red Cross House – Blueprints and plans Red Cross Uniforms

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Volume 14 YMCA and the ALA, 1917-1919 Part I The YMCA and the ALA War Library Service, Documents on Aims, Plans and Methods Correspondence between YMCA and ALA Officials Reports Books Sorting Banned Books Magazines

Volume 15 YMCA and the ALA, 1917-1919 Part II YMCA Lectures Books for YMCA Lecture Courses Directories and Personnel YMCA Hits, Lists and Blueprints 8 Publicity, General Correspondence YMCA Publications YMCA Newspaper Clippings YMCA Forms YMCA Library Service in Great Britain, George H. Grubb, Secretary

Volume 16 Camp Libraries, General, 1917-1919 Commission on Training Camp Activities, Raymond B. Fosdick, Chairman Camp Library Administration Instructions to Camp Librarians Camp Visiting Camp Round Tables Camp Library Buildings and the Carnegie Corporation Grant Contractors, Construction, Equipment, and Costs Garages Locations of Camp Libraries Library of Congress Cards for Camp Libraries Morale Officers at Camps Personnel of Large Camps Camp Library Equipment Record of Sale of Camp Buildings and Equipment

Volume 17 Large Camps A-S Reports and Correspondence, 1917-1919 Reports and Correspondence Camp Beauregard Chickamauga Park (Oglethorpe) Camp Cody Edgewood Arsenal Camp Fremont Camp Greene Camp Hancock Camp Johnston Camp Logan Camp MacArthur Camp McClellan Camp Mills

Volume 18 Large Camps Reports and Correspondence S-W Summaries and Reports and Statistics, 1918-1919 Large Camps, Reports and Correspondence 9 Camp Sevier Fort Shelby Camp Sheridan, Ala. Camp Wadsworth Camp Wheeler Report Summaries, Large Camps Statistics

Volume 19 Small Army Points General Information Book Requests Reports and Correspondence A-E, 1918-1919 Small Camps, General Information Aviation Schools Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. Aberdeen, Washington, Soldiers and Sailors Club Fort Adams, Newport, R.I. Alcatraz, California, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks Camp Alexander, Newport News Alexandria, Virginia, Enlisted Men’s Clubs Ancor, Ohio, Nitrate Plant , Massachusetts Fort Apache, Arizona Arcadia, California...Army Balloon School Arcadia, Florida, YMCA Arcadia, Florida, WCCS Atlanta, Georgia, WCCS Colored Soldiers’ Club Austin, Texas, School of Aeronautics Fort Baker and Fort Barry...Mill Valley, Cal. Fort Baldwin, Popham Beach, Maine Bally-McElroy Camp, Woodbridge, Virginia Fort Banks, Massachusetts Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia Bolling Aviation Field, Anacostia, D.C. Fort Brady, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Camp Bragg, N.C. Bridgeport, Connecticut, YMCA Brownsville, Texas, Army Post Buffalo, New York, War Camp Community Service Call Field, Wichita Falls, Texas Camden N.J. War Camp Community Service Fort Canby, Ilwaco, Washington 10 Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida Fort Casey, Washington Fort Caswell, N.C. Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill. Charleston, West Va., Dept. of Public Safety Fort Clark, Bracketsville, Texas Port Clinton, Ohio...Erie Proving Ground Camp Colt, Gettysburg Columbia, Camp, Morris, Connecticut Fort Columbia, Washington Columbia Barracks Columbia Georgia, Colored Soldiers Club Camp Cotton, El Paso, Texas Corpus Christi, Texas Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa. Fort Crook, Nebraska Curtis Bay, Md. Ordinance Depot Fort Dade, Florida Dallas, Texas, Aerial Repair Depot Camp Del Rio, Texas Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas Door Field, No.2, Arcadia, Florida Fort Dupont, Delaware Fort Douglas, Utah

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Volume 20 Small Army Points Book Requests Reports and Correspondence E-R, 1918-1919 Eagle Rut, Washington, D.C. Eagle Pass, Texas Ellington Field, Texas Fort Ethan, Allen, Vt. Fisherman’s Island, Va. Coast Artillery Camp Fort Flagler, Washington Florence Field, Omaha, Neb. Fort Foote, Md. Front Royal Remount Depot, Virginia Galveston, Texas, Dredge Work Garden City, Long Island, Aviation Fields #1&2 Gerstner Aviation Field, Lake Charles, La. Fort Getty, R.I. Fort Gibbon, Tanana, Alaska 11 Governors Island, N.Y. Disciplinary Barracks Globe, Arizona...Army Outpost Fort Greble, R.I. Hachita, New Mexico, Outpost, U.S. Cavalry Halifax, Nova Scotia, YMCA Camp , N.Y. Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, N.J. Hazelhurst Field, Hampstead, L.I. Camp Hill, Newport News Camp Holabird, Md. Fort Howard, Md. Fort Hunt, Virginia Indianapolis Aviation Report Depot Jackson Barracks Fort Jay, Governor’s Island, New York Fort Kearney, R.I. Camp Kendrick, Lakehurst, N.J. Key West, Florida Barracks Lakehurst, N.J. Experimental Grounds, Edgewood Arsenal Camp Laurel, Md. Camp Leach, Park, Washington, D.C. Love Field, Fort Worth, Texas Fort MacArthur, California McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio Fort McDowell, California Fort McIntosh, Laredo, Texas Fort McKinley, Portland, Me. Fort McPherson, Ga. Macon, Georgia, YMCA Madison Barracks, N.Y. March Aviation Field, California Camp Martian, New Orleans, La. Mather Field, California , Washington, D.C. Mercedes, Texas Middletown, Pa. Aviation General Supply Depot Fortress Monroe, Va. Montgomery, Alabama, Aviation Repair Depot Camp Morgan, N.J. Fort Morgan, Alabama Morrison, Virginia, Aeronautical Concentration Camp Forts Mott and Delaware Fort Moultrie, S.C. Fort Myer, Virginia Nahant, Mass, Military Reservation 12 National Service Club #2, Washington Post Newark Terminal, Newark, N.J. Fort Niagara Camp Nichols, New Orleans Nogales, Arizona, YMCA North Head Washington, Naval Radio Station Omaha, Nebraska, Q. M. Depot Fort Omaha, Nebraska Fort Orange, New York Oswego, N.Y. K. of C. Service House Park Field, Memphis, Tenn. Payne Field, West Point, Miss. Camp Perry, Ohio Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Fla. Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N.J. Pisgah Forest, Labor Battalion Portland, Maine, Points around Portland, Maine, YMCA Headquarters Portsmouth, Virginia, WCCS Potomac Park Camp , Maine Presidio, Monterey, California Presidio, San Francisco Princeton School of Military Aeronautics

Volume 21 Small Army Points Book Requests Reports and Correspondence R-W, 1918-1919 Raritan River Ordnance Depot Richfield, Waco, Texas Richmond, Virginia, 635th Aero Squadron Fort Robinson, Nebraska Camp Robinson, Wisconsin Rock Island Arsenal Rockland, Maine , New Bedford, Mass. Fort D. A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyoming St. Paul Minnesota, Aviation Mechanics School Fort St. Phillips, La. Saltville, Virginia, Chemical Plant #4 Salvation Army Rest Room, Washington D.C. Fort Sam Houston San Deigo Cabrillo Club Fort Schuyler, N.Y. 13 Scott Field, Bellville, Illinois Fort Screven, Georgia Seaside, Oregon, War Camp Community Service Selfridge Field, Michigan Sheridan Training Camp, Illinois (Fort) , N.Y. Harbor Southern Aviation Field, Americus, Georgia Southport, N.C. WCCS Spartansburg, S.C. WCCS Spruce Production Division, Portland, Oregon Fort Standish, Mass. Camp Stephan A. Little, Nogales, Arizona , Boston Harbor, Mass. Camp Stuart, Virginia Fort Terry, New York Fort Thomas Fort Tilden, N.Y. Toledo Ohio Training Camp for Mechanical Trades , L.I., N.Y. Port Townsend, Washington Tulsa, Oklahoma, WCCS Camp Vail, Little Silver, N.J. Fort Wadsworth, N.Y. Fort Warren, Mass. Washington District Washington Barracks Washington D.C. Triangle Rest Room Washington, D.C. Hostel for Colored Soldiers and Sailors Washington, D.C. War Camp Community Service Club Washington YMCA Fort Washington, Maryland Watervliet Arsenal, N.Y. Waukegan, Illinois, WCCS Fort Wetherill, R.I. Camp Whistler, California Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio Wilmington, N.C. YMCA , Cape Cottage, Maine Fort , Cal. Camp Winona, Indiana Fort Wright, N.Y.

Volume 22 Shipping Instructions Dispatch Offices 14 General and Individually A-BO Instructions for Shipping Books Bills of Lading Shipping Boxes for Books, Correspondence and Blueprints Dispatch Offices, Generally Dispatch Offices Individually, A-Bo Atlanta Dispatch Office, Tommy Dora Barker, Supervisor Gift Books sent to Atlanta Dispatch Boston Dispatch Office, Dr. C.O.S. Mawson, Agent Boston Dispatch Office, Reports Gift Books sent to Boston Dispatch Office

Volume 23 Brooklyn Dispatch Office Correspondence, 1917-1919 Brooklyn Dispatch Office Correspondence, Charles H. Brown Supervisor, including Library War Service to Points in Brooklyn and Western Long Island. Chronological arrangement

Volume 24 Dispatch Offices BR-H Reports and Correspondence1918-1919 Brooklyn Dispatch Office Reports Gift Books sent to Brooklyn Dispatch Charleston Dispatch Office, Mary L. Titcomb, agent Reports Gift Books Distributed General Correspondence Chicago Dispatch Office, C. B. Roden, Supervisor Reports Gift Books Distributed General Correspondence El Paso Dispatch Office, Julia C. Stockett, Supervisor Hoboken Dispatch Office, Asa Don Dickinson, Agent Reports and Budget General Correspondence Box 5:

Volume 25 New York Dispatch Office Reports and Correspondence, Dec. 1917-Nov. 1918 New York Dispatch Office, Louis J. Bailey, Agent Shipping Reports Overseas Book List 15 List of Camps, Hospitals and Training Schools under the supervision of L. J. Bailey, N.Y. Dispatch Office Books shipped to West Indies General Correspondence to November 1918

Volume 26 New York Dispatch Office Correspondence continued, Nov. 1918-Oct. 1919

Volume 27 Newport News Dispatch Office Reports and Correspondence, June 1918-Oct. 1919 Leaflet Distributed at Newport News, Virginia Report – Navy Libraries Weekly Reports – ships supplied with books Camp Libraries near Newport News N.O.T.S. Vessels about to be detached, Apr. 15, 1919 Newport News, General Correspondence, June 1918 – Oct. 1919

Volume 28 Dispatch Offices O-S Omaha Dispatch Office, Edith Tobitt, Supervisor Special Inventory Reports General Correspondence Gift Books Philadelphia Dispatch Office, F. H. Price, agent Special Inventory Reports General Correspondence St. Louis Dispatch Office, George R. Throop, Supervisor Reports and Gift Books General Correspondence San Antonio Dispatch Office, Georgia Lutkemeyer and Harriet C. Long, Supervisors Special Inventory Reports and Gift Cooks General Correspondence San Francisco Dispatch Office, John S. Richards and Milton Ferguson, Supervisors General Correspondence Reports and Gift Books Seattle Dispatch Office, C. H. Compton, supervisor Special Inventory 16 General Correspondence

Volume 29 Hospital Libraries, 1918-1919 Hospital Lists Hospital Books Requests and orders Booklists Medical Journals Hospital Book Truck, Blueprint Hospital Library Supplies Correspondence – E. Kathleen Jones, in charge of Hospital Libraries, State of Massachusetts Hospital Library Reports, general Hospital Reports and Correspondence arranged according to names of Hospitals Fort Bayard Beauregard Fort Benjamin Harrison Camp Bowie Cape May Chicago Hospitals Camp Cody Colonia Corpus Christi, Texas Danville, N.Y. Fort Des Moines Detroit, Equipping Hospital Library at Ford Hosp. Fort Douglas East Norfolk, Mass. Ellis Island Gettysburg, Pa. Camp Greene Greenhut Hospital Camp Hancock Hot Springs, Ark. Kenilworth, Biltmore, N.C. Lakewood, N.J. Long Beach, N.Y. Camp Logan Markleton Hospital, Pa. Camp McArthur Fort McPherson, Ga. Camp Mills Massachusetts Hospital Service, Preliminary Plans Missouri Hospital Service New Haven, Conn, Gen. Hospital 17 Newport News Hospital New York General Hospital Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Fort Ontario, Oswego, N.Y. Otisville, N.Y. Hospital Parker Hill, Boston Pelham Bay, N.Y. Parkview, Pa. Philadelphia Hospitals Pittsburg Hospitals Plattsburg Barracks Richmond College Hospital, Va. St. Elizabeth Hospitals, Washington, D.C. St. Louis General Hospital Fort Sam Houston Camp Sevier, S.C. Camp Shelby Camp Sheridan, Ala. Fort Snelling Camp Wadsworth Walter Reed Hospital Waynesville West Baden, Ind. Camp Wheeler, Ga. Surgeon General, U.S. Army and the ALA General Information and Plans for Future Hospital Library Service, 1919

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Volume 30 Various other phases of library service American Merchant Marines Coast Guard Stations Colored Soldiers Mexican Border Traveling Libraries Mine Sweepers U.S. Navy Prisoners of War Students Army Training Corps Transports Conservation of Books on Transports Troop Trains Shipping Board Boats War Industries 18 Volume 31 Overseas Reports Stories and Correspondence from the Camps France Overseas Reports – France Mary Eileen Ahern – Camp Trips and Publicity Work C. W. Andrews – Transport Service Wm. L. Brown – Financial Reports, Overseas Chaplain Cleveland – Traveling Libraries A. E. F. O. C. Davis, ALA Welfare Office, Le Mans L. L. Dickerson – A. E. F. University Library – Beaune Asa Don Dickinson, Warehouse Conditions Harold Dougherty, Brest, the Pontanezan Library Ralf P. Emmerson, G. H. Q. Library G-5 Raymond B. Fosdick, Welfare Organizations Florence G. Hall, Officers’ Hut at Chaumont Mary Frances Isom, ALA Headquarters in Paris W. H. Kerr, Educational Dept. and Gift Collections Anna MacDonald, St. Aignon R. R. Menzinger, Social Club Library, Villedieu Anne E. Mulheron, Savenay Hospital Center Louise Prouty, Gievres Herbert Putnam, Visit to Paris, Feb. 2 1919, and Report to Conference at Asbury Park Mary 1919 Samuel H. Ranch, A Librarian’s Job in Base Section No. 1 France M. Llewellyn Raney, Overseas Reports Paul Rasch, Regimental Library System Walter W. Simmons, Camp Pontanezan, Brest Alida M. Stephen, Headquarters Library Report Burton E. Stephenson, ALA Headquarters in France Mary Florence Wilson, American Commission to Negotiate Peace, Dec. 1918–June 1919, Allied Peace Terms and German Armistice Terms, published by ALA J. I. Wyer, Overseas Report May 28 1919 Helen H. Yerkers, Central Library, Tours, France Camps in France, Stories, Correspondence and Reports A. E. F. General Headquarters Beaune University Bordeaux, France Brest Chaumont Gievres Gondrecourt LeMans Mars Hospital Center 19 Marseille Library Mesves Hospital Center Nantes Hospital Center Neufchateau Nevers Savenay St. Aignan St. Nazaire Toul

Volume 32 Overseas-France, 1918-1919 Overseas – France Financial Statement Suggestions and Plans for Overseas Service Ordinance Base in France Directories Instructions from Headquarters Requisitions for Books, and Circulation Reports Queries and Replies in Regard to ALA Overseas Service Summaries Letters of Appreciation of Overseas Service, arranged according to names of writers

Volume 33 Overseas Letters: Putnam, Raney, Milam, Utley, Kerr, Dickerson Overseas Letters Herbert Putnam M. Llewellyn Raney Carl H. Milam, letters to overseas workers (with enclosures) George B. Utley W. H. Kerr L. L. Dickerson, letter written from Transport (for other letters see Coblenz and Beaune Univ. Reports)

Volume 34 Overseas Letters: Stevenson

Volume 35 Overseas Shipment Reports Magazines, General Supplies, and Music Requests France Overseas – France Book Shipments, general correspondence Individual weekly reports of shipments 20 Total weekly reports of shipments Magazines Magazine requests Medical Journals Magazine Shipments Publishers’ gifts of surplus stock of magazines for overseas use General Supplies Music Requests

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Volume 36 Book service to all points outside continental U.S. excepting France, 1918-1919 Points outside Continental U.S. except France ALA in Alaska ALA Service to Belgium Canada, British Columbia, Prisoners of War Canada, Nova Scotia Canal Zone China Germany, Prisoners of War Germany, Coblenz Guam Hawaii Library at Honolulu Recommendations Reports Book Orders General Correspondence Italy Luxembourg Philippines Siberia Original Correspondence with Professor Harry Clemens General, Book shipments, etc. Russia Samoa West Indies

Volume 37 Army Education, 1918-1919 Army Education Army Educational Committee Correspondence Army Education in U.S. Hospitals ALA Educational List Educational Activities in the Training Camps 21 Suggestions from the Educational Bureau Booklists List A. Overseas Orders List B. Overseas Orders Books added to Basic List A List ordered from New York Stock to France Books added to Educational list after list was printed Numerical List of ALA Educational Books Alphabetical List of ALA Educational Books

Volume 38 Publicity, 1917-1919 Publicity, General Blotter, printed Books shattered by Shrapnel Booklets Bookmarks and Stamps Bookplates, autographed, and plating bees Emblem, ALA Exhibits Honor Rolls Insignia Leaflets and Display Rack Letter from Miss Katherine Mayo, used for publicity Library Periodicals Publicity Material Motion Pictures Newspaper Clippings (see also series 38-55) General Library War Service Army Education Book Campaigns Financial Campaign Camp Libraries Conference News Dispatch Offices Hospital Service Magazines Navy Newspapers Overseas American Library in Paris Beaune University Library Le Mans Siberia Parades 22 Photographs, W. W. Bishop and F. P. Keppel Service Medal to Dr. Putnam Publicity Overseas Paintings Parades Placques Photographs, (see also Series 31-35) Camps Hospital Service, Fort Oglethorpe Overseas Personnel, Miss Jean E. Graffen Poems Post Cards Posters Slides Speakers and speeches Arthur L. Bailey Wm. Howard Brett Hamlin Garland Captain C. B. Joeckel John A. Lowe Young McCoy Carl H. Milam Herbert Putnam Speakers Herbert Putnam Address to National Federation of Women’s Clubs Address sent from Paris May 1919 Truman R. Temple H. B. Van Hoesen William Allen White Publicity Stories - general Stories from Camps, arranged according to names of camp Stories from Camps suggested for Publicity General Camp Bowie Camp Cody Camp Custer Camp Devens Camp Dix Camp Fremont Camp Funston Camp Gordon Camp Greene Camp Hancock 23 Camp Jackson Camp Johnson Camp Kearney Camp Lee Camp MacArthur Camp McClellan Mexican Border Traveling Library Service Camp Sevier Camp Shelby Camp Zachary Taylor Camp Travis Camp Upton Camp Wadsworth Walter D. Munson, Transport Library U.S. General Hospital No. 1 Base Hospital Library, Fort Riley Publicity – Telegrams Vocational lists publicity

Volume 39 Miscellaneous Information, 1917-1921 Army Information Boston War Camp Community Service, Joy Book for Soldiers and Sailors British Library Service Directories Forms and Form Letters Book Boxes, Instructions for use of Books – Circulation Reports Book Deposits, Application Forms Book Distribution Record Sheet Gift Books, Records of Shipping Forms Book Lending Forms Book Order Blanks and Label Book Purchases Form Overdue Book Notices Bookplates Book Requests – Forms Book Shipments, Forms Book Statistics Sheet Building and Contract Forms Camp Library Catalogue Cards Camp Library Expenditure Forms Field Representatives’ Report Form Letter Head Report Form 24 Requisition Blank Camp Visiting Report Form Financial Campaign, Subscription Sheet Headquarters Acknowledgment Card Bill Heads Envelopes Financial Forms Letter Head Order Forms Receipt Requisition Sheet Request for Information Requests for lists of publications Travel Voucher Hospital Forms Insignia Periodicals, Forms Personnel Application Forms Appointments, Forms Draft Exemption Forms Hospital Librarian’s Requirements Supervisors, Form Letter Publicity, Forms and Form Letters Bulletins Signs Time Table Cards with advertising Student Army Training Corps, Form Letter Stamp Transport Service Forms Uniforms, form letters William Howard Brett Memorial Death of Mr. Brett Letter of Commendation of Br. Brett during his war activities Brett Memorial Book Plate Methods of Collecting Funds for Memorial Conferences Historical Material Honor System of Charging Books Knights of Columbus Letters of Appreciation and Commendation of ALA Service from Camps, Army Points, Navy, and Marines Maps, lists of Naming of Ship by ALA 25 Personnel Letters of Introduction Women in Camp Library Service Women Overseas Passports and Reservations Service Medal to Dr. Putnam Societies Duplicating Book Service ALA Members belonging to Rotary Clubs Gifts to the ALA during the War

Volume 40 Post-War Activity excepting hospital service and work with the blind, 1919-1920 Post War Activities Army and Navy Permanent Libraries, L. L. Dickerson, Director Disposition of ALA Books ALA Gift Collection, Reports & Correspondence Requests for Gift Collections Belgium Czechoslovakia Italy Liberia Serbia Switzerland Missions Near East The American Library in Paris Reports of American Library in Paris and other International Relations Work with the Foreign Born U.S. Employment Service Union List, 1919 ALA Service to Soldiers’ Clearing House Employment Association of Pittsburgh, in Co-operation with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, J. H. Leete, Director Enlarged Program 1919-1920 Publicity Reports General Correspondence and Plans Prison Libraries 1920

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Volume 41 Post-War Activity Hospital Service, 1919-1921 Reports-General and Individual A-M 26 Post War Hospital Service Reconstruction Work in Hospitals General Reports Individual Reports May 1919 – Sep 1921 Alexandria, La., U. S. P. H. Hospital #27, Emily S. Cort, Librarian Biltmore, N. C. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital, Valeria Easton, Libn. Boston, Parker Hill Hospital, E. Kathleen Jones, Field Representative, Annis L. Kinsman, Asst., Carrie Williams, Librarian Chicago, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital, Elizabeth Pomeroy, Libn. East Norfolk, Mass Hospital. Susan C. Crampton Hosp. Library Visitor, for Mass. Library Commission Ellis Island, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #43, Librarians – Caroline J. Jones, Florence Huxley, Grace T. Langdon Evansville, Indiana, U. S. Marine Hospital, George McAfee Head Extension Dept, Evansville P. L.; Edith Eichoff and Hazeltine Nidey, recreational directors Fox Hills, Staten Island Hospital, Caroline L. Jones, Supervisor, Sarah A. Thomas, Acting Libn, Edna W. Burck, Libn. Greenville, S.C. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #26, Field Rep. M. E. Carey; Librarians, Valeria Easton, Mabel Reynolds, Eliza J. Rankin, Julia C. Stockett Houston, Texas, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #25, Edwin Sue Goree Key West, Fla., U.S. Marine Hospital, Charles Miller, Libn.

Volume 42 Post-War Activity Hospital Reports M-S, 1919-1921 General Correspondence, 1920-1922 Hospital Reports Mobile Alabama, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #13 Fort McHenry Hospital, Baltimore U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #56 Gertrude Thiebaud, Librarian Memphis, Tenn. U.S. Marine Hospital #12, Elsa E. Meister, Ln. Mt. Alto, Washington D.C. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #32, Supervisors Emma Hance, and Gertrude Thiebaud New Haven, Conn. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #41, Librarians – Gertrude Wittemore, Sara E. Greene, & Louise Sweet 27 New Orleans, La. U.S. Marine Hospital #14, Emily V. D. Miller Oteen, N. C. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #60 Valeria Easton, Supervisor Eliza Rankin, Librarian Palo Alto, California, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #24, Librarians – Mary Dale and Nettie K. Gravett Perryville, Md. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #42, Librarians – Ruth B. Drake and Harriot E. Hassler Pittsburgh, Pa. U.S. Marine Hospital #15, Librarian – Annis L. Kinsman, Visiting librarian, Katherine W. Field Philadelphia, Pa. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #49, Olive Mayes, Libn. Polyclinic, N.Y.C. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #38, Mary F. Webster Port Townsend, Washington, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #17 Florence Wells, Librarian Portland, Maine. U.S. Marine Hospital #16, Gertrude Ordway Prescott, Arizona, Whipple Barracks, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #59, Emma Dutcher, Librarian St. Louis, Missouri, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #35, Librarians, Gertrude Thiebaud & Margaret M. McIlvaine San Francisco, California, U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #19, Mary Dale, Librarian Savannah, Ga. U.S. Marine Hospital #20. Dr. Christian, C.O. Red Cross, Mary Love, Director, Red Cross Fort Stanton, N.M. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #9, Louise Singley Stapleton, Staten Island, N.Y. U.S. Marine Hospital #21, Librarians – Mary F. Webster, Marjorie H. Martin, and Grace T. Langdon Fort Thomas, Ky. U. S. P. H. S. Hospital #69, E. Gertrude Avey Hospital Post War Correspondence Miriam E. Carey, Sep. 1919 – July 1922 H. S. Cumming, Surgeon General, Oct. 1920 – Oct. 1922 L. L. Dickerson, Library Sub-section, War Dept. Sep 1920 – June 1921 Charles R. Flack Apr – May 1921 Elizabeth F. Foote Oct. 1920 Forbes and Co. Publishers, May 1921 Kings Park, L. I. State Hospital, Feb 1921 – Apr. 1921, Dr. W. C. Garvin, Superintendent, Atta B. Kern, Educ. Director Houston, Texas, U. S. P. H. S. H. #25 Jan. – Mar. 1921, Edwin Sue Goree, Librarian E. Kathleen Jones Apr. – Nov. 1921 Leora J. Lewis, Dec. 1919 – Feb. 1920 Elizabeth Pomeroy Jan. 1921 – June 14, 1922 – Chicago “ ” Oct. 1920. Dwight, Ill. Joseph L. Wheeler, Youngstown Hospital, and Hospital Trucks Jan – Mar. 1921 28 Volume 43 Post-War Activity Hospital Service and its transfer to the U.S. Health Service, 1920-1922 Post War Hospital Service and its Transfer to U.S. Public Health Service Hospital Lists Personnel Requirements Budgets and appropriation Publicity New York Evening Post Salaries Requests for Hospital Library Service California Hospitals, Milton J. Ferguson Cincinnati, Ohio, Magazines supplied to War Risk Patients Central Islip State Hospital, N.Y. Magazines supplied Cumberland Sanatorium, Somerset, Ky. Federal Board for Vocational Education, Liberty, NY “”“”Valmora, N.Y. Federal Board Training Centers “”“” Center, Jacksonville, Ill. Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, Wallingford, Conn. Hendrix Sanatorium, El Paso, Texas Longview Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio Mendota Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin New Jersey Sanatorium for Tuberculosis Diseases, Glen Gardner, N.J. Oswego County Sanatorium, Richland, N.Y. Otisville, New York, Municipal Hospital Oxford Spring Sanatorium, Oxford Maine Pawling Sanatorium, Wynantskill, N.Y. Rainbow Sanatorium, Rainbow Lake, N.Y. Ricker’s Island, N.Y. Seton Hospital, Spuyten Duyvil, N.Y. Star Ranch in the Pines, Colorado Springs Warrensville, Ohio, Tuberculosis Sanatorium Washington State Reformatory Wiley’s Sanatorium, El Paso, Texas Contract Hospitals, Books and Magazines Supplied Hospital Library and Service Bureau, Chicago, Ill and its Bibliography on Hospital Libraries and Library Service in Hospitals “Lest We Forget” Committee 1921 Sundry Civil Service Bill, appropriating $100,000 for Books, Magazines, and Papers for Beneficiaries of the War Risk Insurance Hon. James W. Wadsworth, U.S. Senator, Jan. 1921 29 Charles O. Power, Editorial Dept. Boston American Dec. 1920 – Dec. 1921 The Sundry Civil Service Bill and the Sweet Bill H. B. Meyer, Chairman of the Committee on transfer of the work of the ALA to the Federal Govt Aug. 1920 – Mar. 1922 The Lockwood Act, to Amend the Educational Law Relative to Libraries and Library Corporations, William R. Watson, Apr. – Mar. 1921 Independent Offices Bill, John Thomas Taylor, National Legislative Committee, Jan. 1921 – Feb. 1922 Senator Joseph I. France, Continuation of Hospital Library Service Carl H. Milam and Caroline Webster, Correspondence, Aug. 1920 – Dec. 1922. Transfer of Hospital Library Service to Public Health Service General Correspondence and retorts on transfer, July 1920 – March 14 1821 (date accomplished) American Red Cross pays librarians’ salaries after receiving testimonials from hospital patients as to importance of Library Service. Ruth V. Emmerson, Director Bureau of Medical Social Service, A. R. C. Testimonials as to necessity of Hospital Library Service Transfer of Library Service, Mr. James I. Wyer, Jr.

Volume 44 Post-War Activity Work with the War Blind, 1920-1923 Committees, Associations, and Institutions Serving the Blind ALA Committee on work with the Blind General Correspondence Correspondence arranged according to Committee Members Arthur E. Bostwick Mary C. Chamberlain Grace D. Davis Mrs. Liborio Delfino Mabel R. Gillis Lucille A. Goldthwaite Gertrude T. Rider S. C. Swift Sub-Committee on the Booklist of Revised Braille Carl H. Milam and Gertrude Rider, Correspondence Commission on Uniform Type for the Blind Other Associations and Institutions Serving the Blind General Information about Institutions serving the Blind Blind 30 Birmingham Association for the Blind Canadian National Institute for the Blind Chicago Public Library, Dept for the Blind Cincinnati Library Society for the Blind Clovernook Home for the Blind Connecticut School for the Blind Detroit Public Library, Dept for the Blind Federal Board for Vocational Education, Office Supervisor for the Blind Georgia Library Commission William A. Hadley, Winnetka, Illinois Erik Harildstad, Norwegian Visitor to American Libraries for the Blind International Conference on Rehabilitation of the Disabled, under the auspices of the Red Cross Inst. New York Bible Society New York Institute for the Education of the Blind Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind Perkins Institution for the Blind Red Cross Institute for the Blind Texas State Library

Volume 45 Post-War Activity Work with the War Blind Contributions toward the embossing of books, 1919-1922 Appeal to authors and Poets Preliminary correspondence Lists of authors appealed to Lists of authors who financed the embossing of their books Correspondence with authors Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Mary Antin Mrs. Eleanor Atkinson Ray Stannard Baker John Kendrick Bangs Rex Beach Mrs. Katherine A. H. Bissell William Jennings Bryan Edgar Rice Burroughs Ellis Parker Butler Samuel L. Clemens (Estate) Irving S. Cobb Russell H. Conwell Dr. Frank Crane 31 Mrs. Margaret Deland Mrs. Wallace Pritchard Eaton Douglas Fairbanks Dorothy Canfield Fisher Zona Gale Hamlin Garland Montague M. Glass Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell Zane Grey Edgar Guest Herbert Adams Gibbons Hermann Hagedorn Dr. Herbert J. Hall Charles Hallock Mrs. Clara Morris Harriott Norvall A. Hawkins John Edward Hazzard Joseph Hergesheimer Frank Trevor Hills Jack Hines Rupert S. Holland William Dean Howells Rupert Hughes Fannie Hurst Sophie Kerr (Underwood) Rudyard Kipling Marshall Monroe Kirkman Peter B. Kyne Jack Lait Ellen N. LaMotte Stephen Leacock Jack London George Horace Lorimer George Barr McCutcheon Mrs. Archibald Mackay Mrs. Harry Mantle Harold MacGrath Orison Swett Marden Henry Morgenthau Alfred Noyes Frederick O’Brien Thomas Nelson Page Will Payne Edward Peple Dr. William Lyon Phelps 32 Eleanor Hodgman Porter Gene Stratton Porter Melville Davisson Post Mrs. Howard Richmond Mrs. Grace S. Richmond Mary Roberts Rinehard Mrs. Anna Katherine Rohlfs Anne Douglas Sedgwick (Mrs. Basil de Selincourt) Ernest Thomson Seton Dallas L. Sharp Upton Sinclair Julian Street Edward Streeter Ida M. Tarbell Booth Tarkington Albert Payson Terhune Louis Untermeyer Henry Van Dyke Mrs. Maude Radford Warren Edith Wharton Stuart Edward White Harold Bell Wright Appeals to famous or wealthy people Thomas Alva Edison Miss Bessie Kibbey Henry Lytton Clubs and Societies who contributed funds The Braille Society of Pittsburgh The American Swedenborg Printing & Publishing Society Daughters of Ohio in New York Michigan Club of Detroit National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Entertainers Eleanor Maynard and the Betsey Ross Girls Eleanor Maynard and the Boy’s Glee Club, correspondence including contributions from Business Firms & Individuals Mrs. Elen K. Sibley and her entertainments for the benefit of Blind Soldiers, correspondence including contributions from Business Firms and individuals Benefit Concert Program, Benefit Party Ticket, and acknowledgment form

Box 9: 33 Volume 46 Post-War Activity Work with the War Blind Booklists and Publications Printers of Braille Books Book Suggestions for Brailing Correspondence Booklists Braille Booklists, Miscellaneous Publishers and Printers of Books for the Blind American Brotherhood of Free Reading for the Blind American Printing House for the Blind Howe Publishing Company The Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind National Institute for the Blind

Volume 47 Post-War Activity Work with the War Blind Publicity, Reports, and Miscellaneous, 1919-1923 Publicity Authors provide books for the War Blind Books for the Blind Commendations of prominent people Annesley Burrowes Helen Keller Newton D. Baker, Secy of War Blind Speaker – Lieut. Frank Schoble Exhibits ALA Exhibit at Conference of Social Workers New Orleans Syracuse Public Library Exhibit Newspaper clippings Letters of appreciation Samples of Braille Leaflets Embossed catalog – correspondence Books for tired eyes “ ” Reports – general – ALA Work with the Blind Reports – financial “”“” Reports of libraries serving the Blind Summary of all California State Library Canadian National Institute for the Blind 34 Cincinnati Library Society for the Blind Colorado – Library of the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind Delaware – Wilmington Institute Free Library District of Columbia – Library of Congress Illinois – Chicago Public Library Indiana – School for the Blind Indiana State Library Iowa College for the Blind Iowa State Library , Louisville Free Library Louisiana – Blind Peoples Association Maryland – The Enoch Pratt free Library of Baltimore City Maryland School for the Blind Maryland, Baltimore – Evergreen School for the Blind Massachusetts, Lynn Public Library Massachusetts, Public Library of Brookline Massachusetts, New Bedford Free Public Library Massachusetts, Perkins Institution for the Blind – Watertown. Massachusetts, Worcester Free Public Library Michigan, Detroit Public Library Michigan, Free Lending Library for the Blind — Saginaw Minnesota, Duluth Public Library Minnesota, Minneapolis Public Library Minnesota, School for the Blind Minnesota, St. Paul Public Library Missouri, St. Louis Public Library Montana School for Deaf and Blind, Boulder New Mexico, Alamorgordo – New Mexico Institute for the Blind New York State Library for the Blind New York, Auburn, Seymour New York, New York Institute for the Education of the Blind New York Public Library – Library for the Blind New York, Rochester Public Library New York State Library for the Blind New York State School for the Blind North Carolina State School for the Blind Ohio – Cleveland Public Library Oklahoma State Library – Oklahoma City Oregon, Portland – Library Association of Portland Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind Pennsylvania – The Free Library of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Utah Circulating Library for the Blind – Ogden 35 Utah – Public Library of Salt Lake City Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Washington, Seattle Public Library Washington, State School for the Blind, Vancouver Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Library The Enlarged Program and the Work with the Blind Endowments for the Printing of Books for the Blind