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UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION BULLETIN, 1912, NO. 23 - - - WHOLE NUMBER 495 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN LIBRARIES IN THE UNITEDSTATES BY W. DAWSON JOHNSTON LIBRARIAN OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY and ISADORE G. MUDGE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -no WASHINGTON GOVERNMENTlitirrrugcofFicE ° 1912 0 CONfEN'I'S. Page. FOREWORD 3 GENERAL COLLECTIONS 5 Public documents, 5; nerspapers, 6.; directories, 9; almanacs, 9; in- cunabula, 10. PHILOSOPHY 11 Ethics, 11; psychology, 11 ;occult sIences, 11; witchcraft, 12. THEOLOGY 12 Exegetical theology, 13; church history, 15; by periOds, 16; by coun- tries, 17; by denominations,. 18; systematic theology, 28practical theology, non-Christian religions, 84. HISTORY 34 Numismatics, 84; biography, 34; genealogy, 34; Assyriology and re- lated subjects, 36; Jewish history, 36; Egypt, 38; Greece and Rome, 88; mediaeval history, 38; North America, 38; United States, 40; Indian tribes, 41; colonial period, 41; period 1776-1865-Civil War, 42; period 1865 to date, 45; United States local history, 45 ; Canada, 53; West Indies, 53; Mexico, 53; South Ameica, 53; Europe, 54; Asia, 61; Africa. 63; Oceania, 64. GEOGRA PH Y 64 Voyages, 65; oceanology, 66. ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 66 Folklore, 67; sports and amusements, 67. SOCIAL SCIENCES 68 Statistics, 69; economic theory and history, 70; labor trades unions, trusts, 71; transportation and communication, 72; commerce, 78; private finance, 74; public finance, 74. Socimoor 75 Family, marriage, woman, 76; secret societies, 75; charities, 76; criminology, 76; socialism, 48. POLITICALSCIENCE 77 Constitutions, 77; municipal government, 78; coloniesimmigration, 78; international relations, 78. LAW 78 FIDUCATION _N_ 79 Higher educlition. 79; Individual intAlti.,Ions, 80; secondary Mace- don, etc., 81; special educatiop, 81schools In the United Stawg. 81; textbooks. 82. Music P2 Musical instruments, RC FINE ears 84 Architecture, 85; sculpture and related arts, 85; drawing and de- . sign. 86; painting, 86; .engraving, 88; phqography. 86; decoration, ornament, and minor arts, SO. 1' I o ,ter 2 CONTENTS. Per. LANGUAGE AND LITERATI RE 87 Comparative philology, 87; journalism. 88; oriental languages and literature, 88; Semitic languages," 88; Sanskrit languages and lit- erature, 89; classical literature, 89, Greek. 91; Latin,-91; 92; romance languages, 92; French. 92; Italian, 93; Illapc,niqlll- eratyre, 94; American literature, ; English literature, 28; Ger- . man, 102; Dutch, 104; Scandinavian literature, 104 ; Slavic, 105. Souses 105 General collections, 105; mathematics, 106; astronomy, 106; physics, 106; geodesy and terrestrial magnetism, 107; meteorology. 107; chemistry, 107; geolpgy, 108; mineralogy, 108; paleontology, 109; natural history, 109; microscopy, 109; botany, 109; zoology, 111; anatomy, 112; medicine, 112; publit health, 114; pathology, 114; surgery., 114; ophthalmology, 114; pharmacy, 114. AGRICULTURE_ 115 General plant culture and horticulture, 115; forestry, 115; aninihl culture, 116; fish culture and fisheries, 117 ;hunting, and game pro- tection, 117. Tien rt Y 118 Pafflifta, 118; civil and mechanical engineering, 118; sanitary and municipal engineering, 119; electricity. 119: mining and mineral industries, 119; chemical technology, 119; nninufacitires, 1:20. -- MILITARY SCIENCE 120 NAVAL SCIENCE 121 BIBLIOGRAEHT AND LIBRARY SCIENCE 121 Writing and paleography. 121; shorthand, 121 ; printing, 12_2; library science, 122; bibliography, 123. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF 1MPORTF.D C01.1 ECTIONS 124 INDEX 127 4 FOREWORD. The present bulletin is virtually a new edition of the work entitled Special collections. in American libraries', by ltri lliam. Coolidge Lane and Charles' Knowles Bolton (Harvard Unioersity Library Biblio- graphical Contributions,'o. 46), published in 1892.Since the pub- lication of that 'most important contribution to American ,library literature there have been several surveys of a local character, for example, that of the Library of Congress published in its Report (with Manual) for 1901; the manual of Chicago librarie,m, Educa- tional Opportunities in Chicago, published by the council for library and museum extension, 1911; the Descriptive and hi4to'rical notes on the Library of HarPard Universi(y, by A. C. Potter and E. H.-Welk ed., 1911 (Harvard University Library Bibliographical Contribu- tions, .Yo. 60) ; and the Readers' Manual, published by Columbia Uni- versity in 1911.These local surveys are of fundamental importance; they involve bibliogiaphical work of the most valuable kind arid make possible library publicity of the highest type. In the scientific organization of our libraries, however,national survey is of even greater importance, because it is only by such a survey that collections of general value maybe distinguished from those of merely local' value and that the results of all local surveys may be made generally known.It was for these reasons that the 'Commissioner of Ectucation, in collecting the library statistics of the year 1908, determined to secure also informatiop regarding special collections in libraries in the United States, and with that in view --issued a circular, tinted November 2, 1908, asking librarians to de- scribe (1) any collections of books, pamphlets, periodicals, and docu- ments in their libraries which were of unusual value either because of completeness in foreign literature or early literature of a subject er because the works in them were monumental in character or of un- usual rarity,; (2) collections of interest primarily because of their history and associations; (3) unique copies of any book.The cir -. cular added: The description of collections should include a statement of the total 'numberc of volumes and pamphlets, mention of any special features and references to 8 4 FOREWORD. printed catalogues or articles descriptive of such collections. The description 'of collections acquired en bloc should include also the name of the collector and date of acquisition of the collection. This circular was sent to 2,298 libraries.In preparing the returns for publication very much has. of.couirig,leen omitted, and perhaps more might have been omitted with profit.It senned better. how- ever, to err on the side of inclusiveness.It also seemed better to ar- range the material by subject matter rather than byplace, although this plan involved more editorial labor. It should be added that these statistics, like others, must, in the nature of things, be. only relatively Correct, because some libraries, like the Library of Congress and the John Crereir Library; are grow- ing very rapidly, and 'because libraries differ more or less in their classification of books. The editors are under especial obligations to Dr. W. W. Rockwell. librarian of Union Theological Seminary, New York City, for edit- ing the chapter descriptive of the theological collectiOns. A DIRECTORY OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES. GENERAL COLLECTIONS. The New York Public Library has n good collection of practically all important encyclopedias from the " Speculum Qundruplex " of Vincent of Beauvais (1473) to the Issues of, to-day. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., receives the publications of fo(eign Governments sent in exchange for the publications of the United States. It has over 350,000 volumes of documents of Nations, States, and munici- palities, making the largest collections of statisticmaterial in the United States.Thei'Llbrary of Congress receives curatly 70 official gazettes. Its extensive files of bound volumes include practically complete sets of the London Gazette (1665) and the Journal Mel& de is ROpublique Fran- caise, with Its predecessor, the Moniteur (1789 -). New York. Public Library collection of public documents numbers probaly 150,000 volumes, of which some 40,000 relate to cities. Harvard University, Cambridge. Mass4 has a collection of foreign documents, Including British loctnents,6,906 -volumes, and Canadian documents, 1,045 volumes. The Free Library of Philadelphia contains a collection of over 101.000 official publications of the Governments, States, provinces, and cities of the world. Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, contains over 40,000 volumes.In this collection are a complete set of United States publications, nearly -complete sets for all the States and the leading AmericIllicities, and rapidly growing sets for several foreign countries, particularly Great Britain and her colonies. The John Crerar Library, Chicagol, Ill., 'has a strong collection of public docu- ments.In addition to the United States documents which It has received as a Asignated depository,.as a special depository for publications of the Geological Sunvey, and as a depository of all acts and bills since 1001, it ha's many State and city documents, a nearly compfete set of the Parlia mentary Papers of Canada, a very full set of those of the Netherlands, an unusual collection 0? French doeuments the 15th-18th centuries on economic subjects, and many serial pucationd of Austria, France, Ger- many and Italy. - The University of Pennsylvania, Phtlade3ihitt, has a considerable collection of doc'urnents of foreign countries, Wel ding an extensive colleCtion of English Government publications, 000 volumes of French legislative documents, and the entire proceedings and other documents of the Reichstag since the fonnding of the German Empire. The Seattle (Wash.) Public Library acquireby purchase in 1906 a nearly complete set of Canadian public documents, '6° SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN