Librarianship in Gilded Age America

The late Leonard Schlup was a history instructor and reference librarian at Mesa Community College in Arizona. Stephen H. Paschen is retired from Kent State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Kent, Ohio.

“Outstanding...excellent”—The Australian Library Journal; “While useful for historical research, this collection will also be enjoyed by readers generally interested in the history of librarianship”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction      1868Harvard College LibraryCHARLES AMMI CUTTER      1876American Library JournalMELVIL DEWEY      Interlibrary LoansSAMUEL SWETT GREEN      Publishers’ Slips for LibrariansCHARLES A. NELSON      The Work of LibrariansJOHN FISKE      1877The American Library AssociationMELVIL DEWEY      The ProfessionMELVIL DEWEY      1880CommunicationMELVIL DEWEY      1882ClassificationJOSEPHUS N. LARNED      The Progress of Library ArchitectureWILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE      Selecting and Training Library AssistantsJAMES L. WHITNEY      1883Report on the Reading of the YoungMARY ABBIE BEAN      The Work of the Nineteenth-CenturyLibrarian for the Librarian of theTwentieth CenturyRICHARD ROGERS BOWKER      1884The Free Public Library in the UnitedStates: Evolution and FunctionMOSES COIT TYLER      The Young Writer’s Use of a LibraryWILLIAM E. FOSTER      1887Report of Librarian of the Enoch PrattFree Library to the Board of TrusteesLEWIS H. STEINER      Report of the State Librarian to the NewHampshire LegislatureWILLIAM H. KIMBALL      1888Melvil Dewey to Whitelaw ReidMELVIL DEWEY      1889Library PhilanthropyANDREW CARNEGIE      Are Public Libraries Public Blessings?JAMES M. HUBBARD      1890Theodore Roosevelt to George H. PutnamTHEODORE ROOSEVELT      Being a LibrarianERNEST C. RICHARDSON      Library WorkWILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE      Mary Abbie Bean to Charles EvansMARY ABBIE BEAN      The Duties of Trustees and Their Relationsto LibrariansSAMUEL SWETT GREEN      The Function of Libraries and Schools inEducationWILLIAM T. HARRIS      Promoting the Free Library MovementGROVER CLEVELAND      1891Uniformity Versus Individuality in theArrangement and Administration ofPublic LibrariesLEWIS H. STEINER      University Libraries: An Address at theOpening of the Sage Library of CornellUniversityDAVID COIT GILMAN      1892Presidential AddressWILLIAM ISAAC FLETCHER      The Salaries of Women LibrariansMARY SALOME CUTLER      The Library of the United StatesAINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD      1893Shelving Pamphlets in LibrariesWILLARD AUSTEN      The Future of Local LibrariesJUSTIN WINSOR      Books and Readers in Public LibrariesCALEB B. TILLINGHAST      School LibrariesHORACE E. SCUDDER      1894Bookbindings of the PresentBRANDER MATTHEWS      1896Hear the Other SideJOHN COTTON DANA      The New Building for the Library ofCongressBERNARD R. GREEN      Public DocumentsFRANCIS A. CRANDALL      1897The Public and Its Public LibraryJOHN COTTON DANA      Address of the PresidentWILLIAM HOWARD BRETT      The Care of Special CollectionsWILBERFORCE EAMES      The Care of ManuscriptsHERBERT FRIEDENWALD      College Libraries in the United StatesASHTON R. WILLARD      The Moral and Literary Responsibility ofLibrarians in Selecting Books for aPublic LibraryRICHARD JONES      1898Free Public Libraries and the CommunityHERBERT PUTNAM      Special Training for College LibrariansGEORGE T. LITTLE      1899Ainsworth Rand Spofford to WilliamMcKinleyAINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD      viii Table of ContentsHerbert Putnam to John AddisonPorterHERBERT PUTNAM      The Bookbinding of AmericanPublishersELLEN D. BISCOE      Letter of ResignationMELVIL DEWEY      1900The Library of CongressHERBERT PUTNAM      Azariah Smith Root to Askel G. S.JosephsonAZARIAH SMITH ROOT      Ten Years of American Library Progress:Address of the PresidentREUBEN GOLD THWAITES      Summer Vacation CardsSAM WALTER FOSS      The Qualifications of a LibrarianAINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD      1901Open Shelves and Public MoralsISABEL ELY LORD      Collection Development and the BestBooksCHARLES AMMI CUTTER      Herbert Putnam to Theodore RooseveltHERBERT PUTNAM      Timeline: 1860–1902      Appendix A: Presidents of the American Library Association, 1876–1902      Appendix B: Locations and Attendance of the American Library Association Conference, 1876–1902      For Further Reading      Index