ILL I NO PRODUCTION NOTE. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007.

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1 U ILL I NO UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN S PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007.

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3 .6YL~/7 /4- //J7 UNIVERSITZ OF ILLINOIS SENATE COMMIT T EE ON THE LIBRARY REPORT FOR To the Members of the University Senate: Your Committee on the Library begs leave to submit the following report for the past year. For the fiscal year , the Board of Trustees made appropriations of $117,250 for the increase of the Library as follows: General Library, $98,500; Law, $8000; Medicine and Dentistry, $9800, and Pharmacy, $950. The appropriation of $98,500 for-the General Library in Urbana was assigned to the various schools, colleges, and departments, etc. by the Senate Library Committee. In addition to these book appropriations there was spent for books last year, out of departmental or other funds, $8s,66*7- and most of these purchases were added to the Library, though some are kept in departmental offices. A schedule of assignments for the purchase of books for the past two years follows. "Regular" assignments are likely to be repeated from year to year, but the amount for any one purpose or department has frequently been changed by the Committee when making the annual assignments. The Committee again authorized the Director to make necessary minor changes or adjustments among these assignments during the year. GENERAL General and reference books General continuations (chiefly annuals and works issued in parts over several years) Periodical subscriptions (all depts. except Law) Binding (chiefly current volumes of serials; all departments except Law) Administrative offices (President's office, Military, etc.) Duplicates for the general library of books already in departmental libraries For the general building up of resources for rsearch (a) (b) Sets and completion of sets General research (individual works; photostats; MSS, etc.) Books for the Browsing Room Reserved books for class use Rhetoric 1 & 2 Express, freight, and postage Reserve or contingent fund Replacement of lost or worn out books $ ,500 24,000 20, ,000 7, ,400 3,000 1, $5,000-4,500 25,000 21, ,000 7, ,800 5,000 1,200 Total GENERAL $72,450 $73,450 THE LIBRARY OF THE,PR UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

4 oz?1 I: Z 5 j4 ( LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, Astronomy Bacteriology Botany Chemistry Classics English Entomology Geology German History Mathematics Philosophy Physiology Political Science Psychology Romance Sociology Zoology COLLEGE OF , , , , , , Q Total, L.A.& S. $11,650 $11,650 ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF General Engineering Sets General Engineering Drawing Ceramics Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mining Engineering Physics Railway Engineering Theor. & Applied Mechanics Total, Engineering 1, ,500 1, ,500 AGRICULTURE, COLLEGE OF 1,850 1,850 COMMERCE, COLLEGE OF 2,850 2,850 EDUCATION, COLLEGE OF 1,100 1,100 LAW, COLLEGE OF For $7009 was Jcl4uded in the appropriation for "General Library Additions"; for $8000 was appropriated by the Board 7,000 THE LIBRARY OF THE APR UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

5 FINE AND APLIED ARTS, COLLEGE OF Architecture 1,625 1,625 Art and Design Landscape Architecture Music Total for F.A.A. $2,500 $2,500 LIBRARY SCHOOL $400 additional appropriated by the Board for ; $550 for JOURNALISM, SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SCHOOL OF Total Regular Assignments $104,800 $98,500 The purchase of sets of journals and other valuable.individual works desirable in a research library has been continued, insofar as funds permitted; the following titles received during the year are examples of these, and illustrate the wide range of subjects and the character of these works needed to aid the research carried on in the University: laoademia pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei, Rome. Acta pontificiae academiae scientiarvm Novi Lyncaei. Roma, 1847/ /09. Archives de 1'histoire armenienne... Tiflis, v. in 12. Publio par Git Aghaniantz... British Antartic ("Terra nova") expedition, Natural history report. London, pts. Cable laying and repair expeditions. The complete reports of the Commissioners to the Home office in London... London, v. Chile. Departamento de navegacion e hidrografia. Anuario hidrogrifico de la marina de Ch le... Santiago de Chile, v Dictionnaire d'histoire et de geographie eccl6siastiques, publiec sous la direction de mgr. Alfred Baudrillart... m. Albert Vogt... et m. Urbain Rouzils avea le concours d'un grand nombre de collaborateurs... Paris, v.1-9. Domesday book. Domesday book, or the great survey of England of William the Conqueror A. D. MLXXXVI... Photo-zincographed... at the Ordnance survey office, Southampton. Colonel Sir H. James... director. Southampton, pts. in 35v.

6 -4- Great Britain, Parliament. A collection of the Parliamentary'debates in England. from the ybar.'m, DC, LXVIII. to t1le present time..* Lndon? v. Ireland. House of commons. Jdurnals... from James I, 1615, to 4 George III, Dublin, v. Ireland. House of lords. Journals Car. I. 1634, to 26 Geo. III Dublin, v. League of Virginia municipalities....report... Richmond, Va nos. London chronicle. Jan Dec. 1786, July 1788-Dec London, v.1-60, Mai, Angelo, cardinal, ed. Classicorum auctorum e vaticanis codicibus editorum tomus I. [ curante Angelo Maio... Romae, lov. Les Missions catholiques; revue generale de toutes les missions. 26 juin dec Lyon, v The Parliamentary register; or, History of the proceedings and debates of the houses of Lords and Commons... during the [1st session of the 14th Parliament} 1st session of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being the 7th session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain... London, v. Royal society of London. Philosophical transactions. 1665/ /38, 1765ý67. London, v.1-40, Verein deutscher ingenieure, Berlin. VDI jahrbuch...die chronik i der technik... Berlin, v Zeitschrift ffgr geopolitik jahrg.; jan deez Berlin-Grunewald, [ v.1-12 in 24 v. The Library has also been adding to its collection of early English newsletters as they come on the market and as fundc would permit. About 1,500 numbers from 1641 to 1665 were purchased this year. During the past year as in recent years, over 50 manuscripts and rare printed books in distant libraries have been photographed for us; these are on permanent photographic paper, or are mounted on cloth, and all are bound and add greatly to our permanent resources. Most of these photographs are purchased for immediate use by members of the faculty; but scholars in other universities may borrow them by inter-library loan.

7 -5- Through the activities of a committee of the American Library Association, arrangements have been made to film, during the next few years,. the bookes in English in the British Museum printed before The Library has informally subscribed for these films,, and has received several installments of these books on films. Occasionally other little used rare books have been secured on film. An increasing number of books and pamphlets are each year received as gifts and add much to our resources. These gifts come from members of the faculty, from alumni, students, and friends, but more largely from organizations (e.g. corporations, societies, institutions) and governmental agencies in every part of the world. The following are a few of these, chiefly from individuals: Babbitt, H. E. 34 bound volumes, 116 unbound volumes, 271 pamphlets, 409 unbound issues of periodicals from the library of Professor A. N. Talbot. Brown University Library, Providence, R.I. Damon, S. F. Series of old American songs reproduced in facsimile from original or early editions in the Harris collection of American poetry and plays, Brown university. Providence, Chester, John N. '91. Emerson, James.. Treatise relative to the testing of water in wheels and machinery.. 3d ed. Springfield, Mass Riley, J.W. Afterwhiles. Indianapolis,1888. (Author's presentation copy to James Newton Matthews, '72, first matriculant of the University of Illinois). Also-two manuscript letters from Mr. Riley to Mr. Matthews. Daghlian, Diekran H., Com. ' vols. Davenport, ugene. Davenport, Eugene. Osnovi plemennogo razvedoniia. S.-Petersburg, 1912, 15 bound volumes, 1 unbound volume, 12 newspapers. Dunbar, Louise B. 42 NRA Codes, 1 U.S.. Congressional hearing.s, 69 issues of the U.S. W6mens' bureau bulletin, 6 World Peace foundation publications, 4 unbound volumes, 135 pamphlets, 173 periodicals. Dun & Bradstreet, inc., Chicago, Ill. Mercantile agency reference book, v.211, 268'70, 277, Ellis, E. A. 24 textbooks. Enger, M.L. Argentine republic--direccion nacional de vialidad. Co-ordinacion de transportes. Buenos Aires, Australasian manufacturer. Special industrial annual. Sydney, Broken Hill proprietary co. Fifty years of industry and enterprise, 1885 to n.p., Tientsin--British municipal council--waterworks department, Report for Also 3 bound volumes, 5 unbound volumes, 71 pamphlets, 194 unbound issues of periodicals..

8 Esperanto Club. 9 volq. Fairlie, J.A. Fairliej M.C. History of Florida. Kingsport, Tenn., 1955.! 50 filing boxes of correspondence relating to the Efficiency and economy committee of Illinois. 10 filing boxes of correspondence relating to the Special tax commission of Illinois. 2 bound volumes, 7 unbound volumes, 50 pamphlets, 14 unbound issues of periodicals, all dealing with the 6th international congress of local authorities, Also 2 hnbound volumed, 19 pamphlets, 6 unbound issues of periodicals. Garland, F, D. 89 bound volumes, 16 unbound volumes, 45 pamphlets, 8 unbound issues of periodicals. Gibson, C. B.,'77. Hadley, E.M. Sinister shadows. Chicago, Monroe, W.S. Bulgaria and her people. Boston Green, Paul M., '53, Washington, D.C. U.S.--Federal Housing administration. Uniform system of accounts for large scale housing projects. Washington, cops. Griffin, Walter B., "99, Lucknow, India. Package of drawings and designs made by Mr. Griffin for the U.P. Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition. Hamill, Fred B. 35 pieces political campaign material. Harper, Lt. Col. Earle G., Channte Field, Rantoul, Ill. American society of civil engineers. Transactions, v , The Military engineer, July 1930-June 1955, Sept Oct unbound issues of Civil engineering. Headen, Mrs. W.C.,. Shelbyville, Ill. 752 volumes, 50 pamphlets, 19 photographs, 18 ink sketches by Buechler. Hobbs, Glenn M. Manuscript letter by Regent S. H. Peabody, dited Apr. 25, 1i87. Hsin#, Meng Ching. Poems of the Tang dynasty. Peiping, Tuan Hsing, n.d. Huntington, Lucile. publications. 9 bound volumes, 1 pamphlet, Oklahoma Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Chicago, Ill. of various cities. 647 directories

9 -7- Iskender, Naci. Ulku, no , Jackson, C. 0. Athletic institute, inc. Bulletin, no copies. Johnson, Sveinbjorn. U.S.--National emergency council. Activities of federal agencies operating in the state of Illinois. Chicago, Directory of federal agencies in Illinois. Chicago Report of the proceedings of the statewide coordination meeting of federal agencies operating in Illinois. Chicago, Jones, F.M. 355 pieces of sales material, including 6 photograph records and 11 films. Ketchum, Mrs. M. S., Sr. 6 truckloads of miscellaneous material. Kinley, David. China--Ministry of railways. Statistics of Chinese national railways, Jan. 1 to June 50, Nanking. n.d. Kinley, David. Government control of economic life. N.Y. c1956. Lake, John. Island echoes, by a wayfarer. Canton, China, n.d. Smolnikar, A.B. Secret enemies of true republicanism. Springhill, Pa., Also 4 bound volumes, 16 unbound volumes, 117 pamphlets, 318 unbound issues of periodicals. Lumsden, W.K. Subscription set of the Bible in 82 parts, 58 bound volumes, 2 unbound volumes, 1 pamphlet, 25 textbooks. Lybyer, A. H. 26 unbound volumes, applications for grants from American council of learned societies. Lytle, Mrs. E. B. Manuscript by Andrew Lytle, dated ; 7 pamphlets. Mann,Mary A. 41 bound volumes, 4 unbound volumes, 78 pamphlets, 461 unbound issues of periodicals. Also 4 telephone directories. Oldfather, W.A. Cod. antiguo Q. 129 hoy: R. 56. Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid. ff. 79r-80v. (photostats) Poggi, Mrs. Edith A., Long Island, N.Y. 103 bound volumes, 179 unbound volumes, 87 textbooks, 35 pamphlets, 68 unbound issues of periodicals from the library of her daughter, Dr. Edith M. Poggi.

10 Prettyman, W.S., '04, Pekin, Ill. dated Vellum manuscript Robertson, Eleanor M. 48 bound volumes, 2 unbound volumes, 12 college publications, 17 Methodist Episcopal church conference publications, 5 pamphlets, 67 unbound issues of periodicals. Rosaldo, Renato, '36. 5 volumes and 28 bulletins and numbers of periodicals, mostly Mexican. Schmidt, E.C. Alexander, S.A. Ready reference for locomotive engineers and firemen. York, Pa,, Peoria & Eastern railway. Rules and regulations. Cleveland, Roper, Stephen. Handbook of the locomotive. 9th edition. Philadelphia, Roper, Stephen. Questions and answers for engineers. Philadelphia, c1880. Schmidt, Mrs. 0. L., Chicago, Ill. 15 cartons of books and pamphlets on the World War. 5 cartons of historical society reports. Townsend, E. J. Mascheroni, L. Geometrie du compas. Paris, Moivre, A. de. The doctrine of chance. 3d ed. London, bound volumes, 1 unbound volume, manuscript lecture notes. Van Cleave, Mrs. H. J. 89 bound volumes. Wang, C.C., 'll, London, Eng. Wang,C.C. The Canton- Hankow railway. London, Theodore Roosevelt and Japan's Monroe doctrine. n.p., White, Mrs. J. M. 24 bound volumes; a subscription set of Shakespeare in 55 parts; Atlantic monthly v.1-26 bound, unbound; Travel, June 1925-Dec. 1929, Jan.-Dec* 1932 unbound; 52 unbound issues of the Alumni quarterly of the University of Illinois ; 6 unbound issues of Fortnightly notes and Alumni quarterly and fortnightly notes ; 1 pamphlet, 4 photographs, 82 picture postcards, Wiley, C. C. 16 volumes, 15 pamphlets, and 1 map. Zeller, G.A., '73-'76, Peoria, Ill. Brendel, F. Flora Peoriana. Peoria, Chase, V.H. Frederick Brendel, the pioneer botanist of Peoria. n.p., Zeller, G.A. Ms. of Chapter V. of his autobiography.

11 -9- The Library is on the mailing list of over 19,000 departments, bureaus, offices, corporations, societies, associations, institutions, etc., located in all parts of the world, though chiefly in the United States, to receive free their current bulletins, reports, and other publications. However, continued effort is necessary to keep our name on some of these lists and to secure additional kinds of material, much of it published many years ago. During the year the Library sent 11,943 copies (10,956 in ) of 146 (127 in ) University of Illinois publications to libraries and other institutions on our gift or exchange lists; other offices on the campus in accordance with exchange arrangements made by the Library, mailed 22,469 (15,688 in ) copies of 47 (40 in ) additional publications. New exchanges of publications were arranged with 55 (55 in ) additional institutions, and exchanges were discontinued with 14 (9 in ). Regular exchange of publications is now carried on with 1,809 foreign and 1,519 domestic institutions. From September 1936 to June 1937, the Library spent approximately $10,900 for NYA help under the Univesity Student Program, and regularly employed between 80 and 89 students each month. The supervision of these students has occupied a good deal of staff time, but the work which has been accomplished with their help has much more than compensated us. A complete listing of the NYA projects is not necessary, but the six following are examples taken at random: 1. The revision of the subject headings in the card catalog, which was started last year, was continued with the assistance of three NYA students, The subject headings were revised to conform with the present Library of Congress headings. 2. The theses written at the University of Illinois from 1874 to 1910 were recataloged and additional information was placed on the author cards in the catalog. 3. The check list of all books in the University Library which were printed before 1700, begun two years ago, was completed, showing that we had 5,575 titles of these early and valuable books. 4. The building up of our collection of CCC newspapers, and the sorting of them were continued. 5. Cracked bindings on about 2,500 old books were repaired; some worn books from Reserve book room and from the Browsing Room were recased. 6. Clipping, pasting on cards and filing alphabetically about 24,000 titles of current accessions of the British Museum Library, these entries forming a supplement to the new volumes of the British Museum Catalog. The number of volumes in the University.Library on June 50, 1937 in Urbana was 1,032,822; in Chicago 53,390, tot.l in the University, 1,086,212.

12 -10- There are appended to this report, three statistical tables showing the size, the growth, and the recorded use of the Library. T. W. Baldwin J. 0. Draffin M. H. Hunter C. L. Metcalf J. G. Randall, Chairman P. L. Windsor, Seoretary September 24, 11937

13 NUMBER OF VOLUMES, PAMPHLETS, MAPS AND PIECES OF MUSIC IN THE LIBRARY JUNE 50, 1957 Urbana (General Library and all branches) Chicago (Medicine Pharmacy) Total in the University Library Volumes 1,032,822 /, 0 Yr 2 Pamphlets 287,629 8, ,205 Maps 5,755 3,755 Music (pieces) 10,357 10, Total volumes, pamphlets, maps & pieces of music 1,554,545 -Uww. 3 -Q3 go4o- uv 3~i~5aC~efZi~QIC~ ~,39 7, 58'3 01p3Yo 1 10mitting pieces of band music in the John Philip Sousa Collection.

14 GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY FOR YEARS ENDING JUNE 50 (omitting Chicago Departments) Year Vols. Vols. Total Total Pieces of Number of added added vols. vols. sheet music maps in by by added in in Library Library gift exchange during Library year , , ,269 8,142 2, ,656 1,503 56, ,489 8,274 2, ,787 1,745 33, ,183 8,565 2, ,945 2,575 54, ,645 8,725 5, ,297 2,150 36, ,592 9,006., ,977 2,407 29, ,672 9,091 5, ,560 1,169 29, ,229 9,611 5, ,171 1,914 55, ,274 9,926 5, ,440 1,592 59,173 1,000,447 10,214 5, , ,575 1,052,822 10,557 5,755 In addition, there were on hand June 30, 1957, the following:. 1. Uncatalogued volumes in the Doerner collection, purchased in , Uncataloged volumes in the Cavagna (.Italian) Eibrary, purchased in , Uncatalogued volumes in the Kitchell library, bequeathed to the University of Illinois in Uncataloged school textbooks purchased in Uncataloged current receipts in Order and Exchange department, 9,155 Total 41,022

15 RECORDED USE OF THE LIBRARY (Omitting Chicago departments) Books borrowed for home use General Library Loan Desk Browsing Room Reserve book rooms (overnight) Reference room (overnight) Departmental reading rooms in Library building Departmental libraries in other buildings Total home use , ,075 25,950 1,564 25, ,789 62,582 18,655 53,161 1,461 22, , ,551 18,155 57,801 1,587 15,008 66, ,549 ibooks used within the libraries General Library (recorded use only) Loan Desk Reference room Reserve book room Used in cubicles Departmental libraries in Library building Departmental libraries in other buildings Total use within the the libraries 51,413 55, ,676 8, , , ,415 27,970 60, ,571 10, , , ,862 27,665 65, ,812 8, , ,250 Total recorded use 790, , ,579 INTER-LIBRARY LOANS Volumes loaned to :i.stitutions outside of Champaign- Urbana Volumes loaned to individuals, generally in Illinois communities having no libra:.y Total out-of-town loans 1, ,665 1, ,705 1, ,916 Pages photographed for out-of-town libraries, and sold to them instead of loaned Typed pages Volumes borrowed from other institutions for use of our fra ulty and graduate students Pages photographed for our own faculty and students and purchased from other libraries instead of borrowed Pages filmed. this Library instead of 1'oaning us a volume *c Cn Lo SC a g" a. i? *- ^