Records, 1852-1981.

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Records, 1852-1981.

Collection includes correspondence; reports; studies; budgets; minutes; statistics on reference and circulation; gift acknowledgement letters; records of American Library Association conferences and committees, 1961-1971; and reports and correspondence with the N.Y. Library Association, 1951-60. Subjects include book budget, loan periods, book selection, lost books, children, circulation, National Library Week, the United Staff Association (representing library staff), 1929-1950, Reading Improvement Program, 1952-1960, and other topics of interest to the library. Correspondence with New York City agencies such as the N.Y.C. Department of Personnel, 1957-1966; the N.Y.C. Youth Board, 1959-1964; and the Department of Public Works, 1955-1967; also executive orders from Mayor John V. Lindsay, 1966-1970. Also included are bylaws; treasurers' reports; annual reports; trustees' minutes, 1867-1903, of the Brooklyn Mercantile Library; and similar records of the Brooklyn Public Library, 1879-1900; records of the transfer of property from the Brooklyn Library to the Brooklyn Public Library; filed separately are Trustees minutes, 1892-1981, of the Brooklyn Public Library; Trustees minutes, 1896-1903, and Board of Directors' minutes, 1899-1900, of the Brooklyn Library; Trustees minutes, 1865-1896, and Board of Directors minutes, 1874-1899, of the Brooklyn Mercantile Library; and Trustees minutes, 1852-1922, of the Brooklyn Athenaeum and Reading Room.

80 cubic ft., 129 v.

Related Entities

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American Library Association

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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest library association in the world....

New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Personnel.

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New York City Youth Board

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New York Library Association

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Brooklyn Public Library. Director.

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Brooklyn Athenaeum and Reading Room.

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Brooklyn Mercantile Library.

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Lindsay, John V.

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New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Public Works.

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