Records, 1892-1967.

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Records, 1892-1967.

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Records include the Committee's Minutes (1892-1917), Agendas (1915, 1917), Monthly Reports (1897-1931), Annual Reports (1917-1941), Book Lists (1892-1899, 1906-1967). The official bound copies of the Book Lists (1906-1967) contain the committee members' signatures and are annotated with ordering information. Other Committee reports are generally included in the Minutes of the Board of Trustees (02/01/30).

14 cubic ft. (4 boxes and 132 volumes)

Newberry Library

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Newberry Library

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Newberry Library. Board of Trustees. Committee on Books.

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Established by the Board of Trustees on 16 June 1892, the Committee on Books was responsible for the selection and purchase of all library materials. Between 1887 and 1892 Trustees Eliphalet W. Blatchford and William H. Bradley met with Librarian William F. Poole for the purpose of discussing and selecting books to be purchased for the Library. Notes and book lists from these meetings are in the Minutes of the Board of Trustees (02/01/30). From the descriptio...