Vols. for 1898/99- include the report of the librarian.

Vols. for 1898/99- include the report of the librarian.

Excerpt from First Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library: Of the District of Columbia for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898 The idea of a tax-sustained public library of the modern type for Washington, a supplement of the public schools for the benefit of school children, a people's free university, open at night for the local workingmen, was first suggested and discussed in the local news paper press, and in 1894 was taken up and strongly advocated by the board of trade. The Commissioners, the school trustees, the working men's organizations, and various citizens' associations cooperated to promote the public library movement, and finally by act of Congress approved June 3, 1896, the library was established on the basis desired. The act reads as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Vols. for 1898/99- include the report of the librarian.

Excerpt from Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Librarian of the Public Library of the District of Columbia: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1926 The soiled condition of the cards in the public catalogue presents a never-ending problem. All of the most unsightly sections have been rewritten and guide cards renewed; this has helped much to improve the general appearance of the catalogue. (from the report of Julia H. Laskey, chief of the catalogue department.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.