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ALA 140th anniversary

A visual history of the American Library Association in its 140th year (2016).
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1927, March 15-18: The first Negro Library Conference is held at the Hampton Institute Library School in Virginia. Black Like Me, Black Is Beautiful, Librarian Humor, Hampton University, Nichelle Nichols, American Library Association, African Diaspora, Inner City, Lucky Girl
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1927, March 15-18: The first Negro Library Conference is held at the Hampton Institute Library School in Virginia.
1927, July: ALA Executive Secretary Carl Milam's annual report takes the form of a 17-page description of what a visitor to ALA Headquarters might see. Milam, Annual Report, A 17, Secretary, July, Anniversary, Form, Reading
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1927, July: ALA Executive Secretary Carl Milam's annual report takes the form of a 17-page description of what a visitor to ALA Headquarters might see.
American Libraries magazine - ALA
American Libraries magazine - ALA
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1927: The first named editor of the ALA Bulletin is Dorothy Rowden, who also has duties related to Association publicity. Stenographer, Geko, Endeavor, Ala, First Names, Editor, Dorothy
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1927: The first named editor of the ALA Bulletin is Dorothy Rowden, who also has duties related to Association publicity.
American Libraries magazine - ALA
American Libraries magazine - ALA
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1927: A description of the ALA Headquarters Library in 1927. Gladys English leaves ALA shortly afterward to become a librarian at Piedmont (Calif.) High School. Year 2016, Piedmont, The Visitors, Librarian, High School, How To Become
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1927: A description of the ALA Headquarters Library in 1927. Gladys English leaves ALA shortly afterward to become a librarian at Piedmont (Calif.) High School.
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American Libraries magazine - ALA
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1927, June 2: The new Philadelphia Free Library's book retrieval system works like this: When a patron requests a book, a librarian in the Reading Room transmits the request to the stacks via a Teletype system. An employee stationed in the stacks receives the request via a recording typewriter, retrieves the book from its place on shelves, and places it on a conveyor system for a long, circuitous trip to the requesting librarian. The entire process requires only 2-4 minutes. Free Library, Library Books, Mezzanine Floor, New Philadelphia, Conveyor System, Find A Book, Central Library, Reading Room
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1927, June 2: The new Philadelphia Free Library's book retrieval system works like this: When a patron requests a book, a librarian in the Reading Room transmits the request to the stacks via a Teletype system. An employee stationed in the stacks receives the request via a recording typewriter, retrieves the book from its place on shelves, and places it on a conveyor system for a long, circuitous trip to the requesting librarian. The entire process requires only 2-4 minutes.
1927, June 2: Librarians and trustees open the new Philadelphia Free Library Central building with a dignified ceremony on the lawn. While bands play and newsreel cameras roll, Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick, City Council President Charles B. Hall, and other dignitaries including former US Sen. George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961), a descendant of the library's founder, praises the new building and the many people who had devoted years to its erection. Librarian John Ashhurst opens the doors. Central Building, Freeland, Wharton, Librarians, City Council, Erection
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1927, June 2: Librarians and trustees open the new Philadelphia Free Library Central building with a dignified ceremony on the lawn. While bands play and newsreel cameras roll, Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick, City Council President Charles B. Hall, and other dignitaries including former US Sen. George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961), a descendant of the library's founder, praises the new building and the many people who had devoted years to its erection. Librarian John Ashhurst opens the doors.
1927: The ALA Committee on Library Extension publishes a small brochure that describes the inequality of access to public library service in the US and advances the goal of "Adequate public library service within easy reach of everyone." It then offers some strategies for achieving that goal. A chart in the brochure shows that more than 50 million Americans are without library service, mostly in rural areas. Library Services, 50 Million, Inequality, Committee, Bibliophile, Libraries, Rural
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1927: The ALA Committee on Library Extension publishes a small brochure that describes the inequality of access to public library service in the US and advances the goal of "Adequate public library service within easy reach of everyone." It then offers some strategies for achieving that goal. A chart in the brochure shows that more than 50 million Americans are without library service, mostly in rural areas.
1926, Oct. 4: At the ALA Annual Conference in Atlantic City, N.J., Council approves a resolution to expand the ALA Bulletin into a "complete journal of discussion, adequate under competent editorial direction to accommodate the major contributions from the profession." The resolution is proposed by M. L. Raney, librarian at Johns Hopkins University. The Bulletin does add a cover and a few more enhancements over the next 5 years. Johns Hopkins University, Atlantic City, Competence, Council, Expand, 5 Years
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1926, Oct. 4: At the ALA Annual Conference in Atlantic City, N.J., Council approves a resolution to expand the ALA Bulletin into a "complete journal of discussion, adequate under competent editorial direction to accommodate the major contributions from the profession." The resolution is proposed by M. L. Raney, librarian at Johns Hopkins University. The Bulletin does add a cover and a few more enhancements over the next 5 years.
American Libraries magazine - ALA
American Libraries magazine - ALA
ALA 140th anniversary
1926, Oct. 6: Although the ALA Annual Conference is being held in Atlantic City, N.J., about half the attendees travel to Philadelphia for an Anniversary Session at the Drexel Institute (now Drexel University) to commemorate ALA's 50th anniversary. Richard R. Bowker and Melvil Dewey, who were both at the 1876 conference, give presentations. Baccalaureate, Dream Career, Drexel, Certificate Programs, Clinical Trials, Jubilee
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1926, Oct. 6: Although the ALA Annual Conference is being held in Atlantic City, N.J., about half the attendees travel to Philadelphia for an Anniversary Session at the Drexel Institute (now Drexel University) to commemorate ALA's 50th anniversary. Richard R. Bowker and Melvil Dewey, who were both at the 1876 conference, give presentations.
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1926, March: Frederick Paul Keppel (1875-1943), president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, informs ALA that it plans to grant it $4 million over the next 10 years. The funds will be used to endow a graduate library school (at the University of Chicago), aid other library schools, begin a general ALA endowment fund, and carry on ALA's general activities. Frederick, Paul, Carnegie, History, Grant, Crease, 10 Years
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1926, March: Frederick Paul Keppel (1875-1943), president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, informs ALA that it plans to grant it $4 million over the next 10 years. The funds will be used to endow a graduate library school (at the University of Chicago), aid other library schools, begin a general ALA endowment fund, and carry on ALA's general activities.
1926, Oct.: Following the Atlantic City conference, some 30 overseas librarians are invited to take part in the ALA Post-Conference trip to visit libraries in Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. Hugo Krüss (third from left, shown in front of the White House), director of the Preussische Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, proposes setting up an international library association to be formally constituted in Great Britain in 1927. The proposal is considered a precursor of IFLA. Great Britain, Overseas, Foreign, Proposal, Philadelphia
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1926, Oct.: Following the Atlantic City conference, some 30 overseas librarians are invited to take part in the ALA Post-Conference trip to visit libraries in Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. Hugo Krüss (third from left, shown in front of the White House), director of the Preussische Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, proposes setting up an international library association to be formally constituted in Great Britain in 1927. The proposal is considered a precursor of IFLA.
1926: As a gesture of appreciation for sending St. Louis Public Library Director Arthur E. Bostwick on a consulting trip, the Library Association of China and its secretary Yuan Tung-li (1895-1965) send to ALA headquarters a 1000-year-old earthenware statuette of an oxcart used to transport manuscripts. Unfortunately, the statuette has been misplaced in recent years. 1000 Years, Earthenware, Consulting, St Louis, Arthur, Appreciation
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1926: As a gesture of appreciation for sending St. Louis Public Library Director Arthur E. Bostwick on a consulting trip, the Library Association of China and its secretary Yuan Tung-li (1895-1965) send to ALA headquarters a 1000-year-old earthenware statuette of an oxcart used to transport manuscripts. Unfortunately, the statuette has been misplaced in recent years.
American Libraries magazine - ALA
American Libraries magazine - ALA
ALA 140th anniversary
1926: For its 50th anniversary, ALA encourages every library in the US to set up an exhibit to let the public know about the interesting things that libraries do. This library exhibit is at a farmers' meeting in New Jersey. The ALA Bulletin notes: "Probably everyone who passed these exhibits stopped at least to read the captions." 50th Anniversary, Healthy Body, Farmers, Captions, Meeting, Encouragement
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1926: For its 50th anniversary, ALA encourages every library in the US to set up an exhibit to let the public know about the interesting things that libraries do. This library exhibit is at a farmers' meeting in New Jersey. The ALA Bulletin notes: "Probably everyone who passed these exhibits stopped at least to read the captions."
American Libraries magazine - ALA
American Libraries magazine - ALA
ALA 140th anniversary