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Harlem River (New York, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-public-library-the
Library system. A bill to facilitate such union on the part of the smaller libraries was signed by the governor in the spring of 1901. The buildings where the work of the library is carried on at present are as follows: reference branches. Astor Building, 40 Lafayette Place. Lenox Building, 890 Fifth Avenue. circulating branches. Bond Street, 49 Bond Street. Ottendorfer, 135 Second Avenue. George Bruce, 226 West 42d Street. Jackson Square, 251 West 13th Street. Harlem, 218 East 125th Street. Muhlenberg, 130 West 23d Street. Bloomingdale, 206 West 100th Street. Riverside, 261 West 69th Street. Yorkville, 1523 Second Avenue. Thirty-fourth Street, 215 East 34th Street. Chatham Square, 22 East Broadway. The library now contains about 500,000 volumes and 175,000 pamphlets in the reference department, and 175,000 volumes in the circulating department. Among noteworthy special collections are the public documents (60,000 volumes); American
Yorkville (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-public-library-the
ings where the work of the library is carried on at present are as follows: reference branches. Astor Building, 40 Lafayette Place. Lenox Building, 890 Fifth Avenue. circulating branches. Bond Street, 49 Bond Street. Ottendorfer, 135 Second Avenue. George Bruce, 226 West 42d Street. Jackson Square, 251 West 13th Street. Harlem, 218 East 125th Street. Muhlenberg, 130 West 23d Street. Bloomingdale, 206 West 100th Street. Riverside, 261 West 69th Street. Yorkville, 1523 Second Avenue. Thirty-fourth Street, 215 East 34th Street. Chatham Square, 22 East Broadway. The library now contains about 500,000 volumes and 175,000 pamphlets in the reference department, and 175,000 volumes in the circulating department. Among noteworthy special collections are the public documents (60,000 volumes); American history (30,000 volumes); patents (10,000 volumes); music (10,000 volumes) ; Bibles (8,000 volumes) ; Hebrew and Oriental works (8,000 volumes); Sl
Lenox (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-public-library-the
New York public Library, the Arthur E. Bostwick, of the New York Public Library, writes: The present New York Public Library— Astor, Lenox, and Tilden foundations—is the result, as its name indicates, of the consolidation of several pre-existing institutions. The three whose names appear in the title were united on May 23, 1895, and on Feb. 25, 1901, the New York Free Circulating Library was added to the combination, the new body retaining its old name. Of these various consolidated institutions the Astor Library was originally incorporated Jan. 18, 1849. It was endowed and supported by various gifts of the Astor family, and at the time of consolidation owned its site and buildings on Lafayette Place, with 267,147 volumes, and enjoyed an annual income of about $47,000. The Lenox Library, incorporated Jan. 20, 1870, as the gift to the public of James Lenox, owned its site and building on Fifth Avenue, between 70th and 71st streets, with 86,000 volumes and an annual i
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-public-library-the
culation. On March 12, 1901, Mr. Andrew Carnegie offered to the city of New York, through the director of the Public Library, to build and equip sixty-five branch libraries, at a cost estimated at $80,000 each, or a total of $5,200,000, provided the city would furnish sites and agree to maintain the libraries when built. This offer was accepted. By the provisions of a contract entered into between the city and the library to carry out the terms of this gift so far as the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Richmond are concerned, these boroughs are to have forty-two of the new buildings, of which not more than ten are to be built in any one year, and the city agrees to appropriate annually for maintenance not less than 10 per cent. of the cost. The city must approve all sites, whether acquired by purchase or by gift, but the library is to control the construction of the buildings and administer the libraries contained therein. This gift insures not only that the city shall
Oriental (Oklahoma, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-public-library-the
261 West 69th Street. Yorkville, 1523 Second Avenue. Thirty-fourth Street, 215 East 34th Street. Chatham Square, 22 East Broadway. The library now contains about 500,000 volumes and 175,000 pamphlets in the reference department, and 175,000 volumes in the circulating department. Among noteworthy special collections are the public documents (60,000 volumes); American history (30,000 volumes); patents (10,000 volumes); music (10,000 volumes) ; Bibles (8,000 volumes) ; Hebrew and Oriental works (8,000 volumes); Slavonic books (2,000 volumes); and Shakespeariana (3,000 volumes). The number of readers yearly in the reference department is about 125,000, and 500,000 volumes are consulted. In the circulation department 1,700,000 volumes are withdrawn yearly for home use, of which 28 per cent. is juvenile fiction and 33 per cent. adult fiction; and 125,000 volumes are read in the libraries. The readingroom attendance exceeds 200,000. The library as at present organized is m
Bloomingdale (New York, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-public-library-the
er libraries was signed by the governor in the spring of 1901. The buildings where the work of the library is carried on at present are as follows: reference branches. Astor Building, 40 Lafayette Place. Lenox Building, 890 Fifth Avenue. circulating branches. Bond Street, 49 Bond Street. Ottendorfer, 135 Second Avenue. George Bruce, 226 West 42d Street. Jackson Square, 251 West 13th Street. Harlem, 218 East 125th Street. Muhlenberg, 130 West 23d Street. Bloomingdale, 206 West 100th Street. Riverside, 261 West 69th Street. Yorkville, 1523 Second Avenue. Thirty-fourth Street, 215 East 34th Street. Chatham Square, 22 East Broadway. The library now contains about 500,000 volumes and 175,000 pamphlets in the reference department, and 175,000 volumes in the circulating department. Among noteworthy special collections are the public documents (60,000 volumes); American history (30,000 volumes); patents (10,000 volumes); music (10,000 volumes
New York (New York, United States) (search for this): entry new-york-public-library-the
ibuted in schools, clubs, etc. It owned five buildings, 170,000 books, and had endowment funds of about $225,000. It had circulated in the year ending Oct. 31, 1900, 1,634,523 volumes. Like other smaller institutions of the same kind it was supported largely by an annual municipal grant. On Feb. 25, 1901, by the consolidation of this institution with the Public Library, the latter became possessed of a department of circulation. On March 12, 1901, Mr. Andrew Carnegie offered to the city of New York, through the director of the Public Library, to build and equip sixty-five branch libraries, at a cost estimated at $80,000 each, or a total of $5,200,000, provided the city would furnish sites and agree to maintain the libraries when built. This offer was accepted. By the provisions of a contract entered into between the city and the library to carry out the terms of this gift so far as the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Richmond are concerned, these boroughs are to have for
uch as are contained in the open reference collection of about 5,000 volumes, which may be consulted freely. No book may be taken from the building. The Lenox Building contains numerous special collections, such as those of rare or curious editions, manuscripts, prints, maps, genealogies, etc., and also a considerable number of valuable works of art, including the collection of modern paintings made by Robert L. Stuart and the Lenox collection of works by Copley, Landseer, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner, Wilkie, etc. Permission to copy these paintings may be obtained on application. The building includes two large readingrooms on the ground floor and smaller ones on the upper floors, besides stackrooms and exhibition galleries. To obtain books for home use, written application, giving the name of a responsible guarantor, must be made at one of the libraries of the circulation department, as noted above. Two books at a time (only one of fiction) may be taken out and kept two we
New York public Library, the Arthur E. Bostwick, of the New York Public Library, writes: The present New York Public Library— Astor, Lenox, and Tilden foundations—is the result, as its name indicates, of the consolidation of several pre-existing institutions. The three whose names appear in the title were united on Maythe public of James Lenox, owned its site and building on Fifth Avenue, between 70th and 71st streets, with 86,000 volumes and an annual income of $20,500. The Tilden trust, created by the will of Samuel J. Tilden, possessed Mr. Tilden's private library of about 20,000 volumes and an endowment fund of about $2,000,000, but neitMr. Tilden's private library of about 20,000 volumes and an endowment fund of about $2,000,000, but neither lands nor buildings. The Public Library thus began its existence with a total number of volumes of 373,147 and an endowment of about $3,500,000. The library as thus constituted was for reference only. On March 25, 1896, in an address to the mayor of the city regarding the future policy of the library, the trustees offered
called for at the desk, except such as are contained in the open reference collection of about 5,000 volumes, which may be consulted freely. No book may be taken from the building. The Lenox Building contains numerous special collections, such as those of rare or curious editions, manuscripts, prints, maps, genealogies, etc., and also a considerable number of valuable works of art, including the collection of modern paintings made by Robert L. Stuart and the Lenox collection of works by Copley, Landseer, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner, Wilkie, etc. Permission to copy these paintings may be obtained on application. The building includes two large readingrooms on the ground floor and smaller ones on the upper floors, besides stackrooms and exhibition galleries. To obtain books for home use, written application, giving the name of a responsible guarantor, must be made at one of the libraries of the circulation department, as noted above. Two books at a time (only one of fiction)
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