CINCINNATI.

THE VAN WORMER LIBRARY BUILDING. *

The Van Wormer Library is built of Kentucky sandstone, in classic style, with two massive Ionic columns guarding the entrance. The building is three stories high. On the lower floor are the seminary, receiving, packing and toilet rooms. On the main floor are the reading and periodical rooms, on either side of the rotunda in which is the delivery desk. The librarian's office and the cataloguing room also connect directly with the rotunda. The five-story book stack in the rear of the building is fitted with metal shelving and glass floors. It connects directly with the main floor, back of the delivery desk, and by a door into the cataloguing room.

On the third or upper floor of the building are the rooms of the Ohio Historical and Philosophical Association, the research and seminary rooms.

The building is the gift of Mr. Asa Van Wormer and cost $60,000; it is fire proof throughout and is built according to the most approved modern plans of library construction.

LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI.

The University of Cincinnati Library, now housed in the Van Wormer library building, consists of several collections of books, numbering about 55,000 volumes. These collections were made in part by individuals, in part by societies, in part by the University itself.

The Robert Clarke Library, comprising 6,759 volumes, given by William A. Proctor of Cincinnati. This collection is especially rich in Americana. There are also many volumes of a miscellaneous nature, including history, geology, archæology, biography, numismatics, English literature, Scottish ballads, publications of the Scottish Text Society, illuminated manuscripts, and early specimens of the art of printing.

The Enoch T. Carson Shakspere Library, 1,420 volumes, also given by William A. Proctor. This valuable collection contains copies of the most important editions of Shakspere of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, facsimiles of the early quartos (both the rare set prepared by E. W. Ashbee and the cheaper set published by W. Griggs under the supervision of Dr. F. J. Furniwall), the photo-zincographic reproduction of the First Folio (prepared under the direction of Howard Staunton),

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the publications of the "Old Shakspere Society" (nearly complete), a large collection of engravings and water colors, illustrating the text of the plays, rare editions of single plays by other authors of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and miscellaneous works on Shakspere and on the drama.

The William A. Proctor Chemical Library, comprising 992 volumes of chemical works and chemical periodicals given by William A. Proctor. The Bliss Library of Latin and Greek Authors, 330 volumes, given by Eugene F. Bliss,of Cincinnati.

The Wilson Library, consisting mainly of works of literature and criticism, in English, French and Italian, 810 volumes, given by Judge Moses F. Wilson of Cincinnati.

The Thoms Library of Miscellaneous Works, 187 volumes, the bequest of the late Matthew Thoms.

The Laura Seasongood Alcove, containing books purchased annually from the proceeds of an endowment provided in 1894 by the will of the late Laura Seasongood.

The Colonel William E. Merrill Library of 1,000 volumes of valuable works on engineering presented by Mrs. W. E. Merrill. The collections of books bought, or in some cases given to the departments of the university. Other gifts of books made by many persons, government documents and other miscellaneous publications.

The Library of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which has been placed in charge of the University of Cincinnati, under the terms of an agreement with the Association, entered into in September, 1895. This collection consists at present of 4,900 volumes, chiefly the periodical publications of foreign scientific societies.

The Library of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, comprising 20,000 volumes and 65,500 pamphlets. This library is very rich in works on the history of Ohio and contains valuable collections of original letters and other manuscripts given by Aaron Torrence in 1885, and by the late Robert Clarke in 1897.

Judge M. F. Force presented the society with many valuable historical works.

The Rufus King Collection was a bequest of the late Rufus King of Cincinnati.

Library hours: 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. every week day. The library is open to the general public as a reference library.

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ROSTER OF BOARDS OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES,

1899-1900.

AKRON.

AKRON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Louis Seybold, editor Akron Germania. M. J. Haynes, W. T. Vaughan, W. J. Doran, C. P. Humphrey, W. T. Flower.

ALLIANCE.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

John E. Morris, Charles C. Baker, S. J. Williams, W. Henry Morgan, E. E. Scranton, W. W. Cantine.

ASHLAND.

PUBLIC READING ROOM.

Rev. W. G. Schoppe, Pres.; Rev. D. B. Duncan, Rev. A. H. Smith, Mr. P. A. Myers, Miss Anna Thompson, Prof. John Miller, Mr. Jacob Cahn, Mrs. Milton Winbigler.

ASHTABULA.

ASHTABULA FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY,

W. D. Richards, F. A. Williams, J. F. Munsell, Mrs. J. S. Blyth, Mrs. R. W. Hubbard.

BELLEFONTAINE.

Mrs. E. J. Howenstein, Pres.; Mrs. J. D. Emerson, Vice Pres; Mrs. J. C. Brand, Treas.; Mrs. H. A. Cassidy, Sec.; Mrs. Amanda Stewart, Mrs. Mary Koogle, Miss Josephine Hubbard, Mrs. Caroline Lawrence, Mrs. Mary Lamb, Mrs. Margaret Riddle, Mrs. Margaret Chalfant, Mrs. Emily Frey, Miss Edna Hellings, Mrs. J. N. Miller.

BEREA.

PHILURA GOULD BALDWIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

Rev. Francis S. Hoyt, Berea, O. John Badwin, Baldwin, La. Charles C. Brightman, Berea, O. Rev. G. A. Reeder, Cleveland, O. M. A. Sprague, Berea, O. A. H. Pomeroy, Berea, O.

BRYAN

BRYAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

Mrs. M. Garver, Miss Willett, Mrs. A. M. Pratt, Miss O. Wilbur, Mrs. W. H. Moore, Mrs. E. T. Binns, Mrs. R. Patterson, Mrs. R. Taylor, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. G. Cook, Mrs. A. Tressler, Mrs. J. P. Long, Mrs. W. Gardner, Mrs. E. Newman, Miss Alice M. Walt.

Note. When names differ from those in the preceding sketches, those here published are for a later date.

CADIZ.

CADIZ PUBLIC LIBRARY.

David Cunningham, J. S. Campbell, W. H. Arnold, W. B. Hearn, Miss Martha Shotwell.

CANFIELD.

NORTHEASTERN OHIO NORMAL COLLEGE LIBRARY.

Rev. William Dickson, D. D., Jackson Truesdale, M. D., Allen Calvin, Chas. Fowler, Prior Jones, James Kirk, Almedus Porter, Hon. Alex. Dickson, D. Campbell, M. D.

CANTON.

CANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

F. E. Case, W. L. Alexander, Austin Lynch, Chas. R. Frazer, H. W. Harter, Josiah Hartzell, M. B. Cox, Edward S. Raff, John Sherrich.

CARDINGTON.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Mrs. E. J. Vaughn, Mrs. T. H. Ensign, Mrs. Clare Banker, Mrs. Hattie Mezger, Miss Gillin Lloyd White, Miss Jessie Watson, Miss Helen Nicholas, Miss Minnett Watson, Mrs. E. M. Willits, Mrs. D. A. Stark, Dr. Florence Smith-White.

CHILLICOTHE.

CHILLICOTHE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

James I. Boulger, Charles H. Larimore, Albert Kline, Edward Cryder.

CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI HOSPITAL LIBRARY.

W. C. Johnson, J. D. Parker, Prescott Smith, Oliver Kinsey, Julius Fleischmann, C. R. Holmes, M. D., A. B. Isham, M. D.

CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.

O. W. Kuhn, Howard Ayres, Ph. D., W. W. Seeley, M. D., W. H. Taft. LL. D.

HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO.

Joseph Wilby, Pres.; Frank J. Jones, Vice Pres.; William Worthington, Vice Pres.; Albert H. Chatfield, Cor. Sec.; Gerrit S. Sykes, Rec. Sec.; Charles J. Livingood, Treas.; Mrs. Catherine W. Lord, Lib.; Nath. Henchman Davis, Mrs. T. L. A. Greve, Elliott H. Pendleton, Curator; Frank B. Wiborg, John F. Winslow.

LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY.

M. H. Fletcher, Pres.; D. L. James, First Vice Pres.; T. H. Kelley, Second Vice Pres.; Archa I. Carson, Sec.; T. B. Collier, Treas.; Chas. Dury, William H. Fisher, F. W. Langdon, A. J. Woodward.