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R E P O R T

OF THE

LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

FOR THB

F IS C A L Y E A R E N D I N G J U N E 30,19.

WASHINGTON:G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G O F F I C E .

1900 .


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C O N T E N T SPageReport of Librarian ...................................................... 5Appendix I. Appropriations and expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

I1. Service: Schedule and application form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30I11 Foreign newspapers currently received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33IV. Report of register of copyrights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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R E P O R T .

LIBRARY F CONGRESS,Washington,December 4 , rPO.SIR: I have the honor to subinit my report as Librarian of Congress

for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900.FINANCE.

The following is a summary of the appropriations and expenditures ofthe Library for that year, and also, for convenience in comparison, asummary of the appropriations for the year preceding, and for the yearnow current. Details are given in Appendix I. Included also are theappropriations for the equipment and care of the building and groundsdisbursed by the superintendent:

Library: 1....alarieq general aervice $1585.w $ 1 2 ~5 . OD $1 18.w. 4...................alaries , special service . 152.00 52.w36840.00 40,400. 35 775.70

Contingent expe nses .. ..... 2,am.mPrintingand binding (allot-

ment) .............................otal LibraryBuilding and grouads:

Cnre and maintenance.. ....Fuel, lights, and miscella-

neous ...................Furniture and shel ving .... . lo, m.wGrand otal .............

I Portio~~sed of an appropriation of $a,omJ'available until expended." n Belance.As will be seen by reference to the Appendix, the above figures for1900 include the deficiency appropriations ($2,500 for contingent

expenses, $510,000for printing and binding); the sum of $2 ,000 (so faras expended) for "special, temporary, and miscellaneous s e ~ c e , "granted in the act of 1901, but available from April 17, 1900; and thesun1 of $14,245, granted by the same act, to enable certain of the addi-tional employees therein authorized to be started in during the last quarter

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6 REPORTO F T H E L I B R A R I A N O F C O NG R ES S.of the fiscal year 1900. Th e $2 , 000 for special service being a continu-ing appropriation, the balance unexpended on June 30, 1900, has beencarried forward as an appropriation for the year 1901.

Of the total amount appropriated for salaries, the sum of $6,055.06was unexpended and covered in to the Treasury. As explained in mylast report, this sum represents not a surplus provision for service, butsalaries for a time undrawii-those of einployees temporarily absentwithout pay, or of new appointees who failed to qualify promptly afterappointment. Th e ainount undrawn during the past year is the largerbecause of a vacancy in one $n,ooo osition, and necessary delay in fill-ing certain of the new positions which became available from April 1 7 ,I goo.

Receipts-Copyright business.-.me- '4-"

(The fees from copyright are covered into the Treasury, and are not an incomeavailable for maintenance, even of the copyright office.)Fees earned during the fiscal year . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . $65,206. oo

EXPENSES OF THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE.Salaries as stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,775.70Printing and binding (estimated) ............... fi9o0o.00 , .Stationery and sundries (estimated) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700.00-- 6,700.a,

459 475.70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .etrevenue 19,730.30

Service.-The amount and distribution of the Library force during theyear 1899-1900, until near it s close, varied lit tle from that of the yearpreceding. I t was a force not adequate even for the current work; andneither in amount nor in organization competent to deal with the arrearswhich existed in all divisions of the Library. Before the year had halfelapsed I had, however, submitted with my estimates of t he appropria-tions necessary for the present year, a statement which, describing brieflythe existing conditions, set forth what I conceived to be the work to bedone and t he provision necessary.'

Th e+ ka k% we re accepted by Congress and appropriations granted ..in substantial coliformity therewith ("Appropriations 1901 " p. I , supra).Anlong other provisions the act reorganized the service in accordancewith the schemes submitted, and created in the main Library four newdivisions (order, bibliography, document, binding), and 81 additionalpositions; and in th e =ight office 15 additional clerkships. I t pro-, .--vided th us for th e addition in all of 96 employees, a t an aggregate com-pensation of $80,360. These new positions would in ordinary coursehave become effective only from July I , 1900; but in recognition of the

'The statement, with the estimates, was printed in full as Appendix IV to nly lastannual report.


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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS. 7great arrearageof work for which, in part, the newemployees wereneeded,it was provided that the majority' of them might be employed from thedate of the passage of the act. Th e act became a law on April 1 7 , 1900.Its considerate provisions, therefore, enabled at once a foundation to belaid for the organization which was to become effective July I . Beforethe fiscal year rgoo had elapsed the most of the new exployees had beenselected and appointed, initiated into the methods of the Library, andmade acquainted with their particular duties* substantial advantage,even though the period was too brief to enable any impression to be madeupon the work itself.

On April 17, 1900, there were on file 805 applications for employme~ltin the Library received since April 5,1899, the beginning of the presentadministration. These were on forms which tabulate very couipletelythe edlication and experience of the applicant, and, besides enabling himto state very fully his qualificationsas he supposes them, exhibit in somemeasure (by the character of his responses) his actual qualifications.'He might add testimonials of those familiar with his capacity and will-ing to vouch for his character, aud he was encouraged to add the impres-sions to be gained in a personal interview.

From amolig these 8,s applicatits the requisite uulnber were selectedwhose qualifications seemed appropriate for the particular positiotis to befilled. These were appointed 011 probation and given opportunity todemonstrate their capacity in actual work. Their elilployment was to betemporary and was to cease at the close of the probatioi~ary eriod unlessthen contitiued by their retellti011 and confirmatioli in the regular service.Th e probatio~iary eriod was therefore itself to be at1 examination. I twas not an open and general examination, for the opportunity to utidergoit was limited to the selected few. But the selection itself was upou apresumptiorl of fitness raised by the previous education, experience, andcharacter of the applicaut as set forth in his application and credentials.And in general this presuniption has been sustained by the actual test.

A schedule of the service as reorgaliized under the new act is given inAppendix I1 (in the reprint of the circular distributed to applicatits withthe form for ap'plication).

Since the close of the fiscal year 1900, ut prior to the date of thisreport, the important iiew divisioli6T ddocunients has bee11 organized withDr. Rowland P. Falkner at its head. Dr. Falkner was well know1 amoiigecmiomists as associate professor of statistics in the Universty of Penn-sylvania, as vice-president of the American Academy of Political andSocial Science, and as editor of its annals, and to Congress as statisticiau

'Not the entire number. For the sun1 provided-$r4,~45-was based upon thenumber of additional positions (67 in al l) authorized by the bill as it passed theHouse, and was not increased when the ~lumherwas it~creased to 96) il l the Senateand in the hill as finally enacted.'The form is reprinted a s Appe1111ix1 to this report.


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8 REPORT OF T H E L I B R A R I A N OF CONGRESS.for the Senate Committee on Finalice in its iilvestigation of wages andprices, in 1891, and as secretary, later, of the American delegation tothe International Monetary Conference. He took office on October I ,and set to work immediately to ascertain the gaps in the existing collec-tion of public documents in the Library, and to arrange for the acqui-sition of needed material by gif t, purchase, and exchange. His exer-tions will include not merely the publications of the Federal, the State,and (in part) the ii~unicipalgovertlments of the United States and offoreign countries, but the entire literature of statistics and of economics.

The general organization of the Library as provided for in the actwhich took effect July I , 1900, appears essentially appropriate to its pres-ent undertakings. The estimates for the coming year provide for 26additional cataloguers, bringing the catalogue force on July I , 1901, upto a total of 72 en~ployees. (I t is proposed to reach a inaximuill of 84 byJuly, 1902.) They provide also for increase of salary in 18 positions.In 10of these the purpose is simply a readjustmeilt which will equalizethe compeilsation with that already paid in other positions similar inresponsibility. Recommendations in part to this end were made by melast year but (alone of all those then submitted) failed of adoption inthe bill as finally passed. The position at the head of the print divi- -sion, vacant then, I hold vacant still in the hope that the salary may b6made commensurate with the qualifications needed. With the samehope I refrain frorn attempting to fill at the presertt salary of $1,500 theposition at the head of the manuscript division made vacant by theresignation of Dr. Herbert Friedenwald on September I of the presentyear. This also is one of the eight divisions in the Library for the con-duct of which, in my judgment, a thoroughly adequate man can not besecured for less than $3,000.

EQUIPMENT.At the beginning of the last fiscal year furniture had yet to be pro-

vided for the order, catalogue-shelf, map, music, and mail and supplydivisions, the newspaper-periodical eading room, and the division of bibli-ography. There were still lacking also adequate cases for ,the storageof -prints, .and cases and shelving for the storage of the copyrightdeposits. In my last report I n~entioned s a further need a special stackin the northeast ' curtain, second floor, for the Smithsotliail serials, thenshelved where they could not be made directly accessible.

Since July I , 1899, out of the 1900 appropriatioil of $15,000 and the 1901appropriation of $45,000, the following progress has been made: The cata-logue-shelf, the order, the map, the mail and supply divisions, and thedivision of bibliography have been permanently located and in the mainequipped for present needs. The furniture (shelving, stands, tables, files,and chairs) has been secured for the newspaper-periodical reading room


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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS. 9also, and that room opened and brought into full use. Shelving hasbeen installed in the south wing of the basement for the storage of copy.right deposits and in the liorth wing for documents, duplicates, and lesused files of newspapers. The stack for the Smithsonian serials h abeen coiitracted for; also certain additional storage cases for maps, andan inclosing partition for the administrative work of the print division,with provision for the shelving of certain of the larger reference booksin the fine arts, to be consulted there under supervision. Lockers havebeen provided for the additional employees recently taken on, and themost necessary furniture (benches, etc.) for the work of the printingoffice and bindery-not, of course, the machinery itself, nor the tools,which are furnished by the Governmelit Print ing Office-the plant inthe Library being simply a "detail" from that office and operated by it.

There remain yet to be provided the following: Permanent equipmentfor the music divisiou and for the new division of documents; storagecases for the prints; additional storage cases for the maps; more desks,chairs, etc., for the additional force of cataloguers to be taken on July I ,xgox; tables, chairs, and shelves for a special reference room on thesecond floor, where readers working at length in serious investigationmay be segregated from the activities of the main reading room andretain their books about them from day to day; and shelving (a s tack)in the north curtain, second floor, for the special collections required tobe kept apart, and another for the literature (documents, statistics, gen-eral economics) which will form a special collectioil to be operated bythe division of documelits and consulted under its direction. Conveniencein the work of reclassifying and cataloguing the main collection requiresalso that the cataloguing rooms shall be connected directly with the twomain stacks. This may be acconiplished by inexpensive covered waysthrown across the two rear courts.

The estimates of the superintendent include, therefore, for the comingyear the sum of $65,000 for further furniture, shelving, and equipment.In the meantime the final locatio~i f the various administrative divisions,the determination of the type, model, and dimension of the appropriatefurniture for each, and the acquisition of the very substaiitial part of whichhas already been acquired, represent a progress which it is a satisfactionto report. Th e satisfaction is h e reater in that the equipment providedis not merely in the essentials convenient, but is in substance and designof a dignity and comeliness which comport with the building. Thepraise for this is due to the superintendent, whose interest in the problemhas been as cordial and as patient as it was certain to be intelligent, andwhose ingenuity, already exhibited in the general equipment of thebuilding, has extended to the advantage of the smallest detail, eventhe map cases and the newspaper files beiiig of a special design of hisinvention.


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10 R E PO R T O F T H E L I B R A R I A N O F C O NG R ES S.INCREASE OF TH E LIBHARY.

Th e following is a summary of the accessions to the Library duringthe fiscal year and of the total contents at i ts end, a s accurately a s thescmay be stated. T h e m r i g h t deposits retained in the files of the copy-right office are not included nor duplicates unaccessioned. There areincluded, however, the contents of the law library and its appendages.1 Total 1 ACCesSions 1 To11 1uly I. 1%. I ~ I ~ O O .un e 30,1g00.

' 'IIncluding bound volumes of al l series an d th e Smithsonian deposit.

........i Printed books: and pamphlets (volum).Manuscripts(pieces)Maps an d charts (pieces)...........................Music (pieces) ...........................................................................rints (pieces). 70.823

Details will be found below under the appropriate headings. Th eincrease in the appropriations for the purchase of books during the pastyear and the prospective increase for 1900- 1901 warranted ( I ) th e com-pilation of special lists which would deal systematically with the desid-erata in each department of knowledge, ( 2 ) an effort to stimulateexchanges, and ( 3 ) the reorganization of our methods of purchaseabroad,-the establishment of additional agencies, and a wider advertise-ment aniong dealers of the needs of the Library, its purposes, and itsresources. In June last I went abroad with these ends in view. BesidesLolidon and Paris I visited the chief book centers of Germany, andAmsterdam, Th e Hague, Brussels, and Vienna. In each place mybusiness was chiefly with the dealers, and conceriied purchases; but a tParis, Brussels, Berlin, and Vienna I made sonie effort to increase thereceipts by the Library of Government publications to which i t is theoret-icaily entitled under th e system of inter~iatioi ial xchange. I n particular,I sought to secure documents (many in number) needed to complete files.With this purpose I had had compiled, took with me, and left with thedistributing authorities as suggestions, rough lists showing what theLibrary already contained of the governmental publications of France,Belgium, Prussia, and Germany. Through the diplomatic representativesof the United Sta tes iiitroduction was made facile to the authorities inquestion and their interest and courtesy assured. Some return mayfollow. Unfortunately, however, the editions issued of the public docu-ments of foreign countries are small and a re early exhausted by specifieddepositories. There is, in effect , no residuuni for discretionary distribu-tion or even for sale.

Th e orders directly placed with the dealers included selected lists ofdesiderata in bibliography, history, economics, English, French, German,Scandinavian, and Dutch literature (standard authors), and briefer listsin Italian and Spanish ; it1 particular, however, certain monumental ref-

38,110778 17-18

3,536 5s717

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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OP CONGRESS. I Ierence works and "long sets" (serials) indispensable for the work ofthe immediate future. In Holland an opportunity occurred speciallyfavorable for a representation in the Library of Dutch History and Litera-ture, hitherto almost wholly lacking. This purchase, though a specialone, was not of a collection offered en bloc, but of one deliberately puttogether in accordance with our specifications. I t includes the impor-tant published state papers and official records, the standard works onthe history of Holland and its dependencies (e. g ., Java and the activi-ties of the Dutch East Indies Company), and the more notable of thestandard Dutch authors in general literature.

A special list was placed of French history and memoirs, and anattempt made to . secure the best editions of the complete works ofvarious standard authors in each of the liteiatures mentioned above, ofwhom only partial or inferior editions were represented in the Library.

I n addition, however, to the orders directly placed, arrangements weremade for the purchases of the entire present year and the receipt assuredof all catalogues conveying opportunities in which the Library may beinterested. In the past its purchases had beell so meager that manydealers have ceased to send it their catalogues or to consider it a possiblecustomer. Th e personal visit from its chief executive and the explana-tion of its purposes and enlarged resources have substituted an impres-sion which will be to its advantage.

ACCESSIONS.# PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.The accessions of the year have been as follows:

Acquired by purchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 209Acquired by copyri h t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .+ 10,5994Acquired by In ernational exc hange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868Acquired through the United States Governnlent and the Smithsonian

Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 277Acquired by exchange of duplicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823Acquired by gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,415Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919Added to Smithsonian deposit (accessioned in Smithsonian library on ly )

estimated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,-otal volumes (books and pa%phlets). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, IIO

MANUSCRIPTS.Th e additions during the year have con~prisedbut 778 manuscripts.

Of these 28 bound and 764 unbouild nlanuscripts were acquired by pur-chase and 4 nbound nlanuscripts and I volume of typewritten transcriptswere acquired by gift.

The gifts have been as follows:From Seiior'Cayetano Coll y Toste, of San Juan, Porto Rico:

First volume of Records of the Office of the Secretary of Finance of Porto Rico,1765-66 (211 typewritten pages). A copy;

Decretos del Ray, Fernando VII, relativos a America (782 typewritten pages).


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I2 R E P O RT O F T H E L I B RA R I A N O F C O NG R ES S. -Mr. E. G. Allen, London:

Letter, Lord Hardinge to Earl de la Warr, January 27,1843.Mrs. B. Tobias, New York:

Continental bill for $6.Mr. George B. Starkweather, Washington, D. C.:Lieutenant's commission to Robert Whitford, Twenty-sixth Connecticut Regi-

ment, October 13,1783.Mrs. Henrietta Irving Bolton:

A page of Washington Irving's History of Columbus.Among the purchases were:The letters and papers of Ha rn ~an lennerhassett, the friend of Aaron Burr. These

consist of over 400 manuscripts, an d contain, anlong other interesting material, Blen-nerhassett's diary while i n th e Richmond Penitentiary and his speech in defenseagainst the charge of treason.

A history of the Knights Hospitalers of St. John, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1739,which, among other curious matter, contains tl ra wi ~~ gsf their proposed new build-ing a t that place.

Th e expenditures in purchase have anlouiited to but $826.70. A meagersum indeed for a library that , as the national library of this country,should be rich in "original sources" ! But the printed matter impera-tively necessary absorbed practically all of the available appropriation.For some time to come it must cont inue to do so; and substailtial increaseof this division of the Library can be expected only through th e mealiswhich have so largely increased such departmeilts in other great libraries-the deposit with us of the private collections urhich their owners desireto see permanently preserved in safety, dignity, and usefulness.

MAPS AND CHARTS.Th e accessioiis during the year were as follows:

By.cOpy- ny gift. fz 'Total.1 t . 1 X . I /..................s - n - t ~ . ~ ~ .Atlases.. ............................ ........Pocketmaps.. ....................The collectioll or1 June 30, 1900, unlbered 55,71 7 pieces.Th e followiilg are some of the illost valuable of the accessioiis:Ptolenly's Geography, edition of 1511, co ~l ta i~ li nghe new general map, drawn on

the heart-shaped projection, not found in all copies; Allard's Atlas Minor, 1675?,. containing t he ma p with the rare view of New York City; De Witt's Atlas Major,with valuable inserted maps; Vnnderniaelen's Atlas U~iiverse lde Geographie, 6 v.,1827; Poole's Historica l Atlas; Jomard's Les Monuments de la Geographie, fol.Paris, 1854-62; Nordenskiiild's Periplus: an essay on the early history of charts, &c.,fol. Stockholm, 1897; Novi Belgi novaeque Anglis nec non partis Virginiae tabulamuitis in locis emandata a Nicolao Joannis Vischero, Amsterdam, 1659. This mapis especially valuable for the inset view of the city of New York. A Compleat map


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REPORT OF THE L I B R A R I A N OF CONGRESS. I 3of North Carol ina, by Capt. Collet , governor of Fort Jo l~ns ton, ondon, 1770; Cartedu theatre actnel entre les Anglais et les Treize Colonies Unis de I'Amerique, Sep-tentrionale, Dressee par J. B. Eliot, ingenieur des Etats Unis, 1778, aris, Mend-hare. This map is among the earliest on which the United States is mentioned byname. A unique map among th e recent accessions is a nlanuscript one made byGeorge Washington, 66 by 22% inches, to describe the lauds on the Great Kanawha,donated by the Government to him for services in the Braddock expedition. Con-siderable descriptive text in Washington's writing is f oul ~dhroughout the map,giving minute particulars as to th e land located.

MUSIC.The accessions were: . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .y copyright.. 16,409

By gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Bypurchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .y exchange. %Total pieces. . . . . . . . . . . . . (. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,605

PRINTS.The ~ccessions ere:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .y copyright 13,257

By gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553Bypurchase . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 238Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14048

An interesting accession during the past year has been the gift fromthe Vereinigung der Kunstfreunde, of Berlin, of 47 of their publicationscalled he1iotint.s. This is a new process which gives the tone and colorsof the original picture more accurately than does lithography. Th eheliotints have been on public exhibition ever since their receipt andhave been much admired. Another valued gift (not prints, but conven-iently handled among the objects of fine art ) wa s of 52 bronze medalspresented to the Library by Mr. C. J. Begeer, of Utrecht, through theHon. Stanford Newel, the minister of the United States at The Hague.These included a number struck in honor of H. M. Willem 111 and H.M. Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands.

L AW L I B RARY.The acvlessiolls are reported 8s follows:-. ----- - . - -

' BY copy- By gift. / :%$" / Total. /right. I...........in ""on ........ . .I 527 -1 ;;; 1 T,nTl..................... 374 .......................... ........ ..................otal.. .I. .I.. z7-# (

Among the additions'have been ( I ) English text-books; new editions .of standard works, such as Williams on Bankruptcy, Freeth's DeathDuties, Anson on Contracts, Holland's Jurisprudence, Wallace and Wil-


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liamsoii's Letters Pateiit for Illveiltioils. etc.; (2 ) Se.ssioii Laws of theSta tes , particlilarly Rhode Islaild Acts ancl Resolves filliilg gaps between1833 and 1847; Laws of the Five Civilized Tribes (Ind ians); HawaiianStatu tes, filling gaps; (3) Spailish Legislacioll Collection down to date;volun~es uch as "Codigo Civil" Peninsula , Cuba, Puerto Rico, and thePhilippines, Madrid, 1898, that set forth the state of the law in Spain 'sisland dependeilcies when these were taken over by the United States;(4) International Law, Baker, Cobbett, Craasy, Lawrence, Holland,Maine, Martens, Phillimore, Walker, etc. ; (5 ) Canada Statute s, Digests,and Reports, now nearly complete.

None were purchased during the past year; but the accessions fromgift have added sonie interesting material, including froni SuperilltelldentFran k Hall, of the Illinois School for the Blind, 2 volumes of stories forchildren, 34 enibossed maps, and 16 keys thereto (all in American braille ).More than a dozen te xt s liave been specially copied in New Yorkpoint and given to the library. Seven volumes in Moon type were lentby the Free Library of Philadelphia , and the 11 volumes of th e Bible inNew York point by the Bishop of Pit tsburg .

C U R R E N T S E R I A L S .

From the following sources 5,300 serials (newspapers, magazines, bul-letins, proceedings, transactions, etc., including the foreign officialpublications received tbrougli the Bureau of Interiiational Exchange)were being cur rent ly received at the close of the past fiscal year :

G i f t from publishers...........................................-_opyr i~ht........ -Bureau of Anlericatl Republics... .Bureau of Statistics ............................nlith.wnian deposit..Sttbscriptiorrs ......................

'I'otal .........................

It mill be iioticed that 666 newspapers and lilagazines are liom sub-scribed for as against but 69 a year ago; also that the total of giftsfrom publishers has increased froni 780 to I ,639.

Of the above 5,300, 4,435 are in the clistody of the periodical divisionproper. Of these, in turn , 2,300 (300 newspapers and 2,000 magazines)are now (since January 2 2 , 1900) 011 file on tables, racks, or specialshelves in the periodical reading room, directly accessible to t he public.The remainder are shelved in stacks directly adjacent and may be hadpromptly upon request.


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R E PO R T O F T H E L I B R A R IA N OF CONGRESS. IIn enlarging the list of foreign iiewspapers it was a purpose to include

those which would exhibit most accurately the current political, i~id us-trial, and commercial intelligence of the various countries in whoseactivities Congress and the public might be interested. -The list is stillexperimental, but is already fairly representative. I t is given as anappendix to this report.

The bound volumes of newspapers in the Library now number 18,917.BINDING AND REPAIR.

During the fiscal year there were sent to the bindery 9,062 volumes,and received back, conipleted, 6,724. The four eniployees from theGovernment Pr inting Office engaged in the mounting of maps andn~anuscr ipts nd in the repair of material at the Library have continuedsteadily at their work. Siiice the beginning of the present year thisdetail has been enlarged; and at the da te of this report there is in opera-tion in the Library building, in the room provided for it on the plans, afully equipped bindery, with over forty employees. Th e peril to whichvaluable books were subjected in beiiig removed from the building forbinding or repair, the delay at the niain office due to their iiecessarysubordination there to ordinary govrriiiiiental work, are hereafter happilyto be avoided. And the great gain will be secured in addition, of a forceexclusively and continuously devoted to th e library work, which is workof a special character, not to be halldled like ordinary job work. Th ebindery is, as I have said, but a detail from the Goveriiment PrintingOffice. The niacliinery is supplied by tlie Public Printer; the employeesare enlployees of the Goveriinient Printing Office. It is a pleasure toack~iowledgehe exceeding interest which Mr. Palmer and his aids (thechief clerk of the office and the foremen) have taken in the equipmenthere of what they have desired to be "a model bindery. "

With a similar interest in effecting the best results in a nianner mostconvenient for the Library and most creditable to t he Government, theyhave transferred t o tlie Library building t he work upon the compositionand priiit ing of the catalogue cards, the administrative forms, and thesmaller library publications, aiid have installed for it a miniature print-ing plant that also is a model of'its kind.

These undertakings have -been completed since the close of the fiscalyear 1900, and their scope and efficiency will be more appropriatelytreated in my next report. But I can not justly delay until then thisbrief mention and this word of appreciation.

CATALOGUES.In considering th e progress of the work of the catalogue division during

the past year it is well to recur to the condition of the division in 1897,at the time of the removal of the Library t o the new building.


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16 R E P O R T O F T H E LIBR A R IA N OF C ON GR ESS.The force then e~nployed onsisted of but fourteen persolis occupied in

cataloguing, classification, ordering, niaki:~g-up for binding, ant1 keep-ing the serial and accessions records. Of this number four were actuallyengaged in cataloguing (only one of whonl had had previous experience) .Owing to the system of classification and iotat ti on, as well as the con-gested condition of the old library, books 011 the shelves were badlydisarranged. There were niasses of uncatalogued books and hundredsof boxes and mail bags filled with miscellaneous publications, mostly inforeign languages, to be sifted and arranged on shelves by sets or sub-jects. Th e author catalogue, the only guide to those hooks whichassunled to be classified and catalogued, mas in no certain condition ofarrangement.

Under these cilrumstances, the only hope for relief lay it] an increasedforce of coinpetellt cataloguers and classifiers, with provis iot~sor separatedivisions, to relieve the cataloguing force from the work which is ordi-narily assigned to an order division, and a superitltende~lt f binding andbinding records. Rut the only increase to the force in 189s was that offour boys, and t he end of the fiscal year 1897-98 found only a slnallbeginning made in the work of tlie division.

To-day there are forty-six assistants engaged in cataloguing and clas-sification. The catalogue division has been relieved of tlie ordering,receiving, and binding, for which a special force has been provided.There is a public catalogue in the reading room, wit11 ca. 90,000 cards; anofficial catalogue for the staff, wit11 130,000 cards, and a third partialcopy of the public catalogue, with 40,000cards. The shelf catalogue forbibliography and library science~contains ver 13,000 shelf-list cards and9,500 index cards. There is also a special au thor catalogue of the Con-gressional Reference Library consisting of ca. 2 . 0 0 0 cards.

In the autunin of 1897 the principal bibliographical aids were wanting.This has been remedied. 411 the principal llational bibliographies, andimportant bibliographies of special subjects, have been provided, as wellas nunierous other works of reference. Th e chief critical reviews invarious departments of knowledge have been subscribed for. Rack fileshave been purchased or ordered of the ~ ilore lnportant serials wanting.

Witli inore liberal provisioii for works of reference, with tlie fou ~~ da tion slaid for three maill catalogues, with the principles and rules largely decidedon aiid systematized, the new force installed and gradually becomingfamiliar with tlie work and attendant conditions, prospects for healthyaiid rapid progress during the coniiiig year have materially i~nproved.

On Noven~ber I , 1899, the catalogue division, with furniture, refer-ence books, and tlie elitire class of books in library science and bibliog-raphy, was moved fro111 the llortli curtain to its present quarters. Thisbrought the force somewllat closer to the reading room, with its referencebooks and catalogues, at t he same time inaking the reference books a d


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R E P O R T O F T H E LIBRARIAN OF CONGRE SS. '7official catalogues in the catalogue roo111 illore accessible to the referencedesk.

The totalof volumes classified during the past year is 26,154; pamphlets,5,467. Of these, 24,093 volunies and 4,81 pamphlets were classified(and catalogued) according to the old system, 489 volumes aiid 7pamphlets in the " ntermediate classification," and I ,572 volumes and649 painphlets in the "new," which is thus far limited to bibliographyand library science. In addition, 27,450 volumes were recatalogiled byauthors and in part also by subject aiid title.

Cards added to the variot~scatalog-ues during the year amounted to182,739. Of these, 45,394 were incorporated into the dictioilary cataloguefor the public, 49,946 illto the official dictionary catalogue in the cataloguedivision, 16,698 into the old author catalogue in the reading room, and21,813 into the t liird copy of the public dictionary catalogue, which is tobe placed in the Capitol. There were also 2,443 cards made for the Con-gressional Reference Library catalogue. Th e titles prepared in the cat-alogue division for thecopyright bulletins numbered 6,813. Cards with- ,- -.--. - _.-drawn from the ~ld'catalo~nesnd reincorporated, after various changesand additions, iluiiibered 17,442. Shelf catalogue entries for the newclassification anio~uited o 2,253, aiid index entries for same to I ,768.

The new system of classificatio~i o be applied to tlie existing collec-tion and thereafter to all subsequeilt accessioiis hacl not l ~ neterminedat the close of tlie last fiscal year. I t is now to be deteriiiined; and mynext report will shorn, I trust, a substailtial progress in its application.In t he nleantiii~e he old author catalogue (no\v behind the counter indrawers, inaccessible to the public and i~iconvenielrt o the attendants) i sto be transcribed upon cards of standard size, \vhicli mill be placed in thenew case, directly available to public as \\yell as administration.

DIVISION OF HIRLIOGRAPHY.

The division of bibliography as iiolv organized was created by the actof April I 7, 1900. Prior to tha t date there were no regnlar assistantsattached to the division, so that it s functions were performed by tlie chief,with such assistance as could be had fro111 employees in other divisions.

The following lists were prepared and pri~lted uring the past year:List of books (wi th reference to periodicals) relating t o the theory of colonization,governn ient of dep end encie s, protectorates, and related topics. \Vashingtoii: Gov-crninent Printing Office, rgoo. vi, 131pp . so.A l ist of books (with reference to periodicals) relating to trusts. Wash ington:Governn~ent rinting Office, rgoo. (z), 3-20 pp. BO.List of books a nd of articles in periodicals relating to interoceanic canal and rail-

WRY routes (Nicarag ua; D arien, l'anan~a. and th e valley of the Atrato; Tehuantepecand Honduras; Suez Canal). By IIugli A . Morrison, jr., of the Library of Con-gress. \Vashington : Governmen t Prin ting Ofiice, rgoo. (z), 3-174 pp. So,The last-named list was edited by the chief bibliographer.


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24 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.In the reading room for the bl ii~d he lectures and musicales have con-

tinued, with increasing audiences. There have been 173 readings and38 musicales, all conducted by volunteers. Th e interest in th is work iswidespread, and its influence, by example, extends far beyond theb i t s of Washington. -COPYRIGHT.

Th e report of the register of copyrights for the year ending June 30,1900, appears a s Appendix IV to this report. The principal statisticsare as follows:

Fees received an d applied. Fiscal year F~scal ear Fiscal year189798 1 .I%-. I lwlp0. /Uo~nestic50 celrts) entries........ 'Foreign ( $ I ) entries ...............For certificates.. ................... IFor assigllme~~t secorded.. ........For searches.. ...................... I

Total .........................ITotal ~iumber f entries of '

titles ..................... iCalendaryear 1%.

Total number of deposits received(material of al l classes. including

........................uplicates)Total number of entries..

Total communicatiolls received (iucluding par-cels, but not articles enun~eratedbove) ....... 67,666Total comm~lnications ent out (including let-. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 539 7 9

Fixa l year'Wlgoo.

I

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CONGRESSIONAL REFERENCE LIBRARY.

Calendaryear 1897.

Prior to ad journnle~ltn Ju ne last t he following joint resolution waspassed by Congress:

Calendaryear 1898.

Resolved by tlze Senate a?$d House of Re#;*esazlatives of the Utzited Slates ofA?nericn f r Cofigi-essnssenzbled, That the rooms and space recently occupied by theLibrary of Congress in the Capitol building shall be divided into three stories, thethird s tory of which shal l be fitted up and used for a reference library for the Senateand House of Representatives, and that p or t io ~ ~f the other two stories north of aline drawn east and west through the center of the r o t u ~ ~ d ahall be used for snchpurpose as nray he designated by the Senate of the United States, and that portionof the first and second stories sonth of said line shall be used for such purpose as maybe designated by the House of Represelltatives. And such sun1 as is necessary to

103,S;5 115.610...................... ; 76,874.


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R E P OR T O F T H E L I B R AR I AN OF C ON GR E SS. 25make the construction herein provided for is hereby appropriated out of any m oneyin the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum t o be expended under thedirection of the Architect of the Capitol.Approved, June 6,1900.

Subsequent resolutions authorized the Committee on Rules in eachHouse to supervise the changes to be made in accordance with the abovejoint resolution. These changes have been in progress during the sum-mer and fall. 'The provision which they have secured is thus far only aprovision for the two tiers of committee rooms. The space left abovethese is scarcely more than 6 feet in height to the roof trusses. It can,I understand, be increased to the height originally estimated (9% feet, Ibelieve) by the remodeling of the roof.

With a height sufficient to render this space habitable, it could be madeto serve the main purposes of the Congressional reference collection as aconsulting library. I t is not, however, on the convenient level for thatother service proposed-the receipt of applications for books and thereceipt and distribution of books from the main Library. For this servicethere is indispensable a rooin on the level of the maill floor, convenient toSenate, to House, and to the terminal of the book railway (which can notbe extended). A large roo111 is not necessary. One of the two adjacentto the old library space and the inner courts might answer. These arenotlight nor othenvise attractive for use as committee rooms. I earnestlyrecom~nend hat one of them at least, and both if possible, be assignedto this service.

The foregoing report has included, as was necessary, a statement ofthe routine progress of the past year, and it has indicated (though butbriefly) the events which have made the year significant-the adoptionby Congress of a scheme of reorganization, its approval of an equipment,which assumes functions for the Library that it has not heretofore exer-cised, and a destiny of which it had had before no adequate assurance.This year, which is the centennial year of the Library, a s of the capital,will have witnessed what is in effect a revision of its structure, a revisioilin the interest of a larger, broader, more scholarly service.

I t is in the interest also of the service which should be to the Libraryits primary obligation-the service to Congress itself. But this servimcan never be rendered adequatdy in the main Library building alone.It requires a collectioil of books at the Capitol; catalogues, also, andbibliographic tools, and in connection with them the best expert aid thatthe Library can furnish. Th e men are ready. The books, catalogues,and tools are being made ready. But there is yet to be provided for thema place. Until that shall be provided the Library, whatever its generalactivities, will not be rendering to Congress itself the service whichCongress has the right to denland from the Library of Congress.

I close my report, therefore, with the earnest recommendatioii thatthe project for a reference library at the Capitol, which Congress had in.


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26 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.view cvlieu it last adjourued, sliall be carried illto effect, and shall iiotgive way before any arcliitectural difficulty which can reasonably besmniouiited.Respectfully submitted.

HERBERTU T N A ~ I ,Libraria7t of Co7tgrcss.The HoiiorableThe PRESIDENTRO TEnIPORE OF THE SENATE.


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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.Appropria- 1 apended. , Unex-Lion. I pended.

I SALARIES. - I- 1---- - I! Library service: .........rigi nal app ropr iati on. $112,660 $ro$,, 337.23 $3,322.771 p p e m e n t a a p p r o p a t i o a 10,B; 9,&7.01 1 1.v7.99 1

Copyright office: ......... 368.0 16w2.2 1 b7.31 1Supplemelltary appropri ation.. 2.773 01special sedc e.. . .................

Total .........................INCREASE OF LIBRARY. I

Purchase of books .................. 5.73Purchase of periodicals.. ........... 2.81Purchase of law books .................xchange of public docnments.. --otal ......................... 31.680 31,670.83CONTINGENT EXPENSES. I ' i IOriginal appropriation ............. 1 .p .w .......................eficieucy a ppropriat io~l

-Total . m1.425 I 193,441.l 17 ~ 1PRINTING AN D BINDING. I I 1 I

a Granted the act for rgor to ena ble cert ain additiouul ell~plo yees o be take n on duri ug thelast 2 t h e f iscal ear IbGranted by the act fbr 191, but " to be available iu~mediately ~ td o ~~ tin uevailable untilexpended.''Of the special appropriation "for b i~ ~d it tgnd replacittg law books dama ed or destroyed in therecent explosion in the Capitpl, two tl~ oo sa ~~ $,ollars" there were exp ende f$I 27There was also an appfopr ~ation f $r.gw for the p~ trch ase f new books d? riohrence for theSllprellle Court, to be a part of t he I.il>rar of Conpress and p ~~ rc ha se dy the Marshal of theSupreme Court, uuder the direction of the d i e f Justice."

..............1.br .401.601.409,584.54

Original allotment. ................ 25.mo.WDeliciencyallotmellt ............. 2: 1 8,393.

Contingent exjenses in &ail.

Total ............................................rand total

I Object of expe nditure. I Amount. I

35.- 33.398.60----56.425 ! 216.840.46

Tools. ..............................................................Total ........................................................

.................................................tationery suppliesTraveling expenses.. .........................................................................................are of horse and w agon.....................................................u b b e rtamps.Postage sta mps (foreign correspondeuce). .........................Typewriter supplies.. ...........................................Postoffice box ren t.. ...............................................Telegrams ..........................................................

$2.356.99702.12I

397.05353.65IW. wf i 4316. w8. rz


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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.at $360. Periodical division: Chief of division, $2 ,a o; ten subordinates, one at$1,5oo, two at $ 9 , ive at $720, and two at $360. Division of bibliography: Chiefof division, $2,003; five subordinates, one at $I,-, two at $yo,one at $720, andone at $360. Maps and char ts division: Chief of division, $2,000; five subordinates ,one a t $1,200, two a t$9,ne at $720, and one at $360. Music division: Chief ofdivision, $1,500; five subordinates , on e at $1,200, one a t $1,003, two at .$ po , and oneat $360. Congressional Reference Library: Custodian , $1,500; five subordinates, oneat $1,200, one a t $9,ne at $720, an d two at $360. Docun ~ent ivision: Chief ofdivision, $3,wo; three subordinates, one a t $1,200. one at $720, and one at $360.Prin t division: Chief of division, $2,000; four su hord i~ ~a te s,hree a t $ 9 , and one at$360. Smithso~iiandeposit: Custodian, $r,goo; three subordinates, one at $1,200,one at $720, and one at $360. Manuscr ipts division: Chief of division, $1 ,goo: threesubordinates, two at $720, and one at $360. Binding disision: Assistant in charge,$1,200; two subordinates, one at $ 9 , and one at $360. Mail and supply division:Assistant in charge, $1,200; four subordinates, one at $ 9 , nd one at $360; st am pi ~~ gand packing, two attendants a t $720. 1,aw Library: Cust od ia ~~ ,2,500; three suh-ordinates, two at $1,400, and one at $9. opyright office: Register of copyrights,$3,000; forty-four subordinates, four a t $I,&, fair at $I,-&, two at $1,400, twelveat $1,200, three at $I ,003, eight at $ 9 , eigh t at $720, one at $&o, and two at $360.A total of two hundred and t hirty persons.

All of theabove positions may be assunled to be filled, except as illformation maybe given in answer to specific inquiry of vacancies existi ng at the time the inquiryis received.The inclosed blank is sent t o you at this time, not as an inVitatioll to you to appl?,nor because appointn~ent s re ill~ n~ed iate lyo 1x made, but because you have il ~d i-catecl a desire to be considered an appl ican t, or hare 111ade an inquiry looking to apossible application, and a statelllent of your qualificat ioi~ss desirable in a for111 on-venient for reference should occasio~~equire.

You ]nay desire further infomiation as to th e orgal~ization f the Library, with aview to more intelligent response to certa in of the questions. The authorities of theLibrary can not at present, however, undertake correspondence or personal confer-ence for the purpose of conveying to you such further infornlation.

You are therefore advised to fill up the blank to the best of your abilit y with theillformation a t your con~mand. If papers have already been filed by you they willbe placed with your formal application, when received.

HERBERT UTNAM,Libmrkrr of Coi t~ress.

WASHINGTON,. C.,jrrljr 1 , 1900.N o T E . - T ~ ~aw provides that the en ~pl oye es n the Library sen-ice shall "be selected by the1,ibrarian of Cougress, by reason of special aptitude for the wor t of the Library. i~lc lu di t~ ghecopyright work," at ~d orther, "that all persons employecl in said 1,ihrary of Co~l gress

under the Librarian shall be appointed sole ly with reference to their fitlles-, for theirparticular duties."


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FOREIGN NEWSPIPERS CURRENTLY RECEIVED, DECEMBER 4, I F .[NOTE.-All nre dailies unless otherwis e marked.1

Great Britain artd Colonies.England:

Birmingham Post (w.).Leeds Mercury.Liverpool Mercury.Liverpool Journal of Commerce.London-

Daily Chronicle.The Echo.Financial News.Lloyds Weekly Newspaper (w. ).Daily News.The Observer.Pall Mall ~a ze tt e.Morning Post.Th e Referee (w.).St. James's Gazette (w. ).Shipp ing and Mercantile Gazette.Speaker (w.).Sport ing Life (w.).The Standard.Daily Telegraph.The Times.Truth (w.)Westminster Gazette.

Manchester: The Manchester Guardian.Scotland:

Edinburgh: The Scotsman (w.).Glasgow: Th e Glasgow Herald.

Ireland:Dublin: Dublin Freeman (w.).

Irish Times (w.).Canada:

British Columbia-Vancouver: Daily News Advertiser.Victoria: Daily Colonist.

Manitoba-Winnipeg: Manitoba Free Press.


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APPENDIXIV.REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1899-1900.

' - u r - - L x - . *.. l l l lPrpU*The copyright business and the work of the copyright office for the fiscal year

from July I, 1899, to June 30, IF, inclusive, is summarized as follows:RECEIPTS.

The gross receipts during the year were $7 1,072.33. A balance of $I ,999.61, rep-resenting trust funds and unfinished business, was on hand July I , 1899, makin g atotal of $73,071.94 to be accounted for. Of this amount, $6,384.15 was refunded,having been sent to the copyright office as excess fees, or as fees for articles not reg-istrable, leaving a net balance of $66,687.79. The balance carried over Ju ly I, Irepresenting t rust funds, $934.38, and unfinished business, $551.91-was $1,486.29,leaving for-fees applied during th e fiscal year ~ S g r j - 1 9 , 65,201.50, and for feesapplied which were received in the copyright office prior to July I , 1897, $4.50, mak-ing a total of $65,206. (See Exhibit A .)

Of thi s sum of $65,206, represent ing applied fees, $65,193 was paid in to the Treas-ur yb y weekly checks, as per Exh ibit B, credit was allowed for $4.50 applied asfees, and $8.50 refunded, o ut of fees received prio r to July I, 1897.

COPYRIGHT ENTRIES, ETC.The total number of entries of titles d uring the fiscal year was 94,795. Of thisnuniber 86,438 were titles of productions of persons citizens or residents of th e

United States, and 8,360 were title s of productions of persons not citizens or resi-dents of the United States. The fees for these entrie s were: United States , $43,119;foreign, $S,360, or a tota l of $51,579. be

Of the foreign entries, 2,176 were with certificates, as well as 21,894 of +he UnitedSta tes entries, or a total of 24,070 certificates, at fees amounting to $12,035. In addi-tion, 1,192 copies of record were furn ished a t fees amounting to $596; S9S assign-ments were recorded and certified at a charge of m, nd search fees charged to theamount of $16. The details of th e copyright o5 ce business and applied fees are setout in Exhibit C.

COPYRIGHT DEPOSITS.The various articles deposited in compliance with the copyright law, which havebeen receipted for, stamped, credited, indexed, and catalogued dur ing t he fiscal

year amount to 141,444 (a gain of 21,301 over the previous fiscal year) , and thesearticles are classified as follows:

Deposits J u h 1 , 1899, lo June 30,1900.I. Books:

( a ) Books proper (volumes). ......................... 6,550( 6 ) Miscellaneous articles entered under the tern1"book " as used in the copyright law-i. e., cir-culars, leaflets, charts, etc ...................... 5,073. . . . . . . . . .c) Newspaper and magazine contributions.. 8,851

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REPO RT O F T H E LIBRARIAN O F CONGRESS.2. Dramatic compositions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5613. Periodicals (riumbers) ................................... 14, I474. Musical compos itions.. .................................. 16,505

......................................... Maps and charts . 1,3536. Engravings, cuts, and prints.. ........................... 39 5037. Chromos and lithographs.. .............................. I, 2578. Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, I 15--

9,915Two copies of each article were received, making . ..... 139,830

9. Photographs deposited with descriptions of or iginal worksof art, for identification, one copy each. ................. I, 614Grand total received.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,444

Th e titles filed for record are carefully indexed, each entry having a card underthe name of the proprietor; and books, periodicals, dramati c con~positions,andmaps have, in addition , title or auth or cards. These index cards, numbering 122,148for the fiscal year, become part of t he permanent indexes of the copyright office, andare also used as the copy for the "Catalogue of title entries" required to he printedweekly hy the act of Congress of March 3, I S ~ IFifty-first Congress, second session,chapter 565). The articles enumerated in the preceding paragraph were cataloguedduring the fiscal year, and t he catalogue printed in four volumes, as follow-s:

Pages.Volume 20, hird quarter of 1 89 , 13 numbers .. ................ 901...............olume 21, fourth quarter of I%, 13 numbers.. 938Volume 22, first quarter of ]goo, 13 numbers.. ................. 1,009..............olume 23, second quarter of r p , 13 number s.. 1, 127In all, 3,975 pages of octavo print.

COPYRIGHT MAIL MATTER.TheJe tters received at the copyright office during t he fiscal year numbered 60,609.

in addition to which there were received 5,964 postal cards. If to these are addedthe articles deposited which, as enumerated above, amounted to 141,444 artic les,th e grand tot al of articles received by mail at the copyright office reaches more than2w,000, without including a large number of articles (not separately counted, butnun~ heri ng everal thousand) which were returned to the senders.

Of the letters received, 13,257 contained money in coin or currency, while 13,924separate money orders, 4,523 checks, I , I 50 drafts , and.! ,230 express money orderswere recei~e d,making a total of 34,094 let ters tran;&itting money.

There were dispatched fro111 he copJ-right office during th e year 102,244 separatepieces of mail matter-letters, postal cards, envelopes contain ing documents, andparcels containing hooks, etc.

GROWTH IN THE COPYRIGHT BUSINESS. ,There is a steady increase in the aniouiit of th e copyright business from year to

year, hut the growth during the last fiscal year has heen exceptional. The totalentries (gj,7gS) as compared with the total entries of th e last fiscal year (80,968)show a gain of 13,850 entrie s, or a little more than I7 per cent. This growth in theentrie s is a nearly exact index of the increase in th e whole work of the copyrightoffice. While the re 1s an increase in the total copyright business from year-to,year, itfluctuates greatly from month to month and from day t o day, and th is great variancefrom one day to another is one of t he difficulties to he met in th e administration of


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4 0 R EP O RT O F T H E LIBRARIAN O F CONGRESS.the office. The least number of entries made on any one day during th e fiscal year~ S g g - 1 9 as 99, while the greatest number of entries made on any one day reachedthe ~11111of ;,7SS. Th e next lowest number of entries was 115, and the next highestnumber of en tries in any one day was946. A tabulation of the fluctuations from monthto month during t he present fiscal year is se t out in Exhibi t D, and a comparison ofthe nioiithly receipts and entries with the corresponding mon ths of t he preriousfiscal year will be found in Exhibit E.

The applied fees for this fiscal year ($65,206), as compared with the applied feesfor the previous fiscal year ($jS,267), show a net gain in fees paid into the Treasuryof $6,939 for the fiscal year. A comparison of t he applied fees for the last t hree fiscalyears is shown in Exhib it F.

The ~ium her f articles deposited increases steadily from year to year, the grandtotal fo r this fiscal year ( 141,444)as compared with th e last fiscal year's t otal ( I 20,143)~showing an increase of 21,301 articles. In Exhibit G will be found a comparison indetail of articles deposited to con~ ple te opyright for the three fiscal years, 1S97-95,~SgS-gg,~ S g y ~ g o o ,howing the increase from year to year in each class.

STATUS OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE WORK.The principal th ings to be accomplished in the copyright office are: ( I ) Prompt

recording and ackno~vledgment f remittances received; (2 ) posting into properledgers and acco u~~ tin gor th e different classes of fees, .w that the weekly paymentof applied fees into t he Treasury can be accurately made; (3 ) passing upon applica-tions, writing the necessary letters of es planat iol~n relation to informal applications,aiid returning excess fees and remittances which can not he applied as fees; (4 )stamping the titles accepted for record, with date, class designation, and copyriglitnumber; (5) indexing th e titles filed for record; (6 ) stamping, acknowledging, cred-iting, aiid cataloguing the articles deposited; ( 7 ) recording th e titles filed and 1,lakillgout, revising, and mailing the copyright certificates.

At the date of this report, November 23, 1 9 , he various divisionsof the copy-right office work har e been carried forward fo ur additional months beyolid the fiscalyear, the fees applied aiid paid into the Treasury from January I to October 31,1 9 , n~ountingo $55,791, and the entries made to 82,064.The exact status of the copyright office work a t this date (November 23, ~ g m )sas follows:

I. -411 ren~ittaiiceseceived have been recorded and acknowledged to November22, i~~clusive.2. The account books of th e bookkeeping division ,are written up an d posted toNoveniber 17, and the accounts rendered to th e Treasury Department a re settled up

to and including the month of October.3. Copyrigl~t pplications received up to and i~ ~c lu di ngoven~ber2 0 have beenpassed upon, and refunds made up to November 17. The total unfillished and pen d-ing busi~~e ssro111July I , 1897, to November 17, 1 9 , mounts to &79.13.

4. The titles filed for record (all classes) are dated, classified, and ]lumbered toNor e~n ber 7, inclusive.5. The titles filed are indexed as follows: Class A, books and plays, to Noveniber

12, 1 9 ; Class B, periodicals, to Noven~be r 16, 1 9 ; Class C, n~u sic , o November10, 1900; Class D, ~niscel laneous, o November 9, 1900.6. The articles deposited are stamped, catalogued, and credited as follows: Class A,

Books I , to November 2, 1 9 ; Books 11, to Noveil~ber ,1 9 ; Books 111, to Norem-ber 5, 1 9 ; Class B, periodicals, to November 23, 1 9 ; Class C, music, to October10, 1 9 ; Class D, miscellaneous, to October 4, 19.The Catalogue of Ti tle Entries has been brought forward another volume, viz,volume 24, or the third quarter of 1 9 , 1,172 pages; and Nos. I to 7 of the newvolume, 25, for October 4 to November 15, 1 9 , ave been printed.


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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS. 4 I7. Th e certificate entries have been recorded, all classes, to hTorember 16, inclu-

sive, and certificates made, revised, and mailed; while the certificates for November17, all classes, liave been niade and revised, and ar e ready for signature and mailing.

The non-certificate entries h ar e been recorded a s follo\vs: Class A to Kovember S;Class B to November 14; Class C to November 15; Class D to November 7, inclusive,leaving to be entered, to and including November 23,432 entries, Class A; 62 entries,Class B; 192 entries , Class C; 509 entries , Class D, or a total of 1,195 entries.

COPYRIGHT QFFICE BULLETINS.The following bulletins of the copyr ight office were printed during the year:The Copyright Law of th e United Sta tes of America, in force July , 19.ourth

edition, revised. \Vasliington: Government Printin goff ice , IF. 3opp. So. (Bul-let in No. I. )

Directions for the Registra tion of Copyrights under the Laws of t he United States.Third edition , revised. Washington: Goveriiinelit Printin g Ofice, 19.6 pp.(Bulletin No. 2.)

Copyright Enactments, 17Sj-1goo, comprising t he public and private copyrightlams [etc.]. Washington: Goverlln~en t rinting Office, IF. S3 pp. (Bulletin No. 3.)

Test of the Convention Creating the International Copyright Union, ISS~.Wash-ington: Government Printing Office, IF. I3 pp. So. (Bulletin No. 4, part I.)

Instructions for Registration for Copyright Protection within th e British Domin-ions. U7ashington: Government Prin ting Office, IF. I4 pp. So. (Bullet in No.4, Part 2.)Rules and Forms Relating to Copyright Registration in Caiiada, with law of IS S~ .Washington: Gorerliilient Printin g Office, IF. 22 pp. So. (Bulletin No. 4,Part 3.) ARREARS PRIOR TO JULY I, 1897.

Congress, in th e appropriation act of April IS, IF, prorided a special force ofthree clerks, a porter, an d a messenger boy for bringing up th e arrears i n the copy-righ t office work.

Althoug l~ iily a few months have passed since this appropriation became availa-ble good service has been rendered, enabling t he office to eliminate th e principalarrears ill current work, and also to make a good beginning in t he work of properlyarraligilig the material prior to July I, 1397. Of th e grea t massof copyright depositsfrom July,' IS~O,o July, 1897, estimated a t perhaps 200,000 articles-books, maps,engravings, etc.-all the books have been arranged by years, and th e books andpamphlets for the years 1S7o to ISSO, numbering 33,116 volumes, have been trans-ferred t o the nevi shelvilig prorided in a permanent storage location and thereproperly arranged. In addition, about 22,000 maps, engravings, photographs, etc.,ha re been classified and arranged.

Of the titles filed prior to July 8, 1570. 60,719 (nearly the whole collection) havebeen arranged between boards especially prorided for the purpose, properly lettered,and tied up and filed away.

The consolidation of t he old and new indexes has been carried out to the letter H,inclusive, 201,100 cards having been cut an d alphabetized. This beconies the gen-eral alphabetical index to all the copyright entries since July 8, 1870, numbering upto the end of September, ~ g m ,,171,521.A certain of th e uncredited deposits between ~ S g o nd 1896 has been

credited, but it has not been practicable to keep an era cr account of the number ofthese articles. -411 th e uncredited material has been roughly assorted, and 720 booksand paniphlets have been subjected to the liecessarily slow process of es aniination

, with t he indexes and have thus been disposed of.Respectfully submitted. THORVALDOLBERG,Regisleu of Copyrights.WASHINGTON, . C., Novettrber 23; 900.


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APPENDIXIV.REPORTOF THE REGISTEROF COPYRIGHTS FOR THE FISCAL EAR 1S~g-1900.EXHIBIT%.-Statenterit of greoss I-eceipls, refrcrrds, rrel r,eceipls, nrrd fees appliellfor

fiscal year eridirrg jzdrie30, 1900.

receipts. applied.--et I Fees

Refunds.

5459. fa456.61431. IS500.135jg 13qSo.00

31011th.

1%....................................................nly~ u g u s t .................................................Septemoer. ...........................................October .................................................November ............................................................................................ecember

Balance brought forward from June fo, I-.. ...............................................$1,ggg. 61......................................................ross receipts July I , ~ W J u n e0, IF ;I, 072.53

Gross cashreceipts.--$5.156.674,S46.976,076.955,5S3.5g5,479.156,728.06

1900.................................................anuary ...............................................ehruaryMarch ................. ................................April ..................................................Yay ....................................................

.June. .............................................................................................otal

. ;A, cir.94Less re futlds July I, ~Sgg-June 30, IF.. ...................................................... 6.5%. 15To be accouuted for . ................................................................... as, 7 . 9Balance carried forward July I, rgw:

Trust fund. ................................................................. $334.38Cnfinished busi ~le ss ince July I , 1697...................................... 551.91

r,4%. ?gFees applied July I. ~ W J u n eo , 1 9 ....................................................... 65,201.50Fees received and paid into the Treasury prior to Ju ly I, 1697, aud ap plied fiscal year

1-19c3 .................................................................................. J.50

i . a g . 65,513476,515.436,&.6a5.660.36s,j62.66

71,072.33

Total allloullt of fees applied ......................................................... fij,206.00

j71.49446.00746.98664.50qjo. 67397.54

6,6$.j1 / 4m.1.5,077.47 / 5, oja. 505, jfS.45 1 5 , S i r . s5,402. ja 5.53j.505, a?. 49 : 5, alg. 50

.5,365.32 5. j6g.50I -6.364.15 1 64,668. S ; 65,206.00


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REPORTO F T 9 E REGISTEROF COPYRIGHTSFOR THE FISCALEAR 1 8 g p I v ...-EXHIBIT . -StnLerrtetil of fees j a id i tdo Twsary .

Date. Check1 nunlber. 1 Amount.1%.

July I0 ...................17.. .................I

30. ..................Nov. 3....................

6. ...................13....................m....................2j. ...................

Dec. 4.................... I

Soo. 001 , m . w1,400.w1,200. w

3%. 50700. 00

1,000.w1,000.w

900.001.000.Ca

10s. w1,000. w1.000.00I, Po.w1,500.QQ

65s. 50900. 00

1,200.w1,ow.wr,5w. w

717. wgoo.&a. w

I,m.wI, 400.00

600.a,110.50

I, wo.I. sw. w1,zw.CO

I, 200.001.500.w

277.002, wo. 01 , m . w1, .w.

Date. ' Check 11 number. Amount.'9"'.

Feb. 5...................10 ...................11.. .................19...................26. ..................

Mar. 5..................., ..................la.. .................19.. .................16..................

Apr. 2 ..................., ..................9. ..................

16.. .................

1.ooo.00 .I,Woo.OO799.W

1,500. 00I, XX ) . a,

700. w130.50

1,500.03I.500.WI, 200.w .1,200. co

471.5'3I. XX) . wI, Po.w

a3...................I I. 200.0050...................May 5......................................

.................4..21.. ................as. ..................

Jiine 4...................g...................

11...................IS.. .................13.. .................

July a.. .................5...................

65,193.a,Fees received and paid into the

nud applied for eu tries, ~Sgg-1900.Fees received prior t o July I, 1697,

alld refullded totmnsniitters, nothavi ng been appl ied as copy-right fee8.........................

Total. ...................... Q6.

1,200.00755.50'ioo. w

IS116a1Sg1541651661S7ISS169'90

1,m0.m1.5co.cor . m . c o600. co429.50

1.zw.coI, m. coI. 200.~0I , 200.~0

569.50


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APPENDIXV.REPORTOF THE REGISTER F COPYRIGHTSOR TH E FISCAL EAR 899-1gm.

Annual report for the js ml year july I , 1899,. o June 30, 1900.-Concparalive monthly slaletnent of gros s cash rece@ls, executed business,nun8ber of entries, daidy avera ge, elc.

1%9-1goo

July ........................August .....................September .................October ....................................ovenlber..December.................January ...................February.. .................March ......................April .......................May ........................June.......................

Total .................

Nunlber of entrie;'Foreign.

6996886577116q3w6295677567686qg609

8,360

Gross receipts. Business executed.

~~~~~

6. 1365,8376,9146,9166,1186.349

12,1796,9547.5557,3216,8637, &

86,438

'**

&,m.5 04 ,7 9 5 05,357.505 , 3 1 7 . ~4810.505.18j.m8,om.s5,032.505.871.505.535,s5,229.505.369.50

65,2ob.a,

Monthlyreceipts.S156.Q4 W . 9 740p.%5,563.595.479.156,7d.o67.49.805523.476,515.436,&.825,660.365,762.86

71,072.3~

Totals.

6,8356,5257,5717,6276.8147.18412,8617.5218.3118,oBg7.5087 , 9 5~ . 7 + 3

Monthlydecrease.....................m.9..........

495.36104.4....................

a,lZ6.=..........426.6146.46........................................

Mollthlyincrease.

..........$1,231.98....................I, 248.91

921.74..........991.96....................102.50

Dailyaverage.$198.34

186.42z33.h214.75210.74258 7729421~12.44232.692% 10217.70z21.Q

average.$184.21181.15p6.05204.50185.0219.34307.71193.55~~9.69z~a.go101. 13206.51...................

Increase.-----------....... .$648. w....................372.502.817.50..........839.~0....................140.00

Increase.

..........r .q6

56..........470

5.524..........w......................3 9 7 . ........ -.

c&

[email protected] 6 . p....................

z ,@ w..........J36.w306. w................... /.

&?ge.---..................31;....................813...................

~ 2 8 7........42291

........

Average.a61a50rpr=53a61a n493993 3311%8W

.......-...........


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EXHIBITF.-Copjlrtght fees for last three jiscalyears 1897-98 lo r899.1900 .Month. I. 1111 1 . 1 1 . 1 l w - l F---

ul y ........................................................... $3.*.a, Q 724.50............................................................ugust 4196.00 4.166.50September ........................................................ 4.559.50 4.53750...........................................................ctob er q.8qg.m 4.744.00November ........................................................ 4.6a.m 4. a6g.w.December......................................................... 5.16z.00 5. os8.p

.anuary ........................................................... 4224 50 6. 19z.50..........................................................ebr uar y q.?oq.a, 4.505.50Narch ............................................................ 4 . 8 6 5 . ~ 5.312.50April .............................................................. 4. 835.50 4.899.00M a y .............................................................. 4.610.50 5.076.00June ............................................................. 4.33950 4.651.~. --Iota1........................................................ 55.926.50 58.67.a,

....................................et anrourlt of fees applied for th e fiscal yea r I+IF f65.106.a,Net ~ I I I O U I I ~f fees applied fo r the fiscal ye ar 169S+ ...................................... 58.267.00Illcrease for the ye ar................................................................ 6.939. a

EXHIBIT.- Table o ariicles deposited drtrilrg three fisccll years 1897-98. 1898-99.1899.1940 .

~"n8

I. B O O ~ ~ :( a ) ooks proper (volumes) ................................. 5.575( b ) nlirrellal~eous rticles ent ered 1111der he te rm "book" I

a s llsed ill the c opy rig ht 1awe . ., circulars, leaf-lets, elc................................................. 4, 699Ic) Newspapers a11d ~~ ~a ga zi xt erticles ...................... 3,262

9

IsY3-m.---3 8344, rg65, 1855079.77719.9761.4763.5051.0507.695

14593217----18,4341.7W---l q ~ ~ f

......................................... Dran1atic~0111positio11s........................................Periodicals (~~unlbers)4. Musical col ~~pos itio ~ls.........................................5. Maps a11d cha rts ...............................................6 E ~ ~ g r a \ . i ~ ~ g s , c u t s , a ~ ~ drillts ........................................................................Chro~lros nd lithographs

1695-ll"l

6.5505.073

I S.6519 1

14.14716,$051,3533.3031.15712. 15....... ...% 915

13%8301.614

141,444

39113, 7%17, a17I, ~ $ 6a912

7478. Photographs ................................................... 5.777ga Misce l la l~eo~~su~~classifiedrticles) ........................ 375.....

1t.o copies of each article were received ..................y. Pl~otographswith titles of works of art for iderltificatiol~o ne m l ~ y ach ................................................Grand total ................................. '................

55.976rr I. 52653112. 805

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