September 6, Harry J. Hall, Lincoln, membership fee ... September 6, Mrs. Henry A. LaSelle, Bea trice, membership fee.... September 6, Wallace L. Crandall, Lincoln, .$ 2.00 2.00 membership fee 2.00 ... September 16, Geo. E. Buell, Murdock, membership fee 2.00 September 16, Louis F. Fryar, Clay Center, membership fee 2.00 September 16, Theodore Ojendyke, Ash ton, membership fee 2.00 October 21, Rev. Wm. H. Frost, Fremont, membership fee 2.00 October 21, John Halldorson, Lincoln, membership fee 2.00 October 21, C. S. Paine, Lincoln, sales... 150 October 25, F. W. Brown, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 October 28, O. P. Foale, Table Rock, mem October 28, Lucy T. Wood, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 October 28, W. A. Lindly, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 October 28, R. S. Mockett, Lincoln, mem bership fee ... 2 00 November 6, A. R. Maiben, Palmyra, mem bership fee 2.00 November 6, F. B. Garver, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 November 6, M. J. Waugh, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 November 21, W. A. Selleck, Lincoln, mein bership fee November 25, Arnold Egger, Sprague, membership fee November 25, F. A. Truell, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 November 25, W. H. England, Lincoln, membership fee 2.00 November 30, Geo. F. Corcoran, York, membership fee 2.00 December 2, S. C. Stewart, Axtell, mem bership fee 2.00 December 2, Edward P. Pyle, Stockville, membership fee 2.00 December 2, Arthur J. Wray, York, mem December 2, C. D. Stoner, Osceola, mem bership fee 2.00 December 2, J. W. Adams, Curtis, member December 2, A. M. Walling, David City, membership fee 2.00 December 2, Mrs. Anna M. B. Kingsley, Minden, membership fee.. 2.00 December 2, J. N. Norton, Osceola, mem bership fee 2. 00 ... December 2, Theo. Griess, Harvard, mem bership fee 2.00 December 2, Loyal M. Graham, Stockville, membership fee December 2, J. S. Canaday, Minden, membership fee December 3, Milwaukee city treasurer books sold M. C. L........... December 4, Ross Bates, Springfield, mem .8 2.00 2.00 7 50 bership fee 2.00 December 10, H. M. Eaton, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2,00 December 10, George D. Bennett, Lincoln, membership fee 2.00 December 17, A. L. Searle, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 December 17, C. F. Harpham, Lincoln, membership fee 2.00 December 24, W. E. Hannan, Lincoln, mem bership fee 2.00 December 24, Miss Eleanor Duffield, Lin coln, membership fee.... 2.00 December 24, J. G. P. Hildebrand, Lincoln, January 22, State Journal Co., printing programs February 18, Simmons the Printer, print ing programs March 1, Columbia National Bank (Jacob .8 4 75 2.50 5 00 32 00 May 10, C. S. Paine, miscellaneous bills...$ 22 52 June 26, First National Bank (F. E. Jack son), services 7.00 ... June 29, City National Bank (Clara 3.00 July 1, exchange, David City.. November 6, Central National Bank (Jacob November 7, First National Bank (J. E. 10 6 30 Ferris), reporting 5.00 November 7, National Bank of Commerce (Americana Society), American Historical Magazine 3 00 November 11, City National Bank (W. F. 10 00 (Ivy Press), printing... 12 00 November 23, M. E. Wheeler (J. E. Fer REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. To the Board of Directors of the Nebraska State Historical Society: I take pleasure in submitting my report as Librarian of the Nebraska State Historical Society, from May 1, 1907, to December 31, 1907. Perhaps the most important work done during this period was the cataloguing of a very large part of the 27,000 volumes in the library. Up to the 1st of last June the library had not been catalogued, organized, or classified except in a general way. The present Secretary and Library Committee were very anxious to have the library catalogued and put into such shape that the material could be used to better advantage. As it was, there was no way, outside the memory of those actively connected with the Society, of telling what material was on hand, or of locating things for those who came to use the library. When your Librarian assumed her duties, the 1st of May, 1907, the Board had decided to secure an expert organizer and cataloguer for the summer, and do as much as possible toward cataloguing the whole library. Miss Anna M. Price of the Library School of the University of Illinois was employed as organizer, and on the tenth day of June the work of cataloguing began. Besides Miss Price and your Librarian, a young woman was secured to typewrite the cards, and during eight and one-half weeks of the summer one other assistant was employed. For financial and other reasons the library had not received as much attention as it needed, and was very dirty. Every book was taken from the shelves, the dust wiped off with damp cloths, and the shelves washed before the books were replaced. The work of cataloguing continued from June 10 to September 4, and during that time 22,000 titles were catalogued by the Dewey decimal system of classification. The card catalogue contains 10,000 typewritten cards, shelf list included. |