DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF LIBRARIES P
ix
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OREGON.
Contains about 295,000 volumes, the reference library comprising nearly 40,000 of these. The central building is open from 9 A.M. to 9:30 P . M . on week-days and on Sundays and holidays from 2 P. M. to 9:30 P. M. for reading only. The Library Association of Portland was founded in 1863, and until 1902 was a subscription library. In 1891 the library was moved into the building on the corner of Broadway and Stark Street, and again in September 1913, to the present building which occupies the block bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, Yamhill and Taylor Streets. • On March 10, 1902, the library became free and since that time has made rapid strides, both in the acquisition of books and in the increase of membership and circulation. There are at the present time, 17 branches; 22 stations; libraries in 682 schoolrooms, institutions, etc.; in all there are 211 distributing points.The collection of Oregoniana contains in addition to the items listed, an almost complete collection of Oregon state documents, a considerable number of early newspapers printed in the state including almost complete files of the Oregonian and the Oregon Daily Journal besides many periodicals published in the state. The library n • '*" ^as k e e n a depository for United States documents since 1863 and in addition to its very full file from that date, has added complete sets of the Congressional Record under its various names, the American Archives, American State Papers, and also many individual early documents dealing with Northwest history. It has indexed the Portland daily papers for local material since 1910, and has also included in this index the names given in death notices in the Oregonian from 1865 to 1910. Librarian:
MARY FRANCES ISOM.
Pu
LIBRARY OF PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, FOREST GROVE, OREGON.
S
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
A free public library of 319,394 volumes, founded in 1891. The central library is located at 4th Avenue and Madison St., and occupies a $300,000 building, erected with funds provided largely by Andrew Carnegie. I n addition to the general circulation and reference departments, this building also contains separate rooms for art and technology, for periodicals, newspapers, work with schools, and children's work, besides special divisions .for municipal reference work, work with foreigners, and work with the blind. The library also operates nine branch libraries (seven in permanent buildings, of which six were provided by Mr. Carnegie) and four drug store deposit stations. The central library is open from 9 A. M. to 10 P . M. on week days and 2 P . M . to 10 P . M. on Sundays and holidays. T h e branch libraries are open from 2 to • 9 P. M. on week days and are closed on Sundays and holidays. T h e use of books for reading and consultation at the library is free to all. The privilege of borrowing books for home use is free to all residents of Seattle, and to those non-residents who are Seattle taxpayers, have places of business or attend school in Seattle. In addition to the 319,394 volumes mentioned ; above, the library has several thousand volumes of municipal, state, and federal documents and a large number of pamphlets. Librarian:
JUDSON T. JENNINGS.
