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 HANDBOOK OF THE LIBRARIES 
 OF THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 SBCOND EDITION 
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 PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 PAQB 
 
 Part I. General Information 
 
 I. Introduction 3 
 
 II. Organization of the Libraries 3 
 
 III. Officers of the Libraries 4 
 
 IV. Historical Statement 4 
 
 Part II. The Harper Memorial Library 
 
 I. Main Features 7 
 
 II. Architecture . 8 
 
 III. Inscriptions and Symbohc Designs 8 
 
 IV. Floor Plans and Lists of Rooms 12 
 
 V. Capacity 15 
 
 Part III. Information for Readers Concerning the Use of Books, 
 
 Classification Systems, and Catalogues 
 
 I. Directory of Libraries and Library Hours 16 
 
 II. Instructions to Readers: How to Get Books . . . . .17 
 
 III. Systems of Classification and Location of Classes .... 21 
 
 IV. Unclassified Collections 30 
 
 V. Catalogues 31 
 
 VI. Indexes 35 
 
 VII. Reference Books 35 
 
 VIII. Rare Book Room 37 
 
 IX. Periodicals 37 
 
 X. Atlases and Maps 37 
 
 XI. Theses 38 
 
 XII. Special Collections 38 
 
 XIII. Number of Books in the Libraries and Space for Readers . . 39 
 
 Part IV. Rules and Regulations 
 
 I. Organization and Ofiicers 41 
 
 II. Acquisition of Books 42 
 
 III. Binding of Books 43 
 
 IV. Use of the Libraries by Readers . . .' : . . . .44 
 
 V. Library Hours and Periods of Service 49 
 
 VI. Fines and Penalties 50 
 
 VII. PubUcation and Amendment of Rules 50 
 
 Part V. Alphabetical List of the Staff 51 
 
 Index 53 
 
PART I 
 GENERAL INFORMATION 
 
 I. INTRODUCTION 
 
 The aim of this Handbook is to give to the Faculty, students, and other users 
 of the Libraries of the University of Chicago a general description of the Harper 
 Memorial Library, an outUne of the resources, catalogues, and systems of classi- 
 fication of the Libraries, a guide to the location of classes of books and special 
 collections, and information in regard to the rules and regulations which govern 
 the administration of the Libraries and the use and circulation of books. While 
 it is hoped that it will prove helpful to the users of the Libraries, the fact needs to 
 be emphasized that no catalogues or reference books can take the place of the 
 assistance which officials thoroughly familiar with the Libraries and their collec- 
 tions can occasionally render. AU persons who have occasion to consult the 
 Libraries are therefore cordially invited to call on the Library officials for 
 assistance. 
 
 The following especially should be called upon in this connection: 
 
 1) The Associate Director, room M.25. 
 
 2) The Head of the Readers' Department and his assistants in the General 
 
 Reading-Room and at the dehvery desk in room W.31. 
 
 3) The Head Cataloguer and her assistants in room M.21, especially for 
 
 reference books in the Cataloguing Department, for information in 
 regard to catalogues, both printed and on cards. 
 
 4) The Head of the Acquisition Department, room W .21, and her assistants, 
 
 for questions in regard to order catalogues, trade bibliographies, sale 
 and auction catalogues. 
 
 5) The classifiers in room M.22 and M.25, for explanation of the classi- 
 
 fication and shelf -Ust (the classed catalogue), also for the location of 
 certain books and pamphlets not recorded in the catalogues in W.31. 
 
 6) The Head of the Department of Binding. Exchanges, and Gifts in room 
 
 M.24. 
 
 7) The various librarians and assistants in charge of the Departmental 
 
 libraries. 
 
 II. ORGANIZATION OF THE LIBRARIES 
 
 The Libraries of the University of Chicago include the General Library, the 
 Departmental libraries, and the House libraries. 
 
 The General Library is a reference and circulating library for all members 
 of the University. Its reading-room is open also to members of other educational 
 institutions and to residents of Chicago engaged in serious study. 
 
 The Departmental Ubraries are reference and research libraries designed 
 especially for the use of the members of the Faculties and students doing advanced 
 work. 
 
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 A House library is intended for the use of the residents of a particular 
 residence hall of the University. 
 
 The administrative work of the Libraries is organized in three departments. 
 
 The Acquisition Department has charge of the acquisition of books and 
 other publications for all the libraries of the University, whether by purchase, 
 exchange, or gift, and of the binding and rebinding of books. 
 
 The Cataloguing Department catalogues and classifies the books and other 
 publications possessed by the Libraries. 
 
 The Readers' Department has the oversight of all the reading-rooms and of 
 the circulation of books. 
 
 III. OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARIES^ 
 
 Harry Pratt Judson, President of the University. 
 
 Ernest DeWitt Burton, Director of the University Libraries. 
 
 James Christian Meinich Hanson, Associate Director of the University 
 Libraries. 
 
 Clarence Almon Torrey, Ph.B., Head of the Gift, Exchange, and Binding 
 Division, Acquisition Department. 
 
 Josephine Chester Robertson, A.B., Head Cataloguer. 
 
 Cora Belle Perrine, A.B., Head of the Purchase Division, Acquisition Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 Earl Northup Manchester, A.B., Head of the Readers' Department. 
 
 Storrs Barrows Barrett, A.B., Librarian of the Yerkes Observatory Library. 
 
 Irene Warren, Ph.B., Librarian of the School of Education Library. 
 
 Frederick William Schenk, Librarian of the Law School Library. 
 
 Emma Louise Dickinson, Assistant Librarian in the Biological Group Library. 
 
 Cora Margaret Gettys, A.B., Assistant Librarian in the General Library. 
 
 Walter Leroy Runyan, A.M., D.B., Assistant Librarian in the Divinity School 
 Library. 
 
 Clara Louise Little, Assistant Librarian in the Classical Library. 
 
 Winifred Kimball Winne, Ph.B., Assistant Librarian in the Geology and 
 Geography Library. 
 
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 IV. HISTORICAL STATEMENT 
 
 In accordance with a plan outlined by President William R. Harper in a 
 Bulletin issued before the University opened its doors in 1892, in addition to 
 the General Library a Departmental library was created for each department of 
 instruction and located in close juxtaposition with the classrooms of the depart- 
 ment. Experience having demonstrated the advantage of grouping closely 
 related libraries, steps were taken in 1898 with a view to further grouping, and 
 in the following year several new groups were formed. 
 
 At present there exist Departmental libraries for the following schools, 
 groups, and departments: The Divinity School, the School of Education, the 
 Law School, the Historical Group, the Classical Group, the Modern Language 
 Group, the Biological Group, the Geological and Geographical Group, and the 
 
 > For full list of the Staff see p. 51. 
 
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 departments of Philosophy, Psychology, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, 
 Chemistry, Public Speaking. 
 
 There is but one fully organized House Library, that belonging to Charles 
 Hitchcock Hall. Maintained until 1910 under the house administration, the 
 library was in that year, at the request of Mrs. Hitchcock, the donor of the 
 building and the library, put in charge of the general administration of the 
 Libraries. 
 
 From 1892 to 1902 the General Library of the University was housed in a 
 temporary one-story building, which also gave accommodation to the University 
 Press and the Gymnasium. This building stood where Hutchinson Court is now 
 located. In 1902, on the completion of the University Press Building on the 
 corner of 58th Street and Ellis Avenue, the Library accompanied the Press to the 
 new location. Here also it remained ten years. 
 
 The first active steps toward the erection of a permanent central library 
 building for the University were taken in the same year in which the Library 
 was located in the Press Building. On June 24, 1902, on recommendation of 
 President Harper, the Board of Trustees appointed a Library Commission which 
 included, besides the President himself, three members of the Board of Trustees 
 and six members of the Faculties. The report of this Commission, presented and 
 adopted by the Board of Trustees in August of the same year, recommended that 
 the main library building be made the central member of a group of nine build- 
 ings which should include buildings for the Divinity School, the Law School, the 
 Historical and Social Science Group, the Philosophy Group, the Classical Group, 
 the Modern Language Group, and the Oriental Group; that each of these buildings 
 contain a Departmental library for the departments housed in it ; and that the 
 buildings be so constructed that the reading-room of each Departmental library 
 should be on approximately the same level with that of the central building and 
 in easy communication with it by bridge or otherwise. The Commission also 
 recommended that the central library building be erected in the center of the 
 Midway frontage of the main quadrangle, flanked on the west by the buildings 
 for Modem Languages and Classics, and on the east by those of the Historical 
 and Social Science Group. The Haskell Oriental Museum had already been 
 built. The Law Building was begun the following spring. The Divinity School 
 was assigned space north of Haskell, and Philosophy and Psychology, north of 
 the Law School. 
 
 Tentative plans for all the buildings of the Library Group as thus planned 
 were drawn in connection with the preparation of the report of the Commission. 
 Those of the Library itself were repeatedly restudied by the architects, Shepley, 
 Rutan & Coolidge, in the next six years, and submitted for criticism not only to 
 the Board of Trustees, but to many of the librarians of the country. 
 
 On the death of President Harper in January, 1906, there was a widespread 
 feeling that there should be erected on the University Quadrangles some perma- 
 nent and worthy memorial of the first President of the University, and it was 
 Boon decided that that memorial should take the form of a central library building 
 erected in accordance with the plan which President Harper himself had taken 
 part in shaping. 
 
 Mr. John D. Rockefeller promised to give three-fourths of whatever amount 
 should be given for this purpose up to $800,000. To meet this offer over 
 
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 $200,000 was subscribed and duly paid by over two thousand individual givers. 
 These gifts and the interest accumulated before and during the process of build- 
 ing yielded somewhat more than a million dollars. Of this sum approximately 
 $800,000 was spent upon the building and its furniture, and $200,000 set aside 
 as an endowment fund for the physical maintenance of the building. 
 
 Ground was broken January 10, 1910, on the fourth anniversary of the death 
 of President Harper. The cornerstone was laid June 14, 1910. The building 
 was dedicated June 11, 1912, two years and five months from the breaking of 
 ground. It was opened to the use of readers at the beginning of the Summer 
 Quarter, Tuesday, June 18, 1912. 
 
 For full description of this building see Part IH-. 11 
 
 The erection of the Hiram Kelly Classical Building will, it is hoped, be 
 begun in the near future. It will constitute a part of the Library Group above 
 described. In addition to classrooms and offices, it will contain reading-rooms 
 and research studies for some 150 students, shelving for about 80,000 volumes for 
 the Classical Group, and storage stacks for the General Library capable of 
 holding 220,000 books. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 
 
 PART II 
 THE HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 
 
 I. MAIN FEATURES 
 
 The main features both of the Harper Memorial Library and of the whole 
 group of which it is the central building were laid down in the report of the Com- 
 mission of 1902. 
 
 The main reading-room is on the third floor of the middle section of the 
 Harper Library. Adjoining it in the West Tower is the PubUc Catalogue and 
 General Delivery Room. From this floor bridges lead immediately to the 
 Libraries in the Haskell Oriental Museum and the Law Building. Eventually 
 there will also be immediate communication with the reading-rooms of the other 
 buildings of the group, which still remain to be built. 
 
 The general administrative oflBces and working-rooms of the Libraries are 
 on the second floor. Other oflSces and rooms for special collections are provided 
 in the fourth, fifth, and sixth stories of the two towers. 
 
 The book stacks rest directly on the ground and are carried independently of 
 the building. The first floor, with the exception of the East Tower stack, is 
 temporarily given up to classrooms and a suite of oflSces for the President of the 
 University. With the exception of the space reserved for corridors this floor will 
 eventually be wholly occupied by stacks. 
 
 The Historical and Social Science Group, whose building is eventually to be 
 built immediately east of the Central Library Building, is for the present given 
 space for a Graduate reading-room and departmental offices in the third, fourth, 
 fifth, and sixth floors of the East Tower. The Departmental hbraries of Philoso- 
 phy and Modern Languages are located in the West Tower until such time as 
 more permanent quarters can be provided or the space is required for less special- 
 ized purposes. Seminar rooms are also provided for all these departments. The 
 completion of the Library Group according to the plan indicated above will 
 give all these departments space in buildings of their own, but in immediate 
 connection with the General Library. 
 
 There are four entrances to the Harper Memorial Library: three from the 
 north and one from the south. Access can also be had over the bridges that 
 lead from the Haskell Oriental Museiun and the Law Building. In each tower 
 a passenger elevator and two stairways extend the whole height of the building. 
 Electric book-lifts Ukewise run the whole height of both towers, from lower 
 basement to sixth floor. Pneumatic tubes for the conveyance of book orders 
 and charging cards connect various parts of the building. Speaking tubes and 
 telephones facilitate viva voce communication. 
 
 The total number of rooms in the building is 81, besides 41 closets and minor 
 rooms of various kinds. There is office space for about forty members of the 
 
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 Library staff and twenty-five members of the Faculties, and seats for about five 
 hundred and seventy readers. There will be space for about one million volumes 
 when aU the stacks are installed. 
 
 The demand for beauty has been met mainly in the towers, the highest 
 point of whose turrets is 135 feet above the ground, in the stone carvings, 
 both exterior and interior, and especially in the great reading-room. The 
 subjects of the carvings have been carefully selected with a view to their 
 appropriateness to the building. The coat-of-arms of the University of Chicago 
 has been used in a number of places. In the main reading-room are the coats- 
 of-arms of eight American and eight European and Asiatic universities. 
 
 The center court, bounded on the south by the Library Building, on the east 
 by the Law School, and on the west by the Haskell Oriental Museum, is known 
 as the Harper Court, and eventually, it is expected, there will stand in the center 
 of it a bronze statue of President Harper. 
 
 11. ARCHITECTURE 
 
 The Harper Memorial Library gives the University another illustration of 
 English Gothic architecture of the collegiate type, inspired by the examples of 
 King's College Chapel at Cambridge, and Magdalen College and Christ Church 
 at Oxford. The Library is not copied from any particular building, but the 
 features of its design have their origin in the motives of those ancient buildings 
 and it is wrought in that style of architecture to meet present-day needs. It 
 is believed that the result gives an atmosphere of dignity and charm to this 
 important central building of the University. 
 
 III. INSCRIPTIONS AND SYMBOLIC DESIGNS 
 
 In the stone carvings, both exterior and interior, in addition to the traditional 
 designs characteristic of the Gothic architecture, much use has been made of the 
 coats-of-arms of European, American, and Asiatic universities, and of the printers' 
 marks of the most famous European printers. The following is a list of the 
 universities and colleges, whose coats-of-arms or seals are carved on the 
 building, and of the inscriptions, arranged according to location : 
 
 I. ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION 
 
 Between the first- and second-story windows of the West Tower: 
 "West side Center East side 
 
 Toronto Williams Dublin 
 
 McGill Bowdoin Edinburgh 
 
 Amherst 
 
 Brown 
 
 Over the third-story window of the West Tower, from left to right: 
 
 L London 8. Berlin 
 
 2. Leyden 9. Salamanca 
 
 3. Gottingen 10. Leipzig 
 
 4. Upsala 11. Heidelberg 
 
 5. Aberdeen 12. Geneva 
 
 6. Brussels 13. Manchester 
 
 7. Paris 14. Vienna 
 
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 Over the third-story window of the East Tower, seven Oxford shields and 
 seven Cambridge shields as follows : 
 
 1. New College 8. Cambridge University 
 
 2. Christ Church 9. Peterhouse 
 
 3. Balliol 10. Pembroke 
 
 4. Oriel 11. Kings 
 
 5. Magdalen 12. Trinity 
 
 6. Trinity 13. Emmanuel 
 
 7. Oxford University 14. St. Johns 
 
 On tlje parapet over the central window of the Reading-Room: 
 The University of Chicago 
 
 II. ON THE NORTH ELEVATION 
 
 Over the third-story windows: 
 
 West Tower East Tower 
 
 1. Harvard 1. Wisconsin 
 
 2. Northwestern 2. Denison 
 
 3. Indiana 3. Cornell 
 
 4. Johns Hopkins 4. Columbia 
 
 5. Minnesota 5. Pennsylvania 
 
 6. Michigan 6. Vassar 
 
 7. Princeton 7. California 
 
 Over the second-story windows above the main entrance to the West Tower: 
 
 1. Yale 3. Illinois 
 
 2. Virginia 4. Leland Stanford Junior 
 
 Over the main entrance of the West Tower are the coats-of-arms of: 
 
 1. The University of Chicago 
 
 2. The United States of America 
 
 On the parapet over the Reading-Room are the coats-of-arms of: 
 
 The United States of America 
 Annapolis West Point 
 
 Over the central north entrance is the following inscription: 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 William Rainey Harper 
 
 First President of the 
 
 University of Chicago 
 
 On the parapet over the center of the Reading-Room, north elevation, are 
 the words: 
 
 Science, Art, Literature 
 
10 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 HI. IN THE ENTRANCE HALLS 
 
 On the south wall of the entrance to the West Tower the following inscription 
 will appear on a brass tablet: 
 
 TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF 
 
 WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER 
 
 First President op the University of Chicago 
 
 Bom 1856 Died 1906 
 
 This Building was erected 
 
 By gifts of the Founder of the University 
 
 Members of the Board of Trustees and Faculties 
 
 Alumni Students and other Friends 
 
 A.D. 1912 
 
 In the entrance hall of the West Tower printers' marks are carved on the 
 etone corbels supporting the oak beams of the ceiling. On the south side, they 
 run from east to west, as follows : 
 
 1. The device of Johann Froben, Basle, the last years of the fifteenth century 
 and the first quarter of the sixteenth. (Two hands holding upright a caduceus, 
 on which is perched a bird. The two serpents are crowned.) Froben. 
 
 2. Device introduced by Christopher Plantin about the middle of the six- 
 teenth century. (A pair of compasses directed by a hand.) The best known of 
 several devices used by the famous Plantins of Antwerp, printers and publishers. 
 Labor e et Constantia. 
 
 3. Device of Gerardus Wolsschatius, Antwerp, first quarter of the seven- 
 teenth century. (An anchor held by two hands reaching from the clouds. The 
 Greek letters Alpha and Omega — the beginning and the end — and Chi Rho, the 
 first letters of the name of the Savior.) Concordia. 
 
 4. Device of Marcus Amadorus, Venice, 1569. (A stork.) Vigilat nee 
 Fatiscit. 
 
 On the north side the same series is repeated in the same order from west 
 to east. 
 
 On the stairway in the West Hall, half-way up the first flight, appears the 
 coat-of-arms of: 
 
 The University of Chicago 
 
 IV. IN the main reading-room on the third floor 
 
 On the screen at the west end are the coats-of-arms of the following uni- 
 versities of the Western Hemisphere: 
 
 Harvard Michigan 
 
 Yale Wisconsin 
 
 Johns Hopkins California 
 
 Columbia Chicago 
 
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 Above the screen, on the wall of the gallery, is the following inscription, 
 carved in the stone: 
 
 "Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider." 
 
 On the screen at the east end are the coats-of-arms of the following uni- 
 versities of the Eastern Hemisphere: 
 
 Oxford St. Petersburg 
 
 Cambridge Bologna 
 
 Paris Tokyo 
 
 Berlin Calcutta 
 
 Above the screen, on the wall of the gallery, is the following inscription: 
 "Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning." 
 
 On the corbels supporting the ceiling arches are printers' marks arranged 
 on the north side from west to east, and on the south side from east to west in 
 the following order: 
 
 1. One of the devices used by the Elzevirs of Amsterdam. First used by 
 Isaac Elzevir in 1620. (An ehn tree over which a vine is growing; under it a 
 hermit.) Non Solus. 
 
 2. Device of WiUiam Caxton, the first English printer, 1476-91. 
 
 3. Device of Johannes Columbius, Deventer, middle of seventeenth century. 
 (An open book displayed on the breast of the Phoenix, and inscribed with the 
 Greek letters Alpha and Omega.) Renovabitur. 
 
 4. Device of Henning Grosse, Leipzig, about the beginning of the seven- 
 teenth century. (Hercules with lion skin and club.) Sic Itur ad Astra. 
 
 5. Device of Guillaume Rouille, Lyons, 1545 to about 1590. (An eagle 
 arising on a globe, two serpents.) In Virtute et Fortuna. 
 
 6. Device used by Thomas Vantr oilier, London and Edinburgh, about 
 1565-1605; also by John Norton, London, beginning of seventeenth century. 
 (An anchor held by a hand reaching from the clouds.) Anchora Spei. 
 
 7. Device by Theodosius Rihelius, Strasburg, third quarter of sixteenth 
 century. (A winged woman.) 
 
 8. Device introduced by Aldus Manutius, in 1502, founder of the great 
 Venetian house of Aldus, which published books from about 1495 to the opening 
 of the seventeenth century. 
 
 In the ceiling itself the coat-of-arms of the University of Chicago, and the 
 monogram HML (Harper Memorial Library) are rei)eated. 
 
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 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 IV. FLOOR PLANS AND LISTS OF ROOMS 
 
 FIRST FLOOR 
 
 W. signifies West Tower; M., Middle Section; E., East Tower. 
 
 W.ll, 13, 15, 17. Oflflces of the President of the University and his Secretaries. 
 
 M . 10, 12, 14. Seminar Rooms of the Modem Language Group, and classrooms of the 
 
 Departments of Philosophy and Political Science. 
 M.ll. Harper Assembly Room. 
 M.13, 15, 16, 18, 19, E.IO. Classrooms of the Departments of History, Political 
 
 Economy, Political Science, and Sociology. 
 E.ll. Stack Room, containing also small study rooms for members of the Faculties. 
 E . 17. Study Room, reserved for members of the Faculties and visiting scholars. 
 
 SECOND FLOOR 
 
 W.20. Cataloguing Department, Typewriting Room. 
 
 W.21. Acquisition Department, Purchase Division. 
 
 M.20, o, b, c. Women's Rest and Conversation Rooms. 
 
 M.21. Cataloguing Department. 
 
 M.22. Rare Book Room : Classification Room. 
 
 M.23. Stenographers' Room. 
 
 M.24. Acquisition Department, Gift and Exchange Division. 
 
 M . 25. OCace of the Associate Director of the Libraries. 
 
 M . 26. Office and Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology. 
 
 M . 27. Office of the Director of the Libraries. 
 
 M.28. Faculty Room; Seminar Room of the Departments of Political Economy and 
 
 Political Science. 
 
 E . 20. Seminar Room of the Department of History. 
 
 E.21. Book Stack; containing also small study rooms for members of the Faculty. 
 
 E.27. Study Room reserved for visiting scholars. 
 
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 13 
 
 THIRD FLOOR 
 
 MEZZANINE FLOOR 
 
 W.30. Cloak Room. 
 
 W.31. Public Catalogue and Delivery Room. 
 
 W . 32. Men's Conversation Room. 
 
 W.34. Men's Toilet Room. 
 
 M . 30. The Main Reading-Room. 
 
 E . 30. Manuscript Room. 
 
 E.31. Reading-Room for Graduate students in the Historical Group. 
 
 E . 32. Historical Museum. 
 
 E . 33. Gallery : Annex to Reading-Room for Graduate students in the Historical Group, 
 
 The Periodical Room and the Law School Library are reached by a passageway and 
 bridge from the east end of the main Reading-Room. 
 
 The Divinity School Library is reached by a similar passageway and bridge from the 
 Public Catalogue Room in the West Tower. 
 
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 FOURTH FLOOR 
 
 W.40. Office of attendants. 
 
 W.41. Reading-Room for Graduate students In the Modern Language Group. 
 
 W.42. Emil G. Hlrsch-Bernays Collection. 
 
 E.40. Men's Conversation Room. 
 
 E.41. Maps and Statistics. 
 
 E . 42 and 47. Offices of the Department of Political Science. 
 
 E.44. Men's Toilet Room. 
 
 FIFTH FLOOR 
 
 W.50, 52, 54. Offices of the Department of Philosophy. 
 ■W.51. Reading-Room for Graduate students in Philosophy. 
 W . 53. Seminar Room of the Department of Philosophy. 
 E.50, 52, 54. Offices of the Department of Sociology. 
 E.51, 53, 55, 57. Offices of the Department of Political Economy. 
 
 SIXTH FLOOR 
 
 W . 60. Office of the University Historian. 
 
 W.61. President's Committee Room. 
 
 ^^.62. Ebenezer S. Lane Collection. 
 
 W.63. Reserved. 
 
 E.60, 61, 62. 63, 67. Offices of the Department of History. 
 
 E . 64. Storeroom. 
 
 E . 65. Office of the Department of Sociology. 
 
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 V. CAPACITY 
 
 The present capacity of the various portions of the Harper Memorial Library, 
 in respect to books and readers, is approximately as follows: 
 
 Basement— Books Readers 
 
 West Tower 50,000 
 
 Middle Section 125,000 
 
 East Tower 69,200 
 
 First Floor — 
 East Tower Stack 32,000 
 
 Second Floor — 
 
 Cataloguing and Acquisition Rooms 5,000 
 
 Rare Book Room 3,000 ... 
 
 Seminar Rooms 36 
 
 East Tower Stack 32,000 
 
 Third Floor- 
 Main Reading-Room 14,000 364 
 
 History Reading-Room 10,000 48 
 
 Manuscript Room 2,700 6 
 
 Fourth Floor — 
 
 Modem Language Reading-Rooms 10,000 48 
 
 Maps and Statistics 1,000 12 
 
 Offices in East Tower 900 
 
 Fifth Floor— 
 
 Philosophy Library 9,000 28 
 
 Philosophy Offices 1,500 
 
 Offices in East Tower 2,700 
 
 Sixth Floor — 
 
 Rooms W. 62, 63 9.000 30 
 
 Offices in East Tower 2,700 
 
 Total in Harper Memorial Library 377,500 572 
 
 When the stacks already contracted for are installed in the middle section 
 of the basement, the book capacity will be increased to 575,000 volumes. By 
 installing additional stacks in the space temporarily devoted to classrooms and 
 offices, this capacity may be increased to about one milUon volumes. 
 
16 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 PART III 
 
 INFORMATION FOR READERS CONCERNING THE USE OF 
 
 BOOKS, CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS, AND 
 
 CATALOGUES 
 
 I. DIRECTORY OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY HOURS 
 
 A. LIBRARIES IN HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY BUILDING 
 
 The Harper Memorial Library provides accommodation for the General 
 Library, with the exception of the Periodical Room (located at the south end of 
 the Law School Library and immediately accessible from the General Library 
 Reading-Room by the East bridge), and for the Departmental Ubraries of 
 the Historical Group, the Modem Language Group, and the Department of 
 Philosophy. 
 
 The following statement shows the location of the reading-rooms of these 
 libraries and the hours at which they are open: 
 General Library — W.31 and M.30. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-IO :00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 2:00-6:00 p.m., Sunday (after 
 
 October 1, 1913). 
 Historical Group — E.31. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-10:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 Modern Language Group — W.41 and W.42. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-6 :00 p.m., 7:00-10:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 Philosophy — W.51 and W.53. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-6 :00 p.m., 7:00-10:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 
 B. DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARIES NOT IN HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 
 
 The following statement shows the location of the libraries outside of the 
 Harper Memorial Library and the hours at which they are open: 
 Astronomy — Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis. (See also imder Mathe- 
 matics.) 
 Biology — Zoology Building, 1st floor, Rooms 12-13. 
 
 8:30 A.M.-IO :00 p.m., Monday-Friday; 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Saturday. 
 Chemistry — Kent Chemical Laboratory, 2d floor. Room 35. 
 
 8:00-9:15 a.m., 4:00-5:15 p.m., Monday-Friday; 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 
 
 Saturday. 
 Classics— Cobb Hall, 2d Floor, North End. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-6:00 p.m., 7:00-10:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday, 
 Divinity School — Haskell Oriental Museum, 3d floor. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-IO: 00 P.M., Monday-Saturday. 
 
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 Geology and Geography — Walker Museum, 2d floor. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-5 :30 p.m., 7:00-10:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 Hitchcock House Library, 
 
 8:00 a.m.-10:00p.m., daily. 
 Law School — Law Building, 3d floor. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-10:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 Mathematics and Astronomy — Ryerson Physical Laboratory, 4th floor. 
 
 8:30 A.M.-6:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 Periodical Room — Law Building, 3d floor. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-10:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 Physics — Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Room 27. 
 
 8:30 A.M.-6:00 p.m., Monday-Saturday. 
 Psychology — Psychological Laboratory, 5728 Ellis Avenue. 
 
 8:15 A.M.-6:00 p.m., Monday-Friday; 8:00 a.m.-12:00 m., Saturday. 
 
 7:30-10:00 P.M., Monday-Thursday. 
 School of Education — Emmons Blaine Hall, 2d floor. 
 
 8:00 A.M.-10:00 p.m., Monday-Friday; 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Saturday. 
 
 Note. — In the Summer Quarter the Libraries open fifteen minutes earlier than the 
 hours shown in this schedule. 
 
 II. INSTRUCTIONS TO READERS: HOW TO GET BOOKS 
 
 A. HOW TO OBTAIN A BOOK PROM THE STACK FOR USE IN THE 
 READING-ROOM IN HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 
 
 1. Look for the book in the catalogue and fill out a white call sUp legibly, 
 correctly, and completely, being careful to observe the following points: 
 
 a) The call number is found in the left-hand corner of the catalogue card. 
 Copy all of the call number just as it stands, including the symbols written beneath it. 
 
 b) Write the name of the author (not editor or translator) in the space 
 provided for it on the call slip and enough of the title to identify the book. 
 
 c) Do not write in the space for the accession number. This will be 8up< 
 plied by the attendant when the book is obtained. 
 
 d) Always write your name and your address on the call slip. 
 
 e) If the work is in more than one volume, indicate the volume you desire. 
 /) If you wish a particular edition of a work, specify the edition desired. 
 
 2. Note also the following suggestions: 
 
 o) If the catalogue calls for two or three copies of a book wanted, put aU 
 the call numbers on your slip with the note "either copy" or "one copy." For 
 example, Dickens' Tale of Two Cities can be found under the following numbers: 
 
 (4) Traveling 
 Library 
 
 In such cases give all call numbers, so that if some copies are out, or on 
 reservation, or in use, it will not be necessary to return the shps for additional 
 numbers. 
 
 (1) PZ 
 
 (2) 823.8 
 
 (3) E90 
 
 3 
 
 D55e 
 
 D55 
 
 D548T 
 
 
 
18 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 b) Take care to copy call numbers legibly and correctly. Note the following 
 cases where lack of care will cause delay and difficulty: 
 
 F F 
 
 195.7 is not the same as 1957. 
 Ge 5m Ge 5m 
 
 HG AG 
 
 501 carelessly written becomes 501 
 S 95 S 95 
 
 PZ 3 carelessly written becomes P 23 
 R 526 S R 526 S 
 
 PQ91 carelessly written becomes P 291 
 B2 B2 
 
 (R) (R) 
 
 c) When the work you want is a particular volume of a set, give the title 
 and call number of the set and specify the volume wanted. For example: 
 
 808.8 808.8 
 
 Goethe's Egmont should read Bihliothek der Gesamt-Litteratur, 
 
 B 47 B 47 vol. 48. 
 
 d) Certain symbols underneath the call numbers indicate the location of the 
 books in Libraries outside of Harper Memorial Library: 
 
 F545 
 
 S 73 is in the Library of the School of Education 
 (Ed) 
 
 Q 
 
 171 is in the Biological Library 
 H52 
 
 (B) 
 
 (For other examples see explanation on card over catalogue.) 
 
 e) Other symbols indicate the location of books in Harper Memorial Library: 
 
 D 20 G 13 
 
 H 51 is in the Reading-Room; H 39 is in W.41 or 42 (Modem Language 
 
 (RR) (Mod Lang) Reading-Room) 
 
 Z 
 
 240 is in the Cataloguing Department in M.21 
 
 P94 
 
 (Cat) 
 
 f) It is well to remain in the DeUvery Room until the attendant has seen 
 your call slip, in case it is necessary to return the slip to you for additions or 
 corrections. 
 
 g) When an attendant reports a book as "in use" the book is being used in 
 the Library. You can probably get it later in the day. When the book is 
 reported "out," it has been drawn from the Library and may be recalled in most 
 cases if the need is urgent. 
 
 3. Place the call slip, properly filled out, in the basket on the DeUvery 
 Counter in W.31, or hand the slip to an attendant, who will send for the book. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 19 
 
 4. Note the following exceptions: 
 
 a) If the book is shelved in the East Tower your call slip will be sent across 
 by carrier and you will be asked to call for your book at the Delivery Desk in 
 E.31. 
 
 b) If the book is shelved in the Reading-Room or in a Departmental library, 
 the slip will be returned to you with directions concerning the location of the book. 
 
 5. If you send for several books simultaneously, place on the call slips the 
 number of the table at which you are working in the Reading-Room. The 
 books will be sent to your table when obtained. 
 
 6. All books drawn for use in the Reading-Room must be returned to the 
 Dehvery Desk from which they were obtained before you leave the Library. 
 Failure to return the book incurs a fine of 15 cents, if the book is left in the 
 Library Reading-Room, and of 25 cents if the book is taken outside the Library. 
 
 B. HOW TO DRAW A BOOK FROM THE GENERAL LIBRARY FOR USE 
 OUTSIDE THE READING-ROOM 
 
 1. Obtain and sign a library card at the Dehvery Desk in W.31. This card 
 must be presented whenever a book is drawn, returned, or renewed. 
 
 2. Make out a call slip as directed under A above. 
 
 3. Present the book with your library card to the attendant at the desk 
 for charging. Note that the book may be kept for two weeks and may be once 
 renewed for the same period. 
 
 C. RENEWAL OF BOOKS 
 
 An application for the renewal of a book should be made on or before the 
 day on which it is due. A pink slip is provided for this purpose, and this or 
 notice sent by mail is the only accepted evidence that a renewal has been made. 
 
 D. RETURN OF BOOKS 
 
 Return all books at the Delivery Desk in W.31. 
 
 You are responsible for all books charged to you until they are returned to 
 the attendant at the desk and proper record of the return has been made. Take 
 time to see that your record is clear before leaving the desk. Books not returned 
 or renewed at the end of two weeks are subject to a fine of 3 cents a day until the 
 book is returned. 
 
 E. BOOKS ON RESERVATION FOR UNIVERSITY COURSES 
 
 Books of this class may not be withdrawn from the Library Rooms except 
 for use overnight. They must be used in the Reading-Rooms in which they 
 are located and may not be taken to other rooms in the building. 
 
 Books for certain courses are shelved in the main Reading-Room and in the 
 Departmental Reading-Rooms in E.31, W.41 and 42, and in W.51 and 52. 
 Students have access to these books without charging them. They should be 
 returned to the proper place on the shelves when the student leaves the room. 
 Books for certain other courses are shelved at the Dehvery Desks in E.31 and 
 
20 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 W.31. These volumes must be signed for when taken from the desk and must 
 be returned to the desk before the student leaves the Library. 
 
 The student is held responsible for a book so charged to him until it is 
 returned to the attendant and record of return has been made. Failure to 
 return to the desk a book charged for use in the room incurs a fine of 15 cents. 
 
 For overnight use reserved books may be drawn from the Library at or 
 after 9:00 p.m. after being properly charged for use outside the Library. To 
 draw a reserved book for overnight use fill out a yellow book slip fully, as provided 
 on the slip, taking special care to record the accession number correctly. 
 
 Note that in most library books the accession number is found on the top 
 of the page following the title-page. In books of the Traveling Library it is 
 on the slip on the front cover of the book. In private copies it is on the book 
 pocket. 
 
 Of books of which there are several copies, as many as are not needed for 
 the use of evening readers may be drawn for overnight use at 5:00 p.m. No 
 books of which there is but a single copy are given out before 9:00 p.m. 
 
 Reserved books drawn for overnight use are due within 10 minutes after the 
 close of the first class-period on the morning following withdrawal, hoUdays 
 and Sundays excepted. Failure to return the book within the specified time 
 incurs a fine of 15 cents for the first hour, and 5 cents for each additional hour 
 after the first, until the book is returned; 50 cents for each full day. 
 
 F. HOW TO DRAW BOOKS FROM DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARIES 
 
 1. In the Historical Reading-Room in Harper Memorial Library E.31, and 
 in Haskell Divinity Library, books may be called for as in W.31. 
 
 2. In the Modern Language Library in Harper Memorial Library W.41 
 and 42, the books are reserved for use in the Library during the Library hours 
 but may be drawn for use overnight as reserved books. They should be charged 
 as reserved books on yellow slips by the attendant in W . 40. 
 
 In the Philosophy Library in Harper Memorial Library W.51 and 53, 
 books not on reservation may be drawn for two weeks and may be once renewed. 
 Books on reservation may be drawn for use overnight, subject to the regulations 
 for reserved books. The charge is made in W . 40. 
 
 Fines for late return in all the above are the same as in the General Library. 
 
 3. In the Law School books may not be drawn from the Library for home 
 use with the exception of textbooks, which may be drawn for overnight use at 
 9:45 P.M. They must be returned before 8:15 on the following morning. For 
 the late return of a book the fine is 25 cents for the first hour and 10 cents for 
 each additional hour after the first. 
 
 4. In the School of Education Library, books open to circulation may be 
 drawn for one week and may be once renewed. The fine for failure to return 
 is 3 cents a day. Books on reservation for courses may be loaned for overnight 
 use at 5:00 p.m. The fine for late return is 5 cents an hour. 
 
 5. In other Departmental libraries, books are open to circulation only on 
 the presentation of a card signed by an instructor of the Department. Books 
 on reservation in libraries not open after 6:00 p.m. may be drawn after 5:00 p.m. 
 
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 In libraries open until 10 o'clock they may be drawn at 9:00 p.m. Books not 
 on reservation may be drawn for overnight itse only after 5:00 p.m. For excep>- 
 tions made in Departmental libraries to this general statement, see the regulationa 
 in the particular Library. 
 
 III. SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION AND LOCATION OF CLASSES 
 
 The books in the Harper Memorial Library are at present arranged accord- 
 ing to four systems of classification. 
 
 1. The new classification, which it is hoped will ultimately cover all the book 
 resources of the University Libraries, is a modification of the Library of Congress 
 system. The notation consists of: 
 
 a) One or two letters to indicate the class. 
 
 b) A number to indicate the subdivision. 
 
 c) A letter preceded by a point and followed by a number to indicate the 
 
 author and the book. 
 
 E 
 Example: 128 
 .B223 
 
 The letter E represents American History, the number 128, general works on 
 American History, the designation .B223 stands for Bancroft's History of the 
 United States, New York, 1891-93. 
 
 Copies of the classification schedules may be consulted in rooms M.22, 
 M.25, and W.31. So far as they are available in printed form they will be 
 found also in the stacks at the beginning of each class. 
 
 The classes and their present location are as follows: 
 
 A. GENERAL WORKS— POLYGRAPH Y 
 
 Class Location 
 
 AC Collections. Series. Collected works .... East Tower, Basement 
 
 AE Encyclopedias .... East Tower, Basement, Reading-Room and M . 21 
 
 AG General reference works (other than encyclopedias) East Tower, Basement 
 
 AI Indexes East Tower, Basement, W.31, and Periodical Room 
 
 AM Museums East Tower, Basement 
 
 AN Newspapers " " " 
 
 >AP Periodicals Periodical Room and Law School 
 
 »AS Societies. Academies East Tower, Basement 
 
 ^AY Yearbooks. Almanacs " " " 
 
 AZ General history of knowledge and learning ..." " " 
 of. CB, GT. 
 
 B. PHILOSOPHY— RELIGION 
 
 Class Location 
 
 Philosophy West Tower, 51, 53 
 
 B Collections. History. Systems ** " " 
 
 'General only, special by subject in classes, B-Z. 
 
22 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 Class Location 
 
 BC Logic West Tower, 51, 53 
 
 BD Metaphysics " " 
 
 Introductions to philosophy. Treatises 
 
 Epistemology. Theory of knowledge 
 
 Ontology 
 
 Cosmology. Teleology 
 
 Philosophy of rehgion 
 BF Psychology " 
 
 1001-1891 Metapsychology, psychic research 
 Occult sciences 
 
 BH Aesthetics " " 
 
 BJ Ethics " 
 
 Rehgion. Theology 
 
 »BL Rehgions. Mythology. Cults East Tower, Basement 
 
 Theology 
 
 IBM General Works " " " 
 
 »BN Historical. (Church history) East Tower, 21B 
 
 iBQ Exegetical. (Bible, etc.) East Tower, Basement 
 
 *BS Systematic. (Dogmatics. Apologetics) . " " " 
 
 *BV Practical. (Pastoral. Homiletics. Litur- 
 
 gics) " " 
 
 C. HISTORY— AUXILIARY SCIENCES 
 Class Location 
 
 CA Philosophy of history in D 16.7, D 16.8, D 16.9 . . East Tower, 21B 
 
 CB History of civihzation " 
 
 cf. AZ, GT. 
 (N.B.— General works only. Special countries in DA-DU, E, F) 
 
 CC Antiquities. General 
 
 CD Archives. Diplomatics " 
 
 cf . Paleography Z. 105-115 
 
 5001-5600 Sphragistics. Sigillography 
 
 CE Chronology 
 
 CJ Numismatics 
 
 CR Heraldry " 
 
 CS Genealogy 
 
 CT Biography . Reading-Room, Cataloguing Department, M. 21, 
 
 East Tower, 21 B 
 
 N.B. — Biography, collective and individual, illustrative of any subject provided 
 for in B-Z is classified with that subject, as far as practicable. 
 
 > Not reclassified. Only provisional grouping as above, without subdivision- 
 For the bulk of the books on Religion and Theology, cf. Decimal Classification, classes 
 200-299 in Central Basement of Harper Memorial Library and in Haskell Oriental 
 Museum. 
 
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 D. HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY (EXCEPT AMERICA) 
 Class Location 
 
 D General history East Tower, 21B 
 
 DA British history " " « 
 
 20-690 England 
 700-749 Wales 
 750-890 Scotland 
 900-995 Ireland 
 
 DB Austria-Hungary " " " 
 
 DC France " " 21A 
 
 DD Germany " " 
 
 DE Classical antiquity " " " 
 
 DF Greece " 
 
 DG Rome and Italy " " " 
 
 DH-DJ Netherlands " " " 
 
 DH 1-399 Belgium and Holland 
 DH 401-821 Belgium 
 DH 901-916 Luxemburg (grand duchy) 
 DJ HoUand 
 
 DK Russia " * " 
 
 1-400 Russia. General 
 401-438 Poland 
 451-470 Finland 
 751-999 Russia in Asia 
 
 DL Scandinavia " " " 
 
 1- 81 Scandinavia. General 
 
 101-296 Denmark 
 
 301-398 Iceland 
 
 401-595 Norway 
 
 601-996 Sweden 
 
 DP Spain and Portugal « " " 
 
 1-462 Spain 
 500-902 Portugal 
 
 DQ Switzerland " " " 
 
 DR Turkey and the Balkan States . . •. " " " 
 
 DS Asia " 
 
 DT Africa " 
 
 DU AustraUa and Oceania " " * 
 
 E. AND F. AMERICA 
 Class Locatioa 
 
 E America (General) and United States (General) . . . East Tower, IIB 
 
 F United States (Local) and America outside of U.S. . . " " " 
 
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 G. GEOGRAPHY— ANTHROPOLOGY 
 Class Location 
 
 G Geography, voyages, travel (General) East Tower, 11 B 
 
 GA Mathematical and astronomical geography " " 11 A 
 
 Cf. QB. VK 
 GB Physical geography " " * 
 
 cf. QE 
 
 GC Oceanology and oceanography " " " 
 
 GF Anthropogeography " " " 
 
 cf. H 
 GN Anthropology. Somatology. Ethnology. Ethnog- 
 raphy (General). Prehistoric archeology ..." " * 
 
 Books of local interest largely in DA-F. 
 GR Folklore " 
 
 cf. B, P 
 GT Culture and civilization. Manners and customs ..." " * 
 
 cf. AZ. CB 
 GV Sports and amusements. Games " " " 
 
 H. SOCIAL SCIENCES 
 Class Location 
 
 H Social sciences. General East Tower, 11 A 
 
 HA Statistics " " " 
 
 ECONOMICS 
 
 HB Economic theory " * * 
 
 HC Economic history. National production, economic 
 
 situation (by countries) " ** * 
 
 HD Economic history. Organization and situation of agri- 
 culture and industries " " " 
 
 101-2200 Land. Agriculture 
 2709-4730 Corporations 
 4801-8940 Labor 
 9000-9999 Industries 
 HE Transportation and communication. 1-2709 . . . . " " * 
 
 HE " « " 2709-9999 
 
 East Tower, Basement, Mezzanine 
 
 HF Commerce, including Tariff 
 
 HG Finance 
 
 201-1490 Money 
 1501-3540 Banking 
 8011-9970 Insurance 
 HJ Public finance 
 
 SOCIOLOGY 
 
 HM Sociology. General and theoretical . East Tower, Basement, Mezzanine 
 
 HN Social history. Social reform . . . " " " 
 
 Social groups 
 
 HQ Family, marriage, woman " " " * 
 
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 Class Locatioa 
 
 HS Associations. Secret societies, clubs, etc. 
 
 East Tower, Basement, Mezzanine 
 HT Communities. Urban. Rural . . . " " « " 
 
 Not reclassifled. Provisional grouping. 
 Classes. Aristocracy. Third estate, bourgeoisie, peasantry 
 Laboring classes, proletariate. Serfs 
 of. JC, 546-561 
 
 Nations. Races 
 
 of. CB, GN 
 HV Social pathology. Philanthropy. Charities and 
 
 corrections East Tower, Basement, Mezzanine 
 
 HX Sociahsm. Communism. Anarchism « « " « 
 
 J. POLITICAL SCIENCE 
 Class Location 
 
 J Documents East Tower, Basement, Mezzanine 
 
 1-9 OflBcial gazettes 
 
 General serial documents not classified 
 by subject 
 10-99 United States 
 100-999 Other countries (300-999 in East Tower, 
 Basement) 
 
 JA General works East Tower, Basement 
 
 JC Theory of the State « « « 
 
 CONSTITUTIOKAIi HISTORY, AND ADMINISTRATION 
 
 JF General East Tower, Basement 
 
 JK United States " « « 
 
 JL Other American States " " " 
 
 JN Europe " " " 
 
 JQ Asia, Africa, AustraUa, and Pacific Islands ..." " " 
 
 JS Local government " " * 
 
 JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and im- 
 migration " " " 
 
 JX International law " " * 
 
 6001-6953 Private international law 
 
 K. LAW 
 Class Locatioa 
 
 K Law School 
 
 Provisional arrangement only. 
 
 L. EDUCATION 
 Class Location 
 
 L General Works. Official documents Central Basement, South 
 
 LA History of education " " " 
 
 LB Theory and practice of education. Educa- 
 tional psychology. Teaching .... Central Basement, South 
 
26 THE UNIVERSITY O F CHICAGO 
 
 C'ass Location 
 
 LC Special forms, relations and applications . . . Central Basement, South 
 
 LD Universities and colleges U.S " « « 
 
 LE Other American " « " 
 
 LF Europe « « " 
 
 LG Asia, Africa, Oceania " « " 
 
 LH University, college and school magazines, etc. " " " 
 
 U College fraternities and their publications . . " " " 
 
 LT Textbooks « « - 
 
 N.B. — Only special collection of textbooks and textbooks covering divers subject* are 
 
 classified here. Textbooks of particular subjects are as a rule classified with those 
 subjects in B-Z. 
 
 M. MUSIC 
 
 Class Location 
 
 M Music Central Basement, South 
 
 ML Music literature " « « 
 
 MT Theory « « - 
 
 ^ N. FINE ARTS 
 
 C»ss Location 
 
 N General Central Basement, South 
 
 NA Architecture « " « 
 
 NB Sculpture and related arts * « « 
 
 NC Graphic arts in general. Drawing and design « « « 
 
 ND Painting « « « 
 
 NE Engraving « « « 
 
 NF Photography (in art). <See TR « « « 
 
 NK Art applied to industry. Decoration and orna- 
 ment " « « 
 
 P. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 
 
 Cass Location 
 
 P Philology. Linguistics West Tower, Basement 
 
 PA Classical philology « « « 
 
 1- 199 General « « « 
 
 201- 891 Greek language « « « 
 
 1001-1151 Mediaeval and modern « " " 
 
 2001-2899 Latin language « « « 
 
 MODERN EUROPEAN LANQUAQB8 
 
 PB General works West Tower, Basement 
 
 Celtic languages « « « 
 
 PC Romance languages " « « 
 
 Teutonic languages " " « 
 
 PD General « « « 
 
 Gothic « « • 
 
 Scandinavian « « « 
 
 PE English - « « 
 
THE LIBRARIES 27 
 
 Class ^ Location 
 
 PF Frisian West Tower, Basement 
 
 Dutch « « " 
 
 German " " * 
 
 PG Slavic languages " " " 
 
 Lithuanian " " * 
 
 Lettish "■ « 
 
 PH Finnish « « « 
 
 Hungarian " " " 
 
 Albanian « « « 
 
 Basque " " " 
 
 OKIENTAL LANGUAGES 
 
 PJ General works West Tower, Basement 
 
 Hamitic " " " 
 
 Semitic « « « 
 
 PK Indo-Iranian " " « 
 
 Armenian " " * 
 
 Caucasian " " " 
 
 PL Languages of Eastern Asia, Oceania, Africa . . " " " 
 
 PM Hyperborean languages " " ■ 
 
 American languages " " * 
 
 LITERARY HISTORY. LITERATURE 
 
 PN General West Tower, Basement 
 
 PQ Romanic « « « 
 
 PR English « " « 
 
 PS American « « " 
 
 PT Germanic " « « 
 
 PV Slavic « « « 
 
 PZ Fiction " « « 
 
 Includes only fiction in English not wanted in classes PA-PV. 
 
 Q. SCIENCE 
 
 Class Location 
 
 Q Science. General Central Basement, South 
 
 QA Mathematics " « « 
 
 801-999 Analytic mechanics " " « 
 
 QB Astronomy " " « 
 
 281-349 Geodesy " « * 
 
 QC Physics " " « 
 
 81-119 Weights and measures " " « 
 
 801-999 Terrestrial magnetism and me- 
 teorology " " * 
 
 QD Chemistry " " « 
 
 901-999 Crystallography " « * 
 
28 THE UNIVERSITY OF C H I C A G O 
 
 ^'*®^ Location 
 
 QE Geology Central Basement, South 
 
 cf. GB. GC 
 
 351-499 Mineralogy and petrology ... " « « 
 
 701-999 Paleontology « « « 
 
 QH Natural history « « u 
 
 201-299 Microscopy « « « 
 
 301-999 General biology « « « 
 
 QK Botany « « « 
 
 QL Zoology « « « 
 
 801-999 General anatomy and embryology « « « 
 
 QM Human anatomy « « « 
 
 QP Physiology « « « 
 
 QR Bacteriology « « « 
 
 R. MEDICINE 
 
 *^'*^^ Location 
 
 R Medicine. General Central Basement, South 
 
 RA State medicine. Documents. Public Health. 
 Medical climatology. Hospitals. Juris- 
 prudence « « « 
 
 RB Pathology « « « 
 
 RC Practice of medicine * « « 
 
 RD Surgery « « « 
 
 RE Ophthalmology « « « 
 
 RF Otology. Rhinology. Laryngology .... * " « 
 
 RG Gynecology and obstetrics " « « 
 
 RJ Pediatrics « « « 
 
 RK Dentistry « « « 
 
 RL Dermatology « « « 
 
 RM Therapeutics " « « 
 
 RS Pharmacy and materia medica " « « 
 
 RT Nursing « « « 
 
 RV Botanic, Thomsonian and eclectic medicine . " " « 
 
 RX Homeopathy « « « 
 
 RZ Miscellaneous schools and arts " « « 
 
 S. AGRICULTURE— PLANT AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY 
 
 Class Location 
 S General agriculture, soils, fertiUzers, farm 
 
 implements, etc Central Basement, South 
 
 SB General plant culture, including field crops. 
 
 Horticulture. Landscape Gardening and 
 
 parks. Pests and diseases " « « 
 
 SD Forestry « « « 
 
 SF Animal husbandry. Veterinary medicine . . " " " 
 
 SH Fish culture and fisheries. Angling " « « 
 
 SK Hunting. Game protection " « « 
 
THE LIBRARIES 29 
 
 T. TECHNOLOGY 
 
 Class Location 
 
 T Technology. General Central Basement, South 
 
 ENGINEERING AND BUILDING GROUP 
 
 TA Engineering — General. Civil engineering . . Central Basement, South 
 
 TC Hydraulic engineering (harbors, rivers, canals) « « « 
 
 TD Sanitary and municipal engineering " " " 
 
 TE Roads and pavements " " " 
 
 TF Railroads " « « 
 
 TG Bridges and roofs « « « 
 
 TH Building construction * ■ * 
 
 9111-9600. Fire prevention, Fire extinction « « « 
 
 MECHANICAL GROUP 
 
 TJ Mechanical engineering Central Basement, South 
 
 TK Electrical engineering and industries .... " " " 
 
 TL Motor vehicles. Cycles. Aeronautics ... " " * 
 
 CHEMICAL GROUP 
 
 TN Mineral industries Central Basement, South 
 
 TP Chemical technology " " " 
 
 TR Photography • • ' 
 
 COMPOSITE GROUP 
 
 TS Manufactures Central Basement, South 
 
 TT Trades 
 
 TX Domestic science " " " 
 
 U. MILITARY SCIENCE 
 
 Class Locatioa 
 
 U MiUtary science. General Central Basement, South 
 
 UA Armies. Organization and distribution ... " " " 
 
 UB Administration " " * 
 
 UC Maintenance and transportation " " * 
 
 UD Infantry " ' « 
 
 UE Cavah-y ' " " 
 
 UF ArtiUery " " 
 
 UG Military engineering " " " 
 
 UH Minor services * * * 
 
 V. NAVAL SCIENCE 
 
 Class Locatioa 
 
 V Naval science. General Central Basement, South 
 
 VA Navies. Organization and distribution ... " " " 
 
 VB Administration " " " 
 
 VC Maintenance " " * 
 
 VD Seamen « ' " 
 
 VE Marines " " " 
 
 VF Ordnance " ' ' 
 
 VG Minor services * " * 
 
 VK Navigation " « 
 
 VM Ship-building and marine engineering . . . , " * * 
 
30 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 Z. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIBRARY SCIENCE 
 Class Location 
 
 Reading-Room 
 
 Cataloguing Department 
 
 Acquisition Department 
 
 Central Basement, South 
 
 2. The Decimal Classification in which classes and subdiNasions are indicated 
 
 by numbers 0-999, individual books as under the Library of Congress scheme. 
 
 Following is a list of the classes: 
 
 Location 
 
 000 General works, bibliography, cyclopedias, etc. . Central Basement, North 
 
 100 Philosophy, psychology, ethics West Tower, 51, 53 
 
 200 ReUgion, Bible, church history Central Basement, North 
 
 300 Sociology, economics, law, education " " " 
 
 400 Philology West Tower, Basement 
 
 500 Natural science Central Basement, North 
 
 600 Useful arts and industries " " " 
 
 700 Fine arts " " " 
 
 800 Literature West Tower, Basement 
 
 900 History, travel, biography Central Basement, North 
 
 3. The Modern Language Classification, in which classes are indicated by 
 
 letters, subdivisions by numbers, and the individual books mainly as in the above 
 
 schemes. The classes are: 
 
 Location 
 
 E. English Library West Tower, Basement 
 
 G. German Library 
 
 R. Romance Library " 
 
 4. Remnants of an old classification still remain in the libraries of the Histori- 
 cal Group and Philosophy. The books in these classes are being transferred as 
 rapidly as possible to the new classification, and no detailed information in regard 
 to the schemes need, therefore, be given. They are located as follows: 
 
 Philosophy W.51, 53 
 
 Historical group 
 
 East Basement, Mezzanine, before Class HX of the new classification 
 Statistics East Tower, 11 A, after Class HA of the new classification 
 
 IV. UNCLASSIFIED COLLECTIONS 
 
 Of collections which are still uncatalogued and unclassified, or practically so, 
 
 the following may be mentioned: 
 
 Location 
 
 Statistics (mainly the Boeckh Collection) 
 
 East Tower, 11 A, and Central Basement, South 
 Historical Group, largely French and German dissertations 
 
 East Tower, 11 A, Turret Room 
 
 Rehgion and Theology Central Basement, South 
 
 College and University Catalogues " " " 
 
 College and University Presidents' Reports •. . • • " " 
 
 College and University miscellaneous publications 
 
 (Series) " " ^ 
 
 U.S. Government pubUcations, by departments . . " 
 
 Newspapers and periodicals 
 
THE LIBRARIES 31 
 
 Location 
 
 Foreign exchanges Central Basement, South 
 
 Learned Society publications " " " 
 
 University extension library " " North 
 
 Howard Collection East Tower, Basement (Cubicle) 
 
 Lane Collection W . 62 
 
 V. CATALOGUES 
 
 1. SHELF-LIST AND CLASSED CATALOGUE 
 
 The shelf-list, the record of books according to their order on the shelves, 
 is located in room M.22 and may there be consulted. It should be referred to 
 especially for books recently received, as entries are usually recorded on the shelf- 
 list from a week to three months before they reach the pubUc catalogue in W.31. 
 It covers as yet only books which have been included under the new classifica- 
 tion. The classed catalogue, an elaboration of the shelf -list, is located in 
 W.31. Here will be foimd also the old classed catalogue according to the 
 Decimal Classification. The latter was discontinued in 1910 and therefore 
 includes only books added to the General Library prior to that year. The 
 above catalogues represent the books as they are supposed to stand on the shelves. 
 That is, all books in a particular class here stand together, while in the alphabetic 
 subject catalogue (see below) they may be scattered under a large number of 
 different headings. The classed catalogues and shelf-list furnish as a rule a 
 more reUable source of information in regard to the resources of the hbraries 
 than the shelves, as so many books are constantly in use and therefore not 
 in their places. 
 
 2. DICTIONARY CATALOGUE 
 
 The main catalogue of the Libraries, located in room W.31, contains a 
 record of books by authors, in part also by subject and title, in one alphabet, 
 the following libraries and collections being so far included : 
 
 1. General Library. 
 
 2. Historical Group, except certain remnants not as yet recatalogued. 
 
 3. Modern Language Library, the temporary entries previously made by 
 students and assistants having been merged with the general catalogue. 
 Recent acquisitions are in part fully catalogued. 
 
 4. Physical Culture Library. 
 
 5. Geology and Geography Library, so far as recatalogued. 
 
 6. Philosophy Library, so far as recatalogued. 
 
 The order of entries in this catalogue follows the plan of a dictionary or 
 encyclopedia, the only exceptions being: 
 
 a) That works about authors follow the works written by them. 
 
 b) That under countries, cities, societies, and institutions, the publications of 
 which these bodies may be considered the author, e.g., the official docu- 
 ments issued by departments or bureaus of a state or municipal govern- 
 ment, the reports, transactions or proceedings of a society or institution, 
 come first, followed in turn by the works which may be written about them, 
 Under countries and cities there may be also a third group, i.e., certain 
 
32 TH E UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 titlea or headings of which the name of the state or city forms the first 
 word. Thus, we have under United States the following three alphabetic 
 arrangements : 
 
 (1) United States. Adjutant General's oflSce. 
 United States. Bureau of Education. 
 United States. Department of Agriculture. 
 
 etc. 
 
 (2) United States — Antiquities. 
 United States — Biography. 
 United States — History. 
 
 etc. 
 
 (3) United States Agricultural Society. 
 United States as a world power. 
 United States catalogue. 
 
 United States Claims Commission. 
 United States Life Insurance Company, 
 etc. 
 
 c) Under certain subjects the grouping of titles in two or more alphabets 
 may likewise be called for. Examples are, the Sciences and Arts; so 
 also most subjects in Economics, Sociology, and Education. Under 
 Botany, for instance, the following arrangement may hold when the bulk 
 of the books in that science shall have been recatalogued and are 
 represented under the subject: 
 
 (1) Botany (for general and comprehensive treatises). 
 " — Addresses, essays, lectures. 
 " — Analysis blanks. 
 " — Anatomy. 
 " — Bibliography. 
 " — Biography. 
 " — Bio-bibliography. 
 " — Charts, diagrams, etc. 
 " — Classification. 
 " — Collected works (for collections of works by one or 
 
 more authors dealing with Botany in general). 
 • — Collections (for works on general botanical collections^ 
 
 specimens, objects, etc.). 
 « — Congresses (for proceedings and publications of botani- 
 cal congresses). 
 " — Dictionaries. 
 " — Directories. 
 " — Ecology. 
 " — Embryology. 
 " — Exhibitions. 
 " — Geographical distribution. 
 " — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 
 " — Juvenile and popular literature. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 33 
 
 Botany — Laboratory manuals. 
 
 " — Nomenclators. 
 
 " — Nomenclature. 
 
 " — Organography. 
 
 " — Pathology. 
 
 " — Periodicals. 
 
 " — Physiology. 
 
 " — Pictorial works. 
 
 " — Pre-Linnean works. 
 
 " — Societies. 
 
 " — Study and teaching. 
 
 " — Terminology. 
 
 " — Variation. 
 
 " — Yearbooks. 
 
 (2) Botany (local subdivisions) e.g. : 
 " — Alabama. 
 " — Delaware. 
 " — France. 
 " — France — Lille. 
 " — France — Paris. 
 " — Georgia. 
 " — New York. 
 
 " — New York — Tompkins County. 
 " — United States, 
 —etc. 
 
 ^(3) Botany, Economic. 
 " Medical. 
 
 Arrangement may vary slightly with different headings. For instance, the 
 local subdivisions may be arranged in one alphabet of countries, states, counties, 
 cities, etc., or as above where counties, departments, and cities have been sub- 
 ordinated to the country or state in which they are located. In general, however, 
 the arrangement wiU follow the plan indicated under Botany. The guide cards 
 provided should show at a glance the arrangement decided upon under any 
 particular heading. For more special information consult the List of Subject 
 Headings on top of or near the catalogue case, for the heading wanted. 
 
 It should be particularly noted that in the Dictionary Catalogue works are 
 entered under the specific subject or subjects of which they treat. For instance, 
 under Botany will be found only general works on Botany. For related sub- 
 jects, e.g., Botanists, Climbing plants. Color of flowers, Fertihzation of plants, 
 etc., also for divisions, classes, genera, and species of the vegetable kingdom, see 
 their names in the general alphabet. A person, therefore, who wishes to see a 
 list of the books which deal specifically with Mosses should look under the head- 
 ing Mosses under the letter M, not under Botany, under the letter B. 
 
 » Under (3) will be found independent subjects which either begin with the same word 
 as the main subject, or by inversion of headings are brought in near proximity to it. 
 
34 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 3. CATALOGUE OF REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 At the west end of the Reading-Room will be found a catalogue, 
 
 a) By authors and subjects in one alphabet. 
 
 b) By classes. 
 
 This catalogue includes entries for books so far definitely selected as reference 
 books and placed in the Reading-Room, Cataloguing, and Acquisition depart- 
 ments. These books, whether in the main Reading-Room, in the Cataloguing 
 Department, room M.21, or in the Acquisition Department, room W.21, are 
 open for consultation by all users of the Libraries. They may not be withdrawn, 
 except occasionally for overnight. 
 
 4. SERIAL AND PERIODICAL RECORD 
 
 The ideal method of recording periodicals and other serial publications would 
 no doubt be to enter each number, part, or volume as received in the main cata- 
 logue in W.31. This is, however, quite impracticable. Instead, the card for 
 each periodical, annual, or similar serial publication will ultimately bear a stamp 
 which reads: "For additions see Serial Record." Anyone wishing, therefore, 
 to see a full statement of what the Libraries possess of a given serial should refer 
 to this catalogue kept in W.21. 
 
 The Periodical Record, located in the same room, records most of the periodi- 
 cals received up to the time of their binding, after which they are entered on the 
 above-mentioned Serial Record. It is hoped in time to carry over to the entries 
 in the public catalogue in W.31 whatever has accumulated on the Serial Record 
 under the title of any particular publication. This may be possible at intervals 
 of from three to five years. 
 
 Series of monographs, e.g., "Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical 
 and Political Science," are not as a rule recorded on the Serial Record. A state- 
 ment of their contents or what the Libraries possess of a given aeries wUl instead 
 be kept up to date in the public catalogue in W.31. 
 
 5. OFFICIAL CATALOGUE 
 
 This catalogue is at present in two parts: (o) the Official Dictionary Cata- 
 logue in M.21, in part duplicating for the use of the staff the Main Dictionary 
 Catalogue in W.31; and (5) the Order Catalogue in W.21. The latter as yet 
 represents the nearest approach to a complete author catalogue of books in the 
 General and Departmental Libraries. It contains information in regard to the 
 price paid, if a book is purchased, or the source, if obtained through exchange or 
 gift, also in most cases the department to which it has been assigned. It is now 
 in process of rearrangement into one alphabet and when this has been completed 
 it will be merged with the Official Dictionary Catalogue in M.21, thus reducing 
 the number of places in which it is now necessary to look for information in regard 
 to books in the various libraries. 
 
 6. DEPOSITORY CATALOGUE 
 
 This contains in alphabetic order of authors, a record of books in the Library 
 of Congress at Washington, the John Crerar Library, Chicago, and in part the 
 Harvard College Library at Cambridge, Mass. It is open for consultation by all 
 users of the Libraries. It is located in M.21. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 35 
 
 7. CATALOGUES OP DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARIES 
 
 The Departmental Libraries outside of the Harper Memorial Library build- 
 ing have in all cases author catalogues, more or less complete. In addition, some 
 of them have also subject catalogues covering at least a part of their collections. 
 The Departmental Libraries in the Harper Memorial Library building are 
 similarly supphed. 
 
 It is planned to furnish each Departmental Library one copy of every 
 printed card obtained for a work in that Library (analytical entries, i.e., entries 
 for parts of works excepted), this card to be used as an author entry; to furnish 
 also a second copy of such card for Departmental Libraries outside of the Harper 
 Memorial Library, to be used as a shelf-list or classed catalogue entry. These 
 catalogues will be installed gradually in connection with the recataloguing of the 
 Libraries. 
 
 The Departmental catalogues will accordingly furnish merely a rough guide 
 to works in a particular Library. For full data on the works of any given author 
 in the University Libraries, or on the resources of the Libraries on anj' one sub- 
 ject, the catalogue in W.31, Harper Memorial Library, must be consulted. 
 
 VI. INDEXES 
 
 Various general and special indexes are placed on tables near the main cata- 
 logue in W.31. Entries in these indexes are with few exceptions not to be 
 found in the card catalogues and should therefore be considered as a supplement 
 to the latter. DupUcates of the most important indexes will be found also in the 
 Periodical Reading-Room. The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 
 has been distributed among the various libraries of the Biological and Physical 
 departments. The cards of the Concilium Bibliographicum of Ziirich are located 
 in the Biology Library, except that the cards which deal with Physiology 
 are kept in the Physiology Building, and those which deal with Anatomy 
 in the Anatomy Building. 
 
 VII. REFERENCE BOOKS 
 
 1. The main collection of reference books wiU be found in the general 
 Reading-Room, beginning at the left of the west entrance with the class AE, 
 General Encyclopedias. 
 
 Note. — Some of the most important of the foreign encyclopedias are shelved in 
 M . 21, Cataloguing Department. 
 
 After the encyclopedias follow in order the various classes from B to Z, 
 except that after A are placed a number of dictionaries which would ordinarily 
 stand in class P, Philology. In class Z (BibUography) will be found a number of 
 important subject catalogues, yearbooks, and indexes (particularly of U.S. gov- 
 ernment pubhcations). Among these should be noted as of special importance 
 for all students the following: 
 
 (1) Subject Index of the modern works added to the British Museum 
 in the years 1881-1910. 
 
36 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 (2) List of books forming the reference library in the Reading-Room 
 of the British Museum. 
 
 Vol. 1. Authors. 
 
 Vol. 2. Index of subjects. 
 
 (3) Sonnenschein's "The Best Books," 1910- 
 
 (4) United States catalogue. 
 After Bibliography follow: 
 
 o) Reserved books, which are kept on open shelves. 
 
 6) New books, that is to say, certain recent acquisitions which are here 
 exhibited for ten days. 
 
 REFERENCE BOOEB FOR DEBATERS 
 
 2. Among the Aids to Debaters accessible in the Reading-Room are the 
 following : 
 
 Brookings and Ringwalt. Briefs for Debates on Current Political, 
 
 Economic, and Social Topics. 1911. 
 Foster, W. T. Argumentations and Debating. 1908. 
 Matson, H. References for Literary Workers. 1911. 
 Nichols, E. R. Intercollegiate Debates. Yearbook of College Debating. 
 
 1912. 
 Pearson, P. M. Intercollegiate Debates. Briefs and Reports. 1909. 
 Ringwalt, R. C. Briefs on Public Questions. 1908. 
 Selected Articles on Direct Primaries. 1905. 
 "Debaters' Handbook" Series. 1909-11. 
 
 3. Special reference collections are located as follows: 
 E.31 — Historical Group 
 
 W.41 — Modern Language Group 
 W. 51— Philosophy 
 
 M . 21 — Cataloguing Department, including foreign encyclopedias, 
 national biographical dictionaries for Great Britain, Austria, 
 Germany, Netherlands, etc.; catalogues of the British Museumi 
 Bibliothfeque Nationale, Peabody Institute Library, Boston 
 Athenaeum, Astor Library, Advocates' Library of Edinburgh, 
 London Library, etc. (compare also statement on Depository 
 Catalogue) ; official yearbooks, etc. 
 
 Important national and subject bibliographies will be found, 
 both in the Cataloguing Department and in the general Reading- 
 Room (class Z). 
 W.21 — Acquisition Department. Here are kept trade bibliographies, 
 record of book prices, sales and auction catalogues, directories 
 of publishers and book sellers. 
 The fact that a book is permanently located in the Reference collection is 
 indicated on the catalogue cards immediately below the call number. The 
 abbreviation RR stands for the general Reading-Room, CAT for the Cata- 
 loguing Department, ACQ for the Acquisition Department, Mod. Lang, for the 
 Modern Language Library, Hist, for the History Library. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 37 
 
 VIII. RARE BOOK ROOM 
 
 Books which for any reason it seems advisable to withdraw from the refer- 
 ence collections or the general stacks are kept in room M . 22. The location of 
 these books is indicated by a note "Rare Book Room" after the call number. 
 
 IX. PERIODICALS 
 A. CURRENT NUMBERS 
 
 Six hundred and ten periodicals are on file in the Periodical Room at the 
 south end of the Law Library, third floor. Of this number about one-fifth are 
 kept here for two weeks only and are then sent to the departmental library to 
 which they belong. The periodicals taken by the scientific libraries, Astronomy, 
 Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Geology, are not filed in the 
 general periodical room but in the departmental libraries. 
 B. BOUND VOLUMES 
 
 Sets of the following periodicals are shelved on the walls of the Periodical 
 Room: 
 
 Academy Harper's Weekly 
 
 American Journal of Sociology Independent 
 
 American Magazine Journal of Political Economy 
 
 American Review of Reviews Lippincotts 
 
 Annals of the American Academy of Literary Digest 
 
 PoUtical and Social Science Living Age 
 
 Arena McClure's Magazine 
 
 Athenaeum Nation 
 
 Atlantic Nineteenth Century 
 
 Blackwoods North American Review 
 
 Bookman Outing 
 
 Century Outlook 
 
 Chautauquan Pohtical Science Quarterly 
 
 Contemporary Review Popular Science Monthly 
 
 Cosmopolitan Quarterly Journal of Economics 
 
 Critic Quarterly Review 
 
 Current Literature Science 
 
 Dial Scientific American and Supplement 
 
 Edinburgh Review Scribner's 
 
 Everybody's Magazine Survey 
 
 Fortnightly Review Westminster Review 
 
 Forum World To-day 
 
 Harper's Magazine World's Work 
 
 These are all indexed in "Poole," "Cumulative" or other indexes, available 
 for consultation in W.31 or in the Periodical Reading-Room. Other periodicals 
 of a general nature are shelved on the floor below the Periodical Room, the second 
 floor of the Law Library. Periodicals which deal with special subjects are as 
 a rule shelved in the stacks with their subjects. 
 
 X. ATLASES AND MAPS 
 
 Certain atlases, geographical, historical, etc., are shelved in the main 
 Reading-Room. Others are in the stacks of the various Departmental Libraries. 
 The largest collection of topographical and geological maps will be found in the 
 Geology and Geography Library, Walker Museum; statistical maps, in room 
 E.41 Harper Library. 
 
38 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 XI. THESES 
 
 Doctors' theses of the University are printed. They are classified like other 
 books under their subjects. Masters' theses are typewritten. They are in the 
 new classification placed under the last number of the class to which they belong, 
 e.g., Masters' theses on French history are marked DC999, on American politics 
 JK9999, on American history F9999. 
 
 Doctors' theses are fully catalogued, usually being represented by printed 
 cards under author and subject in the various catalogues. Masters' theses, on 
 the other hand, are represented in the public catalogue in W.31 only by a type- 
 written card under the name of the author with brief entry under the subject. 
 On the shelf-list in M . 22 and in the official catalogue in M . 21 they are also repre- 
 sented by manuscript or typewritten entries. 
 
 XII. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 
 
 Of collections presented to the University and at present located in the 
 Harper Memorial Library the following deserve special mention: 
 
 The Ebenezer S. Lane collection of about 9,000 volumes, given by Mr. 
 Ebenezer Lane and Miss Fannie G. Lane of Chicago, in memory of their father, 
 by whom it was collected. It consists chiefly of books in the field of history, art, 
 and Uterature, and is now in process of being catalogued and classified. Of the 
 collection 3,000 volumes have by the terms of the gift been set aside to be used 
 only by professors and advanced students, and not to be withdrawn from the 
 building. They may be consulted in W.62. 
 
 Of the Emil G. Hirsch-Bernays collection somewhat over 1,000 volumes 
 representing German literature of the period from Lessing to 1800 have been 
 installed in room W.42, the Graduate Reading-Room of the Modern Language 
 Group Library. The remainder of the collection is in the general stacks. 
 
 The Erskine M. Phelps collection of Napoleana consists of books, pictures, 
 busts, decorations, medaUions, etc. With the exception of the books (now in the 
 Director's office, M . 27) this collection has been provisionally installed in room 
 
 E . 32 of the East Tower. Persons desiring access to it should apply at the desk 
 of the Graduate Reading-Room, E.31, or at M.2.5. 
 
 A collection of Japanese sword guards and sword furniture, the gift of Dr. 
 
 F. W. Gunsaulus, has been placed in the Haskell Oriental Museum, 3d floor. It 
 is accompanied by a descriptive catalogue and a number of books, the latter being 
 shelved in the Director's office, M . 27. For this collection and others of similar 
 character a historical museum is greatly needed. 
 
 The Butler-Gunsaulus collection of manuscripts, consisting chiefly of letters 
 of American statesmen, Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, etc., is in the Manu- 
 script Room, E.30. Pending the appointment of a curator of manuscripts 
 and the installation of equipment for their proper care, it will be necessary to 
 restrict somewhat the use of this and similar collections, which include also valu- 
 able letters presented by Mrs. Emma B. Hodge, the manuscripts of the Durrett 
 collection, and similar material previously obtained for the Historical Museum, 
 but not as yet available for consultation. 
 
 For a list of other manuscripts owned by the Libraries the reader should con- 
 sult Goodspeed, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the University of Chicago Libraries. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 39 
 
 The Durrett Collection, obtained in the spring of 1913, but not as yet cata- 
 logued or shelved, will strengthen the resources of the Libraries mainly in southern 
 and early western history. It was brought together by Col. Reuben T. Durrett 
 during the period from 1856 to the present year. It is unusually rich in manu- 
 script material, important for the history of the South and the West. It contains 
 the Gardoqui transcripts from the Spanish archives, the Haldimand transcripts 
 from the Canadian archives, the McAfee papers, Shelby papers, journals of all 
 the early Kentucky conventions, journals and letters of early western pioneers, 
 and of leading men of the western states, e.g., Adair, Boone, Beatty; Butler's 
 journal 1785-1786, John Bowman's letters, 1778-1780; letters of George R. 
 Clarke; account of Celeron's expedition, 1749; Professor Dewees' (University of 
 Pennsylvania) diary; papers of the Democratic Society of Lexington, Ky., 1794; 
 depositions of Boone, Ballard, and Judge Sebastian and many others; journals 
 or diaries of Floyd, Fleming, Gist, Gordon, Greenup, 1774-1825; Hart's papers; 
 journals of Hind, Hickman, Hite, Henderson, Hamilton, Thomas Walker, and 
 Croghan, 1750-1815; papers of Innes, Marshall, and Wilkinson, etc. 
 
 The collection of Kentuckiana is as nearly complete as such a collection can 
 well be, containing in addition to the manuscript material mentioned above, the 
 official pubhcations of the state governments, journals of conventions, court 
 reports, debates of different conventions, and the great majority of books written 
 about Kentucky. 
 
 Next to Kentucky, Virginia is the state best represented, although there are 
 many valuable books treating of the various other states of the South and West. 
 
 The maps and particularly the newspapers are of great importance. Of the 
 newspapers a file of the National Intelligencer covering the early decades of the 
 nineteenth century may be mentioned; so also Kentucky papers, particularly 
 from 1798 to 1850, notably files of the Lexington Gazette and of the Louisville 
 Courier for several years prior to the Civil War; there are in addition, partial 
 files of other papers important for the history of the Ohio Valley and the Middle 
 West. Many of the magazines pubUshed in the West prior to 1870 are repre- 
 sented by more or less complete files. 
 
 It is beUeved that when this collection has been properly installed and made 
 accessible, the University of Chicago will offer to the students of American history 
 as important a collection of source material for the period from 1776-1860 as 
 any institution in the Middle West, with one exception. 
 
 XIII. NUMBER OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES AND SPACE 
 FOR READERS 
 
 A. IN HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 
 
 Books Readers 
 
 General Library 100,747 400 
 
 Historical Group 62,941 96 
 
 Modern Language Group 43,766 48 
 
 Philosophy 5,674 28 
 
 213,728 572 
 
40 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 B. IN OTHER LIBRARIES 
 
 Books Readers 
 
 Astronomy (Yerkes Observatory) 2,511 20 
 
 Biological Group 22,115 24 
 
 Chemistry 3,182 12 
 
 Classical Group 33,153 44 
 
 Divinity School and Semitics 30,257 56 
 
 Geology, Geography, and Paleontology 9,900 38 
 
 Hitchcock 1,522 10 
 
 Law School 36,963 168 
 
 Mathematics and Astronomy 7,738 12 
 
 Physics 3,550 10 
 
 Psychology 1,292 16 
 
 Public Speaking 453 
 
 School of Education 29,035 203 
 
 181,671 633 
 
 Total in all Libraries *394,790 1,205 
 
 • These figures cover only books catalogued and on the shelves, each representing a 
 separate bound volume. That is, ten volumes boimd in one are counted as one, not as 
 ten volumes. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 41 
 
 PART IV 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 I. ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS 
 
 1. The University Libraries are under the general charge of a Director, who 
 is appointed by the Board of Trustees from the members of the University 
 Faculties and who is, under the President, the chief executive officer of the 
 Libraries. 
 
 2. The Associate Director is, under the President and Director, the chief 
 executive officer in all the internal affairs of the Libraries, and acts for the Direc- 
 tor in the absence of the latter. 
 
 3. Other Library officers are (a) The Library Advisers; (6) The Heads 
 of the administrative departments of the Libraries, or Assistants in charge; 
 (c) Librarians of the University Libraries, or Assistants in charge. 
 
 4. A Library Adviser is appointed for each department or group of depart- 
 ments, by the President on recommendation of the department or departments 
 concerned. The Director appoints a Library Adviser for the General Library. 
 
 Heads of the administrative departments are nominated to the President 
 by the Director; Officers of Departmental Libraries are nominated to the Presi- 
 dent by the concurrent action of the Director and the Library Adviser of the 
 department or departments concerned. Other members of the staff are appointed 
 by the Director, or by him nominated to the President. 
 
 5. The Libraries of the University include: 
 
 a) The General Library; 
 
 b) The Departmental Libraries; 
 
 c) The House Libraries. 
 
 6. Departmental Libraries are formed under the following conditions: 
 
 a) The Departmental Library contains books specially needed in connec- 
 tion with the work of investigation and instruction of a particular depart- 
 ment, group of departments, school, or college of the University. 
 
 b) The books are placed in a single room, or connecting rooms with a single 
 common entrance. 
 
 c) A common author catalogue and, when practicable, a subject catalogue 
 is made. Books and cards are marked upon a uniform system. 
 
 d) An Adviser for each library is appointed by the President in consultation 
 with the departments concerned. 
 
 c) The Library Adviser of a Departmental Library representing a school 
 or group of departments is ex-officio a member of the Board of Libraries. 
 
42 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 f) No Departmental Library changes its location without the permission 
 of the Board of Libraries. 
 
 g) Departmental Libraries are subject to the general rules of the Libraries. 
 Special rules adopted for any Departmental Library by the departments 
 concerned are reported to the Board of Libraries through the Director for 
 approval by the Board. In the intervals between the meetings of the 
 Board of Libraries such rules may be authorized by the Director. 
 
 7. Departmental Libraries have been authorized and established for the 
 following schools, groups, and departments: 
 
 a) The Divinity School (Semitic Languages, Biblical and Patristic Greek, 
 Church History, Systematic Theology, Practical Theology, Comparative 
 Religion) ; 
 
 h) The School of Education; 
 
 c) The Law School; 
 
 d) Philosophy; 
 
 e) Psychology; 
 
 /) The History and Social Science Group (Political Economy, Political 
 Science, History, Sociology, Practical Sociology, Anthropology, House- 
 hold Administration, Commerce and Administration) ; 
 
 g) The Classical Group (Sanskrit and Comparative Philology, Greek, Latin, 
 History of Art) ; 
 
 h) The. Modern Language Group (Romance, Germanic, English); 
 
 i) Mathematics and Astronomy (at the University) ; 
 
 j) Astronomy (at the Yerkes Observatory) ; 
 
 k) Physics; 
 
 I) Chemistry; 
 
 m) Geology, Geography, and Paleontology; 
 
 n) The Biological Group (Zoology, Anatomy, Physiology, Physiological 
 Chemistry, Botany, Pathology, Bacteriology); 
 
 6) Public Speaking. 
 
 8. The Administrative Departments of the Libraries are three: 
 
 a) The Acquisition Department has charge of the acquisition of books and 
 other pubUcations for the Libraries of the University, whether by pur- 
 chase, exchange, or gift; also of binding, and of the purchase of equipment 
 and supplies. 
 
 h) The Cataloguing Department catalogues and classifies the books and other 
 publications possessed or acquired by the University Libraries. 
 
 c) The Readers' Department is charged with the execution of all regulations 
 relating to the use and circulation of books, and is responsible for the 
 physical care of the books and other similar possessions of the Libraries. 
 
 II. ACQUISITION OF BOOKS 
 
 9. Orders for the purchase of books are signed 
 
 a) in the case of the Departmental Libraries by a member of each depart- 
 ment appointed by the department or by the head of the department; 
 h) in the case of the General Library by a person appointed by the Director. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 43 
 
 10. Orders for books are in effect requisitions; they are approved by the 
 Director of the Libraries, who in this matter acts as the deputy of the Com- 
 mittee on Expenditures of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 11. An order for a dupHcate of a book already owned by the Libraries is 
 returned to the person with whom it originated with information to this effect, 
 and is taken up by the Director for approval only on information from the depart- 
 ment that a dupUcate is desired. 
 
 12. The Director refers to the Board of Libraries orders for duplicates of 
 extensive collections of books, and other orders the filling of which is in his judg- 
 ment of doubtful wisdom. 
 
 13. The Acquisition Department immediately notifies the proper depart- 
 mental officer in case the funds on hand in the department are not sufficient to 
 cover an order for books. 
 
 14. Books acquired by gift or exchange are assigned by the Director to the 
 General Library or to a Departmental Library. Appeal may be made from his 
 decision to the Board of Libraries. 
 
 15. Books are permanently or temporarily transferred from one library to 
 another by mutual agreement of the representatives of the Libraries concerned. 
 Permanent transfers are made through the Acquisition Department, and record 
 of them preserved by that department, catalogue and classification records being 
 changed by the Cataloguing Department. 
 
 16. The Acquisition Department keeps a Ust of Ubraries and other institu- 
 tions to which the various official publications of the University, including 
 dissertations, are regularly sent, and receives recommendations and instruction 
 with reference to changes in this list. 
 
 17. The Acquisition Department keeps a record of all books and periodicals 
 received by e.xchange and given in exchange, and co-operates with the Press in 
 arranging for exchanges. All proposals for exchange of University publications 
 for pubUcations to be received by the Libraries are reported to the Acquisition 
 Department before the arrangement is consummated. 
 
 III. BINDING OF BOOKS 
 
 18. Binding orders for books in Departmental Libraries outside the General 
 Library Building, including volumes of periodicals, are prepared by the Depart- 
 mental Library concerned, and are submitted with the book to the Acquisition 
 Department; other binding orders are prepared by the Acquisition Department. 
 Suggestions for binding may originate with any officer of the Libraries or of the 
 department concerned. 
 
 19. Binding orders are in effect requisitions and are, as in the case of book 
 orders, subject to the approval of the Director. 
 
44 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 IV. USE OF THE LIBRARIES BY READERS 
 
 CLASSES OF LIBRARIES WITH RESPECT TO USE 
 
 20. The General Library is a reference and circulating library. 
 
 21 . The Departraental Libraries are reference and research libraries designed 
 primarily for the use of the members of the Faculties and of students doing 
 advanced work. 
 
 THE USE OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES 
 
 22. The Reading-Room of the General Library and that of the Library of 
 the School of Education are open to 
 
 c) All members of the University; 
 
 b) Former members of the Faculties and former students of the University. 
 So far as the limits of space permit they are also open to 
 
 c) Members of other educational institutions in the vicinity, and residents 
 of Chicago engaged in serious study; 
 
 d) Scholars visiting Chicago; 
 
 e) Employees of the University. 
 
 23. The Departmental Libraries are open, as reference libraries, to members 
 of the Faculties of the University, to Trustees and administrative officers, and to 
 students pursuing advanced studies in any department. Other persons of the 
 classes named in 22 make use of them if permitted by the regulations of a particu- 
 lar library, or in special cases are granted the privilege by the Director or, in 
 respect to a given Library, by the Adviser of that Library. 
 
 24. Any person making use of the Libraries may be called upon to register 
 his name, residence, and occupation. 
 
 25. Marking or mutilation of books or other publications is forbidden. 
 
 THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS: GENERAL RULES 
 
 26. No book, map, manuscript, periodical, pamphlet, print, or other article 
 is taken from any Library, by any person, unless record of withdrawal is made 
 at the time. Any person drawing a book from the Libraries or having it charged 
 against him for use in the Library is responsible for it until it has been returned 
 to the attendant and due record of such return has been made. 
 
 27. General encyclopedias, dictionaries, and such other books as the 
 Libraries deem necessary to withdraw from outside circulation are used in the 
 Library only. 
 
 28. Unbound numbers of periodicals are used in the Library only, but 
 other numbers than the last may be drawn for overnight use. Exceptions to 
 this rule are made by departmental rules subject to the approval of the Board 
 of Libraries. Bound volumes and duplicate copies of periodicals are subject 
 to the general rules for bound books. 
 
 THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS IN THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 29. Subject to the rules respecting circulation and the general regulations 
 of the Libraries, members of the University (including Trustees, administrative 
 
THE LIBRARIES 45 
 
 officers, members of the Faculties, and registered students) and employees of the 
 University have the privilege of drawing books from the General Library and the 
 Library of the School of Education for use outside of the Libraries. Books belong- 
 ing to the Departmental Libraries are reserved for use in the Library, or circulate 
 under the following rules (30-38). 
 
 30. No person not a member of the Board of Trustees or of the Faculties 
 may withdraw from the Circulating Libraries more than three volumes at a time, 
 nor may the total number drawn and not returned at any time exceed three. 
 This limitation does not apply to books drawn on Faculty order. In exceptional 
 cases a student engaged in research may be allowed to exceed this number at the 
 discretion of the officer in charge. 
 
 31. In respect to circulation, books are of four classes: 
 
 A. General encylopedias, dictionaries, and various other books are reserved 
 for use in the Library only. 
 
 B. Certain other books, retaining their regular place on the open shelves 
 or in the stacks, are reserved for use in the Library during Library hours, 
 but are loaned for home use overnight. 
 
 C. Books temporarily withdrawn from their regular place on the shelves 
 and reserved for use in connection with particular courses of instruction 
 are given out at the delivery desk for use in the Library during Library 
 hours, but are loaned for home use overnight. 
 
 D. Books not falling under any of the above classes are given out for home 
 use at any hour. 
 
 The General Library has books of all four classes. Departmental Libraries 
 assign their books to any one or more of the classes, as is deemed best. 
 
 32. Books of classes B, C, and D are drawn by students and other persons 
 having like privileges, under the following rules: 
 
 o) In the Library of the School of Education and in those Departmental 
 Libraries not open after 6:00 p.m., books of classes B and C are given out 
 at 5:00 p.m. 
 
 6) In the General Library and in Departmental Libraries open in the evening 
 (except the School of Education Library), books of classes B and C are 
 given out at 9:00 p.m.: provided, however, that of books of which there 
 are several copies all copies not required for evening use in the Library 
 may be given out after 5:00 p.m., and that in Departmental Libraries 
 having no books of class D, books of class B may be given out at 5 : 00 p.m. 
 
 c) All books loaned for overnight use are returned the following morning 
 within ten minutes of the close of the first lecture period, Sundays and 
 hohdays not being reckoned. In the Law School books must be returned 
 before 8:15 a.m. 
 
 d) Books of class D may be drawn for two weeks (from the School of Educa- 
 tion Library for one week only), and may be renewed for the same period. 
 But any book so drawn is subject to immediate recall if needed in the 
 Library for purposes of research. 
 
 33. Books loaned by the General Library or the Library of the School of 
 Education, except volumes drawn for overnight use, may be renewed by written 
 
46 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 notice addressed to the Library from which the book is drawn. The receipt of 
 such notice by the Library before the expiration of the time-limit is the only 
 evidence which is accepted that application for renewal has been made. 
 
 34. Trustees of the University and members of the Faculties have the privi- 
 lege of drawing from the General Library and from the Library of the School of 
 Education books open to circulation and of retaining them till the end of the 
 current quarter. Books so drawn may be once renewed at the end of the quarter 
 for another quarter, if not required by others having the same privilege; but 
 another appUcation for the book has prior claim over that of the person who has 
 held it for 30 days. Anyone desiring to use in the Library a book drawn out by 
 an instructor notifies the officer in charge, who may then request the immediate 
 return of the book to the Library. Near the end of each quarter each person 
 drawing books under this rule receives a Ust of books charged to him, returns 
 those drawn in a previous quarter, and either returns or renews those drawn in 
 the current quarter. Books drawn after the sending of the notice are counted 
 on the new quarter. 
 
 In this and the following rules, the Autumn Quarter is understood to include 
 the vacations in September and December, and the Winter Quarter to include 
 the vacation in March. 
 
 35. Fellows have the privilege of drawing from their Departmental Library 
 books open to circulation and of retaining them till the end of the current quarter. 
 A book needed by another appUcant may be recalled by the oflBcer in charge. 
 Each Fellow receives near the end of the quarter a list of books charged to him 
 and returns the books before the end of the quarter. No book so returned can 
 be re-drawn by the same person till after three days. Books drawn after the 
 quarterly notice are counted on the new quarter. Advanced students to whom 
 are assigned special desks in the departmental reading-rooms may retain their 
 books on their desks under hke conditions. 
 
 36. The same privilege granted to Fellows in the drawing of books is extended 
 to other resident students engaged in the preparation of theses or other research 
 work of a similar advanced character at the option of the department concerned. 
 A fist of all students to whom this privilege is granted is kept where it may be 
 at any time consulted by the Library attendants in the Departmental Library 
 concerned. 
 
 37. A member of the Faculties may grant permission to draw books in his 
 name from any Departmental Library whose rules do not forbid it, on the follow- 
 ing conditions: 
 
 o) Such permission must be in writing over the autograph signature of the 
 person granting it. 
 
 b) Such permission is only for the particular book and person named, and 
 is not operative against the rules of a particular Library; and does not 
 apply to books of class A (see Rule 31). 
 
 c) The instructor granting such permission is personally liable in case the 
 book is lost or injured. 
 
 d) The time limit on such permission is two weeks unless otherwise stated 
 
THE LIBRARIES 47 
 
 by the instructor, and in no case extends beyond the end of the quarter 
 in which it is drawn unless drawn in the last ten days of a quarter. 
 
 e) The authority to issue such permission does not belong to the Fellows. 
 
 /) Renewals may be made at the end of the period named under the condi- 
 tions named in the previous sections; other applicants have precedence 
 over the person requesting renewal; and no book drawn under this 
 rule may be retained beyond the end of the quarter in which it is drawn, 
 or be re-drawn by the same person within 3 days. 
 
 g) Any Departmental Library may in accordance with Rule 6 g) curtail the 
 privileges herein stated or shorten the periods named, but may not 
 lengthen them. 
 
 38. Books may be withdrawn from Departmental Libraries for permanent 
 keeping in laboratories or museums only when they are duplicate copies of books 
 retained in a Departmental Library. Such duphcates are removed to a labora- 
 tory or museum room only when a locked case is there provided for shelving them. 
 They are under the supervision of the instructor who has charge of the room, or 
 someone designated by him, who also keeps the keys to the case. They are 
 inspected regularly by the Head of the Readers' Department and the Depart- 
 mental Librarian or Library Adviser. Such books are not withdrawn except 
 upon written permission of the instructor in charge. Access to them is not denied 
 to other instructors in any department. 
 
 39. Keys to a library room are given out only on the written order of the 
 Library Adviser of the Library concerned, or other designated representative 
 of the department concerned. In every case a record is kept of the name and 
 address of the person to whom a key is issued. Such keys may be recalled at 
 any time. No person to whom a key has been given shall lend his key or admit 
 others to the Library with it. 
 
 CIRCULATION OF BOOKS AMONG PERSONS NOT MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 40. On recommendation of a member of the University, and payment to the 
 Cashier's OflBce of a library fee of $2 . 50 a quarter (or, on recommendation of a 
 Dean of the University endorsed by the Director of the Libraries, without fee), 
 residents of Chicago, non-resident or visiting scholars, alumni, non-resident 
 and former students of the University receive cards entitUng the receiver to the 
 privilege of drawing books from the General Library and the Library of the School 
 of Education, subject to the rules applicable to students of the University. 
 Persons holding such cards are further granted the privilege of using the Depart- 
 mental Libraries (subject to the rules of those Libraries) by authority of the 
 Director, or, in respect to a given Library, by the Adviser of that Library. 
 Cards issued without fee expire at the end of the quarter, but are subject to 
 renewal by the Director. 
 
 41. To scholars visiting Chicago compUmentary cards, good for four weeks, 
 are issued at the discretion of the Director. 
 
 42. The School of Education Library issues to teachers in the public schools 
 of Chicago compUmentary cards, giving the privilege of drawing books under the 
 general rules of circulation. 
 
48 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 43. The University Libraries loan books to other libraries so far as the 
 demand of the University community makes this possible. Application must be 
 made in writing addressed to the Director and signed by the Librarian, or other 
 like oflBcer, of the Library requesting the loan. 
 
 44. Persons not connected with the University occasionally desiring the 
 privileges of drawing books from the Libraries may 
 
 a) make application through a local library, said library assuming full 
 liability for any loss resulting from any loan; 
 
 6) apply through an officer of the University, said officer assuming full 
 liability for any loss; or 
 
 c) accompany the apphcation with a deposit of twice the value of the book 
 or books desired. 
 
 45. Books are loaned- to other libraries and to persons not resident at the 
 University on the following conditions: 
 
 a) Such loans must be authorized by the department or Library concerned 
 through the Adviser or some one appointed by him. 
 
 b) Books so loaned may be retained for a period indicated by the Adviser, 
 but not more than four weeks; except that students temporarily out of 
 residence may with the written approval of the Adviser retain books so 
 loaned three months. Renewals may be made at the discretion of the 
 Adviser; but only in exceptional cases is a loan renewed more than once, 
 and then only by the indorsement of the Director. 
 
 c) The borrower pays all transportation charges. 
 
 d) Books are forwarded from and returned to the Delivery Room of the 
 General Library. 
 
 RETUBN AND RECALL OP BOOKS 
 
 46. For reasons deemed sufficient by the Library Adviser of the Library 
 to which the book belongs or by the Director, any book may be recalled at any 
 time, and in such cases must be returned at once on receipt of notice. 
 
 47. The Library sends a notice in every case where a book is kept more than 
 four days beyond the limit specified in these rules. At the request of the officer 
 in charge, a notice is sent requiring immediate return of a book which it is deemed 
 necessary to recall. These notices are issued for the General Library by the 
 officer in charge of circulation; for the School of Education by its Librarian; 
 for the Law School by its Librarian; for other Departmental Libraries by the 
 Head of the Readers' Department. Extreme cases arising in any Library are 
 reported to the Head of the Readers' Department for further action. 
 
 48. Any book, mutilated, lost, or not returned within a reasonable time after 
 notice has been sent, is either replaced within thirty days by the person in whose 
 name the book has been drawn, or said person pays into the hands of the Director 
 twice the present value of the book, as estimated by the Director. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 49 
 
 V. LIBRARY HOURS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE 
 
 49. The following are the regulations respecting the period of service of the 
 staff: 
 
 a) A week's work consists of forty to forty-two hours according to circum- 
 stances. Exceptions are made by special contract. 
 
 b) A member of the staff who has rendered forty-eight weeks of service is 
 entitled to four weeks of vacation on full pay; but pages have two weeks of 
 vacation, or its equivalent in half-day service, after fifty weeks' service. 
 
 c) After twenty-four weeks of service, vacation is credited pro rata. No 
 vacation credit is given for less than twenty-four weeks' service, and vacation 
 taken by a person leaving the service of the Libraries after less than twenty-four 
 weeks is treated as absence without pay. Vacation is taken within the term of 
 appointment. 
 
 d) Members of the staff serving half-time or more, namely, twenty or more 
 hours a week, except those on student service or service scholarship, are entitled 
 to vacation under this rule pro rata. 
 
 e) Persons serving on less than half-time, and persons on student service or 
 service scholarship, are paid for actual service rendered, without vacation credit 
 or payment for hohdays on which no service is rendered. 
 
 /) Days on which the General Library is closed (see 50) are holidays for all 
 members of the staff. On other University hohdays and on the half-days in which 
 Quarterly Convocations are held release from service without diminution of pay 
 is given as far as in the judgment of the Director the interests of the service 
 permit; but no extra compensation is given for service not exceeding full time. 
 
 g) The giving of a holiday on the Monday following a regular holiday when 
 the latter falls on Sunday is subject to the general ruling of the University. 
 
 h) In the University vacations, at the end of December and March, half- 
 hohdays without diminution of pay are given at the discretion of the Director, but 
 no extra compensation is given for service not exceeding full time.^ 
 
 50. From October 1 to the end of the Summer Quarter the Libraries are open 
 from 8 A.M. (or 15 minutes before the first regular lecture period) to 10 p.m., 
 except on Sundays, December 25, and July 4. In the University vacations in 
 September, December, and March the General Library is open from 9 a.m. to 
 6 P.M. On University hohdays, except July 4 and December 25, the reading-room 
 of the General Library is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for readers only, the circulation 
 and other departments of the Library being closed ; July 4 and December 25, 
 all the Libraries are closed throughout the day. The departmental hbraries are 
 as a rule closed on the University hohdays, on the half-days in which Quarterly 
 Convocations are held, and in the vacations in September, December, and March. 
 Readers wishing to use books belonging to departmental hbraries at times when 
 these are closed and the General Library open may by giving notice in advance 
 have a reasonable number of such books transferred to the reading-room of the 
 General Library for their use. Variations from the general schedule are made by 
 the departments concerned in consultation with the Director. 
 
 > The service on holidays called for irnder this rule will not usually exceed two half- 
 days a year for each member of the staff. 
 
50 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 VI. FINES AND PENALTIES 
 
 51. On books of class D (see Rule 31) a fine of 3 cents a day is charged on 
 each volume not returned according to the terms of Rule 32 d). When a book 
 has been retained beyond the prescribed time and a notice of the fact has been 
 disregarded, a messenger is sent to secure the book and an additional fine of 
 25 cents is charged. 
 
 52. On books of class C fines are levied according to the following schedule : 
 For the first hour or fraction thereof after the time appointed for return, 15 cents 
 (but in the School of Education 5 cents); for each hour after the first, 5 cents; 
 for each full day, 50 cents. 
 
 53. On books of class B and on books drawn under Rule 37 a fine of 15 
 cents per day or fraction thereof is charged. But on all books in the Law School, 
 the fine is 25 cents for the first hour, and 15 cents for each subsequent hour or 
 fraction thereof. 
 
 54. For the removal of a book from any Library without making full and 
 proper record of withdrawal according to the blanks provided, or for the removal 
 of a book not subject to loan outside the room, the fine is 25 cents for the first, 
 and 50 cents for each subsequent, violation of the rule. For failure to return to 
 the desk a book drawn and charged for use in the room, the fine is 15 cents. 
 
 55. Students refusing or neglecting to pay fines due 
 
 a) do not receive credit for their courses until the fine is paid; 
 
 6) do not receive honorable dismissal from the University; 
 
 c) forfeit the privilege of using the Libraries until the fine is paid. 
 
 56. No violation of the regulations of the Libraries will be excused on the 
 plea of ignorance. 
 
 57. Any person violating these regulations may at the discretion of the 
 Director be excluded from the privilege of using any or all of the Libraries of the 
 University for a period not exceeding four weeks. Such exclusion may be made 
 permanent by a vote of the Board of Libraries with the approval of the President. 
 
 VII. PUBLICATION AND AMENDMENT OF RULES 
 
 58. These rules are printed and a copy is sent to each member of the Faculty. 
 A copy is placed in a conspicuous position in every Library of the University. 
 Printed cards containing the rules in regard to the conditions under which books 
 may be withdrawn from the Libraries are on distribution at the attendants' desks. 
 
 59. Each member of the library staff is provided with a copy of these rules 
 and is held responsible for acquaintance with them and conformity to them. 
 
 60. These rules may be amended by the Board of Libraries, subject to the 
 approval of the Board of Trustees in matters involving finances or general policy. 
 All modifications of the rules are at once reported to the Board of Trustees. In 
 the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Libraries the Director may 
 order necessary temporary modifications of the rules. 
 
THE LIBRARIES 51 
 
 PART V 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF STAFF WITH LOCATION 
 
 Abbott, Ruth Emmons Blaine Hall — Room 200 
 
 Ashmore, Edith Harper Memorial Library — Room M .21 
 
 Barrett, Storrs Barrows Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis. 
 
 Burton, Ernest DeWitt Harper Memorial Library — Room M .27 
 
 Dickinson, Emma Louise Biological Library 
 
 Dickinson, Julia Louise Harper Memorial Library — Room W.21 
 
 Gettys, Cora Margaret " " " " M . 30 
 
 Geyso, Flora Helen von " " " " W.21 
 
 Giffin, Beulah Emma " " " " M.21 
 
 Hanson, James Christian Meinich. . . " " " " M.25 
 
 Hardinge, Margaret Anne " " " "W.21 
 
 Harris, Rachel Agnes " " " " W.21 
 
 Hogan, Percy Anderson Law School — Reading-Room 
 
 Hoyt, Mary Louise Harper Memorial Library — Room M .21 
 
 Hygen, Dorthea Helene " " " " M.21 
 
 Jacobsen, Karl Theodor " " " " M.22 
 
 Lagergren, Anna Constance " " " "W.21 
 
 Lamb, Eliza " " " " M.21 
 
 Lauren, Anna EmiUa " " " " M .21 
 
 Lawrence, Edith Clare " " " " M . 21 
 
 Lawrence, Harriet Winifred " " " " M.21 
 
 Little, Clara Louise Cobb Hall — Classical Library 
 
 MacGregor, Margaret Harper Memorial Library — Room M.21 
 
 Manchester, Earl Northup " " " " M . 24 
 
 Mills, Sarah Ellen Law School — Periodical Room 
 
 Mitchell, Sarah Louise Emmons Blaine Hall — Room 117 
 
 Morgan, Ruth Edna Harper Memorial Library — Room M.21 
 
 Nachman, Selma " " " " M .21 
 
 Nichols, Floy Evelyn " " " " M .23 
 
 Noe, Adolf Carl von " " " " M.22 
 
 O'Brien, Myra Belle " " " " E.31 
 
 Park, Marie " " " " W.20 
 
 Patterson, Sarah Luella " " " " W.21 
 
 Perrine, Cora Belle " " " " W.21 
 
 Perry, Claire Minne " " " " M.21 
 
 Potter, Alice EUzabeth " " " " M . 21 
 
 Price, Miles Oscar " 
 
 Robertson, Josephine Chester " " " " M.21 
 
 Roe, Clara Strong " " " " W.31 
 
 Runyan, Walter Leroy Haskell Oriental Museum — Room 34 
 
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 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 Satterthwait, Ella Harper Memorial Library — Room 
 
 Schenk, Frederick William Law School Building — Room K 
 
 Shedd, Mrs. Jessie Thomas Harper Memorial Library — Room 
 
 Taggart, Helen Elizabeth " 
 
 Teisberg, Halvor O " 
 
 Thompson, Helen Bowman " 
 
 Titsworth, Helen Anna " 
 
 Torrey, Clarence Almon " 
 
 Tyler, Alice Nichols " 
 
 Warren, Irene Emmons Blaine Hall — Room 201 
 
 Winne, Winifred Kimball Walker Museum, 2d floor 
 
 Wood, Alice Amelia Harper Memorial Library — Room 
 
 This list does not include student assistants, apprentices, or pages. 
 
 M.21 
 
 M.23 
 M.24 
 
 W.20 
 M.22 
 M.24 
 M.22 
 
 M.21 
 
THE LIBRARIES 
 
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 INDEX 
 
 Accession number, 20 
 Acquisition Department, 4, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, W.21 
 Acquisition of books, 42-43 
 Administration of the Libraries, 41-42 
 Advanced students. Privileges of, 44, 46 
 Alxmini, Privileges of, 44, 46, 47 
 Anthropology Library, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library 
 Appointments, 41 
 Architecture, 8 
 Arrangement of books, 21-30 
 — Of entries, 31-33 
 Associate Director of the Libraries, 1,2,41 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, M . 25 
 Astronomy Library, 16, 42 
 
 Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, 
 Wis. 
 Atlases, 37 
 
 Auction catalogues, 36 
 Bemays collection, 38 
 Bibliographies, National, 36 
 —Subject, 36 
 — Trade, 36 
 Binding of books, 43 
 Biographies, National, 36 
 Biological Group Library, 42 
 
 Zoology Building, 1st floor 
 Board of Libraries, 41, 50 
 Boeckh collection, 30 
 Books, Acquisition of, 42-43 
 — Arrangement of, 21-30 
 — Binding of, 43 
 
 — Drawn on Faculty order, 46-47 
 — How to call for, 17-21 
 — In laboratories, 47 
 — Loan of. See Circulation 
 — Marking of, 48 
 — Mutilation of, 44, 48 
 — New, 36 
 — Orders for, 42-43 
 — Overdue, 20, 48 
 — Overnight, 20-21, 45 
 — Purchase of, 42-43 
 —Recall of, 45, 46, 48 
 — Renewal of, 19-20, 45, 46, 47, 48 
 — Reserved, 19-21, 45, 50 
 —Return of, 19-20, 44, 45, 46, 48 
 — Transfer of, 43 
 — Uncatalogued, 30 
 — Use of, 16-21, 44 
 Botany Library, 42 
 
 Zoology Building, 1st floor 
 Butler-Gunsaulus collection, 38 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E. 30 
 Call munbers, 17-18, 21 
 Capacity of Harper Memorial Library, 15 
 
 Cards, Complimentary. 47 
 
 Catalogue, Classed, 31 
 
 — Depository, 34 
 
 — Dictionary, 31-33 
 
 — Official, 34 
 
 — Of reference books, 34 
 
 — Order, 34 
 
 — Subject, 31-34 
 
 Catalogues, 31-35 
 
 — Auction, 36 
 
 — Of Departmental Libraries, 35 
 
 — Sales, 36 
 
 Cataloguing Department, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, M.21 
 Chemistry Library, 42 
 
 Kent Chemical Laboratory, 2d floor 
 Circulating libraries, 44-48 
 Circulation, 44-48 
 Classed Catalogue, 31 
 Classical Group Library, 42 
 
 Cobb Half; 2d floor 
 Classification, 21-31 
 — Decimal, 30 
 — Historical Group, 30 
 — Library of Congress, 21-30 
 — Modem Languages, 30 
 — Numbers, 17-18, 21 
 — Philosophy, 30 
 Coats-of-Arms, 8-10 
 College catalogues, 30 
 Commerce and Administration Library, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library 
 Complimentary cards, 47 
 Debaters, Aids for, 36 
 Decimal classification, 30 
 Departmental Libraries, Catalogues of, 35 
 — Circulation of books in, 20, 44-47 
 — Location of, 16-17 
 — Organization of, 3, 4, 41-42, 44 
 Depository Catalogue, 34 
 Devices, 10-11 
 Dictionaries, 44, 45 
 Dictionary Catalogue, 31-33 
 — Arrangement of entries in, 31-33 
 Director, Associate, 3, 4, 41 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, M . 25 
 Director of the Libraries, 4, 41 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, M . 27 
 Directory of Libraries, 16-17 
 Dissertations, 38 
 Divinity School Group Library, 5, 20, 42 
 
 Haskell Oriental Museum, 3d floor 
 Donations, 43 
 Durrett collection, 39 
 
 Harper Memorial Library 
 Education Library, 20, 42, 47 
 
 Emmons Blaine Hall, 2d floor 
 
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 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
 
 Employees of the University, Privileges of, 
 
 44 
 Encyclopedias, 35, 44, 45 
 Exchanges, 43 
 
 Faculty members. Privileges of, 46 
 Faculty order. Books drawn on, 46-47 
 Fee, 47 
 
 Fellows, Privileges of, 46 
 Fines, 1&-20, 50 
 Floor plans, 12-14 
 
 General Library, Organization of, 3, 41, 44 
 Geography Library, 42 
 
 Walker Museimi, 2d and 3d floors 
 Geology, Geography, and Paleontology 
 Library, 42 
 
 Walker Museiun, 2d and 3d floors 
 Gifts, 43 
 
 Government Publications, 30, 35 
 Graduate students. Privileges of, 44, 46, 47 
 Gunsaulus-Butler collection, 38 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E . 30 
 Harper Memorial Library, 7-16 
 — Capacity of, 15 
 Haskell Oriental Museum, 5, 20 
 Hirsch-Bemays collection, 38 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, W . 42 
 Historical Group, classification, 30 
 Historical Group Library, 7, 20, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E.31 
 Historical Reference books, 36 
 Historical Museum, 38 
 Historical statement concerning Libraries, 
 
 4-6 
 Hitchcock Library, 5 
 
 Hitchcock Hall, 1st floor, 
 Hodge, Emma B., 38 
 Holidays, 49 
 Hours of Service, 49 
 Hours at which Libraries are open, 16-17. 
 
 49 
 House Libraries, Organization of, 4 
 Household Administration Library, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library 
 How to call for books, 17-21 
 Howard collection, 31 
 Indexes, 35 
 Inscriptions, 8-11 
 Inter-library loans, 48 
 Japanese sword guards, 38 
 Keys, 47 
 
 Laboratories, Books in, 47 
 Lane collection, 31, 38 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, W.62 
 
 Law Library, 20, 42 
 
 Law Building, 3d floor 
 
 Leave of absence, 49 
 Libraries, Board of, 41, 50 
 — Director of the, 4, 41-42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, M.27 
 — Organization of the, 3, 41-42 
 Library access, 44 
 — Advisers, 41 
 — Fee, 47 
 —Hours. 16-17,:49 
 
 Library of Congress classification, 21-30 
 
 Library Privileges, 44, 46—47 
 
 — Exclusion from, 50 
 
 List of staff, 51 
 
 Loan of books. See Circulation 
 
 Loans, Inter-library, 48 
 
 Manuscript Room, 38 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E. 30 
 
 Maps, 37 
 
 Marking of books, 48 
 Mathematics and Astronomy Library, 42 
 Ryerson Physical Laboratorj-, 4th 
 floor 
 
 Modern Language Group, classification, 30 
 Modern Language Groiip Library, 7, 20, 42 
 Harper ISIemorial Library, W.41 and 
 42 
 
 Modern Language Reference books, 36 
 Mutilation of books, 44, 48 
 Napoleana, 38 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E . 32 
 
 National bibliographies, 36 
 
 National biographies, 36 
 
 New books, 36 
 
 Newspapers, 30, 39 
 
 Official Catalogue, 34 
 
 Official Yearbooks, 36 
 
 Open shelves, 35-36 
 
 Order Catalogue, 34 
 
 Orders for books, 42-43 
 
 Organization of the Libraries, 3, 41-42 
 
 Overdue books, 20, 48 
 
 Overnight books, 20-21, 45 
 
 Pages, Vacations of, 49 
 
 Paleontology Library, 42 
 
 Walker Musexun, 2d and 3d floors 
 
 Penalties, 48, 50 
 Periodical Room, 37 
 
 Law Library, 2d floor, south end 
 Periodical record, 34 
 Periodicals, Circulation of, 44 
 — Uncatalogued, 30 
 Periods of service, 49 
 Phelps, Erskine M., collection, 38 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E . 32 
 
 Philosophy classification, 30 
 Philosophy Library, 7, 20, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, W.51 and 
 53 
 
 Physical Culture Library, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library 
 Physics Library, 42 
 
 Ryerson Physical Laboratory, 2d 
 floor 
 Physiology Library, 42 
 
 Zoology Building, 1st floor 
 
 Plans, 12-14 
 
 Political Economy Library, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E.31 
 
 Political Science Library, 42 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, E.31 
 
 Printers' devices, 10-11 
 
 Privileges of Advanced Students, 44, 46 
 
 —Of Alumni, 44, 46 
 
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 Privileges of Facility members, 46 
 
 — Of Fellows, 46 
 
 — Of Readers, 47 
 
 —Of Trustees, 44, 45, 46 
 
 Psychology Library, 42 
 
 Psychological Laboratory, 2d floor 
 Public Speaking Library, 42 
 
 Kent Chemical Laboratory, 1st floor 
 Pxirchase of books, 42-43 
 
 Rare Book Room, 37 
 
 Harper Memorial Library, M . 22 
 
 Readers' Department, 4, 42 
 
 Readers, Privileges of, 47 
 
 Recall of books, 45. 46, 48 
 
 Reference books, 35-36 
 
 — Catalogue of, 34 
 
 — For debaters, 36 
 
 — Rules governing circulation of, 44, 45 
 
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