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CITIZENS' LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. A. C. White, J. E. Hurlburt* E. E. Jones, E. J. Betts, B. F. Perry, Jr., H. E. Starkey. F. H. Woodbury, G. H. Bunnell, Maria S. Wade, Amelia C. White, Clara J. Walling, Ada W. Simonds, Wissie Kellogg, Margaret B. Starkey, Flora A. Frayer, Mrs. H. S. Dallas. KENTON. KENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. H. C. Koller, Pres. ; Dr. G. J. Carter, Vice Pres. ; Dr. F. D. Bain, T. J. Cant- well, P. M. Crow, F. L. Damon, A. B. Johnson. LANCASTER. LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. Thomas McDonough, Pres. ; Isaiah Vorys, Vice Pres. ; H. C. Drinkle, Sec. ; F. C. Whiley, Treas.; Prof. George W. Welsh, J. G. Reeves, E. B. Cartmell, Geo. S. Cunningham. LEBANON. MECHANICS' INSTITUTE LIBRARY. W. Chester Maple, W. F. El.tzroth, J. Warren Wood, Mrs. La France C or yell, Miss Mary L. Drake. OHIO LIBRARIES. 9 LIMA. PUBLIC LIBRARY. I. S. Motter, Pres.; H. L. Brice, Vice Pres.; G. M. Sprague, Sec.; J. W. Roby, Treas. ; J. O. Ohler, C. C. Miller, J. W. Van Dyke. LISBON. LEPPER LIBRARY. Judge N. B. 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Greenough, Sec. ; J. C. Palmer, Mrs. H. T. Brigham, Mrs. G. D. Green, Mrs. W. H. Eager, Mrs. C. E. Guilford. WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. R. H. Kennison, E .F. Webster, S. K. Laudon. WILMINGTON. WILMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Mrs. C. C. Nichols, Pres.; Mrs. J. W. Wire, Vice Pres.; Mrs. Robert Lacy, Sec.; Mrs. J. E. Orebaugh, Treas.; Mrs. S. G. Smith, Mrs. C. W. Sweim, Mrs. W. H. Rannells. WOOSTER. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. Prof. Jonas O. Notestein, Bloomington. Prof. William Z. Bennett, Miss Gertrude Gingrich. (This is the Library Committee appointed from the Faculty.) OHIO LIBRARIES. 13 WORTHINGTON. WORTHINGTON PUBLIC READING ROOM. C. L. Dickey, Superintendent Township Schools, Clintonville, O. W. H. Mc- Farland, Superintendent Schools, Worthington, O. J. E. Miller, Worthington, O. Miss Stella Gardner, Worthington, O. XENIA. XENIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Miss Clara Allen, Pres. ; Miss Lestra Kinney, Sec. YELLOW SPRINGS. ANTIOCH COLLEGE LIBRARY. Hon. W. A. Bell, Yellow Springs, O. Rev. A. M. Judy, Davenport, Iowa. Prof. F. W. Hooper, Brooklyn Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Amos R. Wells, Au- burndale, Mass. Rev. James' DeNormandie, Roxbury, Mass. Prof. S. C. Derby, Columbus, O. YOUNGSTOWN. REUBEN MCMILLAN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. J. H. Clarke, Cleveland, O. Tod Ford. Mrs. D. Theobald, Geo. F. Jewett, James P. Wilson, Mason Evans, John C. Wick, F. Treudley, W. A. Maline, Mrs. R. McMillan, Canfield, O. Robert McCurdy, Julia A. Hitchcock, William T. Gibson. ZANESVILLE. ATHENEAUM LIBRARY. Dr. E. C. Brush, Pres.; Hon. M. M. Granger, I. B. Townsend, John Finy, Charles Abbott. BUCKINGHAM LIBRARY. James Buckingham. u OHIO LIBRARIES. GIFTS AND IMPROVEMENTS. The following gifts and improvements have been reported since Jan. 1, 1900, except where otherwise specified : Akron — Public Library. A library of music, valued at $600, was presented in 1898. 277 volumes were donated within the past year. Gift of $70,000 from Andrew Carnegie for new library building. Akron — Buchtel College Library. 200 volumes were presented. Alliance Public Library — The library was entirely re-organized and cata- logued. New shelving was added. Ashtabula — Gift of $25,000 for public library building from Andrew Carnegie. Berea — German Wallace College Library. The library was re-classified by the Dewey decimal system. Bucyrus — Memorial Library. $500 was received from Mr. Carnegie for the purchase of books. The librarian’s salary was increased $10.00 a month. Cambridge Public Library — Gift of $18,000 for new library building from Andrew Carnegie. Canton Public Library — Gift of property valued at $10,000 by W. W. Clark. Gift of $50,000 for new library building from Andrew Carnegie. Celina — Shakespeare Public Library. 50 volumes were donated. Chillicothe Public Library. Library to be moved into commodious new build- ing in September, 1901. Cincinnati Public Library. Gift of $1,000 for purchase of books for the blind, raised by popular subscription. Gift of 500 volumes in raised type for the blind. Gift of 416 volumes and 1,600 pamphlets from H. L. Wehmer. Gift of $180,000 by Andrew Carnegie for branch library buildings. Cincinnati University Library. Gifts : The Robert Clark collection, 6,782 volumes; Natural History Library, 14,000 volumes; $60,000 by Asa Van Wor- mer for new library building. The new building is now nearing completion. Cincinnati — Young Men’s Mercantile Library. Two hundred volumes pre- sented. Circleville — Public Library. There was a large increase in club and chil- dren’s work. Cleveland — Library of Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. A gift of $15,000.00 is reported. Cleveland — Case Library. The United States government condemned the library property for the proposed new government building in that city. The award for the property, including damages, was fixed at $507,000. Cleveland Hardware Co.’s Library. Gift of 300 volumes from famous people all over the world, many with autographs. Cleveland Medical Library Association. Gifts: The Vance Library, 2,000 volumes, by Drs. Dudley P. Allen and C. A. Hamman ; 225 volumes from Dr. D. P. Allen; 110 volumes from Dr. O. F. Gordon. Cleveland Public Library. Gift of 306 bound and 217 unbound volumes, on Oriental religions, folk-lore and allied subjects, from John G. White. Columbus Public Library. Gift of $1,000 for maintenance of Kilbourne alcove ; also 750 volumes, from James Kilbourne. Gift of $150,000 from Andrew Carnegie for new library building, the city to furnish site and $20,000 a year for maintenance. OHIO LIBRARIES. 15 Dayton Public Library. 278 volumes were donated. The double entry charg- ing system was introduced. A bindery assistant was employed. A children’s room was opened in the basement of the building. Delaware — Library of the Ohio Wesleyan University. Prof. John Williams White, of Harvard University, presented 4,179 volumes, including the complete library of the late Professor Karl Little. East Liverpool. $50,000 building presented by Andrew Carnegie. Elyria Public Library. A children’s room was added and the shelving capacity for books was increased. Gabon Public Library. Gift of $15,000 by Andrew Carnegie for new library building. Gambier — Kenyon College Library. Gift of $17,500 in property and money, the income to be spent for books, and $13,000 to build a new stack room, from James P. Stevens (Class ’59), Tre:.t;u, N. J. Geneva — Platt R. Spencer Memorial Library. Gifts for the year, $1,577. Glendale — Alumnae Library. A gift of $50 was received. Granville — Denison University Library. Gifts were received amounting to $525. Greenville — Public Library. Gift of $25,000 for library building by Mr. Car- negie, the city furnishing site and $2,500 a year for maintenance. The library has been catalogued by the Dewey decimal system. Hallsville — Special District Library. $50 worth of books were donated by Edward L. Buchwalter, of Springfield, O. Hamilton — Lane Free Library. Five hundred dollars donated by citizens. Jefferson Citizens’ Library Association. Gifts aggregating $200 were received. A new building was erected. Kent — Public Library. Gift of $10,000 for library building from Andrew Carnegie. Gift of a site, valued at $3,000, for new library building, from Hon. Marvin Kent. Kenton — Public Library. Gift of $17,500 by Andrew Carnegie for new li- brary building. Gift of site costing $8,100 by Lewis Merriman. Lancaster Public Library. 267 volumes were presented. London Public Library. Gift of $10,000 by Andrew Carnegie for new library building. Marietta — Marietta College Library. The library of Hon. R. M. Stimson, 18,712 volumes, was presented. Mansfield — Memorial Library. A steady increase in interest and in quality of books drawn is reported. Massillon — McClymonds Public Library. Gifts: 229 volumes; $80.00; library building, $20,000.00; endowment, $10,000 for books. Medina Library Association. Gifts were received amounting to $200.00. More commodius quarters and electric lighting were provided. Mount Vernon Public Library. Citizens of Mount Vernon subscribed $243 for repairs. Norwalk — Young Men’s Library and Reading Room Association. The library moved into a building now held under a perpetual lease. Oxford — Miami University Library. New shelving was added. A librarian was employed who is required to devote his time to the library. Painesville Pubic Library. The gifts of a new building and 385 volumes are reported. Portsmouth Public Library. Gift of $50,000 by Andrew Carnegie for new library building. Piqua — Schmidlapp Free School Library. The library building has been enlarged, and a card catalogue has been almost completed. 16 OHIO LIBRARIES. Sandusky Public Library. Andrew Carnegie presented this city $50,000 for a new library building. Shelby Public Library. A public library lecture course was conducted with marked success. Gift of property valued at $6,500 for a public library from Daniel S. Marvin. Springfield — Warder Public Library. The German books in the library were classified. Springfield — Zimmerman Library. 320 volumes were presented. Steubenville — Carnegie Public Library. Andrew Carnegie presented the city $50,000 for a new library building. Toledo Public Library, 1,223 volumes were donated; $1,800 were given by Mr. Hardy; $1,000 was given from Mrs. J. R. Locke; $200 was received from the Toledo Traction Company. The library changed from the exclusive to the open shelf system. Troy — Free Public Library. Fifty dollars was received from the Altrurian Society. Van Wert — Brumback County Library. A library building has been erected at a cost of $50,000 — bequest of J. S. Brumback. Warren — Warren Library Association. The tax levy was increased from three-tenths to five-tenths of a mill. Washington C. H. — Public Library. Gift of $12,500 by Andrew Carnegie for new library building. Wilmington Public Library. Gift of $10,000 by Andrew Carnegie for new library building. Wellington — Public Library. Gift of new library building, to cost $15,000, from Col. Myron T. Herrick, as a memorial to his father and mother. Wooster — University Library. The gift of a $35,000 library building, by H. C. Frick, of Pittsburg, is reported. This beautiful new building is fitted up with the latest improvements. A new card catalogue has been made. Xenia Library Association. Gift of $20,000 by Andrew Carnegie for new library building. Youngstown — Reuben McMillan Free Public Library. $5,000, the bequest of Charles D. Arms, was received. The library was moved into a new building and the books have been re-classified by the Dewey decimal system. The Brown charg- ing system has been introduced. Ohio State Library — Main Room, 1902 18 OHIO LIBRARIES. OHIO LIBRARIES, City or Town. Population, 1900. 1 Ada 2,576 :2 Akron 42,728 3 Akron 4 Alliance 8,974 '6 Ashland 4,087 7 Ashtabula 12,949 ■8 Athens 3,066 9 Bellefontaihe. . 6,649 10 Bellevue 4.101 11 Berea 2,510 13 Bryan 3.131 14 Bucyrus 6,560 15 Cadiz 1,755 16 California 200 17 Canfield 672 18 Canton 30,667 19 Cardington 1,354 20 Carthage. 2 559 21 Cedarville 1,189 22 Celina 2,815 23 Chillicothe .... 12,976 24 Cincinnati 325,902 25^Cincinnati 26\ Cincinnati 27 Cincinnati 28 Cincinnati 29 Cincinnati . . . . 30 Cincinnati 31 Cincinnati 32 Cincinnati 33 Cincinnati 34 Circleville . 6 991 35 Cleveland 381,768 Cleveland - - 37 Cleveland 38 Cleveland 39 Cleveland 40 Cleveland 41 Cleveland 42 Columbus 125,560 Name of Library. Name of Librarian. a . v- O 4 O Manila Banes 1871 Own. Charles Russel Olin. .. 1874 Own. Mary Pauline Edgerton. 1865 Rent. William Soule 1889 Own. Harry E. Griffith 1885 In School Nellie L. Steveifs 1899 Building. Given free. N. E. Warmington 1895 Donated Eli Dunkle 1804 Own. Mary W. Reagh 1898 Rent. Emma .Sutter 1891 Rent. T. Rodemeyer 1865 Own. George F. Collier 1893 Own. Alice M. Walt 1883 Rent. Augusta M. McCracken . 1H94 Own. Ella M. Ward ! 1880 Rent. Hattie Dixon 1899 Donated. Nelle Mae Whituey 1 1881 Own. Mary P. Martin 1884 Rent. Jessie Watson 1878 Donated. - E. S. Whittaker 1891 Own. Mary Templeton 1891 Donated. Cora Snyder 1899 Donated. B. E. Stevenson 1 1848 Own. Catharine W. Lord 1831 Own. r P. S. Connor, M. D 1870 Own. S. Waldbott 1890 Own. V Archibald J Carson Alice McLean and Carrie R. Gaither 1835 Perpetual . John M. Nickles 1870 Lease. Own. i . J. G. Porter 1843 Own. . N.D.C. Hodges 1855 Own. j Harriet Evans Hodge . . . 1 1881 Own. 1 . Alma Diserens 1832 Own. f May Lowe 1873 Own. / Edward C. Williams 1826 Own. . Charles Orr 1846 Own. C. A. Hamann 1895 Own. . W. H. Brett 1869 Own. . Francis Haggerey 1886 Own. . J. P. McLean 1867 Own. i Frances L. Trowbridge. 1892 Own. 3 Pauline G. Gray 1874 Own. Ohio Norm Univ. Library Bierce Library of Buchtel College Akron Public Library Mount Union College Library Public Library Public Reading Room Ashtabula Free Public Lib' ary Ohio University Library Bellefoniaine Public Library Public Library Library of German Wal lace College Philura Gould Baldwin Memorial Library Bryan Library Bucvrus Memorial Library Cadiz Public Library California Free Library. North-Eastern Ohio Nor- mal College Library. . . Canton Public Library. Ladies Public Library Association. . Shakespeare Public Library Public Library and Philosophical So- ciety of Ohio . . . Lloyd Library and Mu seum Library of the Academy of Medicine Library Library of the Cincin nati Society of Natur- al History Observatory . Public Library Library Case Library Cleveland Med. Library Public Library Library of St. Ignatius College L'brary of Western Re- serve Historical Soc Law Library of Weste Reserve University.. OHIO LIBRARIES. 19 1899 - 1900 . How Supported. Receipts. Circulating or Refer- ence. Bound Volumes. Pamphlets. Issues : Home Use. Reference. Access to Shelves. System of Classifica- tion. Catalogue : Card or Printed. Branches. Delivery Stations. H. U. R. c R 8,946 732 No 3 1 c R 6 000 Yes ’ Dewey Card . . 2 |7 200 00 c R 19 413 56,554 Yes " Dewey Card . . Print’d 3 204 00 c R 4 000 2,000 1,450 Yes 4 , 800 00 c 2 300 Yes Dewey Card . . 5 c R 2 200 Yes 6 800 00 c R 8 849 2,124 18,385 1,500 Yes Dewey Card . . 7 c R 15^100 4,000 Yes Cutter Card . . 8 1 317 00 c R 9 636 00 c R 1 000 10 c R 4,500 400 Yes Dewey Card . . 11 Fees, Endow- ment Gifts c R 7,000 500 520 1,100 Yes Dewey Card . . 12 Subscription . . c R 2,840 1,330 3,050 Yes Print’d 13 Taxation 600 00 c R 2,072 27 9,706 150 Yes Dewey 14 Taxation and Subscription 510 00 c R 5,450 4,000 3,500 Yes Print’d 15 Donations .... c R 251 88 233 Yes 16 Donations .... c R 1,500 200 520 Yes 17 Taxation 1,200 00 c R 6,636 30,808 Yes Dewey Card . . 18 1,332 19 Taxation c 2,000 2,500 Yes 20 912 Yes 21 Donatiou .... c R 500 100 Yes Card . . 22 Taxation. . . 1,450 00 c R 23,500 5,000 23,099 9,600 Yes Dewey Card . . 23 Corporation . . 1,420 00 c R 16,500 6,300 Card . . 24 Lecture Fees . L065 15 c R 1L881 ’ 28 3,927 No Card . . 25 Donations .... R 8.334 3,000 Yes 26 c R 800 27 Subscription . . 5,000 00 c R 65,000 35,000 5,000 Yes 28 Endowment . . R 5,000 Yes Dewey 29 Taxation ... 100 00 R 2,540 728 Yes 30 Taxation 90,890 56 ”c’ R 200,198 27,724 400,460 829,764 Dewey Card . . Print’d 4 40 31 Taxation c R 30,000 2,021 Yes Dewey Card . . 32 Taxation 155 00 c R 3,000 Yes Card . . 33 Taxation .... 1,875 11 c R 11 ’675 600 34,889 Dewey Priht’d 34 c R 40^000 Yes Dewey Card . 35 Endowment . . 15,000 00 c R 50,000 4,000 75,000 Yes Dewey Card . . 36 Corporation . . 1,500 00 c R 7,500 200 Yes Card . Taxation 83,020 00 c R 171,181 13,000 958,737 489,872 Yes Dewey Card . . Print’d 4 13 38 Corporation . . c R 7,600 1,100 No Card . . 39 Corporation . . R 19,968 17,000 Yes 40 Corporation . . R 6,000 20 Card . . 41 Taxation 799 03 c R 3,575 374 202 No 42 20 OHIO LIBRARIES. OHIO LIBRARIES, City or Town. Name of Library. Name of Librarian. p. 0 01 .O 3 « gg * o u O o £ 5 ^ 6 O O 43 Columbus. 44 Columbus. 45 Columbus. 46 Columbus. 50 Corning 1,401 51 Coshocton 6,473 52 Dayton 85,333 53 Defiance 7,579 54 Delaware 7,940 55 Delaware 56 East Liverpool . 16,485 57 Eaton 3,155 58 Elyria 8,791 59 Franklin 2,724 60 Fremont 8,439 61 Galion 7,282 62 Gallipolis 5,432 63 Gambier 751 64 Garrettsville... . 1,145 65 Geneva 2,342 66 Germantown . . 1,702 67 Glendale 1,545 68 Granville 1.425 69 Greenfield 3,979 70 Greenville 5,501 71 Hallsville 72 Hamilton 23,914 73 Hillsboro 4,535 74 Hiram 659 75 Iron ton 11,868 76 Jefferson 1,319 77 Kent 4,541 78 Kepton 6,852 79 Lancaster 8,991 80 Laurelville 450 81 Lebanon ...... 2,867 82 Lima 21,723 Public Library and Read- ing Room Public School Library. . Ohio State Library Ohio State Library, Trav- eling Library Dep’t.. . State Law Library Franklin County Free Traveling Library Ohio State University Library Corning Book Exchange. Coshocton Free School Library Public Library and Museum Defiance Public Library. Delaware City Library.. . Library of Ohio Wes- leyan University East Liverpool Public Library Eaton Circulating Library Elyria Library Free School Library Birchard Library Public School Library . Gallipolis Public Library Kenyon College Library. Public School Library. . . Platt R. Spencer Memo- rial Library Germantown Public Library Alumnae Library of Glendale College Denison Univ. Library.. . Greenfield Public Read- ing Room Free Public School Library Hallsville Special Dis- trict Library Lane Free Library Public Library. Hiram College Library.. Briggs Library Institute Citizens’ Library Ass’n . . Kent Free Library and Reading Room Kenton Public Library.. Lancaster Public Library Laurel Social Club Library Mechanics Inst. Library. Public Library John J. Pugh Martin Hen»el C. B.Galbreath 1872 1817 1S96 Own. Own. Own. Own. Own. Frank N. Neebe Olive Jones 1873 Own. Sarah M. Holcombe 1895 Donated. Joseph Love 1898 Rent. Elertra C. Doren Own. Jewell Fouke. 1895 Rent. Nellie F. Pratt 1899 Donated. Trumbull G. Duvall. ... 1853 Own. Minta M. McLane 1896 Rent. 1900 Donated. Mary C. Parker 1868 Own. Rachel J. Hartley 1895 Rent. Harriet A. Gast 1874 Own. J. C. Guenther 1880 Own. Addie A. Vanden 1898 Rent. Ellen D. Devol 1828 Own. C. T. Northrop Own. Florence L. Wright 1892 Rent. Adelaid Taylor 1888 Own. Mary Potter 1879 Own. H. H. Tuttle 1831 Own. Mattie Patton 1898 Rent. Callie Biltimier 1892 Donated. J. F. Warner 1898 Donated. Florence S. Schenck. ... 1866 Own. Clara B. Perrin 1877 Own. Emma O. Ryder 1852 Own. Mary V. Wilson 1899 Donated. Amelia C. White 1883 Own. J. S. Cooke 1892 Rent. Margaret Rogers 1886 Rent. L. Busby 1878 Own. Bessie Martin 1899 Donated. Mary L. Frost 1831 Donated. Medora Freeman 1899 OHIO LIBRARIES. 21 1899-1900 — Continued, How Supported. Receipts. Circulating or Reference. Bound Volumes. Pamphlets. Issues : Home Use. Reference. Access to shelves. System of Classifi- cation. Catalogue : Card or Printed. Branches. Delivery Stations. H. U. R. Taxation $6,492 92 c R 31,043 96,398 74,774 Taxation ' 4^000 00 C R 41,418 362 168,302 237,888 Dewey Card Print’d 19 State Appro- 14,640 00 c R 56,970 20,557 28,176 No Dewey' Card Appropria- c 11,780 *19,505 State Appro- priation. ... 15,900 00 R 20 000 2 200 10,400 00 c R 32 000 8,000 Yes Card 50 00 c R 500 Yes Taxatiou and 1,300 00 c R 2 600 23 Yes Print’d Taxation 14,434 23 c R 44,048 1,664 128,673 80,885 Yes Dewey Card Print’d 1 Taxation 750 00 c R 4,337 500 19,990 Dewey Taxation 1,634 30 c R 1)359 4,585 Yes Dewey Card Corporation. . . 1,600 00 c R 37,105 3,800 2,714 5,604 Dewey Card Taxation 1,100 00 c R 1,800 200 2,864 160 No Print’d Subscription . . c 400 Yes Endowment and Sub- scription .... c R 15,000 24,960 Yes Dewey Card Taxation .... 350 00 c R 3,000 12,000 No Print’d c R 13,778 9,055 Yes Card Taxation c R 3^000 8 000 Print’d Taxation . . . 1,036 15 c R L936 31 18,095 Yes Dewey Card Corporation . . c R 32 000 Yes Dewey Card Taxation 75 00 c R 3)000 200 1,800 Yes Print’d Taxation and Subscription c R 2,500 9,198 Yes Dewey Card Taxation 500 00 c R 3,606 7,768 Yes Print’d Donations .... c R 2 500 Yes Print’d Corporation . . 679 48 c R 20,733 15,000 4,656 Yes Dewey Card Donations 180 00 c R 258 408 Yes Taxation c R 5,700 12 11,121 Yes Dewey Card Print’d Donations c R 400 12 771 12 Yes Taxation . ... 1,650 00 c R 7,387 13,493 No Card Print’d Taxation . . . . c R 7,424 Corporation . . c R 7 ’,550 1 500 Yes Card c R 4)641 6)000 Yes Print’d Taxation and Donations . . 325 00 c R 2.300 7,000 Yes Print’d Taxation 800 00 c R 2,610 20,418 No Taxation and » Corporation. 1237 87 c R 2,870 13,818 Yes Print’d Taxation L600 00 c R 6^576 1,627 47,471 7,194 No Dewey Card Donations c 125 750 No Subscription c R 4,263 1,000 3,512 Yes c R 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 Issues at stations, estimated, 150,000, 22 OHIO LIBRARIES. OHIO LIBRARIES, City or Town. Population, 1900. 83 Lisbon 3,330 84 Lockland 2,695 85 Logan 3,840 86 London 3, all 87 Madisonville. 3,140 88 Mansfield 17,640 89 Marietta 13,348 90 Marysville 3,048 91 Massillon 11.944 92 Medina 2,232 93 Mentor 624 94 Mt. Vernon . . . 6, *33 95 Newark 18,157 96 Newark 97 Norwalk 7,074 98 Oberlin 99 Oxford 2,009 100 Oxford 101 Painesville. . . 5,021 102 Perrysburg 1,766 103 Piqua 12,172 104 Pleas’nt Ridge 953 105 Pomeroy 4,639 106 Portsmouth. . . 17,870 107 St. Mary’s 5,329 108 Salem 7,582 109 Sand Hill 110 Sandusky 19,664 Ill Shelby 4,685 112 Sidney 5,688 113 South Solon . . 319 114 Springfield . . . 38,253 115 Springfield . . . 116 Steubenville .. 14,349 117 Steubenville 118 Steubenville .. 119 Tiffin . 120 Toledo 131,822 12 L Troy 5,881 122 Urbana 6,808 123 Urbana 124 Van Wert.... 6,422 125 Vermillion.... 1,184 126 Warren 8 529 127 Wash tonC. H. 5,751 128 Wauseon . . . 2,148 129 Wellington . . . 2,094 bo c Name of Library. Name of Librarian. ’V V 'H 5 o fe w 2 5 M Lepper Library Lockland Public Library and Free Read. Room Logan Public Library .. . Puolic Library Memorial Library Ass’n. Marietta College Library Marysville Library and Reading Room Assti.. .a 2 $ o o M. P. Springer E. Irene Patterson. 1897 Own. 1887 Rent. Margaret Saumenig Elsie Minshall C. L. Metz Martha Mercer Minnie M. Orr . . 1897 Donated. 1880 Rent. 1887 Own. 1835 Own. Mrs. L. T. Henderson 1897 Donated. McClymonds Public Library Charlotte D. Leavitt. . . . 1899 Own. Medina L brary Ass’n . . . Mentor Village Library.. Mt.Vernon P’blic Library Newark Circulating Library Licking County Pioneer Historical and Anti- quarian Society Young Men’s Library and Reading Room Ass’n. Eva Johnson Mrs. M. C. Angier Gertrude A. Baker. . . . Martha Wright James H. Smith Mattie L. Husted 1899 Rent. i890 Donated. Own. 1876 Donated. 1867 Donated. 1866 Perpetual Lease. Oberlin College Libr