1916-29-04 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 04/29/1916
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: William R. Driver, Louis H. Baker, Joseph C. Kilham, Katharine P.
Loring, Elizabeth P. Sohier, Louis D. Webber, Margaret Whitney, and George E. Woodberry
Board members absent: Lawrence A. Ford
Others present:
Recorder: Louis H. Baker
A meeting of the Trustees of the Beverly Public Library was duly held on Saturday the 29th
day of April, 1916, at 3:30 o'clock P.M.
There were present of the Trustees: Mr. Driver, Miss Loring, Miss Sohier, Miss Whitney.
Messrs. Kilham, Webber, Woodberry and Baker.
The records of the previous meeting were read and approved.
The Committee on Circulation recommended the purchase of 38 titles, whereupon on motion
it was
Voted:
That the recommendation of the Committee on Circulation with respect to the
purchase of 38 titles be adopted.
On motion it was
Voted:
That the matter of the purchase of a set of Shakespeare offered for sale to the Library be
referred to the Committee on Circulation with power to act.
Announcement was made of arrangements for a series of meetings in celebration of the
tercentenary of William Shakespeare, to be held in the Library Hall: these meeting to include
lectures, the reading of Macbeth by Mrs. Edward Holton James and an exhibition of Shakespearian
pictures and books.
The Finance Committee made a report on the financial condition of the Library to May 1 st.
On motion it was
Voted:
That the Chairman of the Committee on Circulation and of the Committee on Administration
consult with the School Department of the City in respect to possible cooperation in the school work
now carried on by the Library [This refers especially to the financial side of the matter]
On motion it was
Voted to adjourn
Adjourned
Attest:
Louis H. Baker
Secretary