1947-09-25City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 09/25/1947
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Thomas F. Delaney, John C. Birmingham, Thomas J. Casey, Louisa V.
Conrad, and Lawrence E. Foster
Board members absent: W. Lincoln Boyden, Jr., William A. Rowe, Robert O. Small, and B.
Frederick Yoffa
Others present:
Recorder: Marjorie H. Stanton
September 25, 1947
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at 7:30 P.M. on Thursday,
September 25, with Mr. Delaney, Mrs. Conrad, and Messrs. Birmingham, Casey & Foster in
attendance.
The records of the previous meeting - that of June 26 - were read and approved, and all
action taken at that meeting was ratified by the Board.
The report of the Finance Committee, giving details of expenditures and balances for the
eight months of the year was read and approved.
Mr. Delaney reported, for the Administration Committee, that only ordinary repairs had
had to be taken care of during the summer, but that some repairs to the plastering at the Main
Library should be taken care of at once.
He also reported that the experiment of closing the Library at noon on Saturdays had been
tried for two months - with no apparent hardship to the public. The Trustees voted to continue this for another month.
It was voted, also, to continue closing the Library at 8 o'clock in the evening because of
heat and lighting.
A letter was received from the Camera Club, asking permission to use the Library hall for
meetings.
The Trustees voted not to accede to this request, on the ground that it would mean
additional expense in heating and lighting, and the Secretary was instructed to write this decision
to the club.
A letter was received from Mrs. Alice Tappan Pratt, now employed at the Newton
Library, applying for a position at the Beverly library.
Miss Stanton was asked to find out more about Mrs. Pratt's qualifications and present
salary and report to the next meeting of the Board.
The Circulation Committee reported that 762 new titles had been added to the Library
since the June meeting, including 104 gifts.
This report was approved.
The report of the Librarian, giving the details of work accomplished during the summer
months was read and placed on file.
This included the reregistration of borrowers, 2721 having taken out cards at the Main
Library alone, since July 5th, the taking of inventory of 5 classes of books; the elimination of
many old magazines - this being done upon advice from the State Library Commission - and the
re-arrangement of all the bound magazines in the Library.
The Circulation Committee presented, for the consideration of the Board, the proposed
magazine list for 1948, and its was voted to place the order again with Miss June Pickering of
Beverly, whose services had been entirely satisfactory in the past.
Voted: to adjourn
Adjourned
Marjorie H. Stanton
Secretary