John Crerar Library
Published: 2017-11-28
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Excerpt from The John Crerar Library: Eleventh Annual Report, for the Year 1905 To the Governor of Illinois: In accordance with the provisions of an act entitled: "An Act to encourage and promote the establishment of free public libraries in cities, villages and towns in this state," approved June 17, 1891, under which this corporation is organized, the Directors of The John Crerar Library submit their eleventh annual report for the year 1905. By the death of Marshall Field, Esq., on January 16, 1906, the Board has lost another of the members named by Mr. Crerar, and one who has rendered most important service to the Library as Chairman of the Committee on Finance from the beginning. The vacancy in the Board caused by the death of Arthur J. Caton was filled by the election, on February 23, 1905, of Mr. Robert Forsyth. This choice was duly approved under date of March 2, 1905, by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, so that the Board is now composed of the following persons: E. W. Blatchford, Robert T. Lincoln, Henry W. Bishop, Albert Keep, John M. Clark, Frank S. Johnson, Peter Stenger Grosscup, Marvin Hughitt, Thomas D. Jones, John J. Mitchell, Leonard A. Busby, and Robert Forsyth, together with Edward F. Dunne, Mayor of Chicago, and Lawrence E. McGann, Comptroller, ex-officio members. The officers of the Library are as follows: President, Peter Stenger Grosscup; First Vice-President, Henry W. Bishop; Second Vice-President, Thomas D. Jones; Secretary, Leonard A. Busby; Treasurer, William J. Louderback; Librarian, Clement W. Andrews. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.