Library Work with Children [1]
Reference Books. (Public Libraries, 1899, P. 311.) ELIZABETH ELLIS.
Elementary Library Instruction. (Public Libraries, 1912, P. 260.) GILBERT O. WARD.
The Question of Discipline. (Library Journal, 1901, P. 735.) LUTIE EUGENIA STEARNS.
Maintaining Order in the Children's Room. (Library Journal, 1903, P. 164) CLARA WHITEHILL HUNT.
Problems of Discipline. (Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1908, P. 65.) MARY EMOGENE HAZELTINE AND HARRIET PRICE SAWYER.
SPECIAL METHODS AND TYPES OF WORK: STORY-TELLING; READING CLUBS; HOME LIBRARIES, PLAYGROUNDS, ETC.
The Story Hour. (Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1905, P. 4.) EDNA LYMAN SCOTT.
Story-telling in Libraries. (Public Libraries, 1908, P. 349.) JOHN COTTON DANA.
Story-telling--A Public Library Method. (Child Conference for Research and Welfare, 1909, P. 225.) FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT.
Story-telling as a Library Tool. (Child Conference for Research and Welfare, 1909, P. 39.) ALICE A. BLANCHARD.
Report of the Committee on Story-Telling. (Playground, 1910, P. 160.) ANNIE CARROLL MOORE.
Reading Clubs for Older Boys and Girls. (Child Conference for Research and Welfare, 1909, p. 13) CAROLINE MARIA HEWINS.
Library Clubs for Boys and Girls. (Library Journal, 1911, p. 251.) MARIE HAMMOND MILLIKEN.
Library Reading Clubs for Young People. (Library Journal, 1912, p 547.) ANNA COGSWELL TYLER.
Home Libraries. (International Congress of Charities, Correction, and Philanthropy, 1893, Second Section, Report, p. 144.) CHARLES WESLEY BIRTWELL
Home Libraries. (Library Journal, 1896, p. 60.) MARY SALOME FAIRCHILD.
Library Day at the Playgrounds. (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Monthly Bulletin, 1901, p. 275.) MEREDYTH WOODWARD.
Library Work in Summer Playgrounds. (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1911, p. 246.) GERTRUDE ELIZABETH ANDRUS.
The Selection of Books for Sunday School Libraries and Their Introduction to Children. (Library Journal, 1882, p. 250.) SAMUEL SWETT GREEN.
The Children's Museum in Brooklyn. (Library Journal, 1910, p. 149.) MIRIAM S. DRAPER.
Work with Children at the Colored Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. (Library Journal, 1910, p. 160.) RACHEL D. HARRIS.
The Foreign Child at a St. Louis Branch. (Library Journal, 191, p. 851) JOSEPHINE MARY MCPIKE.
LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
HISTORY AND GENERAL DISCUSSION
The history of library work with children is yet to be written. From the bequest made to West Cambridge by Dr. Ebenezer Learned, of money to purchase "such books as will best promote useful knowledge and the Christian virtues" to the present day of organized work with children --of the training of children's librarians, of cooperative evaluated lists of books, of methods of extension-- the development has been gradual, yet with a constantly broadening point of view.
A number of libraries have claimed the honor of being the first to establish children's work--a fact which in itself seems to show that the movement was general rather than sporadic. The library periodicals contain many interesting accounts of these beginnings, a number of which have been mentioned in the articles included in this volume.
Certain personalities stand out very clearly in the history of the early days, and many of the same ones are still closely associated with children's work in its later developments. The Library Journal says editorially in 1914: "Probably the credit of the initiative work for children within a public library should remain with Mrs. Sanders of the Pawtucket Library, who made the small folk welcome a generation ago, when, in most public libraries, they were barred out by the rules and regulations and frowned away by the librarian."
Three articles from Miss Caroline Hewins's pen have been chosen for this collection, the last written thirty-two years later than the first. They not only give details of the history of children's work, but reflect Miss Hewins's personality and opinions.
A paper given by Miss Lutie E. Stearns at the Lake Placid Conference of the American Library Association in 1894 has
Elementary Library Instruction. (Public Libraries, 1912, P. 260.) GILBERT O. WARD.
The Question of Discipline. (Library Journal, 1901, P. 735.) LUTIE EUGENIA STEARNS.
Maintaining Order in the Children's Room. (Library Journal, 1903, P. 164) CLARA WHITEHILL HUNT.
Problems of Discipline. (Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1908, P. 65.) MARY EMOGENE HAZELTINE AND HARRIET PRICE SAWYER.
SPECIAL METHODS AND TYPES OF WORK: STORY-TELLING; READING CLUBS; HOME LIBRARIES, PLAYGROUNDS, ETC.
The Story Hour. (Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1905, P. 4.) EDNA LYMAN SCOTT.
Story-telling in Libraries. (Public Libraries, 1908, P. 349.) JOHN COTTON DANA.
Story-telling--A Public Library Method. (Child Conference for Research and Welfare, 1909, P. 225.) FRANCES JENKINS OLCOTT.
Story-telling as a Library Tool. (Child Conference for Research and Welfare, 1909, P. 39.) ALICE A. BLANCHARD.
Report of the Committee on Story-Telling. (Playground, 1910, P. 160.) ANNIE CARROLL MOORE.
Reading Clubs for Older Boys and Girls. (Child Conference for Research and Welfare, 1909, p. 13) CAROLINE MARIA HEWINS.
Library Clubs for Boys and Girls. (Library Journal, 1911, p. 251.) MARIE HAMMOND MILLIKEN.
Library Reading Clubs for Young People. (Library Journal, 1912, p 547.) ANNA COGSWELL TYLER.
Home Libraries. (International Congress of Charities, Correction, and Philanthropy, 1893, Second Section, Report, p. 144.) CHARLES WESLEY BIRTWELL
Home Libraries. (Library Journal, 1896, p. 60.) MARY SALOME FAIRCHILD.
Library Day at the Playgrounds. (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Monthly Bulletin, 1901, p. 275.) MEREDYTH WOODWARD.
Library Work in Summer Playgrounds. (A. L. A. Proceedings, 1911, p. 246.) GERTRUDE ELIZABETH ANDRUS.
The Selection of Books for Sunday School Libraries and Their Introduction to Children. (Library Journal, 1882, p. 250.) SAMUEL SWETT GREEN.
The Children's Museum in Brooklyn. (Library Journal, 1910, p. 149.) MIRIAM S. DRAPER.
Work with Children at the Colored Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. (Library Journal, 1910, p. 160.) RACHEL D. HARRIS.
The Foreign Child at a St. Louis Branch. (Library Journal, 191, p. 851) JOSEPHINE MARY MCPIKE.
LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
HISTORY AND GENERAL DISCUSSION
The history of library work with children is yet to be written. From the bequest made to West Cambridge by Dr. Ebenezer Learned, of money to purchase "such books as will best promote useful knowledge and the Christian virtues" to the present day of organized work with children --of the training of children's librarians, of cooperative evaluated lists of books, of methods of extension-- the development has been gradual, yet with a constantly broadening point of view.
A number of libraries have claimed the honor of being the first to establish children's work--a fact which in itself seems to show that the movement was general rather than sporadic. The library periodicals contain many interesting accounts of these beginnings, a number of which have been mentioned in the articles included in this volume.
Certain personalities stand out very clearly in the history of the early days, and many of the same ones are still closely associated with children's work in its later developments. The Library Journal says editorially in 1914: "Probably the credit of the initiative work for children within a public library should remain with Mrs. Sanders of the Pawtucket Library, who made the small folk welcome a generation ago, when, in most public libraries, they were barred out by the rules and regulations and frowned away by the librarian."
Three articles from Miss Caroline Hewins's pen have been chosen for this collection, the last written thirty-two years later than the first. They not only give details of the history of children's work, but reflect Miss Hewins's personality and opinions.
A paper given by Miss Lutie E. Stearns at the Lake Placid Conference of the American Library Association in 1894 has