Series: Proceedings of WLA Annual Meetings

1891-1911
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of conferences, 1891, 1894, 1895, 1898 (Interstate), 1899, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1905; clippings describing meetings and matters discussed - need for libraries, et cetera; correspondence regarding Free Traveling Libraries; register of attendance, 1899, 1900, 1905, 1911; thank-you letters, requests for funds; minutes of meetings, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, October 1909 (clipping); Wisconsin Library Bulletin, February 1911; records of receipts and membership, 1891-1896.

1912
Scope and Content Note: Includes invitation to 1912 meeting; constitution of Wisconsin State Library Association; “Books to Read for Pleasure,” Mary Emogene Hazeltine; program - “Plays for an Irish Theater”; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, February 1912; “Teaching Library Methods in Normal Schools,” Louise F. Encking; “Librarian's Tools and Library Literature”; “Relation of the Library to the Transient,” Harriet Allen; “The Library and the Rural Community,” Kate M. Potter; “The Library and Its Branches,” Mary J. Calkins; “How May Children's Reading Be Guided,” Nellie M. Meyers correspondence regarding paper not given; “Methods of Reaching Children Through the School,” Martha E. Dunn; minutes of 1912 meeting and register of attendance.

1913
Scope and Content Note: Includes invitation; constitution; Round Table: Books That Are “As Interesting as a Novel”; “The Relationship of the Music Student to the Public Library”; “Increasing Human Efficiency in Business,” Professor Walter Dill Scott; “Books on Industrial Efficiency,” W.E. Curtis; “Possibilities of Work for Children in a Small Library,” Martha E. Dunn; program for dramatic reading; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, April 1913; register of attendance and resolutions, 1913.

1914
Scope and Content Note: Includes 1914 announcement, constitution, minutes of business session; “Graded Lists of Children's Books: The Use of Such Lists by the Teacher with the Pupil,” Minnie Olive Hill; “Lists of Children's Books,” Marion Humble; “Non-Fiction Reading. How to Increase It?” Julia Rupp; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, October 1914; The Library Journal, September 1914; registration and resolutions, 1914.

1916-1917
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of Executive Board Meeting, WLA, April 1917; invitation, 1917; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1917; committees appointed, 1917; correspondence: greetings from Iowa City Library Association, planning conference with Wisconsin Free Library Commission regarding funds; announcements, 1916 meeting; Round Table for Trustees and Librarians; Round Table: The Library's opportunity as seen by the educator; Round Table for Librarians of schools and colleges; Round Table for Librarians of public libraries; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1916; newspaper clippings about meeting, 1917.

1918-1919
Scope and Content Note: Includes announcement, 1918 meeting; Round Table for Larger Libraries; Round Table for Smaller Libraries; Round Table for Children's Libraries; Round Table: School Libraries Section; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1918; constitution, by-laws, amendments, attendance register, 1918; Report of Executive Board Meeting, WLA, May 1918; meeting of Executive Committee, May 1919; announcement, minutes, attendance register, 1919 meeting; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1919.

1920
Scope and Content Note: Proceedings now called “Wisconsin Library Association Report.” Includes minutes of Executive Meetings and the Annual Meeting, 1920; program, announcements; report of committee on County Libraries; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1920; “Teacher Librarians”; Report of Committee on Certification; Administrative Problems of Wisconsin Libraries; Trustees Section, Colleges and Normal School Libraries; minutes of Annual Business Meeting; attendance register; correspondence: thanks to Charles McLenegan; newspaper clippings about meeting.

1921
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of Executive Meeting, 1921; announcement, minutes of annual Meeting, 1921, minutes of business Meeting, 1921; Round Tables: Administrative Problems, School Libraries Section, Trustees' Section; financial statement of WLA, November 1920 - November 1921; membership list; newspaper clippings; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1921.

1922
Scope and Content Note: Includes program, 1922 meeting; minutes of annual meeting: County Library progress, La Crosse County campaign; Round Table on Professional Problems; Round Table on Libraries and Schools; “Outstanding Books of Non-Fiction” October 1921 - October 1922; Business Meeting, minutes; correspondence with American Library Association regarding organization; “Making the Community Conscious of Its Library”; “Can the Banker Help the Librarian?”; “The Library in the Small Community”; financial statement, December 1921 - December 1922, list of exhibits; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1922; Role Call on Publicity: correspondence with individual libraries regarding publicity; accomplishments of the year 1922; Role Call of Books: correspondence with individual libraries regarding most popular books of year; newspaper clippings.

1923-1924
Scope and Content Note: Includes Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1923; correspondence with Wisconsin Free Library Commission, WLA financial statement, 1923, enclosed; Address of Welcome, 1923 Meeting; newspaper clippings; Minutes of Executive Committee, 1923; Annual Meeting, 1924: minutes of business meetings, resolutions, program; “The Public Library and the University Extension”; “Knowing the Community By Sample”; Suggestions by Dr. Dallas Lore Sharp; report of committee conducting Library Survey; “The Librarian Listens In”; “Adult Education”; Treasurer's Report, 1924; correspondence: inviting trustees to become WLA members; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, July 1924; program, 1923 Meeting; congratulatory telegram from trustees.

1925
Scope and Content Note: Includes invitation to Meeting; minutes of Executive Committee, tentative program, letters to trustees and librarians urging attendance, official program; minutes of Annual Meeting; “Relation of the Public Library to the Public School”; “Interesting Books of the Fall - 1925”; “Outstanding Books October 1924 - July 1925”; minutes of Business Meeting; Resolution of the interim Committee on Administrations and Taxation Requesting the Cooperation of “All organizations which Are Interested in the Problems Assigned to This Committee”; “Resolution of the 1925 Legislative Relating to An Interim Legislative Committee To Investigate Government Administration and Taxation”; Treasurer's Report, 1925; “The Rural School”; “Library Work in the Grade Schools”; “Some Solutions of Libraries in Grade Schools in Kenosha”; Larger Libraries - Group Meeting; Smaller Libraries - Group Meeting; questionnaire and 55 answers; attendance list, list of exhibits; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1925; newspaper clippings on October 1925 Meeting; correspondence: telegrams from ALA regarding Meeting; invitation from Kenosha to hold Annual Meeting; letter from Wisconsin Legislative Interim Committee regarding resolution.

1926
Scope and Content Note: Includes correspondence: Ada McCarthy and Lilly Borrenson regarding why the former not at meeting, 1926; Minutes of Executive Committee; official program, 1926 Meeting; minutes of annual meeting: “Community Tongs”; “The Next Step in American Progress”; “How Far Have We Come: Where Are We Now?”; “Adult Education”; “The Art of Reading: Some suggestions of a Book Lover”; minutes of Business Meeting; Treasurer's Report, 1926; Report of Certification Committee and statistics prepared by them; correspondence: invitation from Green Bay to hold Meeting; correspondence: invitation from Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce (telegram); correspondence: invitation from Racine Chamber of Commerce (telegram); Miss Borreson's Account of Attempts Made by WLA Committee to Cooperate with the Legislative Interim Committee on Administration and Taxation and correspondence on this subject: Borreson, McCarthy, Dudgeon, Corson, Max Heck (chairman - Interim Committee).

1927
Scope and Content Note: Includes Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1927; official program, 1927 Meeting; minutes of first (Fond du Lac) and second (Milwaukee) executive and third (Waupun) board meetings, 1927; correspondence: letter of condolence; minutes of annual Meeting; treasurer's report, 1927; Report of the Certification Committee; correspondence: invitation from Milwaukee mayor and chamber of commerce resolutions; Round Tables: Larger Libraries Section, correspondence regarding absence of children's libraries section, School Libraries Section; correspondence giving report of trustees' meeting, giving life membership; Outstanding Books for Wisconsin Libraries, October 1926 - October 1927; “Wisconsin's Own Bookshelf”; registration (attendance), correspondence regarding registration lists.

1928
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of executive committee, tentative program, letter to members of Wisconsin Library Boards, statement of Resolution Committee (thanks); Annual Meeting, 1928: photo, official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1928; Report of the Certification Committee and Statistic sheets prepared by them; Outstanding Books for Wisconsin Libraries, October 1927 - October 1928; Selected List of Children's Books of 1927-1928; Better business books of 1928; A Few Reference books, correspondence regarding reference list; song sheet; correspondence: invitation from Wausau Chamber of Commerce, honoring retiring librarian, giving report; memo on adult Education Meeting; Round Tables: Large Libraries, mall Libraries, work with Children, Hospital Libraries (correspondence regarding), School Libraries (correspondence); correspondence: thanks to hotel, et cetera for Meeting; newspaper clippings; proof for report in Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1928; constitution, by-laws, and amendments; registration.

1929
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive committee Meeting minutes, preliminary program; correspondence: forwarding information, invitation by Wisconsin Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Watertown, membership inquiries; Annual Meeting: program minutes; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1929; Business Meeting - minutes; newspaper clippings; registration; Report of Resolution Committee: correspondence thanking Wausau, information on Wausau.

1930
Scope and Content Note: Includes North Central Library Conference, 1930: tentative program, program, Minnesota Department of Education Library Notes and News, Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1930; WLA Resolutions Committee, information on St. Paul, newspaper clippings; telegram (greetings) from 1st Wisconsin National bank; suggested resolution and correspondence regarding George Washington Bicentennial; correspondence: invitation from Milwaukee mayor and chamber of commerce; pamphlets from Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and Convention Bureau; registration.

1931
Scope and Content Note: Includes constitution, by-laws; minutes of executive board Meeting; Annual Meeting: tentative program, correspondence urging attendance, official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, December 1931; correspondence: with Lew Sarrett regarding speech, WLA reports to Historical Society, George Washington Bicentennial, request for WLA surveys, invitations from Appleton; newspaper clippings; registration.

1932
Scope and Content Note: Now called “Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the WLA” Includes executive board Meeting minutes, 1932 treasurer's report, official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1932; WLA Scholarship Book Auction; Registration; correspondence: request for proceedings, forwarding WLA reports to Historical Society, dates for 1933 meetings, memorial, with ALA regarding meetings, payment for speech.

1933
Scope and Content Note: Now called “WLA Report” again. Includes executive board Meeting minutes; preliminary announcements, correspondence urging attendance; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November 1933; Registration; invitations for 1931 Meeting: Superior, Milwaukee; Milwwaukee Convention Bureau pamphlets; correspondence with ALA regarding statements on Increased Demand for Library Service and Reduction of Public Expenditures, Citizens' Councils for a Constructive Economy; correspondence: notification of new secretary, forwarding to Historical Society.

1934
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive board meetings, minutes, 1934; preliminary notices of Annual Meeting, program; convention headquarters: pamphlet on New Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee; official program; Wisconsin Library Bulletin, November-December 1934; Outstanding Books for Public Library Use, October 1933 - October 1934; program for play: “The Beacon”; correspondence regarding new officers; invitation from Superior for 1935 Meeting; registration; correspondence with ALA: regarding 1936 Meeting, contributing membership; correspondence regarding memorial, Milwaukee County Community Fund, greetings from Iowa Library Association, Catalogers' Group of ALA, greetings to WLA founders, clippings from Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, WLA banquet favors; newspaper clippings.

1935
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive board Meeting minutes, 1935 Treasurer's Report; official program; newspaper clippings; “Library Service in 1945?”; supplement to Wisconsin Library Bulletin, March, 1936; newspaper clippings; registration; correspondence regarding Meeting attendance, invitations from Stevens Point, Green Bay, Milwaukee, resolutions thanking Superior resolutions honoring individual librarians, library boards, donors; “A State Library Program”; correspondence: Superior Association of Commerce, pamphlets on Superior; correspondence: invitations from Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, Journal, Sentinel, Public Library.

1936
Scope and Content Note: Includes executive board meetings - minutes; preliminary notices of Meeting, program; convention headquarters: photos of New Pfister hotel, brochure, correspondence with New Pfister regarding arrangements; newspaper clippings; supplement to Wisconsin Library Bulletin, February 1937; Report of WLA Nominating Committee; 1936 Treasurer's Report; Outstanding books for Public Libraries, 1935-1936; report of Reference Section; Revision of the Constitution Committee; invitations from Green Bay, Milwaukee, Madison; registration; correspondence: invitations to speak, with ALA regarding Federal Relations Committee, regarding meeting site, regarding convention badges, with Milwaukee Association of Commerce regarding registration and forwarding clippings; list of people to whom programs were sent.

1937
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of executive board meetings; Annual Meeting official program; greetings from Minnesota Association of Hospital, Medical and Institution Librarians; convention headquarters: pictures, information sheets on Madison; registration; newspaper clippings; supplement to Wisconsin Library Bulletin, April 1938; correspondence: invitations from Madison mayor, Free Library, Chamber of Commerce, Eau Claire regarding convention badges; Selected Bibliography on Personality Problems.

1938
Scope and Content Note: Includes minutes of executive board meetings; Annual Meeting official program; greetings from individuals, Milwaukee Chapter of Special Libraries Association; Outstanding Books for Public Libraries, 1937-1938; Special Committee on State Aid for Libraries - Report: first draft of a bill, statistics; Treasurer's Report, 1938, Tentative Report, Scholarship Section, 1938; registration; correspondence invitations from Milwaukee, brochure from Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, resolutions thanking hotel, Convention Bureau, invitation from Rhinelander; Scholarship Book Auction; resolutions regarding Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Wisconsin Library School; correspondence regarding above resolution; resolutions honoring individual librarians, libraries, donors and related correspondence; petition from members regarding student preparation; newspaper clippings; official program, 1928 Annual Meeting; 1928 Report of the Certification Committee.