Wisconsin Free Library Commission: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, 1903-1957

Container Title
1967/247
Part 2 (1967/247): Additions, 1905-1957
Physical Description: 2.6 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous correspondence and materials, 1905-1957, of C.B. Lester, secretary to the Commission. Includes clippings, pamphlets, circulars, annual reports, committee reports, workshop and conference material, bulletins, and budget information. Well documented are traveling libraries and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School.
Box   1
Folder   1
Adult Education, 1932-1933
Box   1
Folder   2
John Chancellor Correspondence, Adult Education Survey, 1934
Box   1
Folder   3
Library Extension Board, 10 year Report, 1935-1936
American Library Association (ALA)
Box   1
Folder   4
Revised Constitution and Bylaws
Box   1
Folder   5
Denver meeting, 1935
Box   1
Folder   6
Library Extension Board, 1934, 1936
Box   1
Folder   7
New Orleans Survey, 1934-1935
Box   1
Folder   8
Public Library Division, 1934
Box   1
Folder   9
Report on Library Work in the South, 1930-1935
Box   1
Folder   10
Westchester Survey, 1935
Box   1
Folder   11
Federal Steering Committee, 1936
Annual Reports
Box   1
Folder   12
Book Selection Reports, 1945-1947
Box   1
Folder   13
Children's Library Advisor, 1947-1948
Box   1
Folder   14
Legislative Reference Library, 1945-1947
Box   1
Folder   15
Library Advisor, 1947-1948
Box   1
Folder   16-18
Traveling Library and Study Club, 1927-1948
Box   1
Folder   19
Bookseller Discounts, 1934
Box   1
Folder   20
Civil Works Administration - Women's Work Division, 1934
Box   1
Folder   21
History, 1917-1921
Box   1
Folder   22
Wisconsin County Libraries Reports, 1944
Box   1
Folder   23
Ritter Endowment Fund Committee, 1944
Box   1
Folder   24
Commission Business, 1911, 1945
Box   1
Folder   25
Griffen Hagow Report, 1947
Box   1
Folder   26
Wisconsin Industrial Commission: Workmen's Compensation, 1946
Box   1
Folder   27
Insurance Letter to Florence C. Day, 1932
Box   1
Folder   28
State Department: Cultural Relations, 1939
Box   1
Folder   29
Legislative Reference Library, Payroll Reports, 1945-1946
Box   1
Folder   30
ALA Board of Education for Librarianship, 1945
Box   1
Folder   31
Library Buildings
Box   1
Folder   32
Public Library Reports from Wisconsin Cities for the Better Cities Contest, 1930
Box   1
Folder   33
Library Lighting, 1931
Box   1
Folder   34
Library Statistics - County, 1922, 1934, 1945
Box   1
Folder   35
Julia Wright, Merrill, 1946
Box   1
Folder   36
State of Wisconsin: Bureau of Personnel, 1945-1947
Box   1
Folder   37
Hazeltine Correspondence, Philippines, 1945-1943
Box   1
Folder   38
Publications, 1905
Box   1
Folder   39-41
School Libraries, A-Z, 1908-1919
Box   1
Folder   42
Subscription Books
Box   1
Folder   43
Summer Library Conferences, 1915-1929
Box   1
Folder   44
State of Wisconsin: Unemployment Compensation, 1949
Box   1
Folder   45
University of Wisconsin School, Summer Courses, 1945, 1947
Box   1
Folder   46
Wisconsin Library Association Committee on Resolutions, 1944
Box   1
Folder   47
Expenditures, 1925-1927
Box   1
Folder   48
Budget Records, 1939-1940
Box   1
Folder   49
Budget, 1938-1941
Box   1
Folder   50
Budget and Expenditures, 1941-1943
Box   1
Folder   51
Salary Schedule, 1944-1945
Budget
Box   1
Folder   52
1946-1947
Box   1
Folder   53
1944-1946, 1949-1950
Box   1
Folder   54
Budget and Payroll Records, 1940-1951
Box   1
Folder   55
Emergency Board Requests, 1942-1947
Box   1
Folder   56
Library Workshops, 1945
Box   1
Folder   57
Secretary's Reports, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1941-1948
Box   1
Folder   58-59
Annual Reports, 1927, 1934-1941
Box   1
Folder   60
Applicants for jobs, 1936-1938
Box   1
Folder   61
Biennial reports, 1926-1940
Box   1
Folder   62
Commissioners, 1899-1948
Departmental Reports
Box   1
Folder   63
Book Selection, 1932-1940
Box   2
Folder   1
Library Extension, 1939-1940
Box   2
Folder   2
Library School, 1923-1938
Box   2
Folder   3
Legislative Reference Library, 1923-1939
Traveling Library
Box   2
Folder   4
1923-1928
Box   2
Folder   5
1933-1937
Box   2
Folder   6
1938-1940
Box   2
Folder   7-8
Field Work, 1906-1948
Box   2
Folder   9
“Wisconsin Historical News,” 1943
Box   2
Folder   10
Legislative Reference Library correspondence, 1936-1940
Box   2
Folder   11
Library School at University of Wisconsin correspondence, 1922-1939
Box   2
Folder   12
Meetings, 1923-1940
Box   2
Folder   13
Organization of Commission, 1930-1939
Box   2
Folder   14
Rules and regulations
Box   2
Folder   15-17
Staff, 1922-1948
Box   2
Folder   18
State government reorganization, 1937-1939
Box   2
Folder   19
Statistics, 1940
Box   2
Folder   20
Unemployment Compensation, 1941-1944
“Wisconsin Library Bulletin”
Box   2
Folder   21
Articles available, 1940-1948
Box   2
Folder   22
Canadian Customs, 1940-1941
Box   2
Folder   23-25
Correspondence, 1929-1947
Box   2
Folder   26
Editing tips, 1936-1947
Box   2
Folder   27
Index, 1923
Traveling Library
Box   2
Folder   28
Book Purchases and Bills
Box   2
Folder   29
Correspondence, 1926-1946
Box   2
Folder   30
Institutional Library Week, 1929
Box   2
Folder   31
Office Building, 1938-1939
Box   2
Folder   32
Postage, 1936-1940
Box   2
Folder   33
Reading Courses, 1928-1929
Box   2
Folder   34
Requests, 1939-1941
Box   2
Folder   35
Schools
Box   2
Folder   36
Shipping, 1944
Box   2
Folder   37
Statistics, 1922-1923, 1934-1942
Box   2
Folder   38
Statistics Sheets, 1928-1943
Box   2
Folder   39
Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1933-1936
Box   2
Folder   40
County Libraries, 1940
Box   2
Folder   41
Various Meetings, 1931-1932
Box   2
Folder   42
Addresses about libraries, 1941
Adult Education
Box   2
Folder   43
1939-1946
Box   2
Folder   44
Curriculum, 1941
Box   2
Folder   45
American Association for Adult Education, 1942-1945
American Library Association (ALA)
Box   2
Folder   46
1941-1948
Box   2
Folder   47
Conference in San Francisco, 1939
Box   2
Folder   48
Midwinter Conference in Chicago, 1940
Box   2
Folder   49
Trustees Program in Cincinnati, 1940
Box   2
Folder   50
Retirement System, 1932-1941
Box   2
Folder   51
American Library Director, 1941-1942
Box   2
Folder   52
American Library Institute, 1939-1946
Box   2
Folder   53
Application Letters, 1944-1947
Box   2
Folder   54
Apprenticeship, 1938-1945
Box   2
Folder   55
Architects, 1942
Box   2
Folder   56
Aro Publishing Company, 1948
Box   2
Folder   57
Gabriel Bernardo Correspondence, 1947
Box   2
Folder   58
Library Bill of Rights, 1939
Box   2
Folder   59
Binding, 1925-1941, undated
Box   2
Folder   60
Blue Book article, 1940
Box   2
Folder   61
Book Lists, 1941-1942
Book Selection Department
Box   2
Folder   62
1938-1941
Box   2
Folder   63
Department List, 1938-1941
Box   2
Folder   64
Small Libraries List
Box   2
Folder   65
Book Week, 1947
Box   2
Folder   66
Brown, Adult Education Questionnaire, 1945
Box   2
Folder   67
Capitol Information Director, 1938
Box   2
Folder   68
Careers Conference, University of Wisconsin, 1945
Box   2
Folder   69
Carnegie Corporation, 1932, 1940, 1943
Box   2
Folder   70
Censorship, 1944
Box   2
Folder   71
Certification, 1937-1940
Box   2
Folder   72
Chancellor, John, 1944
Box   2
Folder   73
Children's Books and Magazines, 1941
Box   2
Folder   74
Children's Work, 1944
Box   2
Folder   75
Classification, Simplified Dewey for Small Libraries
Box   2
Folder   76
Collections, 1945
Box   2
Folder   77
Committee for Economic Development, 1945
Box   2
Folder   78
County and Regional Library Institute, 1940
Box   2
Folder   79
County Libraries, 1940-1941
Box   2
Folder   80
District Meetings, 1943
Box   2
Folder   81
Dramatic Readings, 1937-1938
Box   2
Folder   82
Dudgeon Clipping, 1942
Box   2
Folder   83
Education, Joint Committee, 1945-1949
Box   2
Folder   84
Educator Encyclopedia, 1945
Box   2
Folder   85
Films, 1946
Box   2
Folder   86
Fox River Valley Library Associations, 1943
Box   2
Folder   87
Great Books Foundation, 1943
Box   2
Folder   88
Hanson, George, library position candidate, 1946
Box   2
Folder   89
Hays, Florence, 1942-1944
Box   2
Folder   90
Hazeltine, Mary E., Obituary for Ex-Library School Head, 1949
Box   2
Folder   91
Hochstein, librarian, 1924, 1946-1947
Box   2
Folder   92
Illinois Library School Visit, 1939
Box   3
Folder   1
Lamb, Workmen's Compensation Claim, 1948
Box   3
Folder   2
League of Library Commissions, 1941
Box   3
Folder   3
Legislative Council, 1947-1948
Box   3
Folder   4
Legislative Documents, 1937
Box   3
Folder   5
Library Journal, Small Libraries, 1941
Box   3
Folder   6
Library of Congress, 1939-1945
Box   3
Folder   7
Library Law, 1939
Box   3
Folder   8
Library Legislation, Wisconsin, 1938-1945
Library School
Box   3
Folder   9
1943
Box   3
Folder   10
Alumni, 1939-1946
Box   3
Folder   11
Bill, 1939
Box   3
Folder   12
Curtiss Correspondence, 1943
Box   3
Folder   13
Hazeltine correspondence, 1941-1948
Box   3
Folder   14
Summer Session, 1939-1948
Box   3
Folder   15
Library Supplies, 1943
Box   3
Folder   16
Lighting, 1939
Box   3
Folder   17
Long, Harriet, Oregon State Librarian, 1941
Box   3
Folder   18
MacGeorge, Aileen, Author, 1939-1941
Box   3
Folder   19
Madison libraries, 1942
Box   3
Folder   20
Milwaukee County Libraries, 1947
Box   3
Folder   21
Minnesota Civil Service, 1948
Box   3
Folder   22
Morrison, Provincial Librarian of Victoria, Canada, 1942
Box   3
Folder   23
National Youth Administration Project, 1939
Box   3
Folder   24
Obscenity Law, 1941
Box   3
Folder   25
Bureau of Personnel, Classification and Duties of Library Position, 1939
Box   3
Folder   26
Lester and John Van Male correspondence, 1940-1941
Box   3
Folder   27
List of Buildings, Public Libraries
Box   3
Folder   28
Correspondence, 1944
Box   3
Folder   29
Library School Board Replies to Inquiries, 1940
Box   3
Folder   30
Library Publicity, 1940
Box   3
Folder   31
Correspondence, 1937, 1944
Box   3
Folder   32
Court Case Decision Letter regarding Rental Books, 1939
Box   3
Folder   33
Estimates for Expenditures, Free Library Association, 1940
Box   3
Folder   34
Inventory of Office Equipment, 1940
Box   3
Folder   35
Paper Allotment, 1944-1945
Box   3
Folder   36
Personnel File, 1942-1946
Box   3
Folder   37
Postal Expenditures to Survey, 1934-1939
Box   3
Folder   38
Postal Bulk Rate on Books, 1938-1939
Box   3
Folder   39
Printing Material, 1940
Box   4
Folder   1
Radio Broadcast material, 1941-1948
Box   4
Folder   2
Reely, Katherine, 1949
Box   4
Folder   3
Foreign language material correspondence, 1946
Box   4
Folder   4
Red Cross Donations, 1940
Box   4
Folder   5
Letter from Charles Roundy, 1945
Box   4
Folder   6
Wisconsin Librarian Salaries
Box   4
Folder   7
Salvation Army Correspondence, 1940
Box   4
Folder   8
Special Libraries Association, 1948
Box   4
Folder   9
Correspondence of State Office Building Commission, 1941-1944
Box   4
Folder   10
Statistics, Public Libraries, 1942
Box   4
Folder   11
Periodical Subscriptions list, 1938-1939
Box   4
Folder   12
Correspondence regarding Lester-Noon survey, Texas, 1940-1941
Box   4
Folder   13
Questionnaire and Union Catalogs, 1939
Box   4
Folder   14
Correspondence, Wisconsin Library Association, 1942-1944
Box   4
Folder   15
Correspondence, WPA, 1943-1944
Box   4
Folder   16
Planning, H.H. Wilson Publishing Company, 1944
Box   4
Folder   17
Wisconsin Rural Leaders Conference, 1938-1939, 1941
Box   4
Folder   18
Civil Service Commission Correspondence, 1942, 1944, 1947
Box   4
Folder   19
Philippines Foundation of America, 1945-1947