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Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth General Meeting of the American Library Association

ATTENDANCE SUMMARIES

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By Position and Sex

Men Women Total

Trustees 4 4 8

Library Commissions representatives and organizers 8 15 23

Chief librarians 109 160 269

Assistants 65 310 375

Library schools instructors 2 21 23

Editors 3 4 7

Commercial Agents 27 1 28

Others 25 134 159

Total 243 649 892

By Geographical Sections

6 of the 6 New England States sent 150

5 " 5 North Atlantic States and District of Columbia sent 462

5 " 6 South-eastern States 14

7 " 8 North Central States 208

3 " 6 South Central States 14

9 " 14 Western States 17

3 " 3 Pacific States 13

Canadian Provinces 11

England 1

Germany 1

Norway 1

Total 892

By States

Alabama 1

Arizona 1

California 4

Colorado 1

Connecticut 33

Delaware 1

Dist. of Columbia 26

Florida 1

Georgia 10

Idaho 1

Illinois 67

Indiana 11

Iowa 13

Kansas 1

Kentucky 12

Maine 4

Maryland 10

Massachusetts 82

Michigan 31

Minnesota 11

Missouri 18

Nebraska 3

New Hampshire 7

New Jersey 47

New York 316

North Carolina 1

North Dakota 1

Ohio 41

Oklahoma 2

Oregon 2

Pennsylvania 59

Rhode Island 13

South Dakota 1

Tennessee 1

Texas 6

Vermont 11

Virginia 2

Washington 7

Wisconsin 16

Foreign Countries

Canada 14

England 1

Germany 1

Norway 1

Total 892

By Libraries

Libraries having five or more representatives:

Brooklyn Public L. 27

Chicago Public L. 26

Cincinnati Public L. 5

Cleveland Public L. 13

Detroit Public L. 5

Grand Rapids Public L. 7

Library of Congress 9

Louisville Free Public L. 8

New York Public L. 49

New York State L. 19

New York State L. School 25

Newark Free Public L. 7

Queens Borough Public L. 5

Philadelphia Free L. 10

Pittsburgh Carnegie L. 5

St. Louis Public L. 5

Yale University L. 8

Note: Those who participated in post-conference trip only are not counted in above statistics.

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