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Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association

ATTENDANCE SUMMARIES

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By Position and Sex

Men Women Total

Trustees 21 0 21

Library Commissions representatives 9 12 21

Chief librarians 103 130 233

Assistants 50 191 241

Library schools 1 13 14

Editors of lib. periodicals 2 2 4

Commercial agents 24 3 27

Others 38 105 143

Total 248 456 704

By Geographical Sections

6 of the 6 New England States sent 99

5 " 5 North Atlantic States and District of Columbia sent 179

5 " 6 South-eastern States sent 12

7 " 7 North Central States " 203

3 " 6 South Central States " 23

7 " 11 Western States " 26

4 " 7 Pacific States " 16

5 " Canadian Provinces " 144

England " 1

Japan " 1

Total 704

By States

Alabama 1

California 8

Colorado 4

Connecticut 17

Delaware 1

District Columbia 20

Florida 1

Georgia 5

Illinois 82

Indiana 17

Iowa 10

Kansas 5

Kentucky 5

Louisiana 1

Maine 5

Maryland 6

Massachusetts 53

Michigan 34

Minnesota 9

Missouri 17

Nebraska 4

New Hampshire 7

New Jersey 13

New York 99

North Carolina 2

Ohio 45

Oklahoma 1

Oregon 1

Pennsylvania 40

Rhode Island 8

South Dakota 1

Texas 1

Utah 1

Vermont 9

Virginia 3

Washington 6

West Virginia 1

Wisconsin 15

By Provinces

Alberta 1

British Columbia 1

Manitoba 3

Ontario 125

Quebec 13

Saskatchewan 1

Foreign Countries

England 1

Japan 1

Total 704

By Libraries

Libraries having five or more representatives:

Brooklyn Public L. 8

Chicago Public L. 22

Cleveland Public L. 24

Detroit Public L. 8

Grand Rapids Public L. 6

Illinois, L. of Univ. of 10

Indiana State L. 5

John Crerar L. 7

Library of Congress 10

McGill Univ. L. 9

New York Public L. 7

New York State L. 12

Ottawa Public L. 11

Pittsburgh Carnegie L. 11

St. Louis Public L. 12

Toronto Public L. 10

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

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