Librarians Conference Scrapbook | The American Library Association Archives

Digital surrogate of the scrapbook of the first American Library Association Conference, titled the "Librarians' Conference Oct. 1876 Letters, etc.," compiled by the Boston Public Library, then rebound in 1926 and presented to ALA for its fiftieth anniversary. The scrapbook includes documentation concerning the founding of the ALA and correspondence, plans, arrangements and promotional materials for the first conference in 1876.

Correspondents include E. C. Arnold, John Jay Bailey, James G. Barnwell, John Shaw Billings, George L. Burley, W. S. Butler, Emily F. Carnes, S. N. Clark, C. A. Cutter, Melvil Dewey, John Eaton, Charles Evans, Willaim E. Foster, Annie R. Godfrey, Samuel Swett Green, Reuben A. Guild, Samuel F. Haven, Henry A. Homes, Hannah P. James, F. Leypoldt, William Dunn Macray, S. B. Noyes, C. H. Plugge, Reuben Brooks Pool, William F. Poole, Thomas H. Rogers, Frederick Saunders, Jacob Schwartz, Lloyd P. Smith, Ainsworth R. Spofford, Thomas Vickers, James W. Ward, James L. Whitney, Solon F. Whitney, Justin Winsor, and James Yates.