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Title: Pamphlet File, 1924-1928, 1940, 1945-1946

ID: 7/12/3

Creator: American Library in Paris

Extent: 0.3 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by subject title

Date Acquired: 05/26/1974

Languages: English [eng]

Pamphlet file of The American Library in Paris contains Annual Report (1945-46), newsclippings, booklets, flyers and pamphlets and "The American Library in Paris: an Account of its Origin, Growth, and Prospects" by Charles L. Seeger (1925) describing the Library's services and collection, lists of duplicate books and promoting the use of library by Americans in Europe, and "The American Library in Paris Campaign 2000: Building on Seventy-Five Years of Service" commemorative booklet.

Originally the American Library Association's Service for the Expedentiary Force during World War I, the American Library in Paris was formally incorportated in 1920.  The institution's goal was to provide English language books to both Americans and local residents with English language material, promote mutual understanding and goodwill between the two countries, and be a lasting memorial to the American soldiers who died during the war.¹

Initially a series of summer training courses in librarianship by the American Committee for Devastated France, the American Library School in Paris was established in 1923.  As the only library training program in the American librarianship tradition, it attracted students from all across Europe.² The Library School discontinued in 1929 due to lack of funds.³