A 1912 snapshot of state library commissions across the U.S.
This yearbook offers a detailed directory of librarians, secretaries, and governing bodies, plus notes on traveling libraries and early library programs. It serves as a historical reference for how state libraries organized, funded, and shared resources over a pivotal era of public library development.
This edition collects member lists, executive staff, and ongoing initiatives for dozens of commissions. It also describes the structure of the League of Library Commissions and outlines how traveling libraries, school libraries, and institutional libraries were coordinated in the early 1900s. Use it to understand how librarians organized their work and collaborated across states.
- Full rosters of state library commissions and key staff from many states.
- Descriptions of traveling library programs and instructional efforts.
- Notes on organizational structure, committees, and annual meeting practices.
- Context for early library policy, funding, and inter-state cooperation.
Ideal for researchers, students of library history, and collectors of early 20th‑century public information.