Handbook of The New York Public Library

New York Public Library

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Handbook of The New York Public Library, by New York Public LibraryThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Handbook of The New York Public LibraryAuthor: New York Public LibraryRelease Date: January 31, 2009 [EBook #27954]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HANDBOOK--NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ***Produced by Carla Foust, and The Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/American Libraries.)Transcriber's noteMinor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. In this version on pages 74-75 are diagrams of floorplans. Clicking on these images will show you larger versions.CENTRAL BUILDING THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRALBUILDINGTHE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARYHANDBOOKo fTHE NEW YORK PUBLICLIBRARY1916Copyright, 1916, byThe New York Public LibraryCONTENTSPAGEThe Central Building: Exterior 7 Sculpture 13 The rear of the Building 15FIRST FLOOR Entrances 17 Elevators 19 Exhibition Room 19 Current Periodicals Room 19 Business Offices 21 Technology Division 21 Patents Room 22 The Library for the Blind 22SECOND ...

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Handbook of The New York Public Library, by New York Public Library This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library Author: New York Public Library Release Date: January 31, 2009 [EBook #27954] Language: English

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HANDBOOK--NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ***

Produced by Carla Foust, and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Transcriber's note Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. In this version on pages74-75are diagrams of floor plans. Clicking on these images will show you larger versions.

CENTRAL BUILDING THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL BUILDING THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

HANDBOOK

of

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

1916

Copyright, 1916, by The New York Public Library

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 Floor Plans, Central Building  Trustees and Officers of the Library  Directory of Branch Libraries  Publications of the Library  The Croton Reservoir

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NOTE

Although the purpose of this Handbook is to tell the principal facts about the Library as an institution, its chief use is likely to be that of a guide to the Central Building. The section about the Central Building is therefore given first place. Any visitor who cares to take the trouble, before beginning his tour of the Building, to read the brief historical sketch (on pages63-73) will have a better understanding of the organization and work of the Library, and see the reasons for a number of things which might not otherwise be clear.

THE CENTRAL BUILDING

Open: Week days, including holidays, 9 A.M. to 10 P.M. Sundays, 1 P.M. to 10 P.M.

(Except where otherwise noted these are the hours of the special reading rooms.)

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By Edward C. Potter By Edward C. Potter "The popularity of the Library has, consequently, been well earned. The public has reason to like it, because it offers them a smiling countenance; and the welcome it gives is merely the outward and visible sign of an inward grace. When people enter they will find a building which has been ingeniously and carefully adapted to their use. Professional architects like it, because they recognize the skill, the good taste and the abundant resources of which the building, as a whole, is the result; and while many of them doubtless cherish a secret thought that they would have done it better, they are obliged to recognize that in order to have done it better they would have been obliged to exhibit a high degree of architectural intelligence. In the realism of its plan and in the mixture of dignity and distinction in the design, The New York Public Library is typical of that which is best in the contemporary American architectural movement; and New York is fortunate, indeed, that such a statement can be made of the most important public building erected in the city during several generations."

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