Download or read book Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1895-1902, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1895-1902, Vol. 1 of 3: General Works, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, Philology, Natural Science, Useful Arts The Board Of Trustees of the Carnegie Library of Pitts burgh was organized in 1890. The following year permission was Obtained from the city to erect in Schenley Park a central building dedicated to its purposes, to be followed by the erection of branches in other parts of the city. AS this first structure approached completion, the work Of the Library proper began early in 1895 with the organization of a staff under the leadership of Edwin H.' Anderson and in November of that year the Library was opened to the public with a col lection of about volumes. A dictionary catalogue listing about volumes of the collection had been prepared in pamphlet form and was ready for distribution at the formal opening of the Library to the public. A second impression of this, with slight corrections, was quickly supplied. Since that time no catalogue in book form, attempting to cover the whole of the Library's collec tions, has been issued. A decision was soon reached, how ever, to issue regular monthly bulletins of additions to the Library and these began to appear in April 1896. The next year a department of printing was created and not only the Monthly Bulletin but also the cards for the regular card catalogues of the Library, including those of the branches as established, were issued in printed form. The composition was by linotype and the metal was preserved in the form of type so that lists and catalogues of various kinds might be printed from time to time without incurring the cost of te setting the matter. These type-forms have been used in the making Of a number Of such lists. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.