The Library Assistant's ManualKoch, Theodore Wesley
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The Library Assistant's Manual
Koch, Theodore Wesley
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Bureau of Ethnology. Reports and bulletins. Reports. Annual.
Contain collections of illustrated papers, relating to the
habits, customs, languages, folk-lore, religious ceremonials,
etc., of the North American Indians. Bulletins. Papers relating
to the North American Indians. Similar to the annual reports in
character and contents.
Geological Survey.
Maps. Geologic atlas of United States. Issued in parts or folios
as surveys are completed for various areas. Each folio comprises
topographic, geologic, economic, and structural maps of the
quadrangle, and occasionally other illustrations, with a general
description.
Bulletins. Cover a wide range of geologic investigation.
Monographs. Comprehensive and exhaustive treatises on geologic
subjects.
Official gazette of the Patent Office.
Official postal guide.
Private publication, authorized by Post Office Department.
Albany, N. Y., J. B. Lyon Co., $3.50 per year.
Congressional directory.
For the current session of Congress. Several editions embodying
changes and corrections are issued during each session of
Congress.
General biographical directory of Congress, 1774-1911.
Official register of the United States.
The list of American and English genealogies in the Library of
Congress, 1910; also, Heads of families, 1790, in the thirteen
original states.
Constitution of the United States, Jefferson’s Manual and Rules of
procedure for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Heitman’s Dictionary of the United States army, 1789-1903.
Hamersly’s Register of the graduates of West Point, continued to
1900.
=State Documents.=—In addition to the United States Documents referred
to above there are a number of State Documents which will prove
especially helpful as reference sources in a public library. They are
generally to be secured through the Secretary of State, and for
Michigan the following might be specified:
Constitutional Convention, 1907-8, Journal and Debates (4 vols).
The Journal contains comparative text of the Constitutions of 1908
and 1850.
Compiled Laws, and index, 1897 (4 vols.), and Index to the Compiled
Laws and Acts to 1906.
Legislature. Journals of the Senate and the House of
Representatives and the Public and Local Acts at the biennial
sessions after 1897.
Michigan Manual. Official directory and legislative manual compiled
by the Secretary of State. Biennial. Contains statistical
information prepared especially for the members of the Legislature,
with maps of legislative districts, lists of state officers, etc.
Desirable in every library.
Census of Michigan. 1904 and every ten years.
State Pioneer and Historical Collections, annual volumes.
Reports of the following:
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