| Handy Collection |
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| 1918-1921 |
| Original |
| NO RESTRICTIONS |
| 00/66/06/18 |
| This file is a continuation of the first and the primary topic continues to be the Friendly Library. There are descriptive cards on newly published books and book catalogs from Macmillan Company. File also includes a draft for the 1919 Annual Report addressed to Mrs. Newell of the Maryland Public Library Commission as well as a newspaper clipping of the Library’s Annual Report for 1918. There is a letter from Orlando Harrison exploring phone service for the area. On the reverse of the letter is a map of roads and railroads that can be used to reach Berlin, Maryland. There is material on the “15 Clubs” from Dorothy G. Croker with the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. Included in the file is a pamphlet on “Baltimore School of Religious Education Season of 1918” as well as one on “Proposed Activities of the A.L.A." Correspondents in the file include Mary L. White, Anne Grey, Lottie F. Holston, Minnie Warren, Miss Julia M. Gilliss, Mrs. E.J. Reid, Mary B. Pusey, Florence B. Crouse, Mrs. A. L. Gregory, George B. Utley, S.L. Nason of the Umatilla County Library in Pendleton, Oregon, Katherine Pilchard, W.M. Armstrong, Mary Halden, Mrs. G. L. Barnes, Mrs. George T. Richardson, Carrie A. Hill, Nellie C. Chissinger of the Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown, Maryland, G. H. Ethridge, Margaretta E. Purnell, Miss Elva M. Donaway, E.W. McMaster, Nell Bristol, Anna Ryan, and Pauline N. Murray. Some names mentioned in the correspondence include Capt. J.R. Gould, Mr. G. L. Nicolson, M.E. Smithwith, Francis R. Buck, Franklin Upshur, Mrs. Mary Duncan, Remson’s Church, and Ayer's store.
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