{"id":2857,"date":"2016-10-06T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/?page_id=2857"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:06:43","slug":"5-1876-conference-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/5-1876-conference-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Archives: the 1876 ALA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3\">\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-9 sh-pb-3\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How we remember the 1876 conference remains in archives and manuscripts. All of the 1876 organizers&#8217; personal papers have been donated to other archives. Fortunately, at ALA Archives, there is the 1926\u00a0anniversary scrapbook produced from the original 1876 correspondence. These same correspondence were consulted by library historian Edward G. Holley for his book\u00a0<em>Raking the Coals<\/em>, and these letters are available on microfilm\u00a0in <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/alaarchon\/index.php?p=collections\/controlcard&amp;id=7408\">Record Series 5\/60\/76<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2857 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_Scrapbook_CustodyLetter_1876-701x1024-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_Scrapbook_CustodyLetter_1876-701x1024-1-205x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_Scrapbook_CustodyLetter_1876-701x1024-1-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_Scrapbook_CustodyLetter_1876-701x1024-1.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3910'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Custody Letter of the 1926 Scrapbook of 1876 Correspondence, found in Record Series 5\/60\/76, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_ScrapbookCover_1876-e1475507768555.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_ScrapbookCover_1876-e1475507768555-178x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The exterior case and binding of the 1876 scrapbook.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_ScrapbookCover_1876-e1475507768555-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560076a_Box1_ScrapbookCover_1876-e1475507768555.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3665'>\n\t\t\t\tThe cover and case of the 1926 bound scrapbook of 1876 correspondence, found in Record Series 5\/60\/76, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701028a_Box1_MicrofilmBox-e1475507777658.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701028a_Box1_MicrofilmBox-e1475507777658-199x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A box of microfilm containing the 1876 Scrapbook.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701028a_Box1_MicrofilmBox-e1475507777658-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701028a_Box1_MicrofilmBox-e1475507777658.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3664'>\n\t\t\t\tThe  1876 Scrapbook on Microfilm, in Record Series 97\/1\/28, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Originally, the 1876 conference papers were held at the Boston Public Library. Only in 1926, for the Fiftieth Anniversary conference, the papers from the 1876 conference were bound and transferred to the American Library Association. The correspondence letters and journal articles were bound together as a scrapbook, for display at the 1926 sesquicentennial conference.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2857 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_0633.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_0633-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_0633-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_0633-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_0633-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_0633.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3906'>\n\t\t\t\tThe First Page of the 1926 Scrapbook of 1876 Correspondence, found in Record Series 5\/60\/76, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145734.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145734-183x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145734-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145734.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3762'>\n\t\t\t\tA confirmation letter from Justin Winsor to Frederick Leypoldt, found in Record Series 5\/60\/76, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145753.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145753-171x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145753-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_145753.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3763'>\n\t\t\t\tA confirmation letter from Justin Winsor to Frederick Leypoldt, found in Record Series 5\/60\/76, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The scrapbook features correspondence, telegrams, two conference calls, and contemporary newspaper reviews of the conference in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/6-1926-conference\/\">The 1926 ALA Fiftieth-Anniversary and Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-3 sh-pb-3\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/1-curators-note\/\">Curators\u2019 Note<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/2-1853-conference\/\">The 1853 Convention of Librarians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/3-1853-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: the 1853 Convention of Librarians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/4-1876-conference\/\">The 1876 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/5-1876-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1876 Conference<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/6-1926-conference\/\">The 1926 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/7-1926-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1926 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/8-1951-conference\/\">The 1951 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/9-1951-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1951 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/10-1976-conference\/\">The 1976 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/11-1976-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1976 Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How we remember the 1876 conference remains in archives and manuscripts. All of the 1876 organizers&#8217; personal papers have been donated to other archives. Fortunately, at ALA Archives, there is the 1926\u00a0anniversary scrapbook produced from the original 1876 correspondence. These same correspondence were consulted by library historian Edward G. Holley for his book\u00a0Raking the Coals, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"parent":2829,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2857","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2857"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7314,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2857\/revisions\/7314"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}