{"id":2873,"date":"2016-10-06T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/the-1876-ala-conference\/1853-conference\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:05:33","slug":"2-1853-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/2-1853-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1853 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<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2873 gallery-columns-2 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\/ALA0003366-Charles-Coffin-Jewett.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003366-Charles-Coffin-Jewett-245x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003366-Charles-Coffin-Jewett-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003366-Charles-Coffin-Jewett.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3781'>\n\t\t\t\tCharles Coffin Jewett, found in Record Series 13\/6\/15, Box 5.\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\/ALA0003398-Daniel-C.-Gilman-Charles-B.-Norton-S.-Hastings-Grant.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003398-Daniel-C.-Gilman-Charles-B.-Norton-S.-Hastings-Grant-221x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003398-Daniel-C.-Gilman-Charles-B.-Norton-S.-Hastings-Grant-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003398-Daniel-C.-Gilman-Charles-B.-Norton-S.-Hastings-Grant.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3776'>\n\t\t\t\tDaniel C. Gilman, Charles B. Norton, and S. Hastings Grant, found in George B. Utley&#8217;s &#8220;The Librarians\u2019 Conference of 1853&#8221;. Chicago: American Library Association, 1951.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prior to the foundation of the American Library Association in 1876, librarians and booksellers organized a convention to establish annual meetings and a permanent professional organization. In 1853, a conference of eighty-two attendees was produced by\u00a0the work of at least five organizers: Charles Coffin Jewett (librarian at the Smithsonian Institution); Charles Benjamin Norton (bookseller and publisher); Seth Hastings Grant (librarian at New York Mercantile Library); Reuben Aldridge Guile (librarian at Brown University); and Daniel Coit Gilman (assistant librarian at Yale). [1]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beginning in the summer of 1852, a series of irregular <em>Norton&#8217;s Gazette\u00a0<\/em>editorials proposed and developed an audience for a library conference. By the following spring, a location was determined and a call for participants was made. Then in the early summer of 1853, only one year later, a September date was set for the 1853 Conference. <em>Norton&#8217;s Gazette<\/em> editorials can be read below.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2873 gallery-columns-7 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\/NortonsGazette_18520715_Article.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520715_Article-220x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520715_Article-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520715_Article-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520715_Article-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520715_Article.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3532'>\n\t\t\t\tJuly 15, 1852 Norton&#8217;s Gazette Article, via Hathi Trust Digital Library.\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\/NortonsGazette_18520915_Article.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520915_Article-222x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520915_Article-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520915_Article-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520915_Article-768x1036.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18520915_Article.jpg 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3534'>\n\t\t\t\tSeptember 15, 1852 Norton&#8217;s Gazette Article, via Hathi Trust Digital Library.\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\/NortonsGazette_18530215_Article.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530215_Article-217x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530215_Article-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530215_Article-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530215_Article-768x1064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530215_Article.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3536'>\n\t\t\t\tFebruary 15, 1853 Norton&#8217;s Gazette Article, via Hathi Trust Digital Library.\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\/NortonsGazette_18530415_Article.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530415_Article-221x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530415_Article-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530415_Article-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530415_Article-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530415_Article.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3538'>\n\t\t\t\tApril 15, 1853 Norton&#8217;s Gazette Article, via Hathi Trust Digital Library.\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\/NortonsGazette_18530515_Article.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530515_Article-221x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530515_Article-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530515_Article-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530515_Article-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530515_Article.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3540'>\n\t\t\t\tMay 15, 1853 Norton&#8217;s Gazette Article, via Hathi Trust Digital Library.\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\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article2-220x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article2-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article2-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article2-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article2.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3543'>\n\t\t\t\tAugust 15, 1853 Norton&#8217;s Gazette Article, via Hathi Trust Digital Library.\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\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article1-220x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article1-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article1-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article1-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/NortonsGazette_18530815_Article1.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3542'>\n\t\t\t\tAugust 15, 1853 Norton&#8217;s Gazette Article, via Hathi Trust Digital Library.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Formal calls for a library conference included the names of prominent librarians who agreed to endorse and to attend the conference. These professional endorsements assured interested conference attendees that the conference was a legitimate event and that attendance was beneficial. In the middle nineteenth century, conference transportation required a significant amount of time and money than conferences of today. Two calls can be read below.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-2873 gallery-columns-2 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\/20160902_133811-1-e1475530344909.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_133811-1-e1475530344909-233x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"An Original Copy of a Call for the 1853 Conference.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_133811-1-e1475530344909-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160902_133811-1-e1475530344909.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3563'>\n\t\t\t\tA Call for the 1853 Convention of Librarians, found in the Scrapbook in Record Series 97\/1\/21, Box 2.\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\/IMG_20161005_0003.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161005_0003-182x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161005_0003-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161005_0003.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3907'>\n\t\t\t\tA Call for the 1853 Convention of Librarians, found in the Scrapbook in Record Series 97\/1\/21, Box 2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 18, 1853, 82 people attended the convention in New York and Jewett was elected president of the group. Other prominent librarians discussed their experiences and work with other interested librarians. Two prominent examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">William F. Poole&#8217;s 1848 <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/njp.32101074693936\"><em>Index of Periodical Literature<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Charles C. Jewett&#8217;s 1850 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2027\/miun.aey8526.0001.001\">Report on Public Libraries<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 1853 Convention Proceedings were published in the October 15, 1853 <em>Norton&#8217;s Literary Gazette and Publisher&#8217;s Circular<\/em> and in\u00a0<em>Norton&#8217;s Literary and Education Register for 1854<\/em>. Later, in 1915,\u00a0it was reprinted by The Torch Press of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-2873 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\/2016-05-20-15.50.23_672W-1-e1475530358565.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/2016-05-20-15.50.23_672W-1-e1475530358565-180x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/2016-05-20-15.50.23_672W-1-e1475530358565-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/2016-05-20-15.50.23_672W-1-e1475530358565.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3565'>\n\t\t\t\tNorton&#8217;s Literary Register for 1854, found in Record Series 97\/1\/21, Box 2.\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\/1853LibrariansConferenceProceedings.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/1853LibrariansConferenceProceedings-183x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/1853LibrariansConferenceProceedings-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/1853LibrariansConferenceProceedings.jpg 461w\" 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-4-3908'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Bound Edition of the 1853 Convention of Librarians Proceedings, found in Record Series 97\/1\/21, Box 2.\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\/FirstConventionofLibrarians1853.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/FirstConventionofLibrarians1853-205x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/FirstConventionofLibrarians1853-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/FirstConventionofLibrarians1853.jpg 533w\" 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-4-3905'>\n\t\t\t\tThe 1915 Torch Press Reprinting of the 1853 Convention of Librarians Proceedings, found in Record Series 97\/1\/21, Box 2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><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><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[1] Utley, George Burwell,\u00a0<i>The Librarians\u2019 Conference of 1853<\/i>, Chicago: American Library Association, 1951. Mr. Utley proposes that Mr. Norton gave the idea to Mr. Grant and Mr. Gilman who became the early convention promoters who contacted Mr. Jewett and Mr. Guild.<\/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><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/2-1853-conference\/\">The 1853 Convention of Librarians<\/a><\/strong><\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/5-1876-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: The 1876 Conference<\/a><\/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>Prior to the foundation of the American Library Association in 1876, librarians and booksellers organized a convention to establish annual meetings and a permanent professional organization. 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