{"id":3397,"date":"2016-10-06T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/?page_id=3397"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:06:00","slug":"3-1853-conference-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/3-1853-conference-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Archives: 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-3397 gallery-columns-1 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\/ALA0003369-George-Burwell-Utley.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003369-George-Burwell-Utley-227x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003369-George-Burwell-Utley-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003369-George-Burwell-Utley.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3784'>\n\t\t\t\tA portrait photograph of George B. Utley, found in Record Series 99\/1\/13, Box 1, Folder: George Burwell Utley, 1922-1923.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Mr. George\u00a0Burwell Utley,\u00a0(ALA Secretary 1911-1920;\u00a0ALA President 1922-23), was concerned that professional librarians were not aware of their history. Thus, he became\u00a0central\u00a0in collecting and writing\u00a0what is known\u00a0about the 1853 Conference today. He wrote both the book on the 1853 Convention and he arranged for the personal papers of <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/alaarchon\/index.php?p=collections\/controlcard&amp;id=7834\">Charles B. Norton and S. Hastings Grant<\/a> to be deposited at the ALA. In his posthumously published book,\u00a0<em>The Librarians&#8217; Conference of 1853,\u00a0<\/em>the author states his motivation for writing this non-ALA conference&#8217;s history:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;\"><em>This first convention began a new era in American librarianship and the effects and impetus had not been entirely dissipated when librarians met in Philadelphia in 1876, nearly a quarter century later, and formed the permanent organization, the American Library Association. But the influence exerted by the 1853 meeting was so indirect that succeeding generations of librarians have been more or less unaware and unconscious of it. References to it are to be found scattered through the library literature of the thirty\u00a0or forty years following the event, but over the past fifty years mention of it has been rare; and doubtless many of the forty-odd thousand men and women now engaged in library work know little or nothing about that first gathering of their craft on those September days in 1853.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Utley&#8217;s early librarian experiences may have been formative on his interest in preserving the early history of the profession. During his first library position at the Maryland Diocesan library, Mr. Utley regularly wrote\u00a0about local collections which included incunabula, local history, and theology. Later, as the second Secretary of the ALA, from 1911 until 1920, Mr. Utley again wrote and spoke\u00a0about the history and role of the ALA in librarianship. Extant\u00a0drafts of his ALA speeches begin with histories of either the ALA or the library profession.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3397 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\/20160921_113146-814x1024-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_113146-814x1024-1-238x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_113146-814x1024-1-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_113146-814x1024-1-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_113146-814x1024-1.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3903'>\n\t\t\t\tA transcription of a speech given by George Utley, circa 1911, found in Record Series 2\/4\/22, 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\/20160921_113118-639x1024-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_113118-639x1024-1-187x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_113118-639x1024-1-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_113118-639x1024-1.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3902'>\n\t\t\t\tA transcription of a speech given by George Utley, circa 1911, found in Record Series 2\/4\/22, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Today, via Mr. Utley&#8217;s research and role as ALA President, the ALA acquired S. Hastings Grant&#8217;s correspondence and scrapbook for the 1853 Convention from Mr. Grant&#8217;s children. The ALA Archives acquired these papers at the time of its opening in 1973. The scrapbook includes the Call for a Conference, Conference correspondence, an invitation for a Conference reception, contemporary newspaper conference reviews, and a copy of the 1853 New York State Laws Chapter 395 (regarding an Act for the formation of library companies).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3397 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_123608.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_123608-300x205.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_123608-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_123608-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160921_123608.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3755'>\n\t\t\t\t1853 Scrapbook, found in Record Series 97\/1\/26, Box 2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701021a_Box2_Box2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701021a_Box2_Box2-300x231.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701021a_Box2_Box2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701021a_Box2_Box2-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/9701021a_Box2_Box2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3754'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Box Label for Record Series 97\/1\/21, Box 2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Record Series <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/alaarchon\/index.php?p=collections\/controlcard&amp;id=7834\">91\/1\/21<\/a>, &#8220;Charles B. Norton and S. Hasting Grant Papers, 1850-1866, 1884, 1915&#8221; contain\u00a0correspondence and statistical forms concerning periodical subscriptions, gifts of the Literary Register, library statistics and information, and arrangements for and proceedings of the 1853 Librarians&#8217; Convention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/4-1876-conference\/\">The 1876 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><strong><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><\/strong><\/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>Mr. George\u00a0Burwell Utley,\u00a0(ALA Secretary 1911-1920;\u00a0ALA President 1922-23), was concerned that professional librarians were not aware of their history. 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