{"id":3453,"date":"2016-10-06T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/?page_id=3453"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:07:43","slug":"8-1951-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/8-1951-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1951 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<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3453 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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\/ALA0002088-Ralph-E.-Ellsworth.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0002088-Ralph-E.-Ellsworth-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3853\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3853'>\n\t\t\t\tA portrait photograph of Ralph E. Ellsworth, found in Record Series 18\/1\/57, Box 11, Folder: EA-EL.\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\/ALA0003400-John-Mackenzie-Cory.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003400-John-Mackenzie-Cory-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3854\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3854'>\n\t\t\t\tA portrait photograph of John Mackenzie Cory, found in Record Series 18\/1\/57, Box 9, Folder: CO [Librarian Portraits].\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\/ALA0003401-Clarence-R.-Skip-Graham.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0003401-Clarence-R.-Skip-Graham-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3855\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3855'>\n\t\t\t\tA portrait photograph of Clarence R. &#8220;Skip&#8221; Graham, found in Record Series 99\/1\/13, Box 2, Folder: Clarence Graham, 1950-51.\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\/ALA0002086-Harriet-D.-MacPherson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/ALA0002086-Harriet-D.-MacPherson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3884\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3884'>\n\t\t\t\tA portrait photograph of Harriet D. MacPherson, found in Record Series 18\/1\/57, Box 20, Folder: Mc-MAC.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 1951 anniversary chose to not highlight ALA or library history; instead, it defined and celebrated the idea of American Heritage. The seventy-fifth anniversary was celebrated in two events: first, at the annual conference hosted in Chicago from July 8 to 14; second, at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, on October 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;\"><em>Our Committee would like to see the energies, intelligence and drive of the 18,000 plus librarians used in a manner that will reflect credit upon the profession and that will contribute to the continuation of the tradition of freedom that we in the Western World have known.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;\"><em>Strangely enough, we as a group of librarians, are uniquely qualified to do a job which needs to be done &#8211; now &#8211; this year. For we are not persuaded to a belief in the juvenilism of the public mind. And our willingness to put our emotions on a project, a trait which is sometimes a weakness with us, is in this case in our favor.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3453 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\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_1-e1475529947348.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_1-e1475529947348-228x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_1-e1475529947348-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_1-e1475529947348.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3702'>\n\t\t\t\tReport of  the Chairman of the Committee on the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebration, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_2-e1475529955860.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_2-e1475529955860-232x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_2-e1475529955860-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_ChairmanReport_2-e1475529955860.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3703'>\n\t\t\t\tReport of  the Chairman of the Committee on the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebration, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Mr. Ellsworth Assembles a Committee<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the September 29, 1949 ALA Executive Board Meeting that established the ALA Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Committee. [1]\u00a0Following Clarence &#8220;Skip&#8221; Graham&#8217;s nomination, (ALA President, 1950-51), Mr. Ralph E. Ellsworth became\u00a0chairman of the fourteen-member Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Theme: The Heritage of the U.S.A. in Times of Crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3453 gallery-columns-4 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\/20160912_135149-1-e1475529969738.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160912_135149-1-e1475529969738-204x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160912_135149-1-e1475529969738-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160912_135149-1-e1475529969738.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3633'>\n\t\t\t\tALA 75th Anniversary Announcement, ALA Bulletin, January 1951, found in Record Series  5\/60\/51, 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\/20160912_135120-1-e1475529977847.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160912_135120-1-e1475529977847-203x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160912_135120-1-e1475529977847-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/20160912_135120-1-e1475529977847.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3630'>\n\t\t\t\tALA 75th Anniversary Announcement, ALA Bulletin, January 1951, found in Record Series  5\/60\/51, 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\/09\/20160912_135130-e1475529986618.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/09\/20160912_135130-e1475529986618-202x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/09\/20160912_135130-e1475529986618-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/09\/20160912_135130-e1475529986618.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3635'>\n\t\t\t\tALA 75th Anniversary Announcement, ALA Bulletin, January 1951, found in Record Series  5\/60\/51, 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\/09\/20160912_135141-e1475529994335.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/09\/20160912_135141-e1475529994335-201x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/09\/20160912_135141-e1475529994335-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/09\/20160912_135141-e1475529994335.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3636'>\n\t\t\t\tALA 75th Anniversary Announcement, ALA Bulletin, January 1951, found in Record Series  5\/60\/51, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Promoting the Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Independent of\u00a0the Committee, multiple librarians wrote to the ALA and to propose the arrangement of a commemorative stamp or a cancellation stamp issued by the U.S. Post Office. Unfortunately, the cost for a hub and dies proved to be cost prohibitive. Instead, the Committee focused their efforts on other promotional programs.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-3453 gallery-columns-5 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\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_1-e1475529756653.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_1-e1475529756653-228x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_1-e1475529756653-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_1-e1475529756653.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3705'>\n\t\t\t\tA commemorative stamp proposal from Virgil Regalbuto, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_3-e1475529767248.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_3-e1475529767248-208x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_3-e1475529767248-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_3-e1475529767248.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3707'>\n\t\t\t\tA commemorative stamp proposal from Jerry Cushman, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_4-e1475529777200.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_4-e1475529777200-228x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_4-e1475529777200-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_4-e1475529777200.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3708'>\n\t\t\t\tA commemorative stamp proposal from Lawrence S. Thompson, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_5-e1475529787409.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_5-e1475529787409-230x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_5-e1475529787409-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_5-e1475529787409.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3709'>\n\t\t\t\tA commemorative stamp proposal from Russell J. Schunk, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_2-e1475529797112.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_2-e1475529797112-228x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_2-e1475529797112-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_StampProposal_2-e1475529797112.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3706'>\n\t\t\t\tA commemorative stamp proposal from John Mackenzie Cory, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was February 5, 1951, when ALA President Skip\u00a0Graham and John T. Skelton (of Jackson County Library in Independence, Missouri) met with President Truman to request two things: first, to speak in Chicago at the opening session of the conference; second, to issue a proclamation for October 4, 1951 to be National Library Day. Although the President could not agree to any commitments with more than three weeks in advance, he supported\u00a0the ALA representatives&#8217; plans. Later, unfortunately, President Truman was unable to speak at the conference.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-3453 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\/0560051a_Box1_LibraryDay_WhiteHouseLetter-1-e1475529813132.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_LibraryDay_WhiteHouseLetter-1-e1475529813132-244x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-3730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_LibraryDay_WhiteHouseLetter-1-e1475529813132-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_LibraryDay_WhiteHouseLetter-1-e1475529813132-768x945.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_LibraryDay_WhiteHouseLetter-1-e1475529813132.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-3730'>\n\t\t\t\tA White House letter to the ALA explaining the difficulty to proclaim a National Library Day, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/056051a_Box2_75thProgram_PresidentTrumanMessage.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/056051a_Box2_75thProgram_PresidentTrumanMessage-196x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-3714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/056051a_Box2_75thProgram_PresidentTrumanMessage-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/056051a_Box2_75thProgram_PresidentTrumanMessage.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-3714'>\n\t\t\t\tA Message to the ALA from President Truman, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, Box 2.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Library Day was officially proclaimed by mayors or governors representing at least twenty-four states. Locally, libraries organized radio announcements, interviews, programs, television broadcasts, local ALA Commemorative exhibits, and book clubs to discuss American heritage books.\u00a0Across the country, libraries were invited to participate in National Library Day by organizing local exhibits too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Committee asked all libraries to contribute to the Conference locally by curating a local exhibit, resulting in many exhibits across the nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The conference supported two publications, Gerald Johnson&#8217;s <em>This American People\u00a0<\/em>and Henry Steel Commager&#8217;s edited volume\u00a0<em>Living Ideas in America<\/em>, to promote a year-long nationwide discussion program on American heritage. Both books were published by Harper and Brothers. The books were supported by a LOOK magazine donation, and the discussion program was supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation Fund for Adult Education. Conference planners wanted to foster a national discussion using both books.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-3453 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\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_1-e1475529835119.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_1-e1475529835119-232x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-3718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_1-e1475529835119-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_1-e1475529835119.jpg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-3718'>\n\t\t\t\tA press release describing the American Heritage book discussion program, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_2-e1475529845402.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_2-e1475529845402-232x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-3719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_2-e1475529845402-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_AmericanHeritage_Discussions_Release_2-e1475529845402.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-3719'>\n\t\t\t\tA press release describing the American Heritage book discussion program, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Writing Contests<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the four writing contest categories, there were nine writing contest winners. Category 1 was &#8220;Statements in 2000 words or less that illustrate the power of books&#8221;; Category 2 was &#8220;Statements in 2000 words or less on What are the problems that worry the citizen enough to make him come to the library for help&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Best Statement from Librarians who are ALA Members: Elizabeth Hart, (Enoch Pratt Library), won, and Marie C. Corrigan, (Cleveland Public Library), tied with Margery Doud, (St. Louis Public Library). For Best Statement from Librarians who joined ALA at the time of submission: Edna Pearl Moody, (Cleveland Public Library), and Gretchen Conduitte (of Hernando, Mississippi) won. For Best Statement from non-librarian citizens who joined ALA at the time of submission: E. R. Bowen, (Glenview, Illinois), and Mary Carey McAvoy (Worcester Massachusetts) won.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first day of the 1876 conference, the ALA hosted a commemorative celebration in the morning, Drexel Institute of Technology, followed by a luncheon at the Warwick Hotel, and an afternoon tea at the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Invited attendees included representatives from sixty libraries and scientific organizations who attended the 1876 conference. This was organized by the Committee&#8217;s Historic Celebration at Philadelphia Subcommittee, chaired by Dr. Harriet D. MacPherson. The 1876 Scrapbook was brought to Philadelphia for the event, and ALA President (1951-1952) Loleta D. Fyan was a speaker.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-3453 gallery-columns-4 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\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_1-1-e1475529865682.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_1-1-e1475529865682-228x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-3728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_1-1-e1475529865682-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_1-1-e1475529865682.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-3728'>\n\t\t\t\tA Letter from Drexel Library School Dean MacPherson to Mr. Cory, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_2-e1475529875311.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_2-e1475529875311-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-3726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_2-e1475529875311-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_MacPherson_2-e1475529875311.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-3726'>\n\t\t\t\tA Letter from Drexel Library School Dean MacPherson to Mr. Cory, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, 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\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter-e1475529884944.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter-e1475529884944-227x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-3732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter-e1475529884944-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter-e1475529884944.jpg 727w\" 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-7-3732'>\n\t\t\t\tA Drexel Letter with an ALA note from Helen Geer regarding the transfer of the 1876 Scrapbook.\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\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter_2-e1475529894472.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter_2-e1475529894472-224x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-3734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter_2-e1475529894472-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2016\/10\/0560051a_Box1_Drexel_ScrapbookLetter_2-e1475529894472.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-3734'>\n\t\t\t\tAn ALA letter from Helen Geer to Dr. MacPherson regarding the return of the 1876 Scrapbook, found in Record Series 5\/60\/51, Box 1.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/9-1951-conference-sources\/\">In the Archives: the 1951 Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[1] Executive Board Minutes, September 28 to October 1, 1949, page 17.<\/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><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><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/140-years-ala-conference-planners\/8-1951-conference\/\">The 1951 Conference<\/a><\/strong><\/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>The 1951 anniversary chose to not highlight ALA or library history; instead, it defined and celebrated the idea of American Heritage. The seventy-fifth anniversary was celebrated in two events: first, at the annual conference hosted in Chicago from July 8 to 14; second, at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, on October 4. 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