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At the rear is the stack room 23 ft. by 37 ft. containing two stories of metal stacks with capacity of 29,000 volumes. The outer faces of these stacks have been provided with closed box ends to accommodate the electric conduits and switch boxes that control the lighting of the stack room. The other public rooms in this building are located in the basement. At the left under the reading room will be found two study rooms each about i 2 ft. 6 in. by 16 ft. 6 in. and one study 23 ft. by 33 ft. At the right are the work room and staff room, each 17 ft. by 23 ft. 6 in., a room for the janitor and lavatories for the staff and for the public. In the center and rear basement directly under the stacks and delivery desk is a fine lecture room 36 ft. 9 in. by 45 ft. fitted with a stage, well lighted and having a direct entrance from the street. A cellar has been excavated on the right hand side below the staff" and work rooms and space provided here for the fan, boiler and coal rooms. The remaining area of the building has not been excavated below the basement floor. [ '^o ] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CARROLL PARK BRANCH VViVl. B TUBBY & BRO., Architects [ '2- ] THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS X u z < ca < J ►J O o! a: S; >■ c< ■ <: ; q; < .J n D a. Z >■ O o [ 122 ] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES o H < 9 < S, '^ " s 5 o o O -J tL. 123 THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS o h w H < < OS < o w o ^ 5 2 ^ J-1 < [ 124) BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES BOOK STACKS IN FIKST STORY BOOK STACKS IN BASEMENT FLOWER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, WATERTOWN, N. Y. ORCHARD, LANSING & JORALEMON, Ahciiitects J. & R. LAMB, Interior Decorators [ >^5 ] THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS LIBRARY OF THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, ROCHESTER, N. Y J. 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The shelves in these cases are of the skeleton steel type and adjustable, being 24 inches deep in the lower compartments and i 5 inches deep above. The manuscript library room is fireproof, having no windows, and is lighted from above. It contains more than 1 2,000 volumes, constituting the largest collection of rare Hebraica in the United States and the fourth largest in the world. [ 132 ] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES o -J. A O \^ w Z < .a < o h >< a < X Z ^ w ^ z J z < 3 X a; a! U D Z [ '33 ] THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS H 2 O u s = K u ^< >■ 5 s< m 5 !z c w z rt < w £ o w o n; ^ o " " z g ° o ^ g^ o ei O H [ -34 ] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES TORONTO PUBLIC REFERENCE LIBRARY, TORONTO, ONT. WICKSON & GREGG AND A. H. CHAPMAN, ARCHllECTS [ '35 THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS s > 2 < a: < J CQ D 0. w > '36 BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES < s u 2 ^ ■J a, <; [ >37 ] THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS FALL RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY, FALL RIVER, MASS. 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Papers are held firmly and evenly as in a binder, without punching, cutting or pinching of the paper. Papers are always in regular order by date and page, like a book. The stick has no projection or roughness and is all as smooth as a walking stick, whether filled with papers or empty. There is nothing about the file to get out of order, while it is as simple as a broom stick, but equally as tough and durable. Hundreds of them have been for years in most satisfactory use in the public reading rooms of the Library of Congress. Manufactured and For Sale by THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS JERSEY CITY, N. J. [ '54 ] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES NEWSPAPER FILE [ 155 ] THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS (Incorporated) JERSEY CITY, N. J. ARCHITECTURAL IRON AND BRONZE WORK FOR BUILDINGS AND BOOK STACKS FOR LIBRARIES FINE CASTINGS IN IRON, BRONZE, BRASS AND ALUMINUM HIGH-CLASS HAND FORGED WROUGHT IRON WORK STAIRWAYS RAILINGS GRILLES MARQUEES GATES ELEVATOR CABS LANTERNS ELEVATOR SCREENS STORE FRONTS AND WINDOWS This company has been In successful operation for over 50 years and almost every large city in the country has important examples of its manufacture. [ '56] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES VESTIBULE AT RESIDENCE OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, NEW YORK CITY DELANO & ALDRICH, Architects STAIRWAY IN MARSHALL FIELD BUILDING CHICAGO, ILL. CAST IRON BALCONY RAILING, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY McKIM, MEAD & WHITE, Architects [ '57 ] THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS ARCHITECTS : Allen & Collens, Raymond F. Almirall, S. S. Beman,. Arnold W. Brunner, John Campbell, Carrere & Hastings, Clarke & Russell, Cope & Stewardson, Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, A. P. Cutting, Seymour Davis, Frank Miles Day & Bro., C. L. W. Eidlitz, F. H. Fassett, H. M. Francis, Furness & Evans, Raleigh C. Gildersleeve, Chas. C. Haight, Chas. Edvf. Hodges, Howe, Hoit & Cutler, ... W. L. B. Jenney & W. H. Floyd, Loring & Phipps, .. McKim, Mead & White,. Orchard, Lansing & Joralemon, Parish & Schroeder, Perkins & Betton, Pilcher & Tachau, W. M. Poindexter, James A. Randall, Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen, .. Jas. Gamble Rogers & Chas. A. Phillips, Albert Randolph Ross,. Rotch & Tilden, Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Smithmeyer & Pelz and Edward P. Casey, Supervising Architect, Treasury Department, Wm. B. Tubby & Bro., Walker & Morris, J. Foster Warner, Watson & Huckel, Wickson & Gregg, and A. H. Chapman, Wilson, Harris & Richards, Winslow & Bigelow, .. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. Accessories, Adjustable Steel Shelf, Adjustable Steel Shelf, Air cleaning or dusting, ... American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa., American Society of Civil Engineers, New York American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Anir New York City. Interior view of library. Appellate Court Library, Mt. Vernon, 111., Architectural Iron and Bronze, . ... Army War College, Washington, D. C, ... Automatic book lift, .. INDEX Page Page 20 Back stop for books. 58-59 i'5 Benedict College Library, Columbia, S. C, 20 152 Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford, Conn. : 130 Exterior view. 152 147 Interior, showing stacks. 153 83 Book carrier, 10 19 Book carrier. 70 20 Book lift, • 70 136 Bookstack, 46-47 140 Book support, 9-12 148 Book support. 28-29 20 Book support, , 48-49 18 Book support. 58-59 17-149 Bracket shelf, 60-61-63 19 Bracket stack, cast iron, 60-6 1-62-64 19 Bracket stack, steel, . . 60-63-64 18 Bronze work, . . .. 156 18 Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N. Y.. 150 Williamsburg Branch, . Ill 19 Pacific Branch, • 115 144 Carroll Park Branch, . 119 142 Brush for perforated shelf. • 59 20 Canton Public Library, Canton, Mass., 18 123 Capacity of shelving. 65 17 Card frame. 42-52 19 Card holder, hanging, 58-59 99 Carrier for books, ... .. 10-70 18 Carroll Park Branch Library, Brooklyn, N. Y. : 143 Exterior view, . .. 119 20 Description of building, 120 19-151 First floor plan, .. . 121 103 Interior, showing stacks. 122 128 Cast iron bracket stack, 60-61-62 19 Cast iron horns, .... 26-27 139 Cast iron horns. 36-37 ■ 71 Cast iron horns, 40-41 18-146 Cast iron, its uses. 26 119 Cast iron shelf supports. Government tests. 52 III Circulating library. . 65 126 Closed end for bracket stack. 60-64 107 College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pa., 20 134 Construction of the bookstack, 7 20 Converse Memorial Library, Maiden, Mass.. t8 Interior of stack room. 139 20 Deck plan, .. 30-31 58 Deck slit, 30-31 6-7 Deck slit, 6-8-14 9-1 1 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, . 20 II Depth of shelf, .. ■ 65 ., . 20 Diagonal braces. 54-55 City, 18 Diaphragm,. 8 mals. Diaphragm, 38-39 151 Diaphragm, .. 52 19 Disinfecting bookstacks, 46 156-157 Double-faced range,. 52-53 20 Double-faced range. 54-55 70 Duct for electric wires. 32-33 [ '58 ] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES Duct for electric wires, Duct for electric wires, Dust brush for perforated shelf, Dusting, Electric book lift, Electric lighting, Electric lighting. Electric lighting. Electric wire ducts. Electric wire ducts. Electric wire ducts, Elevator and stairs, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, 111.: Exterior view, . .. Description of building. First floor plan, Interior, showing stacks, Exeter Public Library, Exeter, N. H., .. Fall River Public Library, Fall River, Mass. : Exterior view, First floor plan. Interior of Delivery Hall, Finish of stack and shelf, Fletcher Library, Westford, Mass., Flower Memorial Library, Watertown, N. Y. : Exterior view. First floor plan, Interiors of stack rooms. General considerations, General considerations, . .. General principles of bookstacks and shelving. General Theological Seminary, New York City, Glass flooring. Glass flooring. Glass flooring,. Hand power book lift. Hanging card frame. Heating and ventilation. History of bookstacks, . .. Hyde Park Library, Hyde Park, Mass., Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, Ind.: Interior view, showing wall stacks,. Interior view, showing two-tier stack. Isometric drawing of 20-inch stack. Isometric drawing of 16-inch stack, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York C Exterior view, . .. Plan of library floor. Description of Manuscript Library, Interior view of Manuscript Library,. Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kan.. Interior view of library, Krauth Memorial Library, Mt. Airy, Pa. : Exterior view, .... . . • • Description of building, . . ... First floor plan, Interior of stack room, Label holder, INDEX — Continued Page ,S5 69 59 70 6 ,32 69 32-33 ,35 69 10 10.3 104 105 106 19 136 137 138 52 19 123 124 125 II 15 6 18 6 38-39 67 70 59 10 4 19 144 145 39 • 41 ity: 130 131 132 U3 148 107 108 109 no 10 Page 48-49 59 Label holder. Label holder. Law Library, Ledge, Ledge, Ledge, Leland Stanford, Jr., University Library, Stanford Uni- versity, California: Interior of stack room. Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. : Plan of the north stack. Longitudinal section of the north stack. Cross section of the north stack, Description of building, ... Exterior, .. First floor plan, Second floor plan. Longitudinal section. Main Reading Room, View at stairway in the North Stack, Exterior of the North Stack, Floor in the North Stack, Perspective between decks. Libraries using the Green system of bookstack and shelving. Lift for books. Lighting of stacks. Lighting of stacks. Lighting of stacks, Littleton Public Library, Littleton, Mass., Loads of stacks and floors, Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville, Ky. : Exterior view, . .. Description of building. First floor plan. Interior of stack room,. Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mt. Airy, Pa., Maine Historical Society, Portland, Me. : Interior view, showing stacks. Maiden Public Library, Maiden, Mass.: Interior of stack room, Marble flooring. Marble flooring, Marble flooring. Marble flooring. Masonic Library, Boston, Mass. : Interior view, .. New Hampshire State Library, Concord, N. H. : Exterior view, Interior view, Newspaper file, . . ... 154- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, . . 20 New York Law Association Library, New York City : Interior view, . . 146 New York Public Library, New York City: Range front and shelf support, 42-43 Description of building, 84 Plaster model of building, .... . . 86 65 27 29 53 50 23 24 25 72 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 45 17 70 8 32-33 69 19 67-68 99 100 lOI 102 107 149 39 6 38-39 68 142 140 141 55 [ 159 THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS INDEX — Continued New York Public Library, New York City: Front elevation, ■ ■ • Rear elevation. First floor plan, Second floor plan,. Third floor plan. Stack frame in process of erection. Stack frame supporting Reading Room floor, .. First tier of stack, Intermediate tier of stack, . .. Model of stack, . .. Original design of bookstack,. Pacific Branch Library, Brooklyn, N. Y. : Exterior view, ... Description of building. First floor plan, ... Interior, showing stacks, . . .. Parliamentary Library, Wellington, New Zealand : Interior view, . . • Perfect bookstack. Perspective of stack between decks. Perspective view of stack, Pilaster end for bracket stack. Plan of deck and ranges, Portable ledge, .. Portable ledge, ... ... Portland Public Library, Portland, Me., Public Library, ... Range for lo-inch shelves, Range for lo-inch shelves. Range for lo-inch shelves, Range front for lo-inch shelf. Range front for lo-inch shelf,. Range front for 9-inch shelf. Range front for 8-inch shelf, Reference library, Requisites of a library bookstack, Ridgefield Memorial Library, Ridgefield, Conn., Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. : First floor plan of library. Interior of stack room, Roller shelf, ... .. School of Mines and Metallurgy, Rolla, Mo., Scientific library, Shelf brush. Shelf supports, Shelf supports, Shelf supports and shelves. Shelf supports for lo-inch shelf. Shelf supports for lo-inch shelf, Shelf supports for lo-inch shelf. Shelf supports for g-inch shelf. Page 87 90 91 • 92 • 9i • 94 • 95 96 4 115 116 117 118 • 147 • 5 44-45 46-47 60-64 30-31 14 27-29 17 65 52-53 54-55 56-57 26-27 32-33 42-43 34-35 65 3 18 126 127 50-51 19 65 59 8 39-41 8 26-27 36-37 38-39 42-43 Page ■ 36-37 40-41 60-61 60-63 56-57 . 8-9 28-29 48-49 • 15 39 41 67-68 66 10 7 . 6-26 60-63-64 28-29 42-43 36-37 38-39 52 Shelf supports for 8-inch shelf, .. Shelf supports for 8-inch shelf, .. Shelf supports for cast iron bracket stack. Shelf supports for steel bracket stack, Single faced range, Skeleton steel shelf. Skeleton steel shelf, Skeleton steel shelf. Small libraries, ... Stack for lo-inch shelf, Stack for 8-inch shelf, Stack loads. Stack weights. Stairs, .. Standard dimensions of shelves, Standard tier height,. Steel bracket stack, Steel columns, .. Steel columns, .. Steel horns, .. Steel horns, ... ... Strength of cast-iron shelf supports, .. Strength of skeleton steel shelf, .... 48 Sydney Public Library, Sydney, N. S. W., 20 Syracuse Public Library, Syracuse, N. Y. : Interior view, showing stacks, . . . 143 Tests of cast-iron shelf supports, . 52 Test of skeleton steel shelf, ... 48 Toronto Public Reference Library, Toronto, Ontario: Exterior view, 134 Main floor plan, . .... 135 Union Theological Seminary, New York City, . . 20 University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 United States Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa., 20 Ventilation, ..... 10 Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va., 18 Wall range, .... ... . . 56-57 Washington Public Library, Washington, D. C. : Exterior view, . 128 First floor plan, 129 Weight of shelf, . 48 Weights of stacks and floors, 66 Western College for Women, Oxford, O., . 19 Wheeling Public Library, Wheeling, W. Va., 19 Williamsburg Branch Library, Brooklyn, N. Y.. Exterior view, . .. Description of building, First floor plan. Interior, showing stacks. Window seat, Window seat,. Y. M. C. A. Library, New York City, III 112 "3 114 30-31 44-45 17 [ '60] BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES i SUPPLEMENT THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS IMPORTANT CONTRACTS RECEIVED IN 1908, 1909, AND 191c AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY NEW YORK CITY CHARLES P. HUNTINGTON, Architect BOSTON ATHENAEUM BOSTON, MASS. J. R. WORCESTER & CO., Engineers BROOKLINE PUBLIC LIBRARY BROOKLINE, MASS. R. CLIPSTON STURGIS, Architect COAST ARTILLERY SCHOOL LIBRARY FORT MONROE, VA. FRANCIS B. WHEATON, Architect DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY DENVER, COL. ALBERT RANDOLPH ROSS, Architect GRATZ COLLEGE LIBRARY PHILADELPHIA, PA. PILCHER & TACHAU, Architects HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SHEPLEY, RUTAN & COOLIDGE, Architects HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEW YORK CITY CHARLES P. HUNTINGTON, Architect KENT HALL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY McKIM, MEAD & WHITE, Architects McGILL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL LIBRARY MONTREAL, CANADA DAVID R. BROWN and HUGH VALLANCE, Architects MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE, MD. ELLICOTT & EMMART, Architects BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY OTTAWA, CANADA EDGAR L. HORWOOD, Architect STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW LIBRARY IOWA CITY, lA. PROUDFOOT & BIRD, Architects TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AUSTIN, TEX. E. E. MYERS, Architect UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILL. JAMES M. WHITE, Architect MERCANTILE LIBRARY ST. LOUIS, MO. MAURAN & RUSSELL, Architects VICTORIA COLLEGE LIBRARY TORONTO, ONTARIO SPROATT & ROLPH, Architects ANDOVER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ALLEN & COLLENS, Architects CORNELL UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARY ITHACA, N. Y. WILLIAM H. MILLER, Architect COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NEW YORK CITY McKIM, MEAD & WHITE, Architects COBURN FREE LIBRARY OWEGO, N. Y. H. SUMNER GARDNER, Architect ST. CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY OVERBROOK, PA. WILSON, HARRIS & RICHARDS, Architects WISCONSIN STATE CAPITOL MADISON, WIS. GEORGE B. POST & SONS, Architects UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARY ANN ARBOR, MICH. ALBERT KAHN, Architect THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS TECHNICAL SCIENCE READING ROOM, NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY CARRERE & HASTINGS, Architects BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES NEWSPAPER SECTION, SO UTHEAST COURT BOOK STACK, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. THE SNEAD AND COMPANY IRON WORKS BOOK STACK AND SHELVING FOR LIBRARIES [ •%?■• : • «•■• rr^^TitS ^^t'l :^m mi SWIto^^W ill < a!, -J s J < oa - Oh O a! > ^ Z O W Q «5 - Pi C/3 w S <^ < D Tl U; Mt'S''-"- teW»>V^3a. 