New York State Library

83D ANNUAL REPORT

1900

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE JANUARY 2, 1901 BY THE
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

ALBANY

UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

1901

7.752

(CIT32) 18404.28

HARVA

FEB 97 1902

University BRARY

of the State of New York

REGENTS

With years of election

1874 ANSON JUDD UPSON L.H.D. D.D. LL.D.

E.GE

1892 WILLIAM CROSWELL DOANE D.D. LL.D.
Vice-Chancellor, Albany

Troy

New York

1873 MARTIN I. TOWNSEND M.A. LL.D.
1877 CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW LL.D.

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N.Y. State Library.

Regent MCKELWAY

Regent VANDER VEER

1877 CHARLES E. FITCH LL.B. M.A. L.H.D.
1877 ORRIS H. WARREN D.D.

1878 WHITELAW REID M.A. LL.D.

Lowville

Watkins

1881 WILLIAM H. WATSON M.A. M.D.
1881 HENRY E. TURNER
1883 ST CLAIR MOKELWAY M.A. LL.D. L.H.D. D.C.L. Brooklyn
1885 DANIEL BEACH Ph.D. LL.D.
1888 CARROLL E. SMITH LL.D.
1890 PLINY T. SEXTON LL.D.
1890 T. GUILFORD SMITH M.A. C.E. LL.D.
1893 LEWIS A. STIMSON B.A. LL.D. M.D.
1895 ALBERT VANDER VEER Ph.D. M.D.
1895 CHARLES R. SKINNER M.A. LL.D.

Chancellor, Glens Falls

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LIBRARY COMMITTEE FOR 1900

GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT chairman

Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officio 1897 CHESTER S. LORD M.A. LL.D. Brooklyn 1897 TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF M.A. Lieutenant-Governor, ex officio 1899 JOHN T. MCDONOUGH LL.B. LL.D. Secretary of State, ex officio 1900 THOMAS A. HENDRICK M.A. LL.D.

Rochester

1901 BENJAMIN B. ODELL JR LL.D. Governor, ex officio
1901 ROBERT C. PRUYN M.A.

Albany

SECRETARY

Elected by regents

1900 JAMES RUSSELL PARSONS JR M.A.

Rochester

- Syracuse

New York

- Utica

Syracuse

Palmyra
Buffalo
New York
- Albany

Vice-Chancellor DOANE
Regent LORD

HOME EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR 1900

Regent SEXTON chairman

Regents FITCH, WARREN, REID, T. G. SMITH

DIRECTOR STATE LIBRARY AND HOME EDUCATION

MELVIL DEWEY

To the Legislature of the State of New York

I have the honor to submit herewith, pursuant to law, as the 83d annual report of the regents of the University on the New York state library, the report of the director with appendixes.

ANSON JUDD UPSON

Chancellor