The record-union., 1892-04-07
STATE LIBRARY.
Duplicate California Reports Will Not
Be Sold to Outsiders.
Determination to Purchase Collections
of Data of Early California His
tory-w. j. Davis Proposal.

| The Trustees of the State Library held
their regular monthly meeting in the
Office of the Librarian yesterday after
noon. There We're present r. d. Steph-
ems (President), w. S. Green and II. L.
McCune.
The Librarian reported ST., 103 So in the
library fund.
A proposition was received from the
Bancroft Whitney Company for the pur
chase Of all Of the duplicate California
Reports in the library, but the price was
considered too low, and the proposition
was not accepted. The Act creating
county law libraries contemplated that
| these duplicates should go to them, but it
confused the State and Supreme Court
Libraries, and consequently the trustees,
| although they desire TO place the books in
the county libraries, have some doubts
as 10 their authority to do so.
The Librarian reported that in accord
ance with the desire expressed by the
( trustees at their last meeting, list had
/ been prepared Of works relative to Cali
! 1ornia not now in the library. Copies of
! this list have been printed and Will be
sent to dealers in various parts of the
country with request that they make
proposals for supplying the volumes
wanted. This list includes five hundred
! titles, and was prepared after an examin-
alton OF such excellent collections as
! those of II. IL. Bancroft. Captain !. w.
/ Lees and Win j. Davis. The trustees de-
/ clded To purchase the manuscript com
piled by MIR. Davis, containing ali notices
relative to the discovery Of gold in Cali
/ fornIa. Its preparation involved much
/ care and research, and it is considered q
valuable acquisition TO the library.
The following communication was re-
/ ceiyed from Mr.. Davis:
/ SACRAMENTO, April 5, 1882.
| To the Honorable Board Of trustees OF TIE
] California Strife LibrGi2j-GENrLEMEN at
/ the request of the State Librarian / placed in
his hands two manuscript volumes entitled
! political History" which cont in the pro-
cecdings of all political bodies OF STATE i'm
! poitance that have been held since the organi-
zatlon Of the state Government, to and inclu-
| siYe of the year 1854. 1t has been suggested
| to me that the work would be published by
the state and, as the LfbrSr an has requested,
l Will state TO your honorable board the
I terms upon which l Will furnish the manu-
! scr pt.
| II the State win print the work I VIII do
nate the manuscript and assist IN its COM
! pletion to date, with the understanding that
! the names OF myself and W. A. Anderson be
carried upon the title page as the authors, and
| that we be furnished q reasonable number OF
copies. say fifty, for distribution among our
! friends. The work Eas consumed the labor of
years, and involved a careful examination of
NV Spt'PSi hies anu olheI udtat; Shd DSIlcFe
| ii TO be as correct as the material available can
make it. Yours respectfully,
WINFIELD J. DAVIS.
| Mr.. Davis proposition was considered
a very fair one, and the board viii en-
deayor TO make arrangements by which
it can be accepted and the work pub.
lished.
After auditing bills to the amount of
| S2,599 81 and attending to other routine
business the board adjourned TO meet
again at the usual place May /, 1892