New Britain herald., 1926-01-08
KY OF ONLY iR|CAN WORKS
Federation Of WOmen'S Clubs Activity

et unique libraries in the
 /. a collection of books by and
 native Americans, Is being as-
 cd at Headquarters here of the
 ral Federation of Women's 5.
 ought primarily as an intorma- source for club women, the oss section of American Literature TOSS sectionof American Literature III the non-fiction field Each state federation has been asked to supply at least l2 books by and about per sons ol its own state and to date the library numbers more than 500 vol tunes
 It Is the purpose of the Federation to make the library available to h. divilual clubs and members either through mailing of requested vol tunes or copied extracts, or by ad- vising where specified books may be found.
 Virtually all of the noted Ameri- can authors arc represented in the collection, along with many whose works have received statewide recog- milton. A number of the volumes were the gifts Of the authors. bear ing autographs. Several are by mem- bers and officers of the Federation. A complete picture of the growth of the states and the nation, with biographies of their builders, Is pre- sented in the collection, along with folk tales, poems, works on art, tra- vel. nature and kindred subjects.
 The Alabama federation included in it's first contribution to the li- brary a History of Alabama" by Albert James Puckett. Helen keller's Story of My Life" Up from Slav. cry" by Booker T. Washington, and other volumes dealing with the state adn the Confedoracy.
 Conn. Represented
 Among the books representing Connecticut are Mark Twain'' "Connecticut Yankee In Kins Arthur's Court" and Harriet Beechel Stowe's Uncle Toms Cabin"
 The poems of Sidney Lanier Georgia poet. were sent from th9 state. while Tennessee gave a vol ume on his life. Two works oi Woodrow Wilson have been receiv ed thus far, one by Josephus Daniel from North Carolina and the othe by Henry Allen White, from Kan sas.
 From Massachusetts came tn complete works of Ralph Wald Emerson and the complete poems 0 Henry Wadsworth Longfelow. Th same state sent Benjamin Franklin autobiography, and The America Revolution" by John Fiske,
 "The American Language" by F l.. Mencken and Old Manors in tn Colony of Maryland" along wit many works by Poe were receive from Maryland. North Carolina contribution included Lyrics fror Cotton Lands" by John Charles Nc N.ill and Negro Folk Lore Stories bp Sallie Southail Cotton.
 .l The roetical works ot Joaqui Miller "TAe Man with the Hoe" | Markham. and volumes by Brt Harto were sent from California JuIiGna sent Beveridge's Life ( John Marshall"
 A; leas, one present cabinet men ie> will bie rcprese nted ill the co lection. It includes Secretary Me Ions Taxation; The Peoples Bus mss" sent by Pcnnsylyania.
 Miss Josephine Junkin, secretal of the headquarters research depar mant and in charge of the librar frnIs that particular care should 'Hii~n of one of the books from We Virginia. It is Settlement and I, dian Wars of West Virginia al Pennsylvania" by Doddridge. IT Wet Virginia Federation had gre difficulty in obtaining copy of tl look, which first was printed iea4. Only few copies still rema il the stale, one of them beil 'rHsured q in a safe at the sta e ttITV,