War Library Bulletin

Washington DC: Published Monthly by the American Library Association Through the War Service Committee, 1917. Seven issues, plus one supplement issue, of this newsletter issued by the War Service Committee of the American Library Association (ALA) during World War One. Together with a broadside issued by the ALA. The newsletters measure 8.5 x 11", and are between 4 and 20 pages each. They relate to the ALA's wartime programs to provide books and periodicals to soldiers at home and abroad. The newsletters contain information on the work of the ALA, including articles on "libraries for soldiers" they constructed in army camps. There is also much information on donating books to the cause, fundraising efforts, the results of the book campaign, as well as an article on "women and the work they do" for the ALA's war effort, and more. A supplement to issue number seven is included, comprised entirely of a list of personnel in the War Library Service, many of whom were women. Finally, the collection includes a broadside issued by the ALA, titled "Good Stories from Camp and Trench," measuring 19.5 x 10.5" and printing "some interesting anecdotes about the War Work of the American Library Association." Newsletters and broadside with some toning, creasing, and soiling, with an occasional minor separation along fold. Embossed library stamp of the Western Reserve Historical Society to one issue. Item #11251

Price: $350.00