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BALTIMORE CITY
BALTIMORE CITY ARCHIVES
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Public Relations
1886
BRG57

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DateSeries NameDescriptionMSA Citation
  Details1962Office Files

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, memos, budgetary materials and background statistics, copies of press releases, information on special Pratt programs and other projects in which the library has participated, drawings and histories of the library, brochures concerning equipment maintained in the departments, newsletters and other publications, various reports, and notes and working papers. This is the primary administrative series, documenting the operation of the public relations office.

Located in the public relations office.

BRG57-5-1
  Details1886-1926Discontinued Publicatios

Copies of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Bulletin (1895-1926) and the Enoch Pratt Free Library Finding List (1886-1905). The Bulletin listed additions to the collection of the central library and occasionally the collections of the branches. The Finding List was a condensed catalog of the books and magazines in the library's collection; an indication of branches' holdings also was included from time to time.

Maintained in the "archives cage."

BRG57-5-2
  Details1920Archival Copies of Publications

Copies of all Pratt publications produced. Examples include The Staff Reporter, memos, flyers, bulletins, letters, forms, calendars of events, Chickory, You are the Critic, Menckeniana, lists of books added, branch newsletters, and the Administrative Bulletin.

One set is maintained in the printing and publications division of the office; another set, not as complete, is kept in the public relations office itself.

BRG57-5-3
  Details1965Correspondence Files, Printing and Publications

Correspondence, memos, brochures and other publications, policy and procedure information, publicity materials for the Annis J. Duff lectures given in honor of a former children's book editor of Viking Press, and notes and working papers. These files represent the production of past publications and are useful in determining the procedures followed and decisions made. 

Maintained in the public relations office.

BRG57-5-4
  Details1906Publicity Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks of clippings from local newspapers, magazines, and library journals concerning the library and its activities.

Maintained in the public relations office.

BRG57-5-5
  Details1947Official Photographs

Photographs released for publicity purposes and utilized in other phases of public relations work. Subjects include administrative staff, library departments and events, branch agencies, members of the board of trustees, and displays.

Maintained in the public relations office.

BRG57-5-6
  Details1960Window Photographs and Item Lists

Photographs of displays in the Cathedral Street windows of the central library and item lists of the displays' contents. The practice of taking photographs was discontinued in 1973-74 and replaced by the item lists. These records are useful for security purposes and for alerting reference staff to potential questions from patrons regarding items in the windows.

These records are kept in the public relations office.

BRG57-5-7
  Details1970Slides

Black and white and color slides of branch agencies, programs, personnel, activities, and events. These are mainly utilized for in-house presentations.

Maintained in the public relations office.

BRG57-5-8
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