The meeting was held at the back of the Library in the Reading Room.
Seated from Left to Right:
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02 -
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04 - Cynthia Beatrice (Rich) Stanley - Mrs. Harvey Dean Stanley (1887-1952)
05 - Grace Marian Simmons (1877-1953) - seated at table front left
06 - Ina Caroline "Cad" (Robinson) Lawler - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler (1865-1959)
07 - (Behind Cad Lawler) Charlotte Baldwin (Kelley) Norwood - Mrs. Llewellyn J. Norwood (1888-1970) - Librarian, Bernard Library
08 - Marian Shaw (possibly 1894-1966) – State Library - seated next to Ruth Lawrence
09 - Ruth Eleanor Lawrence (1905-1992) – Librarian, SWHPL
10 - Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975)
11 - (Plaid ribbon on hat) possibly Bessie Noyes (1897-1981)
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14 - Emma J. (Coggins) Norwood - Mrs. Robie Milton Norwood, Jr. (1872-1951)
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16 - Edith Evans – Librarian, Jessup Library, Bar Harbor
17 - Fernald – Louise Lawton (Fernald) Goulding (1873-1963)
Standing from Left to Right:
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19 -
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21 - Dorris Myrtle (Dickey) Parker, Mrs. Chester R. Parker (1905-) Librarian, Blue Hill Library
22 -
23 - Dorothy (Pearson) Rand - Mrs. Henry Lathrop Rand (1889-1973)
24 - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton - Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (1871-1958) - Author of “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” - 1938
08 -
Persons known to have attended, but not yet identified in the picture:
Miss Mary Chester Buchan (1887-1986)
Miss Mabel duPont Colvin (1877-1957)
Mrs. Charlotte Baldwin (Kelley) Norwood (1888-1970) Mrs. Llewellyn Joseph Norwood
Also ?
Miss Bessie M. Noyes (1897-1981)
Mrs. Frances Brotemarkle (1903-1976) Mrs. Raymond P. Brotemarkle
"The round table meeting of the librarians will be held at the library on Thursday, May 22, opening at 10 o'clock. The meeting is called by Miss Marion Shaw of the State Library and invitations have been sent to the librarians of Hancock and Washington and Waldo Counties, so a large attendance is expected. Tea will be served by the trustees of the Southwest Harbor library. Of the 20 or more public libraries in Hancock County, seven are on Mount Desert Island." - Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, May 22, 1947, page 10 - Mrs. Seth Thornton, Corr., Southwest Harbor, Telephone 66.
"Librarians Met At Southwest Harbor Thursday
The Round Table of Librarians held Thursday at the public library here was attended by 22 librarians and library trustees from out of town in spite of the rainy day, which doubtless kept others at home. Miss Marian Shaw of the State Library at Augusta presided.
The morning session opened at 10 o'clock, beginning with the welcome to the town and a sketch of the history of the Southwest Harbor Library by Mrs. Seth Thornton, who described the small beginning 68 years ago to the present comfortable, well equipped and well stocked library. Discussion of problems arising in the work brought out many good ideas and suggestions from Miss Shaw's experience.
The subjects were how long to keep current magazines on hand, when to discard books, restrictions as to lending books of doubtful value and Mrs. Chester R. Parker of the Bluehill [sic] Library, gave a demonstration of mending and rebinding books. Lunch was served at the Carpenter Restaurant and the meeting resumed at 2 o'clock.
Miss Shaw showed some children's books useful in teaching race relations, several discussions followed and there was a demonstration of story telling. [sic] Tea was served by the trustees of the Southwest Harbor Library.
Those attending from out of town were: Miss Marian Shaw of Augusta, Mrs. Harriet V. C. Ogden, Mrs. J. H. Evans, of Bar Harbor, Mrs. Cynthia Stanley, Manset; Edith V. Vaughan, Frances W. Weeks, Gertrude F. Durham, Belfast: Charlotte Norwood, Bernard, Mrs. C. A. Haynes, Miss Marion Wyman, Mrs. J. J. Duffy, Mrs. E. C. Osgood of Ellsworth; Mrs. Chester R. Parker, Mrs. Jerold M. Hinckley, Mrs. Josie Parker, of Bluehill; Mrs. Lester Wentworth of East Bluehill; Mrs. Gerald Butler, Winifred M. Whitten, Gladys S. Thurston of Belfast; Virginia S. Beatty, Edna M. Handy and Carolyn S. ? of Amherst.
Those attending from the village were Miss Ruth Lawrence, librarian; Miss Grace M. Simmons, Miss Mabel Colvin, Mrs. R. M. Norwood, Mrs. Allen J. Lawler, Mrs. H. L. Rand, Miss Mary C. Buchan, Mrs. L. M. Goulding, Miss Elizabeth Lawler, Mrs. Seth S. Thornton. Miss Shaw pronounced the occasion one of the most successful held in small communities." - Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, May 29, 1947, page 1.
