New York State Library

83D ANNUAL REPORT

1900

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE JANUARY 2, 1901 BY THE

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

ALBANY

UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

1901

LL.D.

1873 MARTIN I. TOWNSEND M.A.
1877 CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW LL.D.
1877 CHARLES E. FITCH LL.B. M.A. L.H.D.
1877 ORRIS H. WARREN D.D.

1878 WHITELAW REID M.A. LL.D.

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1883 ST CLAIR MCKELWAY M.A. LL.D. L.H.D. D.C.L. Brooklyn

1885 DANIEL BEACH Ph.D. LL.D.

1888 CARROLL E. SMITH LL.D.

1890 PLINY T. SEXTON LL.D.

1890 T. GUILFORD SMITH M.A. C.E. LL.D.
1893 LEWIS A. STIMSON B.A. LL.D. M.D.
1895 ALBERT VANDER VEER Ph.D. M.D.
1895 CHARLES R. SKINNER M.A. LL.D.

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Watkins

Syracuse

Palmyra

Buffalo

New York
Albany

Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officio
Brooklyn

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1897 CHESTER S. LORD M.A. LL.D.
1897 TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF M.A. Lieutenant-Governor, ex officio
1899 JOHN T. MCDONOUGH LL.B. LL.D. Secretary of State, ex officio
1900 THOMAS A. HENDRICK M.A. LL.D.

1901 BENJAMIN B. ODELL JR LL.D. Governor, ex officio
1901 ROBERT C. PRUYN M.A.

HOME EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR 1900

Regent SEXTON chairman

Regents FITCH, WARREN, REID, T. G. SMITH

DIRECTOR STATE LIBRARY AND HOME EDUCATION
MELVIL DEWEY

To the Legislature of the State of New York

I have the honor to submit herewith, pursuant to law, as the 83d annual report of the regents of the University on the New York state library, the report of the director with appendixes.

ANSON JUDD UPSON

Chancellor