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1909 
1910 
1911 
HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 13 
Alderman E. W. Turner elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee, 
in succession to Councillor Crosthwaite. 
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, ¥.R.¢.s., elected Chairman of the Library, 
Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Sir William B. 
Forwood, D.u., J.P. 
Councillor Herbert R. Rathbone, v.a., elected Chairman of the Museums 
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor H. Chaloner Dowdall, 
elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool. 
Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Art held in the Walker Art Gallery. 
The Garston Branch Library, Bowden Road (the gift of Mr. Andrew 
Carnegie, Lu.p.), opened by Councillor F. J. Leslie, Chairman of the 
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 26th May. 
Mr. George Thomas Shaw appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to 
Mr. Peter Cowell, deceased. 
Establishment of Lending Libraries Depdt for the circulation of special 
books and the interchange of books amongst the Lending Branches. 
The Herbarium Collection of over 40,000 specimens transferred by the 
Parks and Gardens Committee from the Botanic Gardens to the 
Museums. 
An illuminated address presented to Mr. A. Ridyard, 2nd July, in 
recognition of his gift to the Museums of numerous ethnographical 
objects and natural history specimens from the West Coast of Africa. 
Councillor Richard Rutherford, s.P., elected Chairman of the Lectures 
Sub-Committee in succession to Alderman E. W. Turner, resigned. 
Inauguration by Councillor William Evans, s.r., of Branch Lending 
Library in the Rawdon Reading Room, Anfield, 3rd February. 
On 13th October, an address (enclosed in silver casket) was presented 
to Miss Mary L. Hornby, in recognition of her generous gifts during 
many years, of Braille Books for the blind. 
The Art of Albrecht Diirer, a collection brought together and arranged 
in chronological order by Sir W. Martin Conway, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., 
exhibited in the Walker Art Gallery. 
The Centenary Exhibition of the Liverpool Academy of Arts held in 
the Walker Art Gallery. 
Exhibition of Canadian Art held in the Walker Art Gallery, under the 
auspices of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. 
Councillor Ernest C. Given, m.1.c.z., elected Chairman of the Libraries 
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman J. N. 
Stolterfoht, deceased. 
Evening Reading Room, Stanley Road, opened by the Right Honourable 
the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor S. Mason Hutchinson), 
13th June. 
The New Sefton Park Branch Lending Library, Aigburth Road, opened 
on August 3rd_by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, tu.p., the donor of the 
building. The Library was transferred from the Public Offices, Lark 
Lane. 
Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, pD.sc., Deputy Curator, appointed Curator of Museums, 
in succession to Dr. Forbes, retired. 
Afternoon Conference of Chairmen of Museum Committees and Museum 
Curators from towns in the North of England, held in the Museums, 
18th October. 
The Walton and Fazakerley Branch Library, Evered Avenue (the gift of 
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, Lu.p.), opened by Councillor Richard Caton, 
M.D., LL.D., J.P., Deputy Chairman of the Library, Museum, and 
Arts Committee, 23rd November. The Library was transferred from 
the Walton Town Hall, Rice Lane. 
