Overview This collection contains the correspondence of Martha Coplin Leister relating to the Pennsylvania Library Club from 1920 to 1935, as well as meeting programs from 1901 to 1938, and the club’s constitution. She was the longtime Secretary of the Pennsylvania Library Club and a Drexel alumna. The Pennsylvania Library Club was organized in 1893. Although it was expected that the club would become a state organization, its influence was limited to the city of Philadelphia and surrounding areas....

Abstract The Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association was founded in 1919 as a local library organization, the Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia and Vicinity, to promote the collection, organization, and dissemination of information to executives, research directors, and employees of industrial firms. In 1933 the Council affiliated with the Special Libraries Association, an international professional association for librarians and information professionals working in...