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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 9, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 28.

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Publishing Department

By W. W. E.

N. Z. TOWN — General Secretary W. W. EASTMAN — N. Am. Div. Secretary

An Unusual Demand for Our Literature

NOT long ago we received a letter from the librarian of a large city in the State of Michigan. Pinned to the corner of the letter was a clipping taken from the newspaper containing a short report of a talk given by the writer at the Lake Union Conference at Battle Creek. The letter read as follows:—
“The library, as part of its regular work, is building up a collection of Michigan material which illustrates the activities of all sorts of institutions and organizations in this State. We should be very glad if you could put this institution on your mailing list so that we may receive for this collection all publications issued by your organization. We should like to preserve them here for future generations in this fireproof building, and at the same time have them available for any persons who wish to consult them. In this way we should like to receive not only all future publications, but also those that have already been printed, so far as possible.”
Thinking that the writer desired only literature produced in Michigan, we wrote him that our publishing house that had formerly been located in Battle Creek had been removed, and that at present we were producing no literature in Michigan that he would be likely to care for. We thought that this would be the end of the matter, but in reply to our letter we received the following:—
“Replying to your note of May 18, permit me to say that we shall be very glad to get samples of all the literature of your organization which you issue, not only the current things, but things that have been published in the past.
“For so many years your organization has been so actively identified with the history of the State that both the earlier and the present things would be of interest to our historical collection.”
Thus it is plain that this librarian knows something of our work, and although the institution pertains especially to Michigan, yet he is anxious to get our literature in any form, not only for current reading, but to file away for future generations. No doubt in the future we shall have many similar requests.
W. W. E.