p.11.....One of the most costly and beautiful buildings of the city is the public library, on Michigan Avenue, between Randolph and Washington Streets. Over two-hundred persons are employed there. About twenty are Scandinavians judging by the names. These are: C. B. Roden, superintendent; Anna J. Ferguson, Ida B. Johnson, J. A. Erickson, T. A. Hansen, Edward J. Nelson, Charles A. Larson, E. H. Nelson, Fred T. Johnson, E. Tourssen, Olof Olofsson, J. A. Johnson, Frank Bergman, Mrs. Emma Carlson, and John Westberg.

Of the thousand of books, periodicals and newspapers, many are printed in Swedish; also, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish.