The proceedings for the first ALA Conference can be found in the November 30, 1876, issue of the Library Journal, which is available online in HathiTrust.
Dennis Thomison, A History of the American Library Association 1876-1972, (Chicago, 1978), p. 5.
Smith, Lloyd P., “The Qualifications of a Librarian,” American Library Journal 1: 70 (1876/1877).
“The Proceedings,” American Library Journal 1: 140 (1876/1877).
Ibid, 141
Ibid, 143
From “Call for a Library Conference”: The 1876 ALA Conference
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