{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by topic or correspondent. Letters and memoranda to and from Billings and his successor, Edwin H. Anderson, and other NYPL staff members. Nearly all of the correspondence is Library-related; correspondents include donors, librarians at other institutions, and publishing company representatives. The contents of Boxes 9-13 specifically document the various divisions, branches, trustees, and employees of The New York Public Library. Boxes 9 and 10 contain material on the Circulation Department and each of the branch libraries; much of the correspondence in these files concerns the architects and contractors who were designing and building them. Items in Boxes 11-13 deal with the staffing and operations of the Reference Department, with extensive files on the employees, members of the Board of Trustees, and the Library's many divisions and reading rooms.</p>"}