Burger, Hanuš, direction, writing. Wexler, Sy, camera. Quigley, Margery Closey, 1886-1968. Portrait of a library to help trustees and students of library work understand the administrative problems of libraries. Montclair Public Library (Montclair, N.J.) Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Film Library. moving image Sponsored films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Nonfiction films. lcgft United States : [Museum of Modern Art Film Library], 1940 eng With no dialogue, the film shows how a public library can be not only a place for quiet reading, but also dynamic information center. Features the librarian and library staff helping patrons, working with children and delivering books to the hospital, and homebound patrons. Based on the book, Portrait of a library, by Margery Closey Quigley and William Elder Marcus. Part of summary from the Montclair Public Library WWW site. Sources used: Montclair Public Library WWW site, history page, viewed August 22, 2018; Montclair Local newspaper, April 8, 2018, (Montclair Public Library: a brief tour through 125 years of history) viewed online August 22, 2018; Educational film catalog 1940-1941 (published 1942), p. 33, viewed online August 22, 2018 via Internet Archive; National Film Preservation Foundation WWW site (Preserved films), viewed August 22, 2018. Photographed by Sy Wexler. Photographed in Montclair, New Jersey, primarily at the original Montclair Free Public Library building on 73 Church Street. Montclair Public Library (Montclair, N.J.) Libraries--New Jersey--Montclair. Library users--New Jersey--Montclair. Montclair Public Library Collection (Library of Congress) Portrait of a library http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.02447820