WAY BACK in 1906, the President of the Public Library Commission of Indiana put forth his opinion of detective fiction and whether or not it might be beneficial to the public:
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From The Library Occurrent (1906-08), online at Google Books (HERE).
A substantial article about Jacob Piatt Dunn (1855-1924) is on Wikipedia (HERE):
"He also served two terms as the state librarian (1889 to 1893) and was appointed to the Indiana Public Library Commission, serving from 1899 to 1919 (and as its first president from 1899 to 1914)."
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