 In 1939, the library's New Jersey Collection was founded (now the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center).Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, the Library continued to grow under the leadership of John Boyleton Kaiser (1943-1958), James E. “Ned” Bryan (1958-1972), J. Bernard Schein (1972-1978), Thomas J. Alrutz (1979-1988), Alex Boyd (1988-?