The binding project to rehabilitate many of the Library's valu- 

 able volumes was continued in full force during 1943. As this work 

 goes on, the shelves are gradually taking on a more attractive appear- 

 ance, and many books will now be well preserved for years to come. 



Officers and men of the Army and Navy have called upon the 

 Library frequently for the use of books and maps having a bearing 

 on strategic and other war problems. At the request of government 

 agencies, some of the Library's material has been sent on loan to 

 Washington and other centers. 



The war has, of course, continued to prevent the receipt of most 

 foreign periodicals, although a few have come through with fair 

 regularity. However, the Library was able to purchase some much- 

 desired sets of periodicals, as well as various volumes which had 

 been lacking from sets already on the shelves. Among sets com- 

 pleted or near to completion are the following: 



Malpighia 

 Herbertia 



Transactions of the American Microscopical Society; volumes 10-16, 35-37. 

 Transactions of the New Zealand Institute; fourteen early volumes. 

 Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society; early numbers. 

 Archives of Science and Transactions of the Orleans County Society of Natural 

 Sciences. 



In the past few years especial attention has centered upon 

 material on Mollusca, and in 1943 several important and unusual 

 titles have been added. Among these are: 



American Conchology, and Monography of the Family Unionidae. By Timothy 



Abbott Conrad. 

 United States Exploring Expedition in the Years 1838-18^.2. Volume 12: 



Mollusca and Shells. By A. A. Gould. 1852. 

 Observations on the Genus Unio. By Isaac Lea. 

 American Conchology. By Thomas Say. 



Acquisitions include a large collection of material on Coleoptera 

 with about 7,000 pamphlets and approximately 1,000 volumes. 

 This collection includes several entomological periodicals and mono- 

 graphs, together with publications from entomological societies and 

 institutions. There are also such valuable sets as the following: 



Biologia Centr all- Americana. 

 Macrolepidoptera. By Adalbert Seitz. 

 Coleopterorum catalogus; 106 parts. 



Synonymie Insectorum: Genera and Species Curculionidum; 8 volumes. By 

 Carl Johann Schonherr. 



An opportunity was presented to obtain a valuable addition to 

 the material on whales, and approximately 150 titles were added. 



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