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crowded. The only remedy for this condition is the assignment of a 

 larger hall for this collection or the removal of some of the less 

 important exhibits to make room for the more important ones. Dur- 

 ing the past fiscal year a new figure has been installed in the series 

 bearing the dresses of the mistresses of the White House for the 

 exhibition of the dress worn by Mrs. Andrew Jackson, jr. 



Notable progress has been made during the past year in connec- 

 tion with the installation and preservation of the military collec- 

 tions. Exceptionally large and important additions have been made 

 to the floor space, both for exhibition and storage space. The num- 

 ber of exhibition cases has been increased by the addition of 14 

 standard-sized wall alcove cases and 6 remodeled Jamestown slope- 

 top cases. These have been installed in the gallery of the southeast 

 range of the Arts and Industries Building, one-half of which has 

 been assigned to the division of history and one-half to the division 

 of medicine. The tAvo spaces have been divided by a partition which 

 will serve for the installation of wall cases or of pictorial material. 

 This additional exhibition hall is not yet in condition to be opened to 

 the public. 



The storage facilities of the division have been improved by the 

 erection of standard storage racks against three walls of a large 

 room on the east side of the Arts and Industries Building. These 

 racks have been utilized for the storage of the collection of uni- 

 forms of the United States Army for which exhibition space is not 

 at present available. The storage series in other locations have been 

 thorouglily overhauled and inspected. 



The collection of American historical medals has been installed 

 in a series of slope-top cases along the north wall of the northwest 

 range of the Arts and Industries Building. These cases are exceed- 

 ingly well adapted to an installation of this character, and it is pro- 

 posed to include with the American medals a series of European 

 medals at an early date. The collection of foreign war decorations, 

 relating for the most part to the period of the World War, formerly 

 installed in two cases in the Natural History Building, has been re- 

 installed in four cases in the same location. This change has afforded 

 an opportunity for a logical scientific arrangement, which was for- 

 merly lacking on account of lack of necessary space, and also has 

 enabled the various units of the collection to be installed with suit- 

 able intervening spaces, a condition essential to the artistic appear- 

 ance of the collection as a whole. A number of other changes have 

 been made in the installation of the historical collections in the 

 Natural History Building with a view to rendering this exhibit 

 more homogeneous in character. A single slope-top case in the coin 

 and medal hall in the Arts and Industries Building has been devoted 



