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Joseph J. Fenykovi donated an African elephant of record size. 



Mrs. John Logan (the former Mrs. Rebecca Pollard Guggenheim) 

 presented a 423-carat sapphire. Ralph E. Becker gave many out- 

 standing objects from his collection of political campaign materials, 

 including a painted banner celebrating the victory of Thomas 

 Jefferson in 1801. 



Through the foresight of Dr. Robert V. Flemmg, Regent of the 

 Smithsonian, the Southern Railway Co. preserved and presented a 

 fine example of a late steam locomotive which has been installed in 

 the new Museum of History and Teclmology. 



The Revolutionary War gunboat Philadel'phia, complete with its 

 camions and 700 pieces of military equipment fomid in it, was ac- 

 quired from the estate of the late Col. Lorenzo F. Hagglund, who 

 expressed in his will the ho^De that it be preserved in the National 

 Museum. Also acquired was the unmatched W. Stokes Kirk collec- 

 tion of 3,000 items of military insignia and accouterments. 



Dr. W. L. Libby presented the experimental equipment he used in 

 developing the carbon-14 method of dating archeological objects. 

 The Bell Telephone Laboratories gave 66 pieces of early telephone 

 equipment for the telephone exhibit galleiy presented by the Bell 

 System and the independent telephone industry. Gifts of the Ameri- 

 can Telephone & Telegraph Co. include the duplicate Telstar com- 

 munications satellite. The original equipment of the Nobel prize 

 winners Drs. T. D. Lee and C. N. Yang employed in their nonparity 

 nuclear experiments was collected for preservation, as was the elec- 

 tronic digital computer "Maniac," the gift of Princeton Univei^ity. 



During the period a number of administrative developments 

 strengthened the work of the United States National Museum. By 

 act of Congress a National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board 

 has been established. The volunteer unpaid Jmiior League Docent 

 Service and the Smithsonian Museum Service have both been estab- 

 lished to provide better educational work for schoolchildren at the 

 Smithsonian. The installation of an Audio-Guide system in many 

 exhibition halls has given information about the collections that ap- 

 peals to the ear to supplement the labels intended for the eye. 



International Exchange Service, 1953-63 



The International Exchange Service is one of the oldest units of 

 the Smithsonian. Its work, origmated and organized by the first and 

 great Secretary of the Smithsonian, Joseph Henry, more than a cen- 

 tury ago, is specifically authorized in 49 international treaties and 

 conventions. 



During the decade under considerations, the International Ex- 

 change Service received for transmission more publications than in 



