SECRETARY'S REPORT 193 



LIBRARY 



The library is principally a place for the acquisition and conserva- 

 tion of books. But it is also intrinsically a place for browsing or 

 study in fields of interest to the individual so that he may become a 

 contemporary of all ages. During the year 909 acquisitions (other 

 than slides) were added to the library ; 263 of these were by purchase 

 and 646 by exchange and gift. Outstanding gifts were: Modem 

 Japanese Prints^ by James Michener, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Felix 

 Juda ; Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings in the Collection of John M. 

 Crawford., the gift of James Cahill ; 265 photographs for the study 

 collection, the gift of Bungaku Kenkyusho of Japan. An outstand- 

 ing purchase was Hasshu gafu (the book of painting of eight varie- 

 ties) , a Japanese edition using the woodblocks dated 1672. 



The year's record of cataloging included a total of 1,507 entries, 

 of which 697 analytics were made and 365 new titles of books, pam- 

 phlets, and scrolls were cataloged. Additions to the continuations 

 of sets of books numbered 32, and 4,087 cards were added to the card 

 catalog. Only 7 percent of these were available as printed cards 

 from the Library of Congress; this indicates the amount of original 

 cataloging in the library. 



The slide collection has continued to grow. A checklist for slides 

 of the Freer collection was instituted. Acquisition of 1,329 slides 

 was completed, and 3,120 slides were bound and labeled. This last 

 process included the classification for filing in the slide cabinets. A 

 total of 5,989 slides were lent, of which 4,764 were for the use of 

 staff members in their lectures. 



There were 181 requests for bibliographic information by telephone 

 and letters. In all, 766 scholars and students who were not members 

 of the Freer staff used the library. Ten of these saw and studied the 

 Washington Manuscripts, and three came to see the library 

 installation. 



The library's holdings of the Dewing letters were laminated by the 

 Archival Eestoration Associates, Inc., and it is hoped to have the 

 Wliistler letters laminated soon. 



Hale Lancaster Darby served as volunteer for the intern program 

 for the summer. This program is to interest young people in 

 muscology. 



Two archival gifts of study material were transferred to the li- 

 brary during this past year. The Aga-Oglu archives have been 

 arranged in a file cabinet, and the Herzfeld archives remain to be 

 studied and put in order. 



