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the aeronautical division of the Library of Congress, was collected 

 chiefly by Secretary Langley of the Smithsonian while he was carry- 

 ing on his well-known experiments and researches in aeronautics. 

 Some of the more important items were once the property of other 

 aeronautical pioneers, especially Alexander Graham Bell, Octave 

 Chanute, and James Means, The collection has files of the early 

 aeronautical magazines and many photographs, letters, and news- 

 paper clippings. It numbers 1,908 volumes and 1,086 pamphlets. 

 The library was increased during the j^ear by 52 volumes, 623 parts 

 of volumes, and 30 pamphlets. 



NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART LIBRARY 



The library of the National Gallery of Art is a carefully select€d 

 collection of 1,334 volumes and 1,416 pamphlets, mainly on American 

 and European art. In 1932 it was increased by 91 volumes and 84 

 pamphlets. Among the accessions were Enciclopedia Italiana, 

 Volumes I-XIII; Die Propylaen-kunstgeschichte, Volumes I-XV; 

 and Life Portraits of George Washington, by John Hill Morgan and 

 Mantle Fielding. The periodicals entered were 387. As usual, most 

 of the routine work was done by the general library staff. 



FREER GALLERY OF ART LIBRARY 



The library of the Freer Gallery of Ai't consists chiefly of publi- 

 cations on the arts and cultures of tl^.e Far East, India, Persia, and 

 the nearer East. Many of these, some of which are very rare, are 

 not to be found elsewhere in Washington. The collection also has 

 numerous works on some of the American painters, notably James 

 McNeill Whistler, and on the famous Washington manuscripts of 

 the Bible. The additions to the main collection during 1932 were 

 254 volumes and 163 pamphlets. At the close of the year it num- 

 bered 4,677 volumes and 3,311 pamphlets, while the special collection 

 used by the field staff in connection with the gallery's archeological 

 work contained approximately 800 volumes and 500 pamphlets. The 

 number of volumes bound was 21. The work of reclassifying and 

 recataloguing the library was completed, except for various publi- 

 cations in Japanese and Chinese. The catalogue and shelf list were 

 increased by 3,507 cards, and 2,666 cards were prepared for filing in 

 the union catalogue at the Smithsonian Institution. 



NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK LIBRARY 



The library of the National Zoological Park numbers 1,221 vol- 

 umes and 410 pamphlets; the additions in 1932 were 4 volumes and 

 3 pamphlets. 



