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during the year and spoke on the work of the Museum. Mr. Garber 

 delivered 46 lectures. 



IMPROVEMENT IN EXHIBITS 



Continued experiments with display techniques in the Air and Space 

 Building provided valuable experience in planning the exhibit for the 

 new building. 



REPAIR, PRESERVATION, AND RESTORATION 



Storage, restoration, preservation, and the preparation of speci- 

 mens for display in the new building were active and continuing 

 functions at the Silver Hill, Md., activity. 



ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 



Varied services, including information and counseling, were ex- 

 tended to the Federal Aviation Agency, National Aeronautics and 

 Space Administration, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Navy, and 

 the U.S. Air Force, during the year. 



REFERENCE MATERIAL AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The LIuseum's Historical Flight Research Center was gi-eatly 

 enriched during the year with valuable research materials. As space 

 permits, these are being integrated into the files for the use of the 

 Museum staff and other researchers. 



The cooperation of the following persons and organizations in 

 providing this material is sincerely appreciated and acknowledged : 



AiB FoBCE Association, Eabl Southee, Athens, Pa. : Two pages from a 



scrapbook — Bert Acosta and Emile Buigin and their airplane ; Viola Gentry 



and Jack Ashcrof t and the airplane The Ansicer. 

 AiB Force Association, Richard Skinner, Washington, D.C. : Books, Speaking 



of Space by Richard M. Skinner and William Leavitt ; and The Wild Blue by 



John F. Loosbrock and Richard M. Skinner. 

 AiB Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio : 8 boxes of documents — books, 



files, photos, and other data. 

 All-Women Transcontinental Aib Race, Inc., Mrs. Kay A. Brick, Teterboro, 



N.J. : 2 copies "Official Program" 1961 race ; 2 copies of the 1961 results ; 5 



photos, 1 of 1961 race winner, 2 of 1962 race winner, 2 of 1963 race winners. 

 American Antiquarian Society, Marcus A. McCorison, Worcester, Mass. : 



Scrapbook, "Ballooning in Springfield, Mass., 1908 and On" by Harlan T. 



Pierpont. 

 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New York, N.Y. : 



Books, magazines, drawings, photos, and printed matter. 

 Army, Department of the, Paul J. Bubnette, Washington, D.C. : Microfilm 



Pegasus, 1943-1957 (on 15 reels). 

 Autonetics (through James Carey), Anaheim, Calif.: Photographs (175) of 



the XN-l/XN-2. 



