Report on the Library 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activi- 

 ties of the Smithsonian library for the fiscal year ended Jmie 30, 1964 : 



ACQUISITIONS 



The acquisitions section received 120,008 publications during the 

 year. This included 4,498 purchased items and 1,284 journal sub- 

 scriptions. The rest were received by exchange or as gifts. Arrange- 

 ments were made with 81 new organizations for the exchange of new 

 publications. 



Some of the outstanding gifts presented to the library by interested 

 donors are: 



Brasher, Rex. Birds and trees of North America. 4 vols. New York, 1961- 

 1962, from Rowman and Littlefield, Inc., New York, N.Y. 



A collection of 19th century travel literature (479 brochures, maps, folders, 

 guides), from Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Morris, Southampton, Pa. 



Griffiths, John Willis. Treatise on marine and naval architecture. 1849, from 

 Mrs. Myrtle Hall, Landers, Calif. 



Kienbusch, Carl Otto von. The Kretzschmar von Kienbusch collection of armor 

 and arms. Princeton, 1963, from C. O. von Kienbusch, New York, N.Y. 



Leupold, Jacob. Theatrum pontificale . . . 1726, and 11 additional volumes 

 on architecture, art and geography, published between 1738 and 1871, from 

 Mrs. Carolyn Edwards, Glen Echo, Md, 



Marconi's wireless telegraphic code, 1907, and four additional volumes on 

 electricity and communications, from Laurence E. Whittemore, Short Hills, 

 N.J. 



Mearns, Louis de Zerega. Mammals and birds; a collection of biological pub- 

 lications . . . 1897-1903, from Mrs. C. L. Coleman, Troy, N.Y. 



Piranesl, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Antiquariorum Regiae Societatis Lon- 

 dinensis Campus Martins Antiquae Urbis. 1762 (Opere ... v. 10), and a 

 volume of engravings, from Mrs. 0. B. Bullowa, Philadelphia, Pa. 



22 books on the physical sciences published 1891-1935, from the Estate of 

 William W. Coblentz, Brightwood, Va. 



55 volumes, including works on art and on science, from the Embassy of the 

 Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, D.C. 



400 volumes of historical materials on science and technology, including a set 

 of Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 1875-1912, from the U.S. Naval Observa- 

 tory Library. 



A total of 71,094 pieces of duplicate and extraneous materials were 

 forwarded to other libraries. The Library of Congress received 

 60,977 items; the National Library of Medicine, 2,245; and the 



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