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and steel obtained the first steam hammer erected in the United States, 

 built by Nasmyth between 1851 and 1856 and in use at Taylor-Wharton 

 Iron & Steel Co., High Ridge, N.J., until 1935. Tlie first wide-flange 

 universal beam mill to be erected in the United States was presented 

 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. The United States Steel Corp. donated 

 the pilot model of a Lorig aligner, an important innovation w^hich 

 speeded up tlie handling of strips of metal in continuous mills. 



The division of agriculture and forest products acquired a water- 

 powered sawmill including the building, waterwheel, shafting, and 

 gearing. Tlie mill, a fine representative of 18th- and 19th-century 

 sawmills, operated an up-and-down saw and moved a 30-foot-long car- 

 riage against the saw^. The New Holland Machine Co. gave a small 

 portable gasoline engine of the early 20th century, used to drive 

 machines such as grinding mills, saws, etc. 



Civil history. — The division of political history received the per- 

 sonal memorabilia of President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. A black 

 satin dress, worn by Edith Boiling Wilson the first time she dined at 

 the Wliite House and a white silk dress she wore at a diplomatic 

 reception in 1916, her first appearance at a state occasion at the White 

 House after her marriage, were among the items received from Mrs. 

 Wilson's estate through her personal secretary, Mrs. Margaret C. 

 Brown. Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy donated a white silk gown decorated 

 with gold and silver sequins worn by her when she was presented at 

 the Court of St. James when her husband was Ambassador to Great 

 Britain. The dress was worn again in 1961 at the Inaugural Ball 

 of her son, President Jolin F. Kennedy. Ralph E. Becker continued 

 his donations from his important campaign collection. The most 

 significant of these is a painted banner, bearing a portrait of Thomas 

 Jefferson, celebrating his victory in 1801. An exciting silk campaign 

 banner carried by the "Downers Grove Plough Boys," a Republican 

 marching club of 1860, was given by Elbert A. Rogers, Downers Grove, 

 111. A 3-sided transparency, containing a portrait of Abraham Lin- 

 coln and campaign mottoes of 1860, was donated by Mrs. Robert A. 

 Hubbard, AValpole, N.H. Made of cloth and wrapped around a 

 wooden frame, the transparency, with torch inside, was carried on a 

 pole in political parades. Another significant acquisition was the 

 Adelaide Johnson Collection donated by Mrs. Elizabeth Jolmson Cris- 

 tal, a niece of Mrs. Johnson. Adelaide Johnson, a devoted feminist, 

 was best known as the sculptress of the Women's Rights movement. 

 The robe worn by Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court was received from the New Canaan Historical Society 

 through Dorothy Cocks, New Canaan, Conn, 



Noteworthy donations to the collections of the division of cultural 

 history include two early-19th-century blown-glass whale-oil lamps, 



