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William Morris, was placed on permanent display in May 1962. 

 Housed ill a specially designed case, this book is a gift of Senator 

 Clinton P. Anderson, a Kegent of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The appointment by the American Petroleum Institute of a special 

 subcommittee to assist in the location of liistorical material and to de- 

 velop appropriate exhibits has provided a valuable means of commu- 

 nication with the production side of the petroleum industry. A large 

 number of typical machines have been acquired for the hall of general 

 manufacturing. 



The division of political liistory installed small temporary exhibits 

 dealing with the political campaigns of 1840 and 1896, and an exhi- 

 bition of commemorative objects associated with the three assassinated 

 presidents. The Women's Rights exhibition is being developed gradu- 

 ally to reflect more completely and with greater accuracy the develop- 

 ment of this movement in the United States during the 19th and 20tli 

 centuries. 



An exceptional collection of marked iTtli- and 18th-century Ameri- 

 can pewter lent by Dr. Joseph H. Kler, and a New York repousse silver 

 2-handled bowl, made in the early 18th century by Benjamin Wynkoop 

 for Nicholas and Hiletje Roosevelt and lent by Mrs. Jack R. Hovey, 

 were placed on exhibition in the present hall of everyday life in early 

 America in the Natural History Building. 



A special exhibition of rare and seldom shown musical instruments 

 was assembled from the museum collections on the occasion of the 

 Eighth Congress of the International Musicological Society in Sep- 

 tember 1961. On view through October, this attractive display of in- 

 struments associated with the traditional music of Em-ope and 

 America, as well as instrmnents from Asia, Africa, and Oceania, 

 proved of interest to the public as well as to students of music. 



The cooperation of the British Crown Agents enabled the Museum 

 to prepare a special exhibition featuring new stamps issued by Sey- 

 chelles, Fiji, Tanganyika, Swaziland, and the Postal Centenary issue 

 for the West Indies. Also displayed were original drawings and de- 

 sign subjects for these stamps, items seldom seen outside the British 

 Isles. 



In the numismatics hall a specially designed semiautomatic case 

 which can display an average of 800 coins was installed on an experi- 

 mental basis. It contains 40 trays, each measuring 2.5" x 44", sus- 

 pended between continuous chain devices. The visitor may select for 

 viewing any tray in which he may be interested. 



Highlight of the completely restored series of World War I naval 

 vessels was a strikingly camouflaged model of the cruiser St. Louis. 

 Prominent among new Civil War models were the Union gunboat 

 Carondelet^ the Confederate ironclad Fredericksburg., and the Con- 



