Report on the Library 



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

 tivities of the Smithsonian library for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1962: 



The library continued to furnish pertinent literature and informa- 

 tion in support of the various programs and activities of the Institu- 

 tion. 



ACQUISITIONS 



Publications received during the year totaled 84,061. In this num- 

 ber are represented 2,475 purchased books, subscriptions to 826 jour- 

 nals, and publications received as gifts and exchanges. In coopera- 

 tion with scientific and learned organizations throughout the world, 

 83 new exchanges were established. In addition, approximately 

 1,750 volumes, which had been specially requested by staff members, 

 were received. 



Outstanding gifts from interested donors provided the library with 

 many valuable and difficult to locate publications. Some of these 

 include : 



The Encyclopedia Americana, the 1829 and the 1962 Seattle World's Fair 

 editions, from the Americana Corp., New York. Accepted by Dr. Leonard Car- 

 michael in a special ceremony in the Board of Regents Room, May 1, 1962. 



342 items on architecture and town planning, from Elbert Peets, Washington, 

 D.C. 



(Collection of scientific publications, from W. J. Hammer (bequest). 



Scottish Art Review, vols. 1-7, from J. Ramsay, Braidwood, Glasgow, Scot- 

 land. 



Price lists, catalogs, books, and pamphlets on the history of dentistry, from 

 Edward H. Angle (bequest). 



The Melander collection of 262 volumes on Diptera, from Dr. J. F. Gates 

 Clarke, U.S. National Museum. 



"Fan Leaves," by Fan Guild of Boston, from Mrs. Frank C. Doble, Belmont. 

 Mass. 



41 volumes on mechanical and civil engineering, from Mrs. Carolyn H. Ed- 

 wards, Glen Echo, Md. 



5 books on weapons, from Mrs. John Oliver LaGorce, Washington, D.C. 



"Primitive into Painter," by William B. O'Neal, from the author, Charlottes- 

 ville, Va. 



Relacion de Michoacan, 1541 (facsimile), from His Excellency Mariano de 

 Yturralde y Orbegoso, the Ambassador of Spain, Washington, D.C. 



17 volumes on ceramics and glass, from Dr. Hans Syz, Westjwrt, Conn. 



34 volumes on physical sciences, from the U.S. Naval Observatory Library. 



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