146 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1952 



was planning to dispose of its large collection of duplicate periodicals. 

 Arrangements were made to screen these duplicates, select issues re- 

 quired to fill gaps in the National Air Museum collection, and transfer 

 the material to the Museum. Accordingly the first step was taken in 

 March when the National Air Museum's collections were screened and 

 cataloged so that the required issues could be selected from the Library 

 of Congress. About 6,000 periodicals were selected. Early in May 

 the integrating of all the collections was started, with an estimated 

 18,000 periodicals on hand. Space was provided in the east room of 

 the office suite. By the first week in June the periodicals had been 

 placed in chronological order ready for reference use. This periodical 

 library now consists of all the major aeronautical titles published in 

 the United States and two titles published in England. While some 

 volumes are incomplete, all years are covered by at least one title. 

 The intention is to establish a ready reference library of major titles 

 only. The periodicals are now being cataloged on cards which will 

 serve the usual record purposes and in addition list shortages for in- 

 tensified search to complete the volumes. 



Detailed drawings of the Wright Brothers' Kitty Haioh aeroplane 

 were prepared by the Musical Arts and Educational Foundation, Day- 

 ton, Ohio, under the direction of L. P. Christman. 



Other additions to the reference files were received from W. B. Stout, 

 who lent drawings of the famous Ford-Stout airliner of the 1930's; 

 Ivan Jerome, who improved the file on helicopters; Maj. Kimbrough 

 Brown, long a friend of the Museum who, now in Europe, sent en- 

 riching material on foreign aircraft and some rare books; Capt. 

 Holden C. Kichardson, U. S. N., who, under assignment from the 

 Navy Department in the interests of the Museum, prepared data from 

 which a model of the Navy 82-A seaplane could be constructed, this 

 being the first plane designed by the Navy and Captain Richardson's 

 original project in 1916. At the close of the fiscal year Captain Rich- 

 ardson was preparing drawings and data on the NC-4. E. H. Heine- 

 mann of Douglas Aircraft sent illustrations of Douglas types, 

 performance charts, and other very informative drawings ; Fred Wise- 

 man, of Berkeley, Calif., sent copies of contemporary accounts of his 

 pioneer flight with air mail in 1911 ; R. W. Griswold II was very help- 

 ful in improving the files on delta wing configurations; and Capt. 

 Charles F. Blair supplied descriptions of his renowned flight over the 

 North Pole, May 29, 1951. 



The following reference material, considered especially noteworthy, 

 has been separately entered in an acknowledgment file : 



Warren M. Bodle and James J. Sloan, Aero Historical Society, Van Nuys, Calif. : 

 A collection of 1G photographs and 7 negatives of racing aircraft and other 

 significant types. 



