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Arts and industries. — The most important aeronautic accession was 

 the Wright Brothers' airplane, type E-X, reconstructed with available 

 parts, in which Calbraith P. Rodgers completed the first flight across 

 the United States, in 1911, and presented by the Carnegie Museum 

 of Pittsburgh. 



An accession that will undoubtedly prove to be a popular exliibi- 

 tion specimen is the excellent model of the Appian Way prepared and 

 transferred to the Museum by the Bureau of Public Roads, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. It illustrates the methods and 

 materials used in the construction of this famous Roman highway, 

 in 312 B. C. 



The models of the sloop yacht Ariel and its power dinghy, together 

 with seven marine paintings, constituted a noteworthy gift from 

 John W. Loveland. A Gorin tabulating typewriter of 1886 was 

 presented by the inventor, Frederick P. Gorin. 



Seventy-nine specimens of new textiles of American manufacture 

 were added to the collections; 289 specimens of wood from Queens- 

 land, Sumatra, and Africa were received in exchange from the New 

 York State College of Forestry, and 374 wood samples from the 

 United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 



History.- — Over 5,000 articles of antiquarian or historical interest 

 were added during the year, of which may be mentioned the gift of 

 Mrs. Herbert Hoover for the costumes collection of a green satin 

 dress, a pair of white kid gloves, a pair of satin slippers, a silver 

 lorgnette, and a necldace worn by her at the White House during the 

 Presidential administration of her husband. 



The numismatic section received 16 nickel coins from the Inter- 

 national Nickel Co., and the American Numismatic Association added 

 78 specimens to its already large loan collection of recent coins of the 

 world. In addition, 266 specimens of local scrip or emergency paper 

 currency were added. This collection includes examples of such 

 currency issued from 1931 to 1933 by banks, business firms, munici- 

 palities, chambers of commerce, and other organizations in 27 States. 



EXPLORATIONS AND FIELD WORK 



Work in the field was much curtailed through reduction of appro- 

 priations. That carried on was mainly financed by grants from the 

 income of invested Smithsonian funds, through such sources as the 

 C. W. A. and P. W. A., by cooperators, or by the investigators them- 

 selves. 



During the last few weeks of the year, at the request of the United 

 States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Herbert W. Ivrieger, curator of 

 ethnology, undertook field work, under P. W. A. funds, in the Colum- 

 bia River Valley m Oregon and Washington, the aim being to salvage 



