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books was turned over by the Library to the Victory Book Cam- 
paign. These made an interesting and impressive display on two 
tables in the rotunda. 
For the seventy-fifth anniversary meeting of the Torrey Botani- 
cal Club at the Garden, on June 25th, the library had on display 
an autograph letter of John Torrey, the United States Mint Assay 
Medal for 1874, awarded to Torrey posthumously, and the letter 
presenting the medal to Miss Margaret Torrey, his daughter. 
Reclassification of the books in the Children’s Club Room 
Library was completed during the year. 
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INTERLIBRARY LOANS 
Books were loaned to: American Museum of Natural History, 
New York; Bishop McDonnell High School, Brooklyn; Brooklyn 
College; Brooklyn Museum; Brown University, Providence, R. I 
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Dept. of Genetics, Cold Spring 
Harbor, L. I.; Columbia University, New York; New Jersey Zinc 
Company, New York; New Rochelle Public Library; New York 
Botanical Garden; New York University, Washington Square 
Library; Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York 
and Princeton, N. J.; Schwarz Laboratories, Inc., New York. 
Books were borrowed from: The Medical Society of the County 
of Kings, Brooklyn; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. 
The statistical report follows. 
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Respectfully submitted, 
WILLIAM FE. Jorpan, 
Librarian, 
STATISTICAL REPORT ON THE LIBRARY 
ACCESSIONS 
Parts 
Autograph (Including 
ptters = Portraits Volumes Pamphlets Pe beds als) 
Ey xc Be Boerner ate 0 0 D2, 114 3,133 
A ER aa eee ting eee 3 9 60 484 894 
a ee bate oe oscars () 0 0 102 oS 
Purchases... 2 25t<. 0 0 106 1 737 
By binding.......... 0 0 0 0 0 
sho Galas are 3 Q 182 701 4,817 
