REPORT ON THE DIVISION OF GRAPHIC ARTS. 
By R. P. TorMan, Assistant Curator. 
On July 1, 1920, this division was transferred from the depart- 
ment of anthropology to the department of arts and industries, and 
Mr. R. P. Tolman placed in charge, with title of assistant curator. 
Plans were formulated for complete rearrangement of the series 
in a logical sequence so as to bring both historical and technical 
material of a kind together in a chronological order. This plan 
has been carried out only in a small part, but it promises to be a 
great improvement and will be followed carefully and should be 
completed in the next fiscal year. 
The year has been devoted largely to preparation of card cata- 
logues in both the division of graphic arts and the section of photog- 
raphy and with the collection of material for the completion of the 
exhibition series. A number of gaps in the exhibition series have 
been filled. As an illustration, the exhibit of handmade paper and 
watermarks is one of a series showing the materials used in graphic 
arts. Printing ink has been installed for several years. An ex- 
hibit showing the steps in designing and making of type is the 
next in the series, and Dard Hunter has promised to send the Museum 
the materials, tools, etc., used by him for cutting the punches, cast- 
ing the type, etc., for the two books made entirely by him. This 
will show the hand methods of early times. An exhibit showing 
modern methods is being planned. 
The definite scientific value of an accession is hard to determine 
with such varying material as was received this year. The following 
deserve to be mentioned: 
The exhibit of handmade paper and watermarking of handmade 
paper consists of 90 specimens beginning with the rags from which 
the paper is made, photographs of machines used to beat the rags, 
four sizes of hand molds, on which the paper is made showing the 
various kinds of watermarks, the ordinary wire marks, and the beau- 
tiful hight and shade watermarks with method of how the mold is 
wired or embossed, together with photographs showing the interior 
of a French handmade paper mill, and the model of the paper mill 
in the Science Museum, London. Samples of laid paper made about 
1480, 1570, 1660, and 1780 with attention called to the differences in 
the paper of various dates, especially noticeable in the even texture 
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