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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  19 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  RADIATION 
  AND 
  ORGANISMS 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  Late 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  new 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library 
  was 
  

   established 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  Institution's 
  work 
  in 
  radiation 
  

   and 
  organisms. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  significant 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  was 
  prepared, 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  bureau, 
  and 
  

   effort 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  immediately 
  to 
  obtain, 
  by 
  exchange 
  or 
  purchase, 
  

   those 
  that 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  borrowed 
  from 
  other 
  units 
  of 
  the 
  library. 
  

  

  LANGLEY 
  AERONAUTICAL 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  Langley 
  aeronautical 
  library, 
  while 
  consisting 
  of 
  only 
  1,697 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  838 
  pamphlets, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  divisions 
  

   of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library, 
  as 
  it 
  contains 
  many 
  rare 
  items, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  complete 
  files 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  aeronautical 
  magazines. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   these 
  w^ere 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  collection 
  as 
  it 
  came 
  from 
  Samuel 
  Pierpont 
  

   Langley, 
  the 
  third 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  in 
  whose 
  memory 
  the 
  

   library 
  was 
  named. 
  Others 
  were 
  among 
  the 
  publications 
  given 
  since 
  

   by 
  Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell, 
  Octave 
  Chanute, 
  and 
  James 
  Means. 
  The 
  

   library 
  also 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  photographs, 
  letters, 
  and 
  news- 
  

   paper 
  clippings. 
  It 
  is 
  consulted 
  continually 
  by 
  experts 
  from 
  the 
  de- 
  

   partments 
  of 
  the 
  Government, 
  from 
  the 
  embassies 
  in 
  Washington, 
  

   and 
  from 
  aeronautical 
  and 
  other 
  organizations 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  country. 
  The 
  library 
  was 
  increased 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  by 
  85 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  138 
  pamphlets. 
  The 
  new 
  catalogue, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   begun 
  the 
  year 
  before, 
  was 
  finished 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  labeled 
  and 
  

   rearranged. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  which 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  

   is 
  housed, 
  with 
  the 
  gallery, 
  in 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building, 
  com- 
  

   prises 
  1,001 
  volumes 
  and 
  1,106 
  pamphlets, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  and 
  Europe. 
  The 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  chosen 
  with 
  

   great 
  care 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  slowly 
  increased 
  as 
  funds 
  and 
  space 
  per- 
  

   mitted, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  becoming 
  the 
  nucleus 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  

   more 
  representative 
  working 
  library 
  when 
  the 
  special 
  building 
  now 
  

   in 
  prospect 
  for 
  the 
  gallery 
  is 
  provided. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  153 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  82 
  pamphlets 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  and 
  33 
  vol- 
  

   umes 
  were 
  bound. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  accessions 
  came, 
  as 
  usual, 
  by 
  purchase 
  

   and 
  exchange, 
  but 
  many 
  came 
  by 
  gift, 
  notably 
  from 
  Dr. 
  William 
  H. 
  

   Holmes, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  gallery. 
  

  

  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  concerns 
  itself 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  with 
  the 
  interests 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  art 
  ob- 
  

   jects 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  arts 
  and 
  cultures 
  of 
  the 
  Far 
  East, 
  India, 
  

  

  