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pamphlets, and 69 maps. The latter, which had been for some years 

 in China, where until recently the Freer was carrying on important 

 archeological investigations, was brought back to Washington and 

 deposited in the Gallery. During its sojourn abroad it grew consid- 

 erably and now numbers 1,920 volumes, 640 pamphlets, and 69 maps. 

 Together the two collections, which relate almost entirely to the 

 chief interests of the Freer — namely, the art and culture of the Far 

 East, India, Pei^ia, and the nearer East, and the activities of certain 

 American painters, notably James McNeill Whistler, many of whose 

 works are owned by the Gallery — contain not a few rare items and 

 supplement to an important degree the collections at the Library of 

 Congress, particularly those in the manuscript, fine arts, and orien- 

 tal divisions. The treasures of the library are, of course, the 

 " Washington Manuscripts " of the Bible, dating from the fourth 

 and fifth centuries. 



NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK LIBRARY 



The library of the National Zoological Park comprises 1,412 vol- 

 umes and 1,962 pamphlets chiefly on the care, study, and exhibition 

 of wild animals. The accessions in 1935 were 82 volumes, 107 parts 

 of volumes, and 102 pamphlets. Besides these, 2,394 publications of 

 special interest to the scientists of the Park were selected late in 

 the year from the duplicates at the Smithsonian Institution and the 

 Library of Congress and will in due time be made part of the col- 

 lection. The number of cards added to the catalog was 540. Two 

 trained assistants were employed for brief periods during the year. 



SUMMARY OF ACCESSIONS 



The accessions for the fiscal year may be summarized as follows: 



Library 



Volumes 



Pamphlets 

 and charts 



Total 



Astrophysical Observatory 



Bureau of American Ethnology 



Freer Gallery of Art - 



Langley Aeronautical 



National Gallery of Art 



National Zoological Park. 



Radiation and Organisms 



Smithsonian Deposit, Library of Congress 



Smithsonian OflSce 



United States National Museum 



Total - 



57 



400 



695 



31 



316 



82 



6 



2,639 



240 



1,639 



6,105 



75 



94 

 228 



51 



306 



102 



2 



4,713 



22 

 985 



6,578 



132 

 494 

 923 



82 



622 



184 



8 



7,352 



262 



2,624 



12, 683 



These accessions, together with the additions represented by the 

 Freer field collection, incident to its being brought to Washington 

 and given a place in the library of the Gallery, increased the ap- 



