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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  year 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  bureau, 
  by 
  whom 
  

   the 
  library 
  is 
  administered. 
  

  

  LANGLEY 
  AERONAUTICAL 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  last 
  report, 
  I 
  mentioned 
  that 
  the 
  aeronautical 
  collection 
  of 
  

   the 
  Institution 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  raised 
  to 
  the 
  dignity 
  of 
  a 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  library, 
  and 
  named 
  after 
  Samuel 
  Pierpont 
  Langley. 
  

   the 
  third 
  secretary, 
  whose 
  researches 
  and 
  experiments 
  marked 
  the 
  

   establishment 
  of 
  aeronautics 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  on 
  a 
  scientific 
  

   basis. 
  This 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  done, 
  and 
  the 
  Langley 
  aeronautical 
  library, 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  rapidly 
  developing 
  interest 
  in 
  aeronautics, 
  bids 
  fair 
  

   to 
  become 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  prominent 
  units 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library. 
  

   While 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  comparatively 
  small, 
  numbering 
  only 
  about 
  1,600 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  700 
  pamphlets, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  photo- 
  

   graphs 
  and 
  newspaper 
  clippings, 
  it 
  includes 
  many 
  rare 
  items, 
  some 
  

   of 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  nucleus 
  as 
  it 
  came 
  from 
  Secretary 
  

   Langley, 
  and 
  others 
  among 
  the 
  additions 
  made 
  since 
  by 
  Alexander 
  

   Graham 
  Bell, 
  Octave 
  Chanute, 
  and 
  James 
  Means. 
  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  

   year 
  just 
  closed 
  a 
  shelf 
  list 
  v>'as 
  made 
  for 
  this 
  library, 
  an 
  inventory 
  

   was 
  taken, 
  and 
  many 
  parts 
  missing 
  from 
  its 
  sets 
  were 
  supplied. 
  

   The 
  accessions 
  numbered 
  41. 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  

   prepared. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  at 
  present 
  housed 
  

   in 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building 
  pending 
  transfer 
  to 
  the 
  special 
  

   building 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  erected 
  for 
  the 
  gallery, 
  is 
  

   an 
  important 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library. 
  While 
  it 
  totals 
  

   only 
  704 
  volumes 
  and 
  786 
  pamphlets, 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  carefully 
  

   chosen 
  that 
  the 
  collection 
  forms 
  a 
  valuable 
  nucleus 
  for 
  the 
  larger 
  

   library 
  in 
  prospect. 
  The 
  collection 
  was 
  increased 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year 
  by 
  123 
  volumes, 
  738. 
  parts 
  of 
  volumes, 
  and 
  120 
  pamphlets. 
  

   Gifts 
  worthy 
  of 
  particular 
  mention 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  U. 
  Perkins 
  

   and 
  by 
  Dr. 
  William 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  gallery. 
  The 
  latter's 
  

   gift 
  included 
  two 
  books 
  of 
  unusual 
  interest 
  — 
  one 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  

   " 
  Holmes 
  Anniversary 
  Volume," 
  consisting 
  of 
  anthropological 
  essays 
  

   presented 
  to 
  Doctor 
  Holmes 
  by 
  his 
  friends 
  and 
  colaborers 
  in 
  honor 
  

   of 
  his 
  seventieth 
  birthday; 
  the 
  other 
  a 
  volume 
  of 
  160 
  manuscript 
  

   letters 
  written 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Llolmes's 
  friends 
  in 
  America 
  and 
  abroad 
  

   in 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  eightieth 
  birthday. 
  

  

  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  art 
  objects 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  

   arts 
  and 
  cultures 
  of 
  the 
  Far 
  East, 
  India, 
  Persia, 
  and 
  the 
  nearer 
  East 
  ; 
  

  

  