﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  

  

  123 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  life 
  and 
  works 
  of 
  James 
  McNeil 
  Whistler 
  and 
  of 
  certain 
  other 
  

   American 
  painters 
  whose 
  pictures 
  are 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  gallery; 
  and, 
  

   further, 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  limited 
  degree, 
  bj'' 
  the 
  Biblical 
  manuscripts 
  of 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  centuries, 
  which, 
  as 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Freer 
  

   Gallery, 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Washington 
  manuscripts. 
  The 
  library 
  

   was 
  increased 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  37 
  volumes 
  and 
  151 
  pamphlets. 
  

   It 
  now 
  has 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  2,912 
  volumes 
  and 
  2,519 
  pamphlets, 
  many 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  languages. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  PARK 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  comprises 
  al^out 
  1,200 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  300 
  pamphlets 
  on 
  animals 
  and 
  other 
  subjects 
  of 
  inter- 
  

   est 
  to 
  the 
  park. 
  It 
  increased 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  by 
  21 
  volumes. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  ACCESSIONS 
  

  

  The 
  accessions 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  those 
  to 
  the 
  

   library 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  may 
  be 
  summarized 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Library 
  

  

  Volumes 
  

  

  Pamphlets 
  

   and 
  charts 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  

  

  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  - 
  

  

  Langley 
  aeronautical 
  library 
  

  

  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  deposit, 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  office 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  including 
  the 
  technological 
  library.. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  137 
  

   37 
  

   30 
  

   123 
  

   21 
  

   4,046 
  

   146 
  

   2,492 
  

  

  7,032 
  

  

  22 
  

   151 
  

  

  11 
  

   120 
  

  

  415 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  1,299 
  

  

  2,028 
  

  

  159 
  

   188 
  

   41 
  

   243 
  

   21 
  

   4,461 
  

   156 
  

   3,791 
  

  

  9,060 
  

  

  An 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets, 
  and 
  charts 
  in 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  library, 
  not 
  including 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  on 
  June 
  30, 
  1927, 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Volumes 
  521,103 
  

  

  Pamphlets 
  141,285 
  

  

  Charts 
  24,155 
  

  

  Total 
  686,543 
  

  

  This 
  number 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  the 
  many 
  thousands 
  of 
  parts 
  of 
  

   volumes 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  awaiting 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  volumes. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  ACTIVITIES 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  regular 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  several 
  special 
  tasks 
  

   were 
  undertaken. 
  

  

  The 
  intensive 
  effort 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  broken 
  sets, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  

   collections 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  sectional 
  libraries, 
  begun 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  was 
  

  

  