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Although they were available only during the latter part of the year, 

 a number of sets were sold in various parts of the country. 



The Rockefeller Institute requested four sets of these charts for 

 use in war work in France. Four sets of eleven charts each were 

 prepared without captions, so that French captions could be sub- 

 stituted. These, together with one complete set of fifteen charts 

 with English captions, were presented by the American Museum 

 to the Rockefeller Institute. 



One set of the charts was presented to the Brooklyn Bureau of 

 Charities for use in the prevention of tuberculosis. 



The loan collections prepared for the public libraries of New 

 York City have been in constant circulation. They have been dis- 

 played in children's rooms and in reference departments, and have 

 not only added interest to the reading 

 the museum and the of books on natural history and geo- 

 public libraries graphy, but have stimulated coopera- 



tion between the libraries, the public 

 schools and the Museum. 



There are eleven collections now available for library use: 



Indians of the Plains 

 Indians of the Southwest 

 The Eskimo 

 Siberian Natives 

 Japan 



South America 

 The Philippines 

 Mexico 



Dolls from Many Lands 

 Birds, Their Nests and Eggs 



Photographs Illustrating the Art and Archaeology 

 of Mexico and Central America. 



These include specimens, models, mounted prints, labels and maps, 

 and have been placed on exhibition largely through the generosity 

 of the Department of Anthropology. The material is loaned for 

 a period of one or two months and is carried to the library and 

 returned by the Museum messenger. It is installed, however, by 

 the librarian in charge; she can best arrange it to suit the needs of 

 her group of readers. 



Five of the libraries of the City that heretofore have not been in 

 touch with the Museum borrowed circulating exhibits during the 

 year 1917. The library of San Antonio, Texas, and the Utica, New 

 York, Public Library have also received temporary loans of 



