DIVISION OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 
THE HRDLICKA LIBRARY 
Dt. Ales Hrdlicka was placed in charge of the 
Division of Physical Anthropology when it was first 
established in 1903. He refired in 1942. Düring this 
time he assembled one of the largest collections of 
human skeletons in existence and made outstanding 
contributions to his Science. On his death, September 
5, 1943, he bequeathed his library to the Division, with 
the Provision that "_ jf & e kepf exclusively 
in the said Division, where if may be consulfed 
buf not loaned out _” 
