DIVISION OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 
THE HRDLICKA LIBRARY 
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka was placed in charge of the 
Division of Physical Anfhropology when it was first 
established in 1903. He retired 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 "_ if &e kept exclusively 
in the said Division, where if may be consulfed 
buf not loaned out _" 
