SPRING 1992 

No. 72 

If n ormation 

For Users and Benefactors of the 

Smithsonian Institution Libraries 

Gifts to the Libraries 

T HE STRENGTH OF A RESEARCH LIBRARY IS MEASURED in part by how well its collections and services support the work and research of its users. Increasingly the Smithsonian 

Institution Libraries @IL) depends upon gifts and contributions from private sources. In 1991 

SIL established an Honorary and Memorial Gift program to encourage conhibutions of cash, securities, and bequests. Efforts are underway to fund endowments for specific collections, for 

staff positions, and for preservation efforts. Exhibitions in the Libraries' public gallery also depend upott outside funding. 

7he collections of SIL have 

been enriched by gifts from 

its uses, benefactors. and 

exchange partners since the 

mid-19th century. The 

generosity of donors cotttin- 

“es to bring valuable materials that lend essential 

support to the curation and 

research of the Institution’s 

collections. 

Two unusual gifts recently 

received illustrate the range 

of collection interests in 

one specialty. natural history. The drawing of prehistoric animals dining is from 

the 1872 anniversary banquet menu of the Paleontological Society, London. 

‘Ihe cover, a hibute to Rich- 1872 menu, Paleonrolo~ical So&y. 

ard Owen, first director of the 

British Museum (Natural History), depicts a dodo, a sabre-tooth tiger, a 

pterodactyl, and several dinosaurs. On the 

tablecloth is pinned a notice reading, 

“Please do not eat your bones but save them 

for Prof. Owen.” ‘Ihe menu was the gift of 

Professor J. W. Wells. Cornell University 

(emeritus). 

See c#is. p. 7 

IN THIS ISSUE 

Planning and Administration 

Office 3 

Development Watch 3 

World’s Fairs Symposium 4 

Auduboniana at SIL 5 

Users Committee Established 6 

Museum of African Art 

Branch Library Catalog 

Published 6 

DEPARTMENTS 

Letterfrom the Director: 

Rising Costs Challenge 

Libraries’ Ability to Meet 

Usen’ Needs 2 

Exhibirions: SIL Exhibition 

Gallery’s Third Show 5 

SIL News Digest: New 

Resident Scholar Program 7 

End Nom: Calendar of 

Exhibitions 8 

MARGINALIA 

Gifts to the Collecrions 2 

Featuring 3.4 

Publications 5.637 
Page Two SMITHSONIANINSTITUTIONLIBRARlES Spring 1992 

GIFTS TO THE 

COLLECTIONS 

Recent gifts that have 

enhanced the Libraries’ 

collections: 

Brian H. Mason, curator emeritus, Mineral Sciences in the National Museum of Natural 

History, gave the Libraries a 

copy of Jonan Wallerio’s Sys 

tema Mineralogicum ( I’772- 

1775 edition). 

The Libraries received the J. 

Horace McFarland collection of 

195 books and periodicals and 

1,400 seed and nursery catalogs 

on horticulture and garden design. The materials are housed 

in the Horticulture Branch Library. The gift was given by the 

Roebuch Printing Company of 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

The Libraries, through the Museum of American History 

Branch, received a collection of 

227 volumes on weapons and 

firearms from Harold L. Peterson, former Chief Curator of the 

National Park Service. 

The Special Collections Department received a gift of two books 

on radiochemistry containing signatures of Elisabeth Rona, onetime assistant of Marie Curie. The 

donor is Mrs. Albert Kendrick 

of Lafayette, Indiana. 

Some 350 books from the collection on popular, regional, and 

ethnic music donated by Sam 

De Vincent were presented to 

the Museum of American History branch. Mr. De Vincent, a 

musician, began collecting sheet 

music and books on gospel singing, musicals, vaudeville, country, blues, and barbershop 

ballads 60 years ago. 

LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR 

Rising Costs Challenge Libraries’ Ability 

to A4eet Users’ Needs 

R ESEARCH LIBRARIES ACROSS THE LAND are establishing sophisticated fundraising 

and development programs. One visible sign of these undertakings is a polished newsletter. I trust that you will note with this new version of our newsletter that we, too, are 

eager that those who use the Libraries and those who help us meet our obligations be informed. Znformation is published with them in mind. The Libraries will continue to succeed 

in these difficult times only when our users and benefactors know of our needs, accomplishments, and obligations, and know the people who make up the Smithsoni!an Institution Libraries, as well. 

These are indeed difficult times for libraries. Many have been forced to curtail 

spending and meet research and education 

needs with fewer dollars because of reduced institution funds. Since 1986 the 

Libraries’ budget for books and journals 

has lost half its purchasing power, a result 

of an inflation rate for library materials 

that exceeds the Consumer Price Index. 

To maintain a useful collection of journals 

we have sacrificed book purchases hoping 

that books can be purchased later or borrowed as needed from other institutions. 

In 1990 we cut 450 journal titles in order 

to stay within our budget. Inflation is 

again straining our resources and we find 

that we must once again identify titles to 

cancel this year. As we discontinue subscriptions, we are required to meet user 

needs increasingly with loan of materials, 

or by acquiring photocopies of articles 

from other institutions or from document 

delivery services. These means of doing 

business have their own costs. Prompted 

by reports of dramatic increases in library 

lending and borrowing, the Association of 

Research Libraries (ARL) and the Research Libraries Group have begun a 

study of these costs. Some 5.2 million 

items were loaned or borrowed by ARL libraries in 1990-91 alone. If we cannot afford to purchase what our users need, we 

must examine carefully how we are 

meeting the information needs of the 

Institution’s research community. A user 

survey is underway to assist us in this 

effort. 

On the bright side, this past year we were 

awarded a grant from the James Smithson 

Society to establish the Database Center 

with a CD-ROM service. The service permits the Libraries to mount research tools 

such as Biological Abstracts, Art Index, 

Humanities Index, and Wildlife and Fish 

Worldwide at one location. Eventually researchers across the Institution will be 

able to access these databases from their 

offices and branch libraries. The Center 

will increase researcher productivity and 

eliminate the need to purchase duplicate 

copies of commonly needed resources. Although technological enhancements of 

data-gathering activities do not necessarily reduce costs, efficiency is improved 

and needs are met in convenient ways 

heretofore impossible. 

It is ironic that as libraries gain increasing 

recognition as leaders in the development of 

and application of technology to assist scholars and researchers, they are increasingly 

hampered by lack of resources to continue 

to serve. None of these limitations is more 

dramatic than the impact of the escalating 

cost of journals and other periodic publications. As we continue to wrestle with our 

budget to meet our obligations to our users, 

we need your help and understanding. We 

trust that Information will help us gain both. 

Barbara J. Smith 
Sprine 1992 Information PageThree 

Planning and Administration Qjjfice 

T HE LIBRARIES’PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICE (pA0) is the link between the 

Libraries’ scattered branches and offices and the Institution’s central units responsible for 

procurement, accounting, planning and budget, human resources. space planning and conshuction, travel, and security. 

The support services offered by PA0 with 

its staff of ten free Libraries’staff in the collections management and the systems and 

technical services divisions as well as in the 

branch libraries of the research services division to concentrate efforts on their own specialized services. Mary Augusta Thomas, 

Assistant Director for Planning and Administration, has responsibilities for long-range 

planning for the Libraries. Duties of Laudine Creighton, Administrative Services department head. range from contracts and 

budget preparation to overseeing fiscal, personnel, and accessibility issues. (The position of Personnel Officer is currently 

vacant.) Rosie Collins has responsibility for 

travel, annual contract orders. cash accounts, and safety regulations. Loreen Lacy 

PA0 sraff Emma Huebnn: Lwwn Luc:v, Mo!y A. 

Thomas (standing, 1. lo r.J: Rosin Collins. Laudine Creighron (sewted). 

Development Watch 

compiles statistics for all divisions, arranges 

for staff training, serves as liaison to building services, and is a resource person for 

computer programs and equipment. 

Emma Huebner handles all forms, supplies, 

and equipment (including repairs and inventories) and heads the Shipping, Receiving, 

and Supplies section, staffed by Jim Rkwdworth, Ron Johnson, and 2 part-time staff, 

Chuck Martin and Angela Pitts (who is 

scheduled to join PA0 staff soon). This section is responsible for delivery of library materials. equipment, and supplies throughout 

the whole system. They aim for delivery 

within 24 hours between the various depanmats and branches. Without the daily support provided in each of the crucial areas of 

responsibility. the Libraries would not be 

able to meet its responsibilities in support of 

the Institution’s research and programs. 

T WO MAJOR GRANTS IN FISCAL YEAR 1991 helped the Libraries meet important goals. The 

James Smithson Society provided $50,060 to establish a Database Searching Center which 

opened in December 1991. The center now has 8 databases, 2 local workstations, and 4 ports 

for dial-in from remote locations. The htiNtiOn’S Special Exhibition Fund provided a grant of 

$60,765 to support the World’s Fain exhibition in the Libraries’ Exhibition Gallery (open 

February-September 1992) and a symposium held in cooperation with the National Museum of 

American History (see pp. 4 and 5). 

FEATURING... 

SIL’s Historian Emeritus Silvio 

A. Redini has been honored by 

the New York Public Library. 

The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia which he edited was 

selected by NYPL librarians as 

one of 25 outstanding reference 

books published 1st year. 

Sylvia Churgin, Librarian of 

the Museum Reference Center. 

participated in a panel discussion on “Getting the Facts About 

Museums” at the annual meeting 

of the American Association of 

Museums in Baltimore. 

Cataloger Margaret 

D’Ambrosio delivered a paper 

at the Xlth International Numismatic Congress in Brussels, 

Belgium, on “Subject access to 

numismatic literature: a 

cataloger’s perspective.” 

Hollis Gentry, Automated Bibliographic Control. visited 

Hampton, Wrginia, and gave a 

presentation before the Virginia 

Society for Black Genealogical 

Research on documenting black 

family history at the National 

Archives. Hollis also discussed 

some of SK’s holdings that relate to black family historical 

research. 

Nancy E. Gwinn delivered an 

illustrated lecture to Resident 

Associate Program members on 

April 30. Her topic wa “From 

the Ferris Wheel to the Photograph: World’s Fairs Publications and Artifacts, 1851-1940.” 

John Hyltoft, Head Conseratar. gave a workshop on 

“Millimetre Binding” for the 

Canadian Book Artists and 

Bookbinders Guild in Ontario, 

Canada. 
PageFour SMl1SRNIAN INSTlTl!TlOYLlRRARll# Sorinrr 1992 

FEATURING... 

(continued) 

African Art Librarian Janet L. 

Stanley organized and headed 

a panel of four practicing anists on “The artisl as rebel: the 

moral imperatives of art” at the 

Ninth Triennial Symposium on 

African AR held at the University of Iowa in April. Janet 

also coordinated the Triennial 

book exhibition and chaired 

the Bibliography sub-committee of the Archives Libraries 

Committee of the African Stodies Association which met conCUl?~lltly. 

In the profession 

Margaret D’Ambrosio, Cataloger, serves on the American Libray Association’s Cataloging 

and Classification Section’s 

Committee on Cataloging Asian 

and African Materials. 

Nancy E. Gwinn, Assistant Director, serves on the Quantitative Measures for Collection 

Management Committee of the 

Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. and 

the Scholarly Communication 

Committee of the Association 

of College and Research Libraries, both of the American Libray Association. 

Ann M. Juneau, Head, Natural and Physical Sciences Department, is chairman of the 

Federal Library and Information Center Committee’s Preservation Working Group. She 

is also convener of the Natural 

History Caucus of the Special 

Libraries Association. 

Vija L. Karklins, Deputy Director, serves on the Policy 

Working Group of the Federal 

Library and lnfonnation Center Committee (FLKC). 

World’s Fair Symposium 

N MARCH 20 THE LIBRARIES HOSTED A SYMPOSIUM on “World’s Fairs and Modern Life” in co- 0 operation with National Museum of American History. A capacity crowd attended the day-long prw 

gram featuring four panels which presented a multidisciplinary apprwch to the shtdy of world’s fairs 

and their historical importance as modernizing forces within it?atxingly complex societies. 

SIL. Director Barbam J. Smith and Att 

Molella, Museum of American History, of the 

co-sponsoring offices, welcomed the crowd. 

The keynote address was delivered by Robat 

W. Rydell, Montana State Univenity pmfessor of history who wrote the introductory 

essay to SIL-s The ho&~ of the-fairs (ee Puh- 

/ications, p. 5). A panel moderated by Rydell 

on “‘Rituals of representation: ethnic stereotypes and colonized peoples at world’s fairs” 

featured Burton Benedict of the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California/Berkeley, with comments by Ivan Karp, 

Museum of Natural History Anthropology Department. University of Michigan’s David 

Scobey’s talk “What shall we do with our 

walls? The Philadelphia Centennial and the 

cul~ral politics of design” was’commented on 

by Charles E McGovern, Museum of American History, in a panel moderated by Carolyn 

Carrof the National Pomait Gallery. “Popularizing science and technology: Brussels 1958” 

was the theme of the panel moderated by 

Peter Kuznik of The American University, 

with Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus of the University of Montreal delivering the principal address and Miriam Levi” of Case Western 

Reserve University as corntnentator. The final 

panef cm “Documenting the fairs” was moderated by Barbam _I. Smifh. with SILYr Nancy 

P----- 

E. Gwinn and two staff members of the Mttseun of American History, Jon B. Zachman 

(Division of Comniunity Life) and Fath 

R&ins (Archives Center), discussing the colection and care of library and archival materials and mttwmt objects relating to world’s 

fairs. ‘ll~e day concluded with Gary Kulik, assistant director of the museum’s Office of Academic Pmgrams. introducing James B. Gilten 

of the University of Maryland Depannwtt of 

History who delivered a summary of the day‘s 

proceedings, commenting that Disneyland 

theme parks are a current manifestation of fairs. 

The audience came front cities around the nation and included collectors, exhibition specialists, students, and scholars. The 

symposium was funded by the Smithsonian 

Special Exhibition Fund, World’s Fair rnagazinc, Research Publications International (the 

publisher of the microfilm set of SIL materials on world’s fairs), the American Library 

Association (publisher of the illustrated The 

books of the fairs). and members of the 

Friends of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum Librwy. Arrangemen& for registration and services were made by the Institution’s Office 

of Conference Services. 
Spring 1992 Information Page Five 

EXHIBITIONS 

SIL Exhibition Gallery’s Third Show 

A TWO-HEMISPHERE WALL MAP that 

illuminates city locations in three colors to 

show the scope and density of world’s fain between the 185 I Crystal Palace (London) and the 

1940 New York fair is attracting crowds in the 

Libraries' Exhibition Gallery in the Museum of 

American History. 

The exhibition grew out of the Libraries’ 

project to preserve its world’s fairs materials 

(see The books of the fairs. Publications, 

thi\ page). Guest curator Robert W. Rydell 

chose as his theme how fairs affected cultural representations and stereotypes, especially with respect to the colonial villages 

built on fairgrounds. Books, sheet music, 

pasters, and objects from thirteen world’s 

fairs are presented in the cases and on the 

walls of the gallery. The exhibition and a 

symposium were funded by the Institution’s 

Special Exhibition Fund. Artifacts loaned 

from museum collections include Eiffel 

Tower crystal candlesticks and an elaborately carved “Centennial Chair” from the 

1876 Philadelphia exhibition. 

The SIL Exhibition Gallery opened in October 1990 in the National Museum of American History. The gallery has drawn thousands of visitors to its three exhibitions. The 

opening show, “Turning Over Old Leaves,” 

presented a sampler of written records refleeting in microcosm the variety of subjects 

studied in the Institution. It was funded by 

the Special Exhibition Fund. In 1991 

“Nusantara: Lands and Peoples of Indonesia,” funded by the James Smithson Society, 

was featured. Celebrating the international 

Festival of Indonesia, this exhibition displayed accounts of the Europeans’ discovery 

of the ancient cultures and the sophisticated 

arts of the Indonesian islands. 

A(;DUlXlNIANA A7’SIl.. Narionnl Audubon So&y (NASJ President Peter A. A. F&v/r (I., odd,w,w 

guerrs or (I March 31 reception in SK’s Dihner Library. Effective August 1991 NAS entrusted IO Ihe 

Libraries core complere sets of John Jama Audubon’s The Birds of America. the&r. double elephanr 

folio edition (with viewers. r.). Viviparous Quadrape& of America, thefirst imperialfolio see of/55 

color lithographs. and (I collection of relawd manuscript items. IR2WX43. 

PUBLICATIONS 

S&wed publications and reviews of rhe Libraries and/or 

members ofitsstaff: 

Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 

The ho& of thefairs: morerials 

about woridj fairs. 183&1916. in 

the Smidwnian Institution Lihmria. Chicago and London: Amer. 

can Libraq Association. 1992. xx 

+ 26R p. Presenu annotated list of 

nearly I.700 titles in the Libraries’ 

collections. lnwodwtory essay by 

Robw W. Rydell places world’s 

fain in their historical context in 

his historiographic study. Pmvidez 

an invaluable guide to the varied 

range of exposition publications 

(commission lepoa_s. catalogs, 

scholarly studies. guides, awards 

lists. albums. art books. maw 

scripts and other primary sources). 

Appendix of the 185 fairs represented in Librxies’collections, 

general index and title index, with 

S-page color signature and mom 

than IO0 black-and-white 

illustrations. Published March 

1992. SIL Research Guide (no. 6). 

Call (803) 545.2433 to order. Fax: 

(312)94-264l.Tbetcokserves 

as a guide to the microfilm colleztion listed below. Most liaings include a microfilm numkr. 

Companion volume to the micm. 

film set, The bookr of 1hefa;r.s: a 

collecdon of wor/cFsfair puhlicalion?. 1834-1915. Woodbridge, 

Connecticut: Research Publications International. 198~1990. 

3Smm micmtilm. silver halide 

emulsion. Available in four unib: 

174 reels total. Libraries ordering 

micmfilm collection nxeive free 

copy of The lx&s ofrhefairs 

with intxduction by Roben W. 

Rydell (see above). Call (KM) 444 

0799 for information or to order. 

Book Collecting and the Care of 

Books by StL’s Ellen B. Wells, 

John Hyltoft, and volunteer 

Renata Rutledge. v + 25 p, 
PageSix SMIllISIlYIIN IKSTITl’TIIlN I,IRRdRIRS Surin~ 1992 

PUBLICATIONS 

(continued) 

Updated and reprinted: available 

free of chqe by contacting the 

Office of the Director, SIL. More 

than 2,ooO copies of earliereditions have been distibuted. 

ISILl Car&~ of the Lihrory of 

rhe Narional Museum of Afican 

An Branch of rhe Smirhronian Institurion Libraries. Boston: C. K. 

Hall&Co., 1991.2 ~01s.. 1,655 

pp. ll.fxO+ records. The rccorda 

in this 2-volume set are derived 

tionl SIL’S online computer reconis (on SIBIS) with entdes aI-- 

ranged in dictionary format and 

convenient access provided by 

multiple listing of sub&c& authotx, titles, and series. 

Book Reviews 

Review of B. J. T. Dobbs.Alchemical death and resurrecrbn: he 

si,&icance of alchemy in the age 

ofNcwon (Washington, D. C.: 

Smithsonian institution Libraries. 

1990) by Wintiied Schleiner(lJnivenity of California. Davis) in 

Couda Povonk Studies in Hermrticism, X (no. 2. Fall 1991): 

17-18. 

Review of Janet L. Stanley, The 

artr ofAfrica: on annomKd hihlioRraphy. 1,19X6-1987. by Simon 

Ottenberg in .4frican Arrs XXV 

(I): 29.31.33.34.36. 

Libnwies’StaffPublicnfions 

Nancy E. Cwinn,‘“Ihe fragility 

of paper: Can out historical record 

be saved?,” The Public Historian, 

Vol. 13. No. 3 (1991): 33-53. 

~ and Michael R. League. 

‘The challqe of commtmicadon” in Prewrvaion of Archive 

and Library Moreriok (Alexandria, Va.: Association of Higher 

Education Facilities Ofticen, 

199l)pp. 5662. 

Users Committee Established 

I N NOVEMBER 1990 LIBRARIES’DIRECTOR 

Barbara .I. Smith established a Users Advisory Committee as a consultative advisory 

body. To reflect the pan-Institutional mission of 

the Libraries, members appointed by the SIL 

Director are selected from bureaus and offices 

reporting to the Assistant Secretaries for Science, for Art.. and Humanities, for Education 

and Public Service, and for External Affairs. 

Committee members set-w in alternating terms. 

Just completing a two-year appointment are 

Frank Femwi (Museum Support Center), Sally 

Maran (Smithsonian magazine), Spencer Crew 

(National Museum of American History), and 

Victor Springer (National Museum of Natural I W-9 / Conmzirrw Horhnra .I. .Smrrh. I ,04. 

History). Continuing members are Portia James Ferrari. Vicror Springer (srandingJ: Rrrsy 

(Anacostia Museum) and Peter Seitel (Folklife Ei,wndrorh. Arr Mole//a. So//y Moran (seated); 

Programs) who replaced Art Molella (National ohseve. Spencu Crew. 

Museum of American History) and Betsy 

Eisendrath (Office of Elementary and Secondary Education). members in the first year. 

Among the matten that have been taken up by the committee are privacy of users’ records (adopted 

as policy by the Libraries in November 1991). users’ surveys, fund raising, and budget planning. 

Project Access (the Libmries’new electtonic information service), book and paper preservation. 

and interlibrary loan and document delivery were discussed at this year’s meetings. 

MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AR7 BKANCH LIBRARY CATALOG PUBU.SHED. Bruhara J. Smith (cenrer). 

SIL Director. shows published catalog of rhe Museum of African Arr branch lihraq to Sy/vio H. Williams 

(I.). Director of the Narionol Mureum of African Art. African Arr branch librarian Janet Stanley (K) puhkhed rhefirst bibliography in a series on the a1~f.v of Afriro. See Publications (thk pqe)for both rhe published branch library carolog and (I review of Sranley’s bibliography. (Museum of African An photo by Jim 

Young) 
Spring 1992 Information Page Seven 

SIL NEWS DIGEST 

New Resident Scholar Program for History of 

Science and Technology Research 

W ITH SUPPORT FROM THE DIBNER FUND. the Libraries made its first awards in the new 

SIL/Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program in January. Michael F! Kucher, doctoral candidate in the Deparhnent of History, University of Delaware, came to XL in April to conduct research on technical writers in the early Renaissance. and Gregory Dreicer, graduate student in 

the Depamnent of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University, arrived in June to 

study the development and transmission of information on engineering technologies in the 19th 

century. Both scholars expect to spend three months working in the Dibner Library of the Histo? of Science and Technology and in relevant collections elsewhere in the Libraries’ system. 

The awards are designed to encourage study of the history of science and technology. The program is administered with the cooperation of the Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and 

Grants. Nancy E.-Gwinn, Assistant Director, Collections Management, is managing the program for SIL. Ellen B. WeI.%, head. Special Collections Depatoxmt, served on the selection 

committee with Steven Lubar, Department of the History of Science and Technology, National 

Museum of American History, and Sharon Nishiaki. Office of Fellowships and Grants. Core 

holdings in the Dibner Library were collected by the late Dr. Bern Dibner and donated to the 

Smithsonian Institution by the Bumdy Library of Notwalk, Connecticut, in 1976. 

Gifts, from P. I 

An extremely valuable compilation of unpublished plates for Thomas Martyn’s Universal 

Concholo~isr (17R4) was donated by M. G. Harasewych, curator of Invertebrate Zoology, 

National Museum of Natural History (see right). 

This newsletter will regularly feature noteworthy gifts to the collections and will acknowledge 

financial support received from individuals, foundations. and corporations. In Fiscal Year 1991 

benefactol-F contributed $13,873. With $IIO.R25 awarded from two grants (see &ve/opment 

Watch. p. 3). the Libraries received a grand total of $124,698 in private support last year. 

The coupon below invites your cash contribution 

PUBLICATIONS 

(continued) 

Charks S. Martin, “Preparing a 

3dimensional skeletal reconstmction of a spcimen of the Triassic 

thaqmd Coewlophysis ban-i,” 

Journal of verleh7v Pakontolo~y,No. It (3)Sept 199l.Ab 

stmcts, 45A. 

-. cc-editor with R&R 

Multhauf of series “Bibliogmphies of the History of Science 

and Technology,“Garland Publishing. No. I R in the series. Bernard Finn’s The hismy of &cm;- 

cd lechnolqqy: An annorared 

1991). 

THE SMVHSONIAN INS~TU~ON LmlunlEs depends on gifts and contributions from private sources to enrich its holdings. Gifts of financial 

suppal help to strengthen the Libraries’collections and its services to the Institution and to the public. Gifts are made directly to the Smithsonian 

Institution Libraries. 

The average cost of a book in SlL colleCtions is $50. 

Cl I have enclosed a check made payable to the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. 

Cl Please send information on the Libraries’ Honorary and Memorial Gifts program. 

Cl The name and address on the reverse side of this form are correct and complete. 

0 I have made corrections/additions to the name and address on the reverse side. 

Mail this completed form along with your check to 

Director, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Natural History Building 22, MRC 154, Washington, DC 20560. 
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END NOTES 

Calendar of Exhibitions 

SIL EXHIBITION GALLERY 

National Museum of American History, first floor, west wing 

Through September 18, 1992 World’s Fairs 

Opening October 12, 1992 

Through July 13, 1992 

Opening August 1992 

Robert W. Rydell, Curator 

With support from the Special Exhibition Fund 

Science in the Age of Columbus 

Ellen B. Wells, Curator 

With support from The Dibner Fund 

SIL LIBRARY HALL 

National Museum of Natural History, first floor, east hall 

Facsimiles of Mexican Manuscripts in the Anthropology Library 

Mary Kay Davies and Ellen B. Wells, Curators 

Cristobal, Christoforo, Christopher: Images of Columbus 

from the National Museum of American History Library 

Margaret D’Ambrosio and James Roan, Curators 

Smithsonian lnstitation Libraries 

Information is published semiannually to 

inform users and benefactors about SIL’s 

services and programs and about issues 

affecting the Libraries. 

Nancy L. Matthews, Editor 

Send all correspondence to the editor, SIL, 

at Natural History Building 22, MRC 154, 

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 

20560. Telephone (202) 357-2240. 

Fax (202) 786-2866. 

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