Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-12
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Annual Report Of Librarian Gives
Much Interesting Information.

Herbert Putnam. the riparian Of CON
gress has been made public. The report
IS voluminous. consisting of more than
FIVE hundred pages. OF which about Two
hundred contain the report proper. the
remainder being taken up by a select list
OF recent acquisitions and purchases III
the Introduction TO his report the librarian
SAYS:
The report shows that last year s;t53.s6S: :
u was expended of the 1858 0S4.3s appropil-
ated by Congress for the period. The sip-
preparation for the current fiscal year is
S5oy 49,
retirement from the library service Of MI
Thomas Fl Clark custodian of the IdW
library. VINO resigned to practice law; MI
William T. Cutter chief of the order dl-
vision. who has become librarian of the
Forbes Library: Mr.. Roland +. Faulkner.
chief of the document division. who goes
cation; Mr.. Theodore W. Koch OF the
catalogue division. VINO becomes assistant
librarian nj Ann Arbor of the University
OF Michigan Mr.. Robert X. Shaw OF the
same division, who becomes librarian OF
the public library. AT Brockton. Mass; Mr.
Claude T.. Gittard; who becomes librarian
of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. ana
Miss Hester CoddinSton. who returns TO
Madison 20 become head catalOguer OF the
University, of Wisconsin, and Mr.. CAR CAR
classiIier of the Newberry Library. Mr.
Putnam says. however, course of adj
varced training that it Is natural it's en-
pIDNtS SIOuIi ne III 'ltHittilu tlStN iItlt-
The report shows hat during The past
seven years the business done by the,
copyright office aggregated o.. .49 entries
.O6S 1l9 articles deposited: s449 271..0 re-
ceived in fees; 81. 9a5.76 expended for ser
vice. and S96.35l. "A net receipts. Last year
the business of the office amounted to w.
go, and the total number of entries was
lG;, $50. exceeding the one hundred thou
sand mark for the first time for any one
year. Mr.. Putnam says that of articles.
that have been deposited in the files OF
> hAf vi nj of ttlW 70
into the library collection proper. the re
mairJer being kept in the cellar of the
building ard it has already become a
problem as to what to do with them. They
exceed a million copies at the present
time and take up a great deal of space.
A later recommendation will be made on
The following table shows the increase
in the contents of the library during the
last fiscal year:
Printed books and
Main collection ....1.lOosa2 1179,7l3 7s,79l
Law library . 946U9 1851 1,3i1
Manuscript (pieces) 1o3ll5 12l, 2s6 ~
,, Geces md ,i''' charts 6''Si4 "'Sel e'o'
Music Qiecesl aG6 6l6 ;Si.ilS 100
Prints; Cpirces) ...... 1i253i 1.'S,tl 1o,ol9
The librarian says that during the past
year there We're three purchases special N
nature the first bein gthe acquisition of
:S,3s volumes Of scholarly material, chiefly
jurisprudence. of the library OF Dr. kon-
rad Won Maurer. In two instances the Ii
brary departed from its own policy OF
avoiding purchases en- bloc. The first col
lection 50 purchased was the library OF
Prof. Martin Hattala ns2l-l%t'. late of the
Bohemian and Russian academies ana OF
the University of Prague. 1t deals Win
the subject in which he WAS leading
authority-Slav vic philology-and contains
about 1.5G0 volumes, including number
nmrcha.e Of greater moment was tina.
of the library of DR.. Albrecht Weber,
academcian and professor Of Sanskrlt az
the University OF Berlin. This library oi
Indica formed during lifetime OF pro
found search by one OF the most eminent
OF SanSkrit scholars, was Tor some years
after his death held at a price when
seemed to preclude its acquisition ny any
institution save one of those already en-
doved with much material in the same
field, thus avoiding excessive duphcatloh.
'rh.. collection comprises 3.0lS volumes
and l OO2 pamphlets. and its purchase for
the Congressional Library was Determined
upon only after many months or careiui
consideration. ,.r.,.o
The librarian says that neveur before
have so many or important gifts been
received in twelvemonth, and the ac-
acknowledgements. expressed by the Library
of Congress. only voices that of az inter
ested in historical studies ana the pre-
torv' Mrs. Smith Thompson Van Buren,
gave the valuable collection or martin
Van Buren, papers. Hampstead WASH
burne gave the private papers Oh MS
father, Elihn B. Washburne. From vii
liam Kent was received the interesting
collection of Chancellor James Kent. Mr..
J. Henry Smith of Washington has given
the papers of William Thornton. Mr.
WenSell p Garrison presented a number
of examples of literary autographs an
the more valuable as they concerned the
literary activities of the writers. From
Mr.. Ben f. Green of Dalton, Ga, We're re-
ccived ninety letters written by DUFF
Green to Richard X. Cralle and Doctor
Ca5elI Mrs. Anna Shaw Curtis gave the
manuscripts of a lecture on American
literature" by George William Curtis.
prof. Albert Bushnell Hart added to the
salmon P. Chase collection by the gift OF
twenty-four letters and telegrams of
Chase to Edward l.. Pierce w. w. Rock-
Hill added a Tibetan musical score book
to his already notable gifts OF orltntaila
70 the library. Mr.. Bladen T. snyder OF
Washington gave portion OF the ltoh:eW
Torah on Sheep-skin. Mr. {. IL Van
TYNE deposited the transcripts OF hiStoii-
cal letters prepared when engaged ON ms
study of Daniel Webster. The late Mrs.
+ H. NJ. Curry gave to the library in
memory nf her husband. a Latin manu-
script volume written in Spain. 'Cent,1n
Affectum Spiritualium," Of unknown GATE,
and a memorandum book of Wliiiam
Vidal A detailed description OF many
more gifts follows.