The Washington times., 1913-12-03
LIBRARIAN 5 REPORT
SHOWS BANNER YEAR
Acquired 1882 Volumes,
Many of Which Were Gifts of
Valuable Publications.

A banner period for the Library Of
Congress was the year ended June 50,
1913. according to the report of Herbert
Putnam, Librarian of Congress. In this
year the library acquired n5,S62 volumes,
a record exceeded but twice in the last
fifteen years, and which brings the total
number of volumes of the library Up ID
S.12S,2o5 books and pamphlets. This
constitutes a great problem of handling,
says the report. and while shelf room
has been provided in several portions
of the building. in five or six years,
more space will be needed.
During the year the library lost three
distinguished members of its force by
death-louis =. Solyom, Steingrimur
Stefansson, and James Quay Howard
as well as several other valuable en-
ployes. Brief sketches of the three
named are given place in the report.
More Than 1900 Gifts.
More than u,0OO books were received
by gift during the fiscal year. Among
the more valuable ones are "Diction-
naire des Families Franchises" pre-
sented by NJ. Chalk d'Est-Ange: a set
OF the Rotch edition of Swedenborg: a
copy Of Some Works of Art Belonging
10 Edward Tuck in Paris:'' los volumes
of the publications of the John Lane
company, and an Illuminated address
on Nelium by DR.. Lawrence Bevworth
Mills. tiN' y" VI vi
IN purchases made by the library
curing the past year, considernhIe
attention. has been paid to the liter
SIe S.L Oh art and architecture. The
HoTdry, through The advice of Prof
Richard A. Rice, formerly of vii:
liams College, is acquiring an excel
lines.
II hrough the acquisition of the
manuscripts of DR.. Rudolph r. Schul-
Ter, the noted American specialist in
phllology, The Library of Congress
mas procured valuable material bear
ing CT the earlier periods of dis
co, eu1eTy ana exploration in the West
en- hemisphere, and on the indig-
ehous languages of Latin-America.
Dr: Schuller thereby makes avail
aoie tne results of twenty wears of
work. "a
Volumes of History.
In special effort to collect ma
terial relating to European history,
the library has procured 1902 VOL
umes, or about one-half of the chec,
INST issued by the American Histori-
caI Association.
The diary of John Fell. a deIesate
from New Jersey, adds to the value of
tne papers OF the Continental Congress;
~ Sne logs ana Journals of Admiral Sir
george Cockburn throw much ligb, nn
MS movements in American waters: the
papers OF James Murray Mason. added
70 the well-known Pickett papers. make
.ne record OF the diplomatic history of
the Confederacy nearly complete: the
papers OF Nicholas Biddle complete the
etory OF the contest between A0drew
Jackson and the Second Bank of the
chited states and the records of the
american Colonization Society tell the
nization. .o'o-
The maps division has obtained pho-
tographic reprCGrctionS of ninety-seven
carly manuscripts, entitled: ..IoIans
'srtcs Vues ct oessius relatifs a This
toiTe de le Nouvelle France These
maps are FOUND described in the ~Crata
l"gue of the Library of Parliament.
Transcribe Scores.
The music division. reports that tho
transcr!binE of the scores of old operas
unprocurable in the original or in print
has continued. the number added during
The year having been forty-four. The
LIST OF these includes Alessandri's Cali
roe; Draghis La MaGnanimita di
Marco FabriZio:'' Dittersdorfs Don
pu'Hote der Iweyte:" Fago's La Cas-
ca: Galuppfs Clemenza di Tito. Monte
yuma, II Purtiglio Amoroso;" Gass-
mans La Notte Critica:" Gazzaniaa's
La Locanda-" and Gluck's '.Aics
sandro."
The financial portion of the report
shows that the total annual appropr: a
tons for the Library amount 10 about
sf900 OF this, however, not less tina,
$4,000 is offset by fees covered into
Treasury.
OF the remaining $4,000. about 800 oCo
goes 10 the purchase of books and othe-
material for the collections. and $1,000
to physical eouipment-both '.permanent
improvements" OF the remaining sS30
G1. about 100000 is applied to the care
of the building and grounds This leaves
about s230.0o0 for all the expenses OF the
general administration.