Evening star., 1922-12-06
u. S: LIBRARY HAS
/ 100000 BOOKS
r. ----
collection Grows at Rate OF
] Million Every Ten Years,
/ Says Putnam Report.
MAPS NUMBER 100000
Papers Relating to Declaration OF
I Independence and Constltu'
/ tion Received.
MAPS NUMBER 100000

s More taan ",GOO.000 books are IN inc
rnilcc,lon of the Library Of Congress
sccordins TO the annual report OF
hIerbcrt Putnam. librarian Haoe
fnuhlic today. Manuscripts. maps ana
nicces of music to the number OF mil
1ions more swell the total
Z The collection of books. since II was
1ernovcd from tho Capitol to the new
5uilding, has been growing at the
thte of million volumes a decade.
fhs report SAYS. On July !. 1879. the
hooks numbered 3.O00.40s. the maps
and charts. !,i.oeG. the pieces of
a,usic. sy4ao4: the prints. 42s..45.
t;he number of pieces in the map
s,;yisinn with the ordnance und in
Aurauce maps tented reached half
snilliou- An ItHmiEc'l count OF the
3nan,scriptS is impract'ab!e. out !.
Snade would show many million pieces
br fulIns-
Indian Treaty There.
although the greater part. OF the
funds available Cor the increase OF the
library are required for the purchase
i,f the ordinary run of material. some
edditions Of :. more exceptional ma
ture have been made. Among them
IS copy Of what. with the eAcep-
sion of an edition of Marco uoio. IS
JcSardetl as the first collection OF,
.Uyages and travels. 'Paesi noua-
1lenti rctrouati.' Venice. l5o,: Also
40 be noted among acaulsitioas Is
"a treaty. held at the town OF Ian
Easter: in feunsylvania :.
yvith the Indians OF the SIX nations. IN
June. 1874. Philadelphia. Printed ana
fold ty benjamin Frankiin. l144.
Eubs,na,ial additions were made 70
ihe sets in the library of early Amerl-
l., Va
EuaaI.,.la. "r earliest specimens o'
i. Biography. were rurehs:ed.
state Papers Given.
! some notable accessions OF manu-
fcr.ps have be.n made. The Depart
Ia.ni of state. experimenting the
transfer to the library Of the orig
3nals OF the Declaration OF lndepend,
Snce and Constitution OF the United
States has turned over to the library
an rlle papers relating to these two
Eocumeuts and also al papers relat-
lTg 20 the Congress o. tac con.ede!a-
zion The itera-tineUt OF state like
wise has transferred to the library
n" panerS relating to foreign re:a-
ions during the revolution. and with
the consent Of ,';Iar.es Francis Adams
transcripts Of The diplomatic cCTre-
Sooudeu.e Of Great Britain. France
snd Spain. l1s1-lsl+. deposited in the
3rchiv.s Of the department by the
late Henr: adams. Purchase was
E.aI5 ~ George MASON papers. audi-
lions have been made to the Wash
yngton papers and to papers Of the
Presidents certain Of much s;gnif-
rance 20 the Lincoln. Grant and
Roosevelt collections. These are only
q few OF the important, additions of
manuscripts noted in the librarians
sepo-t.
Seventeenth Century Work.
The chief Of the map division pre-
eents d list of rare accessions, includ-
ing specimens of thc seventeenth CEN
AIRY work Of the Portuguese cosno-
10 the music division. that Of mos;
popular interest perhaps is the rare
Item. The Presidents March," a new
Federal song. published by G. WilIis.
Market street No. 1s5. Philadelphia.
with Joseph Hopkinson's words OF
:HaiI ColuInb ba." followed by Yam
kee Doodle" with the text beginning
sColum bians All" Next in rarity Is
Smother acquisition. The Death song
of an Indian Chief. taken from 'Ouabt
In Indian tale IN four cantos, by Phil
<nia a lady of Boston. set to musick
by MIR Hans Gram of Boston" This is
yegarded as the first orchestral score
published IN the United States. Han
del, Cherubini. Bach. Meyerbeer. Wag-
ner and others are represented in the
1umcrous additions that have been
made To the music collections.
/ Certain matters regarding the serv-
ace are noted in the report. The aboli-
3i,u of ,he pos'tiOn of sul,erinte ndent
If library building and grounds. and
abe transfer of certain of the duties
s,t tn. position to the librarian Of
Congress. resulted in the appointment
ii .r> Harrie, de- krafft W. Uods as
administrative assistant
Certain recommendations. in effect
Sevising the salary schedule Of the
Aervice. failed OF action by Congress.
abe report stated. Lack Of adequate
3,rovision for the Legislative reference
service caused it's temporary suspen-
sion during the last quarter of the
fiscal year just, ended.
{ An appendix to the report gives the
report of the register of copyrights,
Showing the largest years business
IN the history of the copyright Office.
ln another appendix a review is
Siven of the accessions of the year
40 the collections in the Chinese, jap
AneSe and Korean languages.