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[[preprinted]]4. State what progress has been made in administering upon the collections under your charge.[[/preprinted]]

During the last quarter of the year [[inserted comment: past few months]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]][[/strikethrough]] great [[inserted comment: much]] progress has been made in cataloging and permanently arranging the valuable collections of coins and medals belonging to the Museum.  Several [[strikethrough ?]] valuable [[/possible strikethrough]] series have been placed in exhibition, and a ^[[insertion]] the difficult [[/insertion]] problem of [[strikethrough]]satisfactorily [[/strikethrough]] installing large series of coins has been solved by the use of [[strikethrough]] tall [[/strikethrough]] upright table cases with slope diaphragms covered with olive green velvet.
   There still remains much to be done to complete the labelling of the historical objects but the work is steadily progressing.  
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   The assignment of an expert assistant in the Department has been of great value to the Museum and enabled the Custodian to [[strikethrough]] [[bring]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] complete [[/insertion]] routine work to date.

[[left marginal note written vertically]]Considerable time was devoted to the preparation of [[strikethrough]] an ex [[/strikethrough]] a collection of medals and coins pertaining to the colonial period of American history for [[strikethrough]] dis [[/strikethrough]] display at the Tennessee centennial exposition at Nashville. [[/left marginal note]]