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17 [[underlined]] JAMES B. FORD LIBRARY [[/underlined]] The accessions from April 1, 1942 to March 31, 1943 are as follows: Books Purchase 98 Gift [[underlined]] 55 [[/underlined]] 153 Pamphlets Purchase 36 Gift [[underlined]] 281 [[/underlined]] 317 Serials 727 Clippings 475 Photostats By purchase 81 Manuscripts Purchase 107 Gift 1359 Deposit [[underlined]] 25 [[/underlined]] 1491 Typescripts 50 Paid subscriptions maintained 18 Maps By purchase 4 Magazines Purchase 12 Gift [[underlined]] 57 [[/underlined]] 69 Sketch books 1 Drawings 10 Letters - not included as manuscripts - 124 Phonograph records 5 Prints 15 Notes - Historical and ethnological - 300 Congressional Bills, Hearings, etc. 21 Miscellaneous [[underlined]] 37 [[/underlined]] TOTAL ....... 3,898 There have been 79 readers during the year. Forty-one typed bibliographies of varying lengths have been sent to inquirers through the year. The Library carried 18 paid memberships in various societies for their publications. There were 3 new serial issues added during the year. Since January 1942 we have had bound 397 volumes of serials, 79 books and 1 portfolio atlas of plates and, additionally, 29 of our rarer books have been repaired and protected with dust cases - in all 506 items.