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[[underlined]] JAMES B. FORD LIBRARY [[/underlined]] 

The accessions from April 1, 1943 to March 31, 1944 are as follows:

Books
Purchase 113
Gift [[underlined]] 25 [[/underlined]]
138

Pamphlets
Purchase 28
Gift [[underlined]] 170 [[/underlined]]  
198

Serials 749
Clippings 185
Photostats 1
Manuscripts (sheets) Purchase 7
Gift [[underlined]] 120 [[/underlined]]   
127

Typescripts 31
Paid subscriptions maintained 18
Maps Purchase 2
Magazines Purchase 6
Gift [[underlined]] 10 [[/underlined]]  16

Printed treaty Purchase  1
Army commissions 4
Sketches and drawings 14
Prints 67
Congressional and Assembly Bills 5
Miscellaneous post cards, etc.[[underlined]] 20 [[/underlined]]

TOTAL  1,576

There have been 58 readers during the year.

Fifty-six 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 2 new serial issues added during the year.

Since January 1943 we have bound 22 volumes of serials, and have expended $122.06 for envelopes, cases, etc. properly to file parts of our manuscript material.