FORM OF GIFT OR BEQUEST TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

"TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO BE PLACED IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND ADMINISTERED THEREIN BY THE AUTHORITIES THEREOF."

By an act approved March 3, 1925 (see Appendix V and pages 5-6 of this report) Congress has created a "Library of Congress Trust Fund Board," which is a quasi corporation empowered to receive gifts or bequests of personal property of which the income is to be applicable to the benefit of the Library, its collections, or its service.

Endowments for this purpose may therefore hereafter be made direct to this board.

IV

LIST OF OFFICERS

LIBRARIANS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE LIBRARY

1802-1807-John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Representatives and Librarian.

1807-1815-Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the House of Representatives and Librarian.

1815-1829-George Watterston.

1829-1861-John Silva Meehan.

1861-1864-John G. Stephenson.

1854-1897 (June S0)—Ainsworth Rand Spofford.

1897 (July 1)–January 17, 1899-John Russell Young.

1899 (April 5)—Herbert Putnam.

LIBRARY STAFF

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

HERBERT PUTNAM-Librarian of Congress.

APPLETON PRENTISS CLARK GRIFFIN-Chief Assistant Librarian. Allen Richards Boyd-Executive Assistant.

Jessica Louise Farnum-Secretary.

DIVISIONS

Reading Rooms-Frederick William Ashley, superintendent. Charles
Warren Coleman, Henry Eastman Lower, chief assistants.
Representatives reading room-Hugh Alexander Morrison,
George Heron Milne, custodians. Service for the blind-
Margaret D. McGuffey.

Consultant in Bibliography and Research-Ernest C. Richardson.
Division of Accessions-Martin Arnold Roberts, chief.
Division of Bibliography-William Adams Slade, chief.
Binding Division-Arthur R. Kimball, in charge.
Card Division-Charles Harris Hastings, chief.

Catalogue Division-Charles Martel, chief.
Classification Division-Clarence W. Perley, chief.
Division of Documents-James B. Childs, acting chief.
Legislative Reference-Herman H. B. Meyer, acting director.
Mail and Delivery-Samuel M. Croft, in charge.
Division of Manuscripts-Charles Moore, acting chief.
Division of Maps and Charts-Lawrence Martin, chief.

Division of Music—Carl Engel, chief.

Division of Periodicals-Henry S. Parsons, acting chief.

Division of Prints-David E. Roberts, in charge.

Semitic Section-Israel Schapiro, in charge.

Slavic Section-Peter A. Speek, in charge

Smithsonian Deposit-William Lee Corbin, custodian (office at Smithsonian Institution); Frederick E. Brasch, assistant in charge.

Law Library-John T. Vance, jr., law librarian.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

Thorvald Solberg-Register of copyrights.

William Lincoln Brown-Assistant register of copyrights.

LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS

Mrs. Harriet de Krafft Woods-Administrative assistant.
Wade H. Rabbitt-Chief clerk.

Charles E. Ray-Chief engineer.

Damon Warren Harding-Electrician.

G. N. Courtade-Captain of the guard.

LIBRARY BRANCH, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Printing-John L. Getman, foreman.

Binding-Charles F. Weston, foreman.