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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 III to 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.

NOTE. All gifts or bequests to or for the benefit of the Library, and the income therefrom, are to be exempt from all Federal taxes.

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.

1864-1897 (June 30)—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.

FREDERICK WILLIAM ASHLEY-Chief Assistant Librarian.
Allen Richards Boyd-Executive Assistant.

Jessica Louise Farnum-Secretary.

DIVISIONS

Reading Rooms-Martin Arnold Roberts, superintendent. Charles Warren Coleman, Henry Eastman Lower, chief assistants. Representatives' reading room-Hugh Alexander Morrison, George Heron Milne, custodians. Service for the blindMaude G. Nichols, in charge.

Consultant in Bibliography and Research-Ernest C. Richardson.
Consultant in Hispanic Literature-Señor Don Juan Riaño y
Gayangos.

Division of Accessions-Linn R. Blanchard, 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, chief.
Legislative Reference-Herman H. B. Meyer, director.
Mail and Delivery-Samuel M. Croft, in charge.
Division of Manuscripts—J. Franklin Jameson, chief.

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Division of Maps and Charts-Lawrence Martin, chief.

Division of Music-Carl Engel, chief.

Division of Periodicals-Henry S. Parsons, chief.

Division of Prints-David E. Roberts, in charge; Elizabeth Robins
Pennell, honorary curator, Pennell-Whistler collections.
Division of Chinese Literature-Arthur W. Hummel, chief.

Semitic Section-Israel Schapiro, in charge.

Slavic Section-Alexis V. Babine, 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.
European Representative-

SPECIAL PROJECTS (ROCKEFELLER GRANTS)

Director of the European Mission-Samuel Flagg Bemis.

Consultant in Bibliography and Research-Ernest C. Richardson. Curator of Union Catalogue-Ernest C. Kletsch.

Director of Records of Special Collections-W. Dawson Johnston.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

Thorvald Solberg-Register of copyrights.

William Lincoln Brown-Assistant register of copyrights.

LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS

William C. Bond-Superintendent.
Wade H. Rabbitt-Disbursing officer.
Charles E. Ray-Chief engineer.
Damon Warren Harding-Electrician.
G. N. Courtade-Captain of the guard.

LIBRARY BRANCH, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Printing-James H. Heslet, foreman.
Binding-George Erler, foreman.