ANNUAL REPORT Annual Report OF THE Librarian of Congress FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1964 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON : 1965 I L.C. Card 6-6273 Pages reproduced on the cover of the paperbound copies of this report and the initial lettcr on the title page are taken from a copy of Der Sielen Troest,printed at Haarletn by Jacob BcZZaert and dad August 9,1484. The original volume was included in Lessing J. Rosenwald's gift of a notable collection of rare books pre~cntedto the Library of Congress in June 1964. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE c' WASHINGTON : 1965 '' Contents Page Joint Committee on the Library .................................. VI Library of Congress Trust Fund Board ............................. VI Forms of Gift or Bequest to the Library of Congress ................. VI Oficers of the Library of Congress ................................ VII Letter of Transmittal to Congress ................................. xv Library of Congress Organization Chart ........................... xVI Introduction ................................................... XVII Chapter I . The Processing Department ............................ I I . The Legislative Reference Service ....................... I11. The Reference Department ............................ IV. The Law Library .................................... V . The Administrative Department ........................ VI. The Copyright Office ................................. APPENDIXES I. Library of Congress Trust Fund Board. Summary of Annual Report ............................................ I1. Statistics of Acquisitions and Acquisitions Work ........... I11. Statistics of Cataloging and Maintenance of Catalogs ...... IV. Binding Statistics ..................................... V. Card Distribution Statistics ............................ VI. Photoduplication Statistics ............................. VII. Reference Service Statistics ............................ VIII. Recording Laboratory Statistics ........................ IX. Statistics of the Division for the Blind .................... X. Employment Statistics................................. XI. Financial Statistics ................................... XI1. List of Publications ................................... XII? List of Concerts, Lectures, and Other Performances ....... XIV. Legislation Specifically Relating to the Library of Congress .. INDEX ....................................................... Joint Committee on the Library 88th Congress, 2d Sess. Senator B. Everett Jordan, Chairman. Representative Omar Burlesm, Vice Chairman. MEMBERSOF THE COMMITTEE:Senators Claiborne Pell, Joseph S. Clark, John Sherman Cooper, and Hugh Scott; Representatives Paul C. Jones, Frank Thompson, Jr., Paul F. Schenck, and Robert J. Corbett. Chief Clerk: Gordon F. Harrison. Library of Congress Trust Fund Board An act of Congress, approved March 3, 1925, as amended, created the Library of Congress Trust Fund Buard, a quasi-corporation with perpetual succession and all the usual powers of a trustee, including the power to "invcst, reinvest, or retain investments" and, specifically, the authority "to acccpt, receive, hold, and administer such gifts, bequests, or devises of property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Library, its collections, or its services, as may be ap- proved by the Board and by the Joint Committee on the Library." (U.S.C. 2: 154-163) A notable provision of the act (Section 2, last paragraph) permits endowment funds, up to a total limit of $10,000,000, to be treated as a perpetual loan to the United States Treasury, at an assured interest of four percent pcr annum. MEMBERSOF THE BOARDon June 30, 1964: Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury, Citairnzan; Senator B. Everett Jordan, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library; L. Quincy hIumford, Librarian of Congrcss, Secretary; Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer [Term expires Marclt 9,19651; and Benjamin Mosby McKelway [Term expires March 9,19681. Forms of Gift or Bequest to the Library of Congress OF MATERIAL: "To the United States of Amcrica, to be placed in the Library of Congress and admin- istered therein by the authorities thereof." OF MONEY FOR IMMEDIATE APPLICATION: (a) General Gift-"To the United States of America, to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to thc crcdit of the Library of Congress, subject to disbursement by the Librarian of Congress." (b) Specific Gift-"To the United States of America, to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Library of Congress, subject to disbursement by the Librarian of Congress in furtherance of [*describe specific purpose]." "Gifts or bequests may be contributed for any specific purpose consistent with the general program of the Library of Congress by indicating the purpose in the wording of the form of the gift or bequest. Example: Gift or Bequest to the Library Program for the Blind-"To the United States of America, to be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Library of Congress, subject to disbursement by the Librarian of Congress in furtherance of the Library Program fur the Blind." OF ENDOWMENTS OF MONEY, SECURITIES, OR OTHER PROPERTY: "To the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, to be administered for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Library of Congress, its collections, or its service." r. No~~.-Title 2, Section 161, of the U.S. Cude provides: "Gifts or bequests or devises to or for the benefit of the Library of Congress, including those to the board, and the income therefrom, shall be exempt from all Federal taxes, including all taxes levied by the District of Columbia." OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 1964 Robert S. Bray, Chief L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress Charles Gallozzi, Assistant Chief Mrs. Marlene D. Morrisey, Executive Assistant Mrs. Olga .4. Mikhalevsky, Secretary GENERAL REFERENCE AND Rutherford D. Rogers, Deputy Librarian of Con- BIBLIOGRAPHY DIVISION gress (through July 31, 1964) Henry J. Dubester, Chief (through February 21, Ernest C. Barker, Chief Internal Auditor 1964) Samuel S. Snyder, Information Systems Spe- Robert H. Land, Chief (from June 8, 1964) ; cialist (from August 3, 1964) Assistant Chief (through March 16, 1964) ; Robert &I.Holmes, Jr., Director of Personnel Acting Chief (through June 7, 1964) (died June 28, 1964) Joseph E. Hall, Assistant Chief (from May 25, Eugene C. Powell, Jr., Assistant Director of 1964) Personnel; Acting Director of Personnel Conrad C. Reining, Head, African Section (from July 20, 1964) Albert C. Stillson, Head, Arms Control and Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hamer, Assistant Librarian Disarmament Bibliography Section (from Herbert J. Sanborn, Exhibits Officer March 30, 1964) Helen-.Anne Hilker, Information Officer Allan G. Anderson, Head, Bibliography and Sarah L. Wallace, Publications Officer Reference Correspondence Section (through January 15, 1964) Mrs. Helen Dudenbostel Jones, Head, Bibli- Reference Department ography and Reference Correspondence Section (from March 16, 1964) Roy P. Basler, Director Virginia Haviland, Head, Children's Book John Lester Nolan, Associate Director Section Paul L. Berry, Coordinator for the Develop- Mrs. Kathrine 0. Murra, Head, International ment and Organization of the Collections Organizations Section (through June 7, 1964) Peter Draz, Head, Public Reference Section John Charles Finzi, Coordinator for the Devel- opment and Organization of the Collections HISPANIC FOUNDATION (from June 16, 1964) Howard F. Cline, Director Gcorgella C. Hefty, Executive Officer Earl J. Pariseau, Assistant Director (from June 22, 1964) and Editor, Handbook of Latin AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION American Studies (formerly Aerospace Information Division) Francisco Aguilera, Specialist in Hispanic Culture George -4. Pughe, Jr., Chief William R. Dodge, Assistant Chief LOAN DIVISION Legare H. B. Obear, Chief DEFENSE RESEARCH DIV4SION Ralph L. Henderson, Assistant Chief William T. Walsh, Jr., Chief Charles H. Stephenson, Jr., Head, Library S. Branson Marley, Jr., Assistant Chief Station in the Capitol MANUSCRIPT DIVISION RARE BOOK DIVISION David C. Mearns, Chief, and Assistant Librarian Frederick R. Goff, Chief for the American Collections Daniel J. Reed, Assistant Chief SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION - Fred Shelley, Head, Presidential Papers Sec- Dwight E. Gray, Chief (from August 19, 1963) tion Marvin W. McFarland, Assistant Chief; Acting Chief (through August 18, 1963) MAP DIVISION (Vacant), Head, Aeronautics Section Arch C. Gcrlach, Chief (from September 7, Arnold J. Jacobius, Head, Aerospace Medicine 1964) and Biology Bibliography Section Walter W. Risto~v,Assistant Chief (from Sep- George A. Doumani, Head, Cold Regions Bib- tember 7, 1964) ; Chief (through Septem- liography Section ber 6, 1964) Mauree Ayton, Head, Radioisotopes Bibliog- raphy Section MUSIC DIVISION Emmett B. McGeever, Head, Reference and Harold Spivacke, Chief Library Services Section Edward N. Waters, Assistant Chief Clement R. Brown, Head, Special Bibliog- Mrs. Rae Korson, Head, Archive of Folk Song raphies Section Mrs. Gertrude Clarke Whittall, Honorary J. Burlin Johnson, Head, Specialist Section Curator, Collection of Stradivari String SERIAL DIVISION Instruments Robert B. Carneal, Chief Engineer, Recording Charles LaHood, Jr., Chief Laboratory John H. Thaxter, Assistant Chief NATIONAL REFERRAL CENTER FOR SLAVIC AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION John F. Stearns, Chief Sergius Yakobson, Chief Joseph E. Hall, Assistant Chief