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Show Religious toleration was the theme for Brotherhood Reek, Feb. 19-26. On March 7, 1950, the centennial of the birth of Thomas G. Masaryk, first president of Czechoslovakia, was commemorated. The Census of 1950 was marked by an exhibit of population maps beginning March 21. The 150th anniversary of the District of Columbia was marked by an exhibit of maps and plans for the city of Washington of Major L1Enfant. The Library began the observance of its sesquicentennial by exhibiting the three books that survived the fire of 1314, end fe<*er than 2,500 of the Thomas Jefferson Purchase that servived the fire of 1851. On May 17 the Library welcomed the publication of the first volume of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd, a project supported by the New York Times and Princeton University. When completed, it will give the text of 13,000 letters in 52 volumes. The principal address was made by President Truman. Also speaking were George C. Marshall, Douglas S. Freeman and Harold Dedds, president of Princeton University, with Verner S. Clapp, acting librarian, in the chair. In 1950 the Library commemorated with exhibits the 200th birthday anniversary of Frederick Muhlenberg, the 100th birthday anniversaries of Samuel Gompers, Thos. G. Masaryk, Cyrus H. K. Curtis and others; the 50th anniversary of John Ruskin's death. On Independence Day it displayed its Book of Signers, donated by J. Pierpont Morgan. During 1950 the Librarian announced the appointment of Conrad Aiken as consultant in poetry. It also sponsored the Library of Congress Series in American Civilization, 15 volumes to be published by Harvard Univ. Press. The printing for commerce show of the American Institute of Graphic Arts ess held Ifcar. 20 - April 1. The Fifty Books of the Year exhibit was opened Apr. 4 by Ben Grauer, with identical sets displayed in the public libraries of New York, Boston, Chicago end San Francisco and in the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia. The Copyright Office, administered by the Register of Copyrights, forms part of the Library of Congress. It receives annually ever 3 50,000 books, pamphlets, prints, maps, etc., as deposits which for the most part become part of the permanent collections of the Library. From The '^orld Almanac, 1951. |
