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TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

CURATOR (1920).

Mr. President and Members of the Columbia Historical Society:

I have the honor to herewith submit my twenty-seventh annual report as Chronicler of this Society, showing the list of gifts and exchanges with other societies and libraries— during the year 1920.

A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF JOSEPH GALES, a Mayor of THE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON-1827-30. Presented by Maud Burr Morris.

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL GEORGETOWN AMATEUR ORCHESTRA. Presented by Frank P. Leetch, Esq. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JOAQUIN MILLER LOG CABIN. Presented by Dr. W. H. Holmes, Curator of the National Gallery of Art.

AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, PROCEEDINGS OFWorcester, Mass., October, 1919.

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PUBLICATION OF -Nov. 27, 1920.

ANTIKVARISK TIDSKRIFT FOR SVERIGE, Stockholm, Sweden, 1920.

CATALOGUE OF SECOND-HAND BOOKS PURCHASED FROM PRIVATE LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS. W. H. Heffer & Son, Ltd., Cambridge, Eng., 1920.

Catalogue of BOOKS ON SALE, by B. G. Teubner, LeipzigBerlin.

CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS AND FIRST EDITIONS, FROM LIBRARIES OF NOTED BOOK COLLECTORS. W. & G. Foyle, London, Eng.

Catalogue of Karl W. HIERSEMANN, Leipzig, 1920. CATALOGO DE LIBROS ESPANOLES O RELATIVOS A ESPANA -Garcia Rico Y Compa, Madrid, 1920.

CZECHO-SLOVAK REVIEW-March, May, June, July and October, 1920.

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BULLETINS-February and April, 1920.

GITTMAN'S BULLETIN No. 23-Columbia, S. C.

LA QUESTION DE LA LOUISIANE (1796-1806), par F. P. Renant, Paris.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PUBLICATIONS OF—

American and English Genealogies, 1919.

List of References on Treaty Making Power. Compiled by H. H. B. Meyer, 1920.

LIFE OF LEONARD WOOD, by John G. Holme.

LIST OF "LIVRES ANCIENS, RARES ET CURIEUX," by Rudolph Geering, for June and December, 1920. Basle (Suisse). MINNESOTA HISTORY BULLETINS, for February, May and August, 1920.

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PUBLICATIONS OF -Vol. XIX, 1919, Lincoln, Neb.

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PUBLICATIONS OF—52 Volumes; set of its Bulletin, and History of the Society, by its Librarian.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, BULLETINS OF—Jan., Feb., Mar., June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov., 1920.

OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETYQuarterlies for Jan., April, July and Oct., 1920. Columbus, Ohio.

WASHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Quarterlies for April and July, 1920. Seattle, Washington.

WASHINGTON, THE NATION'S HOME TOWN.

Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., 1920.
J. F. Hood.

Booklet by Presented by

WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, for March, June, Sept. and Dec., 1920.

WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PROCEEDINGS OF -67th Annual Meeting, 1920. Madison, Wis.

WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, COLLECTIONS OF -Transactions and Annual Report, 1920. Cleveland,

Ohio.

Respectfully submitted,

January 18, 1921.

JAMES F. HOOD,

Curator.

COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO THE COLUMBIA

1920. Jan. 20.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

(Continued from Page VI, Vol. 23.)

"Nathan Loughborough." By Mrs. Margaret

Loughborough.

Jan. 20. "Foreign Heroes in Washington Parks." By Mrs. Margaret Brent Downing.

Feb. 17. "History of the Church of the New Jerusalem, in Washington, D. C." By Hon. Job Barnard.

Mar. 16. "Northern Liberty Market and its Neighborhood." By Washington Topham.

Mar. 16.

"Some Notable Suits in Early District of Co-
lumbia Courts." By F. Regis Noel.

Apr. 20. "Birds About Washington." (Illustrated lec-
ture.) By Prof. Harry C. Oberholser.
May 18. "The Executives and Voters of Georgetown."
By Dr. William Tindall.

May 18. "Dr. John C. Smith and Other Pioneer Presbyterian Ministers of Washington." By Rev. Joseph Thomas Kelly.

Oct. 19. "Birds and Flowers in the National Capital." (Illustrated lecture.) By Dr. Henry Oldys. Nov. 16. "James Heigh Blake, Mayor of the Corporation of Washington (1813-17)." By Allen C. Clark.

Dec. 21. "Alexander R. Shepherd (Personal Appearance)." By Dr. William Tindall.

Dec. 21. "Art Life in the National Capital." By Leila Mechlin.

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