involved in capturing, preserving, packing, and shipping speci- 

 mens under war conditions: Pfc. William Beecher, 209; Lieut. 

 Alvin R. Cahn, U.S.N.R., 85; Cpl. D. Dwight Davis, 40; Pvt. R. C. 

 Ellis, 4; Col. Clifford C. Gregg, 10; Pvt. Ernest B. Haas, 77; Lieut. 

 Harry Hoogstraal, 43; Pvt. Borys Malkin, 61; Lieut. L. J. Marchand, 

 21; Lieut. Colin C. Sanborn, U.S.N.R., 1; Lieut. Harold Trapido, 29; 

 Lieut. Robert Traub, 8; Capt. Rupert L. Wenzel, 182. 



Cataloguing, Inventorying, and Labeling — 



All Departments . . . 



The customary attention was given in all four scientific depart- 

 ments to the tasks of cataloguing, inventorying, and labeling. 



Anthropology . . . 



New accessions received by the Department of Anthropology 

 totaled sixteen, of which nine were entered in the inventory books. 

 Ten previous accessions were entered in whole or in part. A total 

 of 674 catalogue cards was prepared during the year, and 1,155 

 cards were entered (including some held over from previous years). 

 Since the inventory books were first started, 229,372 cards have been 

 entered in them. The Division of Printing delivered to this Depart- 

 ment 2,950 catalogue cards, 61 maps, and 463 labels representing 

 113 label forms prepared by the Department of Anthropology. 



Botany . . . 



There were distributed by the Department of Botany in exchange 

 to institutions and individuals in North and South America 50 lots 

 of duplicate material, totaling 7,722 items, consisting chiefly of her- 

 barium specimens and photographs. There were received on loan 

 for study and determination 30 lots of material, comprising more 

 than 1,550 items. There were lent for determination, or use in 

 monographic studies, 40 lots consisting of 3,402 specimens. Of 

 specimens lent for monographic studies in previous years, it is 

 assumed that 373 specimens, including a number of types on loan 

 to the Berlin Botanical Garden, were destroyed in the bombing of 

 March 12, 1943. 



More than 14,000 new specimens were mounted on sheets and 

 filed in the cryptogamic herbarium during 1943. Work was con- 

 tinued on the renovation of the packaging of the fungi. The collec- 



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