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now records 23,380 volumes; there are about 14,508 pamphlets and 

 several thousand unbound periodicals. 



Successful effort has been made to complete the sets of certain pub- 

 lications of scientific societies and other learned institutions. For the 

 use of the members of the staff there has been prepared and posted 

 copies of a monthly bulletin of the principal accessions of the library ; 

 also information has been furnished and bibliographic notes compiled 

 for the use of correspondents. 



During the year the work of cataloguing has been carried on as 

 new accessions were acquired and good progress was made in cata- 

 loguing ethnologic and related articles in the earlier serials. 



Attention has been given to the preparation of volumes for bind- 

 ing, with the result that 502 books were sent to the bindery. The 

 number of books borrowed from the Library of Congress for the 

 use of the staff of the bureau in prosecuting their researches was 

 about 400. 



A pressing problem is the congestion of books on the shelves. 

 For some time the library has been overcrowded and we are now 

 taxed to find room for the current accessions. 



The library is constantly referred to by students not connected 

 with the bureau, as well as by various officials of the Government 

 service. 



COLLECTIONS. 



The following collections acquired by members of the staff of the 

 bureau, or by those detailed in connection with its researches, have 

 been transferred to the United States National Museum : 



Archeological objects collected in Cottonwood Canyon, Kane 

 County, Utah, by Mr. Neil M. Judd, during the spring of 1919. 

 Accession 63841, 257 specimens. 



Archeological objects (748) and skeletal remains (24) collected 

 for the bureau by Mr. Gerard Fowke from Miller's Cave, Missouri, 

 during the spring of 1919. Accession 64150, 772 specimens. 



Archeological collection, including human bones, from Sell's and 

 Bell's Caves, Pulaski County, Missouri, forwarded by Mr. Gerard 

 Fowke. Accession 64198, 83 specimens. 



Archeological material from Texas, gathered from the surface by 

 Dr. J. W. Fewkes and Prof. J. E. Pearce in the autumn of 1919. Ac- 

 cession 64248, 165 specimens. 



Sculptured stones of Huastec culture, presented to the bureau by 

 Mr. John M. Muir, of Tampico, Mexico. Accession 64249, 5 speci- 

 mens. 



Three fine hardwood bows and three ceremonial clubs from Brit- 

 ish Guiana, and a blanket of the Cowichan Indians (Salish), North- 

 west Coast. Accession 64327, 7 specimens. 



