64 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1956 



primary and secondary grades, from Scout organizations, and from 

 the general public. Material for use in writing term papers was in 

 frequent demand by high-school students who show an increasing 

 interest in this popular subject. On several occasions publishers con- 

 sulted various staff members regarding ethnological and archeological 

 problems, and the archivist regarding unpublished manuscripts and the 

 photograph collections. Specimens sent to the Bureau were identified 

 and data on them furnished for their owners. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



M. W. Stirling, Director. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



