APPENDIX 1 

 KEPORT ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the con- 

 dition and operation of the United States National Museum for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1939 : 



Funds provided for the maintenance and operation of the National 

 Museum for the year totaled $778,380. A compulsory administrative 

 reserve of $6,500 reduced this to $771,880 actually available for the 

 year, which was $3,840 less than the amount available in 1938. 



COLLECTIONS 



New material added to the Museum collections was received in 

 1,766 separate accessions, totaling 368,082 individual specimens. For 

 the most part these additions were gifts from individuals or repre- 

 sented expeditions sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. They 

 were distributed among the five departments as follows: Anthropol- 

 ogy, 13,076; biology, 318,233; geology, 31,689; engineering and in- 

 dustries, 1,493; and history, 3,591. All the accessions are listed in 

 detail in the full report on the Museum, printed as a separate docu- 

 ment, but the more important are summarized below. The total 

 number of catalog entries in all departments is now estimated to be 

 16,688,759. 



Anthropology. — In archeology, a large number of stone imple- 

 ments were received, representing Indian sites in Maryland, Virginia, 

 and Alaska; others, of Mousterian, Tardenoisian, and Acheulean 

 age, came from South Africa. Over 9,000 stone, bone, and shell 

 artifacts and ornaments, previously accessioned but not until now 

 cataloged, resulted from the 1933-34 Smithsonian-C. W. A. investiga- 

 tions at the old Yokuts village site near Taft, Calif. Ethnological 

 specimens of interest include a collection of Menominee birch-bark 

 baskets and trays embroidered with porcupine quills, Aleut hunting 

 paraphernalia, a large number of weapons of wild Philippine tribes, 

 Persian and Moorish filigree and cutwork brasses, Chinese jewelry, 

 and Eskimo artwork wrought in maromal and bird skins. About 550 

 ceramic specimens were received, including a collection of American 

 art pottery (1850-1920) made by the late Dr. Marcus Benjamin, 

 former editor of the National Museum. The famous "gold piano," 

 a Steinway concert grand No. 100000, which was used for 35 years 



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