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and Dr. Herbert Friedmann was appointed curator. The division 

 of ethnology was reorganized during the year, with resulting change 

 in status for H. W. Krieger, curator, and H. B. Collins, jr., assistant 

 curator. Julian S. Warmbath was appointed taxidermist on Octo- 

 ber 1. Wm. H. Egberts was given the title of chief preparator of 

 the department of anthropology, and Norman H. Boss that of chief 

 preparator in vertebrate paleontology. Miss Leila G. Forbes was 

 appointed assistant librarian to succeed Miss Isabel L. Towner, who 

 resigned on September 7. Miss Gertrude L. Woodin succeeded Miss 

 Ethel A. L. Lacy, chief of the accessions department, who severed 

 her connection with the Museum on September 15. On July 1 Mrs. 

 Florence L. Grock was appointed principal accounting and auditing 

 assistant. Michael Cahillane, Clarence K. Kyte, and William H. 

 Smith were appointed sergeants July 1, On August 16 Mr. Cahil- 

 lane was advanced to lieutenant, and Wm. H. Vanneman was made 

 sergeant on September 1. 



Three employees left the service through the operation of the 

 retirement act — Edgar W. Hanvey, cabinet-maker, after a service of 

 nearly 32 years; A. C. Dufresne, lieutenant of the watch, after 18 

 years on the guard force; and Carl A. Ohlson after nearly 18 years' 

 service as watchman. The Museum lost through death during the 

 year seven of its active workers and one member of its honorary 

 scientific staff. Dr. George P. Merrill, head curator of geology, died 

 August 15, 1929. Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, collaborator in ethnol- 

 ogy, died on May 31, 1930. Other losses by death included Miss Ava 

 L. Bennett, clerk stenographer, on November 11, 1929; Robert M. 

 Campbell, bricklayer and plasterer, July 14, 1929; Ira W. Johnson, 

 oiler, October 26, 1929; William L. Brawner, watchman, August 

 25, 1929 ; Walter J. Ferguson, watchman, October 8, 1929 ; and Mrs. 

 Alberta Buchanan, charwoman. May 13, 1930. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Alexander Wetmore, 



Assistant Secretary. 



