APPENDIX 12 

 Report on Publications 



Sm : I have the honor to submit the following report on the publi- 

 cations of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches for the year 

 ended June 30, 1951 : 



The Institution published during the year 6 papers in the Smith- 

 sonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1 Annual Keport of the Board of 

 Kegents and pamphlet copies of 16 articles in the Report appendix, 

 1 Annual Report of the Secretary, and 2 special publications. 



The United States National Museum issued 1 Annual Report, 19 

 Proceedings papers, 4 Bulletins, and 2 Contributions from the United 

 States National Herbarium. 



The Bureau of American Ethnology issued 1 Annual Report, 2 Bul- 

 letins, and 2 Publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology. 



The Freer Gallery of Art issued 2 Occasional Papers and 2 special 

 publications. 



Of the publications there were distributed 123,401 copies, which 

 included 8 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Knowledge, 13,237 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Miscel- 

 laneous Collections, 21,972 volumes and separates of Smithsonian An- 

 nual Reports, 2,907 War Background Studies, 4,829 Smithsonian spe- 

 cial publications, 31 reports and 190 sets of pictures of the Harriman 

 Alaska Expedition, 52,876 volumes and separates of National Museum 

 publications, 16,560 publications of the Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology, 5,817 publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology, 

 26 catalogs of the National Collection of Fine Arts, 1,985 volumes and 

 pamphlets of the Freer Gallery of Art, 8 Annals of the Astrophysical 

 Observatory, 2,452 reports of the American Historical Association, 

 and 503 miscellaneous publications not published by the Smithsonian 

 Institution (mostly Survival Manuals). 



In addition, 28,427 picture pamphlets, 76,193 guide books, 24,566 

 natural-history and art post cards, 29,342 sets of photo cards and 

 picture post cards, 46 sets of North American Wild Flowers, and 6 

 volumes of Pitcher Plants were distributed. 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



In this series there were issued 1 paper in volume 111 and title page 

 and table of contents to the volume, and 4 papers in volume 116, as 

 follows : 



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