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Institution at the annual meeting of the Association of American 

 University Presses held the latter part of May and the first part of 

 June at Chicago, 111. 



The Smithsonian Institution and T.F.H. Publications, Inc., of 

 Jersey City, N.J., in May 1963 entered into an agreement to establish 

 a restricted fund to be known as the "T.F.H. fund for the increase 

 and diffusion of knowledge concerning fi,shes suitable for home 

 aquaria." T.F.H. will donate to the Smithsonian Institution re- 

 printed books to be sold by the Institution at not less than cost. The 

 money derived from such sales will be earmarked for research, col- 

 lection or purchase of fish specimens, explorations, and publication of 

 scientific reports related to aquarium fishes. The first reprint under 

 this agreement was published May 18, 1964; it is the four-volmne 

 work The Fishes of North and Middle A7nerica, by David Starr 

 Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann, Bulletin 47 of the U.S. 

 National Museum, originally issued in 1896. 



STAFF CHANGES 



Three new editors were added to the staff of the division during 

 the past year: Miss Louise J. Heskett on September 30, 1963; Mrs. 

 Nancy Link Powars on December 2, 1963; and Thomas C. Wither- 

 spoon on April 14, 1964. 



On May 18, 1964, Mrs. Jewell S. Baker was appointed adminis- 

 trative assistant in the division and Miss Sue D. Wallace was ap- 

 pointed clerk-stenographer, following the resignation of Mrs. 

 Margaret L. Poling. 



Mrs. Phyllis W. Prescott, who had assisted in editing many of the 

 Bureau of American Etlinology publications, died on June 12, 1964, 

 after a brief illness. She had been associated with the Smithsonian 

 since 1942. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Paul H. Oehser, 



Chiefs Editorial amd Publications Division. 



S. Dillon Ripley, 

 Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



