Report on Publications 



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

 cations of the Smithsonian Institution and its branch^ for the year 

 ended June 30, 1961 : 



The publications of the Smithsonian Institution are issued partly 

 from federally appropriated funds (Smithsonian Reports and publi- 

 cations of the National Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 and the Astrophysical Observatory) and partly from private endow- 

 ment fmids (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, publications of 

 the Freer Gallery of Art, and some special publications) . The Insti- 

 tution also edits and publishes under the auspices of the Freer Gallery 

 of Art the series Ars Orientalis, which appears mider the joint im- 

 print of the University of Michigan and the Smithsonian Institution. 

 In addition, the Smithsonian publishes a guidebook, a picture pam- 

 plilet, postcards and a postcard folder, color slides, a filmstrip on 

 Smithsonian exhibits, a coloring book for children, and popular 

 publications on scientific and historical subjects related to its impor- 

 tant exhibits and collections for sale to visitors. Through its publica- 

 tion program the Smithsonian endeavors to carry out its founder's 

 expressed desire for the diffusion of knowledge. 



During the year the Institution published 12 Smithsonian Miscel- 

 laneous Collections papers ; 1 Annual Report of the Board of Regents 

 and separates of 21 articles in the General Appendix; 1 Aimual Re- 

 port of the Secretary ; 2 special publications ; and reprints of 3 publi- 

 cations. 



The U.S. National Museum issued 1 Annual Report, 4 bulletins, 

 5 papers in the series Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium, 

 10 papei"s in the series Contributions from the Museum of History and 

 Technology, and 12 Proceedings papers. 



Tlie Bureau of American Etlmology issued 1 Annual Report and 

 3 Bulletins. 



The Astrophysical Obsen^atory issued 4 papers in the series Smith- 

 sonian Contributions to Astrophysics. 



The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, under the National 

 Collection of Fine Arts, published 5 catalogs. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Requests for publications and infonnation continued to show a 

 substantial increase during the year. The publications distribution 



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