58 ANNU.^L BEPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1940 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fol lowing is a summary of work accomplished during tlie fiscal 

 year by E. G. Cassedy. illustrator : 



Line drawings 152 Photographs retouched 35 



Stipple dravv'ings 4 Negatives retouched 25 



Wash drawings 14 Charts 3 



Lettering jobs 184 Mechanical drawings 5 



Plates assemblf^d 54 



Graphs 22 Total 515 



Maps 17 



MISCELLANEOUS 



During the course of the year information was furnished by mem- 

 bers of the Bureau staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning 

 the North American Indians, both past and present, and the Mexican 

 peoples of the prehistoric and early historic periods. Various speci- 

 mens sent to the Bureau were identified and data on them furnished 

 for their owners. 



Personnel. — ^Miss M. H. Palmer was appointed on July 1, 1939, 

 as editor to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Stanley 

 Searles. Miss Etheiwyn E. Carter, junior stenograplier, resigned 

 on September 17, 1939, and Mrs. Catherine M. Phillips was appointed 

 on November 6, 1939, to fill this vacancy. 



Respectfully submitted. 



M. W. Stirling, Chief. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary, JSmithsonicm Institution. 



