Report on Publications 



SiK : 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, 1960: 



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 Etlmology, 

 and the Astrophysical Observatory) and partly from private endow- 

 ment funds (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, wliich appears under the joint im- 

 print of the University of Michigan and the Smithsonian Institution. 

 The fourth volume is this series was in press at the close of the year. 

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

 phlet, postcards and a postcard folder, a color-picture album, color 

 slides, a filmstrip on Smithsonian exhibits, a coloring book for chil- 

 dren, and popular publications on scientific and historical subjects 

 related to its important exliibits and collections for sale to visitors. 

 Through its publication program the Smithsonian endeavors to carry 

 out its founder's expressed desire for the diffusion of knowledge. 



During the year the Institution published 11 papers and title page 

 and contents to 4 volumes in the Miscellaneous Collections ; 1 Annual 

 Report of the Board of Regents and separates of 20 articles in the 

 General Appendix ; 1 Annual Report of the Secretary ; 1 special pub- 

 lication ; and reprints of 3 volumes of Miscellaneous Collections. 



The U.S. National Museum issued 1 Annual Report, 4 Bulletins, 20 

 Proceedings papers and title page, contents, and index for 2 Proceed- 

 ings volumes and 2 papers in the Series Contributions from the U.S. 

 National Herbarium. 



The Bureau of American Ethnology issued 1 Annual Report and 

 5 Bulletins. 



The Astrophysical Observatory issued 8 numbers in the series 

 Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics. 



The Smithsonian Traveling Exliibition Service, under the National 

 Collection of Fine Arts, published 2 catalogs. 



The Freer Gallery of Art issued 1 paper in its Occasional Papers 

 series, 2 catalogs, and volume 3 of Ars Orientalis. 

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