APPENDIX 12 



Report on Publications 



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

 tions of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches for the year 

 ended June 30, 1953 : 



The publications of the Smithsonian Institution are in two cate- 

 gories — those issued from federally appropriated fmids (particularly 

 the publications of the National Museum and the Bureau of American 

 Etlinology, and the Smithsonian Report) and those issued under in- 

 come from the Institution's various endowment funds (Smithsonian 

 Miscellaneous Collections, publications of the Freer Gallery of Art, 

 and special publications). Eight regular series are issued, plus six 

 others that appear less frequently. Publications are distributed free 

 to more than a thousand libraries, both in this country and abroad, as 

 well as to a large list of educational and scientific organizations and 

 specialists in various fields. The Smithsonian publications program is 

 a major part in the Institution's endeavor to fulfill the diffusion-of- 

 knowledge function prescribed by its founder. 



During 1952-53 the Institution published 23 papers in the Smith- 

 sonian Miscellaneous Collections and title page and table of contents 

 for 1 volume in this series ; 1 Annual Report of the Board of Regents 

 and pamphlet copies of 20 articles in the Report appendix, 1 Annual 

 Report of the Secretary, and 1 special publication. 



The United States National Museum issued 1 Annual Report of the 

 Director, 13 Proceedings papers, 3 Bulletins, and 1 paper in the series 

 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 



The Bureau of Amercan Etlinology issued 1 Annual Report, 5 

 Bulletins, and 3 papers in the series Publications of the Institute of 

 Social Anthropology. 



The National Collection of Fine Arts issued 6 catalogs; and the 

 Freer Gallery of Art published 1 paper in the Occasional Papers series. 



At the end of the year practically all the galley proofs of the tables 

 in the ninth revised edition of the Smithsonian Physical Tables had 

 been received from the printer. 



Of the publications there were distributed 177,675 copies, which in- 

 cluded 11 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Knowledge, 50,185 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Miscel- 

 laneous Collections, 31,317 volumes and separates of Smithsonian 

 Annual Reports, 1,988 War Background Studies, 4,582 Smithsonian 



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