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was used also by the Library of Congress and officers of the execu- 

 tive departments, and out of town students have made use of the 

 library through frequent loans. 



Conditions of crowding on the book shelves are now acute in many 

 places in the stacks. Many volumes received by the library not per- 

 taining to anthropology were transferred to the library of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



COLLECTIONS 



The following collections, purchased or acquired by members of 

 the bureau or by those detailed in connection with its researches, 

 have been transferred to the United States National Museum: 



70367. Collection of about 90 specimens of picture pottery from the Mimbres 



Valley, N. Mex. 

 70553. Blanket on which is woven an elaborate representation of the Yeibichi 



dance of the Navaho Indians, presented to the bureau by Mr. Chee 



Dodge, St. Michael's, Ariz. 

 71026. Collection of archeological specimens made by the late John L, Baer 



during the summer of 1923 in the Susquehanna \'alley region. 

 71278. California Mission Indian water basket collected by J. P. Harrington 



during the summer of 1922. 

 71347. Collection of archeological specimens secured in Tennessee and South 



Dakota by the late William E. Myer. 

 71430. Collection of archeological specimens from Pipe Shrine House in the 



Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. 

 71614. Collection of Indian implements and fossil animals found in Garrard 



County. Ky., along the Old Wilderness Trail, and presented to the 



bureau by Mrs. S. H. Burnside. 



71691. Four prehistoric objects presented to the bureau, through the late W. E. 



Myer, by J. G. Braecklein. 



71692. Three separate lots of stone implements from prehistoric village sites 



near Goodlettsville, Tenn., presented to the bureau thi-ough the late 



W. E. Myer, by a Mr. Meadow, John Bell Cartwright, and Capt. 



James Roscoe. 

 71694. Three lots of archeological specimens presented to the bureau, through 



the late W. B. Myer, by C. O. Chapman and A. B. Moore, Mrs. Lee 



Colin, and A. T. Sweet. 

 71697. Collection of archeological specimens from the Painted Kiva House, 



Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. 



PROPERTY 



Furniture and office equipment were purchased to the amount of 



$76.29. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The correspondence and other clerical work of the office has been 

 conducted by Miss May S. Clark, clerk to the chief. Miss Julia S. 

 Atkins, stenographer and typewriter, assisted the various members 



