12 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1952 



PUBLICATIONS 



The publications of the Smithsonian Institution are in two cate- 

 gories—those issued from federally appropriated funds (particularly 

 the publications of the National Museum and the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology, 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. In all, 144,166 copies 

 of Smithsonian publications were distributed during the year. 



Seventy-six publications appeared under the Smithsonian imprint 

 during the year. Outstanding among these were : "Biological Investi- 

 gations in Mexico," by Edward A. Goldman; "Middle Cambrian 

 Stratigraphy and Faunas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains," by 

 Franco Rasetti ; "The Butterflies of Virginia," by Austin H. and Leila 

 F. Clark; "The Mysidacea of the United States National Museum," by 

 Walter M .TattersaU ; and "Symposium on Local Diversity in Iroquois 

 Culture," edited by William N. Fenton. A complete list of the year's 

 publications will be found in the report of the chief of the editorial 

 division, Appendix 12. 



Smithsonian tables. — There were also issued two numbers in the 

 Institution's series of tables — the sixth revised edition of the Smith- 

 sonian Meteorological Tables, compiled by Robert J. List, of the United 

 States Weather Bureau; and Smithsonian Logarithmic Tables, pre- 

 pared by G. W. Spenceley, Rheba M. Spenceley, and E. R. Epperson, 

 of Miami (Ohio) University, presenting 23-decimal-place values of 

 common and natural logarithms. In addition, the ninth revised edi- 

 tion of the Smithsonian Physical Tables, compiled by W. E. Forsythe, 

 of Cleveland, was partly in galley proof at the end of the year. 



First Ladies'' Gowns. — Also in press at the close of the fiscal year was 

 a book on "The Dresses of the First Ladies of the White House," by 

 Margaret W. Brown, National Museum historian. The book (8 x 10 

 inches in size) describes this popular collection of costumes as they are 

 displayed in the Arts and Industries Building. Each of the 35 gowns 

 of the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Eleanor Roosevelt, 

 is reproduced in full color from color photographs. There are also 

 brief biographies and portraits of the First Ladies. Because of the 

 high cost of producing the volume, it will not be sent free to the 



