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P. Harrington studied the early history of the Cahfornia Indians, 

 rescuing valuable information from old Indian informants. Miss 

 Frances Densmore continued her studies of Indian music, this year 

 among the Indians of the Gulf States. 



All the expeditions are briefly described and illustrated in the 

 pamphlet entitled "Explorations and Field Work of the Smithsonian 

 Institution in 1933", Smithsonian publication no. 3235. 



PUBLICATIONS 



The series of publications issued by the governmental scientific 

 bureaus of the Institution — the National Museum and the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology — bore the brunt of the reduction in appropri- 

 ations suffered by the Institution as a result of the economy drive. 

 The printing funds for the year were so reduced that the bulletins 

 and proceedings of the Museum and the bulletins of the Bureau had 

 to be suspended entirely. These series present to the world the results 

 of fundamental researches in many branches in science, and their 

 suspension is a serious blow to the Institution's program of diffusion 

 of knowledge. 



A total of 71 volumes and pamphlets were published during the 

 year, most of these having been paid for from the private funds of the 

 Institution; 57 were issued by the Institution proper, 12 by the 

 the National Museum, and 2 by the Bureau of American Ethnology. 

 The number of pubhcations distributed was 136,091. 



LIBRARY 



The accessions to the Smithsonian library during the year numbered 

 6,278 volumes and 8,191 pamphlets and charts, bringing the total 

 number of items in the library to 833,746. Most of the additions were 

 exchanges for Smithsonian publications, but there were also the usual 

 large number of gifts from organizations and individuals. With the 

 assistance of 34 C. W. A. workers assigned to the library, a number of 

 special projects were carried to various stages of completion; these 

 included classifying and indexing a large collection of aeronautical 

 material, cataloging several special collections of scientific pamphlets, 

 and continuing the preparation of a union catalog of the material 

 in the various libraries of the Institution, 



Respectfully submitted. 



C. G. Abbot, Secretary. 



