64 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 3 4 



the library's eight sets of the pubUcations of the Institution and its 

 bureaus, notably in consequence of the sorting and returning to stock 

 of a large accumulation of these publications that had been sent back, 

 as not needed, by college and other libraries throughout the country; 

 the three files of Library of Congress analytical cards for the publica- 

 tions of the Institution and its bureaus were practically completed to 

 date; the librarian sketched a book plate for the Ubraries of the Insti- 

 tution — wliich was turned into a finished design by the artist of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology — showing the unity of the Smith- 

 sonian library sj'^stem, as well as the wide variety of the libraries that 

 comprise it; finally, the union catalog was advanced as follows: 



Volumes cataloged 8, 957 



Pamphlets cataloged 3, 070 



Charts cataloged 73 



Typed cards added to catalog and shelf list 7, 229 



Library of Congress cards added to catalog and shelf list 36, 357 



Respectfully submitted. 



William L. Corbin, Librarian. 

 Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



