CONTENTS 



Pago 



List of officials . xi 



The Smithsonian Institution :. .. 1 



Outstanding events of the year 1 



The establishment 2 



The Board of Regents .- 3 



Finances .-._ 3 



Matters of general interest ._ _ 7 



Presentation of Langley Medal to Manly and Byrd 7 



Smithsonian Scientific Series 8 



Researches in European archives ....._._ 9 



Cooperative ethnological and archeological investigations 10 



Explorations and field work 11 



Publications ._._._ 11 



Library 12 



Governmentally supported branches 13 



National Museum 13 



National Gallery of Art 15 



Freer Gallery of Art i 15 



Bureau of American Ethnology ._.. 16 



International Exchanges ._._ 17 



National Zoological Park ._._._.. 17 



Astrophysical Observatory ' 18 



Division of Radiation and Organisms 19 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 20 



Necrology 20 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 22 



2. Report on the National Gallery of Art 43 



3. Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 54 



4. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 60 



5. Report on the International Exchange Service 75 



6. Report on the National Zoological Park 86 



7. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 117 



8. Report on the Division of Radiation and Organisms 125 



9. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 



ture 138 



10. Report on the library 140 



11. Report on publications 152 



Report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents 159 



Proceedings of the Board of Regents 168 



' In part governmentally supportedt 



