74 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 31 



Accession No. 



112888. Archeological material from the vicinity of Tampa Bay, Fla., collected 



by M. W. Stirling in 1930. (115 specimens.) 

 114648. Skeletal material from Horrs Island, Collier County, Fla., collected 



during February and March, 1931, by M. W. Stirling. (150 



specimens.) 



PROPERTY 



Office equipment was purchased to the amount of $571.25. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The correspondence and other clerical work of the office has been 

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

 Anthony W. Wilding, clerk. Miss Mae W. Tucker, stenographer, 

 was engaged in copying manuscript material for Doctor Swanton 

 and in assisting Mr. Hewitt in his work as custodian of manuscripts 

 and phonograph records. The manuscript Dictionary of * * * 

 Indian Languages of North, Central, and South America and the 

 West Indies, compiled by W. R. Gerard, which was in danger of 

 becoming illegible due to the frayed condition of the paper on which 

 it was written and the faded writing, has been copied by Miss Tucker. 

 Work was begun on the catalogue of the photographic negatives 

 belonging to the bureau. To date approximately 7,000 negatives 

 have been listed. 



During the course of the year information was furnished by 

 members of the staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning the 

 North American Indians, both past and present, and the Mexican 

 peoples of the prehistoric and early historic periods to the south. 

 Various specimens sent to the bureau were identified and data on 

 them furnished for their owners. 



Personnel. — Winslow M. Walker was appointed as associate 

 anthropologist on the staff of the bureau on March 6, 1931, and Dr. 

 William D. Strong as ethnologist on July 1, 1931. 



Miss May S. Clark, clerk, retired June 30, 1931. 



Eespectfully submitted. ^^ ^^, Stirling, Chief. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



SeoT'etary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



