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PROPERTY. 



Furniture was purchased to the amount of $107.02; the cost of 

 typewriting machines was $175, making a total of $282.02. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Quarters. — Two rooms on the third floor of the north tower of the 

 Smithsonian Building, occupied by the bureau, were painted ; also the 

 office of the chief. A glass partition was erected on the south front 

 of the space occupied by the librarian as an office, in order to render 

 the office more comfortable during the winter months. Three en- 

 larged photographs of Spruce-tree House, Mesa Verde National 

 Park, before and after repair, were painted and hung in the office of 

 the chief. 



Personnel. — Changes in the personnel of the bureau during the 

 last fiscal year were as follows : 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist in charge, resigned February 28, 

 1918, and Dr. J. Walter Fewkes succeeded him, with the title of chief, 

 March 1, 1918. Dr. Leo J. Frachtenberg's official connection with 

 the bureau terminated October 30, 1917. Mr. Stanley Searles was 

 appointed editor July 1, 1917. Miss Florence M. Poast, clerk to Mr. 

 Hodge, resigned October 15, 1917; Miss Ora A. Sowersby, a ste- 

 nographer and typewriter in the service of the bureau, was assigned 

 to that position November 1, 1918. The vacancy created by this 

 change was filled by the appointment of Miss E. B. Powers, Novem- 

 ber 5, 1917. 



Clerical. — The correspondence and other clerical work of the office, 

 including the copying of manuscripts, has been conducted with the 

 aid of Miss Florence M. Poast and Miss Ora A. Sowersby, clerks to 

 the ethnologist in charge, and later by Miss M. S. Clark, serving as 

 private secretary to the chief. Mrs. Frances S. Nichols assisted the 

 editor. 



Respectfully, yours, J. Walter Fewkes, 



Chief. 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



