58 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1944 
LIBRARY 
Accessions during the fiscal year totaled 190. There has been a 
sharp decrease in accessions owing to war conditions. 
The routine work of accessioning and cataloging new material has 
been kept up to date. About half of the cards withdrawn from the 
catalog for reclassification have been returned to the catalog, with the 
new numbers added and subject headings corrected. 
The library has been used considerably for the work of the Ethno- 
geographic Board and other war agencies. 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
During the year E. G. Cassedy, illustrator, continued the prepara- 
tion of illustrations, maps, and drawings for the publications of the 
Bureau and for those of other branches of the Institution. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
During the course of the year information was furnished by mem- 
bers of the Bureau 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. Various speci- 
mens sent to the Bureau were identified and data on them furnished 
for their owners. 
Personnel.—Dr. Julian H. Steward, anthropologist, was appointed 
Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology, Smithsonian 
Institution, on September 1, 1943, by transfer from the Bureau, and 
Dr. Homer G. Barnett was appointed as anthropologist on December 
30, 1948, on the Bureau roll, to fill this vacancy. The work on the 
Handbook of South American Indians was continued under the 
Interdepartmental Committee for Cooperation with the American Re- 
publics after September 1, 1948. Anthony W. Wilding, clerk-stenog- 
rapher, was appointed Property Officer of the United States National 
Museum on December 20, 1943, by transfer from the Bureau, and 
Mrs. Catherine M. Phillips was appointed to fill this vacancy on De- 
cember 22, 1943, by transfer from the editorial division, Smithsonian 
Institution. Dr. John R. Swanton, ethnologist, retired on June 30, 
1944. 
Respectfully submitted. 
M. W. Stirtine, Chief. 
THe SECRETARY, 
Smithsonian Institution. 
