REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 101 
interval between the receipt of new publications and the completion of 
their preparation for use in the various libraries. 
By way of a beginning in taking accurate stock of the large amount 
of uncataloged material in the library, three small collections of 
books on miscellaneous subjects, received some years ago as gifts, and 
numbering 2,906 volumes in all, were roughly classified and listed on 
cards, 
PERSONNEL 
There were a number of changes on the staff. Miss Josephine A. 
McDevitt retired on November 80, 1948, after many years spent in the 
service of the Institution, chiefly in the office of the International Cata- 
logue of Scientific Literature, but after its discontinuance, in the 
library. Miss Elizabeth Harriet Link, the librarian’s secretary, was 
transferred to the Freer Gallery of Art on October 9, 1943, and Mrs. 
Margaret K. Young was appointed to succeed her on November 16. On 
September 1, 1943, Mrs. Margaret L. O’Keef was appointed library as- 
sistant in the cataloging division. Mrs. Daisy F. Bishop resigned her 
position as library assistant on January 25, 1944, and Mrs. Marie H. 
Boborykine succeeded to her duties at the periodical entry desk on 
March 14. 
Temporary appointees were Miss Ruth Newcomb, who served as 
library assistant in the Museum from August 24 to September 6, 1943, 
and Mrs. Carmen G. Randall who succeeded her on September 30. 
There were upward reclassifications of the positions of Miss Miriam 
B. Ketchum, librarian in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology 
library, of Mrs. Mary A. Baer, librarian in charge of the Arts and In- 
dustries branch of the Museum library, of Miss Marie Ruth Wenger, 
in charge of cataloging in the Museum, and of Samuel Jones, 
messenger. 
STATISTICS 
Accessions 
Total hold- 
Volumes | ings June 
30, 1944 
Astrophysical Observatory (including Radiation and Organisms) ---------------- 214 11, 508 
Baresidiom Ame nicnnnMthnology se sase se tese nee ee ee een wae eee eee 190 34, 001 
recom alleny, Ol A Tiree eta sete Lene ened oleae ee ieee Bree es 105 16, 636 
ihAneleveAeronatiticalitaiprarg: 2-22. U2) Sees Bs oe Sesh see ese 5. 18 3,610 
Matinee ollechion( On WiINGTATUS =. 200k sete che aneenn Seance see aso encase Ss 651 9, 748 
National Museum __-------- SOS Be eae corn Sa ee oe ee a ee 3, 726 230, 693 
National: Zoolagical Park. 07 220 bso o2ce ee ae ae ee a ee 44 4, 087 
Sricusouiany DepOsit osteo et ot ee Dee eee Te es eae oe 812 571, 840 
SIMiGhsonian OCG. se ee ee eS anal aku ue eee eres 211 31, 493 
TRCN Ca cep ee ee ee 2 as 2 ee a SU ee oe eee ae 5, 971 1913, 616 
1 Neither incomplete volumes of periodicals nor separates and reprints from periodicals are included in 
these figures. 
