SECRETARY’S REPORT 95 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Dr. John P. Harrington, Dr. A. J. Waring, and Dr. M. W. Stirling 
continued as research associates of the Bureau. Dr. Stirling used 
the facilities of the Bureau laboratory in the preparation of final 
reports on collections made in previous years during field trips to 
Panama and Ecuador. 
Dr. Wallace L. Chafe, scientific linguist, joined the staff on April 
3, 1959. In addition to the two summer interns mentioned in the re- 
port of the archivist, the Bureau was fortunate in having the services 
of Norma L. Hackelman, another summer intern, who assisted with 
the preparation and checking of bibliographies to be included in 
the Bureau’s most useful bibliography and information leaflet series. 
Owing to the limited staff and heavy workload, there were issued only 
two new bibliographies and one revised list for distribution to the 
public, as follows: 
SIL-50, 2d rev., 9/58. Selected list of portraits of prominent Indians in the 
collections of the Bureau of American Bthnology. 3 pp. 
SIL-174, 12/58. Selected references on the Indians of Southeastern North 
America. (State index, pp. 12-14; musical recordings, p. 14; museum ex- 
hibits, pp. 14-16.) 16 pp. 
SIL-197, 11/58. Selected bibliography of maps relating to the American Indian. 
4 pp. 
There were 2,759 letters of inquiry about American Indians and 
related problems received in the Director’s office alone during the 
year. Information was furnished by staff members in answer to many 
of the queries, and to others, information leaflets or other printed 
items were supplied. In addition to the printed bibliographies and 
information leaflets described above several such items were compiled 
on topics of a general or specific nature and typescript copies sent out 
in answer to the hundreds of requests for this information. Several 
manuscripts were read and appraised by staff members for colleagues 
and scientific organizations. Numerous specimens were identified for 
owners and data supplied on them. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Frank H. H. Roserts, Jr., Director. 
Dr. Lronarp CarMICHAEL, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 
