Report on Publications 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publi- 
cations of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches for the year 
ended June 30, 1958: 
The publications of the Smithsonian Institution are issued partly 
from federally appropriated funds (Smithsonian Reports and publi- 
cations of the National Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, 
and the Astrophysical Observatory) and partly from private endow- 
ment funds (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, publications of 
the Freer Gallery of Art, and some special publications). The Insti- 
tution also edits and publishes under the auspices of the Freer Gallery 
of Art the series Ars Orientalis, which appears under the joint im- 
print of the University of Michigan and the Smithsonian Institution. 
The second volume in this series appeared during the year. In addi- 
tion, the Smithsonian publishes a guide book, a picture pamphlet, 
postcards and a postcard folder, a color-picture album, color slides, a 
filmstrip on Smithsonian exhibits, a coloring book for children, and 
popular publications on scientific and historical subjects related to its 
important exhibits and collections for sale to visitors. Through its 
publication program the Smithsonian endeavors to carry out its 
founder’s expressed desire for the diffusion of knowledge. 
During the year the Institution published 13 papers and title page 
and contents of 2 volumes in the Miscellaneous Collections; 1 Annual 
Report of the Board of Regents and separates of 18 articles in the 
General Appendix of the Report; 1 Annual Report of the Secretary ; 
4 special publications and reprints of 1 of the series of mathematical 
tables and of 1 special publication. 
The United States National Museum issued 1 Annual Report, 2 
Bulletins, 17 Proceedings papers, and 8 papers in the series Contribu- 
tions from the United States National Herbarium. 
The Bureau of American Ethnology published 1 Annual Report 
and 4 Bulletins. 
The Astrophysical Observatory published 6 numbers in the series 
Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics. 
The National Collection of Fine Arts published 1 catalog, and the 
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, under the National Col- 
lection of Fine Arts, issued 1 catalog. 
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