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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  Dr. 
  J. 
  P. 
  Harrington 
  investigated 
  the 
  Chilcotin 
  languages 
  of 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  California, 
  and 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  devoted 
  his 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  prepa- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  linguistic 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  

   South 
  American 
  Indians. 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Roberts, 
  Jr., 
  investigated 
  

   a 
  site 
  in 
  eastern 
  Wyoming 
  from 
  which 
  more 
  than 
  70 
  projectile 
  points 
  

   of 
  the 
  Yuma 
  type 
  were 
  recovered. 
  Dr. 
  Roberts 
  devoted 
  the 
  last 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  "survival" 
  arti- 
  

   cles 
  from 
  data 
  furnished 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  staff. 
  These 
  

   articles 
  were 
  made 
  available 
  to 
  the 
  armed 
  forces 
  through 
  the 
  Ethno- 
  

   geographic 
  Board. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Steward 
  continued 
  his 
  work 
  as 
  editor 
  

   of 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  South 
  American 
  Indians, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Alfred 
  

   Metraux 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  staff. 
  The 
  Handbook, 
  which 
  will 
  consist 
  of 
  

   four 
  volumes 
  of 
  text 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  bibliography, 
  was 
  three-fourths 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Collins, 
  Jr., 
  was 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  furnishing 
  regional 
  and 
  other 
  information 
  to 
  the 
  armed 
  services, 
  

   mostly 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Ethnogeographic 
  Board. 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  N. 
  

   Fenton 
  devoted 
  most 
  of 
  his 
  time 
  to 
  projects 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Ethno- 
  

   geographic 
  Board 
  from 
  the 
  armed 
  services, 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  serve 
  

   as 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  War 
  Committee. 
  Miss 
  Frances 
  

   Densmore 
  completed 
  two 
  large 
  manuscripts 
  on 
  Indian 
  music. 
  The 
  

   Bureau 
  published 
  its 
  Annual 
  Report 
  and 
  three 
  Bulletins. 
  The 
  

   Bureau 
  library 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  in 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  

   Ethnogeographic 
  Board 
  and 
  the 
  war 
  agencies. 
  

  

  International 
  Exchanges. 
  — 
  The 
  International 
  Exchange 
  Service 
  is 
  

   the 
  official 
  United 
  States 
  agency 
  for 
  the 
  interchange 
  of 
  governmental 
  

   and 
  scientific 
  publications 
  between 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  coun- 
  

   tries 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  Service 
  handled 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  

   513,460 
  packages 
  of 
  publications 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  weight 
  of 
  248,648 
  

   pounds. 
  Although 
  the 
  war 
  prevents 
  shipments 
  to 
  many 
  foreign 
  coun- 
  

   tries, 
  nevertheless 
  consignments 
  went 
  forward 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  

   all 
  countries 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  Hemisphere 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  

   Eastern 
  Hemisphere, 
  namely, 
  Great 
  Britain 
  and 
  Northern 
  Ireland, 
  

   Republic 
  of 
  Ireland, 
  Portugal, 
  the 
  U.S.S.R., 
  Union 
  of 
  South 
  Africa, 
  

   India, 
  Australia, 
  and 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Packages 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  for- 
  

   warded 
  during 
  the 
  war 
  are 
  held 
  for 
  later 
  delivery. 
  Because 
  of 
  the 
  

   limited 
  space 
  at 
  the 
  Institution, 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  store 
  

   the 
  large 
  accumulation 
  of 
  such 
  material 
  at 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress. 
  

   In 
  April 
  1942 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Censorship 
  placed 
  a 
  ban 
  on 
  the 
  sending 
  

   abroad 
  of 
  the 
  Congressional 
  Record 
  and 
  the 
  Federal 
  Register; 
  in 
  

   February 
  1943 
  this 
  ban 
  was 
  lifted, 
  and 
  the 
  Record 
  and 
  Register 
  were 
  

   again 
  forwarded 
  to 
  those 
  countries 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  reached. 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  — 
  By 
  reducing 
  maintenance 
  work 
  to 
  the 
  

   absolute 
  minimum, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  the 
  primary 
  func- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Zoo, 
  the 
  exhibition 
  of 
  a 
  wide 
  variety 
  of 
  animal 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  