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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  editions, 
  the 
  Army 
  and 
  Navy 
  ordered 
  from 
  1,000 
  to 
  

   10,000 
  copies 
  of 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  papers 
  in 
  the 
  series. 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  the 
  War 
  Background 
  Studies, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  constant 
  

   demand 
  from 
  Army, 
  Navy, 
  and 
  war 
  agencies 
  for 
  other 
  Smithsonian 
  

   publications, 
  notably 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Meteorological 
  Tables, 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Physical 
  Tables, 
  and 
  World 
  Weather 
  Records. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   Meteorological 
  Tables, 
  5,557 
  copies 
  were 
  asked 
  for 
  by 
  various 
  Army 
  

   units, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  Signal 
  Corps. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  outstanding 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  not 
  related 
  to 
  

   the 
  war 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  "Compendium 
  and 
  Description 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  

   Indies," 
  by 
  Antonio 
  Vazquez 
  de 
  Espinosa, 
  translated 
  by 
  Charles 
  Upson 
  

   Clark, 
  a 
  detailed 
  itinerary 
  of 
  Spanish 
  America 
  written 
  by 
  a 
  Car- 
  

   melite 
  missionary 
  in 
  1028 
  or 
  1629; 
  "Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Phoenix 
  and 
  Samoan 
  

   Islands 
  Collected 
  in 
  1939, 
  during 
  the 
  Expedition 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  S. 
  

   Bushnell," 
  by 
  Leonard 
  P. 
  Schultz, 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  fishes 
  in 
  

   the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  who 
  accompanied 
  the 
  expedition; 
  and 
  "The 
  

   Native 
  Tribes 
  of 
  Eastern 
  Bolivia 
  and 
  Western 
  Matto 
  Grosso," 
  by 
  

   Alfred 
  Metraux. 
  

  

  A 
  total 
  of 
  88 
  publications 
  were 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  194,057 
  

   copies 
  of 
  these 
  and 
  other 
  Smithsonian 
  publications 
  were 
  distributed. 
  

  

  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  scientific 
  

   staff 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  was 
  almost 
  entirely 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   war, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  35 
  war 
  agencies 
  have 
  made 
  inquiries, 
  borrowed 
  

   books, 
  and 
  sent 
  research 
  workers 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  collections. 
  The 
  branch 
  

   libraries 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Eth- 
  

   nology 
  especially 
  have 
  been 
  constantly 
  used 
  by 
  war 
  workers 
  because 
  

   of 
  their 
  extensive 
  resources 
  of 
  geographical 
  and 
  ethnological 
  material. 
  

   Receipt 
  of 
  foreign 
  publications 
  again 
  dropped 
  somewhat 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  

   sharply 
  as 
  during 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  quantity 
  and 
  quality 
  of 
  

   scientific 
  publications 
  is 
  still 
  maintained 
  at 
  a 
  high 
  level 
  among 
  our 
  

   allies 
  abroad. 
  The 
  publication 
  and 
  receipt 
  of 
  domestic 
  scientific 
  

   serials 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  practically 
  normal. 
  Among 
  the 
  outstanding 
  

   gifts 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  a 
  microfilmed 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  Linnean 
  

   collections 
  and 
  manuscripts 
  of 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society 
  of 
  London, 
  and 
  

   a 
  collection 
  of 
  350 
  books 
  from 
  Ralph 
  G. 
  Packard 
  to 
  accompany 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  arms 
  and 
  armor 
  given 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  Museum. 
  The 
  

   record 
  of 
  the 
  year's 
  activities 
  includes 
  6,955 
  accessions, 
  bringing 
  the 
  

   total 
  holdings 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  to 
  907,645 
  ; 
  159 
  new 
  exchanges 
  arranged 
  ; 
  

   3,631 
  "wants" 
  received; 
  5,012 
  volumes 
  and 
  pamphlets 
  cataloged; 
  

   11,236 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals 
  loaned; 
  and 
  2,135 
  volumes 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   bindery. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  Secretary. 
  

  

  