﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  55 
  

  

  ILLUSTRATIONS 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  E. 
  G. 
  Cassedy, 
  illustrator, 
  continued 
  the 
  prepara- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  illustrations, 
  maps, 
  and 
  drawings 
  for 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  and 
  for 
  those 
  of 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  Collections 
  transferred 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  to 
  

   the 
  department 
  of 
  anthropology, 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Accession 
  

   number 
  

  

  1626S2. 
  Archeological 
  materials 
  collected 
  at 
  Tres 
  Zapotes, 
  Tuxtla 
  District, 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  Veracruz, 
  Mexico, 
  during 
  the 
  winters 
  of 
  1938-39 
  and 
  1939-40 
  by 
  

   the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society-Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  expedition 
  

   under 
  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling. 
  (1,359 
  specimens.) 
  

  

  163712. 
  14 
  ethnological 
  specimens 
  originally 
  obtained 
  by 
  C. 
  Spencer 
  from 
  the 
  

   Payamino 
  Indians, 
  eastern 
  Ecuador, 
  and 
  3 
  archeological 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  excavations 
  along 
  the 
  Napo 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Eden, 
  Ecuador. 
  

   (17 
  specimens.) 
  

  

  165123. 
  Stone 
  ax 
  blade 
  and 
  5 
  bark-cloth 
  dance 
  masks 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Irving 
  

   Goldman 
  from 
  the 
  Kobeua 
  (Cubeo) 
  Indians, 
  southeastern 
  Colombia. 
  

   (6 
  specimens.) 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  information 
  was 
  furnished 
  by 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  staff 
  in 
  reply 
  to 
  numerous 
  inquiries 
  concerning 
  

   the 
  North 
  American 
  Indians, 
  both 
  past 
  and 
  present, 
  and 
  the 
  Mexican 
  

   peoples 
  of 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  and 
  early 
  historic 
  periods. 
  Various 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  were 
  identified 
  and 
  data 
  on 
  them 
  furnished 
  

   for 
  their 
  owners. 
  

  

  Personnel. 
  — 
  Indefinite 
  furloughs 
  for 
  military 
  service 
  were 
  granted 
  

   to 
  Dr. 
  Philip 
  Drucker 
  and 
  Walter 
  B. 
  Greenwood 
  on 
  December 
  31, 
  

  

  1942, 
  and 
  January 
  15, 
  1943, 
  respectively; 
  Miss 
  Nancy 
  A. 
  Link 
  was 
  

   appointed 
  editorial 
  clerk 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Handbook 
  of 
  South 
  American 
  Indians 
  on 
  August 
  15, 
  1942, 
  by 
  trans- 
  

   fer 
  from 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  and 
  resigned 
  on 
  January 
  23, 
  1943 
  ; 
  Mrs. 
  Eloise 
  

   B. 
  Edelen 
  was 
  appointed 
  editorial 
  assistant 
  on 
  August 
  24, 
  1942, 
  on 
  

   the 
  Bureau 
  roll; 
  John 
  E. 
  Anglim 
  was 
  appointed 
  senior 
  illustrator 
  

   for 
  the 
  Handbook 
  on 
  August 
  12, 
  1942, 
  and 
  resigned 
  on 
  April 
  21, 
  

  

  1943, 
  to 
  be 
  inducted 
  into 
  the 
  Army; 
  Mrs. 
  Verne 
  E. 
  Samson 
  was 
  

   appointed 
  editorial 
  clerk 
  for 
  the 
  Handbook 
  on 
  December 
  22, 
  1942; 
  

   Mrs. 
  Ruth 
  S. 
  Abramson 
  resigned 
  as 
  assistant 
  clerk-stenographer 
  on 
  

   May 
  28, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling, 
  Chief. 
  

   Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  