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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Frank 
  Smith 
  of 
  his 
  working 
  library 
  of 
  oligochaete 
  literature, 
  

   1,103 
  pieces 
  in 
  all. 
  

  

  A 
  unique 
  gift 
  to 
  the 
  sectional 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  minerals 
  was 
  

   a 
  five-volume 
  set 
  of 
  photomicrographs 
  of 
  meteoric 
  irons 
  presented 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Stuart 
  H. 
  Perry. 
  

  

  As 
  always, 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Secretary, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  staff 
  made 
  generous 
  contributions 
  of 
  

   books 
  and 
  papers. 
  From 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advance- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Science 
  came 
  578 
  publications. 
  Among 
  other 
  donors 
  were 
  

   the 
  American 
  Association 
  of 
  Museums, 
  the 
  American 
  Committee 
  for 
  

   International 
  Wild 
  Life 
  Protection, 
  the 
  American 
  Wildlife 
  Institute, 
  

   Barton 
  A. 
  Bean, 
  Mrs. 
  Arthur 
  S. 
  Blum, 
  Hon. 
  Usher 
  L. 
  Burdick, 
  the 
  

   Detroit 
  News, 
  Haydn 
  T. 
  Giles, 
  Daniel 
  C. 
  Haskell, 
  J. 
  Cramer 
  Hudson, 
  

   the 
  International 
  Association 
  of 
  Printing 
  House 
  Craftsmen, 
  Mrs. 
  Vera 
  

   F. 
  Lewis, 
  Fritz 
  Lugt, 
  Dr. 
  John 
  P. 
  Marble, 
  Dr. 
  Salvador 
  Massip, 
  Dr. 
  

   Kiley 
  D. 
  Moore, 
  Olaf 
  Nylander, 
  W. 
  J. 
  Orchard, 
  Hon. 
  Chase 
  S. 
  Osborn 
  

   and 
  Miss 
  Stella 
  Brunt 
  Osborn, 
  the 
  Pan 
  American 
  Union, 
  the 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania 
  Academy 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts, 
  the 
  Philadelphia 
  College 
  of 
  Pharmacy 
  

   and 
  Science, 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Porsild, 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  A. 
  White. 
  

  

  CATALOGING 
  

  

  Cataloging 
  of 
  the 
  regular 
  inflow 
  of 
  current 
  accessions 
  was 
  excep- 
  

   tionally 
  well 
  kept 
  up 
  under 
  the 
  handicap 
  of 
  the 
  understaffing 
  of 
  the 
  

   catalog 
  division, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  time 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  devoted 
  either 
  

   to 
  the 
  older 
  material 
  so 
  badly 
  in 
  need 
  of 
  attention, 
  or 
  even 
  to 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  larger 
  recent 
  gifts 
  of 
  special 
  collections. 
  There 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  

   15,000 
  uncataloged 
  volumes 
  in 
  special 
  collections 
  scattered 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  Institution, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  library 
  many 
  more 
  thousands 
  

   of 
  volumes 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  cataloged 
  by 
  subject 
  and 
  are 
  represented 
  

   in 
  the 
  catalog 
  only 
  by 
  antiquated 
  author 
  cards. 
  The 
  difficulty, 
  or 
  

   actual 
  loss 
  of 
  use 
  of 
  much 
  important 
  material 
  by 
  this 
  lack 
  of 
  adequate 
  

   cataloging 
  is 
  a 
  serious 
  matter, 
  and 
  one 
  that 
  should 
  receive 
  first 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  in 
  post-war 
  planning 
  of 
  the 
  library's 
  work. 
  

  

  PERSONNEL 
  

  

  Changes 
  in 
  personnel 
  were 
  the 
  retirement 
  for 
  disability 
  of 
  Miss 
  

   Marian 
  W. 
  Seville, 
  senior 
  library 
  assistant, 
  on 
  August 
  31, 
  1942, 
  after 
  

   many 
  years 
  of 
  faithful 
  service; 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Miss 
  Minna 
  Gill 
  

   as 
  assistant 
  librarian 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  catalog, 
  on 
  September 
  2, 
  1942 
  ; 
  

   the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Daisy 
  F. 
  Bishop 
  as 
  under 
  library 
  assistant 
  on 
  

   February 
  17, 
  1943, 
  and 
  the 
  resignation 
  of 
  Miss 
  Marion 
  Blair, 
  junior 
  

   clerk-typist, 
  on 
  April 
  21, 
  1943. 
  Since 
  January 
  21, 
  1943, 
  W. 
  B. 
  Green- 
  

   wood 
  has 
  been 
  absent 
  from 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  

   Ethnology 
  on 
  military 
  duty. 
  

  

  