26 ANNUAL, REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1938 



This year there were 119,638 more visitors than last, bringing the 

 total up to 2,408,170, which is our greatest annual attendance to date. 

 The attendance in the four Museum buildings was recorded as fol- 

 lows: Smithsonian Building, 371,770; Arts and Industries Building, 

 1,094,254; Natural History Building, 750,307; Aircraft Building, 

 191,839. 



Publications and printing. — The sum of $21,000 was available dur- 

 ing the year for the publication of the Museum annual report, bul- 

 letins, and Proceedings. Twenty-six publications were issued — the 

 annual report, 1 volume of Proceedings completed, 5 bulletins, and 

 19 separate Proceedings papers. These aggregated 1,640 octavo pages 

 and 242 plates, an increase of 36 pages and 107 plates over last year. 

 The five bulletins issued were as follows: No. 100, volume 6, part 9, 

 The Tree Snails of the Genus Gochlostyla of MinJoro Province, 

 Philippine Islands, by Dr. Paul Bartsch ; No. 166, The Oxystomatous 

 and Allied Crabs of America, by Dr. Mary J. Kathbun; No. 168, 

 Nearctic Collembola, or Springtails, of the Family Isotomidae, by 

 the late Dr. Justus W. Folsom ; No. 169, The Fort Union of the Crazy 

 Mountain Field, Montana, and Its Mammalian Fauna, by Dr. George 

 Gaylord Simpson; and No. 171, The Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna 

 from Cumberland Cave, Maryland, by the late Dr. James W. Gidley 

 and Dr. C. Lewis Gazin. 



Volumes and separates distributed during the year to libraries and 

 individuals throughout the world aggregated 57,761. 



Assistance from work relief agencies. — The Works Progress Ad- 

 ministration of the District of Columbia continued the assignment of 

 relief workers to Museum offices, and during the course of the year 

 the number of such workers increased from 88 to 167. The work 

 performed totaled 130,205 man-hours, and embraced such tasks as 

 checking, labeling, and repairing library material; preparing draw- 

 ings and photographs; typing notes and records; model making and 

 repair; preparing, mounting, cataloging, numbering, and checking 

 specimens; labeling and drafting; translating; and assisting with 

 plaster casts. 



Special exhibitions. — Seventeen special exhibitions were held dur- 

 ing the year under the auspices of various educational, scientific, and 

 governmental agencies. The division of graphic arts featured 17 

 special exhibits — 8 in graphic arts and 9 in photography. 



CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION AND STAFF 



During the year there were few changes in the scientific staff. In 

 the Department of Anthropology, Frank M. Setzler was appointed 

 head curator on July 1, 1937, and Harry B. Collins, Jr., was advanced 

 to associate curator, Division of Ethnology, on February 17, 1938. In 



