76 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1946 
ence. A number of the Ivoquoian vocabularies collected by Mrs. Smith 
and J. N. B. Hewitt and recorded in the Powell Outline volumes were 
copied on cards and filed for more convenient reference. The num- 
ber of these cards so far completed is approximately 7,500. Personal 
and place names numbering about 600 were copied from New York 
State historical documents and placed in the card catalog. The Nez 
Percé dictionary compiled by Miss S. L. McBeth was copied on cards 
from the original manuscript in the Bureau collection. These cards 
number about 2,000. 
Early in 1946 preparation was begun for a catalog of the unpub- 
lished manscript material in the Bureau archives, to be published for 
distribution. In order to insure as accurate a catalog as possible the 
material is being checked piece by piece and listed on memorandum 
sheets for the final typing. 
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 
No. 
171677. One elk-horn quirt from the Pawnee Indians. Collected about 1877 
near Columbus, Nebr., by Hlon J. Lawton, M. D. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
During the course of the year information was furnished by mem- 
bers of the Bureau staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning the 
American Indians of both continents, both past and present. Various 
specimens sent to the Bureau were identified and data on them fur- 
nished for their owners. 
Personnel.—Dr. Philip Drucker, anthropologist, returned to duty 
from military furlough on December 17,1945. Dr. Homer G. Barnett 
resigned December 31, 1945. Mrs. Catherine M. Phillips, clerk-stenog- 
rapher, transferred to the War Department May 21, 1945, and Mrs. 
Jessie S. Shaw was promoted to fill this vacancy effective June 3, 1946, 
by transfer from the division of ethnology, United States National 
Museum. 
Respectfully submitted. 
M. W. Srimuine, Chief. 
Dr. A. Wetmore, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
