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In June 1945 the Smithsonian Institution accepted a grant of $2,500 

 from the Office of Inter-American Affairs to be allotted to Dr. Gre- 

 gorio Hernandez de Alba of Bogota, Colombia, for work on the 

 anthropology of Colombia. 



HANDBOOK OF SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS 



Work continued on the Handbook of South American Indians. 

 Volume 1, "The Marginal Tribes," was received in page proof and 

 volume 2, "The Andean Civilizations," in galley proof from the 

 printer ; volume 3, "The Tropical Forest Tribes," and volume 4, "The 

 Circum-Caribbean Tribes," were completed and sent to the printer; 

 and volume 5, "Comparative Anthropology of South American In- 

 dians," is in the final stages of preparation. 



Mrs. Lucille E. Levine, stenographer, resigned on April 10, 1945, 

 and Dr. Gordon R. Willey was transferred to the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology from the roll of the Handbook of South American Indians 

 on August 17, 1944. 



For the completion of the Handbook of South American Indians, 

 $6,000 was transferred from the Department of State. An additional 

 $2,500 was authorized by the Department of State to be transferred 

 to the Handbook to purchase 600 extra copies of volume 3 for distri- 

 bution by the Department of State from the amount originally allo- 

 cated to the Institute of Social Anthropology. Of this total amount, 

 $8,482 was actually obligated. 



SPECIAL RESEARCHES 



Because of lack of funds, no special researches were conducted 

 during the fiscal year. 



EDITORIAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS 



The editorial work of the Bureau continued during the year under 

 the immediate direction of the editor, M. Helen Palmer. There were 

 issued one Annual Report, one Bulletin, one special publication, and 

 one paper in the Institute of Social Anthropology series, as follows : 



Sixty-first Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1943-1944. 

 9 pp. 



Bulletin 142. The contemporary culture of the Cahita Indians, by Ralph L. 

 Beals. xii+244 pp., 20 pis., 33 figs., 1 map. 



List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, with index to 

 authors and titles. Revised to June 30, 1944. 68 pp. 



Institute of Social Anthropology Publ. No. 1. Houses and house use of the 

 Sierra Tarascans, by Ralph L. Beals, Pedro Carrasco, and Thomas McCorkle. 

 37 pp., 8 pis., 20 figs. 



