APPENDIX 12 
REPORT ON PUBLICATIONS 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publica- 
tions of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the year 
ended June 30, 1949. 
The Institution published during the year 14 papers and title pages 
and tables of contents for 2 volumes in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous 
Collections, 1 Annual Report of the Board of Regents and pamphlet 
copies of 18 articles in the Report appendix, 1 Annual Report of the 
Secretary, and a new edition of 1 special publication, and a reprint of 
another. 
The United States National Museum issued 1 Annual Report, 25 
Proceedings papers, 3 Bulletins, and 2 papers in the Bulletin series, 
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 
The Bureau of American Ethnology issued 1 Annual Report and 2 
Publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology. 
The Freer Gallery of Art issued 1 publication in its Occasional 
Papers series. 
Of the publications there were distributed 267,491 copies, which 
included 15 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Contributions to 
Knowledge, 27,438 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Miscel- 
laneous Collections, 26,302 volumes and separates of Smithsonian 
Annual Reports, 3,696 War Background Studies, 6,361 Smithsonian 
special publications, 38 reports of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 
66,459 volumes and separates of National Museum publications, 
12,787 publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 6,873 
Publications of the Institute of Social Anthropology, 10 catalogs of 
the National Collection of Fine Arts, 603 volumes and pamphlets of 
the Freer Gallery of Art, 38 Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, 
1,389 Reports of the American Historical Association, and 5,014 mis- 
cellaneous publications not printed by the Smithsonian Institution 
(mostly Survival Manuals.) 
In addition, 87,715 Guide Books, 22,573 natural history and art post 
cards, 162 sets of North American Wild Flowers, and 18 Pitcher Plants 
volumes were distributed. 
SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 
In this series there were issued title page and table of contents of 
volume 107, 7 papers and title page and table of contents of volume 
110, and 7 papers in volume 111, as follows: 
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