﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  13 
  

  

  whose 
  names 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Appendix 
  12. 
  These 
  volumes 
  were 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  by 
  Webster 
  Prentiss 
  True. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  Sun 
  and 
  the 
  Welfare 
  of 
  Man, 
  by 
  Charles 
  Greeley 
  Abbot. 
  

  

  3. 
  Minerals 
  from 
  Earth 
  and 
  Sky. 
  Part 
  I, 
  The 
  Story 
  of 
  Meteorites, 
  by 
  George 
  

  

  P. 
  Merrill. 
  Part 
  II, 
  Gems 
  and 
  Gem 
  Minerals, 
  by 
  William 
  F. 
  Foshag. 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  North 
  American 
  Indians. 
  An 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Indians 
  north 
  

  

  of 
  Mexico, 
  compiled 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  sources, 
  by 
  Rose 
  A. 
  Palmer. 
  

  

  The 
  remaining 
  eight 
  volumes 
  are 
  in 
  press 
  or 
  well 
  advanced 
  in 
  

   preparation 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  issued 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  1930. 
  

  

  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian 
  library 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  10 
  divisional 
  and 
  3G 
  sec- 
  

   tional 
  libraries. 
  The 
  former 
  include 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  deposit 
  in 
  the 
  

   LiJbrary 
  of 
  Congress, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  main 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  office 
  library, 
  the 
  Langley 
  aeronautical 
  library, 
  and 
  

   the 
  seven 
  libraries 
  of 
  the 
  bureaus 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

   The 
  sectional 
  libraries 
  are 
  smaller 
  units 
  maintained 
  in 
  the 
  offices 
  of 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  their 
  work. 
  The 
  

   library 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  comprises 
  about 
  800,000 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets, 
  and 
  

   charts. 
  Accessions 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  included 
  7,244 
  volumes 
  and 
  7,627 
  

   pamphlets 
  and 
  charts, 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  14,871 
  items. 
  

  

  Three 
  important 
  changes 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  : 
  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  previously 
  

   an 
  independent 
  library, 
  was 
  made 
  a 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   library; 
  a 
  new 
  divisional 
  library 
  was 
  organized 
  for 
  the 
  recently 
  

   established 
  Division 
  of 
  Radiation 
  and 
  Organisms 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  technological 
  library 
  was 
  made 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  library. 
  

  

  The 
  outstanding 
  gift 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  Harriman 
  Alaskan 
  

   library, 
  brought 
  together 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Dall 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  

   Edward 
  H. 
  Harriman. 
  Other 
  important 
  gifts 
  include 
  1,000 
  publi- 
  

   cations 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Herbert 
  A. 
  Gill, 
  500 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals 
  on 
  

   photography 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Stebbins, 
  and 
  1,500 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  

   Philosophical 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington 
  from 
  the 
  society 
  itself. 
  

  

  Items 
  of 
  notable 
  progress 
  in 
  the 
  reorganization 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  librarian 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Appendix 
  10. 
  

  

  GOVERNMENTALLY 
  SUPPORTED 
  BRANCHES 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  grown 
  up 
  under 
  the 
  initiative 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution 
  and 
  at 
  large 
  expense 
  of 
  its 
  private 
  funds 
  numerous 
  en- 
  

   terprises 
  which 
  have 
  become 
  public 
  necessities. 
  Of 
  these, 
  seven, 
  by 
  

   direction 
  of 
  Congress, 
  are 
  still 
  administered 
  by 
  the 
  Institution, 
  

   though 
  almost 
  entirely 
  supported 
  by 
  governmental 
  appropriations. 
  

  

  