﻿REPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  41 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  maintains 
  36 
  sectional 
  libraries 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  its 
  

   various 
  scientific 
  divisions. 
  The 
  library 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  made 
  sub- 
  

   stantial 
  progress 
  in 
  organization 
  and 
  increased 
  efficiency 
  along 
  the 
  

   lines 
  of 
  a 
  program 
  of 
  development 
  initiated 
  five 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Stevenson, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  United 
  

   States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  was 
  given 
  honorary 
  appointment 
  

   as 
  custodian 
  of 
  the 
  C. 
  G. 
  Lloyd 
  mycological 
  collection. 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  

   C. 
  Smith 
  and 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Dennis, 
  who 
  accompanied 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Killip 
  

   on 
  a 
  botanical 
  expedition 
  to 
  Peru, 
  were 
  given 
  honorary 
  appointments 
  

   as 
  collaborators 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  plants. 
  In 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  insects 
  

   the 
  interest 
  and 
  valuable 
  aid 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  T. 
  Barnes 
  were 
  recognized 
  by 
  

   his 
  appointment 
  to 
  the 
  honorary 
  position 
  of 
  collaborator 
  in 
  the 
  

   section 
  of 
  lepidoptera. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Conrad 
  V. 
  Morton 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Egbert 
  H. 
  Walker 
  were 
  appointed 
  

   aids 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  plants. 
  Dr. 
  Eemington 
  Kellogg 
  was 
  made 
  

   assistant 
  curator 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  mammals 
  by 
  transfer 
  from 
  the 
  

   Biological 
  Survey, 
  United 
  States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  this 
  

   position 
  being 
  one 
  newly 
  established 
  this 
  year. 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  A. 
  Taylor, 
  

   in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  mineral 
  and 
  mechanical 
  technology, 
  was 
  advanced 
  

   from 
  aid 
  to 
  assistant 
  curator. 
  Miss 
  Ethel 
  A. 
  L. 
  Lacy 
  was 
  appointed 
  

   librarian 
  in 
  immediate 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  accessions 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  

   library. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Brown 
  was 
  advanced 
  to 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  chief 
  taxi- 
  

   dermist, 
  with 
  general 
  oversight 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  taxidermy 
  shop. 
  

  

  Two 
  employees 
  left 
  the 
  service 
  through 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  retire- 
  

   ment 
  act 
  — 
  William 
  H. 
  Kimball, 
  finance 
  clerk, 
  after 
  a 
  total 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  service 
  of 
  about 
  46 
  years, 
  nearly 
  45 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  Na- 
  

   tional 
  Museum, 
  and 
  Robert 
  Stokes, 
  laborer, 
  on 
  June 
  11, 
  1929, 
  after 
  a 
  

   service 
  of 
  28 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  lost 
  through 
  death 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  six 
  of 
  its 
  active 
  

   workers 
  and 
  four 
  members 
  of 
  its 
  honorary 
  scientific 
  staff. 
  Dr. 
  

   Robert 
  Ridgway, 
  curator 
  of 
  birds, 
  died 
  March 
  25, 
  1929. 
  Capt. 
  John 
  

   Donnell 
  Smith, 
  associate 
  in 
  botany, 
  died 
  on 
  December 
  2, 
  1928. 
  Dr. 
  

   E. 
  A. 
  Schwarz, 
  custodian 
  of 
  coleoptera, 
  died 
  on 
  October 
  15, 
  1928. 
  

   Dr. 
  Harrison 
  G. 
  Dyar, 
  custodian 
  of 
  lepidoptera, 
  died 
  January 
  21, 
  

   1929. 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  K. 
  Harring, 
  custodian 
  of 
  rotatoria, 
  died 
  on 
  December 
  

   19, 
  1928. 
  Other 
  losses 
  by 
  death 
  included 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  E. 
  Mirguet, 
  

   taxidermist, 
  on 
  February 
  20, 
  1929; 
  Mrs. 
  E. 
  Bennett 
  Decker, 
  clerk- 
  

   illustrator, 
  August 
  29, 
  1929; 
  Eustance 
  S. 
  Brannon, 
  watchman, 
  on 
  

   September 
  30, 
  1928; 
  Frank 
  Smith, 
  laborer, 
  on 
  November 
  16, 
  1928; 
  

   and 
  William 
  T. 
  Murray, 
  laborer, 
  on 
  June 
  9, 
  1929. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  Al^XANDER 
  WeTMORE, 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Secretary. 
  

   Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  