﻿•EEPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  115 
  

  

  paring 
  their 
  volumes 
  for 
  binding, 
  and 
  doing 
  several 
  other 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   work 
  for 
  them, 
  notably 
  in 
  the 
  sections 
  of 
  botany, 
  geology, 
  and 
  mam- 
  

   mals. 
  These 
  libraries 
  number 
  36, 
  and 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Administration, 
  Marine 
  invertebrates. 
  

  

  Administrative 
  assistant's 
  oflQce. 
  Mechanical 
  teclmology. 
  

  

  American 
  archeology. 
  Medicine. 
  

  

  Anthropology. 
  Minerals. 
  

  

  Biology. 
  Mineral 
  technology. 
  

  

  Birds. 
  Mollusks. 
  

  

  Botany. 
  Old 
  World 
  archeology. 
  

  

  Echinoderms. 
  Organic 
  chemistry. 
  

  

  Editor's 
  office. 
  Paleobotany. 
  

  

  Ethnology. 
  Photography. 
  

  

  Fishes. 
  Physical 
  anthropology. 
  

  

  Foods. 
  Property 
  clerk's 
  office. 
  

  

  Geology. 
  Reptiles 
  and 
  batrachians. 
  

  

  Graphic 
  arts. 
  Superintendent's 
  office. 
  

  

  History. 
  Taxidermy. 
  

  

  Insects. 
  Textiles. 
  

  

  Invertebrate 
  paleontology. 
  Vertebrate 
  paleontology. 
  

  

  Mammals. 
  Wood 
  technologj'. 
  

  

  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  

   became 
  a 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library. 
  This 
  collection 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  of 
  works 
  on 
  anthropology, 
  particularly 
  those 
  

   pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  aborigines, 
  covering 
  especially 
  the 
  lin- 
  

   guistics, 
  history, 
  archeology, 
  myths, 
  religion, 
  arts, 
  sociology, 
  and 
  

   general 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Indian. 
  The 
  library 
  also 
  has 
  files 
  of 
  

   manuscript 
  material, 
  photographs, 
  and 
  Indian 
  vocabularies. 
  It 
  was 
  

   increased 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  by 
  591 
  volumes 
  and 
  200 
  pamphlets, 
  and 
  

   now 
  contains 
  28,512 
  volumes 
  and 
  16,377 
  pamphlets. 
  The 
  staff 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  418 
  volumes 
  for 
  binding, 
  and 
  made 
  considerable 
  progress 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  providing 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  cards 
  for 
  the 
  catalogue. 
  

  

  ASTROPHYSICAL 
  OBSERVATORY 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  which 
  is 
  kept 
  partly 
  

   in 
  the 
  observatory 
  and 
  partly 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  hall 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Building, 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  instrument 
  in 
  the 
  astrophysical 
  and 
  mete- 
  

   orological 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  being 
  of 
  particular 
  value 
  just 
  now 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  its 
  researches 
  in 
  solar 
  radiation. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  

   3,868 
  volumes 
  and 
  2,949 
  pamphlets, 
  of 
  which 
  101 
  volumes 
  and 
  224 
  

   pamphlets 
  were 
  added 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  year. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  volumes 
  

   bound 
  was 
  64. 
  

  

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