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Michigan, was appointed collaborator in the division of plants for 
two years beginning March 17, 1926. Dr. William H. Longley, of 
Goucher College, who is working in cooperation with the Museum, 
was made collaborator in the division of marine invertebrates on 
March 20, 1926. The honorary appointment of Dr. George Grant 
MacCurdy as collaborator in the department of anthropology was 
extended for one year beginning February 14, 1926. 
Earl D. Reid was promoted from clerk to aid in the division of 
fishes on August 1, 1926. Miss Isabel L. Towner was appointed 
assistant librarian of the Museum in January, 1926, succeeding the 
late Mr. N. P. Scudder, in charge of the Museum hbrary. Miss 
Hortense Hoad, aid in the division of history, resigned on January 
31, 1926. Mr. Paul G. Van Natta left the service by resignation on 
May 6, 1926. It may be noted that turnover in the watch force has 
become so great that in the last year the 61 positions of guard were 
held by 80 persons. 
Dr. Brayton H. Ransom, assistant custodian of the helminthologi- 
eal collections of the Museum since January 5, 1905, died September 
17, 1925, after a brief illness. Other deaths among members of the 
Museum force were those of Mr. J. H. Williams, laborer, on Septem- 
ber 4, 1925; Mr. Henry Gibson, laborer, November 21; Mr. Sylvester 
W. Baldwin, laborer, December 24; Mr. John E. Johnson, watchman, 
March 26, 1926; and Mr. Marston R. Carey, mail carrier, April 1. 
Respectfully submitted. 
ALEXANDER WETMORE, 
Assistant Secretary. 
Dr. CHartes D. Watcort, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
