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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  curator 
  of 
  geology, 
  National 
  Museum 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes, 
  chief, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology; 
  Dr. 
  William 
  M. 
  Mann, 
  director, 
  

   National 
  Zoological 
  Park; 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  P. 
  True, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Institu- 
  

   tion, 
  secretary; 
  Dr. 
  Marcus 
  Benjamin, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Mu- 
  

   seum; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Stanley 
  Searles, 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  

   Ethnology. 
  

  

  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  accessions 
  to 
  the 
  libraries 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches, 
  

   exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  totaled 
  9,060. 
  The 
  

   outstanding 
  gift 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  John 
  Donnell 
  Smith 
  botanical 
  

   collection 
  of 
  1,600 
  volumes, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  

   botany 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  This 
  library 
  was 
  

   really 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  in 
  1905, 
  but 
  until 
  last 
  year 
  only 
  

   a 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  transferred 
  to 
  Washington. 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  

   the 
  collection 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Institution 
  in 
  1908. 
  

  

  Decided 
  progress 
  was 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  union 
  diction- 
  

   ary 
  catalogue, 
  especially 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Astro- 
  

   physical 
  Observatory. 
  This 
  catalogue 
  is 
  designed 
  eventually 
  to 
  

   include 
  the 
  titles 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library. 
  

   Efforts 
  to 
  complete 
  broken 
  sets 
  were 
  continued 
  with 
  excellent 
  results, 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  volumes 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  volumes 
  being 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  

   duplicate 
  collection 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  and 
  from 
  learned 
  

   institutions 
  and 
  societies 
  the 
  world 
  over. 
  The 
  aeronautical 
  library 
  

   was 
  made 
  a 
  distinct 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library 
  during 
  the 
  

   year, 
  and 
  was 
  officially 
  designated 
  the 
  Langley 
  Aeronautical 
  Library, 
  

   in 
  honor 
  of 
  Samuel 
  Pierpont 
  Langley, 
  third 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian. 
  Nearly 
  2,000 
  volumes 
  were 
  prepared 
  for 
  binding. 
  Material 
  

   was 
  lent 
  on 
  a 
  semipermanent 
  basis, 
  as 
  usual, 
  to 
  research 
  institutions, 
  

   to 
  aid 
  special 
  work. 
  The 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  loan 
  of 
  this 
  nature 
  was 
  

   made 
  to 
  tlie 
  Johns 
  Hopkins 
  University. 
  Other 
  loans 
  of 
  particular 
  

   interest 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Wisconsin 
  and 
  the 
  California 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  congressional 
  appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  totaled 
  $609,320, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $10,928 
  over 
  last 
  year. 
  This 
  

   increase 
  was 
  of 
  material 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  regular 
  work, 
  but 
  larger 
  

   appropriations 
  are 
  essential 
  to 
  a 
  fair 
  realization 
  of 
  the 
  Museum's 
  

   possibilities. 
  The 
  amounts 
  granted 
  annually 
  are 
  so 
  nearly 
  used 
  up 
  in 
  

   necessary 
  routine 
  expenditures 
  that 
  little 
  remains 
  for 
  exploration 
  and 
  

   field 
  work, 
  a 
  vital 
  activity 
  in 
  the 
  proper 
  and 
  balanced 
  development 
  

   of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  Many 
  opportunities 
  to 
  acquire 
  valuable 
  and 
  unique 
  

   specimens, 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  with 
  comparatively 
  little 
  expense, 
  

   are 
  lost 
  each 
  year 
  through 
  lack 
  of 
  an 
  adequate 
  margin 
  of 
  funds 
  to 
  

  

  