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  ANNUAL 
  EErOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  studies 
  in 
  various 
  groups 
  of 
  plants. 
  In 
  zoology 
  there 
  were 
  shown 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  reptiles, 
  paintings 
  of 
  fishes, 
  insects, 
  birds, 
  inollusks, 
  

   mammals, 
  foraminifera, 
  crinoids 
  or 
  sea 
  lilies, 
  and 
  other 
  animals 
  

   arranged 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  various 
  researches, 
  some 
  of 
  purely 
  scientific 
  

   interest, 
  otliers 
  of 
  known 
  economic 
  application. 
  With 
  each 
  section 
  

   of 
  the 
  exhibits 
  there 
  were 
  in 
  attendance 
  research 
  workers 
  of 
  tlie 
  

   scientific 
  staff 
  to 
  explain 
  them 
  fully. 
  The 
  exhibits 
  proved 
  so 
  popular 
  

   that 
  the}^ 
  were 
  thrown 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  for 
  several 
  days 
  during 
  the 
  

   week 
  that 
  followed. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  

  

  The 
  exhibition 
  halls 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  were 
  open 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  on 
  week 
  days 
  from 
  9 
  a. 
  m. 
  to 
  4.30 
  p. 
  m., 
  while 
  in 
  

   addition 
  the 
  natural 
  historj^ 
  building 
  and 
  the 
  arts 
  and 
  industries 
  

   building 
  were 
  open 
  Sunday 
  afternoons 
  from 
  1.30 
  to 
  4.30 
  p. 
  m. 
  The 
  

   exhibition 
  halls 
  were 
  closed 
  only 
  on 
  Christmas 
  Day 
  and 
  New 
  Year's 
  

   Day. 
  Visitors 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  aggregated 
  1,153,212 
  persons, 
  an 
  

   increase 
  of 
  nearly 
  50,000 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  Attendance 
  in 
  the 
  

   several 
  buildings 
  was 
  recorded 
  as 
  follows: 
  Smithsonian, 
  128,808; 
  

   arts 
  and 
  industries, 
  380,430; 
  natural 
  history, 
  561,286; 
  aircraft, 
  82,628. 
  

   The 
  average 
  daily 
  attendance 
  for 
  week 
  daj^s 
  was 
  3,263 
  and 
  for 
  Sun- 
  

   days, 
  with 
  only 
  two 
  buildings 
  open, 
  2,660. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  Museum 
  published 
  10 
  volumes 
  and 
  63 
  sepa- 
  

   rate 
  papers, 
  while 
  its 
  distribution 
  of 
  literature 
  amounted 
  to 
  110,580 
  

   copies 
  of 
  its 
  various 
  books 
  and 
  pamphlets. 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  library 
  have 
  included 
  2,492 
  volumes 
  

   and 
  1,299 
  pamphlets 
  obtained 
  partly 
  by 
  exchange 
  and 
  partly 
  by 
  dona- 
  

   tion. 
  A 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  increase 
  has 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  

   Congress, 
  Avhich 
  has 
  generously 
  presented 
  from 
  its 
  duplicates 
  volumes 
  

   and 
  parts 
  of 
  volumes 
  needed 
  to 
  complete 
  reference 
  series 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  library. 
  The 
  library 
  staff 
  devoted 
  much 
  attention 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  to 
  filling 
  in 
  gaps 
  in 
  sets 
  of 
  periodicals, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  

   dating 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  World 
  War 
  when 
  communication 
  witli 
  

   foreign 
  countries 
  was 
  much 
  interrupted 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  consequent 
  loss 
  

   of 
  mail. 
  These 
  efforts 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  highly 
  gratifying 
  condition 
  

   in 
  the 
  filling 
  out 
  of 
  many 
  sets. 
  There 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  37 
  sectional 
  

   libraries 
  maintained 
  as 
  important 
  working 
  units 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  library. 
  

  

  ]Mr. 
  A. 
  Brazier 
  HoAvell, 
  corresponding 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Mammalogists, 
  well 
  known 
  for 
  his 
  systematic 
  and 
  ana- 
  

   tomical 
  studies 
  on 
  mammals, 
  was 
  appointed 
  collaborator 
  in 
  the 
  divi- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  mammals 
  on 
  December 
  11, 
  1926. 
  Miss 
  Isobel 
  H. 
  Lenman, 
  of 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  who 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  a 
  benefactor 
  of 
  the 
  national 
  

   collections, 
  Avas 
  made 
  a 
  collaborator 
  in 
  ethnology 
  on 
  March 
  30, 
  1927. 
  

   The 
  appointment 
  of 
  Dr. 
  George 
  Grant 
  MacCurdy 
  as 
  collaborator 
  in 
  

   anthropology 
  was 
  extended 
  for 
  one 
  year, 
  and 
  Mr, 
  Albert 
  C. 
  Smith 
  

  

  