﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  121 
  

  

  TECHNOLOGICAL 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  technological 
  library, 
  which 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  Museum 
  

   Building, 
  concerns 
  itself 
  chiefly 
  with 
  the 
  useful 
  aits 
  and 
  industries. 
  

   During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  reorganizing 
  its 
  material 
  was 
  consid- 
  

   erably 
  advanced. 
  The 
  shelf 
  list 
  was 
  finished 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  

   2,500 
  cards, 
  and 
  an 
  excellent 
  beginning 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  inventory. 
  

   Many 
  duplicates 
  were 
  removed 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  stacks 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Building, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Government 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  publications 
  of 
  various 
  States 
  not 
  needed 
  in 
  the 
  library. 
  

   These 
  will 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  later. 
  Their 
  removal 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  

   Museum 
  has 
  materially 
  increased 
  the 
  space 
  available 
  for 
  collections 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  curators. 
  The 
  loans 
  numbered 
  450. 
  

  

  ASTROPHYSICAL 
  OBSERVATORY 
  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  which 
  is 
  housed 
  

   partly 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Building 
  and 
  partly 
  in 
  the 
  observatory 
  

   at 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  this 
  building, 
  consists 
  of 
  3,G37 
  volumes 
  and 
  about 
  2,700 
  

   pamphlets, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  astrophysics 
  and 
  meteorology. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  important 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library, 
  

   being 
  of 
  especial 
  value 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  well-known 
  researches 
  

   in 
  solar 
  radiation 
  that 
  are 
  being 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  Institution. 
  This 
  

   library 
  received 
  particular 
  attention 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  A 
  shelf 
  

   list 
  was 
  prepared, 
  an 
  inventory 
  taken, 
  and 
  its 
  material 
  completely 
  

   rearranged. 
  Many 
  gaps 
  in 
  its 
  sets 
  were 
  filled. 
  A 
  notable 
  beginning 
  

   was 
  also 
  made 
  on 
  a 
  dictionary 
  catalogue, 
  with 
  subject 
  cards 
  and 
  

   analyticals, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  a 
  person 
  of 
  long 
  experience 
  in 
  the 
  

   Library 
  of 
  Congress. 
  A 
  detailed 
  record 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Volumes 
  catalogued 
  , 
  548 
  

  

  Pamphlets 
  catalogued 
  1,032 
  

  

  Cliarts 
  catalogued 
  34 
  

  

  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  cards 
  filed 
  G,91S 
  

  

  Cards 
  typed 
  2,298 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  was 
  increased 
  by 
  137 
  volumes, 
  IG 
  parts 
  of 
  volumes, 
  

   and 
  22 
  pamphlets. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  volumes 
  bound 
  was 
  49. 
  The 
  

   loans 
  are 
  included 
  among 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  library. 
  

  

  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY^ 
  LIBRARY" 
  

  

  The 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  which 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Building, 
  consists 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  of 
  works 
  

   on 
  anthropology, 
  particularly 
  those 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  

   aborigines, 
  and 
  covers 
  especially 
  the 
  linguistics, 
  history, 
  archeology, 
  

   myths, 
  religion, 
  arts, 
  sociology, 
  and 
  general 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Indian. 
  It 
  contains 
  27,141 
  volumes 
  and 
  15,937 
  pamphlets. 
  In 
  its 
  

   special 
  data 
  files 
  are 
  manuscript 
  material, 
  photographs, 
  Indian 
  

   vocabularies, 
  etc. 
  The 
  activities 
  of 
  this 
  library 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  fiscal 
  

  

  