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nucleus of the ethnologic department of the museum. Ample 

 collections were made also by the Stevensons, by Professor 

 Holmes and Mr. Mooney, and by other collaborators ; re- 

 cently Doctor Fewkes has gathered unprecedentedly abun- 

 dant stores of decorated pottery from the Pueblo country ; 

 and the writer has added some unique material from the 

 Papago country, as well as from the interior of Seriland, 

 never before visited by white men. 



The publications issued to date comprise fourteen annual 

 reports embracing fifty-nine appended memoirs (three addi- 

 tional reports, embracing twelve memoirs, are in press) ; 

 twenty-four bulletins, each containing a special paper or 

 memoir; eight volumes of " Contributions to North Ameri- 

 can Ethnology"; four "Introductions" issued for the use of 

 correspondents and collaborators ; and a few miscellaneous 

 documents. 



The manuscript collections are voluminous. Under the 

 plan of limiting publication to important descriptive matter 

 and to thoroughly digested scientific results, the major part 

 of the observations remain unpublished, though in constant 

 use. The unique manuscripts and most of the original 

 records are kept in fire-proof vaults under more than two 

 thousand titles; the material for the "Cyclopedia of Indian 

 Tribes " is recorded on a hundred thousand cards ; and there 

 are several hundred manuscripts prepared by the Director, 

 the different collaborators, and many correspondents which 

 are not catalogued. Advantage has been taken of every 

 opportunity to make or acquire photographs of Indians and 

 their works; and the files now include about twenty-five 

 hundred portraits, with some twenty-five hundred groups, 

 houses, ceremonials, and other subjects. During the last 

 three years publication has been pushed forward more rapidly 

 than hitherto, for it is realized that the material pertaining to 



