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COOPERATIVE WORK OF THE INSTITUTION 



gurated in 1847 ^^^ bearing" its first fruit in the publication of 

 Squier and Davis' Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley 

 (1848), has continued until the present day, and, as a result, a very- 

 considerable proportion of the papers comprised in the 35 quarto 

 volumes of the .Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, the 74 

 volumes of IMiscellaneous Collections, the 63 volumes of Proceedings, 

 and upward of 120 Bulletins are by writers not connected, or but in- 

 directly connected with the Institution. 



IV. SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF COOPERATION BY THE 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND ITS BRANCHES 



The following annotated list of some of the principal cooperative 

 operations carried on is here given in order that their magnitude and 

 often involved character may be better understood. Owing to the 

 somewhat complex nature of many of them, a strict form of classi- 

 fication has been found impossible, though as a general rule they are 

 arranged by departments or divisions. It may be further stated that 

 while a verv^ considerable proportion are wholly one-sided, the Insti- 

 tution profiting little, if at all, thereby, there are others in which, 

 through the enrichment of the collections, the National Museum 

 profits largely. 



The National Museum 



This branch of the Institution is naturally brought into active 

 cooperation with practically all divisions of the National govern- 

 ment, with those of foreign countries, with public and private 

 museums and other educational institutions, and with individual stu- 

 dents of the sciences. At the present moment (1923), facilities for 

 the storage of collections, office and work rooms, are afforded to 

 the following: The paleontologists and paleobotanists of the Geo- 

 logical Survey occupy 13 double rooms, comprising 15,600 square 

 feet of floor space, and utilize upward of 15,000 standard drawers; 

 to the Biological Survey is assigned 7,019 square feet of floor space, 

 with facilities for storage for 126,240 specimens ; and to the ento- 

 mologists of the Department of Agriculture, 9 rooms, aggregating 

 5,539 square feet of floor space. 



With limited finances the Museum is unable to inaugurate regular 

 lecture courses, but all governmental agencies and all scientific and 

 educational societies have the free use of its auditorium and the 

 adjacent rooms for congresses, lectures, etc. Space is also furnished 

 for special exhibits of scientific or educational importance. 



