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This total shows a decrease of 2,634 volumes in compari- 

 son with the year 1913-14, due largely to the retention in 

 the transmission of certain publications to Europe by reason 

 of the war. 



ILLUSTllATIONS 



The preparation of illustrations for the publications of the 

 bureau and of photographic portraits of the members of vis- 

 iting Indian deputations has continued in charge of Mr. De 

 Lancey Gill, illustrator, assisted by Mr. Albert Sweeney. 

 The photographic work during the year may be classed as 

 follows : 



Portrait negatives of visiting delegations (Crow, Osage, Chip- 

 pewa, and Sioux tribes) 10 



Negatives of ethnologic subjects to illustrate publications 52 



Development of negatives exposed by field parties. 548 



Photographic prints for distribution and for office use 690 



Photographic prints for publication and for office use ... 120 



Photographic prints for exhibition purposes. 115 



Small photographic prints distributed chiefly for scientific pur- 

 poses 350 



Drawings prepared for illustrations 30 



Photostat copies (pages) of books and manuscripts 1, 452 



In addition, Mr. Gill gave the usual attention to the 

 critical examination of engraver's proofs of illustrations 

 designed for the publications of the bureau, submitted by 

 the Public Printer. 



In the last report mention was made of a series of photo- 

 graphs of Indian subjects that has been exhibited succes- 

 sively by the New York Public Library, the Library Commis- 

 sion of Indiana, and the Providence Public Library. In 

 September, 1914, in response to the request of the Public 

 Library of Haverhill, Mass., this series of pictures was sent 

 for public exhibition in that library. In addition, collec- 

 tions of photographs of Indian subjects, designed to illustrate 

 in part the work of the bureau, were sent for exhibition at 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and at the 

 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. 



LIBRARY 



The reference library of the bureau has been in the con- 

 tinuous charge of Miss Ella Leary, librarian, assisted by 

 Mrs. Ella Slaughter until her death on November 1, 1914, 



