34 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



Snipe flute of tlic Sioux Indians. Keceived from Kev. A. McG. 



Bcede, of Nortli Dakota. (582.54.) 

 Five archeological ol)jects from Virginia. (Jift of J)i'. W. B. Barham, 



of Newsoms, Va.; and a necklace presented b}- Mrs. J. R. Kello 



and lior danglitcr, Miss Ifattie Kello. (58177.) 



PROPERTY 



The most vahialile property of the bureau consists of its 

 lihraiy (of which brief statistics have lieen si\en), a collec- 

 tion of unpublished manuscripts, and several thousand pho- 

 tographic negatives. Comparatively little of this material 

 could be duplicated. The other property of the bureau is 

 described in genei-al terms in the last annual report. The 

 total cost of furniture, tj'pewriters, and other apparatus ac- 

 quired during the fiscal year was $553.35. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



QUARTERS 



The quarters of the bureau have been improved by the 

 completion of the library bookstacks, previously referred to, 

 and the installation of additional electric lights in the librar}^ 

 and in one of the office rooms. 



PERSONNEL 



The personnel of the bureau has been changed by the ap- 

 pointment of Mr. John P. Harrington, ethnologist, on Feb- 

 ruary 20; the death of Mrs. Matilda (Joxe Stevenson, ethnol- 

 ogist, on June 24; the death of Mrs. Ella Slaughter, classified 

 laborer, on November 1, 1914; the transfer of Thomas F. 

 Clark, jr., to the National Museum; the appointment of 

 \\'illiam Hiuuphrey, stenographer and typewriter; and the 

 appointment of Dennis Sullivan, messenger bo)^ The corre- 

 spondence of the bureau and other clerical work has been 

 conducted with the assistance of three clerks and a stenog- 

 rapher and typewriter. 



Respectfully submitted. 



F. W. Hodge, 



FAhnologist-in- Charge . 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Inslitution. 



