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berg's official connection with the bureau terminated October 

 30, 1917. Mr. Stanley Searles was appointed editor July 1, 

 1917. Miss Florence M. Poast, clerk to Mr. Hodge, resigned 

 October 15, 1917 ; Miss Ora A. Sowersby, a stenographer and 

 typewriter in the service of the bureau, was assigned to that 

 position November 1, 1918. The vacancy created by this 

 change was filled by the appointment of Miss E. B. Powers, 

 November 5, 1917. 



Clerical. — The correspondence and other clerical work of 

 the office, including the copying of manuscripts, has been 

 conducted with the aid of Miss Florence M. Poast and 

 Miss Ora A. Sowersby, clerks to the ethnologist in charge, 

 and later l)y Miss M. S. Clark, serving as private secretary 

 to the chief. Mrs. Frances S. Nichols assisted the editor. 

 Respectfully, yours, 



J. Walter Fewkes, 



Chief. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



