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the members of visiting deputations of Indians were in 

 charge of Mr. De Lancey Gill, illustrator. Of the 246 

 negatives made, 120 comprise portraits of visiting Indians. 

 In addition, 372 j)hotograiDhic tilms, exposed by members 

 of the bureau in connection with their field work, were 

 developed and printed. Photographic prints for publica- 

 tion and exchange were made to the number of 1,469, and 

 22 drawings for use as illustrations were prepared. Mr. 

 Gill was assisted, as in the past, by Mr. Henry Walther. 



LIBRARY 



The library of the bureau has continued in the immediate 

 charge of Miss EDa Leary, librarian. During the year 

 that part of the southeastern gallery of the lower main 

 hall of the Smithsonian Building which was vacated by the 

 National Musemn was assigned to the use of the bureau 

 library, and three additional stacks were built, providing 

 shelf room for about 2,500 volumes. Nearly that number 

 of books which had been stored, and consequently made 

 inaccessible, were placed on the new shelves. The policy 

 carried out from year to year of increasing the library by 

 exchange with other institutions has been continued, and 

 special effort made to complete the collection of serial pub- 

 lications. Especially to be noted is the completion of the 

 sets of publications of the Maine Historical Society and 

 the Archives of Pennsylvania, both rich in material per- 

 taining to the Indians. As in the past, it has been neces- 

 sary for the bureau to make use of the Library of Congress 

 from time to time, about 200 volumes having been borrowed 

 during the year. Twelve hundred books and approxi- 

 mately 650 pamphlets were received, in addition to the 

 current numbers of more than 600 periodicals. Of the 

 books and pamphlets received, 148 were acquired by pur- 

 chase, the remainder by gift or exchange. Six hundred 

 and eighty-nine vohunes were bound by the Government 

 Printing Office, payment therefor being made from the 

 allotment " for printing and binding * * * annual 

 reports and bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnol- 



