XXIV BURKAU OF AMEKK'AN ETHNOLOGY 



LIBRARY 



At the time of the removal of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology from the United States Geological Survey 

 building, in 1893, the volumes belonging to the Bureau 

 numbered about 2,500. Through exchange and purchase 

 the growth of the library has been, on the whole, satis- 

 factory. The library now contains 12,1G5 bound volumes, 

 about 6,500 pamphlets, and a large number of unbound 

 periodicals. In the purchase of books care has been used 

 to add only such works as bear on the suliject of anthro- 

 pology with special reference to the American Indians, 

 although volumes relating to kindred subjects are received 

 through exchange. 



The accessions for the year number 302 bound volumes, 

 aljout 500 pamphlets, and the regular issues of more than 

 500 periodicals. 



CLERICAL WORK 



The clerical work of the Bureau has l)een intnisted 

 largely to Mr J. B. Clayton, who on June 1, 1904, with 

 the approval of the Civil Service Commission, received 

 the designation of head clerk. Mr Clayton has had per- 

 sonal charge of the financial work of the Bureau, includ- 

 ing the purchase of supplies and the preparation of 

 accounts, and the care of property. 



The clerical work during the year included the regis- 

 tration and cataloguing of letters, the preparation of 

 replies to letters, and the keeping of miscellaneoi;s 

 records. The method described in the rei)ort for the 

 previous year as having been adopted has been employed 

 during this year, and the clerical work of the Bureau is 

 kept up to date. As a rule, letters are answered the 

 same day that they are received, and it is only where 

 technical information is called for that any delay ensues. 

 The letters in regard to ]»ublications, finances, field work, 

 and miscellaneous information cover 2,835 pages in the 

 press-copy letter books. 



Miss E. R. Smedes has given excellent service in con- 

 nection with the general correspondence of the Bureau. 



