ADMINISTRATIVE KEPORT 29 



LIBRARY 



The library of the bureau continued in unmediate charge 

 of Miss Ella Leary, librarian, assisted by Mrs. Ella 

 Slaughter. During the year the accessions comprised 

 562 volmnes (of which 129 were purchased) and 244 

 panii^hlets, bringing the total nmnber of volumes in the 

 library to 18,532, and the pamphlets to 12,744. The 

 periodicals currently received bj^ the bvireau, of which 

 there are several thousand unbound parts, niunber 629; of 

 these all but 18 are obtained in exchange for the bureau's 

 Ijublications. Special attention was paid during the year 

 to filling lacunae in the ]3eriodical series. 



The cataloguing kept pace with the new accessions, and 

 some progress was made in cataloguing ethnologic and 

 related articles in the earlier serials. A monthly bulletin 

 for the use of the members of the bureau staff was com- 

 piled and posted by the librarian, who also made a begin- 

 ning in the jireparation of a list of writings on the music 

 of American Indians. 



As in the past, it was necessary to draw on the collec- 

 tions of the Library of Congress, about 300 volumes hav- 

 ing been borrowed during the year. On the other hand, 

 the library of the bureau is frequently consulted by officers 

 of the departments of the Government, as well as by 

 students not connected with the Smithsonian Institution. 



While many volumes are still without binding, the con- 

 dition of the library in this respect has greatly improved 

 during the last few years ; 493 volumes were bound at the 

 Goverimient Printing Office during the year. 



COLLECTIONS 



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The following collections were made by the bureau or 

 by members of its staff during the fiscal year and trans- 

 ferred to the National Museum : 



54311. Six photographs (unmounted) taken by A. J. Hortswill, San 

 Jose, Mindoro, P. I., among the natives of Mindoro Ishind. Gift 

 to the bureau by Munn & Co., New York. 



