ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XLI 



About the middle of the year the lllhler transhitiou of the 

 manuscript history of Texas, by Padre Morfi, was taken u]) for 

 annotation with a view to publication. The historical annota- 

 tion was kindly undertaken by Dr George P. Garrison, of the 

 University of Texas, and the manuscript was in his hands at 

 the close of the year. 



COLLECTIONS 



All of the collaborators engaged in field operations made 

 more or less extensive collections for study and for ultimate 

 transfer to the United States National Museum. By far the 

 most extensive of these collections was that made by ^Ir 

 Mooney as a means for research in heraldrv. This collection 

 still remains in the field. Dr Russell c(dlected a full series r>f 

 objects representing the arts and industries of the Pima Indians, 

 including a series of baskets representing the more archaic as 

 well as the modern forms; among the unique objects com- 

 prised in the collection are two calendric records intermediate 

 in character between the winter counts of the North and the 

 maguey-book records of the South. Dr Fewkes made con- 

 siderable collections in New Mexico and Chihuahua early in 

 the year, and subsequently obtained an interesting series of 

 aboriginal objects in Porto Rico. As usual, various collections 

 were obtained also by purchase under the more immediate 

 direction of the Secretary. 



PROPERTY 



The property of the Bureau comprises (1) office furniture 

 and apparatus, (2) ethnologic manuscripts and other original 

 records, (3) photographs and drawings of Indian subjects, 

 (4) collections held temporarily by collaborators for use in 

 research, (5) a working library, and (G) undistributed residues 

 of the editions of the Bureau publications. There was little 

 change in the amount or value of office property during the 

 year. Purchases of office furniture were inconsiderable; sev- 

 eral manuscripts were acquired by purchase, mostly for imme- 

 diate publication, as noted in previous paragra])lis, while the 

 records of original work progressed steadil}-. About 8.05 



