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largely explained by the very large number of separates from 

 the Handbook which were sent in the previous year to the 

 many groups of Camp Fire Girls. No great demand from 

 any one group was received during the past fiscal year. 



Twenty-eight addresses were added to the mailing list 

 during the year and 20 were taken off. The mailing list now 

 stands at 1,635 in addition to the members of the staff of 

 the bureau and other branches of the Institution who receive 

 the publications regularly as issued. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Following is a summary of work accomplished in the illus- 

 tration branch of the bureau under the supervision of De 

 Lancey Gill, illustrator: 



Photographs and drawings retouched, lettered, and otherwise 



made ready for engraving 748 



Drawings made, including maps, diagrams, etc 48 



Engravers' proofs criticized 524 



Printed editions of colored plates examined at Government 



Printing Office 7,000 



Correspondence attended to (letter's) 135 



Photographs selected and catalogued for private publication _ 310 

 Photolaboratory work by Dr. A. J. Olmsted, National Museum, 

 in cooperation with the Bureau of American Ethnology : 



Negatives 154 



Prints 335 



Lantern slides 91 



Films developed from field exposures 48 



During the early part of the calendar year Miss Mae W. 

 Tucker was detailed to this branch to assist in listing and 

 cataloguing the great collection of Indian negatives already 

 classified by Mr. Gill in previous years. Of the purely 

 ethnologic subjects, including portraits, arts, and industries, 

 the fist will embrace more than 7,000 units. This work, 

 so long delayed, has progressed most satisfactorily. 



LIBRARY 



The reference library has continued under the care of Miss 

 Ella Leary, librarian, assisted by Thomas BlackweU. 



During the year 600 volumes were accessioned, of which 97 

 were acquired by purchase, 100 by binding of periodicals, 



