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112888. Archeological material from the vicinity of Tampa Bay, Fla., 

 collected by M. W. Stirling in 1930. (115 specimens.) 



114648. Skeletal material from Horrs Island, Collier County, Fla., 

 collected during February and March, 1931, by M. W. 

 Stirling. (150 specimens.) 



PROPERTY 



Office equipment was purchased to the amount of $571.25. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The correspondence and other clerical work of the office has 

 been conducted by Miss May S. Clark, clerk to the chief, 

 assisted by Anthony W. Wilding, clerk. Miss Mae W. 

 Tucker, stenographer, was engaged in copying manuscript 

 material for Doctor Swanton and in assisting Mr. Hewitt in 

 his work as custodian of manuscripts and phonograph rec- 

 ords. The manuscript Dictionary of * * * Indian Lan- 

 guages of North, Central, and South America and the West 

 Indies, compiled by W. R. Gerard, which was in danger of 

 becoming illegible due to the frayed condition of the paper 

 on which it was written and the faded writing, has been 

 copied by Miss Tucker. Work was begun on the catalogue 

 of the photographic negatives belonging to the bureau. To 

 date approximately 7,000 negatives have been listed. 



During the course of the year information was furnished 

 by members of the staff in reply to numerous inquiries con- 

 cerning the North American Indians, both past and present, 

 and the Mexican peoples of the prehistoric and early historic 

 periods to the south. Various specimens sent to the bureau 

 were identified and data on them furnished for their owners. 



Personnel. — Winslow M. Walker was appointed as asso- 

 ciate anthropologist on the staff of the bureau on March 6, 

 1931. 



Miss May S. Clark, clerk, retired June 30, 1931. 



Respectfully submitted. 



M. W. Stirling, Chief. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



