ADMIXISTRATHK REPORT ■ XXXI 



of the year the preparation of" ilhistratious was conducted under 

 tlie able supervision of i\Ir DeLancey W. Gill, of the United 

 States Geological Survey, through the coui-tesy of Honorable 

 Charles D. Walcott, Dii'cctor of that bureau. During- the year 

 about To negatives and 61 d photographic prints were made 

 for purposes of illustration and exchange. The preservation 

 and cataloffuing- ()f the Bureau's negatives have continued with 

 the aid of Jlr Henrj' Walther. 



Property 



The propert}' of the Bureau of American Ethnology is, with 

 the exception of two or three items, small in amount and value. 

 By far the most important and valuable property in the custody 

 of the Bureau is the collection of manuscript records, represent- 

 ing a considerable pai-t of the work of the collaborators and the 

 contributions of correspondents during the last twenty years, 

 as well as the collection originally acquired from tlie Smith- 

 sonian Institution. The greater ])art of the manuscripts are lin- 

 guistic, and these are not in condition for publication, thougli 

 invaluable for purposes of study and comparison. The entire 

 collection, embracing more than 2,()0() titles, is catalogued and 

 aiTanged in fireproof vaults in the offices of the Bureau. A 

 strict custody is maintained, luider the immediate supervision 

 of the director. 



A related class of property comprises photographs of Indian 

 subjects. So far as is practicable, these are represented by 

 original negatives with a systematic series of prints. The 

 collection comprises about 5,000 negatives, with about 3,000 

 prints, including 800 prints from negatives which are not in the 

 possession of the Bureau. The collection is in constant use in 

 connection with the preparation of illustrations for the reports; 

 its custody is vested in the illustrator of the Bureau. 



Among the minor items the most important is the library, of 

 7,894 volumes and over 5,000 ])amphlets, with plain wooden 

 cases sufficient to accommodate them. The greater part of the 

 library represents the product of exchange, and in addition 

 there is a fair collection of books of reference and standard 

 works on ethnologic subjects obtained by purchase. The 

 libraiy is in innnediate charge of Mr F. W. Hodge 



