ADMINISTKATIVK REPORT XXXIII 



part of the fiscal year he liad the assistance of Mi-s Lucre - 

 tia M. Waring, who made good progress in the cata- 

 loguing of the books and pamphets in accordance with 

 the classification of anthropie science developed in the 

 Bureau. The number of books and pamphlets on hand 

 at the close of the fiscal year is about 12,000 and 6,000, 

 respectively. 



COLLECTIONS 



Collaborators engaged in field work made more or less 

 extensive collections for use in their researches, and for 

 sul)sequent transfer to the National Museum ; and, in 

 addition, a number of special collections were acquired. 

 Conspicuous among these was the Hudson basketry col- 

 lection, from California, for which negotiations were 

 opened during the last fiscal year, though the material 

 was received and installed during the current year ; it is 

 regarded as one of the most instructive collections of 

 American aboriginal basketry extant, and its possession, 

 in connection with the very considerable collections of 

 corresponding ware already in the Institution, places the 

 National Museum in a foremost position among the 

 museums of the world so far as opportunities for study 

 of primitive basketry are concerned. Another notewor- 

 thy collection was that of Mr J. B. Hatcher in Patagonia, 

 of which the final portions were received during the fiscal 

 year, together with a good series of photographs illustrat- 

 ing the use of artifacts, the construction of habitations, 

 etc. ; while various collections of objects required to com- 

 plete series were acquired by purchase. Among the minor 

 collections was an exceptionally fine one of copper imple- 

 ments from the Lake Superior region ; these implements 

 Avere noteworthy in that they were, while of aboriginal 

 design, wrought with metal tools in such wise as to show 

 the influence of Caucasian conta(^t ; so that the collection 

 forms an instructive example of acculturation, and serves 

 as a useful guide in the classification of otlier copper 

 objects in the Museum. A ]iarticularly useful series of 



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