^6 Bcrnicc P. Bishop Muscidii — Bulletin 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 



From the report of the Librarian, Miss Elizabeth B. Higgins, the 

 following records ha\e been taken : 



ACCESSIONS 



Special menlion should be made of a few of the gifts. Among the manu- 

 scripts were the Lawson, MS, relating to the Marquesas, and the Andrews' Compara- 

 tive Vocabular)' of Hawaiian Words, both the gift of Mr. Arthur Alexander. A 

 collection of Hawaiian proverbs, compiled by Dr. Nathaniel Emerson and given by 

 Mrs. Emerson and her son, is an especially valuable acquisition. Through the 

 courtesy of Mr. R. B. Doom of Tahiti, the Museum was granted the privilege of 

 making a copy of the manuscript "History of the Island of Borabora" by Tati 

 Salmon. Among the maps were 13 advance sheets of surveys of the Hawaiian 

 islands, showing the position of artifacts on Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai. The gifts 

 of photographs include 25 views of New Zealand scenery and natives— the gift of 

 Dr. W. T. Brigham; 59 portraits of Honolulu residents (taken about 1870) — the 

 gift of Mrs. Walter Giflfard; 59 portraits of about the same date— the gift of Mr. 

 Albert F. Judd; 14 Hawaiian photographs of ethnological interest — the gift of 

 Mr. Theodore Kelsey; 12 views of Wake Island— the gift of Commander Picking 

 of the U. S. subtender "Beaver"; 14 portraits of early residents of Hawaii— the gift 

 of Col. C. P. laukea; 48 portraits and views in an album— the gift of Mrs. L. Webb. 

 The gifts of pamphlets included 128 separates and papers on subjects within 

 the Museum field — the gift of the Director; 103 papers on entomoIog\' — the gift of 

 J. F. Illingworth; 8 entomological papers (author's separates) — the gift of Mr. 

 Gerald Hill; 12 papers on marine zoology — the gift of Mr. James Hornell ; and 

 22 author's separates, papers on insects of Australia — the gift of Mr. Eustace W. 

 Ferguson. 



The gifts of books included a complete set of the Proceedings of the Wash- 

 ington Academy of Science.s — the gift of the Smithsonian Institution and a glos- 

 sary of the Rarotongan language — gift of the Carnegie Institution. 



For valuable gifts of books, pamphlets, photographs and manuscripts the 

 Museum is indebted to the following : 



Mr. A. C. Alexander, 2 manuscripts ; Argentine Republic Government, i 

 pamphlet; Australian Government, S volumes; .Australian Museum, 6 volumes. 5 

 pamphlets, and 1 manuscript; Mr, Frank C. Baker. 8 separates; Mr. Elsdon Best. 4 

 separates; Bishop Estate office, i manuscript; Dr. W. T. Brigham, 3 pamphlets 

 and 25 photographs ; Mr. Edwin H. Bryan, Jr., 19 pamphlets ; California State 

 Library, 4 pamphlets ; Carnegie Institution of Washington, i volume ; Carnegie 

 Institution of Washington — Geopliysical Laboratory, 8 pamplilets ; Mr. Frederick 

 Chapman, 5 separates; Dr. Charles Chilton, i volume; Chosen Government, i vol- 

 ume ; Cincinnati Museum, 1 pamphlet ; Colombo Museum, i volume ; Dr. C. 

 Montague Cooke, Jr., 1 separate ; Czechoslovak Republic. 6 volumes and 7 pamphlets ; 

 Mr. Hans Damm, 1 separate; Detroit Institute of .Arts. 5 pamphlets; Mr. R. B. 

 Doom. 1 manuscript; Dr. Charles H. Edmondson. 1 separate; Mrs. Sarah E. and 

 Mr. .Arthur W. Emerson, i manuscript; Mr. Carl Elschner. i pamphlet; Mr. Ken- 

 neth P. Emory, 3 pamphlets; Mr. Johannes Felix, 2 separates; Mr. Eustace W. 



