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by photographs and drawings, representing the people and the extensive collections 

 made by Mr. Nelson ; the latter is accompanied by numerous maps. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Library. — The additions to the working library of the Bureau were unprecedented 

 in number and value, particularly in respect to standard works of reference; mean- 

 time the normal growth due to accessions through exchange has continued. At the 

 close of the fiscal year the contents of the library comprised 7,138 volumes, in addi- 

 tion to several thousand pamphlets and periodicals. 



Illustrations. — During the earlier part of the year the preparation of illustrations 

 for reports was continued under the direction of Mr. De Lancey W. Gill, the photo- 

 graphic work being executed by Mr. William Dinwiddie. Toward the end of the 

 calendar year Mr. Dinwiddie retired from the Bureau, and on January 1 Mr. Wells 

 M. Sawyer, formerly of the Geological Survey, was placed in charge of the illustra- 

 tive Avork, including photography. This arrangement has been found satisfactory, 

 and the illustrative work is now carried forward acceptably in all of its phases. Mr. 

 Henry Walther has aided Mr. Sawyer efficiently in cataloguing and classifying nega- 

 tives and prints, as well as in photographic printing. 



Exhibits. — As noted incidentally in earlier paragraphs, an exhibit was prepared for 

 the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville. It comprises half of a Kiowa 

 camp-circle, represented in miniature, occupying a semicircular area with a radius 

 of about 20 feet in a central portion of the Government Building. The installa- 

 tion of the material was completed in time for the formal opening, and before the 

 end of the fiscal year it became evident that the display will be generally regarded 

 as attractive and successful. 



Respectfully submitted. J, W. Powell, 



Director. 



Hon. S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the SmiihsotiUm Institution. 



