48 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; 1909. 



composition of Bulletins 46 and 47. The preparation of nearly all the manu- 

 script of Bulletin 40, Part I, was finished, and most of the volume was in type. 



At the close of the year manuscripts duly approved for publication as bu- 

 reau bulletins were on hand, as follows : 



Bulletin 37 (partially edited). Antiquities of central and southeastern Mis- 

 souri, by Gerard Fowke. 



Bulletin 44 (partially edited). Linguistic families of Mexico and Central 

 America, by Cyrus Thomas, assisted by John R. Swanton. 



Bulletin 45. Chippewa music, by Frances Densmore. 



The distribution of publications continued as in former years. The Twenty- 

 sixth Annual Report was issued in July, and Bulletin 34 in December. During 

 the year 1,676 copies each of the Twenty-sixth Annual Report and Bulletin 34 

 were sent to regular recipients, and 3,000 volumes and pamphlets were trans- 

 mitted in response to special requests, presented largely by Members of Con- 

 gress. The number of requests for the bureau's publications greatly exceeded 

 those received during any previous year. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The preparation of illustrations continued in charge of Mr. De Lancey Gill, 

 with Mr. Henry Walther as assistant. Illustrative material for six bulletins 

 and one annual report was completed during the year; of this material 498 

 illustrations were photographic prints and 77 were drawings. Proofs of the 

 illustrations of three bulletins were examined and approved. Portrait nega- 

 tives of 22 visiting Indian delegations to the number of 196 were made. The 

 total output of the photographic laboratory was as follows: New negatives, 473; 

 films exposed in the field and developed in the office, 454 ; photographic prints, 

 3,498. 



LIBRARY. 



The library continued in charge of Miss Ella Leary, librarian. During the 

 year 1,459 volumes and about 700 pamphlets were received and catalogued, and 

 about 2,000 serials, chiefly the publications of learned societies, were received 

 and recorded. As the law now permits the binding of miscellaneous publica- 

 tions belonging to the library at the expense of the allotment for general print- 

 ing and binding, it was found possible to bind a much larger uumber of vol- 

 umes than in previous years, and thus to save many valuable works that were 

 threatened with destruction. During the year 2,194 volumes were sent to the 

 bindery, and of these all but about 500 had been received before the close of 

 the fiscal year. I«n addition to the use of its own library, which is becoming 

 more and more valuable through exchange and by limited purchase, it was 

 found necessary to draw on the Library of Congress for the loan of 513 vol- 

 umes. The library of the bureau now contains 15,511 volumes, about 11,000 

 pamphlets, and several thousand unbound periodicals. 



LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS. 



Mr. J. B. Clayton served as custodian of manuscripts. The bureau now pos- 

 sesses 1,678 manuscripts, mostly linguistic, 19 having been added during the 

 year, mainly by purchase. All of these are of great value, and the number in- 

 cludes four by Miss Frances Densmore on Chippewa music, four by Mr. J. P. 

 Dunn on Miami and Peoria linguistics, one each by Miss Alice C. Fletcher on 

 the Omaha Indians, Mr. D. I. Bushnell on the Choctaw Indians of Louisiana, 

 and Mr. Paul Radin on the Winnebago Indians. The card catalogue of manu- 

 scripts is complete to date. 



Respectfully submitted. 



W. H. Holmes, Chief. 



Dr. Ciiakles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



