REPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 



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by Dr. Theodore N. Gill, Dr. Charles W. Richmond, Dr. Charles A. White, Dr. 

 E. A. Schwartz, Dr. O. P. Hay, and Dr. Marcus Benjamin. The publications 

 are scientific and of value in completing sets and filling in of the series of authors' 

 separates. 



In the death of Dr. Charles A. White the Museum library has lost one of its 

 valued benefactors. Doctor White was at all times ready to forward the 

 interests of the Museum library and gave material assistance in the work of 

 completing its series of authors' separates and its sets of periodical publications. 

 His gifts have been numerous and are of special value along the lines of the 

 work upon which he was engaged. 



Lists of the publications in the sectional libraries of the Museum have been 

 made, and an experienced cataloguer has been checking them up with the 

 publications on the shelves in the sections. The work of checking is uncompleted 

 at the close of the fiscal year, but will be continued. 



In the Museum library there are now 38,300 volumes, 61,858 unbound papers, 

 and 110 manuscripts. The accessions during the year consisted of 2,056 books, 

 5,541 pamphlets, and 307 parts of volumes ; 1,001 books, 1,055 complete volumes 

 of periodicals* and 6,294 pamphlets were catalogued. 



Attention has been given to the preparation of volumes for binding, with the 

 result that 435 books were sent to the government bindery. 



The number of books, periodicals, and pamphlets borrowed from the general 

 library amounted to 23,272, including 4,148 from the collections which were 

 assigned to the sectional libraries. 



The sectional libraries established in the Museum have remained unchanged, 

 the complete Ljt now standing as follows: 

 Administration. Geology. Mollusks. 



Administrative assistant. History. Oriental archaeology. 



Anthropology. Insects. Paleobotany. 



Biology. Invertebrate paleontol- Parasites. 



Birds. ogy. Physical anthropology. 



Botany. Mammals. Prehistoric archaeology. 



Comparative anatomy. Marine invertebrates. Reptiles. 



Editor. Materia medica. Superintendent. 



Ethnology. Mesozoic fossils. Taxidermy. 



Fishes. Mineralogy. Technology. 



SUMMARY OF ACCESSIONS. 



The following table summarizes all the accessions during the year except for 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology, which is separately administered : 



Smithsonian deposit in the Library of Congress, including parts to 

 complete sets 10,499 



Office, Astrophysical Observatory, National Zoological Park, and Inter- 

 national Exchanges 626 



United States National Museum Library 7, 904 



Total 19,029 



Respectfully submitted. 



Paul Brockett, Assistant Librarian. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



