74 ANNUAL, EEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1922. 



During the year 406 books were accessioned, of which 64 were 

 acquired by purchase, 120 by binding of periodicals, and 142 by 

 gift and exchange. The periodicals currently received number about 

 900, of which 33 are received by subscription, the remainder being 

 received through exchange. The bureau has also received 159 

 pamphlets, giving at the close of the year a working library of 

 24,561 volumes, 14,936 pamphlets, and several thousand unbound 

 periodicals. 



In addition to the regular routine of library work, Miss Leary 

 has been able, with the assistance of Miss Atkins, to make rapid 

 progress toward the completion of the new subject catalogue, with 

 the result that about 18,000 catalogue cards have been filed during the 

 fiscal year. 



The greatest need of the library is for more shelf room for its 

 publications, due to its growth during the past few years. The 

 library is greatly hampered by this need. 



The posting of the monthly bulletin of new publications was 

 continued throughout the year. 



During the year many students not connected with the Smithsonian 

 Institution found the library of service in seeking volumes not ob- 

 tainable in other libraries of the city. The library was used also by 

 the Library of Congress and officers of the executive departments, 

 and out-of-town students have called upon the library for loans 

 during the year. In addition to the use of its own library it was 

 found necessary to draw on the Library of Congress from time to 

 time for the loan of about 400 volumes. 



There were bound during the year 200 books, pamphlets, and serial 

 publications. 



COLLECTIONS. 



The following collections, acquired by members of the bureau or 

 by those detailed in connection Avith its researches, have been trans- 

 ferred to the United States National Museum : 



66880. Collection of Alaskan ethnologica made by the late Rev. Sheldon Jack- 

 son and purchased by the bureau from his daughter, Miss Leslie Jackson. 



67105. Shell and pottery specimens from Ten Thousand Islands, Florida, col- 

 lected during the spring of 1921 by Mr. William Dinwiddle, Metuchen, N. J. 



67112. Four stone objects, and two pottery fragments from " Bear " and 

 " Lewis " mounds, near Portsmouth, Ky., collected by Mr. Gerard Fowke dur- 

 ing the spring of 1921. 



07225. Four pieces of pottery and eight pieces of flint, collected by Prof. J. E. 

 Pearce, of Austin, Tex., in eastern Texas during the summer of 1919. 



67258. Collection of shell objects presented to the bureau by Charles T. Earle. 

 of Palma Sola, Fla., found near Shaws Point, Fla. 



67274. Collection of archeological objects secured by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes from 

 the Mesa Verde National Park, Colo., in the spring of 1920. 



67398. Chuukey stone from Rowena, Ky. 



