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in anthropological journals. Dr. Kalervo Oberg, who had returned 

 to the Washington office in June, prepared reports on the cultural 

 problems encountered by technical aid programs in Brazil, and read 

 and commented on Institute of Inter- American Affairs reports, as 

 requested. He described Servicio programs in Brazil at the annual 

 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 at St. Louis, Mo., in December. 



In Mexico all former Institute of Social Anthropology programs 

 were terminated and the activities of Dr. Isabel T. Kelly were inte- 

 grated with those of the Mexico City offices of the Institute of Inter- 

 American Affairs. Her assignments, all made from that office, in- 

 cluded trips to Monterey and Veracruz. In Colombia, beginning July 

 1, the work of Charles J. Erasmus was directly integrated with the 

 Bogota office of the Institute of Inter- American Affairs and all 

 assignments, including program planning, routine office work, and 

 field work in fisheries and agriculture were made by that office. Dr. 

 Ozzie Simmons was in Peru on July 1 awaiting transfer to Chile by the 

 Institute of Inter- American Affairs. There was unexected delay in 

 the shift, however, and as he had not been assigned to an Institute 

 program in Peru he made use of the time in terminating basic field 

 studies in the Canete Valley which, when published, will add to the 

 knowledge of contemporary Latin American culture and will be a use- 

 ful adjunct to program planning in the Institute of Inter- American 

 Affairs. Dr. Donald Pierson resigned his position in Brazil on June 

 30, 1952, and subsequently returned to the United States. 



Mrs. Eloise B. Edelen, of the Smithsonian Institution editorial 

 staff, continued to edit Institute of Social Anthropology manuscripts. 

 Publication No. 13, "The Tajm Totonac," by Isabel T. Kelly and 

 Angel Palerm, was released on September 22, 1952. Publications No. 

 15, "Indian Tribes of Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil," by Kalervo 

 Oberg, and No. 16, "Penny Capitalism: A Guatemalan Indian 

 Economy," by Sol Tax, were released for distribution on April 2 and 

 June 16, 1953, respectively. 



On December 31, 1952, the employment of Dr. George M. Foster, 

 Director, was terminated through a reduction-in-force action; and 

 anthropologists Isabel T. Kelly, Charles J. Erasmus, Ozzie Simmons, 

 and Kalervo Oberg were transferred to the Institute of Inter- Ameri- 

 can Affairs. 



ARCHIVES 



An apparent increase in public interest concerning American 

 Indians, particularly those of the West, has resulted in greater 

 demands on the large photographic collections. For the period from 

 March 1 to June 30, 1953, 288 prints, together with data concerning 

 them, were furnished in response to 104 requests. 



