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MISCELLANEOUS 



Dr. John P. Harrington, Dr. A. J. Waring, and Dr. M. W. Stirling 

 continued as research associates of the Bureau. Dr. Stirling used 

 the facilities of the Bureau laboratory in the preparation of final 

 reports on collections made in previous years during field trips to 

 Panama and Ecuador. 



Dr. Wallace L. Chafe, scientific linguist, joined the staff on April 

 3, 1959. In addition to the two summer interns mentioned in the re- 

 port of the archivist, the Bureau was fortunate in having the services 

 of Norma L. Hackelman, another summer intern, who assisted with 

 the preparation and checking of bibliographies to be included in 

 the Bureau's most useful bibliography and information leaflet series. 

 Owing to the limited staff and heavy workload, there were issued only 

 two new bibliographies and one revised list for distribution to the 

 public, as follows: 



SIL-50, 2d rev., 9/58. Selected list of portraits of prominent Indians in the 

 collections of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 3 pp. 



SIL-174, 12/58. Selected references on the Indians of Southeastern North 

 America. (State index, pp. 12-14; musical recordings, p. 14; museum ex- 

 hibits, pp. 14-16.) 16 pp. 



SIL-197, 11/58. Selected bibliography of maps relating to the American Indian. 

 4 pp. 



There were 2,759 letters of inquiry about American Indians and 

 related problems received in the Director's office alone during the 

 year. Information was furnished by staff members in answer to many 

 of the queries, and to others, information leaflets or other printed 

 items were supplied. In addition to the printed bibliographies and 

 information leaflets described above several such items were compiled 

 on topics of a general or specific nature and typescript copies sent out 

 in answer to the hundreds of requests for this information. Several 

 manuscripts were read and appraised by staff members for colleagues 

 and scientific organizations. Numerous specimens were identified for 

 owners and data supplied on them. 



EespectfuUy submitted. 



Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., Director. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution, 



