SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 35 



SIL-240, 10/59 : Manuscript collection, Bureau of American Ethnology Archives. 



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 SII/-242, 11/59: Selected references on federal Indian policy and administra- 

 tion. Compiled by William C. Sturtevant. 10 pp. 



A new bibliographic series titled "Smithsonian Anthropological 

 Bibliographies" was inaugurated under the auspices of Dr. William C. 

 Sturtevant of the Bureau staff. This will include bibliographies of 

 varying length and technicality, both areal and topical, in all fields of 

 anthropology, and will be distributed to those requesting it. It is 

 hoped that individuals not affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution 

 who have prepared bibliographies for class use or other purposes which 

 might be of general usefulness will submit them to the Bureau for 

 consideration. No. 1 of the series is "Selected Eef erences on the Plains 

 Indians," 36 pages, multilithed, compiled by John C. Ewers. As in 

 other recent Bureau bibliographies, this one includes recordings of 

 music, sources of illustrations, a list of museums where noteworthy 

 Plains Indian collections are on exhibition, an index to the references 

 according to tribe, and an index of the tribes according to State. 



An increase of 885 letters over last year brought the total number of 

 inquiries about the American Indians received in the Director's office 

 during the year to 3,644. In addition, staff members received many 

 letters of a semiofficial nature, but these were not officially recorded. 

 Leaflets and other printed materials were sent in answer to many of 

 the inquiries, while information was supplied to others by staff mem- 

 bers. More than 13,000 informational items, including printed and 

 typescript articles, bibliographies, and several hundred photographic 

 lists, were sent out in response to requests for such materials. Numer- 

 ous specimens either brought to the office or sent by mail were identi- 

 fied for owners and data supplied on them. 



Respectfully submitted. 



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



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



