FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 9 



COLLECTIONS 



Accession 

 No. 



148,708. Potsherds, figurine fragments, and other artifacts from various sites 

 in Mexico, collected in 1938 by M. W. Stirling for the Bureau. (51 

 specimens. ) 



152,153. Male skeleton from deep trench west of Mound A, Shiloh National 

 Monument, Tenn., and a miscellaneous archeological collection, ob- 

 tained in the course of excavations conducted by F. H. H. Roberts, 

 Jr., during the winter of 1933-34 in cooperation with the Civil Works 

 Administration. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



During the course of the year information was furnished by mem- 

 bers of the Bureau staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning 

 the North American Indians, both past and present, and the Mexican 

 peoples of the prehistoric and early historic periods. Various speci- 

 mens se]it to the Bureau were identified and data on them furnished 

 for their owners. 



Personnel. — Dr. Truman Michelson, ethnologist, died July 26, 1938. 

 On February 1, 1939, Henry B. Collins, Jr., was appointed by transfer 

 from the United States National Museum to fill the vacancy caused 

 by the death of Dr. Michelson. Dr. William N. Fenton was ap- 

 pointed as ethnologist on February 6, 1939. H. B. Chappell resigned 

 as clerk in the library of the Bureau on October 4, 1938, and Walter 

 B. Greenwood was appointed on November 1, 1938, to fill this 

 vacancy. Stanley Searies, editor, retired on June 30, 1939. 



Kespectfully submitted. 



M. W. Stirling, Chief. 



Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Becretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



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