FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 11 



periodicals and society transactions and examining them for material 

 of interest and for book reviews lias been kept up to date. 



A beginning has been made on bringing analytical entries up to 

 date. The American Anthropologist, American Journal of Physical 

 Anthropology, American Antiquity, and other important sets have 

 been brought up to date with main cards only. Other sets and sub- 

 ject entries remain to be done. 



The librarian attended the meetings of the Inter- American Biblio- 

 graphical and Library Society in February 1942, and assisted in the 

 formation of a Map and Geography group in the Washington chapter 

 of the Special Libraries Association. Talks by the librarian on the 

 library and the rare-book collection were given before the Map group 

 of the Special Libraries Association on January 6, 1942, and before 

 the Museum group on March 10, 1942. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



During the year Mr. E. G. Cassedy, illustrator, continued the 

 preparation of illustrations, maps, and drawings for the publications 

 of the Bureau and for those of other branches of the Institution. 



COLLECTIONS 



Collections transferred by the Bureau of American Ethnology to 

 the Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum, 

 during the fiscal year were as follows : 



Accession 



No. 

 161294. Cult objects from voodoo shrines in the region of Croix des Bouquets near 



Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a small lot of archeological objects from 



Tortuga Island off the north coast of Haiti ; collected by Dr. A. Metraux 



during the summer of 1941. 

 162205. Archeological materials from Ventura, Santa Barbara, Inyo, and Kern 



Counties, Calif., collected by Dr. W. D. Strong in 1934. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



During the course of the year information was furnished by members 

 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 sent to the Bureau were identified and data on them furnished 

 for their owners. 



Personnel. — Dr. Philip Drucker was appointed on August 1, 1941, 

 as assistant anthropologist; Dr. Alfred Metraux was appointed on 

 September 2, 1941, as anthropologist; Miss Ethelwyn E. Carter was 

 appointed on September 2, 1941, as assistant clerk-stenographer in con- 

 nection with the preparation of the Handbook of South American 



