8 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



LIBRARY 



Accessions during the fiscal year totaled 190. There has been a 

 sharp decrease in accessions owing to war conditions. 



The routine work of accessioning and cataloging new material has 

 been kept up to date. About half of the cards withdrawn from the 

 catalog for reclassification have been returned to the catalog, with the 

 new numbers added and subject headings corrected. 



The library has been used considerably for the work of the Ethno- 

 geographic Board and other war agencies. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



During the year E. G. Cassedy, illustrator, continued the prepara- 

 tion of illustrations, maps, and drawings for the publications of the 

 Bureau and for those of other branches of the Institution. 



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 sent to the Bureau were identified and data on them furnished 

 for their owners. 



Personnel. — Dr. Julian H. Steward, anthropologist, was appointed 

 Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology, Smithsonian 

 Institution, on September 1, 1943, by transfer from the Bureau, and 

 Dr. Homer G. Barnett was appointed as anthropologist on December 

 30, 1943, on the Bureau roll, to fill this vacancy. The work on the 

 Handbook of South American Indians was continued under the 

 Interdepartmental Committee for Cooperation with the American Re- 

 publics after September 1, 1943. Anthony W. Wilding, clerk-stenog- 

 rapher, was appointed Property Officer of the United States National 

 Museum on December 20, 1943, by transfer from the Bureau, and 

 Mrs. Catherine M. Phillips was appointed to fill this vacancy on De- 

 cember 22, 1943, by transfer from the editorial division, Smithsonian 

 Institution. Dr. John R. Swanton, ethnologist, retired on June 30, 

 1944. 



Respectfully submitted. 



]N[. W. SnuLTNG, Chief, 



The Secretary, 



Smithsonian Institution. 



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