*8 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



The following publications were in press at the close of the fiscal 

 year: 



Bulletin 137. The Indians of the Southeastern United States, by John R. 

 Swanton. 



Bulletin 143. Handbook of South American Indians. Julian H. Steward, 

 editor. Volume 1 : The Marginal tribes. Volume 2 : The Andean civilizations. 

 Volume 3 : The Tropical Forest tribes. Volume 4 : The circum-Caribbean tribes. 



Publications distributed totaled 11,570. 



In addition to the regular work, the editorial staff of the Bureau 

 continued work on the publications of the Institute of Social Anthro- 

 pology. 



LIBRARY 



There has been no change in the library staff during the fiscal year. 

 Accessions during the year totaled 204. There has been a large in- 

 crease in gifts, both spontaneous and on our request. Aside from one 

 large gift which came to us as a unit, both types of gifts are double 

 the number received during the previous fiscal year. Exchanges also 

 much increased over last year and material is beginning to come in 

 from the various countries of western Europe now that postal service 

 is once more established. Several foreign serial sets have been 

 brought up to date by missing numbers supplied, sometimes in long 

 runs, so that our serial sets are in a very good position, considering the 

 disturbed conditions of the past 5 years. 



The routine of accessioning and cataloging new material has been 

 kept up to date, and the checklist for the supplement to the last edi- 

 tion of the Union List of Serials was checked for new entries and 

 errors and returned to the editor. 



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. 



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. 



168052. Collection of spoons and fishhooks from Indians of the northwest Pa- 

 cific coast of British Columbia and southeast Alaska ; also a bone skin 

 scraper from the Alaskan Eskimo. From the estate of David I. Bush- 

 nell, Jr. 



168260. Collection of arrows, skin quivers, and headdresses from the Hupa 

 Indians, Humboldt County, Calif., collected by E. G. Johnson. 



