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ence. A number of the Iroquoian vocabularies collected by Mrs. Smith 

 and J. N. B. Hewitt and recorded in the Powell Outline volumes were 

 copied on cards and filed for more convenient reference. The num- 

 ber of these cards so far completed is approximately 7,500. Personal 

 and place names numbering about 600 were copied from New York 

 State historical documents and placed in the card catalog. The Nez 

 Perce dictionary compiled by Miss S. L. McBeth was copied on cards 

 from the original manuscript in the Bureau collection. These cards 

 number about 2,000. 



Early in 1946 preparation was begun for a catalog of the unpub- 

 lished manscript material in the Bureau archives, to be published for 

 distribution. In order to insure as accurate a catalog as possible the 

 material is being checked piece by piece and listed on memorandum 

 sheets for the final typing. 



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. 

 171677. One elk-horn quirt from the Pawnee Indians. Collected about 1877 

 near Columbus, Nebr., by Elon J. Lawton, M. D. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



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

 bers of the Bureau staff in reply to numerous inquiries concerning the 

 American Indians of both continents, both past and present. Various 

 specimens sent to the Bureau were identified and data on them fur- 

 nished for their owners. 



Personnel. — Dr. Philip Drucker, anthropologist, returned to duty 

 from military furlough on December 17, 1945. Dr. Homer G. Barnett 

 resigned December 31, 1945. Mrs. Catherine M. Phillips, clerk-stenog- 

 rapher, transferred to the War Department May 21, 1945, and Mrs. 

 Jessie S. Shaw was promoted to fill this vacancy effective June 3, 1946, 

 by transfer from the division of ethnology, United States National 

 Museum. 



EespectfuUy submitted. 



M. W. Stirling, Chief. 



Dr. A. Wetmore, 



/Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



