15. Brown, R. W. 1956. Composition of scientific words. 

 Published by the author. Although Dr. Brown 

 approached several commercial publishers, they 

 wanted to modify his work to such an extent that he 

 finally decided to publish it himself. The first edition 

 was printed in 1954 and distributed before Brown 

 realized it contained too many errors. He then had 

 the book reprinted, again at his own expense. 

 "Brownie" had kept track of purchases, and he 

 replaced each copy he had sold of the first edition, an 

 action that cost him about $25,000. All copies of the 

 first edition were taken to his farm and burned in his 

 fireplace for heat. Upon Roland Brown's death, 



the remaining stock of the book was willed to the 

 Smithsonian Institution for sale. After a few years, 

 foolishly, the books were remaindered. Eventually 

 there was such a demand for this unique work that 

 the Smithsonian Institution Press reprinted it. 



16. Pamela Henson, an oral history specialist at the 

 Smithsonian Archives, has studied this organization in 

 some detail and prepared a summary of its early 

 history. She has also contributed information from 

 various oral histories to confirm some of the items of 

 human interest. 



17. Elaine R. S. Hodges, wife of Ronald Hodges of the 

 Department of Agriculture, played a leading part in 

 forming the Guild, and I have drawn from a general 

 short account she prepared of the organization. 



17. Shared Facilities 



1. (Mark, L. F. 1946. The library of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Science 104:143-146. 



2. Rathbun, R. 1913. Annual report for the year ending June 

 30, 1912, p. 108. 



3. Rathbun, R. 1914. Annual report for the year ending June 

 30, 1913, pp. 110-111. 



4. Tolman, C. 1944. Annual report of the National Collection 

 of Fine Arts for 1943, p. 27. 



5. Wetmore, A. 1944. Annual report for the year ending 

 June 30, 1943, p. 1 1. 



6. Wetmore, A. 1930. Annual report for the year ending 

 June 30, 1930, 29. 



7. Ripley, S. D. 1968. Smithsonian Year 1967. pp. 29-30. 



8. Ripley, S. D. 1968. Smithsonian Year 1966. 



9. Squires, D. F. 1970. An information storage and 

 retrieval system for biological and geological data. 

 Curator 13:43-62. 



10. Ripley, S. D. 1972. Smitfuonian Year 1972, p. 53. 



11. St. Thomas, L. 1983. First phase of inventory 

 complete. Torch (July). 



12. Ripley, S. D. 1969. Smithsonian Year 1969, p. 15. 



13. Bond, C. 1984. It came from inner space. Smitlisonian 

 15 (3). 



14. Very little has been written about the technicians and 

 preparators at any period of time. An excellent 

 reference is a short paper by Shufeldt, R. W. 1922, 

 "Artisans of the National Museum," Museum Work, 

 including the Proceedings of the American Association of 

 Museums, vol. 5 (3):49-54. 



15. Rathbun, R. 1916. Annual report for fiscal year 1915, 

 p. 118. 



16. Ravenel, W. de C. 1920. Annual report for the year 

 ending June 30, 1919, p. 16. 



17. J. E. Pogue. 1913. Division of Mineralogy and 

 Petrology, U.S. National Museum, A record of its 



arrangement and activities, p. 18. 



18. Wetmore, A. 1944. Annual report for the year ending 

 June 30, 1943, p. 20. 



19. In 1960 and 1961 Harold T. Merryman, the inventor 

 of the technique wrote several articles in Curator. 

 Rolland Hower, the perfector of the method, in 1962 

 prepared a small information leaflet, which grew into 

 his book Freeze-drying biological specimens, 1979 

 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press). 



18. Shops and Maintenance 



1. Rathbtm, R. 1909. Aimual report for the year ending June 

 30, 1909, p. 13. 



2. Rathbun, R. 1913. A descriptive account of the 

 building recently erected from the departments of 

 natural history of the United States National Museum. 

 United States National Museum Bulletin 80, p. 79. 



3. Wetmore, A. 1935. Annual report for the year ending 

 June 30, 1934, p. 15. 



4. Rathbun, R. 1917. Annual report for fiscal year 1916, 

 p. 14. 



5. Wetmore, A. 1928. Annual report for fiscal year 1928, 

 p. 31. 



6. Wetmore, A. \92>9. Annual report for the year ending 

 June 30, 1938, p. 16. 



7. Rathbun, R. 1917. Anual report for fiscal year 1916, 

 p. 13. 



8. Judd, N. M. 1968. Men met along the trail: Adventures in 

 archeology, p. 53. 



19. Others in the Building 



1. Kopper, P. 1982. Volunteer, oh volunteer — a salute to the 

 Smithsonian's wipaid legions. Washington: Smithsonian 

 Institution Press. 46 pp. 



2. Volunteers of 1983, we salute you. TorcA, January 

 1984. For the past several years the January issue has 

 devoted four pages to volunteers. 



3. These figures are compiled by the Independent 

 Volunteer Placement Service, Smithsonian Institution. 



4. Questions worth asking about the Discovery Room. Leaflet. 

 April 1977. 



20. The Visitors 



1. Rathbun, R. 1913. Annual report for the year ending June 

 30, 1912, pp. 15-16. 



2. Torch, April 1984. 



3. Park, E. 1975. "Around the Mall and beyond. 

 Smithsonian 6 (6). 



4. Kellogg, A. R. 1962. Annual report for the year ending 

 June 30, 1961. 



5. Torch, April 1969. 



21. Public Places 



1. Washington Post, Septemher 21 , \90S. 



2. Washington Post, October 9, 1908. 



3. Walcott, C. D. 1909. Annual report for fiscal year 1909. 



4. Rathbun, R. 1911. Annual report for the year ending June 

 30, 1910, p. 68. 



5. Rathbun, R. 1913. Annual report for the year ending June 

 30, 1912, p. 78. 



6. Kask, J. L. 1971. Fisheries Service has often been 

 foster child. National Fisherman 52 (2):4A, 13A. 



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