Bibliography of William Henry Holmes 
Compiled by Ella Leary 
Librarian of the Bureau of American Ethnology 
1875 I. First ascent of the Mountain of the 
Holy Cross, Colorado. Expedition of 
1874. Christian Weekly, May 1, 1875. 
1876 2. Report on the geology of the north- 
western portion of the Elk range. Eighth 
Annual Report of the United States Geo- 
logical and Geographical Survey of the Ter- 
ritories, 1874, pp. 59-71, Washington, 
1876. 
3. A notice of the ancient ruins of south- 
western Colorado, examined during the 
summer of 1875. Bulletin of the United 
States Geological and Geographical Survey 
of the Territories, 11, pp. 3-24, Washing- 
ton, 1876. 
1877 4. Report on the geology of the district 
examined by the southwestern or San 
Juan division during the season of 1875. 
Ninth Annual Report of the United States 
Geological and Geographical Survey of the 
Territories, 1875, PP- 237-276, Washing- 
ton, 1877. 
1878 5. Report on the geology of the Sierra 
Abajo and West San Miguel mountains. 
Tenth Annual Report of the United States 
Geological and Geographical Survey of the 
Territories, 1876, pp. 187-195, Washing- 
ton, 1878. 
6. Report on the ancient ruins of south- 
western Colorado, examined during the 
summers of 1875 and 1876. Ibid., pp. 
383-408. 
1880 7. Fossil forests of the volcanic tertiary 
formations of the Yellowstone National 
Park. Bulletin of the United States Geo- 
logical and Geographical Survey of the 
Territories, 1879-80, v, pp. 125-132, 
Washington, 1880. 
1881 8. Glacial phenomena in the Yellowstone 
Park. American Naturalist, vol. xv, pp. 
203-208, Philadelphia, 1881. 
1883 9. Report on the geology of the Yellow- 
stone National Park. Twelfth Annual 
Report of the United States Geological and 
Geographical Survey of the Territories, 
1878, 11, pp. 1-57, Washington, 1883. 
10. Art in shell. Transactions of the 
Anthropological Society of Washington, 
1882-1883, n , PP- 94 - H 9 , Washington, 
1883. 
11. The use of the cross symbol by the 
ancient Americans. Ibid., pp. 161-172. 
12. Art in shell of the ancient Ameri- 
cans. Second Annual Report of the Bu- 
reau of Ethnology, 1880-81, pp. 179-305, 
Washington, 1883. 
1884 13. Prehistoric textile fabrics of the 
United States, derived from impressions 
on pottery. Third Annual Report of the 
Bureau of Ethnology, 1881-82, pp. 393- 
425, Washington, 1884. 
14. Eccentric figures from southern 
mounds. Science, in, pp. 436-438, Cam- 
bridge, Mass., 1884. 
15. Appearance of the cyclone cloud at 
Rochester, Minn., 1883. Ibid., p. 304. 
16. Burial-masks of the ancient Peru- 
vians. Ibid., iv, pp. 10-11. 
17- Illustrated catalogue of a portion of 
the collections made by the Bureau of 
Ethnology during the field season of 
1881. Third Annual Report of the Bu- 
reau of Ethnology, 1881-82, pp. 427-510 
Washington, 1884. 
1885 18. Report [of the Geologist] to the Di- 
rector of the United States Geological 
Survey, 1884-85. Sixth Annual Report 
of the United States Geological Survey, 
1884-83, pp. 94-97, Washington, 1885. 
19. Monoliths of San J uan Teotihuacan, 
Mexico. American Journal of Arche- 
ology, 1, pp. 361-371, Baltimore, 1885. 
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