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the Pueblo, and the Indians south of that boundary, thus developing a complementary collection of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts of well-nigh priceless value. The Museum therefore has been more than fortunate in acquiring these noteworthy libraries, which for students have long been a source of information not obtainable in any other library, an acquisition made possible by Mr. Ford forestalling their possible dispersal in the future.

Of the value of the combined libraries to such an institution as the Museum there is no question.  From a purely commercial point of view, however, an expert in Americana has been consulted, who had no hesitation in reporting that, were he given practically double the amount paid for the libraries, and three years' time, he could hardly find it possible to duplicate more than two-thirds of the printed materials alone in these libraries, for the reason that very many rare and indispensable items are no longer obtainable at any price.  It may be imagined, therefore, with what keen pleasure and satisfaction the Director is enabled to report this outstanding gift by Mr. Ford.

The presentation of these libraries may be regarded as the culmination of many gifts of books by Mr. Ford, as for example the excessively rare Molina Dictionary of the Mexican or Aztec Language, Kingsborough's Mexican Antiquieties, the Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Dupaix's Expedition to Mexico, a set of Archaeologia, Maximilian's Travels, together with many others, among the most recent of which is John Eliot's translation of the Bible into the Natick Language of Massachusetts.  Taken together, these books constitute a library that so completely elcipses the nucleus of a collection of books already possessed by the Museum that it seems to me most fitting to recommend that henceforth the library of the Museum by designated [[italics]] The James B. Ford Library [[/italics]], so that students for all time may have ever in mind the name of the one who has done so much to facilitate scientific research.

The Museum Library is still housed in the building of the American Geographical Society, which continued to catalogue it. As it is contemplated to move the library to the Museum in the fall, no steps have as yet been taken to catalogue the recently acquired libraries of Messrs. Hodge and Saville.

Volumes in the Library at the present time (exclusive of 
the collections of Messrs. Hodge and Saville):

Books and pamphlets, catalogued...............  2,175
Excerpts, reprints, etc. (one entry)..........    592
Pamphlets placed (no entries).................    882
Periodicals, bound and unbound, accessioned...  2,008
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Total.........................................  5,657
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    Uncatalogued books.........................     43
    Uncatalogued pamphlets.....................     37
    Unaccesioned periodicals...................     ..
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        Total..................................     80
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        Grand total............................  5,737
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Additions during the year:
    Books.....................................     116
    Reprints, separates, etc..................     184
    Periodicals (including 14 duplicates).....     249
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                                                   549

Cataloguing:
    Volumes catalogued.......................       84
    Reprints placed..........................      136
    Periodicals accessioned..................      235
    Cards made and filed.....................      409
    L. C. cards received.....................      343
    Number of cards in catalogue.............    9,476

PUBLICATIONS

In continuance of the activities of the Museum in diffusing the results of its researches, the following publications have been issued since the last annual report:

    "Skeletal Remains From Santa Barbara, California." I. Craniology. 
By Bruno Oetteking.
    "The Cayapa Indians of Ecuador." By S.A. Barrett. In two volumes.
  "List of Publications of the Museum." Fifth edition.
    "The Rappahannock Indians of Virginia." By Frank G. Speck.
    "Indian Notes." Volume II.
The above publications appear in the series of [[italics]] Indian Notes and Monographs. [[/italics]] In addition the following have been issued:
    "The Woodcarver's Art in Ancient Mexico." By Marshall H. Saville. [[italics]] Contributions from the Museum [[/italics]], Volume IX.
    "A Rare Salish Blanket." By George G. Heye and William C. Orchard. [[italics]] Leaflets [[/italics]], No. 5.
Entirely in type and now in process of printing is "Pottery of Costa Rica and Nicaragua." By S. K. Lothrop, to appear in two parts as Volume VIII of [[italics]] Contributions [[/italics]].

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