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Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the Year Ended June 30, 1953 AM 101 S6628 CRLSSI :^. Report of the Secretary and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents Smithsonian Institution Report of the Secretary and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents For the year ended June 30 1954 Smithsonian Publication 4182 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1955 CONTENTS Page List of oflficials v General statement 1 The Establishment 5 The Board of Regents 5 Finances 7 Visitors 7 Lectures 8 Summary of the year's activities of the Institution 9 Reports of branches of the Institution: United States National Museum 13 Bureau of American Ethnology 29 Astrophysical Observatory 46 National Collection of Fine Arts 51 Freer Gallery of Art 63 National Air Museum 74 National Zoological Park 93 Canal Zone Biological Area 131 International Exchange Service 137 National Gallery of Art 146 Report on the Library 159 Report on Publications 163 Report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents 169 III THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION June 30, 1954 Presiding Officer ex officio.—Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States. Chancellor.—Eabl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. Members of the Institution: Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States. Richard M. Nixon, Vice President of the United States. Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. John Foster Duixes, Secretary of State. George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury. Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General. Arthur E. Summerfield, Postmaster General. Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior. Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor. OvETA CuLP Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Regents of the Institution: Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor. Richard M. Nixon, Vice President of the United States. Clinton P. Anderson, Member of the Senate. Leverett Saltonstall, Member of the Senate. H. Alexander Smith, Member of the Senate. Clarence Cannon, Member of the House of Representatives. Leroy Johnson, Member of the House of Representatives. John M. Vorys, Member of the House of Representatives. Vannevar Bush, citizen of Washington, D. C. Arthur H. Compton, citizen of Missouri. Robert V. Fleming, citizen of Washington, D. C. Jerome C. Hunsaker, citizen of Massachusetts. Owen J. Roberts, citizen of Pennsylvania. Executive Committee.—Robert V. Fleming, chairman, Vannevab Bush, Clar- ence Cannon. Secretary.—Leonard Carmichael. Assistant Secretaries.—John E. Graf, J. L. Keddy. Administrative assistant to the Secretary.—Mrs. Lothse M. Pearson. Treasurer.—J. D. Howard. Chief, editorial and publications division.—Paul H. Oehser. Assistant chief, editorial and puhlications division.—John S. Lea. Librarian.—Mrs. Leila F. Clark. Chief, accounting division.—Thomas F. Clark, Superi7itendent of huildings and grounds.—L. L. Oliver. Assistant superintendents of huildings and grounds.—Charles C. Sinclair, Andrew F. Michaels, Jr. Chief, personnel division.—.Tack B. Xe\vman. Chief, supply division.—Anthony W. Wilding. Chief, photographic laboratory.—F. B. Kestner. 3«pr 1 7195K ; VI ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Director.—A. Rkmington Kellogg. Exhibits specialist.—J. E. Anglim. Exhibits icorkers.—T. G. Baker, R. W. S. Browne, R. O. Hower, W. T. Marinetti, Morris M. Pearson. Chief, office of correspondence and records.—Helena M. Weiss. Department of Anthropology : Frank M. Setzler, head curator ; A. J. Andrews, exhibits preparator W. W. Taylor, Jr., collaborator in anthropology. Division of Archeology: Waldo R. Wedel, curator ; Clifford Evans, Jr., asso- ciate curator; George S. Metcalf, museum aide. Division of Ethnology : H. W. Krieger, curator; J. C. Ewers, C. M. Watkins, associate curators ; R. A. Elder, Jr., assistant curator. Division of Physical Anthropology: T. Dale Stewart, curator ; M. T. Newman, associate curator. Associate in Anthropology : Neil M. Judd. Department of Zoology : Waldo L. Schmitt, head curator ; W. L. Brown, chief exhibits preparator C. H. Aschemeier, W. M. Perrygo, E. G. Laybourne, C. S. East, J. D. Biggs, exhibits preparators ; W. L. Goodloe, exhibits worker ; Mrs. Aime M. Awl, scientific illustrator. Division of Mammals: D. H. Johnson, acting curator; H. W. Setzer, Charles O. Handley, Jr., assistant curators ; A. Brazier Howell, collaborator Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., associate. Division of Birds: Herbert Friedmann, curator; H. G. Deignan, associate curator ; Gorman M. Bond, museum aide ; Alexander Wetmore, research associate and custodian of alcoholic and skeleton collections ; Arthur C. Bent, collaborator. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians: Doris M. Cochran, associate curator. Division of Fishes: Leonard P. Schultz, curator; E. A. Lachner, associate curator ; Robert H. Kanazawa, museum aide. Division of Insects: O. L. Cartwright, acting curator; R. E. Blackwelder, W. D. Field, Grace E. Glance, associate curators ; Sophy Parfin, junior entomologist ; W. L. Jellison, M. A. Carriker, R. E. Snodgrass, collaborators. Section of Hymenoptera : W. M. Mann, Robert A. Cushman, assistant custodians. Section of Diptera : Charles T. Greene, assistant custodian. Section of Coleoptera : L. L. Buchanan, specialist for Casey collection. Division of Marine Invertebrates: F. A. Chace, Jr., curator; Frederick M. Bayer, associate curator ; Mrs. L. W. Peterson, museum aide ; Mrs. Harriet Richardson Searle, Max M. Ellis, J. Percy Moore, collaborators; Mrs. Mildred S. Wilson, collaborator in copepod Crustacea. Division of Mollnsks: Harald A. Rehder, curator; Joseph P. E. Morrison, R. Tucker Abbott, associate curators ; W. J. Byas, museum aide ; Paul Bartsch, associate. Section of Helminthological Collections : Benjamin Schwartz, collabo- rator. Associates in Zoology: T. S. Palmer, W. B. Marshall, A. G. Boving, C. R. Shoemaker, Austin H. Clark. Collaborator in Zoology : R. S. Clark. Collaborator in Biology: D, C. Graham. 4?of* r n«r SECRETARY'S REPORT VH Dbpabtment of Botany (National Herbarium) : Jason R. Swallen, head curator. Division of Phanei'ogams : A. C. Smith, curator ; E. C. Leonard, E. H. Walker, Lyman B. Smith, associate curators; Velva E. Rudd, assistant curator; E. P. Killip, research associate. Division of Ferns: C. V. Morton, curator. Division of Grasses: Ernest R. Sohns, associate curator; Mrs. Agnes Chase, F. A. McClure, research associates. Division of Cryptogams: C. V. Morton, acting curator; Paul S. Conger, asso- ciate curator; John A. Stevenson, custodian of C. G. Lloyd mycological collections and honorary curator of Fungi. Department of Geology : W. F. Foshag, head curator; J. H. Benn, museum geologist; Jessie G. Beach, museum aide. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology: W. F. Foshag, acting curator; E. P. Henderson, G. S. Switzer, associate curators ; F. E. Holden, physical science aide ; Frank L. Hess, custodian of rare metals and rare earths. Division of Invei^tebrate Paleontology and Paleo'botamy : Gustav A. Cooper, curator; A. R. Loeblich, Jr., David Nicol, associate curators; Robert J. Main, Jr., museum aide ; J. Brookes Knight, research associate in paleon- tology. Section of Invertebrate Paleontology: J. B. Reeside, Jr., custodian of Mesozoic collection ; Preston Cloud, research associate. Section of Paleobotany : Roland W. Brown, research associate. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology: C. L. Gazin, curator; D. H. Dunkle, associate curator ; F. L. Pearce, exhibits preparator. Associates in Mineralogy : W. T. Schaller, S. H. Perry, J. P. Marble. Associate in Paleontology : R S. Bassler. Department of Engineering and Industrdbs : Frank A. Taylor, head curator. Division of Engineering : Frank A. Taylor, acting curator ; R. P. Multhauf, associate curator. Section of Civil and Mechanical Engineering: Frank A. Taylor, in charge. Section of Marine Transportation : Frank A. Taylor, in charge. Section of Electricity : K. M. Perry, associate curator. Section of Physical Sciences and Measurement: Frank A. Taylor, in charge. Section of Land Transportation : S. H. Oliver, associate curator. Division of Crafts and Industries: W. N. Watkins, curator ; Edward C. Ken- dall, associate curator; E. A. Avery, William E. Bridges, museum aides; F. L. Lewton, research associate. Section of Textiles : Grace L. Rogers, assistant curator. Section of Wood Technology : W. N. Watkins, in charge. Section of Manufactures : Edward 0. Kendall, associate curator. Section of Agricultural Industries: Edward C. Kendall, associate curator. Division of Medicine and Public Health: George B. Griffenhagen, associate curator ; Alvin E. Goins, museum aide. Division of Oraphic Arts: Jacob Kainen, curator; J. Harry Phillips, Jr., museum aide. Section of Photography : A. J. Wedderburn, Jr., associate curator. VIII ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 Department of History : Mendel L. Peterson, acting head curator. Divisiotis of Military History and Naval History: M. L. Peterson, associate curator ; J. R. Sirlouis, assistant curator ; Craddock R. Goins, Jr., junior historian. Divisimi of Civil History: Margaret W. Brown, associate curator; Frank E. Klapthor, museum aide; B. W. Lawless, exhibits worker. Divisi07i of Numismatics: S. M. Mosher, associate curator. Division of Philately: Franklin R. Bruns, Jr., associate curator. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY Director.—Matthew W. Stirling. Associate Director.—Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr. Anthropologists.—H. B. Collins, Jr., Philip Drucker. Collaborators.—Frances
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