PROGRAMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 



THE XIX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS, 



1914 



In the fall of 1911 a number of delegates to the past Congresses of the 

 Americanists met in Washington, under the auspices of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and the Anthropological Society of Washington, for the 

 purpose of taking preliminary steps toward extending an invitation to 

 the Congress at its London meeting, to hold its nineteenth session, in 

 1914, at Washington. A temporary organizing committee was selected, 

 consisting of Prof. W. H. Holmes, chairman; Mr. F. W. Hodge, and Dr. 

 A. Hrdlicka, secretary. This committee entered into communication 

 with the principal local institutions and organizations which are inter- 

 ested in the work of the Americanists, and by May 1, 1912, a formal 

 invitation to the Congress was agreed upon by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, the Anthropological Society of Washington, the George Washing- 

 ton, Georgetown, and Catholic universities, and the Washington Society 

 of the Archeological Institute of America. A list of names of persons 

 to form the permanent organizing committee was agreed upon and Dr. 

 Hrdlicka was instructed to present the joint invitation with the list 

 just mentioned to the council of the London meeting of the American- 

 ists, which was done, and both were accepted without objection. In 

 addition an official invitation from the Bolivian government was accepted 

 for a second session, to be held at La Paz following that in Washington. 



On October 11, 1912, the permanent committee for the Washington 

 session met in the U. S. National Museum for organization. Its mem- 

 bership is as follows: Messrs. Franklin Adams, Frank Baker, Chas. H. 

 Butler, Mitchell Carroll, Charles W. Currier, A. J. Donlon, J. Walter 

 Fewkes, Alice C. Fletcher, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, F. W. Hodge, H. L. 

 Hodgkins, William H. Holmes, Walter Hough, Ales Hrdlicka, Gillard 

 Hunt, J. F. Jameson, George M. Kober, D. S. Lamb, Chas. H. McCarthy, 

 James Mooney, J. Dudley Morgan, Clarence F. Norment, Thomas J. 

 Shahan, H. J. Shandelle, George R. Stetson, Chas. H. Stockton, J. R. 

 Swanton, Harry Van Dyke, Charles D. Walcott, and M. I. Weller. 



The elections of officers resulted, in the main, as follows: Patron of 

 the Congress, The President of the United States; President of Organizing 

 Committee, Mr. W. H. Holmes, Head Curator, Department of Anthro- 

 pology, U. S. National Museum; Secretary, Dr. A. Hrdlicka, Curator, 

 Division Physical Anthropology, U. S. National Museum; Auxiliary 

 Secretaries, Dr. Chas. W. Currier and Mr. F. Neumann; Treasurer, Mr. C. 

 F. Norment; Head of General (honorary) Committee, Dr. Charles D. 



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