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Meetings: Monthly, October through May. 



Professional activities: Annual fellowship for 

 graduate study in forestry at the University 

 of Maine, known as the Evelyn H. Murphy - 

 Appalachian Mountain Club Fellowship. Annual 

 clinic or workshop for Camp Counsellors and 

 Scout Leaders in hiking and climbing. 



Publications: Appalachia, semiannually, cur- 

 rent volume, 34, $2.50, free to members. 



Library: 3,500 volumes emphasizing moun- 

 taineering and geographical sciences. 



368. Archaeological Institute of America. 5 



Washington Square North, New York 3, N. 

 Y. President: George E. Mylonas, Washing- 

 ton University, St. Louis, Mo. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. General Secretary: LeRoy 

 A. Campbell. Term expires December 31, 

 1960. 



History: Founded in 1879 by a group of 

 scholars who shared an interest in reconstructing 

 the story of man's climb through the centuries ; 

 incorporated in 1906 by an act of Congress as 

 a non-profit organization. The Institute acted 

 as founder or co-sponsor of schools of archaeo- 

 logical research in Rome. Athens, Jerusalem, 

 Baghdad, Cairo, and Santa Fe. Local Societies : 

 forty-seven, located in major cities of the 

 United States and Canada. 



Purpose: Provides a means for both the pro- 

 fessional scholar and the interested layman to 

 keep abreast of the latest archaeological discov- 

 eries and their interpretation and significance, 

 thus forging a link between the schools in the 

 field and the American community at home. 



Membership : Life members ; Fellows ; Con- 

 tributing ; Sustaining ; z^nnual Members ; Asso- 

 ciates ; Students ; Patrons. Total membership 

 2,500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Norton Lectureship, 

 to an outstanding scholar ; given annually : 2 

 years to a foreign scholar, one year to an 

 American scholar. 



Publications: American Journal of Archaeol- 

 ogy, quarterly, current volume : 64, $10. Editor : 

 Richard Stillwell. Archaeology, quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume: 13, $5. Editor: Mrs. Gladys D. 

 Weinberg. 



369. Archaeological Society of Delaware. Presi- 

 dent: Richard C. Quick, Assistant to the 

 Director of the Library, University of Dela- 

 ware, Newark, Del. Term expires June 1962. 

 Secretary: Mrs. Marianna Akerman, Land- 

 enburg, Pa. Term expires June 1962. 



History: Founded 1933. 



Purpose: To promote and encourage the 

 study of archaeology ; to encourage careful 



scientific research and excavation ; to preserve 

 important archaeological sites and artifacts ; to 

 preserve and record important data relative to 

 any of these. 



Membership: With the approval of the Board 

 of Directors, membership open to those persons 

 interested in archaeology. Total membership 

 135. 



Meetings: Five times per year. 



Professional activities: Gathering local Indian 

 artifacts ; Archibald Crozier Award presented 

 for distinguished achievements in the archaeol- 

 ogy of Delaware. 



Publications: Inksherds, five times per year, 

 current volume : 5, included in membership. 

 Editor : Charles F. Kier, Jr. Bulletins, irregular. 

 Papers, irregular. 



370. Archaeological Society of New Mexico. 



President: W. J. Keller, 124 East Lupita 

 Road, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Term expires 

 January 1962. Executive Secretary: Frederick 

 Worman, Los Alamos, N. Mex. Term expires 

 January 1962. 



History: Organized in 1879 as Santa Fe 

 Archaeological Society; name changed to pres- 

 ent title 1909; incorporated June 1938. 



Purpose: To conserve the scientific resources 

 of New Mexico; to preserve historic and pre- 

 historic remains, ancient monuments and noted 

 landmarks, and to make them known ; to pro- 

 mote ethnological and archaeological research ; 

 to promote movements whose objects are to 

 advance knowledge of, and interest in, New 

 Mexico's past ; to cooperate in the conservation 

 of native arts and crafts of the southwest; to 

 aid the program of the Museum of New Mexico. 



Membership: Open to persons in sympathy 

 with the purposes of the Society. Members, 

 Life Members, and Honorary Members. Total 

 membership 658. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Professional activities: Annual scholarship to 

 student in anthropology at the University of 

 New Mexico (full tuition for one year) ; annual 

 certificate for outstanding work by an amateur. 



Publications: El Palacio, monthly, current 

 volume : 67, $5. Editor : Wayne Mauzy. 



371. Archaeological Society of North Carolina. 



Research Laboratories of Anthropology, Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 

 President: F. S. Barkalow, Jr., P. O. Box 

 5215, State College Station, Raleigh, N. C. 

 Term expires December 1960. Executive Sec- 

 retary: Joffre L. Coe, P. O. Box 561, Chapel 

 Hill, N. C. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Organized 1933. 



Purpose: To promote study of archaeology 



