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Dr. Paul S. Martin, formerly Assistant Curator of North 

 American Archaeology, was appointed Acting Curator of the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology^ shortly after the death of Dr. Berthold Laufer, 

 Curator. Dr. Martin has been on the staff since 1929, and has 

 accomplished much work of importance, both at the Museum and 

 in the field as leader of the Field Museum Archaeological Expeditions 

 to the Southwest. 



Dr. Charles Baehni, of the Conservatoire Botanique, Geneva, 

 Switzerland, arrived in Chicago toward the end of July to begin 

 a year of study at Field Museum, under a cooperative arrangement 

 between the two institutions, initiated through the courtesy of Dr. 

 B. P. G. Hochreutiner, director of the conservatory. 



Under the provisions of the Field Museum Employes' Pension 

 Fund, insurance amounting to $6,000 was paid to Mrs. Berthold 

 Laufer, widow of the late Dr. Laufer, whose death has been noted 

 elsewhere in this Report. 



Mr. Carl Neuberth, former Custodian of the Herbarium who, 

 after many years of service, was retired in 1932, and pensioned in 



1933, because of ill health, died during 1934. Under the pro\isions 

 of the Field Museum Employes' Pension Fund insurance amounting 

 to $4,000 was paid to his widow. Also under the pro^^sions of this 

 fund, insurance of $1,500 was paid to the widow of Mr. Joseph 

 Zobay, carpenter, who died during the year; and $3,000 insurance 

 was paid to the widow of Mr. William C. Webster, pensioned 

 member of the maintenance force. 



Mr. Paul C. Standley, Associate Curator of the Herbarium, was 

 honored during the year by an invitation from the International 

 Botanical Congress to act as Vice-President of the Section for 

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature when the Congress meets at 

 Amsterdam in September, 1935. 



Beginning in the last month of 1933, and continuing throughout 

 1934 on a greatly increased scale. Field Museum has been cooperating 

 with the various relief agencies of the state and federal governments 

 in providing useful emplojrment for large numbers of the persons 

 being assisted by those agencies. As a result, up to the end of 



1934, approximately 350 unemploj-ed men and women have had 

 temporary employment for periods of various lengths at this institu- 

 tion. As the "work relief" wages are paid by the relief agencies, 

 the Museum has, without cost except for materials used in the work, 

 derived great benefits from the assignment of these workers. They 

 have been useful in practically every Department and Division of 



