Caribbean Region. The pamphlet, designated as Navmed 127, can 

 be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents at Washington. 



Dr. Wilfrid D. Hambly, Curator of African Ethnology, continued 

 his work as a consultant-member of the African Committee of the 

 National Research Council, Washington, which is concerned with 

 war problems. 



At the request of the local Office of Civilian Defense, the Museum 

 assigned Assistant Taxidermist Frank C. Wonder to articulate two 

 human skeletons. These were used in demonstrations for Red Cross 

 first-aid classes. 



Various members of the staff lectured both before audiences of 

 their colleagues from kindred institutions at meetings of various 

 learned societies, and before audiences of laymen; and visited other 

 institutions for research purposes so far as transportation restrictions 

 permitted. 



Volunteer Workers . . . 



The absence of so many of its regular staff members in various 

 war services has made the assistance contributed by the many 

 volunteer workers, who give their time and effort on a regular basis 

 to carry on the essential work of various divisions of the scientific 

 departments, much more important in 1943 than ever before. The 

 names of some of these volunteer workers appear in the List of the 

 Staff at the beginning of this report, distinguished from salaried 

 workers by the titles "Research Associate" and "Associate." Mr. 

 Paul G. Dallwig, the Layman Lecturer, also serves without com- 

 pensation. For their services, grateful acknowledgment is made to 

 all who are thus listed, and to the following additional volunteers: 

 In the Department of Anthropology: Miss Berenice Crown, Miss 

 Frances Fortner; Department of Botany: Mr. Donald Richards, Mrs. 

 Catherine M. Richards; Department of Zoology: Mrs. John Morrow, 

 Dr. Oscar Neumann, Mrs. Marion Grey, Mr. Eugene Ray, Dr. 

 Harry Sicher, Dr. Walter Segall, Air. David Owens; Raymond 

 Foundation: Miss Zepporah Pottenger, Miss Margaret Johnson, 

 Miss Barbara MacCauley. 



Harris School Extension . . . 



A slight increase in the number of schools and other educational 

 organizations receiving portable Museum exhibits, prepared and 

 circulated by the N. W. Harris Public School Extension, brought 



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