202 REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS. 



HISTORY. 



Ferguson, W» S., University of California, Berkeley, California. Grant No. 

 338. A History of Athens from Demosthenes to Phdarch. $1,200. 



Under this grant a preliminary study has been completed, the results of 

 which are published in vol. i, part 5, of the University of California Pub- 

 lications in Classical Philology and summarized in the Berlin Philologische 

 Wochenschrift for August 4, 1906, During the past summer Professor 

 Ferguson has been busy in the library of Harvard University, and reports 

 substantial progress with the work itself. Since the task calls for travel and 

 investigation in Europe during the coming twelve months a final report can 

 not be presented in this Year Book. 



Haskins, Charles H*, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Grant 



No. 328. Study of the doatmentary jnaterials for Anglo-Norman history. 



(For previous report see Year Book No. 4, p. 238.) $1,000. 



Besides such work as he was able to accomplish in the course of the year 



in the printed sources. Professor Haskins spent two months of the summer 



vacation in examining systematically the material for the Anglo-Norman 



period preserved in local archives and libraries throughout Normandy, and 



at the Bibliotheque Nationale, the British Museum, and the Public Record 



Ofl&ce. A fair amount of valuable material was secured, and it is hoped that 



the exploration of the documents to be found in Normandy and at Paris may 



be completed next summer. Attention has been directed particularly to the 



sources for the history of the military system and of judicial organization 



and procedure. At the present stage of the investigation not much can be 



attempted in the way of reaching definite conclusions, but three brief paperg 



are in preparation and will appear in the course of the coming year. 



"Wright, James M., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Grant 

 No. 269. Study of the history of the Bahama Islands since i8<f.8 and a com- 

 plete report oj the contents of its public archives. (For a previous report see 

 Year Book No. 4, p. 239.) $250. 



Abstract of Report. — Dr. Wright's report of last year concerned the archives 

 of the Bahamas, and he now reports that he has in hand 200 pages of manu- 

 script of this material. During the year complete reports concerning the 

 wrecking industry of the Bahamas, the ceremonial use of public burial 

 grounds, and educational matters have been worked up. Work has also 

 been begun on descriptions of a cholera epidemic at Nassau, of a financial 

 stringency, and how the colony passed through it, and of the state of the out- 

 islands, their public works, etc. Other topics have also been touched upon, 

 but the materials for reports are incomplete as yet. 



