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Archeological specimens and records were transferred as follows: 

 From 107 Tuttle Creek Eeservoir sites to the Department of Econom- 

 ics and Sociology, Kansas State College. From one site in the Keyhole 

 Keservoir to the Department of Economics and Sociology, University 

 of Wyoming. From one site in the Garrison Reservoir to the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology and Sociology, Montana State University. 

 From 14 sites in the Big Sandy Reservoir to the Department of An- 

 thropology, University of Nebraska. From one site in the Garrison 

 Reservoir to the Nebraska State Historical Society. From 3 sites 

 m the Garrison Reservoir to the North Dakota State Historical Soci- 

 ety. Virtually all the material worth preservation from one of the 

 sites, Fort Stevenson, went to Bismarck. 



Total number of sites from which archeological specimens were 

 transferred to other organizations in fiscal 1955 : 434. 



Transfers of archeological specimens made prior to fiscal 1955 and 

 not previously reported : Department of Anthropology, University of 

 Denver, a total of 19 sites representing Bonny, Cherry Creek, Narrows, 

 and Wray reservoirs. Department of Anthropology, University of 

 Nebraska, a total of 11 sites representing Harlan County Reservoir. 

 Museum of Natural Histoiy, University of Kansas, a total of 66 sites 

 representing Cedar Bluff, Glen Elder, Kanopolis, Kirwin, Lovewell, 

 Norton, Pioneer, Webster, Wilson, and Wolf Creek reservoirs. Divi- 

 sion of arclieology, U. S. National Museum, a total of four sites repre- 

 senting Harlan County and Tuttle Creek reservoirs. 



Total number of sites from which archeological specimens were 

 transferred prior to fiscal 1955 : 100. 



As of June 30, 1955, the Missouri Basin Project had transferred to 

 other agencies the archeological specimens from a total of 534 sites. 

 Of these, 513 sitas were in 52 reservoirs. Twenty-one sites were not in 

 reservoirs. 



In addition to transfers of archeoJogical specimens in site lots, the 

 Missouri Basin Project had, just prior to fiscal 1955, transferred rep- 

 resentative series of potsherds to the following agencies: Ceramics 

 Repository, University of Michigan ; W. H. Over Museum, University 

 of South Dakota ; Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas ; 

 Nebraska State Historical Society. 



Upper Republican sherds were transferred from Medicine Creek 

 Reservoir sites 25FT13, 17, 39, and 70. Sites 39ST14 and 30, in Oahe 

 Reservoir, furnished sherds of the following wares : Anderson, Fore- 

 man, Monroe, and Stanley. 



All identified, unworked shell in storage was transferred to the 

 University of Nebraska State Museum in November 1954. Except 

 for specimens in the comparative collection in the Lincoln laboratory, 

 this transfer included all specimens collected prior to 1954. Reser- 



