SECRETARY'S REPORT 

 Table 1. — Artifact materials processed 



57 



As of June 30, 1956, the Missouri Basin project had cataloged 

 570,238 specimens from 1,517 numbered sites and 47 collections not 

 assigned site numbers. 



Two shipments of archeological materials were sent to the United 

 States National Museum for permanent transfer. One was by 

 Missouri Basin project vehicle and consisted largely of fragile items 

 such as human skeletal remains, pottery vessels and vessel sections, 

 bone, shell, and wooden artifacts. The second was by truck freight 

 and consisted of stone specimens and other more durable materials. 



Table 2. — Record materials processed 



Reflex copies of records 1, 286 



Photographic negatives made 615 



Photographic prints made 2, 784 



Photographic prints mounted and filed 1,004 



Plate layouts made for manuscripts 42 



Transparencies mounted in glass 81 



Drawings, tracings, and maps 14 



Pottery vessels restored 3 



Pottery vessel sections restored 32 



On May 3, 4, and 5 the annual meetings of the Society for American 

 Archaeology were held in Lincoln, Nebr. As a programmed part 

 of the meetings, Thursday evening, May 3, was devoted to an "open 

 house" at the Missouri Basin project laboratory at 1517 "O" Street. 

 The office and laboratory were prepared with suitable displays of 

 photographic and specimen materials in order to best exhibit the work 

 of the Missouri Basin project. The "open house" was scheduled for 

 8 : 00 to 10 : 00 p. m. but lasted until well past midnight. Approxi- 

 mately 120 people visited the office and laboratory at that time. 



Most of the activities of the Lincoln office during the first three 

 weeks in March were devoted to a general remodeling of the office 

 space at 1517 "O" Street. The entire first floor was cleaned and 

 painted. The floors were sanded and coated with floor preservative. 



