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Cooperating institutions. — Several State and local institutions con- 

 tinued to cooperate in the Inter- Agency Salvage Program throughout 

 the year, although the shortage of funds for working agreements in 

 projects outside the Missouri Basin considerably reduced the activities. 

 Several State groups carried on independently but their investigations 

 were correlated with the general program. The New York State 

 Museum at Albany kept close check on projects in that State. The 

 Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan studied 

 the possible effect of proposed enlargements of the South Canal on 

 St. Marys River on archeological manifestations in that district. The 

 University of Minnesota made preliminary investigations relative to 

 sites that may be involved in the flood-control program for the 

 Mankato area. The Florida State Museum checked several proposed 

 canal routes in the northern part of Florida. The Ohio State Histor- 

 ical and Archeological Society continued salvage work in several 

 localities, and the Historical Society of Indiana included examination 

 of proposed reservoir areas in its general program for surveys in that 

 State. The University of California Archeological Survey did some 

 further work on projects for which it previously had agreements with 

 the National Park Service, and the Archeological Survey Association 

 of Southern California continued its volunteer efforts in the vicinity 

 of San Diego. In the Columbia Basin the University of Oregon did 

 additional digging at sites on the Oregon side of the Columbia River 

 at the Dalles Reservoir, while the University of Washington continued 

 its investigations on the Washington side. 



The only work done under an agreement with the National Park 

 Service, except for that previously described for the Missouri Basin, 

 was that of the University of Missouri in the Table Rock Reservoir 

 on the White River in southern Missouri. A special appropriation 

 for that project for the fiscal year made possible an extensive series 

 of investigations under the direction of Dr. Carl H. Chapman. Sites 

 in the Table Rock area are exceptionally numerous and represent a 

 variety of cultures. Considerable progress was made by Dr. Chapman 

 and his parties during the year. 



ARCHIVES 



The Bureau Archives continued during the year under the custody 

 of Mrs. Margaret C. Blaker. From June 4 to 6 Mrs. Blaker attended 

 the Special Libraries Association Convention in Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 where copyright problems and the preservation, microfilming, catalog- 

 ing, and arranging of photographic and manuscript collections were 

 discussed. 



MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 



The manuscript collections continue to be utilized by students. 

 Visitors consulted about 264 manuscripts, and reproductions of 70 



