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iiil,, iiiiiiiKitc ((.iil.-Ml Willi :iivlia(Mi|o-i.-:il iviii:i i lis. 'llir cliirarKUUil valuo 

 and llic iiili!iial<' ciilluii' value of cniiccl dala miiccriiiiii,' <piif prcliistoric 

 IMipulatinii has iini liccii riill.\ rcc( vm I i /.(■(!. Any clTnrls llial will s((rve this 

 aliiicsl iiiii\crsal iiilcrcsl in Slalc anllMnilic^ will I hci-cfdn' contribute 

 (lii'cctly to tlic jiiMUTiil well hcinj.' of our Citi/cns. 



(L'l ("olloctors (if stono iini»U'UUMits. local and Slate, ai-c ninncrons and 

 liy their coiiihinod aotivilics liavc contrihutcd in tlic jtasl to the estublisli- 

 uicnt of iniiseunis and the accininilalion of kiiowlcdu'c. Since collectors are 

 found in every locality, tlieii- conihiniMJ cnnstituency is worthy of some 

 l.uhlic suiijiort. Such citi/eus of ycui- Stale as are interested in minerals 

 and fossils are ser\-ed by yoiu- State CeolD^^ist. but such individuals do not 

 greatly exceed in number those seeking reliable information as to objects 

 of anti(|uity. It seems, therefore, that the State will be fullj' justified in 

 renderinu' Ibis service, but it cannot inlelliiieiitly meet these demands 

 until a systematic sui-\-ey of the Stati's anti(|uities has been made. 



(.">) Such a survey is the hrst necessai-y step in the conservation and 

 lireservation of the State's anticiuities. Its lojjlcal end is the establishment 

 of State Parks in which arc to be found typical mounds, hill forts, etc.. and 

 also the encouragement of State and local museums. The development of 

 automobile travel has brought the need of State Parks which shall have in 

 themselves some worthy intrinsic interest. The State of Ohio has shown 

 what an asset such parks can bi". for exanii>le. the Serpent Mound. Fort 

 .\ncient. etc. The Survey herein ])roposed is es-cntially to take stock and 

 to see what the State possesses in the way of autiriuitles so that it may 

 take the proper steps to preserve such of tlies(> as ikisscss great public 

 interest. 



(4) Many States are now enacting laws on the preservation and i)r()- 

 tection of auti(piities. Eventually your State will be confronti'd with this 

 problem. The liandling of this problem will require data from such a sur- 

 vey as herein proposed, for without exact knowledge of what your State 

 possesses intelligent action cannot he taken. 



