SECRETARY'S REPORT 81 



FROM BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



Acc. No. 



228466. 318 Items of archeological materials from La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico, 



collected by Robert F. Heizer, Philip Drucker, and Robert J. Squier 



in 1955. 

 22S740. 183 items of archeological material from Colville River drainage area, 



northern Alaska, collected by U.S. Geological Survey members, 1949- 



1950. Reported and turned over to Ralph S. Solecki for transfer. 

 228741. 351 items of archeological material from along Kukpowruk and 



Kokolik Rivers, Alaska, collected by Ralph S. Solecki, 1949. 



FROM RIVER BASIN SURVEYS 



221942. 5 fresh-water mussels from Hughes County, S. Dak., collected by 

 Richard Wheeler and Harold A. Huscher in 1958. 



226498, 228124, 228919, 229853, 229854, 229855, 229856, 229857, 229861, 229862, 

 230198, 230201, 230203, 230204. Archeological and human skeletal material 

 collected in Oahe Reservoir, Campbell, Stanley, and Sully Counties, 

 S. Dak. 



229858, 229859, 229860, 230200. Indian skeletal material from Big Bend Res- 

 ervoir, Buffalo and Lynn Counties, S. Dak. 



230199. Indian skeletal material from Gavins Point Reservoir, Yankton City, 

 S. Dak. 



230202. Indian skeletal material from Jamestown Reservoir, Stutsman City, 

 N. Dak. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



On January 27, 1960, Miss Jean E. Carter was appointed tempo- 

 rarily as museum aide and assigned to the Bureau Archives. She 

 resigned effective May 4, 1960, and on May 23 Mrs. Caroline K. Cohen 

 was appointed for a 3-month period to fill the vacancy. Raymond E. 

 Machoian was also engaged for three months to assist with the clean- 

 ing, sorting, and processing of archeological materials excavated at 

 Russell Cave, Alabama. 



Dr. Jolin P. Harrington, Dr. A. J. Waring, and Sister Inez Hilger 

 continued as research associates. Dr. M. W. Stirling, also a research 

 associate, continued to use the Bureau laboratory in completing reports 

 on fieldwork undertaken while he was Director of the Bureau. 



The following bibliographies and leaflets were issued during the 

 fiscal year: 



SIL-65, 2d rev., 10/59: Introductory bibliography on the American Indian. 

 6 pp. 



SIL-230, 9/59 : Selected references on American Indian basketry. Compiled by 

 William C. Sturtevant. 7 pp. 



SIL-231, 8/59 : Bibliogi-aphy of wild food plants of United States Indians. Pre- 

 pared by F. R. Irvine. 26 pp. 



SIL-2.34, 10/59: Selected references on North American Indian clothing. Com- 

 piled by William C. Sturtevant. 4 pp. 



