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the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. Mr. Mills requested leave of ab- 

 sence in May to return to the University of Washington to complete 

 his studies for an advanced degree in anthropology. Such was 

 granted, but in the reduction-in-force program it was necessary to 

 remove his name from the rolls as of June 30. 



At the start of the fiscal year J. M. Shippee, field and laboratory 

 assistant, was at the headquarters in Lincoln. He spent several days 

 assembling data for use in making an aerial survey and on July 15 

 and 16 flew with Ralph S. Solecki over five reservoir areas in Kansas. 

 On July 23, under the general direction of Mr. Solecki, he started a 

 ground survey of the Tuttle Creek Reservoir and was in that area 

 until September 8. From that date until October 4 he assisted in the 

 survey of the Glen Elder, Kirwin, Webster, and Wilson Reservoir 

 basins. On his return to the laboratory he helped to complete the 

 survey sheets and maps for the 156 new sites found, aided in the 

 analysis of specimens, the identification of photographs, and the prep- 

 aration of exhibits. He wrote an outline summary of the results of 

 Solecki's work for presentation at the Tenth Conference for Plains 

 Archeology. In November he also gave an illustrated talk before the 

 Kansas City Chapter of the Missouri Archeological Society. On June 

 10, 1953, Shippee went to the Tuttle Creek Reservoir as assistant to 

 Mr. Cumming and after the latter's return to Lincoln on June 17, 

 was in charge of the excavating party for the remainder of the project. 

 Mr. Shippee's employment was terminated by the reduction in force 

 on June 30. 



G. H. Smith, acheologist, was in charge of the party digging at the 

 site of Fort Berthold II on July 1 and continued to supervise those 

 excavations until the end of the season on September 23. Returning 

 to the headquarters at Lincoln he spent the time from September 26 

 to June 30 working over materials and writing reports on his field- 

 work. He completed the detailed technical paper on the results of the 

 investigations made during a previous year at Fort Stevenson in the 

 Garrison area. He also finished a brief report on the excavation of 

 Fort Berthold II intended primarily to indicate progress at the site 

 as of the end of the fiscal year. A manuscript consisting of a descrip- 

 tive account of glass beads, some 8,000 in number, recovered at Fort 

 Berthold was written and accepted for publication by the Central 

 Texas Archeologist. A summary account of the history of the 

 Niobrara River Basin was prepared for submission to the Bureau 

 of Reclamation for use in the revision of the Niobrara Basin report 

 of that Bureau's Region 7 office. At the Tenth Conference for Plains 

 Archeology Mr. Smith reported on the work at Fort Berthold II 

 and also presided as chairman at a session devoted to Plains Ethno- 

 history. Mr. Smith resigned, effective June 19, to attend the American 

 School of Research, Athens, Greece. 



