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The first survey parties were started in the Missouri Basin. These 

 ■were followed by investigations in Georgia, Virginia-North Carolina, 

 Texas, California, and the Columbia-Snake Basin, Supervision and 

 direction of the surveys in Georgia, Virginia-North Carolina, Texas, 

 and California were carried on from the main office in Washington. 

 Direction of the work in the Missouri Basin was from a field office 

 located at Lincoln, Nebr., and the Columbia-Snake Basin investiga- 

 tions were based on a field office established at Eugene, Oreg. 



The Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers made the 

 entire salvage program possible through the transfer of funds, but 

 in addition both agencies contributed in no small degree to the suc- 

 cessful inception of the surveys through their cooperation in other 

 ways. Division and District Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation 

 personnel did much to facilitate the work of the survey men in the 

 field. In some areas transportation was provided, in others, neces- 

 sary labor was furnished to aid in emergency excavations, and else- 

 where temporary office space and storage facilities were made avail- 

 able at project headquarters. The genuine interest and desire to assist 

 on the part of all with whom the members of the River Basin Surveys 

 staff were associated in the various reservoir areas greatly aided the 

 progress of the investigations. The planning of a Nation-wide arche- 

 ological survey on a scale hitherto not believed possible became feasible 

 with the transfer of funds. The cooperation of the National Park 

 Service has been of marked benefit to the program and much credit 

 is due to its officials for the obtaining of the the necessary funds and 

 for the pleasant relationship existing between all the agencies involved 

 in the program. 



Washington office. — Throughout the fiscal year the main office of the 

 River Basin Surve37s continued under the direction of Dr. Frank H. H. 

 Roberts, Jr. Carl F. Miller, archeologist, joined the staff on Novem- 

 ber 6, 1946. Miss Madeleine A. Bachand was appointed clerk-stenog- 

 rapher on March 3, 1947, and continued to serve throughout the year. 



Mr. Miller was preparing to leave for the Pearl River project at 

 Bogalusa, La., on November 13, 1946, when a request was received 

 from the district engineer to postpone tliis work indefinitely because 

 the project had been stopped. Mr. Miller was then assigned to the 

 study of proposed projects in the Middle Atlantic Division of the Corps 

 of Engineers. He devoted his time to searching the literature for 

 information about sites which might be involved by construction pro- 

 grams in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia. 

 During this period he also assisted the director in obtaining informa- 

 tion about proposed projects of the Bureau of Reclamation in vai-ious 

 parts of the country outside the Missouri Basin. On February 11, 



