x CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The exhibition collections 63 



Explorations 66 



-■."lis 67 



Work "ii the study collections 72 



Scientific researches and publications 75 



Loan of specimens - 77 



Distribution of duplicates 79 



Laboratory use of collections by investigators 79 



Personnel 80 



Report mi t lie Department of < reology for the year 1900-1901 81 



Accessions 81 



Sources of new material 83 



Routine 8-1 



Pan-American Exposition 86 



Presenl state of the collections 86 



Research and publication 87 



i" i i K li vidua Is ami institutions 88 



Plans for the future 89 



Personnel 90 



Concluding remarks 90 



APPENDICES. 



1. The Museum staff 93 



II. List of accessions 95 



III. Distribution of specimens [37 



1 V. Bibliography 147 



PART II. 

 Papers Describing \\n Illustrating Collections in the IT. S. National 



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'■ Report "ii the Exhibit of the United States National .Museum at the Pan- 

 Amrriraii Exposition, Buffalo, New York, liiol. By Frederick W. True, 



William II. 1 1 "hues, and < reorge P. Men-ill 177 



!. Flint Implements and Fossil Remains from a Sulphur Spring at Afton, 



Indian Territory. By William Benry Holmes 233 



.".. Classification and A.rrangemenl of the Exhibits of an Anthropological 



Museum. Bj William Henry Holmes 2 53 



1. Archeological Field Work in Northeastern Arizona. The" Museum-Gates 



Expedition of 1901. By Walter Bough 2 79 



•-. Narrative "fa Visit to Indian Tribes of the Purus River, Brazil. " By Joseph 

 Beal Steer,. 



