THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



Professor Franz Boaz went to Germany in May to spend 

 the summer. He will make comparative studies in ethnology 

 for the Museum, and will be one of the delegates of the Museum 

 to the Congress of Americanists which convenes at Stuttgart,. 

 Germany, in August. 



Professor Marshall H. Saville leaves for Germany in 

 July, and will represent the Museum at the Congress of Amer- 

 icanists. Professor Saville was General Secretary of the Con- 

 gress when it met at the Museum two years ago. 



Professors Boas and Saville have been appointed by the 

 Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State, delegates to represent the 

 United States Government at the Congress of Americanists. 



Mr. W. Jochelson has finished his study of the collections 

 which he made for the Museum under the Jesup North Pacific 

 Expedition, and has gone to Europe, where he will continue his 

 work upon his reports for the Museum by making comparative 

 studies upon the Siberian material in other collections. He and 

 Mr. W. Bogoras will also be present at the Congress of Ameri- 

 canists. Mr. Bogoras finished his studies upon the Jesup North 

 Pacific Expedition material at the Museum some months ago, 

 and went to Europe to continue his investigations for the Mu- 

 seum upon material in collections there for the completion of 

 his reports. 



In the Library there has been installed the most complete 

 obtainable set of cards from the Concilium Bibliographicum of 

 Zurich, where it can be conveniently utilized by students. This 

 card reference catalogue comprises about 95,000 cards (titles),, 

 covering publications in the departments of general biology, 

 zoology, palaeontology and microscopy. 



The Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology has three ex- 

 peditions in the field this season. Mr. Walter Granger is con- 

 tinuing the exploration of the Eocene Bad Lands in southwestern 

 Wyoming, where much success was had last year. The par- 

 ticular objects of the expedition are to obtain material needed 



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