THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



convention being, in the words of the circular of invitation, "to 

 bring together students of the archeeology, ethnology and early 

 history of the two Americas, and by the reading of papers and 

 by discussions to advance knowledge of these subjects." 

 The subjects to be discussed by the Congress relate to — 



I. The Native Races of America: their Origin, Distribution, 

 History, Physical Characteristics, Languages, Inventions, 

 Customs and Religions. 

 II. The History of the Early Contact between America and the 

 Old World. 



To make the preliminary arrangements for the congress and 

 the discussions pertaining to the foregoing topics, President 

 Jesup appointed a special committee, consisting of the heads 

 of the departments of Anthropology in the American Museum, 

 and invited the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science through its section of Anthropology to advise and coop- 

 erate with that committee in selecting a general commission of 

 organization, representative of the leading institutions in the 

 United States at which work in Anthropology is being done. 



The officers of the Commission of Organization are as fol- 

 lows: President, Morris K. Jesup; Vice-President, The Duke 

 of Loubat; General Secretary, M. H. Saville; Treasurer, Harlan 

 I. Smith. 



The list of the members of the General Commission and the 

 institutions which they represent is: Franz Boas, Columbia Uni- 

 versity; E. G. Bourne, Yale University; Charles P. Bowditch, 

 American Antiquarian Society ; John C. Branner, Leland Stanford 

 Junior University; J. V. Brower, Minnesota Historical Society; 

 H. C. Bumpus, American Museum of Natural History; Sydney H. 

 Carney, Jr., New York Historical Society; A. F. Chamberlain, 

 Clark University; T. F. Crane, Cornell University; Stewart 

 Culin, University of Pennsylvania, American Philosophical So- 

 ciety and Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia ; 

 George A. Dorsey, Field Columbian Museum; G. T. Emmons, 

 U. S. Navy; Livingston Farrand, New York Academy of Sci- 

 ences; J. Walter Fewkes, American Association for the Ad- 



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