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into intimate contact with archaeological remains. The educational value 
and the intimate culture value of correct data concerning our prehistoric 
population has not been fully recognized. Any efforts that will serve this 
almost universal interest in State antiquities will therefore contribute 
directly to the general well being of our Citizens. 
(2) Collectors of stone implements, local and State, are numerous and 
by their combined activities have contributed in the past to the establish- 
ment of museums and the accumulation of knowledge. Since collectors are 
found in every locality, their combined constituency is worthy of some 
public support. Such citizens of your State as are interested in minerals 
and fossils are served by your State Geologist. but such individuals do not 
greatly exceed in number those seeking reliable information as to objects 
of antiquity. It seems, therefore, that the State will be fully justified in 
rendering this service, but it cannot intelligently meet these demands 
until a systematic survey of the States antiquities has been made. 
(3) Such a survey is the first necessary step in the conservation and 
preservation cf the State’s antiquities. Its logical end is the establishment 
of State Parks in which are to be found typical mounds, hill forts, ete., and 
also the encouragement of State and local museums. The development of 
automobile travel has brought the need of State Parks which shall have in 
themselves some worthy intrinsic interest. The State of Ohio has shown 
what an asset such parks can be, for example, the Serpent Mound, Fort 
Ancient, etc. The Survey herein proposed is essentially to take stock and 
to see what the State possesses in the way of antiquities so that it may 
take the proper steps to preserve such of these as possess great public 
interest. é 
(4) Many States are now enacting laws on the preservation and pro- 
tection of antiquities. Eventually your State will be confronted with this 
problem. The handling of this problem will require data from such a sur- 
vey as herein proposed, for without exact knowledge of what your State 
possesses intelligent action cannot be taken. 
