438 SUMMARY OF PROGRESS IN ANTHROPOLOGY IN 1891. 
missioners on the subject of an ethnological and archeological exhibit, 
and soon afterwards the Board of Directors invited him to present his 
views before that body. The substance of these remarks was printed 
by the Committee on Organization of National Commissioners as an 
appendix to their report on September 15, 1890. 
In January, 1591, the Director-General of the Exposition invited Prof. 
Putnam to a conference on the scope and plan for Department M, which 
had been designated by the National Commissioners with the title 
“Kthnology, Archeology, Progress of Labor and Invention,” and on 
February 5 Prof. Putnam was officially appointed Chief of the Depart- 
ment. 
The National Board of Commissioners and the Board of Directors 
are specially interested in the development of this department, which 
is so entirely removed from the material interests of the World’s Fair. 
The understanding is that from this exhibit there shall result a per- 
manent Columbus Museum (for all departments of Natural History) of 
a character worthy of the Exposition and of Chicago. This result will 
be appreciated by scientists, who will hail with delight the formation 
of a great museum in this central part of our country. 
In former summaries attention has been called to the excellent an- 
thropological work done in Salem, Cambridge, Worcester, New York, 
Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Daven- 
port, and other cities; but these by no means include all the organized 
effort to preserve in our country the history and natural history of man. 
In almost every American city of importance these are banded together 
in societies, many of them incorporated, men and women devoted to 
some branch of anthropology. Omitting the medical societies that 
publish somewhat, sufficiently catalogued in the Index Medicus, the 
writer has sought to enumerate the organizations in the different States 
that are equipped for anthropological work. The list has been made 
long intentionally, quite as much to awaken an interest in the study 
of archeology and ethnelogy as to put on record their existence and 
the amount of good already accomplished by them. Many subscription 
journals in our country also lend their pages to anthropological papers, 
and these also find a place in the list in recognition of their services. 
There are few persons who will not be surprised at the great numbers 
of media of communication. The work of the future will be to gather 
them into an organization. 
Alabama Histovical Society, Tuscaloosa. Publish Alabama Historical Reporter. 
Alaska Historical Society, Sitka. 
Alaskan Society of Natural History and Ethnology, Sitka. 
Albany Institute, New York. Publish transactions. 
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, Mass. Publish proceedings. 
American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa. Publish the 
annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 
American Anthropologist, Anthropological Society, Washington, D.C. 
American Archeological Association, Bennings, D.C. 
