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hunting and gathering activities. They have not been known to visit 

 the region regularly since the 1880's and their survivors are now mainly 

 on reservations in Idaho and Oregon. 



Cooperating institutions. — Several State and local institutions con- 

 tinued to cooperate in the Inter- Agency Salvage Program throughout 

 the year. In addition to those previously mentioned for the Upper 

 Missouri Basin area, the University of Missouri began a survey of 

 the Pomme de Terre Reservoir on the river of the same name in Mis- 

 souri and continued its investigations in the Table Rock Reservoir area 

 on the White River. The University of Kansas started a series of 

 investigations in the Tuttle Creek Reservoir basin in Kansas, and the 

 University of Wyoming excavated in the Glendo Reservoir area in 

 Wyoming. In New Mexico the School of American Research began 

 a survey of the Navajo Project, and in Arizona the Museum of North- 

 ern Arizona started a salvage program in the Glen Canyon Reservoir 

 basin. The University of Utah also participated in the Glen Canyon 

 investigations. The University of Texas had an excavation program 

 in the Ferrells Bridge area. The University of Oklahoma worked in 

 the Keystone and Oolagah Reservoirs in that State. In California in- 

 vestigations were made in the Monticello Reservoir area by Sacramento 

 State College and at the Trinity River Project by the University of 

 California at Berkeley. At the Dalles Reservoir on the Columbia 

 River, the University of Oregon excavated on the Oregon side of the 

 river and the University of Washington on the north side. Washing- 

 ton State College started an excavation project in the Ice Harbor 

 Reservoir basin. 



ARCHIVES 



The manuscript collections of the Bureau continued to be utilized 

 by anthropologists and other students. About 222 manuscripts were 

 consulted by searchers, either in person or through the purchase of 

 reproductions. In addition, 95 mail inquiries concerning manuscripts 

 were received and numerous manuscripts were consulted by the archi- 

 vist in preparing replies. As in previous years, as individual manu- 

 script files were called into use, their contents were reviewed and more 

 fully recorded in the catalog; numerous annotations were made and 

 about 55 new entries drafted. A number of new descriptive lists of 

 manuscripts having to do with specific tribes or subjects were also pre- 

 pared for distribution. 



Utilization of the Bureau's photographic collections by scholars, 

 publishers, and the general public as a source of documentary informa- 

 tion and illustrative material continued to increase. There were 444 

 inquiries and purchase orders for photographs (as against 294 in 

 1956) ; and 1,019 prints were distributed (978 in 1956) . The archivist 

 continued to prepare lists describing photographs available for specific 

 subjects or tribes; 65 such lists are now available. 



