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Bibliography of Arctic Literature and Roster of Arctic Specialists. 
In continuation of the archeological program begun in 1948 Dr. 
Collins left Washington in May to conduct excavations at Resolute 
Bay, Cornwallis Island, N. W. T., under the joint auspices of the 
Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Canada. 
From July 1 to September 10 Dr. Fenton was engaged in field work 
among the Seneca Indians of western New York on a grant from the 
Viking Fund of New York City. Working at Quaker Bridge on AI- 
legany Indian Reservation, he obtained a life history of an aged Seneca 
named Chauncey Johnny John with whom Dr. Fenton has worked 
since 1933. Especially fine materials were collected on social organi- 
zation, kinship, and age grades. ‘Twelve reels of recordings were 
made which included the entire ritual of the Seneca Dark Dance, the 
opening address and several long prayers belonging to the Green Corn 
Festival, the entire Women’s Rite of Thanksgiving to the cultivated 
crops, and an origin legend for the False-face Society in Seneca and 
in English. 
The Fourth Conference on Iroquois Research, under the direction 
of Dr. Fenton, met at Red House, N. Y., October 8-10, to review out- 
standing accomplishments in Iroquoian studies in the fields of lin- 
guistics, ethnology, and archeology. The Proceedings of the Con- 
ference, edited by Dr. Fenton, were issued in mimeograph form by the 
Smithsonian Institution. 
The project of collecting materials for a political history of the Six 
Nations was reported in a general paper to the American Philosophical 
Society on November 4. The same research led to examining the 
Kirkland Papers in Hamilton College Library, and on December 1 
Dr. Fenton addressed the College on its founder: ‘Samuel Kirkland: 
Observer, Negotiator, and Educator.” <A lecture was given to the 
Anthropology Club of Syracuse University, and manuscripts were 
examined in local libraries. Work continued in the manuscript col- 
lections of the New York Historical Society and at the New York 
Public Library. The Massachusetts Archives in the State House, 
the Essex Institute in Salem, and the Peabody Museum of Salem were 
visited in January. ‘Three reels of the Pickering Papers were com- 
pleted and filed. Arrangements were made with Dr. C. M. Barbeau 
of the National Museum of Canada for obtaining microfilm of docu- 
ments in Canadian libraries for the American Philosophical Society 
Library. 
During the year Dr. Fenton served as a member of the Language 
Panel of the United States National Commission for UNESCO; he 
represented the Smithsonian at meetings of the Policy Board of the 
United States National Indian Institute, and in subsequent conferences 
at the State Department toward a Second Inter-American Confer- 
