SECRETARY’S REPORT rh 
Reservoir areas in South Dakota and from there proceeded to the 
Boysen Reservoir in Wyoming where he initiated a survey of the area 
to be inundated by that project. While in the Boysen Basin he col- 
lected a number of specimens of fossil mammals and a large soft- 
shelled turtle. He returned to Lincoln November 7 and from then 
until January 6 devoted his time to writing reports and consulting 
geological literature for information bearing on the reservoir areas. 
Leaving Lincoln, Dr. White went to Texas where, from January 9 
to 29, he made a paleontological reconnaissance of the Whitney Reser- 
voir basin on the upper Brazos River. From there he returned to 
Washington, D. C., and from February 2 to May 15 worked in the 
United States National Museum identifying osteological material ob- 
tained from archeological sites, examining specimens, consulting geo- 
logical literature relative to the reservoir areas in the Missouri Basin 
and Texas, and preparing reports. He then went to the Lincoln office 
and devoted the period from May 18 to June 1 making preparations 
for the summer’s field activities. He left Lincoln on June 1 for the 
Boysen Reservoir where he resumed the investigations interrupted by 
the onset of bad weather the previous autumn. From June 4 to June 
30 he collected a number of specimens of fossil mammals and reptiles 
and made extensive notes on the structure and stratigraphy of the 
area. 
A number of student assistants were employed during the year as 
members of the various field parties. Robert L. Hall and Warren 
Wittry were with the Cooper party in South Dakota from July 1 to 
September 10, when they returned to college. Both men again joined 
Mr. Cooper on June 22 and were working with him at the Heart Butte 
Reservoir at the end of the fiscal year. Gordon F. McKenzie, John 
L. Essex, and Leo L. Stewart were with Marvin F. Kivett at the 
Garrison and Baldhill Reservoir projects in North Dakota at the be- 
ginning of the fiscal year. Mr. Stewart left the party on August 20, and 
Mr. Essex and Mr. McKenzie terminated their employment on August 
30 following the return to the Lincoln headquarters. H. G. Pierce was 
with the Bliss party in Wyoming and Montana from July 1 to Sep- 
tember 10. John C. Donohoe assisted Dr. Theodore E. White from 
July 1 to September and again joined him on June 14 for work in the 
Boysen Reservoir. Ernest Lundelius joined the staff on June 1 and left 
Lincoln with Dr. White when he started for Wyoming. Both he and 
Mr. Donohoe were with the White party at the close of the year. 
Pacific Coast area—During the fiscal year the River Basin Surveys 
project in the Pacific Coast region carried out investigations of the 
archeological and paleontological resources in 14 reservoir areas in 
the Columbia Basin, and in 7 reservoir areas in central California. 
The results of this work were described in reports prepared for mim- 
eographing and limited distribution. A total of 180 sites were found 
