REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1918. 31 



surance in the natural history building of the Museum. At the end 

 of the year limited changes had taken place, with the prospect that 

 every available foot of space would soon have to be surrendered. 



Researches and explorations. — The curator of ethnology. Dr. Wal- 

 ter Hough, continued researches on heating and illuminating devices, 

 and began an investigation on the distribution of the curved knife 

 scraper in America and northern Asia. His handbook of the Hopi 

 collection, mentioned in the last report, was issued during the year. 

 Dr. I. M. Casanowicz, assistant curator of Old World archeology, had 

 in preparation a descriptive catalogue of the collection of ecclesiasti- 

 cal art — one of the most popular series under his charge. 



In physical anthropology Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, the curator, prac- 

 tically completed his treatise on the history and present state of 

 physical anthropology in North America, and has advanced his 

 comprehensive report on the physical characteristics of the Sioux. 



Mr. T. T. Belote, curator of history, has been engaged in prepar- 

 ing a descriptive catalogue of the historical collections, with a view 

 to publication in sections, each section to deal with a specific class 

 or group of material. Those describing the Grant relics and the 

 United States medals were completed during the year, save that in- 

 formation concerning a few specimens is lacking and photographs 

 to be used as illustrations are to be made. The philatelist, Mr. Joseph 

 B. Leavy, compiled a " Catalogue of the postage stamps and stamped 

 envelopes of the. United States and possessions, issued prior to Janu- 

 ary 1, 1918," which was in press at the close of the year. He also 

 prepared for publication a catalogue of the foreign stamps in the 

 National Museum collection. 



The head curator of anthropology, Dr. W. H. Holmes, attended the 

 meeting of the National Research Council in Philadelphia in No- 

 vember, 1917, acting as the chairman of its committee on anthro- 

 pology, and a meeting of the Council of the American Archeological 

 Association in the same city in December. On the former occasion 

 his trip was extended to New York City, where he studied collec- 

 tions, installation, and labeling in the various museums. On behalf 

 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Dr. Holmes, during June, 

 1918, investigated the reported archeological finds at the Edgewood 

 Arsenal in Maryland, accompanied by Mr. De Lancey Gill, photog- 

 rapher of the bureau. 



In July and August, 1917, Mr. Neil M. Judd, as representative of 

 the Smithsonian Institution in charge of the expedition, assisted the 

 University of Utah in conducting archeological excavations in Iron 

 County, Utah. Upwards of 1,200 archeological specimens and skele- 

 tal remains collected from a large mound on the farm of Mr. Isaac 

 Bozarth at Paragonah, were received as the Institution's share of 

 the results of this joint expedition. Mr, Judd spent from April 



