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the excavation of another site, begun in 1950. In April 1951 Don- 

 ald D. Hartle was added to the staff as archeologist. Two archeolo- 

 gists were employed during this period to excavate sites of White 

 provenience; Thomas R. Garth served on the staff from July of 1950 

 to May of 1951, at which time G. Hubert Smith was appointed. Dur- 

 ing the field season of 195 1, Dr. Waldo R. Wedel, curator of arche- 

 ology, U. S. National Museum, assumed supervision of one of the 

 excavation parties from June to September, having been detailed to 

 the River Basin Surveys for that purpose. Carl F. Miller was trans- 

 ferred from the River Basin Surveys staff in Washington, D, C., to 

 lead a historic-sites party from July to September. The River Basin 

 Surveys paleontologist, Dr. Theodore E. White, was on duty in the 

 Missouri Basin May 15-November 15, 1950, and June 8-November 6, 



1951- 



The laboratory and office staff was considerably expanded in 1950 

 and 1 95 1 to handle the processing of specimens and records and to 

 perform other functions relating to the administration and technical 

 activities of the organization. Among the full-time personnel. Dean E. 

 Clark, in charge of specimen processing and protection, and George 

 Metcalf and J. M, Shippee, field and laboratory assistants, were on 

 duty throughout the period. A record clerk, Evelyn Bauman, and 

 an administrative clerk, Lawrence L. Tomsyck, were added to the 

 staff during the spring and summer of 1950. A second clerk-stenog- 

 rapher was also employed; Erma Jean Piest held this position from 

 January to June 1950, when she resigned to leave the city, and was 

 succeeded by Doris Winninger, who was appointed in July 1950. 

 Ina May Reagan, clerk-stenographer (secretary) resigned at the end 

 of March 1950, and was replaced by Clara Rehn. In the photo- 

 graphic department, Alva E. Nixon served throughout 1950 and until 

 March 195 1, when he went into the armed service, and it was not 

 until early September that a full-time photographer, Nathaniel L. 

 Dewell, was appointed to succeed him. In June 195 1, La Verna 

 Pendleton was transferred to the project from Washington, D. C, 

 and during most of the remainder of that year supervised the routine 

 laboratory activities. 



Others employed in the office and laboratory on a temporary or 

 part-time basis were Richard Holmes and Herbert Ball, draftsmen ; 

 Rose Lee Cohen, draftsman and illustrator; Halcyon Harris and 

 Alice Rowe Bell, illustrators ; and Lee Madison, laboratory helper. 



Field personnel consisted largely of students from various parts 

 of the country, although local labor was also utilized where available. 

 In some instances, especially with larger parties, members of the per- 



