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study of the archeology of the upper Susquehanna. The secretary 

 is Rowan D. Spraker and the attorney, Adrian A. Pierson. Morgan 

 chapter, the parent organization, is located at Rochester. Meetings 

 are held monthly during ten months of the year, two of which are 

 field meetings. Special students and experts on archeological sub- 

 jects give the addressers. During the year meetings have been held 

 at Rochester University, the Rochester Club, the Municipal Museum, 

 Catherine Strong Hall and the Memorial Art Building. All other 

 meetings, except field meetings, have been at the home of President 

 Alvin H. Dewey, who seems to delight in providing entertainment 

 and refreshment for his fellow students. 



The Archeologist of the State Museum is the acting director of 

 the association and has attended the annual meetings of the chapters 

 as well as given talks at stated meetings. The association head- 

 quarters is at the State Museimi where the records are kept. The 

 association is performing a remarkable work and is cooperating with 

 the State Musetim in obtaining information and specimens. The 

 Museum is fortunate in having so large a body of enthusiastic friends. 



Addresses and papers. There is a constant demand for articles 

 and lectures on subjects pertaining to the New York Indians, past 

 and present. The heavy demands of the routine work of the depart- 

 ment make it impossible to respond to more than a very few of these 

 requests. During the year the Archeologist has prepared the follow- 

 ing papers for publication: A Prehistoric Iroquoian Site at Rich- 

 mond Mills, Ontario County, New York State Archeological Associa- 

 tion Transactions; the New York Indians in the World War, " State 

 Service," November 19 18; Musetmi Groups in Wax and Plaster, 

 " Museum Work," December, 1918; An Early Contact Period Site 

 of the Seneca at Factory Hollow, New York State Archeological 

 Association Transactions, 19 19; Health Conditions of the New York 

 Indian Reservations, " Health News," April 19 19. 



Public addresses have been: The Religious Beliefs of the American 

 Indians, Unitarian Society; Primitive Secret Societies, Leatherstock- 

 ing chapter; Origin and Distribution of the American Indians, Morgan 

 chapter; The Empire State When the Red Man Ruled, Buffalo 

 consistory ; The American Indian in the World War, Morgan chapter. 

 These talks were given in order to stimulate interest and to supply 

 correct information. No fees were received and traveling expenses 

 in no case were made a charge upon the State. 



