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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  be 
  made 
  available. 
  It 
  is 
  fully 
  realized 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  collection 
  must 
  

   grow 
  slowly 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  hoped 
  to 
  reach 
  with 
  a 
  leap 
  the 
  end 
  aimed 
  

   at. 
  The 
  owners 
  of 
  historical 
  relics 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  seeking 
  

   to 
  dispose 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  as 
  to 
  guarantee 
  their 
  care 
  and 
  

   perpetuate 
  their 
  associations, 
  will 
  make 
  them 
  of 
  greatest 
  use 
  to 
  

   the 
  pubHc 
  by 
  depositing 
  them- 
  with 
  the 
  museum. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  it 
  has 
  seemed 
  wise 
  tO' 
  begin 
  at 
  the 
  

   beginning, 
  with 
  our 
  aboriginal 
  culture 
  wherein 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  logical 
  

   and 
  working 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  past 
  and 
  present 
  operations 
  rep- 
  

   resented 
  by 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  Archeology. 
  It 
  is 
  eminently 
  proper 
  that 
  

   the 
  remarkable 
  achievement 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Confederacy, 
  which 
  

   affords 
  a 
  unique 
  example 
  of 
  native 
  culture 
  and 
  democratic 
  polity^ 
  

   should 
  be 
  conserved 
  and 
  reportrayed 
  as 
  fully 
  and 
  as 
  effectively 
  as 
  

   it 
  is 
  now 
  possible 
  to 
  do. 
  The 
  general 
  scheme 
  for 
  such 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  

   collection 
  involves: 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  assembling 
  in 
  proper 
  association 
  of 
  the 
  relics 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  nation 
  now 
  or 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  life-size 
  groups 
  of 
  figures 
  ex- 
  

   pressing 
  the 
  various 
  phases 
  of 
  the 
  domestic, 
  industrial 
  and 
  military 
  

   life 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  tribes, 
  with 
  careful 
  detail 
  as 
  to 
  costumes, 
  acces- 
  

   sories 
  and 
  scenery, 
  the 
  work 
  to 
  be 
  executed 
  by 
  expert 
  artists 
  and 
  

   craftsmen 
  and 
  the 
  models 
  cast 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  living 
  types. 
  Each 
  

   of 
  these 
  groups, 
  of 
  which 
  six 
  are 
  now 
  planned, 
  would 
  contain 
  five 
  

   or 
  more 
  life 
  figures 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  front 
  length 
  of 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  feet. 
  

  

  3 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  busts, 
  mounted 
  on 
  suitable 
  pedestals, 
  of 
  typical 
  

   Iroquois 
  heads, 
  one 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  agreeable 
  and 
  encouraging 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  record 
  a 
  

   substantial 
  evidence 
  of 
  private 
  interest 
  in 
  this 
  public 
  undertaking. 
  

   Mrs 
  Frederick 
  F. 
  Thompson 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  a 
  daughter 
  of 
  former 
  

   Gov. 
  Myron 
  H. 
  Clark, 
  has 
  given 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $15,000 
  for 
  the 
  execu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  this 
  plan 
  for 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  collection, 
  which 
  on 
  its 
  completion 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  knov/n 
  as 
  The 
  Myron 
  H. 
  Clark 
  Museum 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  Culture. 
  

  

  Work 
  on 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  has 
  begun, 
  the 
  models 
  

   are 
  being 
  assembled 
  and 
  the 
  sculptor 
  to 
  execute 
  the 
  casts 
  is 
  

   engaged. 
  

  

  VII 
  

  

  ARCHEOLOGY 
  

  

  Field 
  work 
  in 
  archeology 
  began 
  in 
  May 
  when 
  certain 
  localities 
  

  

  in 
  Essex, 
  Warren 
  and 
  Clinton 
  counties 
  were 
  visited 
  to 
  determine 
  

  

  the 
  availability 
  of 
  the 
  sites. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  interesting 
  sites 
  of 
  

  

  former 
  Algonquin 
  occupancy 
  were 
  examined 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

  

  