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the adherence to scientific methods by collectors, a uniform catalog 

 system, the registration of collectors and an insistance upon the 

 taking of adequate data by every individual member. By means 

 of a state society we are able to unite the interests of those con- 

 cerned in archeological research and to obtain the results of their 

 field studies. This contributes to the advancement of knowledge. 



The association has held several field meetings during the year 

 and has planned a lecture course during the autumn and winter of 

 1 916. It has already taken steps to work in cooperation with the 

 state archeological societies of Wisconsin and Ohio. The present 

 officers are Alvin H. Dewey, president; E. Gordon Lee, secretary, 

 66 Richland street, Rochester; Edward D. Putnam, treasurer; and 

 John G. D'Olier, vice president. The headquarters of the associa- 

 tion are in the State Museum, the Archeologist at present acting as 

 director. This organized effort on the part of citizens to contribute 

 to the extension of the influence of the State Museum and to con- 

 serve properly the field of investigation is worthy of attention and 

 some analysis. It marks the beginning of a more efficient, not to 

 say more patriotic, cooperation of the citizen with the institutions 

 that he has created for the benefit of society. By means of the 

 work of the association local museums of archeology will become 

 better supported and their collections fostered with greater care, 

 archeological monuments will not be so ruthlessly destroyed nor 

 will vandals destroy and scatter archeological evidences as 

 heretofore. 



Field meetings of the association have been held at the estate 

 of Admiral Hanford, Scottsville, and on the John Dann farm, 

 Honeoye Falls. Under the auspices of Lewis H. Morgan chapter 

 the Archeologist of the State Museum this year delivered the 

 annual address before the federated scientific and historical 

 societies of Rochester at Rochester University. During the year 

 the chapter, which has a membership of about ioo, began its plans 

 and collected funds for a memorial arch to Lewis H. Morgan to 

 be erected in Rochester and also requested permission to place a 

 memorial tablet to Morgan in the hall of ethnology in the State 

 Museum. 



Needs and recommendations. The work of the archeology 

 section is seriously handicapped by the lack of adequate clerical 

 assistance. We are in need of a stenographer and transcript clerk. 

 With this assistance the efficiency of our office work would be 



