REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR I913 33 



Archeology. The archeology section is to occupy the two mez- 

 zanine floors. Originally it was planned to restrict the archeological 

 exhibit to the large mezzanine at the west of the building and to 

 reserve the smaller mezzanine for the botanical collections. It 

 seems, however, impracticable now to put together an effective 

 exhibit in botany sufficient to fill the smaller mezzanine. The de- 

 mands of the growing section of archeology for more room are 

 imperious and the present plan contemplates assigning both mezza- 

 nines to this section and restricting botany, for the time being, to 

 the space available in the separate compartment on the mezzanine 

 floor at the east end of the building. The cases for the archeology 

 section were released by the contractor only near the close of the 

 fiscal year and these included only such as were embraced within 

 the contract of George W. Cobb, jr. No provision had been made 

 in that contract for the construction of the large group cases which 

 are to contain the series of ethnological displays of the Six Nations. 

 Since then plans have been undertaken which will lead to the 

 construction of these cases to receive the groups for which the 

 cost was contributed by the generosity of Mrs F. F. Thompson, 

 and while these plans are now progressing, it will obviously be 

 some time before these great cases are constructed and the exhibits 

 completed. 



Additional cases will be required, and reasonable provision has 

 been made therefor, in order to put the smaller mezzanine in proper 

 equipment for the reception of the archeological collections. In 

 view of the uncertainty which prevailed as to the proper adaptation 

 of the lesser mezzanine, the Cobb contract did not call for a suf- 

 ficient number of cases to equip it suitably, and it is now hoped 

 that the provision which has been made by the Board for additional 

 cases may be adequate to put this room into proper order. 



As a necessary consequence of these conditions the installation 

 of the archeological collections, so far as it has gone (and some 

 of the cases have been filled) is only temporary, for the construction 

 of the new cases will require the removal and replacing of some 

 cases already installed. Mention might properly be made, however, 

 of certain work which has been done in the construction of the 

 Indian graves in the cases prepared for them, the work on these 

 having been effectively rendered and completed. This work has 

 been carried out under the direction of Mr Parker by his assistants, 

 Mr Clarke and Mr Lansing. 



