1 8 Report of the Preside ni. 



During the year a number of collections not before exhibited 

 have been installed, notably the Hyde collections from the 

 ancient cliff-houses, burial-caves andruined pueblos of Colorado, 

 Utah and New Mexico. 



Only a portion of the interesting and important material 

 obtained from this expedition as the gift of Messrs. B. T. B. 

 Hyde and F. E. Hyde, Jr., is on exhibition. It is to the Messrs. 

 Hyde that we are also indebted for the publication of the 

 volume of the Memoirs containing the Navajo ceremony of the 

 Night Chant, written by Dr. Washington Matthews, a work of 

 exceeding importance. Mr. B. T. B. Hyde has purchased 

 the important library of the late Mr. Andrew E. Douglass, and 

 it is now arranged in the office room of the expedition. 



Among the new exhibits installed during the year is the 

 special exhibit of a portion of the material obtained by Mr. Volk 

 during the researches in the Delaware Valley which have been 

 carried on under the direction of Professor Putnam for over 

 twenty years. The expenses of the research for the past five 

 years have been met by Dr. F. E. Hyde of the Board of 

 Trustees. The exhibit is in a case in- the west corner hall of 

 the second floor. It seems to show conclusively that man was 

 in the valley of the Delaware at the time that certain of the 

 glacial deposits, and those immediately following, were made. 

 The discoveries of human remains and implements are illus- 

 trated by photographs and diagrams. 



The general North American archaeological collection, which 

 was in storage for several years, has been -arranged by Mr. 

 Smith, who has supplemented the exhibits by descriptive labels, 

 maps and drawings. He has also placed considerable printed 

 and typewritten information with a number of the collections, 

 and in various ways has made them especially instructive. 



Some of the archaeological collections from New York, ob- 

 tained largely through Mr. Harrington's explorations, have 

 been arranged. 



The Bandelier, Garces, Gaffron and Squier collections have 

 been re-arranged. A large and important collection from 

 Brazil, received in November from the Duke of Loubat, will 

 soon be installed. 



