io6 Report of the President 



Curator was appointed Consulting Ethnologist in the Bishop 

 Museum, Honolulu, to assist in the organization and conduct 

 of future Polynesian exploration. 



A special expedition to Southern Utah was made possible 

 by gift from Mrs. L. P. Cartier. Assistant Curator Nelson, 



accompanied by Mr. B. T. B. Hyde, conducted 

 The Mr. and Mrs. Cartier through the Grand Gulch 



Expedition Canyon, where the first discoveries of Cliff- 



Dweller culture were made by the Wetherill 

 brothers, thirty or more years ago, and from which the first 

 collections were taken, one of which Mr. Hyde presented to 

 the Museum in 1895. The Canyon was carefully surveyed 

 and many interesting sites located. In some cases, it was pos- 

 sible to identify the particular cliff-houses from which the 

 Museum's collection was taken. Following the Grand Gulch 

 trip, Assistant Curator Nelson visited the Mimbres region of 

 southern New Mexico to examine the ruins from which came 

 the recently acquired Mimbres collection purchased from a 

 local collector. By the results of this journey, definite data 

 are now available as to the sources and setting of this col- 

 lection. 



Research in the Museum, in the main, has been directed to 

 the completion of past exploration projects. In view of the 



contemplated changes in the staff, Curators 

 Museum Lowie and Spinden have given most of their 



time to the completion of reports in form for 

 immediate publication. Associate Curator Lowie has under 

 way a final paper on his long and intensive field-work among 

 the Indians of the Plains and the Great Basin. Assistant 

 Curator Spinden is similarly engaged with his data from Cen- 

 tral and South America. Dr. Goddard, Curator of Ethnology, 

 is completing some important linguistic studies. With the 

 close of the year, the special arrangement for the services 

 of Mr. B. T. B. Hyde terminates. Mr. Hyde gave his 

 time to the uncompleted work of the Hyde Expeditions 

 of earlier years. Largely through his efforts, the results 

 of excavations in the Chaco Canyon have been advanced to 



