﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  37 
  

  

  The 
  handling 
  and 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  study 
  and 
  storage 
  

   collections 
  have 
  been 
  greatly 
  facilitated 
  by 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  

   the 
  storage 
  rooms 
  in 
  the 
  attic 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  west 
  wing. 
  These 
  

   rooms, 
  especially 
  designed 
  for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  are 
  insect, 
  dust 
  

   and 
  fire-proof, 
  can 
  be 
  fumigated 
  whenever 
  desirable, 
  and 
  ren- 
  

   der 
  the 
  material 
  very 
  accessible 
  for 
  inspection 
  and 
  study. 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  several 
  large 
  and 
  important 
  collections 
  

   received 
  as 
  gifts 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  Of 
  special 
  mention 
  are 
  a 
  

   collection 
  from 
  the 
  Fiji 
  Islands, 
  containing 
  over 
  two 
  thousand 
  

   specimens, 
  and 
  a 
  collection 
  from 
  the 
  Andaman 
  Islands, 
  which 
  

   includes 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  "Ghost 
  House" 
  and 
  various 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  basketry, 
  pottery 
  and 
  weapons. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  

   accessions 
  are 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Morris 
  K. 
  Jesup. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Booth 
  presented 
  about 
  five 
  thousand 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  representing 
  the 
  archaeology 
  of 
  Dutchess 
  County, 
  New 
  

   York. 
  Another 
  important 
  gift 
  was 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  casts 
  

   of 
  hard 
  palates, 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Channing, 
  which 
  

   has 
  provided 
  the 
  data 
  for 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  written 
  by 
  

   Doctors 
  Channing 
  and 
  Wissler. 
  

  

  Six 
  expeditions 
  have 
  been 
  sent 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  the 
  interest 
  

   of 
  this 
  department, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  maintained 
  through 
  

   the 
  generous 
  contributions 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Morris 
  K. 
  Jesup. 
  

  

  In 
  April, 
  Mr. 
  V. 
  Stefansson, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  M. 
  

   Anderson, 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  Arctic, 
  via 
  the 
  Macken-zie 
  River, 
  for 
  

   ethnological 
  work 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Beaufort 
  Sea 
  and 
  

   among 
  the 
  islands 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Mackenzie. 
  They 
  

   plan 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harlan 
  I. 
  Smith 
  again 
  visited 
  eastern 
  and 
  northern 
  

   Wyoming 
  to 
  continue 
  his 
  archaeological 
  survey 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

   He 
  discovered 
  a 
  large 
  prehistoric 
  quarry 
  and 
  secured 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  data 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  races. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  expedition 
  was 
  to 
  James 
  Bay 
  and 
  western 
  

   Labrador, 
  under 
  Mr. 
  Alanson 
  Skinner. 
  It 
  is 
  our 
  first 
  expedi- 
  

   tion 
  into 
  this 
  field, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Skinner 
  found 
  a 
  type 
  of 
  culture 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  student. 
  

  

  Another 
  region 
  not 
  heretofore 
  investigated, 
  and 
  not 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  represented 
  in 
  our 
  collections, 
  is 
  the 
  great 
  Athapascan 
  

   area 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  northwest 
  of 
  Canada. 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  H. 
  Lowie 
  

   entered 
  this 
  field 
  and 
  obtained 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  results. 
  He 
  

  

  