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departmental Committee. The collaboration of 33 contributors, each 

 a specialist in some phase of South American anthropology, was ar- 

 ranged. Work accomplished during the year included completion of 

 manuscripts by Dr. Robert H. Lowie and Dr. Alfred Metraux totaling 

 more than 150,000 words ; completion of a new base map drawn from 

 the American Geographical Society's 1 : 1,000,000 sheets, and of four 

 new maps showing respectively the vegetation, climates, physical fea- 

 tures, and topography of South America ; compilation of a preliminary 

 bibliography of nearly 2,000 items ; substantial progress on many other 

 manuscripts; and integration of the Handbook plan with research 

 activities of many other institutions in different countries. Arrange- 

 ment was made to engage the services of Dr. Metraux on full-time 

 basis as assistant editor in the fiscal year 1941-42. The services of a 

 secretary were had for the Handbook during three months of 1941. 



During the fall Dr. Steward acted as chairman of the Program 

 Committee of the American Anthropological Association, arranging 

 the program for the Christmas meetings in Philadelphia. He also 

 served on the Committee on Latin American Anthropology of the 

 National Research Council and accepted membership on the Scientific 

 Advisory Committee of the Pan American Trade Committee. 



The following scientific papers were published: Archeological Re- 

 connaissance of Southern Utah, Bur. Amer. Ethnol. Bull. 128, pp. 

 275-356 ; Nevada Shoshone, in Univ. California Culture Element Dis- 

 tributions ; several short papers on the Carrier Indians ; a description 

 of the Handbook of South American Indians for the Boletin Biblio- 

 grafico de Antropologia Americana. An article was prepared for 

 American Antiquity on The Direct Historic Approach to Archeology. 



During the fiscal year Dr. Henry B. Collins, Jr., ethnologist, con- 

 tinued with the study and description of archeological collections from 

 prehistoric and protohistoric Eskimo village sites in the vicinity of 

 Bering Strait. Material was also assembled for a paper on the origin 

 and antiquity of the Eskimo race and culture in relation to the larger 

 question of the original entr}^ of man into America. 



At the request of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology 

 and Ethnology of Harvard University, Dr. Collins made two trips to 

 Cambridge to assist in the identification and selection of materials for 

 the new Eskimo exhibit being planned by Donald Scott director of the 

 Museum, and his assistant, Frederick G. Pleasants. 



Dr. Collins also served as collaborator and technical adviser for 

 Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., in connection with production of a motion- 

 picture record of Eskimo life on Nunivak Island, Alaska, to be made 

 by Amos Burg, explorer and photographer. The film, designed for 

 use in the elementary schools, will provide an authentic picture of the 

 daily life and activities of the Nunivagmiut, who have retained more 



