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Reservoir areas in South Dakota and from there proceeded to the 

 Boysen Reservoir in Wyoming where he initiated a survey of the area 

 to be inundated by that project. While in the Boysen Basin he col- 

 lected a number of specimens of fossil mammals and a large soft- 

 shelled turtle. He returned to Lincoln November 7 and from then 

 until January 6 devoted his time to writing reports and consulting 

 geological literature for information bearing on the reservoir areas. 



Leaving Lincoln, Dr. White went to Texas where, from January 9 

 to 29, he made a paleontological reconnaissance of the Whitney Reser- 

 voir basin on the upper Brazos River. From there he returned to 

 Washington, D. C, and from February 2 to May 15 worked in the 

 United States National Museum identifying osteological material ob- 

 tained from archeological sites, examining specimens, consulting geo- 

 logical literature relative to the reservoir areas in the Missouri Basin 

 and Texas, and preparing reports. He then went to the Lincoln office 

 and devoted the period from May 18 to June 1 making preparations 

 for the summer's field activities. He left Lincoln on June 1 for the 

 Boysen Reservoir where he resumed the investigations interrupted by 

 the onset of bad weather the previous autumn. From June 4 to June 

 30 he collected a number of specimens of fossil mammals and reptiles 

 and made extensive notes on the structure and stratigraphy of the 

 area. 



A number of student assistants were employed during the year as 

 members of the various field parties. Robert L. Hall and Warren 

 Wittry were with the Cooper party in South Dakota from July 1 to 

 September 10, when they returned to college. Both men again joined 

 Mr. Cooper on June 22 and were working with him at the Heart Butte 

 Reservoir at the end of the fiscal year. Gordon F. McKenzie, John 

 L. Essex, and Leo L. Stewart w^ere with Marvin F. Kivett at the 

 Garrison and Baldhill Reservoir projects in North Dakota at the be- 

 ginning of the fiscal year. Mr. Stewart left the party on August 20, and 

 Mr. Essex and Mr. McKenzie terminated their employment on August 

 30 following the return to the Lincoln headquarters. H. G. Pierce was 

 with the Bliss party in Wyoming and Montana from July 1 to Sep- 

 tember 10. John C. Donohoe assisted Dr. Theodore E. White from 

 July 1 to September and again joined him on June 14 for work in the 

 Boysen Reservoir. Ernest Lundelius joined the staff on June 1 and left 

 Lincoln with Dr. White when he started for Wyoming. Both he and 

 Mr. Donohoe were with the White party at the close of the year. 



Paci-fiG Coast area. — During the fiscal year the River Basin Surveys 

 project in the Pacific Coast region carried out investigations of the 

 archeological and paleontological resources in 14 reservoir areas in 

 the Columbia Basin, and in 7 reservoir areas in central California. 

 The results of this work were described in reports prepared for mim- 

 eographing and limited distribution. A total of 180 sites were found 



