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North Pacific Expedition, and was himself a member of several ex- 

 peditions. 



Professor Marshall H. Saville was appointed Assistant Curator when Marshall 



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the Department was reorganized in 1894. He served as Assistant Cura- Saville, 

 tor of the Archaeological Division from 1896 until 1901, when he was ap- 

 pointed Curator of Mexican and Central American Archaeology, and 

 Associate Curator of Archaeology from 1905 until he resigned early in 

 1907. He continued to serve the Museum as Honorary Curator of 

 Mexican Archaeology until 1909. While connected with the Museum, 

 he spent several years exploring and collecting in Mexico. 



In 1905 all the anthropological work was placed under one head, and 

 Dr. Clark Wissler was appointed Acting Curator. The following year he ^" 2 k _ Wlssler 

 was promoted to the Curatorship, which position he now holds. Dr. 

 Wissler had previously served the Museum as an Assistant and later as 

 Assistant Curator in the Department of Ethnology. His researches 

 have been chiefly among the North American Indians, especially the 

 tribes of the Northern Plains, and on anthropometric problems. 



In 1909 the scientific staff was augmented by the appointment of Dr. 

 Pliny E. Goddard as Assistant Curator. Dr. Goddard was formerlv en- P- E.Goddard, 



1909- 



gaged in anthropological work for the University of California, making 

 a special study of Athapascan speaking peoples. 



Mr. Harlan I. Smith has been connected with the department since Harlan i. 

 1894, and in 1900 was appointed Assistant Curator of Archaeology. Mr. 189 4_' 

 Smith has specialized in North American archaeology, and as a member 

 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition made extensive archaeological 

 explorations in British Columbia and later in several of the Western 

 States. 



In 1903 Dr. Livingston Farrand was appointed Assistant Curator of Livingston 

 Ethnology and served for two years, when he resigned to accept a posi- fgg"!"^ 

 tion as Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Study 

 and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Dr. Farrand at various times since 

 1897 had carried on field work for the Museum in the West. 



Robert H. 



Dr. Robert H. Lowie and Dr. Herbert J. Spinden were appointed Lowie, 1909- 

 Assistant Curators in 1909. s^ntn.L-. 



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