SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
February i s ,1905 
I have the honor to make the f oil owing report on the 
meeting of the Congress of Americanists held at Stuttgart, Germany, 
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August 18-23, 1904, which I attended as an delegate fasam. the 
Smithsonian Institution in accordance with directions contained in 
the Secretary 11 s letter of May 3, 1904. In addition to the 
commission received from the Institution I was instructed to make 
certain studies in the museums of Europe, having in view the 
interests of the Institution in the preparation of plans for the 
new Museum building, as provided in the Assistant Secretary’s letter 
of July 12 r 1904. I was also the duly accredited representative at 
the Congress of the American association for the advancement of 
Science and the National Geographical Society. 
T ^1 sailed from New Yo^ jc^gn July 26 j in company with Mr. 
J . R. Marshall of the firm of Hornblower and Marshall , architects 
of the new Museum building, and reached Plymouth, England, 
August 1. Nine days were spent in visiting the museums- of London, 
Oxford and? Cambridge , and eight days in similar w r ork in Paris, and 
on August 18th. I reached Stuttgart. The opening session of the 
Congress was held in the forenoon of thatday and was attended by 
a large number of members and other prominent persons 
