1901 
The current work of the Bureau continued that of pre- 
vious years, consisting largely of attention to the researches, 
writing and publications of the various members of the staff* 
Personally, X gave much attention to archeological field work, 
a brief outline of which may be given in this place, although 
the outstanding enterprise of the latter part of the year, as 
well as of succeeding years was the preparation, installation 
and return to Washington of the elaborate ethnological exhibits 
contributed to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, 
the Bureau and National Museum, working together in these in- 
teresting projects. 
The requirements of the frequently recurring expositions 
were a great aid in developing the exhibits of the National 
Museum, and credit is given me for the introduction during pre- 
vious years of a new feature — a feature especially adapted 
for exposition display. This was the building of lay figure 
groups of the primitive tribes of the world, and more especially 
of the American Indians. 
Asked by Mr. P. W. Lehmann, Chairman of t>he Committee 
on Anthro polo gical Exhibits and Mr. F* W. True , representative 
of the Smithsonian Institution, to supply a plan for the exhibit 
at St. Louis, I submitted the following: 
"Referring to your favor of July 20, 1901, already 
briefly acknowledged, I take the liberty of offering certain 
suggestions regarding plans for an anthropological exhibit at 
the Louisiana Exposition. 
