In 1910 Dr. Brock began the process of assembling a research 
staff for the new Anthropological and Biological Divisions. Edward 
Sapir (Fig. 9) was the newly appointed Chief Anthropologist, 
and he promptly initiated an extensive research programme on the 
aboriginal people of Canada. One of the first persons to be engaged 
by Sapir was Vilhjalmur Stefansson, who began the study of Eskimos 
Fig. 11. Harlan IngersoU Smith (1872-1940). Archaeologist with the Museum, 
1911-1936. He worked mainly on West Coast Indian archaeology but was also a 
leader in Museum education. 
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