1946 for a brief period by W. B. Timm, Director of the Bureau of 
Mines and Geology. In 1947 F. J. Alcock (Fig. 6) was appointed 
Curator of the National Museum, his title being changed later to 
Chief Curator. The Department of Mines and Resources was re- 
organized in January 1950, with the Geological Survey remaining 
in the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys and the Museum 
going to the newly formed Department of Resources and Develop- 
ment. Thus after 109 years, the close association of the Museum and 
the Geological Survey was terminated. 
Under the new Department, the Museum was organized as a 
Division of the Parks Branch, although the Massey Commission had 
recommended that it have an independent status like that of the 
Public Archives. With the retirement of Dr. Alcock in September 
1956, the Museum was divided into two Branches, Natural History 
and Human History. L. S. Russell was appointed to the Director- 
ship of the Natural History Branch, and Jacques Rousseau was 
appointed to that of the Human History Branch. Two years later, 
following internal friction in the Human History Branch, Dr. 
Rousseau severed his connection with the Museum, and Dr. Russell 
assumed the responsibilities of Acting Director, Human History 
Branch, an arrangement that has continued to the present (December 
1960). 
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