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THE MUSEUM
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA

Now a second little point. Mrs Dam, our chief docent, has been asked to write an article for the AMERICAN MERCURY on the present state of archaeological investigations in this country, or something of the same kind. You keep in touch with America north of Mexico better than I. What work do you know of in addition to the following. Yourself in Nevada, Hodge at Hawikuh, Kidder at Pecos, Judd at Pueblo Bonito, Mills and Shetrone in Ohio, Loomis in Florida, Cummings in Mexico, Gamio in Guatemala, Kroeber in Peru, the various state surveys. What is Moorehead doing? The Peabody? Fewkes and the Bureau and the National Museum? Who did that work in Louisiana which was noted in the paper? Tulane? How about the Canadian archeologists? I forgot Schmidt in Arizona for the American Museum.

One of the things I have in mind for myself is the preparation of a reader or two for schoolchildren based on interesting and appropriate Indian tales. I suppose anyone can take any tale published by any institution and rewrite and use it, but possibly it might be better to request permission. Probably the most interesting collection of tales I have so far encountered are Alanson's Menominee Tales, published by the American Museum. Do you think Mrs Skinner would have any objection to my using them with proper credit? How is she, by the way, where is she and what is she doing? Probably I had better write to her and ask her permission, though, unless she intends to use them for the same purpose, she has of course no claim to them.

What are you doing yourself, you and the rest of the boys at the Heye? Will you get down to the meetings at Christmas? I shall look forward to seeing you here.

Most cordially yours,
J Alden Mason