1961-1962 - American Museum of Natural History

Hall of the Peoples of Africa, and completed analysis of his
field notes on the Pygmies.
Dr. Stanley A. Freed wrote reports on two field trips undertaken
before his appointment to the Museum: one among the
Washo Indians of California and Nevada, the other in a village
in northern India. The Washo research attempted to reconstruct
the aboriginal culture and analyze the effects upon this
culture of 100 years of contact with whites. The research on
the village in India analyzed the effects upon traditional village
culture of urban employment and residence of temporary
migrants from the village.
In exhibition, the department has been engaged in the complete
reorganization and reinstallation of three major halls.
These are the Peoples of the Pacific, African, and Eastern Woodlands-Plains
Indians halls, under the respective supervision of
Dr. Mead, Mr. Turnbull, and Dr. Freed.
Two very successful temporary exhibits were set up by the
department last year. One, entitled "Art and Life in Old Peru,"
was presented in honor of the visit of President Don Manuel
Prado of Peru. It provided Dr. Bird with an opportunity to
show pieces rarely exhibited and, in some cases, never previously
displayed. The exhibit aroused widespread and highly
favorable reaction. It also prompted a generous friend of the
Museum to contribute the cost of printing an illustrated catalogue
of the exhibit. The other exhibit, entitled "Recent Accessions
from Africa," was supervised by Mr. Turnbull, and displayed
some of the finest of the recent acquisitions.
As in the past, the study collections of the department were
made available to a large number of students, writers, and artists
who represented other museums and universities in this
country and abroad.
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