RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE HUMANITIES 305
tine, and
the areas north and northwest of
Persia. These field projects have led to the provision
of buildings for headquarters at major
sites and at the University of Chicago. The workrooms
of the institute in Chicago furnish complete
services for the preparation and study of
finds, and
also for research in the historical
aspects of human culture in the Near Eastern
area. A museum at the Chicago headquarters
provides for the presentation of materials from
the field in clearly defined groups and categories,
with the result that its exhibits are viewed each
year by increasing numbers of persons from the
lower levels of school age to the most advanced
students of antiquity. Establishment of these exhibits
and diminution of activity at older sites
represent the completion of the most active period
of development in thefieldand at Chicago headquarters,
within the range of the original program
of the institute. Major projects, such as the Assyrian
dictionary, will carry on for many years
according to clearly formulated plans; and the
publication of results of current excavations will
continue for some time. The seventeen years of
development have demonstrated the soundness
of the original plans for the institute. The further
work of the staff will be directed constantly toward
the reconstruction and addition of chapters
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