It is with great sadness that I pass on the news of the death of Dr.James
W.VanStone, Curator Emeritus of the Field Museum of Natural History.   Jim
died on Wednesday and a memorial service will be held at the Field Museum on
Thursday, March 8 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Jim was a wonderful curator who truly loved working with the Museum's North
American collections.  His expertise was in Arctic archaeology, but he
published monographs on a great variety of the Field's Native American
collections, including the Cree, Naskapi and Mesquaki.   He worked on the
Field's monumental Northwest Coast and Arctic Gallery as well as the
Smithsonian's traveling exhibition, Crossroad of Continents.

IHe will be missed.

Janice Klein
Director
MItchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College

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