Since 1890, when Frederick Ward Putnam began directing anthropological collecting expeditions for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the story of anthropology at the Field Museum has been deeply intertwined with the history of Chicago. In the fall of 2000, the Field Museum hosted a two-day gathering to celebrate the centennial of anthropology, resulting in this volume of Fieldiana. Part I establishes the context of Field Museum anthropology at increasingly refined levels of resolution, and includes the historic first person account of how Edward Everett Ayer and others convinced Marshall Field to donate $1 million to develop a natural history museum in Chicago. Part II focuses on specific contributions by Field Museum curators from 1907 to 2002, and Part III, Present and Future Challenges, brings to completion the curatorial perspective with Jonathan Haas's description of the multilayered life of a modern curator, followed by chapters that address the significance of collections and information management in the Department. 336 pages. Softcover. 10" x 7".