Archaeology Magazine - October 1966 - 2

THE

DOUBLE

SIX

DRIVE

Last April's Archaeology carried an announcement of the fund-raising campaign
launched by the Archaeological
Institute of America in an effort to double its
endowment and provide new money for an expanded program of archaeological activity
here and abroad. With the Double Six Drive now eight months old, the time has come
for a progress report to the readers of Archaeology, many of whom have contributed to
the campaign.
As this story goes to press on September first, we are nearing the twenty per cent mark
in our drive for $500,000. Thirty-two local Societies are actively participating in the campaign. Members-at-large and subscribers have responded to our mail appeals. A Special
Gifts Committee, composed of Leon Pomerane, chairman, Robert L. Crowell, Mrs.
James C. Melrose, Charles H. Morgan and George A. Spater, has been soliciting funds.
The results are as follows :
Societies
$72,195
Members-at-large and Subscribers
1,708
16,711
Special Gifts

66
234

$90,614
In raising the above sum, a total of $1,567 has been spent. The Institute is very proud of
this low rate of expenditure, which guarantees that better than 98 cents of every dollar
contributed will be used for the objectives of the campaign.
The first Society to reach and exceed its quota was Santa Fe and this achievement is
especiallygratifying in that it was made possible by the gift of a daughter institution, The
School of American Research, on behalf of the local Society. In forwarding the School's
check, Eugene B. McCluney, Acting Director, wrote, 'Tar more than the token which the
School has offered is the deep, abiding appreciation which we will always have for the
AIA and its decision to create the School of American Research in 1907."
Of our other Societies,Princeton has raised 80 per cent of its quota, Providence 66 per
cent, Philadelphia 60 per cent, Central Missouri 50 per cent, New York 49 per cent and
Walla Walla 44 per cent. A tabulation of the accomplishments of the individual Societies
is presented on the following page.
This initial phase of the campaign has been largely devoted to the solicitation of contributions. A few Societies have supplemented cash returns by benefits: Atlanta with
a lecture program ranging from Egyptian art and archaeology to Classicism in 17th century painting, and North Carolina with an unusual dramatic skit entitled "The Descent
of the Toga," featuring authentic Roman costumes. Firm and tentative plans for autumn
and spring include lecture series, an archaeological fair and auction, a film on primitive
tribes of New Guinea, a costume ball, and a preview of an art exhibit.
The Institute itself, as you know, is sponsoring an exciting tour of North Africa,
Malta and Sicily which will take the participants to rarely visited sites such as the Tassili
Caves with their Stone Age rock-paintings, the megalithic temples of Malta, and the
Roman villa at Piazza Armerina, with its superb mosaic floors.
A long-term program of archaeological publication is being worked out with Robert L.
Crowell, Trustee of the Institute, and his publishing firm. The first book, an anthology
of articles on excavations in the Holy Land, with an introduction by James B. Pritchard,
will soon be in press. Further information will be provided in a forthcoming issue of
Archaeology.
The Institute takes this opportunity to express its profound gratitude to all who have
contributed time, money and effort to the success of the campaign thus far. Limitations
of space restrict the list on the following pages to donors of $100 and more, but the
names of all contributors will be given in the Bulletin at the end of the drive. Supplementary lists of major gifts will appear in Archaeology from time to time.

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