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[[start page]] 8 collection contains, without question, the finest bronze and silver work that has yet been recovered from the ruins of Peru. Mr. Ford has also presented to the Museum a valuable collection of sheet gold clothing ornaments from the Province of Lipez, Bolivia. COLLECTIONS ACQUIRED During the past fiscal year the Museum has acquired various ethnological collections from the various tribes of the Eskimo of South and North Greenland; the Nascapee, Catawba, Mistassini; Seri Indians, of Sonora, Mexico; Tlingit; Pomo; Chippewa; Nes Perces; Arapaho; and the Lengua tribe of the Chiquitos Indians of Eastern Bolivia. Among the archeological collections obtained by the Museum was material from Guatemala, Costa Rica, New Mexico, Peru, British West Indies, Porto Rico, and Mexico. GIFTS The following made gifts to the Museum of specimens, photographs, etc.: Abbott, Mrs. G. I. Ballena, Mr. Charles F. Bayless, Miss Marie Beard, Mr. Daniel Carter Benedict, Mrs. Howard C. Bird, Mr. Junius Blackie, Rev. W. R. Bolton, Mr. Reginald Pelham Bonawit, Mr. George Borein, Mr. Ed Brooking, Mr. A. M. Bullis, Mr. Howard P. Calvao, Mr. J. Tozzi Calver, Mr. William L. Comer, Mr. Chester Conkling, Mr. R. P. Dabb, Miss Edith M. Darrot, Mrs. Paul G. Davis, Mrs. Walter W. Deigan, Mr. James V. de la Torre, Dr. Carlos de Long, Miss Lilian de Santiago, Mrs. Alice L. Dorman, Mrs. James C. Doulton, Mrs. Harry J. Doyle, Mr. John T. Durbin, Mrs. A. Emmons, Lieut. G. T. Erskine, Mr. A. M. Evans, Mr. S.C. Faber, Mr. Sidney Graham, Mr. Sinclair Grimes, Mrs. Ralph Hallenback, Mrs. Lewis Hamilton, Mr. W. F. Hart Mirror Plate Company Harzberg, Mr. M. Hirsch, Mr. William Holstein, Major Otto Ingersoll, Mr. Ernest Ivins, Mrs. W. M. Jonas, Mr. Louis Keppler, Mrs. P. Kerr, Mr. John Clapperton Kerr, Mrs. John Clapperton Kidder, Dr. A. V. King, Mr. Forest Latham, Mr. Dudley [[end page]] [[start page]] 9 La Voy, Mr. Merl Lawrence, Mr. John B. Levy, Mr. Sigismund B. Lockley, Mr. Fred Massey, Hon. Vincent Miller, Mrs. Edward B. Miller, Mr. Kenneth Moeran, Mrs. Edward Henry Moore, Mr. Clarence B. Nicholson, Miss Grace Norman, Mr. Fred A. Nusbaum, Mr. Deric Oliver, Mr. W. Orthwein, Miss Lillian Over, Mr. W. H. Page, Miss Meredith K. Phyfe, Mr. William D. Pitts, Mr. Vitus Rapper, Mr. Edward Richardson, Mr. F. H. Robinson, Dr. E. P. Charles M. Russell Memorial Committee Schellbach, Mr. Louis Schernikow, Mr. Ernest Scrugham, Mr. J. G. Simon, Mr. Joseph P. Smith, Mr. Victor J. Smith, Mr. William Speck, Dr. Frank G. Strother, Mr. W. M. Swenson, Mr. Edward Taylor, Mrs. J. C. Weed, Mr. Edward F. West, Dr. C. W. White, Miss A. E. Winternitz, Mr. L. SUMMARY Specimens........................... 4,061 Photographs......................... 211 Negatives........................... 89 Colored prints...................... 4 Album............................... 1 Gifts to Library (see Library Report) 1,779 ------ Total............................... 6,145 JAMES B. FORD LIBRARY Physical Equipment: Stacks have been installed in the basement, with shelving sufficient to accommodate the library for ten years at the present rate of growth. A study room has been made out of the first store room, at the suggestion of Professor Saville, where it is proposed to place Mexican codices, Mexican language books and large folios. The second store room is designed to be a map room. The third is a work room and a storage room for duplicates. The fourth is a general store room for library supplies. The fifth contains the reserve stock of publications and the archives. Progress in shelving books: The periodicals, both old and new, have been placed on the shelves in geographical sequence. The new accessions have all been plated and stamped. The classifications number for each series has been affixed. The Mexican language books have been classified and placed on temporary shelves in the first room. [[end page]]