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Trustees' Meetings

At the Annual Meeting of the Board held on May 8, 1928, Mr. George G. Heye was re-elected Chairman of the Board and Mr. Joseph Keppler was elected Vice-Chairman to fill the office so long held by the late Mr. Hendricks. Mr. Heye and Mr. Worrall were elected members of the Executive Committee to serve until the Annual Meeting of 1931.

At the same meeting, Mr. George G. Heye, together with Messrs. Hodge, Saville, Orchard and Harrington, were appointed to the Staff Committee of the Museum to serve during the coming year.

The other officers, to wit, Mr. Roberts, as Treasurer, and Mr. Seward, as Secretary, continued to serve in their respective capacities.

A notable evidence of Mr. Archer M. Huntington's deep interest in the Museum's welfare was reported at the Annual Meeting when the Chairman notified the trustees of Mr. Huntington's unsolicited gift of $100,000 to the Museum General Fund. This gift was most timely and welcome as it went far to provide the Museum with funds to meet its immediate expenses, until the payments of the legacies from the Ford and Hendricks estates could be received.

At the Regular Trustees Meeting held on October 2, 1928, Messrs. Willard V. King, George C. Fraser and Edward C. Delafield took their seats on the Board.

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees on December 6, 1928 was signalized by being held at the Bronx Annex Building with the entire Board present, with the exception of Messrs. Huntington and Keith. The members of the Board made a tour of the building and a brief examination of the wealth of material and specimens stored there and available for study. This was the first visit of several of the trustees to the new building.

At the Regular Meeting of the Board held on February 5, 1929, the Treasurer reported that the legacy of $250,000 bequeathed to the Museum as an endowment by the late Harmon W. Hendricks, had been paid to the Museum by Mr. Samuel Riker, executor of that estate, far in advance of the date when such payment was legally required to be made. The payment of this fund, together with the prompt payment of the instalments due on Mr. Hendricks' subscription to the Budget Fund for the fiscal year of 1928 - 29, also the payment of the balance of $15,000 on Mr. Hendricks' subscription to the Hawikuh Publication Fund, not only evidenced the generosity which Mr. Hendricks had always shown, but also the spirit of fine co-operation of his executor, Mr. Samuel Riker, who had in the past been a trustee of this institution.

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The Board of Trustees, at this meeting, had an opportunity to congratulate the Chairman on the receipt of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy conferred on him by the University of Hamburg, Germany, on January 8, 1929, an honor well merited by the recipient and evidencing the recognition which the intellectual world is according to Dr. Heye for his great service to science and education.

Report of Attendance
For Last Fiscal Year, April 1, 1928 - March 31, 1929

                Week Days     Sundays     Holidays    Total
April........     3,157        2,149         ....     5,306
May..........     2,262        1,520          276     4,058
June.........     2,110        1,132         ....     3,242
July.........     1,991          978           85     3,054
August.......     2,421          832         ....     3,253
September....     2,627        1,921          221     4,769
October......     2,576        1,913          150     4,639
November.....     2,362        1,676          405     4,443
December.....     3,109        2,121          327     5,557
January......     2,352        1,769           41     4,162
February.....     2,102        2,695          850     5,647
March........     3,021        3,210         ....     6,231
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  TOTAL......    30,090       21,916        2,355     54,361

Attendance for fiscal year April 1, 1927, to March 31, 1928 ... 53,082
Total attendance, since opening of Museum ... 360,692

Museum Building

There have been many changes during the year of exhibitions, notably in the collections from Mexico and Peru, and the new policy of exhibiting fewer specimens in each case has been inaugurated. This tends to show the articles very much better than they were in their former crowded condition.

Museum Annex

The study collections now in the Museum Annex have been permanently arranged and the entire collections are in complete order for the use of students.

The specimens in the Physical Anthropological Department have been unpacked and they are now being arranged. This work will probably be completed by the middle of May.