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PAGE Board of Trustees, it ere es - iio ae ‘ % ; Heegn te 430 Officers and Committees; ~°0 >, 5-4 ee ee gg Sea se ss Se ce eae Nite were LY SBA Se hms 432 Income and Maintenance, ene PO eaeoy ia reap a - 434 Memberships, SLA Gee Dee Teak woo EMRE MTS wine eee eS 434 Lecture Courses, - - - - 3 = : : 2 : i - 434 Publications, - - - : = a Z ts i s a 436 RADWO LY, Fh An ree ies, ae Dae ee ee ee a aa Records, - - é - F = A 2 : . by F 440 saventory std Lapeling, "55 om eee Se Se ay oar gag TOSS aE et Tie eee an ey ae ON Cy aad Me Exchanges, Teen SEE et on eh ee a A ee ee er Expeditions and Field Work, -- + - - - sis es 443 Installation and Permanent Improvements, - - - - - - - 446 Photography, Illustration and Printing, - - - - - . m 452 Attendance, Re a ee Piso ia eos Gece | Me RE eG ee ge me PRaaCial prmtemnenit ym ee oe el aie eee eg Accessions, - - - Ps = s E Z = : - = 459 Department of Anthropology, ead he a iat eens 9 Wes, Tico eae ama? 1 Department, of Botany,» = 42-80) a a = Department of Geology, ee eer el range ee ta et a Ne ae Department of Ornithology, :°.- 9 = = sD ee Department of Zoology, nak MOR eT eee ea a an eee mY 13% The Library, - - - - - - = * 7‘ « . - 470 Articles of Incorporation, - - - : - : ast am - 498 Amended By-Laws, - aa aa he - - eee : -.- = 500 Honorary Members and Patrons, Se ke ee ee Ree List of Corporate: Members, = - 9-0 en og List of Life Members, coe 5 ES ead eae Ih age eee ele nee Seed eed List of Annual Members, ; - : - - - - - - - 506 Fietp Cotumpian MusEuM—ReEports, VOL. I. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. GrorcE E. ADAMS. Huntincton W. JACKSON. OweEN F. ALDIs, ARTHUR B. JONES. Epwarp E. AYER. GEORGE MANIERRE. Watson F. Brair. ~ Cyrus H. McCormick WitiiaM J. CHALMERS. Norman B. REam. MarSHALL FIELD, JR. Martin A. RYERSON. Hartow N. HIGINBOTHAM. Epwin WALKER. DECEASED. NorMAN WILLIAMS. Geo. R. Davis. ee es ee ee ae eee | Oct. 1900. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. OFFICERS. Hartow N. Hicinsotuam, President. Martin A. Ryerson, First Vice-President. Norman B. Ream, Second Vice-President. Hartow N. Hicinsotuam, Chairman Executive Committee. GEORGE MANIERRE, Secretary. Byron L. Smiru, Zreasurer. COMMITTEES. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Haritow N. HicinsotuHam, Chairman Ex-Officio. Epwarp E. Aver. Norman B. Ream. Owen F. ALpIs. Martin A. RYERSON. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Huntincton W. Jackson, Watson F. Brair. MARSHALL FIELD, JR. COMMITTEE ON BUILDING. GrEoRGE E. ADams. WILLIAM J. CHALMERS. Cyrus H. McCormick. AUDITING COMMITTEE. GEORGE MANIERRE. ' ARTHUR B. JoNEs. FIELD CoLuMBIAN MusreEuM—ReEports, VOL, I. STAFF OF THE MUSEUM. DIRECTOR. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. GrorGE A. DorsEy, Curator. S. C. Simms, Asst. Curator Division of Ethnology. DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. C. F. Mitispaucu, Curator. DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. O. C. FarrIncton, Curator. H. W. NicuHois, Assistant Curator. ELMER S. Rices, Assistant Curator Paleontology. DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, EXCEPT ORNITHOLOGY. D. G. Exuior, Curator. S. E. MEEK, Assistant Curator. DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY. C..B. Cory, Curator. THE LIBRARY. Eusig Lippincott, Librarian RECORDER. D. C. Davies. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 1899-1900. To the Trustees of the Field Columbian Museum: I have the honor to present a report of the operations of the Museum for the year closing September 30, 1900. Your Director has been absent from his post several months of the period covered by this report, and must rely more than usual upon the reports of the heads of departments for such information as is conveyed to you hereby. As will be apparent from the details following, very im- portant improvements have been made, and owing to the personal attention given by the President to the executive work of the institu- . tion, the year records unusual activity and progress. An important action of the Executive Committee has been the abandonment of all the industrial and historical collections of the Museum. With the exception of the annex occupied by transportation, the halls hereto- fore occupied by the industrial arts have been or soon will be trans- ferred to the use of the Department of Anthropology, and the material heretofore contained therein returned to the donor, presented to appropriate institutions or stored away for further consideration. In this connection it is well to note the distribution of the material, photographs, paintings, etc., in Columbus Memorial Hall to the Chi- cago Historical Society, the University of Chicago, the Newberry Library, and to a number of schools in the state; also the presenta- tion by President Higinbotham of the collection of dressed and undressed skins of mammals, birds and reptiles that may be utilized for commercial purposes, to the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia. This collection, which had attracted considerable attention, had been purchased with other material from Tiffany & Company of New York by Mr. Higinbotham and presented to the Museum. The action of the Trustees above referred to rendered this material inappropriate under the scope adopted and it was returned to Mr. Higinbotham, who, as stated, presented it toa museum devoted to commercial ends. STAFF OF THE Museum.—The personnel of the staff remains prac- tically unchanged. The resignation of Mr. Dieserud, Librarian of 433 434 FieLp CoLumBian MusEumM—Reports, VOL. 1. the Museum, was accepted during the month of July, and Miss Elsie Lippincott was appointed as his successor. Mr. E. N. Guiret was appointed as Osteologist early in the spring, that post having been vacant over a year. No other changes occurred in the staff of the Museum. INCOME AND MAINTENANCE.—The budget authorized by the Execu- tive Committee provided for the sum of $102,000 for the maintenance of the Museum for the year ending September 30, 1900. The amount expended was $94,938, showing a balance of $7,062 within the antici- patedexpenses. In addition to this amount $25,924 was expended by the authority of the Executive Committee for collections, expeditions, etc., bringing the total expenditure for the year to $120,862. Com- paring the cost of maintenance with the sums used for like purposes in previous years, it is noticed there is quite an increase in the amount expended for general repairs of the building, including the tedious and expensive labor now. in progress of strengthening the main floor. It is especially gratifying that, notwithstanding the unusual cost of repairs and improvements to the building, the funds have been found within the limits of the budget for maintenance, and there remains several thousand dollars of this fund yet to its credit for the year. THE MemBersuips.—The number of annual members still decreases; twenty-nine resignations having been accepted during the year. This annual decrease in these memberships may, of course, be expected so long as no effort is made to maintain the integrity of the list, which effort would not be likely to give entire satisfaction for the reason that the Museum is so generous in the privileges extended to the pub- lic that there remains very little inducement for the payment of an annual subscription. - Lecture Courses.—Two courses were given as usual in the autumn and spring, bringing the number of courses given by the Museum up to thirteen. The participation of Messrs. Harlan I. Smith, Stewart Culin and James .Mooney in the last course was a gratifying feature, importantly connected as they are with kindred institutions in the east. The attendance upon these lectures has been steadily good, and in some instances the large number of students and teachers has been observed with much satisfaction. The will- ingness with which well-known instructors and lecturers participate, without compensation, in these courses is an evidence of their per- sonal sympathy with the work as well as an indication of a growing confidence in the general good that is being accomplished in this community. Oct. 1900... . ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 435 Following is the twelfth course, delivered in October and November, 1899: Oct. 7.—‘* The Cliff Dwellers of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico”? (Illustrated). Mr. E. H. Cooper, Denver, Colorado. Oct. 14.—‘‘ Hawaii” (Illustrated). Mr. R. J. Bennett, Chicago, III. Oct. 21.—‘‘A Cruise Among the Antilles—Porto Rico ” (Illustrated). | Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator, Department of Botany. Oct. 28.—‘*A Cruise Among the Antilles—Cuba” (Illustrated). Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, Curator, Department of Botany. = Nov. 4.—‘‘Some Curious Insects ” (Illustrated). Mr. E. B. Chope, Assistant in Department of Zoology. Nov. 11.—<‘ Fishes and Fishing on the Pacific Coast” (Illustrated). Dr. S. E. Meek, Assistant Curator, Department of Zoology. Nov. 18.—*‘‘ The Katcinas of the Hopi Indians” (Illustrated). Rev. H. R. Voth, Missionary to the Hopi Indians. Nov. 25.—‘‘ The Eskimo” (Illustrated). Dr. George A. Dorsey, Curator, Department of Anthropology. The following is the thirteenth course, delivered in March and April, 1goo: March 3.—‘‘ The Age of Steel” (Illustrated). Mr. H. W. Nichols, Assistant Curator, Department of Geology. March 1to,—‘‘Conditions of Life in Inland Lakes” (Illustrated). Dr. E. A. Birge, Professor of Zoology, University of Wisconsin. March 17.—‘‘ Gigantic Fossil Reptiles from the Jurassic of Wyo- ming ” (Illustrated). Mr. E. S. Riggs, Assistant Curator of Paleontology. 436 FieLp CoLumpran MusrumM—ReEports, VOL. 1. March 24.—‘‘Primitive American Art with Illustrations Drawn Chiefly from Studies in Aboriginal Games ” (Illus- trated). Mr. Stewart Culin, Director of the Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. March 31.—‘‘ Archeological Discoveries on the North Pacific Coast of America” (Illustrated). Mr. Harlan I. Smith, American Museum of Natural History, New York. April 7.—‘‘Soyaluna, a Hopi Winter Solstice Ceremony. Stanley McCormick Expedition” (Illustrated). Rev. H. R. Voth, Missionary to the Hopi Indians. April 14.—‘‘ The Yellowstone National Park” (Illustrated). Prof. J. P. Iddings, University of Chicago. April 21.—‘‘ The Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan and Their Vegeta- tion” (Illustrated). Dr. Henry C. Cowles, University of Chicago. April 28—‘‘ Indian Tribes of the Great Plains” (Illustrated). Mr. James Mooney, Bureau of Ethnology, Wash- ington, D. C. There are now on hand 2,022 slides, classified as follows : Aweropolo gy oY Sans eee aioe Apes ee Ne gigs aoe Sie £370 5 ae rola aerate Ui Se oA Ro Naat COU terngr a ors, (tel RAMOS |= RROOLOI Cs WR STE Bee mG ee ees eT aged Na pe Eee Cad a ee Zoology, pete Mee rer ent, iN ne Ph ACR ats ar a aw” axe SiS an BAO Memb dy ps. ig a setagci't a Napa eee ea apa e nae 2,022 PuBLications.—During the year ten publications were issued and also the second part of Prof. Cory’s ‘‘ The Birds of Eastern North America.” It is expected that valuable additions will be made to the Museum publications during the ensuing year, four important papers. being now in preparation by the Museum staff. The system of dis- tributing the publications remains the same as in the past except in the matter of return acknowledgments. A private mailing card is now inserted in each publication, to be returned as an acknowledgment instead of the paper form used heretofore. This form has demon- strated its usefulness economically, and has given general satisfaction both to the Museum and to the recipient. Oct. 1g00. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 437 The following is a list of the publications issued anda table showing their distribution during the year: ‘‘The Birds of Eastern North America.’’ Land Birds. Part II. Key to the Families and Species. By Charles B. Cory. Special edition printed for the Field Columbian Museum. 256 pages, edition 1,000, Pub. 40.—Zool. Ser., Vol. 1, No. 16. ‘‘ List of Mammals obtained by Thaddeus Surber, Collector for the Museum, chiefly in Oklahoma and Indian Territories.” By D. G. Elliot. 13 pages, edition 1,000; illustrations 4 (half- tones). Pub. 41.—Zool Ser., Vol. 1, No. 17. ‘* Notes on a Collection of Fishes and Amphibians from Muskoka and Gull Lakes.” By S. E. Meek. 5 pages, edition 1,000; no illustrations. Pub. 42.—Report Ser., Vol. 1, No. 5. ‘*‘ Annual Report of the Direc- tor to the Board of Trustees for the year 1898-99.” 74 pages, edition 2,000; illustrations 14 (13 half-tones and one zinc etching). | Pub. 43.—Bot. Ser., Vol. 2, No. 1. ‘‘ Plante Utowane.” Plants collected‘in Bermuda, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Cule- bras, Santo Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, the Caymans, Cozumel, Yucatan and the Alacran Shoals. Decem- ber, 1898 to March, 1899. By Charles F. Millspaugh. IIo pages, edition 1,000; illustrations 1 (zinc etching). Pub. 44.—Geol. Ser., Vol. 1, No. 7. I. ‘*New Mineral Occur- rences.” IJ. ‘Crystal Forms of Calcite from Joplin, Missouri.” By O.C. Farrington. 21 pages, edition 1,000; 22 illustrations (two half-tones and 20 zinc. etchings). Pub. 46.—Zool. Ser., Vol. 3, No. 1. ‘* Description of an Apparently New Species of Mountain Goat.” By D. G. Elliot. 5 pages, edition 1,000; 5 illustrations (half-tones). Pub. 47.—Zool. Ser., Vol. 3, No. 2. ‘*The Genus Eupomotis.’’ By S. E. Meek. 8 pages, edition 1,000; no illustra- tions. 438 FrieLp. CotumBian MuseuM—Reports, VoL. 1. Pub. 48.—Bot. Ser., Vol. 1, No. 6. ‘ Plantz Insule Ananasensis., A Catalogue.of Plants Collected on the Isle of Pines, Cuba, by Don Jose Blain.” By Charles F. Mills- paugh, 18 pages, edition 1,000; no illustrations. Pub. 49.—Zool. Ser., Vol. 1, No. 18. Index to Vol. 1, Nos. I to 17. 14 pages, edition 1,000; no illustrations. Pub. 50.—Bot. Ser., Vol: 2, No. 2. ‘*Plante Utowane.” Plants | collected in Bermuda, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Cule- bras, Santo Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, the Caymans, Cozumel, Yucatan and the Alacran Shoals. Decem- ber, 1898, to March, 1899. By Charles F. Millspaugh. 23 pages, edition 1,000; illustrations 29 (zinc etch- ings). RECIPIENTS— OFFICIAL: sa oe Si Bb LN gaat oak bite) Sa) peat toon Sit Rd oe ge Ree Rue aoe a Staff, poe es epee eas Pat PORE eae: Store soll Meath te at NK Fe Corporate Members, Bc g ag Alara erg Seg ote ite eee ee Dies se Var ee 3 Honorary Members -60 Sie ky ek Siege Meera 3 Abnual Membere soe ies ke a a er een ean ey 350 RECEIVED PUBLICATIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS: Domestic. Foreign. Individuals, . .. . Se Ra aie eo 9 9 Universities, Schools and Galleges ovat stoke ee BT af Museumea atid Gardens.? "02s Ga eee 6 37 Academies and Institutes, . .-, . 2 ...: 30 18 RECON Face nig inl, a pues Ca heat 24 49 Libraries; 6..." 7; Ra eeee rca ey eet 27 Government and State Poparewieaté, Ae fic avd cP 2 POMMEMUE ES he Gaia tyn a nee) heen ue MN es oe Belpvalige gg 16 RECEIVED PUBLICATIONS IN ONE OR MORE DEPARTMENTS: DOMESTIC. NAc cass) ae Dp Ay As Oso De Ze Individualay ise ns Tie tO 2 & JOY ae Universities, Schools and Colleges,