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PART OF THE REPORT OF THE
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THE SCIENCE BUILDING FOR THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND THE
CATHERINE HOWARD LIBRARY.
(The ground was broken for this building May 3, 1898. It will be completed about
November 1, 1898. ]
No. 50—8— 98 — 500
The Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator,
To the Directors and Members of the City Library Association :—
Ww The fourth annual report of the Museum of Natural History is hereby
—respecttully submitted.
~ At this time, when the near future is so full a promise for a rapid
development of this department of the Association, it seems fitting that
the first place in this report should be given to an account of the Science
Building, which is now in process of construction and will, it is hoped, be
occupied before the next annual meeting
Science Building.
The plans for this structure as drawn by the architects, Gardner, Pyne
and Gardner, call for a building of generous dimensions, fifty feet wide
~ by one hundred and’ fifty feet long. It is placed northeast of the Art
Museum and at sufficient distance to permit of the extension of that build-
ing in accordance with the original designs. In architectural effect the
Museum of Science will make a worthy companion of the structure de-
a
“= voted to art. The materials used in construction are Pompeian brick,
~, Indiana limestone, and terra cotta. A most attractive feature will be the
portico at the south end, with its massive foundation and pediment, sup-
-. ported by four columns of polished granite.
In its interior plans and appointments, especial care has been taken to
+. secure economy of space and adequate provision for the different phases
— of museum work. At the left of the main entrance hall a room has been
set apart for the reference library of science to be maintained by the
Catherine Howard Memorial fund. Opposite the library will be the office
. of the curator, where the administrative work of the museum will be
a centered. Beyond these two rooms is the main exhibition hall, forty-six
feet wide by one hundred and twenty-three feet long and over twenty feet
high. This room will permit of a simple and systematic arrangement of
2 CILTY LIBRARY ASSOCTATIONG
the various collections in mineralogy, geology, botany, and zoédlogy. A
system of skylights will insure a thorough illumination of the room, a
most important element in the success of a museum. It is interesting to
note that in several of the large museums recently erected in England, the
method of lighting from above has been adopted, and that it is growing
in favor among scientists. The museum hall is composed of only one
story, but the front part of the building contains a second story, which
is divided into two apartments. The larger of these is also lighted from
overhead, as well as by windows, and will be used for the collections in
archeology, ethnology, and historical relics ; a smaller room will serve for
class purposes and for a work room in microscopy. ‘The interior finish
will be simple and attractive ; quartered oak wood work will be used, with
the exception of the Catherine Howard Memorial Library, which will be
done in white enamel.
An especially valuable feature of the new museum will be the base-
ment. Every care has been taken to secure ight and freedom from
moisture. A large window area has been provided, and, as the basement
rises six feet above the grade of the building, this room will serve for the
storage of duplicate and study collections, for class exercises, and for the
preparation of specimens.
It is desirable at this point, as a matter of record, to review the various
stages which have led up to this extension of the facilities of the natural
history department. At the annual meeting for 1896, Dr. William Rice,
the seeretary of the association, made reference in his report to the rapid
growth of the collections in natural history and showed that the limits of
space for exhibition would soon be reached. Many generous gifts, includ-
ing the Booth collection of minerals and the material purchased from the
Ward collection at the time of the meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science in this city in 1895, had made large de-
mands on the room allotted to the museum. At the annual meeting in
1897, Dr. Rice urged the necessity of action on the part of the associa-
tion to provide for the urgent needs of the department of natural history.
In accordance with these suggestions, at the quarterly meeting of the
directors, July 14, 1897, James A. Rumrill, John Olmsted, Samuel
Bowles, Luke Corcoran, and Nathan D. Bill were appointed a committee
to ‘“‘consider the need of increased accommodations for the natural history
department.’’ This committee reported at the next quarterly meeting,
October 13, and a committee, consisting of John Olmsted, vice-president
of the association, Nathan D. Bill and Dr. Luke Corcoran, was appointed
with power to receive subscriptions for a science building. January 12,
1898, the committee reported that sufficient funds had been received to
warrant the association in calling for plans for a building. Thereupon
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 5)
the directors appointed the following building committee: James A.
Rumrill, John Olmsted, Nathan D. Bill, James W. Kirkham, and Dr.
Luke Corcoran. On January 17, this committee was given full authority
to erect the building, in accordance with the plans submitted by Gardner,
Pyne and Gardner. Ground for the new museum of science was broken
Monday, May 2, 1898.
At each of the stages by which these results have been attained, the
City Library Association, and through that body the community, have prof-
ited by the enthusiasm and business sagacity of Vice-President John Olm-
sted. He has personally conducted, with great skill, the canvass for funds;
as chairman of the building committee, he has secured plans for a struc-
ture admirably adapted for museum purposes; and has brought to bear on
the details of contract and construction his thorough knowledge of men
and affairs.
The thanks of the association are due the members of its several com-
mittees, who have given much careful thought to the problem. The gen-
erous response of the citizens of Springfield to the appeal for funds has
also been most gratifying. It now remains to rightly administer the facil-
ities thus offered for the intellectual advancement of the community.
Accessions.
In view of the crowded condition of the cases and floor space, not much
effort has been made during the past year to secure additions to the collec-
tions. Yet, the kindness of friends of the institution has resulted in the
increase of the material in all departments and this growth has further
attested that the time is ripe for the new science building. The statistics
given in the appendix to this report show that the number of specimens
now catalogued is 10,360, an increase of 3,028 over the totals given in the
report a year ago. In certain cases, material which has been offered the
museum is now held by the owners until adequate room for storage and
exhibition shall be provided. The list of donors shows that interest in the
museum is extending beyond the limits of the city. A most valuable
accession is that of the private collection in mineralogy, geology, and
Indian relics given by Luman Andrews, of Southington, Connecticut. It
contains 1,034 fossils from different localities in this country and abroad,
1,188 carefully selected minerals, and 503 Indian relics, most of which are
from the Connecticut valley. No attempt has been made to place any of
this material on the shelves but the specimens will be of great value in
completing and enriching the collections in the new building. J. D. Col-
ton, of Longmeadow, has presented a series of interesting specimens which
4 CITY LIBRAELY ASSOCTATION:
he collected, while a student at the Michigan mining school, in the Lake
Superior copper region. The department of botany continues to enjoy the
services of George S. Lewis, Jr., who is arranging much new material to
illustrate plant products. Mus. Ira B. Sampson has given in memory of
her husband, Captain Ira B. Sampson, a rich collection illustrative of
the trees of America. The specimens were gathered by Mr. Sampson in
many different states and consist of wood, leaves, and fruit. This ma-
terial has been given in trust to Geo. 8S. Lewis, Jr., who is preparing and
arranging it for exhibition. Mr. Gurdon Bill has added to the fine
series of bird groups, which he had already given to the museum, three
very attractive ones: one representing the nest of the quail among red
clover, grasses, and brambles; one a bobolink with the nest artfully con-
cealed; and a very large group, which shows the home of the prairie hen
amidst a rank growth of grasses, daisies, and dandelions. In the con-
struction of these Mrs. E. S. Mogridge was assisted by her brother,
Mr. H. Mintorn. The prairie hen group is modeled after one made by
Mr. Mintorn for the Field Columbian museum at Chicago.
Your attention is also called to the growth in the material illustrative
of local geology. J. H. Chase and Gilbert H. Montague of the High
School have presented a number of specimens from the trap and sand-
stone formations on the east and west side of the river. H. W. Butler,
manager of the quarry on the Westfield road, has secured for the museum
a number of specimens, which illustrate the chemical action of water in
solution and deposit of calcite, datholite, and quartz in the crevices of the
trap.
In entomology, which is a new department of the museum, Dr. George
Dimmock of this city, a specialist of high standing among scientists, is
preparing an extensive collection of the insects of this region. He is
planning for a systematic collection, and also for special series illustrating
stages of development, manner of feeding, mimicry, and other phases of
insect life. Such a collection will be of great value both from the edu-
cational and the economic standpoint. The zodlogical club is engaged in the
preparation of a card catalog of the animal life of this region, and this,
when completed, will be placed in the museum.
The university extension society has, out of funds remaining in its
treasury, purchased and presented to the association an electric light
stereopticon lantern, which is available for the illustration of lectures
held in the art building.
A detailed list of accessions with names of donors is given in the
appendix to this report.
MUSEUM OF NAPURAD AISTORY. 5
Lectures and Class Work.
The success which attended the free lectures offered to the public,
in connection with the museum last year, has warranted the extension of
this side of the work. Last fall, three lectures were given with an aggre-
gate attendance of 605, an average for each lecture of 202. The largest
audience was that at Miss M. A. Booth’s illustrated talk on ‘«‘ Around
the doorstep,’’ when 300 people were present. A special exhibition of
minerals from the Samuel C. Booth collection, during the last two weeks
in October, attracted many visitors. A class in mineralogy was con-
ducted on Saturday mornings during the winter months by Grace L. Pet-
tis, the assistant curator. ‘Twelve lessons were given on the properties
and tests of minerals. The class numbered forty. Members of the class
have expressed a wish to continue the work and it is possible that an
advanced course will be offered next year.
The courses for this spring, of which an outline has been issued, pro-
vide for three lectures on subjects connected with nature study: May 10,
Dr. George Dimmock, on ‘‘ Spring in the insect world’’ ; May 24, Charles G.
Whiting, on ‘‘ The unscientific observer ’’; May 31, George S. Lewis, Jr.,
on “‘Among the trees.’’ These lectures are free to the public and it
is hoped that there will be a large attendance.
A field class has been organized for the study of local geology and a
series of six excursions will be taken during the spring months. This
class promises to arouse much interest in the rocks and structure of this
vicinity. The zodlogical club conducts under the auspices of the museum
a series of weekly trips for the study of the fauna of this region. These
classes are doing much to increase the interest in science in this commu-
nity, and thus co-operate with the museum in its educational work.
Attendance.
The following figures for attendance show that the museum is main-
taining its hold on the general public :—
Number of days open, 312.
Number of visitors, 28,640.
Largest number on any one day, 353, Memorial day, 1897.
Smallest number on any one day, 42, April 2, 1898.
Daily average for year, 95.
During the year classes have studied the collections as follows :—
6 CITY LYTBERARY Ass OC LALTONG
City Schools.
Public —18 classes, 223 pupils.
Private — 3 classes, 26 pupils.
Out of the City.
5 classes, 44 pupils.
Total, 293
A numberof pupils have been assisted in the study of collections, and
aid has been given in the identification of specimens.
Plans for the Future.
With the completion of the new science building, the museum of
natural history should be able to increase its influence and to multiply its
activities. Only by so doing can the provision made for its accommo-
dation be justified. The various collections will be placed in cases where
the specimens can be seen to much better advantage than at present. It
is the purpose of the museum officials to select the best of the material
now on the shelves and supplementing this with specimens from the Booth
and Andrews gifts make up collections of a high grade of excellence.
The remaining material will be placed in cases in the basement and
used for study and exchange. When the contents of the museum are
once decided upon, a card catalog will be prepared for the use of visitors
and students. It is also important that a system of cross references to
works in the brary should be developed and the way thus opened up to
the hterature on any subject.
For this purpose, the Catherine Howard Memorial Library will be of
great service, since it will place at the disposal of the reader, the best
American and foreign publications in the field of natural history. The
committee in charge of this fund purpose to make this hbrary a most fit-
ting memorial of one whose life was devoted to the intellectual and moral
advancement of all whom her influence reached.
It is also to be hoped that this new building will furnish a home for
societies and clubs interested in the different branches of science. The
botanical society each year does much work in a quiet way ; the zodlogical
society is planning a most valuable scheme of study;and the interest in
local geology is on the increase. The question may be raised as to whether
without interfering with the activities of existing organizations, Spring-
field should not have a representative society for the cultivation of science
to which these special organizations should contribute. The City Library
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. a
Association, by encouraging and aiding such bodies, can ina most efficient
way promote the growth of the community on intellectual lines and foster
a love for those studies ‘‘ which nourish youth and cheer old age ;- which
adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity.’’
These new opportunities for service and development, now crowding so
fast upon this unique institution, naturally recall to mind the memory
and labors of him who, in such a large measure, made all these things
possible. William Rice, in his interest in the museum of science, showed
in an eminent degree that broad sympathy and clear foresight which
characterized all his work for the association and the community. And
herein was revealed the abundant resources of the man. The rapid devel-
opment of the department of natural history came when his years were
many, at a time in hfe when most men have sharply defined habits of
mind and fixed bounds of interest. Dr. Rice, though his attention had
been largely centered in books and the work of the library, at every step
in the development of the museum showed a quick apprehension of the
possibilities of the collections and a fine appreciation of the place of this
department in the great work of the association. In his delight over each
addition, he showed all the eagerness of youth. Indeed, the City Library
Association, as it assumes new responsibilities and multiplies its activities,
is but expressing the dominant characteristic of that spirit, which swept
an ever widening circle to the last.
WILLIAM ORR, JR.
Museum of Natural History.
Tuesday, May 3, 1898.
8 CITY LIBRARY -ASSOCTATION.
The Museum of Natural History: Statistics.
Donors — ’97’-98 :—
Anderson, H. S.
Andrews, Luman.
Barrows, Mrs. Charles.
Butler, H. W.
Chase, John H.
Colton...
High School Commission.
Howe, Mrs. Josiah.
Lewis, George S. Jr.
Makepeace, Rev. F. B.
Marsh, D. J., for Forest Park Commission.
Meekins, Packard & Wheat.
Montague, Gilbert H.
Morris, Robert O.
Orr, William, Jr.
Parke, Hervey C.
Phelon, Capt. Henry A.
Raymond, Mrs. C. A.
Rumrill, James A.
Smith, Mrs. Mary F., for Gracia Smith Woffenden.
Smith, Mrs. Mary L., for George Freeman Smith.
Stebbins, John B., for Mrs. Charles Stearns.
Tobey, Frank G.
University Extension Society.
Voight, B. G.
West, John.
SUMMARY OF ACCESSIONS, ’97-’98.
Geology, . 4 : : : ; : 26
Lithology, : : : : : eS
Mineralogy, . : ‘ er S : 43
sotany, . ; , : ; , : : ‘ 52
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: APPENDIX. 9
Zoology.
Bird Groups.
(13) Bobolinks.
(14) Quail.
(15) Prairie Wen, specimers. . Ne
General,
Anthropology,
Historical Relics,
Special Collections.
Luman Andrews : —
Fossils, : ; : sh]
Minerals, ; ; >», L188
Indian Relics, . : : Sa) X08)
Miscellaneous,
Onan es
Total, S ; : : E ; : 3,028
LIST OF SPECIMENS IN THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL
HISTORY.
GEOLOGY.
Historical, , , ‘ ; :; yt
Phenomenal, . ’ : : : 34
Relief Maps, . : : : |
? Photographs and Folios, . ; 22
457
LITHOLOGY, : ‘ ; z é ! ‘ 380
MINERALOGY.
Systematic, . : : Se 00m
Rocalin : : a : : , . 71
Comparative, . : : : : 82
716
Borany. F
Mary Ann Lewis Collection of Woods, . Zoo
George S. Lewis, Jr. Collections.
i Indian Com, - ; : ; : eg cont
2. Vegetable Fibers, . see OO)
3. Palm, , ‘ 3 ; 4 63
Miscellaneous Collection, : : err BGI
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ZOOLOGY.
(a) Invertebrates.
Porifera,
Coelenterata,
Echinodermata,
Mollusca,
(b) Vertebrates.
Reptilia,
Amphibia,
Pisces, .
Aves.
I eBird Skins,
2. Birds’ Eggs,
JL eoIrds,
Mammals,
Skeletons,
ARCH OLOGY,
HistoricaL ReEtics.
French and Indian War,
Revolutionary War,
Civil War,
Photographs,
Coins,
Miscellaneous,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
Dexter Smith Collection of Arms,
Lombard Relics, ;
Scandinavian Antiquities,
Russian Curios,
Mexican Antiquities,
Luman Andrews Collection,
Building Stones,
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS.
Curios, ; ;
Illustrative Collection,
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MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: APPENDIX.
SUMMARY.
Geology,
Lithology.
Mineralogy,
Botany,
Zoology,
Archeology,
History,
Special Collections, .
Miscellaneous,
457
380
716
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362
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995
SCHOOL COLLECTIONS.
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10,360
From the duplicate geological, mineralogical, and lithological material
in the museum, collections have been prepared and loaned to various
schools in and out of the city.
List OF MINERALS IN COLLECTION No. 1.
Sulphur,
Graphite.
Native Silver.
Cinnabar.
Native Copper.
Chalcopyrite.
Malachite.
Malachite and Azurite.
Galena.
Sphalerite.
Zincite.
Iron Pyrites.
Specular Iron.
Magnetite.
Limonite.
Siderite.
Emery.
Lazulite.
Brucite.
Gypsum.
Selenite.
Alabaster.
Calcite.
Barite.
Rock Crystal.
Smoky Quartz.
Ferruginous Quartz.
Chalcedony.
Agates.
Flint.
Jasper.
Pseudomorphous Quartz.
Silicified Wood.
Hornblende.
Bladed Tremolite.
Asbestos.
Beryl.
Garnet.
Tourmaline.
Foliated Tale.
Serpentine.
Margarite.
Amber.
Cannel Coal.
Peat.
Conglomerate.
12 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCLATION:
Satin Spar. . Clay-shale.
Argentine. Quartzite.
Calcareous tufa. Tyringham Gneiss.
Stalactite. Pegmatite.
Stalagmite. Syenite.
Aragonite. Mica-slate.
Dog-tooth Spar. Fossiliferous Rock.
Number of collections, . ‘ : é : : 16
Average number of specimens in each, . 4()
Total number of specimens, . ; ; sae CONE
Schools supphed: Tapley, Elm, Barrows, Central, Carew, Bucking-
ham, Worthington, Belmont, Brightwood, Strickland, School Street,
Hooker, South Main, Indian Orchard, Armory Street, and East Long-
meadow High.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1897—May, 1898.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Prof. W. H. Hobbs. Geological photograph.
High School. Geological map.
Rev. F. B. Makepeace. Chazy limestone.
John H. Chase. 10 specimens of tufa, sandstone, and trap.
Gilbert H. Montague. 12 specimens of tufa, sandstone, and trap.
B. G. Voight. Fossil fish.
DEPARTMENT OF LITHOLOGY.
H. W. Butler. Series of 22 specimens from Lane’s quarry.
William Orr, Jr. 6 specimens of local rocks.
George S. Lewis, Jr. 88 varieties of soil.
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS.
H. W. Butler. Datolite. .
Henry Webb. Diaspore and tourmaline.
J. D. Colton. 34 specimens of copper, iron, etc.
Hervey C. Parke. 4 specimens of copper.
H.S. Anderson. Carborundum.
Mrs. C. A. Raymond: Talc.
MOSHE UM OF NATURAL AISTORY: APPENDIX. 13
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Arthur E. Webber. (Gum copal.
Meekins, Packard & Wheat. 17 specimens of native and foreign
woods.
George S. Lewis, Jr. 3 specimens of Indian corn.
3 specimens of corn-pith products.
12 specimens of China grass and products.
16 specimens of woods.
DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALS.
Forest Park Collection. Japanese Deer.
Marmoset.
Monkey.
DEPARTMENT OF BIrpDs.
Robert O. Morris. Pigeon Hawk.
Gurdon Bill. 3 bird groups (6 specimens).
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY.
John West. Indian Pottery.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL RELICS.
W. A. Richmond. Piece of Frigate Constitution.
Capt. Henry A. Phelon. Pottery made in West Springfield.
Mrs. Charles Barrows. Pottery made in West Springfield.
John B. Stebbins for Mrs. Charles Stearns. Sundial, and desk
made of wood from the ‘* Old Fort.’’
Mrs. Josiah Howe. 3 Colonial relics.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Frank G. Tobey. 18 specimens, to illustrate the process of hat
making.
James A. Rumrill. Picture of the ‘‘Old Curiosity Shop,’’ and a
twig from the ‘‘ Yew ‘Tree > in the old cemetery at Stoke
Pogis, England.
University Extension Society. Electric lantern and screen.
14 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCTALION:
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
Luman Andrews. 1,034 Fossils.
1,188 Minerals.
503 Indian Relics.
High School Commission. 82 specimens of building stones.
Mrs. Mary F. Smith for Gracia Smith Woffenden. Miscellaneous
Collection.
Mrs. Mary L. Smith for George Freeman Smith. Miscellaneous
Collection.
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REPORT OF THE’ MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., MAY,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE
PART OF THE REPORT OF THE CITY LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MAY FIFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE
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The Science Department.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THE Museum or NaturaL History.—Open every day in the year,
2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5 from September
22 to March 20.
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Tue CATHARINE L. Howarp MeEMoRIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21,
1 to 5 from September 22 to March 20.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
WILLIAM ORR.
Assistant Curator.
GRACE L. PETTIS.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of the City Library Association:
The ninth annual report of the Museum of Natural History is hereby
respectfully submitted.
In any estimate of the success of such an institution as the museum,
first place must be given to the active, definite influences which it exerts
on popular intelligence and interest. Only as building and collections
are used as a means of educating young and old in the truth that is found
in nature can they be said to exercise their highest and best function.
The increase in range, number, and efficiency of the various activities of
the museum is a notable and encouraging feature of the year’s work.
First in order your attention is called to the service rendered by the scien-
tific societies of the city in codperation with the museum.
Scientific Societies.
The Springfield Botanical Society holds meetings monthly through
the winter and weekly for the rest of the year. From May to October of
last year the society made a study of trees. Papers were read by in-
dividual members and these served as a basis for discussion. The scheme
for the coming season includes topics in general botany and plant physi-
ology. Field meetings are held as opportunity offers. The sessions of
the society are held in the Science building and are open to the public.
A class in botany meets one evening each week in the museum for
the informal study of plant forms. While the attendance on this class
is small, it has been of value in stimulating interest.
The Zodlogical Club has been active and progressive. An interest-
ing series of meetings has been conducted under its auspices. Topics
suitable to the season are presented by local students. Recently the
club has adopted the plan of holding its sessions in the museum room
with the result of a greatly increased attendance. Chance visitors are
attracted by the meetings and become part of the audience. The follow-
ing report of the work of this organization was prepared by Mr. F. F.
Smith of Ludlow, the secretary of the club.
‘©The Zoélogical Club has held fifteen meetings during the year, with
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 3
an average attendance of eighteen. During the first part of the year the
club met in one of the lecture rooms of the Art Museum, but of late the
meetings have been held in the Museum of Natural History,where the col-
lections could be used as a means of illustration. Asin the past, the
club has listened to frequent reviews of the more important literature of
the subject, and has thus kept in touch with the current research work.
The card catalogue list of the animals of Springfield and vicinity repre-
sents another line of activity of some importance, and additions to it are
being made constantly. The club feels that it has a certain mission of
instruction to perform, and so plans to give a series of talks through the
spring months on some of the groups of animals where such work of in-
struction is perhaps most needed and most likely to be appreciated.
These talks will to a certain extent take the place of regular meetings,
and will be held at the usual times for meetings, 4.30 p. m. on the first
and third Wednesday of every morth except July, August, and Septem-
ber.’
The Geological Club has continued its studies of local formations
with occasional talks on general geological topics. For this year the
topics relate to the Silurian era in western Massachusetts. Occasional
field excursions are taken to interesting localities.
Class Work and Lectures.
A class in entomology was conducted by Dr. George Dimmock for a
course of twelve lessons, beginning January 10, 1903. The meetings
were held on Saturday mornings, with an average attendance of fourteen.
Dr. Dimmock has prepared a systematic outline of work for the study of
the anatomy, physiology, and psychology of insects. In the outline care-
ful directions are given for reading and research.
The botany class has held weekly meetings under the direction of
Dr. Walter H. Chapin. Study has been made of mosses and ferns.
There have been three evening openings as follows:
1902.
May 9. Talk on Vegetable Galls by Miss Fannie Stebbins.
September 12. Exhibition of Keramic Club and the Bill Collection of
animal groups.
1903.
January 28. ‘Talk on Indian Corn by Mr. George S. Lewis, Jr.
A lecture on ‘‘ Bird Studies with a Camera,’’ was given by Mr. Frank
M. Chapman of the American Museum of Natural History, New York,
under the auspices of the museum, in High School Hall, March 7, 1903.
There was an attendance of 261, and so much interest was aroused that
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plans are now being made for a course of six lectures on bird life by Mr.
Chapman, next fall.
Asa stimulus and guide to bird study, the museum has compiled the
results of observation on arrivals, in a pamphlet giving the date of arri-
val of birds within ten miles of Springfield, during the spring of 1901
and 1902. This booklet is sold at the nominal price of five cents and
has been much in demand. It is proposed to issue an edition each
year with information brought up to date, and with notes to guide ob-
servers in this fascinating phase of nature study.
Collections made in Competition for Prizes.
Mention was made in the last report of the results of the contest for
prizes in mineralogy.
Last year collections of beetles and their food plants made by pupils
below High School grade in any Springfield school were the subject of
competition. There were ten contestants, and the total number of speci-
mens collected numbered 1806, of which but few were duplicates. The
first prize of $10 was awarded to Faunce Dumbleton of Euclid Avenue,
whose collection numbered 292 species and 28 food plants. The second
prize of $5 went to Josephine de Montigny of Berkshire Street, who
secured 196 species and 18 food plants. Special mention of merit was
made of the collections of Elecinet Woollard of Victoria Street, Charles
G. Pease of Berkshire Street, and Alfred H. Hastings of Bowles Street.
The judges were Robert O. Morris, Miss Fannie Stebbins, Frederick Knab,
and Dr. George Dimmock. During the progress of the contest, talks
were given by Dr. Dimmock on methods of collecting, and two field trips
were taken. This phase of museum work has attracted attention and
favorable comment in scientific papers.
For the coming year, the Aston prizes in Natural History are offered.
The first prize of six dollars is open to pupils of grades five to nine and
will be awarded for the best life history of one kind of insect illustrated
by specimen.
The second prize of four dollars is open to pupils of grades three to
seven and will be given for the most complete collection of insects found
feeding upon any one kind of tree or plant.
In connection with this contest a talk to children on ‘‘How to collect
insects that feed upon plants ’’ was given by Dr. Dimmock April 10, with
an attendance of fifty-six. On Saturday, April 11, an excursion was
made, on which twenty went.
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Special Exhibits.
No feature of the work has been of more value in attracting atten-
tion and stimulating study than the displays of specimens in Botany and
Zoology that have been maintained through the entire year. Each month
the migrant birds that appear at that season are put out on a table and
are labeled with common and scientific name. A full list of the speci-
mens listed during the early months of 1902 may be found in the annual
report for that year, on pp. 13-15.
Observations on the arrival of birds in and about Springfield during
the spring months are noted on the bulletin board and comparisons made
with previous years. Upto May 1 of the present year 40 species were
observed as compared with 41 in 1902 anf 26 in 1901.
Last year Dr. Dimmock began to give illustrations of insects with
living specimens. The scope and nature of this new feature of the work
is given in the following account prepared by Dr. Dimmock at my request :
‘¢ Tllustrating the habits of our insects by living specimens was begun
early in 1902, by an exhibition of 22 kinds of galls caused by different
insects on plants. Later in the season, as caterpillars of various kinds
became more abundant, different stages of 9 species of butterflies, 6 of
sphinx moths, 24 of bombycid moths, and 10 species of moths belonging
to other families were shown. Some of the caterpillars were gaudily
colored, others were mimics of twigs in form and color. A fine lot of
about 40 cecropia moths, the largest New England species, was reared
from eggs to cocoons, and the latter kept over winter in order to show
the emerging moths this season. Among other large moths reared, was
the royal moth, which is rare in Massachusetts. Of beetles 20 kinds were
shown alive, and earlier stages were shown of 10 kinds, a rather large
exhibit of earlier stages for this order of insects. Twelve other miscel-
laneous insects were on the tables, making over 100 species of our native
insects shown alive, in one or more stages, during the season. The
interest taken in these living insects, especially by school children, well
repaid the labor of caring for this miniature menagerie.
‘¢ A table was occupied for a time in raising silkworms, and, besides
attracting much attention, furnished specimens to enrich our collection
of useful insects and their products.
‘« This spring a table has been already devoted to early aquatic insects,
and also to some of our salamanders and tadpoles, but, as the work forms
a part of the program for the coming summer, statistics will be reserved
for the next report.’’
The exhibit of flowers was continued through the summer months
and has grown in value. In 1902, a total of 387 species were thus dis-
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played. For the list of exhibits from February 15 to May 13, 1902, you
are referred to the eighth annual report, pages 16, 17. For the rest of
the year, see appendix to this report.
This year up to May 1, 84 species were shown. During the winter
months there was an exhibition of mosses and lichens, and during the
fall one of mushrooms.
On May 28, 1902, there was commenced an exhibition of vegetable
galls.
The Keramic Club used the rooms of the museum for a display of
specimens of china painting. This lasted for two days, and was well
attended.
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Attendance of Classes from Schools.
The growth in this use of the collection is also gratifying, and every
effort should be made to extend the custom among the schools of the
city. Figures for class visits are as follows:
Totalimumber/of, ClasseSiencs. a aasessince ee Sere ee eee eee 75
Classes £roma erty, 7. .ccincneet nee rn ease ee ee ee ee oe ee 53
Classes Outside Of 1Ciy; seer Oek e eer enclose MOR OEE EERO eer re 22
Total mumber of pupilssimyClassesj-s--r- 44-eeeerea eee eee 1,068
Figures for General Attendance.
Averace Gaily abtemd aimee yrev. eyelet. -reele ele oiteteieto tere eee ees 83
Average Sunday avbendamGeyn crores seater cee cere neers 98
Average weekiday attemdanceyascs-7. ac ace cle cteei- one ee a eee 76
Largest daily attendance, Way 265. 3. 7. San sc vise eeu sos ee eon
Smallest) daily, attendance, “December 2550. 35 -eis e eiel lle 2
Hstimated totalsyeanlysatcendance-sascere emote eee eee 30,295
Accessions.
Geology.
In geology the additions to the collections have consisted in the main
of rocks and minerals. One large and unique specimen was added in the
shape of a fine basaltic column from the Giant Causeway, County Antrim,
Ireland. This column weighs five hundred pounds and shows in great
perfection the prismatic shape and jointing of the pillars of this remark-
able natural formation. It is of value in our museum, because of the
similarity of the basaltic columns of the Causeway with those of the igneous
rock of Mount Tom. Geoffrey Benson of Ballymoney, County Antrim,
Ireland, has given a series of minerals and fossils from Bundoran, in County
Donegal.
MOSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. if
Botany.
George S. Lewis, Jr., continues to foster the growth of this depart-
ment by direct gift and by care and oversight. He has added to this col-
lection specimens of Indian corn, Mexican mahogany, Brazilian rosewood,
and an English ivy from the Kew Gardens, London.
Mrs. Mary C. Sampson of Los Angeles, Cal., has given a herbarium
of North American ferns and flora of the Eastern United States. From
Miss Josephine E. Strong the museum has received a shawl made from
pineapple fiber in Fayal, Azores Islands. Jute in various stages of manu-
facture has been received from the Chelsea Jute Mills.
Zoology.
Dr. Dimmock has been greatly aided in his work in entomology by
the generous interest shown by friends of the museum, and by their assist-
ance in procuring specimens of insects. Recognition is hereby made of
the following gifts, whereby the study of living things in the museum has
been fostered and made attractive :
(Where not otherwise indicated all localities are Springfield.)
Miss Olive I. Bailey, 359 Central Street.
A curious bug (Emmesa Longipes, Deg.).
Large parasitic fly (Bombyliomyia abrupta, Wied. ).
Larvee of two kinds of moths (Datana ministra, Drury, and Philam-
pelus achemon, Drury).
A curious ichneumon (Pelecinus polyturator, Drury).
Mrs. P. E. Brown, 25 Montrose Street.
Sphinx larva (Ampelophaga myron, Cram.), with parasitic ichneu-
mons (Apanteles congregatus, Say) emerging from it.
Miss Alma Burgess, 36 Central Street.
Large longicorn beetle (Saperda calcarata, Say).
Larvxe of moth (Callosamia promethea, Drury).
Miss Mabel Burroughs, Springfield.
Rare beetle (Calosoma willcoxi, Lec.).
Frederick Knab, Chicopee, Mass.
Larve of butterflies (Euphydryas pheton, Drury, from Mount Tom;
Thanaos juvenalis, Fab., from Wilbraham; Anosia plexippus,
L., and Epargyteus tityrus, Fab.).
Palm-weevil (Rhynchophorus palmarum, L.), from Santarem, Brazil.
J. O. Martin, Wilbraham, Mass.
Larve of royal moth (Citheronia regalis, Fab.).
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J. P. Ostiguy, 78 Union Street.
Large spider (Argiope riparia, Hentz).
Miss A. L. Sanderson.
Rare beetle (Cychrus viduus, Dej.), from Colerain, Mass.
Charles G. Whiting, 284 Pine Street.
Egg-cocoon of spider (Argiope riparia, Hentz), containing hymenop-
terous egg-parasites.
Dr. W. H. Chapin, 675 State Street.
Mosquito larvee (Culex sp.).
W. F. Emerson, Longmeadow, Mass.
Butterfly (Papilio philenor, L.), and its larva.
William F. Gale, City Forester.
Wood bored by different beetles.
Pine scale insects (Chionaspis pinifoliz, Fitch), and elm scale (Gossy-
paria ulmi, Geoff.).
J. H. Hendrick, 632 State Street.
Galls of an undetermined insect that deforms the berries of swamp
huckleberry (Vaccinium corymbosum, L.).
W. E. Holmes, Putnam, Conn.
Specimens of raw silk, and of silk in various stages of manufacture.
Mr. Robert O. Morris has given a number of birds; among these a
three-toed woodpecker in winter plumage from Bangor, Maine, a black-
belhed plover from the Massachusetts coast, and a semi-palmated sand-
piper from Longmeadow.
Record is also made of other general gifts in zodlogy in the appendix
of this report.
Animal Groups.
In this department the museum has received three notable additions
during the past year.
Mr. Gurdon Bill has given a muskrat group, Fiber zibethecus, a
description of which was given in the last annual report. It has attracted
much attention, and is highly instructive as to the habits and haunts of
the animal represented.
Two very large cases and important groups have been added through
the generosity of Mr. Nathan D. Bill, the vice-president of the association.
One of these represents a group of American elk, Wapiti, Cervis Canaden-
sis (Eixleben.); the other a family of the bison, bison bison (Linn.).
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The animals as mounted are unusually fine examples of the skill of the
taxidermist, and the environment has been worked out with the greatest
care in the minutest details. The large cases, each sixteen feet by sixteen
feet on the floor, and twelve feet high, are placed at the north end of the
main hall. They are made in a most thorough manner and display the
groups to excellent advantage. In the elk group three animals are repre-
sented, the male, female, and young. The male is from the Forest Park
menagerie, the cow from the Corbin herd of the Blue Mountain forest asso-
ciation of New Hampshire, and the calf comes from Manitoba. The group
is shown among the natural surroundings of the animals. <A dead and
fallen tree with the rotting stump, both overgrown with mosses and lichens,
an artificial rock, natural grass with the color preserved, the quaking
aspen and barberry bushes are all shown. The artificial leaves and the
grasses were among the last work of Mrs. E. S. Mogridge, who did so
much to perfect the bird groups given by Mr. Gurdon Bill to the museum,
some years ago.
In the bison (buffalo) group the big bull is from the herd of Joseph
Allard of Missoula, Montana; the cow and calf are from the Corbin herd
as above mentioned. ‘The animals are represented on the prairie, the sod
covered with a thick carpet of dry buffalo grass from Kansas, and scattered
over the surface are sagebrush, prickly pear, a buffalo skull with a rattle-
snake near it. There is an old buffalo trail with the marks of the ani-
mals’ hoofs in the loose dust. Mr. John Rowley of the American Museum
of Natural History of New York city superintended the mounting and
arrangement of the group.
A finely articulated skeleton of the elk has also been given the museum
by Mr. Nathan D. Bill.
Archaeology.
The collections in this department are now thoroughly classified and
labeled. Some interesting investigations have been made by Prof. A. H.
Dakin under the auspices of the museum upon an ancient Indian quarry
site in Wilbraham. This quarry, situated in the eastern part of Wilbra-
ham, was opened by the Indians in order to obtain the soapstone which
occurs there for manufacture into their various domestic pots and bowls.
The lot on which the quarry is situated is a sterile pasture, but, being unfit
for cultivation, has remained undisturbed since the departure of the aborig-
ines. The limited excavations already made have revealed a large number
of quarry implements both broken and entire, and many half made bowls.
The implements with which the work was done are generally made of trap
rock, evidently from the Holyoke or Mount Tom range. The excavation
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of an undisturbed steatite quarry in which trap implements were used can-
not fail to add much to our information regarding this industry — so far
as is known such an excavation has not yet been made.
The work will be continued during the present summer months by
Professor Dakin, and the museum will be enriched by a large addition of
implements and photographs.
The museum received from Dr. J. Searle Hurlbut, shortly before his
death, eleven photographs ; among these were two of Indian girls and eight
of cacti. Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut has given for her husband a collection
of Mexican curios, woods, shells, stamps, and photographs.
A collection of Indian implements, including a copper spear point or
knife from the cemetery at Thompsonville, Conn., has been received from
John H. Smith of Haydenville.
The Work of the Museum.
Besides the routine attention required by care of specimens and build-
ing and the manifold sides of museum activity, some progress has been
made in classification. It is apparent that this work must henceforth be
largely done by persons secured especially for this service, as the time and
strength of the officers is now taken up with the active, educational devel-
opment of the museum, such as direction of lectures, special exhibits, and
class work.
Dr. George Dimmock has prepared two very valuable outlines, one for
the class work in entomology, and one of instructions and suggestions for
the competitors for the First Aston Prize.
The lesson outline contains a complete synopsis for the study of insect
life, with a carefully compiled list of reference reading. Such topics as
nutrition and nutritory systems, nervous system and sense organs, meta-
morphoses of insects and social life instincts are presented with great
thoroughness.
The suggestions for the Aston Prize competitors are adapted to chil-
dren, and give hints and directions as to the best way in which to study
insects in the field, to record observations and make.collections. Itis to be
hoped that the City Library Association may be able at some time to pub-
lish monographs on special topics of scientific interest. Much material is
now at hand for such publications.
Additional Equipment.
For the past year no cases have been added, as it did not seem wise to
incur such expense. For the coming year there is need of an equipment
of cases in the smaller class room to provide for the exhibition of historical
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relics and curios displaced by the archeological collection. Tables are
also needed to display the special exhibits that are increasing in number
and extent.
Children’s Rambles and Excursions.
It will be noticed that the museum is more and more seeking to reach
and interest children in various phases of nature study. Such a purpose is
fully justified by the results already attained. Plans are now under con-
sideration for the organization of a scheme of rambles and excursions.
Groups of children are to be taken into the surrounding country under
sympathetic and competent supervision. For younger children such trips
should be of only a few hours’ length, and the study should be of a very
general nature. With increase of age the work may be made more
extended and specialized.
Anyone who has observed the genuine delight that children take in
nature when their attention is properly directed, will see how great possi-
bilities there are in such rambles. The difficulty at present is to find
persons who will undertake such duties. Certainly the service is a worthy
one and deserving of support.
A Word of Tribute.
During the past year the museum has suffered loss in the death of two
of its friends: Mrs. E.S. Mogridge, who did such faithful and admirable
work on the various bird and animal groups, and Dr. J. Searle Hurlbut,
who, by gifts and personal interest, largely aided the department of botany.
It is by reason of volunteer assistance and generous support from many
friends that the museum has been enabled to reach its present level of effi-
ciency and maintain its excellence. For all such aid, we would express
our sincere appreciation on behalf of the association.
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School and Teacher. No. of Pupils.
‘The Elms.’ (Private school for eirls).-esce-.0.) ee eee Pa ce Be 9
Ludlow, Mabel Raiyiiscc. wares cite otis clacton ate recente iot ioe aioe eee ee 9
roRhey lms a(Privaters Choolgrorveirls) sonnet een ee ite racist ence 9
‘Barrows Grammar, Hlizapeth sie einspee eee e soe reieee sheers eeeer 15
Carew Street Grammar wAlice/Crailovrmeriee een ere eee eee 10
Central Street Primary and ‘Grammar, Mary Curtis... ..22. .:-.-.+-+-e- 6
Ludlow, Mabel Ray 2s. Stiias oon cscs cio Soe seek ele costs ae tela cate CEE 11
Tapley Primary and Grammar, Addie McKechnie............ ..........- 15
West Springtield Mass, Inez SweCtnercantcss-eenetet eter Cates er 6
Central Street Primary and Grammar, Mary Curtis............... .--.... 5
WiestiSprimeticeld Mass: pimeziSiweeman.tieicttiicietact-eiaieeheeielyerer arenes 6
Dapley Primary and Grammar, Addie MeKechmnie? -. 2. ...ee5-45-+4-2-- 11
Wilbraham, Mass.) ida Blair ste.. -senceeccceere= relia fave ejate ectrole, saveice temic = terete 6
HightSchool; BertharBallantyneteeseeen sees eee ee oercenr hee ae 46
WailliamsStreeterimanyyAlicewMakepeaces- .4-h error eesti eee eee 30
Enfield Mass 2; (Gora mye: 5 ofecotere ore etaterajaloh col stot elalalepe ata )ote egies eae ieee 5
KlmiStreet Grammar iiaud Colelaens score eeereee eee cen meee ree etre 5
Enfield, Mass.; Grammar 4% ..i02 # seo dee cee ok ee ee eee 1G
HighsSchool{BentharB alll anitwimele hacer cre tetas: seein ine eee nee ere tne 42
LudlowsUnion SchoolsGraceitawicin Sheer ce cece ence eee eee 18
Forest Park Primary and Grammar, Helena Duckworth.................. 13
South Hadley Boysms choos ccecuacesaccecerine ae cherie ee ees eres 10
Granby, (Conn, Academic) School] ane sates eee eer ene eee eee 15
French-American College, Prof. Gustave Michaud.............. ......... 7
Suttield: Conn, Sunday :S chooll@lassins-rac-cnekeeiei eles ieee ection eerie 6
The MacDuittie:.Grivate school forse ls) yeas erie elteneeisoieie eisai 10
Him Street: Grammar VMawdiCole ace cece ateccicteaicieecteccitee eee rie eee ae 18
ER OV YOKE 2M. IM © A his rcteceats yew Pssere openctaleveoncrers ore Terste croas five ere ioe aie orate eon nee 20
Central Street Primary and Grammar, Mrs. Hattie Schoepf.............. 1a!
Carew Street (Grama eAlices Craigs emia) leuslcre ssteler eet Weel ob ions oat 6
Elm Street Grammar Mand' Coles ssseanamssaiticsieeiostaceiociee iain eee 5
Bilm(Street.Grammar, RuthaDoolittless ass... semen eee eee nea eee 16
Chicopee, Mass., Robinson School, Jennie Livermore.................... 12
Elm Street Grammar (Cecile imondier- oe eee ce eee eteeeee 10
Kindergartens(erivace), Mlorencesbrttlemeldm castro terrestris 6
Bynchon Primary. Mary, Bug DCC rs seme ceneanecte ee marten eieiee areas 14
“The Hims.) i(erivaveschoolstorein!S) te crassse. ee ee ee eee eet 8
Kindergarten (Private),. Plorence Littlefield... so ewaee eon ee eee 7
Barrows) Grammar aHilnz ale tka iio oo Si orate ietarette i lee ariel eioye tetas eke tee 18
Barrows Grammar; Maryse OmeLoy ia. eee eee oe ees oe eee eee ee 7
Cookine School; MllensDy WioOGwalGennce es scene etic eee seen ine 21
Chicopee, Mass., Robinson School, M. Pansy Smith...................... 10
PynchonjPrimary, Georei1ehia ELOOKOn medicines nee eee tes rete 29
Barrows Grammar, Mary cP Omer yin. ect ceiisierse crels)as sae Geile esis eimai eels 6
Chicopee, Mass., Robinson School, Jennie Livermore.................... 12
Tapleysbrimary- and Grammar, Saran Bromleyer aes. estes sete ee ae ee 16
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Cityveschools@Name oi teacher MOtiGalceM) perc cirteemistelye ies ocieeie eielels isa =) 20
Souchpeladleya Halll sv Git henleus belie, sesetreteccieree cieievaleys cieiclel sre e/ole\c'e ~ ctclei« o's 13
Wailltamestreetebrimary. Mabel @latiyciac «cleler- ace siachacleis «2 cles cie sence sis = cic 21
Buckinehame Grammar. Avr 6 ui es EG y1I Oy lerare =| slo ec) 2 siciokelateiareielelel «)-1c/elole 2 elele's 40
Walliam Street erimanye Chloe St: SOM. ass accesses ence macs «ore autentetetere 13
WailhameyStreetperimany, Hub MO OOIittIE s,m ease c= cieuiee slciepe oar isle 6106 22
IUMOLAE NG CAVviOM OfeealmMenr s WAGs peietcaciaisiels cesses ws ae sie aisieceswielels aieieisie oc 10
Hache Schools Bertha alla bys er cceteraleye cis cists 6) ielelorei a cies cieversi@ nysseys avers sie 49
Himistreeh: Grammar, BilizabetheSteele)s. <5... x: <srccce.e cicclics ccicjersislee «cs os 11
Centralistreen Grammar Mrs Hatten schoept...- 4-1-1210 sce oe eiell> 8
NYeStes prin ono de Masse, Tme@7, Siw Obras lersieie.«. cs cre via. c/s oc sie ere slot eibiareie «ie elsisiore« 6
ATMOLyScreet. Minmie G ubberletine somes tee sche siccies coal eesinnesls sees ears 22
Hiohe School mbertiia sb allamby mercer a islets sje (elecroeieie svi eyeiele «isicisveloe'a exec 48
Chicopee, Mass., Robinson School, M. P. McClintock..................... 8
West Springfield, Mass., Meadow Street School, E. E. Donkersley....... 6
Chicopee, Mass., Spruce Street School, Clara Bostwick.................. als}
West Springtield, Mass., Meadow Street School, E. E. Donkersley....... 10
AM ElyOuaiicouno Oar CIAREIE Sag Co nce Hopp aoe UO bes acbarodbe cooaonhes en GD
Totalmumber Of p upilsmmrClassesis --. « velesretaievc sets este etel ae wiwieie ite oietenes soe 1,068
INN berTOte Classes wAGheceACNENSizie:-\ia. sieicreielelore efale cic) inei~ ctel-)eter= 75
@lassesrinom the rent yeteracreyee seta ects cccis asics sels is whe stale aieceiecnse)elojanetere 53
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Special Exhibits — Botany.
Flowers Exhibited After May 13, 1902.
The species exhibited from February 15 to May 13, 1902, are listed in the last
Annual Report.
May 13. Actaea alba, Bigel. White Baneberry.
Dentaria diphylla, L.
Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. Common Winter Cress, Yellow Rocket.
Viola pubescens, Ait. Downy Yellow Violet.
Geranium maculatum, L. Wild Cranesbill.
Lupinus perennis, L. Wild Lupine.
Sedum Ternatum, Michx. Stone-crop. Orpine.
Krigia Virginica, Willd. Dwarf Dandelion,
Trientalis Americana, Pursh. Star Flower.
Trillium cernuum, L. Nodding Trillium.
re erythrocarpum, Michx. Painted Trillium.
14, Cornus florida, L. Flowering Dogwood.
Rhododendron nudiflorum, Torr. Purple Azalea.
Cypripedium pubescens, Willd. Yellow Lady’s Slipper.
Polygonatum biflorum, Ell. Smaller Solomon’s Seal.
15. Viola canina, L. Dog-Violet.
Geum Virginianum, L.
Pinus rigida, Mull. Pitch Pine.
Cypripedium acaule, Ait. Stemless Lady’s Slipper.
Uvularia perfoliata. Bellwort.
ie Comandra umbellata, Nutt.
Clintonia borealis, Raf.
Corydalis glauca, Pursh. Pale Corydalis.
19. Drosera rotundifolia, L. Round-leaved Sundew.
Cornus Canadensis, L. Dwarf Cornel, Bunch-berry.
Rhododendron calendulaceum, Torr. Flame Azalea.
20. Aphylion uniflorum, Gray. Naked Broom-rape.
Pogonia verticillata, Nutt.
21. - Ranunculus recurvatus, Poir. Hooked Crowfoot.
Nasturtium Armoracia, Fries. Horseradish.
22. Senecio aureus, L. Golden Ragwort, Squaw-weed.
23). Medeola Virginiana, L. Indian Cucumber-root.
Buda rubra, Dumont. Sand-Spurrey.
24. Sarracenia purpurea, L. Pitcher. Plant.
Ilex verticillata, Gray. Winterberry.
Potentilla argentea, L. Silvery Cinque-foil.
Scleranthus annuus, L.
Polygonatum giganteum, Dietrich. Great Solomon’s Seal.
Smilacina trifolia, Desf.
Calla palustris, L. Water Arum.
25. Trifolium agrarium, L. Yellow Hop Clover.
Diervilla trifida, Moench. Bush Honeysuckle.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Mill. Blue-eyed Grass.
Smilacina racemosa, Desf. False Spikenard, False Solomon’s Seal.
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May 26. Vaccinium stamineum, L. Deerberry, Squaw Huckleberry.
Kalmia latifolia, L. Mountain Laurel, Calico-bush.
Iris versicolor, L. Larger Blue Flag.
Carex stricta, Lam.
28. Geranium Robertianum, L. Herb Robert.
Kalmia angustifolia, L. Sheep Laurel.
29. Daucus Carota, L. Wild Carrot, Queen Anne’s Lace.
Osmorrhiza brevistylis, DC. Sweet Cicely.
Cornus alternifolia, L. Cornel.
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. Ox-eye or White Daisy, White-weed.
Linaria Canadensis, Dumont. Toad-Flax.
Pentstemon pubescens, Solander. Beard tongue.
Populus monilifera, Ait. Cotton-wood, Necklace Poplar.
Taxus Canadensis, Willd. American Yew, Ground Hemlock.
30, Trifolium hybridum.
Bromus tectorum, L.
Viburnum acerifolium, L. Maple-leaved Viburnum.
Vicia Cracca, L. Vetch.
Trifolium hybridum, L. Alsike Clover. Nat. from Europe.
June 1. Acer spicatum, Lam. Mountain Maple.
Erigeron annus, Pers. Daisy Fleabane, Sweet Scabious.
Veronica Americana, Schweinitz. American Brooklime.
3. Lychnis vespertina, Sibth. Evening Lychnis.
Potentilla arguta, Pursh.
Tragopogon pratensis, L. Goat’s-beard.
Hieracium venosum, L. Rattlesnake-weed.
Andromeda polifolia, L.
Glaux maritima, L. Sea-Milkwort.
Myosotis palustris, Withering. Forget-me-not.
Veronica Virginiana, L. Thimble-weed.
Habenaria Hookeri, Torr.
Smilax herbacea, L. Carrion-Flower.
5. Thalictrum polygamum, Muhl. Tall Meadow-Rue.
Helianthemum Canadense, Michx. Rock-rose.
Malva rotundifolia, L. Common Mallow.
Scrophularia nodosa, L. var. Marilandica. Figwort.
6. Celastrus scandens, L. Bitter-sweet.
Rumex acetosella,L. Field or Sheep Sorrel.
Dactylis glomerata, L. Orchard Grass.
8. Ranunculus sceleratus, L.
Melilotus officinalis, Willd. Yellow Melilot.
Lysimachia quadrifolia, L. Loosestrife.
Pentstemon grandiflorus, Nutt.
Rumex crispus. L. Curled Dock.
Arethusa bulbosa, L.
Habenaria psycodes, Gray. Small Purple Fringed-Orchis.
10. Nuphar advena, Ait. Spatter-Dock, Yellow Pond-Lily.
Robinia viscosa, Vent. Clammy Locust.
Rubus villosus, Ait. Common or High Blackberry.
Oenothera pumila, L. Evening Primrose.
Sanicula Marylandica, L. Black Snakeroot.
Viburnum cassinoides, L. Withe-rod.
Hieracium aurantiacum, L. European Hawkweed, Devil’s Paint Brush.
13. Oxalis corniculata, L. var. stricta, Sav. Upright Yellow Wood-Sorrel.
Drosera intermedia, var. Americana, Long-leaved Sundew.
Viburnum dentatum, L. Arrow-wood.
Galinsoga parviflora, Cav.
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June 13. Hieracium scavrum, Michx. Hawkweed.
Ledum latifolium, Ait. Labrador Tea.
Menyanthes trifoliata, L. Buckbean.
Habenaria dilatata, Gray.
Eriophorum polystachyon. Cotton-Grass.
16. Heracleum lanatum, Michx.
Conium maculatum, L. Poison Hemlock.
Cornus paniculata, L’ Her. ~Panicled Cornel.
Joreopsis lanceolata, L.
Vaccinium Oxycoccus, L. Small Cranberry.
Lysimachia vulgaris, L. European loosestrife.
Utricularia vulgaris, L. Greater Bladderwort.
Brunella vulgaris, L. Common Self-heal or Heal-all.
Lamium maculatum, L. Dead-Nettle.
Liparis liliifolia, Richard.
Pogonia ophioglossoides, Nutt.
Calopogon pulchellus, R. Br.
Cypripedium spectabile, Salisb Showy Lady’s Slipper, Williamstown, Mass.
Jalamagrostis Nuttalliana, Steud.
Azolla Caroliniana, Willd.
17. Gaylussacia resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Black Huckleberry.
Thalictrum purpurascens, L. Purplish Meadow-Rue.
Menispermum Canadense, L. Moonseed.
Arenaria lateriflora (?), L. Sandwort.
Staphylea trifolia, L. American Bladder-nut.
Geum rivale, L. Wateror Purple Avens.
Potentilla Norvegica, L.
Heuchera Americana, L. Common Alum-root.
Carum carui, L. Caraway.
Erigeron strigosus, Muh]. Daisy Fleabane.
Erigeron Philadelphicus, L. Common Fleabane.
Rudbeckia hirta, L. Cone-flower.
Rhododendron viscosum, Torr. Clammy Azalea.
Chimaphila umbellata, Nutt. Prince’s Pine, Pipsissewa.
Monotropa uniflora, L. Indian Pipe.
Convolvulus spithamacus, L. Bindweed.
Solanum Dulcamara, L. Nightshade.
Peltandra undulata, Rat. Arrow Arum.
Lemna minor, L. Duck’s-meat.
Asclepias cornuti, Decaisne. Common Milkweed.
20. Acta spicata, L. (var.) rubra. Red Baneberry.
Ceanothus Americanus, L. New Jersey Tea.
Rosa rubiginosa, L. Sweet brier.
Specularia perfoliata, A. DC. Venus’s Looking-glass.
Pyrola secunda, L. One-sided Shin-leaf.
Linaria vulgaris, Mill. Butter and Eggs.
Myrica asplenifolia, Endl. Sweet Fern (Fruit).
Botrychium matricariefolium, Braun.
21. Nyssa sylvatica, Marsh. Tupelo, Pepperidge.
22. Hypericum perforatum, L. St. John’s-wort.
Rhus Typhina, L. Stag-horn Sumach.
Trifolium arvense, L. Rabbit-foot or Stone Clover.
Tephrosia Virginiana, Pers. Goat's Rue.
Coronilla varia, L. Coronilla, Axseed, Axwort.
Spireea salicifolia, L. Meadow-sweet.
Sedum acre, L. Mossy Stone-crop.
Epilobium angustifolium, L, Fire-weed.
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June22. Oenothera biennis, L. Common Evening Primrose.
Oenothera biennis, L. var. grandifloras, Lindl. Evening Primrose.
Aralia racemosa, L. Spikenard.
Sambucus Canadensis, L. Common Elder.
Apocynum androsemifolium, L. Spreading Dogbane.
Asclepias incarnata, L. var. pulchra, Pers. Swamp Milkweed.
Asclepias obtusifolia, L. Michx.
Physalis pubescens, L. Ground Cherry.
Verbascum Blattaria, L. Moth Mullein.
Melampyrum Americanum, Michx. Cow-Wheat.
Calamintha Clinopodium, Benth. Basil.
Smilax rotundifolia, L. Common Greenbrier.
Typha latifolia, L. Common Cat-Tail.
24. Picea nigra, Link. Black Spruce.
Thuya occidentalis, L. Arbor Vite, White Cedar.
Juniperus Virginiana, L. Red Cedar.
26. Lysimachia stricta, Ait.
Larix Americana, Michx. American or Black Larch, Tamarack, Hackmatack.
Marchantia polymorpha, L. Liverwort Family.
Stellaria longifolia, Muhl. Long leaved Stitchwort.
Pinus Strobus, L. White Pine.
Pinus resinosa, Ait. Red Pine.
Picea alba, Link. White Spruce.
Tsuga Canadensis, Carr. Hemlock.
July 1. Silene nivea, Otth. Campion.
Baptisia tinctoria, R. Br. Wild Indigo.
Circa Lutetiana, L. Enchanter’s Nightshade.
Cryptotznia Canadensis, DC. Honewort.
Eupatorium purpureum, L. Joe-Pye Weed, Trumpet Weed.
Cnicus arvensis, Hoffm. Canada Thistle.
Pyrola rotundifolia, L. Shin-leaf.
Lysimachia nummularia, L. Moneywort.
Asclepias phytolaccoides, Pursh. Poke Milkweed.
Solanum nigrum, L. Common Nightshade.
Leonurus Cardiaca, L. Common Motherwort.
Lilium Philadelphicum, L. Wood Lily.
8h Lactuca Canadensis, L. Wild Lettuce.
Asclepias purpurascens, L. Purple Milkweed.
Castanea sativa, Mill. var. Americana. Chestnut.
Hydrocotyle Americana, L. Water Pennywort.
Apocynum cannabinum, L. Indian Hemp.
Lycopodium annotinum, L.
Lycopodium obscurum, L. var. dendroideum, Michx.
Lycopodium complananatum, L. Ground Pine.
6. Dianthus Armeria, L. Deptford Pink.
Rubus odoratus, L. Purple Flowering-Raspberry.
Scutellaria lateriflora, L. Mad-dog Skulleap.
7. Saponaria Vaccaria, L.
Saponaria officinalis, L. Bouncing Bet.
Geranium Carolinianum, L. Carolina Geranium.
Melilotus alba, Lam. White Melilot.
Sericocarpus solidagineus, Nees. White-topped Aster.
Anthemis Cotula, DC. May-weed.
Andromeda ligustrima, Muhl. Privet Andromeda,
Asclepias tuberosa, L. Butterfly-weed.
Echium vulgare, L. Blue-weed.
Convolvulus sepium, L. Hedge Bindweed,
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July 8. Adlumia cirrhosa, Raf. Climbing Fumatory.
Houstonia purpurea, L. var. ciliolata, Gray. Fringed Houstonia (?).
Hole Sherardia arvensis, L.
Pycnanthemum linifolium, Pursh. Mountain Mint.
Lilium superbum, L. Turk’s Cap Lily.
14. Lepidium Virginicum. Wild Peppergrass.
Hypericum maculatum, Walt.
Desmodium Canadense, DC. Tick-trefoil.
Aralia hispida, Vent. Bristly Sarsaparilla.
Gaultheria procumbens, L. Creeping Wintergreen.
Chimaphila maculata, Pursh. Spotted Wintergreen.
Pyrola elliptica, Nutt. Shin-leat.
Mimulus ringens, L. Monkey Flower.
Verbena hastata, L. Blue Vervain.
Stachys aspera, Michx. Hedge-Nettle.
Plantago Rugelii, Decaisne.
Plantago Patagonica, Jacq. var. aristata.
Phytolacea decandra, L. Common Poke or Scoke Garget, Pigeon-Berry.
Polygonum lapathifolium, var. incarnatum, Watson.
Polygonum convolvulus, L. Black Bindweed.
Aletris farinosa, L.
Lilium Canadense, L. Wild Yellow Lily.
Panicum clandestinum, L.
Setaria viridis, Beauv. Foxtail, Pigeon-Grass.
Agrostis alba, L. var. vulgaris, Thurb. Red Top, Herd’s-Grass.
Agrostis scabra, Willd. Hair-Grass.
Poa compressa, L. Wire-Grass, English Blue-Grass.
he Lonicera grata, Ait. American Woodbine.
Pontederia cordata, L. Pickerel-weed.
Potamogeton natans, L.
Potamogeton heterophyllus, Schreb. var. graminifolius, Fries.
Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. Common Agrimony.
Rosa Carolina, L. Swamp Rose.
‘icuta maculata, L. Spotted cowbane.
Cicuta bulbifera, L.
Galium asprellum, Michx. Rough Bedstraw.
Mentha Canadensis, L. Wild Mint.
Monarda didyma, L. Oswego Tea, Bee Balm.
Goodyera pubescens, R. Br. Rattlesnake Plantain.
Sagittaria variabilis, Engehn.
22. Spireea tomentosa, L. Hardhack, Steeple-Bush.
Cephalanthus occidentalis, L. Button-bush, Button-tree.
Eupatorium perfoliatum, L. Thoroughwort, Boneset.
24. Solidago lanceolata, L. Bushy or Fragrant Goldenrod.
Helianthus divaricatus, L. Rough or Wood Sunflower.
Vaccinium vascilians, Solander (Fruit).
Pycnanthemum muticum, Pers. Hairy Mountain Mint.
Scutellaria galericulata, L.
26. Sabbatia chloroides, Pursh. Large Marsh Pink (Plymouth, Mass.).
21. Inula Helenium, L, Elecampane.
Campanula aparinoides, Pursh. Marsh Bellflower.
Monarda fistulosa, L. var. Mollis. Wild Bergamot.
30. Apios tuberosa, Moench.
Sule Clematis Virginiana, L. Common Virgin’s Bower.
Anemone Virginiana, L. Thimble-weed.
Gerardia flava, L. Downy False Foxglove.
Aug. 1. Opuntia vulgaris, Mill. Prickly Pear.
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Aug. 1. Spiranthes latifolia, Torr.
Habenoria lacera, R. Br. Ragged Fringed Orchis. (New Salem.)
Monotropa Hypopitys, L. False Beech-drops.
Crotalaria sagittalis, L. Rattle-box.
Epilobium coloratum, Muhl.
Lycopus sinuatus, Ell.
Polygonum sagittatum, L. Arrow-leaved Tear-thumb.
Laportea Canadensis, Gaudichaud.
Corallorhiza odontorhiza, Nutt. Otis.
6. Conopholis Americana, Wallroth. Otis.
Liatris squarrosa, Willd, Blazing-Star.
Anaphalis margtacea, Benth. and Hook. Pearly Everlasting.
itil. Lobelia cardinalis, L. Cardinal-flower.
Gerardia quercifolia, Pursh.
Collinsonia Canadensis, L. Rich-weed, Stone-root.
12. Linnea borealis, Linnzeus. Twin-flower.
13. Eupatorium ageratoides, L. White Snake-root.
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The total number of species exhibited in 1902 was three hundred and
eighty-seven.
The exhibit is continued this year but a lst will not be published
until 1904 as it cannot at this time be given for the whole year.
Ornithology.
The birds of the month have been exhibited as they were last year.
A list of these migrants was given in the 1902 report, page 13, so will not
be repeated here.
Birps SEEN IN SPRINGFIELD.
1903. Spring observations. 1902. 1901.
Heb. 23. Bluebird, Hebs 27 Mar. 14
Mar. 3. Bronzed Grackle, 28 13
Se American Robin, Mar. 1 17
3. Red-winged Blackbird, 8 16
Sag Song Sparrow, 8 8
Cedar Waxwing,
fle Black Duck, ; 8
ie Marsh Hawk, 15
ibs American Osprey, April 12 April 12
11. Sharp-shinned Hawk,
14. Belted Kingfisher, Mar. 15 19
14. Pheebe, 15 Mar. 23
Let, Fox Sparrow, 14 22
14. Tree Swallow, April 11 April 11
15. Savanna Sparrow, 14 19
15. Meadowlark,
15 Northern Flicker,
le Purple Finch, Mar. 31 Mar. 31
23. Canada Goose, 12 16
24. Vesper Sparrow, April 5 13
26. Mourning Dove, 5 April 12
28. Cowbird, 5 6
28. Field Sparrow, 5 17
28. Black-crowned Night Heron, 6
28. American Bittern, 5
April -2. Chipping Sparrow, 12 17
2: Hermit Thrush, 30
2. Pine Warbler, 14 13
6. Great Blue Heron, 4 8
12. Brown Thrasher, 29 May 12
12: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 16 2
17. Yellow-palm Warbler, 14 April 19
20. White-throated Sparrow, 21
22. Chimney & wift, 23 May 5
22. Barn Swallow, 28
22. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 21
26. Black-throated Green Warbler, May 1 2
29. Northern Parula Warbler, 3 2
30, Black and White Warbler, April 29 3
30. Myrtle Warbler, 19 30
30. Blue-headed Vireo,
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY :
May 1. Kingbird,
if Magnolia Warbler,
al Least Flycatcher,
2. Towhee, Chewink,
2. Yellow-throated Vireo,
2 Bobolink,
3. Warbling Vireo,
4, Yellow Warbler,
fe Bank Swallow,
ie Wilson’s Thrush,
Ue Catbird,
8. Ovenbird,
8. Chestnut-sided Warbler,
8. Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
8. Grasshopper Sparrow,
8. House Wren,
8. American Redstart,
8. Black-throated Blue Warbler,
8. Blackburnian Warbler,
8. Water Thrush,
8. Wood Thrush,
8. Cliff Swallow,
i), Whip-poor-will,
9. Baltimore Oriole,
4). Spotted Sandpiper,
oe Solitary Sandpiper,
3: Kingbird,
10. Nashville Warbler,
13. Indigo Bunting,
14. Scarlet Tanager,
14. Northern Yellow Throat,
14. Nighthawk,
14, Orchard Oriole,
14. Purple Martin,
16. Black-poll Warbler,
16. Gray-cheeked Thrush,
16. Great-crested Flycatcher,
16. Red-eyed Vireo,
16. Yellow-billed Cuckoo,
16. ‘anadian Warbler,
18 Wood Pewee,
23) Prairie Warbler.
Entomology.
The exhibits in this department are described
and 8 of this report that they need not be listed here.
AUP PEIN DEX: al
May 2
10 May 12
April 22 April 27
28 May 12
May 5 8
8 11
7 8
5 15
April 30 15
May 6 12
April 30
18 9
May 5 12
4 10
April 29 13
May 5 6
5 8
i 15
u 12
14 9
3
5 9
April 21 2
May 13 11
2
i 12
12 15
5 11
5 15
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April 23 April 3
May 8 May 15
10 15
14
so fully on pages 7
Giits to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1902—May, 1908.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Geoffrey Benson. Mineralogical and geological specimens from Bundoran
County, Donegal, Ireland.
Samuel Bowles. Petrified wood from Arizona.
Edward Chapin. Colophonite and spinel from Franklin, N. J.
Dr. Walter H. Chapin. Steatite from Wilbraham, Mass.
John M. Hall. Copper ore from Calumet and Hecla Mine.
William B. Kirkham. Collection of fossils and rocks.
William Orr. Basaltic column from Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Ireland.
John Percy Stott. Arrow points from Ballymoney, Ireland.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Ames Estate. Century plant.
Chelsea Jute Mills, Brooklyn, N. Y. Specimens of jute showing the different
stages of preparation from the plant to the finished articles.
George S. Lewis. Collection of woods, seeds, and fibers.
Mrs. C. Lugene. Century plant.
Mrs. Mary C. Sampson. Herbarium of North American ferns; and flora of the
eastern United States. .
J. Herbert Starr. Section of a hickory tree showing deformity.
Miss Josephine E. Strong. Shawl made of pineapple fiber, Fayal, Azores.
Mrs. C. Wilson. Seeds from Bahama Islands.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Gurdon Bill. Muskrat group and a collection of birds.
Nathan D. Bill. Elk and bison groups with cases. American flamingo’s nest,
and a jaguar from the Forest Park collection.
J.J. Baggs. Cobra and centipede from Canton, China.
Mrs. P. E. Brown. Specimens of ramie.
Charles A. Emery. Photograph of duck hawk’s eggs.
Robert O. Morris. Collection of birds and mammals.
Leon S. Smith. Skate’s eggs and horseshoe crabs from Westbrook, Conn.
E. O. Tuttle. Flying squirrel.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND GIFTS.
Mrs. George Havens. Collection of coral and minerals.
W. E. Holmes. Samples of raw silk and silk in skeins and on spools.
Dr. J. Searle Hurlbut. Photographs of southern Indians.
Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut. The Dr. J. Searle Hurlbut collection of Mexican curios,
woods, shells, coins, stamps, and photographs.
Elizabeth H. Morton. Collection of minerals and miscellaneous material.
John H. Smith. Collection of Indian implements from the cemetery, Thompson-
ville, Conn.
Springfield Republican. Set of fifty-six engravings of printing presses.
MUSEUM SOF NATURAL HISTORY: APPENDIX. 23
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bortolo Cottini. Photographs; and specimens of jasper from Italy.
James Demacako. Shoes from Sparta, Greece.
Willis F. Penfield. Old-fashioned chair.
For contributions to the flower exhibit we are greatly indebted to the following
persons :—
Miss Anna A. Adams. Mr. Louis H. Allen.
Mr. C. W. Bennett, Chester, Vermont. Mr. Frank Bishop.
Mr. Thornton W. Burgess. Mr. Roman A. Crane.
Dr. Robert A. Clark. Dr. George Dimmock.
Mr. Joel H. Hendrick. Mr. Oscar B. Ireland.
Mr. Walter E. Johnson. Mrs. Henry I. Seymour, Plymouth, Mass.
Mr. Solomon Stebbins.
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Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springtield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Maria L. Owen, Honorary President.
Miss Fannie A. STEBBINS, Acting President.
Mrs. 8S. O. ALLEN, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. I. W. BurNuAmM, Corresponding Secretary.
Miss EvizAnetu Booru, Recording Secretary.
Mrs. K. N. WAsHBURN, Treasurer.
Miss E. J. STEELE, Field Meeting Com.
Mrs. Maria L. Owen, Curator.
Springfield Geological Club.
Roman A. CRANE, President.
Asuton E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss EvizABETH ARNOLD, Secretary and Treasurer.
Com., A. B. Kimpatx, Miss Kats B. Swirt.
Springfield Zoological Club.
CuaRLes B. Wixtson, President.
RomMAN A. CRANE, Vice-President.
FREDERIC F. Situ, Secretary.
Miss L. I. Matrroon, Treasurer.
Ex. Com., Dr. GEoRGE Dimmock, FRANK E. WATSON.
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In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THe Museum or Narurat History.—Open every day in the year,
2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5 from September
22 to March 20.
THE CATHARINE L. Howarp MEmorIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21,
1 to 5 from September 22 to March 20.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
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GRACE 'L. PETTIS.
No. 306-9-’04-300
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of the City Library Association :
The tenth annual report of the Museum of Natural History is hereby
respectfully submitted.
In this review of the past year your attention is called to the quiet but
steady progress made in the organization of the museum for more efficient
service, to the generosity of the friends of the institution as shown by val-
uable gifts, and to the increase in the use of the collections by the people.
Another fact of importance is the rapidly narrowing margin of space avail-
able for additional cases and new collections. Already the demands for
floor room have made necessary some interference with the proper group-
ing and unity of the museum material.
Accessions.
The latter consideration naturally suggests the recent additions to the
various departments. A most interesting illustration of the life and in-
dustry of the valley Indians is made by the Wilbraham relics of the stone
age. They consist of a large number of implements and bowls discovered
in a steatite quarry. Through the generosity of Mr. Nathan D. Bill, funds
were provided for the work of excavation. Prof. A. L. Dakin conducted
the investigation with great care and industry. The museum has now an
unusually complete display of the methods of manufacture employed by
the early Indian tribes. This collection is now arranged so as to be avail-
able for study. It is carefully labeled and mounted, and illustrated with
photographs and charts of the quarry site. Space has been assigned in
the smaller room on the second floor of the museum.
A part of the Wilbraham relics has been exchanged for Indian pottery
of Peru, the Cherokee country, Missouri, Arizona, and New Mexico, from
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Exchanges have
also been made through Dr. Edward Hitchcock with the Gilbert Museum of
Amherst College. From this institution, axes, celts, arrow points, and
potsherds of the Connecticut valley were obtained.
In geology and mineralogy, the collections have been enriched by sev-
eral notable gifts. Among these mention should be made of a fossil palm
eel
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leaf from Keokuk, Iowa; a choice specimen of millerite on calcite from
the same locality, hematite from Blandford, and fluorite and calcite from
Cornwall, England. Mr. Luman Andrews, of Southington, Conn., has
added to the botanical material 579 specimens, of which 141 are from Forest
Park. Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut has given a desk case in which the J. Searle
Hurlbut collection of the woods of Nassau is now displayed to good advan-
tage.
From the Henry S. Lee estate the museum has received a valuable —
collection of coins. This gift—of interest as a memorial of a friend and
benefactor of the association—contains an unusually complete representa-
tion of American coinage. The Engfish coins date back to 958 A. D.,
while China is represented by specimens dating to 2500 B. C. Besides the
coins the collection contains many medals and badges of great historical
interest. Two finely made cases for the proper display of the coins have
been given by the trustees of the Horace Smith estate.
Mr. Robert O. Morris continues to give specimens in zodlogy. A not-
_able addition is a wildcat taken in Blandford.
Mr. George S. Lewis has given material to complete the collections in
botany already on hand and to provide a series of specimens for educa-
tional use.
Loan Collections,
During the year sets of material have been made up by the museum
staff as loan collections to be used as illustrations for special talks. Each
collection contains the substance, with full description and examples of
the products or articles made therefrom. A few of the topics thus illus-
trated are Cochineal, Opium, Vegetable Ivory, Cork, Peat, Gypsum, Cin-
nabar, Asbestus, and Emery. These collections may be had by applying
at the museum.
Special Exhibits.
As a means of interesting people in the museum and in the study of
plants and animals, increased attention is paid each year to the special ex-
hibits of specimens. On the flower table there have been displayed during
the past year three hundred and thirty-three species. A list of the time of
flowering of each plant is kept for the year and, as the data thus collected
accumulate, interesting comparisons and conclusions in regard to the rela-
tions between the development of vegetation and the temperature condi-
tions will be made possible.
The following account of the zoélogical exhibit will show the value
of this department of the museum :
4 CITY LIBRARY -ASSOCTATION:
‘« Because of the rarity of insects during the past year the number of
kinds shown on the museum table devoted to our small living animals was
less than the year before, yet many species were reared, including a brood
of silkworms. ‘The interest of the public in mosquitoes, on account of
their lately discovered relation to the distribution of malarial diseases, led
to the exhibition, not only of the different stages of mosquitoes, but also
of other water insects. A number of kinds of salamanders were shown, as
well as eggs and larve of one species. A securely confined active rattle-
snake enabled those who gathered about the table to distinguish our dan-
gerous from our harmless snakes, of which several were shown. It was
surprising to see how quickly many children, putting aside superstition
more easily than their elders, learned to like and pet the harmless spread-
ing or hissing adders, that are generally thought to be poisonous.’’
In the same manner the birds of the region are displayed as they
appear as migrant, visitant, or permanent resident. Notes of arrivals are
carefully kept and public interest in this branch of study fostered and
directed by the publication of a bird book with dates of arrivals and spaces
for notes and observations.
Through the kindness of Dr. H. W. Van Allen, the museum was en-
abled to place on exhibition a specimen of radium salt.
Lectures.
On November 25, a lecture on Radium was given in the Art Museum
by Mr. A. B. Kimball of the science department of the High School. Mr.
Kimball gave a very clear and interesting account of the substance.
Mr. Frank L. Chapman gave a course of six lectures on Birds in High
School Hall under the auspices of the museum. The dates of the lectures
were February 20, 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26. There was a good attendance
and general satisfaction was expressed at the institution of such scientific
lectures. The free-hand drawing pupils of the High School co-operated
by making a number of posters descriptive of the lectures. These were
displayed in the library and attracted much favorable comment.
Scientific Societies,
The Botanical Society has carried out a series of meetings at which
papers relating to plant life and classification have been presented and
discussed. <A list of these meetings with topics and lecturers is given in
the appendix to this report.
Apart from maintaining its meetings the Zodlogical Club has done a
valuable service in making a card catalogue of the animals of the lower
Connecticut valley. The following account of this catalogue shows its pur-
pose and present condition :
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 5
‘« In 1897 the Springfield Zodlogical Club began a card catalogue of
the animals of the lower Connecticut valley. This faunal list is growing
rapidly, and, during the past year, the museum has furnished a case of
drawers which already contains the card-list of animals, and to which will
be added a similar list of plants of the same region, now being prepared
under the auspices of the Springfield Botanical Society, by its recording
secretary, Miss Elizabeth Booth.
‘« The importance of such records in the study of geographical distribu-
tion of plants and animals is self-evident, but a local biological survey is of
slow growth, dependent on the interest taken from time to time by compe-
tent systematists in different groups of organisms. At present the most
complete portion of this card-list is that devoted to birds, in which 304
species are recorded. Its completeness is largely due to work in the past
by Prof. J. A. Allen and Mr. C. W. Bennett, and to present careful study
of our birds by Mr. Robert O. Morris. Collections of beetles of Springfield
were begun as early as 1868 by the late Mr. Solomon Stebbins, and by Mr.
C. A. Emery. Dr. Dimmock collected many species during the next decade,
and Mr. Frederick Knab, of Chicopee, has since built up a large collec-
tion of these insects. Resulting from these collections the card-list of
beetles numbers 1,296 species. The total number of animals now recorded
is 3,125.
‘¢ The mode of keeping these records is shown below, by an exact repro-
duction of the first record card for the elm-leaf beetle, now so destructive
about Springfield.’’
Galerucella luteola, Mill.
Family, Chrysomelidae. No. 6912.
Taken by Frederick Knab.
Locality, West Spring field, Mass. Date, 5 June, 1892.
Identified by Frederick Knab.
First known capture of the elm-leaf beetle in the vicinity of
Springfield Zodlogical Club.
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Spring field.
A list of meetings and topics of the club is given in the appendix of
this report.
Other Meetings.
The Geological Club has held two meetings in the Science Museum as
follows:
6 CITY LIBEARY ASSOCIATION:
Mar. 18, 1904. A talk by Dr. W. H. Chapin on the Wilbraham
Quarry, and the Indian pottery and implements found there.
Apr. 22. An account of Mt. Mica, near Paris, Me., and the tour-
malines found there. Mr. W. G. Whitman.
Attendance of Classes.
A most important function of the museum is to co-operate with the
schools of the city in developing an intelligent interest in nature among
children. The museum officials provide every facility for visits of teachers
and classes. Statistics given herewith show that this use of the museum
is steadily growing in popularity.
LotalnumbenoL classeswtor past yea". acer ee eee seer eee os
City SSChOOlS Hy Aa 5 3 eee oes erat ee ee ee aes eee Pees oO)
Outside OfGIty, tech lo een cicict sco oles ove lteies eek paste eres Mee 24
Total mum ber Ok soupilSeriavapewiciine cect alee caer eee r 1335)
The Albany Library School of forty members visited the museum this
spring ; also the Pratt Institute class of thirty members.
Figures for general attendance.
Average dailyzatbendan eh er seme: aise ele eho eee estas 91
Average SundaynasvendanGe.n eer eet eee eee ieee 84
Average weekday -atvendances ne eer ea once eee eee 94
argcestidailyrattendancerry)j.. ase -eeieaieeee eee een ere 181
Smallest race anCes me seve icteloutelexsdee ie tke Seeasielsonete ieryieee ener yi
Kstimated total yearly attendances. 922. ..<.-2- sles ye oie OoFeLD
Progress in Organization.
During the past year the collections in Ornithology, Botany, and Ar-
cheeology have been rearranged and made more effective for study and dis-
play.
A series of loan collections has been made up for use in schools. The
arrangement for the lectures, especially for those by Mr. Frank L. Chap-
man on Birds, incurred a large amount of detail work, all of which was
done or supervised by the museum authorities.
The Catharine Howard library has been catalogued by members of the
library staff, and 1,020 cards filled out by the assistant curator.
It is gratifying to note that people are each year making more use of
the museum as an interesting place to visit and a source of information on
matters scientific. Such demands on the time and attention of the officials
are gladly met.
New cases have been installed as follows:
Three on the second floor for archeological collections and one on the
first floor for birds.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 7
Your attention is called to the fact that recent additions, particularly
in the departments of Archeology and Historical Relics, have made it
necessary to place sone of the historical material on the main floor. Such
an arrangement is to be regretted, as thereby the systematic grouping of
the museum collections can no longer be maintained. It would be highly
desirable if special quarters could be provided for the historical material.
Not only would the natural history collections be given much needed room
and the demands for space met for several years, but a most interesting ex-
_ hibit bearing on local history be made possible. In such a historical room
valuable manuscripts now in possession of the library might well be dis-
played.
In Memoriam.
An early friend of the museum and an ardent lover and devoted stu-
dent of nature has gone from us the past year in the death of Solomon
Stebbins. Mr. Stebbins for many years was curator of the collections.
He was an authority on the flora of this portion of the valley. His unselfish
interest in his work and his services to the natural history collections merit
this word of tribute. He was born in West Springfield, April 13, 1833,
and died in Springfield, March 27, 1904.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 19083—May, 1904.
(Where not otherwise indicated all localities are Springfield.)
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Albert Atherton. Iron pyrites.
Nathan D. Bill, 284 Maple street. Fossil palm leaf from Keokuk, Iowa. Millerite
on calcite from Keokuk, Iowa.
B. Cooley, East Longmeadow, Mass. Sandstone formation from East Long-
meadow.
Dr. A. M. Cushing, 13714 State street. Hematite from Mt. View Farm, Blandford,
Mass.
George A. Denison, 45 Avon place. Ore from the ‘‘ Hopeful” mine, Lincoln Co.,
N.M.
S. D. Heath, 259 Hancock street. Fluorite and calcite from Cornwall, England.
James W. Moore, Feeding Hills, Mass. Coal from Feeding Hills, Mass.
William C. Stone, 384 Union street, for A.P.Stone. Collection of fossils from Ohio.
Mrs. Edward I. White, 4 Chestnut street. Granite from Ascutney, Vt. Horn-
blende, Windsor, Vt. :
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
C. J. Adolphson, 68 Pendleton avenue. White pine sections (Pinus strobus, L.).
Luman Andrews, Southington, Conn. 579 herbarium specimens; 141 are from
Forest Park. :
George Dimmock, Ph.D., Berkshire street. ‘‘ Pita-wood,” stalk of Agave as pre-
pared for lining insect boxes.
Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut, 33 School street. Photograph of a California redwood
tree (Sequoia sempervirens, Endl.).
Misses Elsa and Ruth Hurlbut. Rubber tree (Ficus elastica, Roxb.).
Mrs. Hattie Kingsley, 423 Riverdale street, Chicopee, Mass. Seeds of the red
sandal-wood tree (Adenanthera pavonina, L.).
George S. Lewis, Jr., 746 State street. Collection of fibers and fabrics. Palm-leaf
and grass hats given to Mr. Lewis by O. J. Powers & Son of Athol, Mass.
Mrs. H. M. Phillips, 284 State street. Fan palm. (Living plant.)
Mrs. Frank C. Rice, 104 Maple street. Yucca. (Living plant.)
Michael Shapiro, 61 Congress street. Indian corn (Zea mays).
Ezra Mandeville Wilkins, 38 Jefferson avenue. Bark of redwood tree (Sequoia
sempervirens, Endl.) from Washington state.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Miss Mary A. Ball. Hornets’ nest.
Nathan D. Bill, 284 Maple street. Shells of barnacles. Skull of beaver (Castor
fiber, L.) from Copper river, Alaska. Collection of corals and sponges from
Nassau, Bahamas. Echinoid shell known as ‘‘ Sea beaver.”’
John Brearley, 555 Union street. Garter snake (Lutaenia sirtalis,L.).
Mrs. P. E. Brown, 25 Montrose street. Lot of young silkworms. Cocoon of moth
(Telea polyphemus, Cram.). Specimens of wool.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: APPENDIX. 9
Dr. Robert A. Clark, 81 Eastern avenue. Spider found in a bunch of bananas.
Miss Alice L. Coates, 327 Bay street. Specimens of a Brazilian beetle (Desmonota
variolosa, Fab.), sometimes set in jewelry.
E. O. Damon, Northampton, Mass. Brant (Branta bernicla, L.) from Northamp-
ton, Mass.
Dr. Frank H. Haskins, 107 North Main street. Snail (Limaz, sp.).
S.D. Heath. Nest of trap-door spider.
Charles H. Heywood, 325 Long Hill street. Gravel caddis-fly cases from Long Hill.
George W. Hubbard, 94 Byers street. Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica, L.).
Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut, 33 School street. Nest of a trap-door spider from California.
Pair of Roman cattle horns.
Walter E. Johnson, 57 Thompson street. Collection of birds’ eggs.
Frederick Knab, Chicopee, Mass. Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus, L.). This
snake, a mature female three feet long, was taken near Ashley ponds, in
Holyoke, Mass., July 17, 1903, by Hezekiah Lombard, of Chicopee. It was kept
f alive at the museum until January 24, 1904.
Walter Landry, 198 Massasoit street. Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata, L.).
Miss Glee Leete, Holyoke street. Two living cockroaches, one of a green species
(Panchlora, sp.), that came to Springfield in bunches of bananas.
Mrs. Nelson W. Merrill, 328 Union street. Two beetles (Cremastochilus canalicu-
latus, Kirby, and Euphoria inda, L.). Cocoon of a moth (Telea polyphemus,
Cram.) securely fastened to an elm twig and inclosed in three leaves.
Miss Josephine de Montigny, Berkshire street. Specimens of beetles (including
Calosoma scrutator, Fab., Hydrophilus ovatus, G. & H., H.triangularis, Say,
Xyloryctes satyrus, Fab., Strategus antaeus, Fab.), and of moths (including
Tropaea luna, L., Basilona imperialis, Drury, Marumba modesta, Harr.,
Smerinthus jamaicensis, Drury, Paonias myops, 8S. & A.), all collected about
electric lights. :
Robert O. Morris, 72 Temple street. Black duck (Anas obscura, Gmel.). Pair of
pine grosbeaks (Pinicola leucura, Cab.).
Miss Anna O’Brien, 14 Adams street. Large green beetle (Culosoma scrutator,
Fab.).
E. L. Pease, Longmeadow, Mass. Holboell’s grebe (Colymbus holboellii, Reinnh.).
Mrs. A. F. H. Pillsbury, 55 Elliott street. Ichneumon (Thalessa atrata, Fab.).
Charles Pinneo, City. Shoveler (Spatula clypeata, L.). [Exchange.]
W. F. Potter, 136 Dwight street. Harvest-fly (Cicada tibicen, L.).
Norton Richardson, 89 Catharine street. Specimens of polyzoa (probably Pectina-
tella magnifica, Leidy) from Watershop pond.
Donat Ruissiaux, Becket, Mass. Shoveler (Spatula clypeata, L.).
James N. Southwick, Providence, R. I. Collection of shells.
Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, 480 Union street. Larva of an owlet moth (Cucullia
asteroides, Guen.). Undetermined larva of a geometrid moth, from cultivated
blue clematis.
H. P. Stone, 176 Pearl street. Large spotted salamander (Amblystoma punctatum,
L.).
Mrs. A. C. Thompson, Hampden, Mass. Skin of black snake (Bascanion con-
strictor, L.).
Rev. W.E. Waterbury, 54 Fairfield street. Young box-turtle (Cistudo carolina, L.).
Myron Williams, 35 Firglade avenue. Hog-nose snake (Heierodon platyrhinus,
Latr.).
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Mrs. Ida Baldwin, 580 State street, for Frederick C. Joyner. Musical instrument.
Nathan D. Bill, 284 Maple street. Collection of soapstone and trap Indian imple-
ments from Wilbraham, Mass. United States proof sets of coins for 1903 and
1904.
10 CITY - LIBRARY ASS OClALTION.
Mrs. Nathan D. Bill, 284 Maple street. Fiji Island woman’s girdle.
J.T. Bowne, 121 Northampton avenue. Arrow points and knives from Arkansas.
Trap implements from Wilbraham, Mass. [Exchange.]
W.H. Chapin, M.D., 675 State street. Indian relics from Wilbraham, Mass., and
other Connecticut valley localities.
James D. Collins, 23 Florence street. Wood from Wakefield Tower, Tower of
London, supposed to be nearly 700 years old.
George Dimmock, Ph.D. Indian relics from Cumberland Gap, Ky.,-and other
localities. :
Gilbert Museum of Indian Relics, Amherst, Mass. Indian relics from the
Connecticut valley. [Exchange.]
S. D. Heath, 259 Hancock street. Indian relics from Longmeadow, Mass.
W. P. Hetherington, Belding, Michigan. Boots made from the skin of a deer.
The Henry S. Lee collection of coins.
George S. Lewis, Jr., 746 State street. Photographs used in illustrating the book
‘¢ Old Springtield.”? Given to Mr. Lewis by Charles W. Chapin.
Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Mass.
Pottery from Peru, Cherokee country, Missouri, Arizona, and New Mexico.
[Exchange.]
MISCELLANEOUS GIFTS.
Emily Belle Adams, 167 Maple street. One dollar.
Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut, 33 School street. An oak desk case for the J. Searle
Hurlbut collection of woods.
Meetings of Scientific Societies Held in the
1903-1904.
May 8.
15:
22.
29.
June 5.
12.
19.
26.
July 31.
Aug. 7.
14.
28.
Sept. 4.
ial
18.
25.
Octa 32:
9,
16.
Dee
30.
Nov. 21.
Dec,
Apr. 15.
22.
25.
29:
1904,
Mar. 18.
Apr. 22.
Science Museum.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Evolution of sex. Frank E. Watson.
Ecology. Miss Anna E. Smith.
Fungous diseases of plants. Prof. George E. Stone.
Mosses. Miss Martha Goldthwait.
Stomata. Mrs. W.C. Brown.
Symbiosis. Mrs. M. L. Owen.
Bacteria. H.C. Emerson, M.D.
The movement of sap. Mrs. 8. 0O. Allen.
Cornus. Miss W. C. Sanborn.
Nutrition of a tree. Miss Lucia A. Coleman.
Review of ferns. Frank Bishop.
Weeds. Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham.
Relations of animals to plants. George Dimmock, Ph.D.
Alge. W.H. Chapin, M.D.
Parasitism. Miss Ida J. Rich.
Mushrooms. Miss E. J. Steele.
Distribution of seeds by wind and water. Miss Chloe St. John.
Distribution of seeds in other ways than by wind or water. Mrs.
Charles T. Leonard.
Conditions necessary for the best development of some species of
our native trees. W.F. Gale.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
A general exhibition of seeds.
Plant life in Bermuda. Frank E. Watson.
Jan. 9, Feb. 13, and March 12. Practical study of mosses.
Annual meeting.
Some local mosses. W.H. Chapin, M.D.
Lecture at Art Museum. Vanishing wild flowers. C. L. Pollard.
Coloration of flowers. Mrs. Maria L. Owen.
Springfield Geological Club.
Wilbraham soapstone quarry.—Indian pottery and implements
found. W.H. Chapin, M.D.
Tourmalines found at Mount Mica, near Paris,Me. Walter G. Whit-
man.
CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Springtield Zoological Club.
1903-1904.
May 6. Protective and warning coloration in mollusks. F. F. Smith.
June 3. Reviews of zoological literature.
17. Artificial nests of ants. George Dimmock, Ph.D.
Sept.16. Reviews of zoological literature.
7. Corals. Frank E. Watson.
21. Reviews of zoological literature.
Noy. 4. Mosquitoes. Frederick Knab.
18. Degeneration. Charles B. Wilson.
Dec. 2. Reviews of zodlogical literature.
16. Animal life in southern waters. Frank E. Watson.
Jan. 6. Annual meeting.
20. Newspaper zoology. George Dimmock, Ph.D.
Feb. 3. Reviews of zodlogical literature.
17. Trichina. George Dimmock, Ph.D.
Apr. 6. An economic study of the food of birds. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Maria L. Owen, Honorary President.
Miss Fannikz A. StTessins, Acting President.
Mrs. S. O. ALLEN, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. I. W. Burnuam, Corresponding Secretary.
Miss ExvizaseTH Booru, Recording Secretary.
Mrs. K. N. WASHBURN, Treasurer.
Miss E. J. STEELE, Field Meeting Com.
Mrs. Maria L. Owen, Curator.
Springfield Geological Club.
RomMAN A. CRANE, President.
ASHTON E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss ELizABETH ARNOLD, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., A. B. KIMBALL, WALTER G. WHITMAN.
Springfield Zoological Club.
CHARLES B. Witson, President.
Roman A. CRANE, Vice-President.
Frank E. Warson, Secretary.
Miss BERTHA BALLANTYNE, Treasurer.
Ex. Com., Dr. GrorGrE Dimmock, Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS.
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AMERICAN FLAMINGO GROUP,
REPRESENTING THE NATURAL HABITAT.
GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
BY NATHAN D. BILL.
The Science Department.
im“the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THE MuSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.—Open every day in the year,
except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25, 2 to 6
from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20.
THE CATHARINE L. HowArD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
WILLIAM ORR.
Assistant Curator.
GRACE L. PETTIS.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of The City Library Association :—
The twelfth annual report of the Museum of Natural History is
hereby respectfully submitted.
For the third time in the space of ten years the museum is facing
the need of more room. Since the present building was opened in
1899, it has been the policy of the institution to place on exhibition
only the choicest and most valuable material in its possession. But
so generous and well advised has been the interest of the friends of
the museum that each year has seen the addition of both wall and
‘floor cases. Now the main hall and the two upper rooms are com-
pletely filled and a still more careful process of selection must be
adopted. The present collections consist of the following cases :—
MAIN HALL.
Maineralory and- ceologyyn...sc oeien cee eee 7 cases.
Botany. PSs wee oe ee LS eee 10 cases.
LOO DPS Me Sante his oe eave heels da ee ea ee re Eee 16 cases.
ne hee Np lag meine ta ese cere a eee ea ay ge ene gare ae 20 groups.
Henry. S. Lee‘collection of coms, o. 2022: e8 ae 8 2 cases.
55 cases.
UPPER ROOMS.
Archeology. and srelics; 03.4.4. oon cee ees 15 cases.
Totaly stun he sets aires Ss ce eee ee ee 70 cases.
In addition there are on exhibition relief maps, photographs, and
also specimens of such a size that they cannot be placed in cases.
This growth has gone on steadily from year to year without solici-
tation on the part of the officers and at a very small expense to the
Association. Even the cases have in a large measure been provided
by friends. Some idea of the increase in material is given by com-
parison of conditions now and in 1899. At the former date groups
RED POX GROUP;
REPRESENTING THE NATURAL HABITAT,
GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
BY GURDON BILL.
THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
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and cases amounted to only thirty in number, less than half the
present installation.
Among additions for the year just closed special mention should
be made of two striking groups—one of American flamingoes given
by Mr. Nathan D. Bill and another of the red fox from Mr. Gurdon
Bill. Mr. Nathan Bill also presented to the museum a fine example
of petrifaction from the petrified forest of Arizona, and two cases for
the collection of Indian baskets given by him last year. From Mr.
A. B. Wallace two new cases have been received for the Robert M.
Wallace collection of birds. Mr. Robert O. Morris has increased the
collection of local mammals by a number of valuable specimens. An
interesting series of historical and Indian relics has been secured from
the Henry Morris estate, and the botanical department has been
enriched by gifts from Mr. George S. Lewis and Mr. Luman Andrews.
The appendix contains a detailed list of donors and gifts to the
various departments.
Special Exhibits.
A new feature of this work has been the display of the winter
forms of plants. In all about one hundred specimens were displayed
and gave visitors an insight into the beauty that is shown in even
the dried and withered foliage and blossom. Popular interest con-
tinues to be attracted by the display of spring and summer plants
and by the table set apart for birds in their season. A competition
contest for the best colored crayon sketches of birds aroused much
emulation among the school children and resulted in some very excel-
lent work.
Lectures.
Through the generosity of Mr. Nathan D. Bill the pupils of the
Central and Technical High Schools were given an interesting and
instructive lecture by the celebrated student of Indian life, George
Wharton James, on “Indian Basketry and the Hopi Snake Dance.”
There was an attendance of seven hundred. The free lecture came on
December 5th and on the following evening it was repeated for the
general public.
On February 20th Mr. Frank M. Chapman lectured in High School
Hall on the “Pelican” to an audience of about two hundred and fifty
people. Such lectures do much to awaken and stimulate interest in
scientific matters and constitute a valuable phase of museum activity.
4A CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Classes.
A similar value attaches to the use of the collections by classes
from schools. The figures for attendance are as follows:—
Classes from city schools with teachers,........... 44
Classes from out of city schools with teachers,..... 19
Tetal number tofseclasses..s.cnae eee heen 63
Pupils in’ city classes;estcs tein este ee eee eer 867
Pupils imout ofseity classes) #2. eee eee 363
Total number of (pupilssin 2. cee ae eles 1,230
A large number of classes with teachers have come from Chicopee
and Chicopee Falls. More than ever pupils from the schools come as
individuals to look over the collections, to identify specimens, and to
sketch birds and flowers.
Scientific Societies.
The activities of the Zodlogical Club and the Botanical Society are
shown in the schedules of meetings and outlines of topics as given
in the supplement to this report.
Attendance.
Largest number of visitors on any one day, March 25th, 345
Smallest number of visitors on any one day, Feb. 4th,.. 5
Estimated total syearly jattendance,.. 4. 4.5. nee tee 34,844
Publications.
Bulletin No. 1, on the “Early Stages of Carabide,” has found a
wide circulation among museums and other institutions of learning,
and has brought to the Association in exchange valuable monographs
and reports from all parts of the world. It is to be hoped that more
work of this kind may be undertaken by the museum.
School Collections.
Out of the Samuel Colton Booth minerals, under the direction of
Miss Mary A. Booth, a series of twenty-three sets of 16 minerals
each has been made up for the use of schools. The entire Booth
collection has been rearranged and is now available for study.
WILLIAM ORR,
Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1905—May, 1906.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Nathan D. Bill. Petrified wood from Petrified Forest, near Adamana, Apache
Co., Arizona. ’
H. W. Butler. Conglomerate. Dighton, Bristol Co.
H. G. Denver. Fossils from Moosehead Lake.
William Nicol, Kingston, Ontario.
‘Smaltite-chloanthite from Colset, New Ontario.
Corundum from Craigmount, Combermere, Renfew Co., Ontario.
Niccolite and chloanthite, Cobalt, New Ontario.
William Orr. Iron and copper ores. Peck Hill mine, Charlemont.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Emily Belle Adams.
English sparrow (pair) (Passer domesticus), Springfield.
Chipping sparrow (pair) (Spizella socialis), Springfield.
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Agawam.
Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula), Springfield.
Gurdon Bill. Red fox (Vulpes fulvus). Group consisting of two adult and
four immature specimens.
Nathan D. Bill. American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber). Group con-
sisting of four adult and four immature specimens.
George B. Dalrymple. Snake skin.
Gardiner Helmick. Luna moth (Tropaea luna).
Frederick Knab. Collection of tropical insects.
Maude Knight. Collection of crabs from Westbrook, Conn.
Robert O. Morris.
Henslow’s sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii), Longmeadow.
Pigeon hawk (falco columbarius), Northampton.
American pipit (Anthus pennsylvanicus), Longmeadow.
Wood duck (Ai# sponsa).
White-winged scoter (Oidenvia deglandi), Agawam.
Large brown weasel (Putorius noveboracensis), Hampden.
Large brown weasel (Putorius noveboracensis), Hazardville, Conn.
Little brown weasel (Putorius cicognanii), Riverdale and Hazardville,
Conn.
Short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicanda), Springfield.
White-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), Springfield.
Common house mouse (Mus nuscalus), Springfield.
Common meadow mouse (Sciurus hudsonicus laquax), Springfield.
Brown or Norway rat (Mus norvegicus), Springfield.
Southern red squirrel (Microtus pennsylvanicus), Northampton.
Gray rabbit (Lepus floridanus transitionalis), Monson.
Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). Hazardville, Conn.
Brown bat (Vespertilio fuscus), Springfield.
Canadian flying squirrel (Sciwropterus sabrinus macrotus), Wilbraham.
Roland Saunders. Cecropia moth (Samia cecropia).
William A. Schlesinger. Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), Becket.
\
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Charles Sheldon, Southampton. lLeache’s petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
from Hampton Ponds.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
George Dimmock, Ph.D. Collection of botanical specimens from Cuba.
George S. Lewis, Jr. By-products of the cotton plant. Specimens of ‘‘Arti-
ficial silk.’’
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Collection of Colonial relics consisting of flax, home-
spun blanket, sheet, pillow slip, towel, sampler, and piece of linen,
Handmade shoes, slippers, mittens, stockings, and vest. Drinking
glass, candle lantern, iron thimble, night lamp, and oil lamp.
Robert Christie, Loughville Parish, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Three Indian im-
plements and one specimen of peat.
George Dimmock, Ph.D. Collection of Indian implements from vicinity of
Cumberland Gap, Kentucky.
Mrs. Richard S. Ely, Washington, D. C. Mummied eat.
H. W. Greene, M.D. Canoe paadles from Alaska.
Dudley Lewis. Souvenir handkerchief from the Centennial (1876).
George S. Lewis, Jr. Photographs of Java forest of quinine trees.
Daniel J. Marsh. Collection of photographs.
Henry Morris Estate. Historical and Indian relics from Springfield, Long-
meadow, and Agawam.
Francis R. Richmond. Collection of photographs and plates illustrating
scenes in Jamaica and Costa Rica.
John Perey Stott, Esq., Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Four Indian
implements.
MISCELLANEOUS GIFTS.
Nathan D. Bill. Two cases for collection of Indian baskets.
Andrew B. Wallace. Two wall cases for the Robert M. Wallace collection
of birds.
The following publications have been received in exchange for Bulletin No. 1
of the Museum, which was issued in December, 1904, and given a wide distribution
among learned societies of different countries. Most of these publications were
received from societies; a few from individuals, under whose names they are listed.
NORTH AMERICA—UNITED STATES.
Blatchley, W. S. A catalogue of the butterflies known to occur in Indiana. (17th
rept. Geol. and nat., hist. Ind., 1892.)
—— The Indiana of nature: its evolution. (Proc. Ind. acad. sci., 1903.)
Insects in general and the orthoptera of Indiana in particular. (Proc. Ind.
hortic. soc., 1896.) :
— The orthoptera of Indiana. (27th ann. rept. Dept. geol. and nat. resources
of Ind., 1902:)
Carnegie institute. Pittsburgh. Annual report for 1905.
The ninth celebration of Founder’s day. 1904.
Prize essay contest. 1904.
Cincinnati society of natural history. Journal. V. 20. 1901-4.
College of Charleston museum. Bulletin. V. 1, nos. 1, may, A NOS. de so - ae
1905-6.
Colorado agricultural experiment station. Bulletin. Nos. 87-90. 1904.
Colorado college studies. Parts of v. 8, 10, 11, 12.
Colorado scientific society. Proceedings. V. 6; parts of y.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HAISTORY.
~)
Davenport academy of sciences. Proceedings. V. 9. 1901-3.
Hartford scientific society. Bulletin. V. 1, no. 8. 1905.
Iowa agricultural experiment station. Bulletin 62. 1901.
John Crerar library. Chicago. 11th ann. rept. for 1905. :
Kansas academy of science. Transactions. V. 20, pt. 1. 1906.
Nautilus: “Boston: ~V. 19. 1905.
New York botanical garden. Bulletin. V. 3, nos. 10-12; v. 5, no. 15.
Oho naturalist: Ws. 6, nos. 1-6. ~1905-6:
Rochester academy of sciences. Proceedings. Part of v. 4. 1904-5.
Public museum of Milwaukee. 23d ann. rept. 1905.
Roger Williams park museum. Providence. Builetin. Nos. 2, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15.
—WApterys. - Vs. 1) no, 2: “1905.
State university of Iowa. Bulletin. No. 92, new ser. 1904.
Tufts college studies. V. 2, no. 1. 1905.
Wisconsin academy of sciences, arts and letters. Transactions. V. 14. 1902-3.
University of Montana. President’s report. 1903-4.
7th announcement of the Biological station. 1905.
— University bulletin. Nos. 25, 30. 1905-6.
CANADA.
Central experiment farms. Ottawa. Bulletin. Nos. 47-53. 1905.
Experimental farms. Annual reports for 1903-4.
Le Naturaliste canadien. V. 32; v. 38, nos. 1-4. 1905.
MEXICO.
Instituto geolégico de México. Boletin. Num. 20-21. 1905.
Parergones. Tomo 1, num. 1-9.
Sociedad cientifica ‘‘Antonio Alzate.’’ Memorias y revista. Tomo 18, num, 9-10;
UG) sated, alle WO), Gatton, alls a ale soybhany alae | pA iabhooty wale},
SOUTH AMERICA—ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
Museo nacional de Buenos Aires. Anales. Tom. 4-5. 1905.
BRAZIL.
Museu paraense de historia natural e ethnographia. Boletim. Goeldi.—Os mos-
quitos no Para.
CHILI.
Porter, Carlos E. Breves instrucciones para la recoleccion de objetos de historia
natural. 1908.
Catalogo razonado de los trabajos historico-naturales hechos 1894-1903. 1904.
Revista chilena de historia natural. Afio 8, num, 4-5; y divers. separata.
EUROPE—AUSTRO-HUNGARY.
Naturwissenschaftlicher verein fuer Steiermark. Mittheilungen. 1904.
Naturforschender verein in Bruenn. Verhandlungen. Bd. 42. 1903.
XXII Bericht der meteorologischen commission. 1902.
Schindler. Beitrag zur kenntnis der niederschlagver-haeltnisse Maehrens und
Schlesiens. 1904.
Wiener entomologische zeitung. Jahrg. 24; Jahrg. 25, heft. 1-4. 1905-6.
FRANCE.
Association des naturalistes de Levallois-Perret. Annales. 1903-4.
Feuille des jeunes naturalistes. Nos. 409-427. 1904-6.
8 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Janet, Charles. Anatomie de la téte du lasius niger. 1905.
Description du matériel d’une petite installation scientifique. Part 1. 1903.
Observations sur les fourmis. 1904.
Revue scientifique du Bourbonnais et du centre de la France. Ann. 17, no. 204;
ann. 18; ann. 19, trim. 1. 1904-6,
Société d’étude des sciences naturelles ... d’Elbeuf. Bulletin. Ann. 23. 1904.
GERMANY.
Berliner entomologische zeitschrift. Bd. 49-50. 1904-5.
Kaiserl Leop.-Carol. akademie der naturforscher. Nova acta. V. 84, no. 1-2.
1904-5. .
Nassauischer verein fuer naturkunde. Jahrbuecher. Jahrg. 57-58. 1904-5.
Naturforschende gesellschaft des Osterlandes zu Altenburg, S.-A. Mittheilungen.
Bd. 10-11. 1902-5.
Naturwissenschaftlicher verein des regierungsbezirkes Frankfurt. Helios. Bd. 21-
22. 1904-5.
Naturwissenschaftlicher verein fuer das fuerstentum Lueneburg. Jahreshefte. 16.
1902-4.
‘Naturwissenschaftlicher verein fuer Neuvorpommern und Ruegen in Greifswald.
Mittheilungen. Bd. 35-36. 1908-4.
Naturwissenschaftlicher verein zu Bremen. Abhandlungen. Bd. 17, heft 1. 1905.
Oberhessische gesellschaft fuer natur- und heilkunde. 34ter Bericht. 1905.
Senckenbergische naturforschende gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. Bericht.
1904, 1905.
Zeitschrift fuer systematische hymenopterolegie und dipterologie. Jahrg. 5; Jahrg.
6, hefte 1-8. 1905-6.
Zoologisches museum zu Berlin. Bericht. 1903-4.
Mittheilungen. Bd. 1-2; Bd. 8, heft 1. 1898-1905.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Entomologist’s record and journal of variation. V.17. 1905.
irish) naturalist. sit ever LO mOsant 570 Sepp
Manchester literary and philosophical society. Memoirs and proceedings. Y. 49;
VWetO; pits ele
Natural history society of Glasgow. Transactions. V. 6, pt. 3; v. 7, pt. 1-2.
1901-4.
ITALY.
Accademia delle scienze fisiche e matematiche. (Sez. d. Soc. reale di Napoli.)
Indice generale dei lavori pubblicati dal 1737 al 1903. 1904.
Rendiconto. Ser. 3: v. 10, fasc. 8-128 v. 11, fase. 1-7.
Museo zoologico della reale universita di Napoli. Annuario. YV. 1. 1901-4.
Redia. Giornale di entomologia. V. 1-2. 1903-5.
Societa di naturalisti in Napoli. Bolletino. V.18. 1904.
Societa toscana di seienze naturali. Proc. verbali. V. 14, nos. 6-10; v. 15, no. 1.
1904-5.
RUSSIA.
Naturforscher gesellschaft bei der universitaet Jurjew (Dorpat). Archiy fuer die
naturkunde Liv-, Ehst- und Kurlands. Biol. ser. 2,, Bd. 12, lief. 3.
Schriften. Nos. 13-15. 1904.
Sitzungsberichte. Bd. 13, heft 3. 1903.
Naturforscher-verein zu Riga. -Korrespondenzblatt. Jahrg. 47. 1904.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 9
SWEDEN.
Arkiv for botanik. Bd. 4; Bd. 5, hafte 1-2. 1905-6.
Arkiy for zoologi. Bd. 2; Bd. 3, hafte 1. 1904-6.
Entomologisk tidskrift. Arg. 25; arg. 26, hafte 1-3.
SWITZERLAND.
Aargauische naturforschende gesellschaft. Mittheilungen. Heft. 10. 1905.
Naturforschende gesellschaft in Basel. Bd. 15, heft 3; Bd. 17; Bd. 18, heft 1.
1904.
Schweizerische naturforschende gesellschaft. Mittheilungen. Bd. 85-86.
OCHANICA—AUSTRALIA.
Australian museum. Sydney. Records. V. 6, no. 1. 1905.
Birds Seen in Springfield.
1906. 1905. 1904. 1903. 1902. 1901.
IBIWE DING .ysssercrecisisier ee ereee ee | Feb. 23 | Mar. 12] Mar. 11 | Feb. 23] Feb. 27 | Mar.
American topin nt tee emceoon this A aa Manes 7 Ca ale “ 3 e 1 ie
POS SPAELOW, oem e ee ee ee 0G oe m0 ‘¢ 26 | Mar. 14 | Mar. 14 sé
Sone Sparroweseeeeceeaoenee te 26 Ot 9 BG 1B Gi 3 os 8 os
Bronzed Grackle.............. LS roeed VSB hy at SS Oy OE AU Ke acl eine saiey oe ee
Meadowlark’... h.0.cc.220:s. Mare 10-0" i260 Apr. Ae 2" sui
Red-winged Blackbird........; ‘‘ 11 ** 18 | Mar. 19 s 3 | Mar. 8 se
Black WuGhki see cess akoee eon lick @eeank wake re yD() “s Fi Oe 8
Marah. Hawk iccwcccae eens Pes <SRsoeteL BH ASAIN aimee s Ree OUI Mae aaeae a ea ae acy
Red-shouldered Hawk........ eee)
Mourning DOVes otis esee ee ocotenat.s' Fie be 5} ea | « 896'| Apr. 5 | Apr,
Hooded Merganser........... ag 2):
CedaraWaxwingee eeeeeo eee See ceo 1D uo 3
Black-Crowned Night Heron, ia ors) rom LT ih et), oe 5
MIN Sfishersenwecaceepieeate ee | Meter mse ee 265) Apr a 4: Old || iter. aes ce
WiOOGCOCK Mi joncc sce eae sees | ADE: "3 ai ales) Apr. 5
Rusty Blackbird.............. ie ere DS Se a
Vesper Sparrow.0.02--. 2.0) cht a7: Gellee/2\) 0) epi = 10h Aion. 24 vo 2oe| veer
JENA IMM ccooosboousceoue. | ie 4 | Mar. 19 re 9 | Mar. 17 | Mar. 31 “
Canada Gooses.: see. eee VS ined 244) Mar. 20 eR 2s ale ‘
IBNCE DCs hee oes Se eee ee oe 5 eS vos SDs) ea 2! ee sy os
Oowbird: 2a eke Cee ae SE 7 S| Asp Te ake | cA! 79 9287) Arp Amr
MreetSwallow.22 tems eee Te oka 7 | Mar. 26 te 5 ae mal: east i es
Great Blue Heron... 5.0 i Tes ee AO ADE 46 a ea oy
Savanna Sparrow............ eee 7 i 9 ree, am 5 per elie! ae
Swamp Sparrow.,.4¢. 22.22) | ie es
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker..... [a RT Un | 2 BSE mh eg oi ee SPT ames a8 clea Sp areata
Pine Warbler..; c+. 0: eo Be OSE a ADVE te y SGal Mak SRS sea ee
WoodsDuck.6.4..4. 25 eene eee spot yoke Mar. 24 |
American Osprey... -cesn ose oe a2 =a) 284 tAipre ae f 7 f AD | a
Coopers baw) .coepsarecter gi Sao |
HMernmituthnushe- see: eee ater poser A is 7 oe 9 % 2 pas
Northern: Pleker..0:.220c02.68 f., d4)| Mar, 3io| Mian 25) Mar: a5
Field Sparrow... .4-..20.0.228 EN AT dl Ap, DT aes ese ec aera
Ruby-crowned Kinglet........ Eee A: MP pli epee! Coke ar G ope! . -16-( May
Barn Swallows. co eee ee pare (| a ee Sain i ated 22 el agi | i's
Yellow Palm Warbler.....-...| ““ "14 ge ee emi (De oa 1 ‘¢ 14 | Apr,
Chipping Sparrow............ “Det ialee ee ] pe meat i cf Seat et toemats me
White-throated Sparrow...... #23 6 0 eliza eet e620 2) heist
Pied-billed Grebe.............. Pest |) #6. “99
Myrties Warbler... o..cccenees eo eDah Vag eP10) SS Ti ee tO err 9 a) tans
Pectoral Sandpiper........... Bese |
Chewink:"Towhee..... 0.00... ei 2. ) 28),| Maye >) ay 2 ee ASD oe
Chimney Swift............ wena MS S22 a MRE O80) Aan 3 oP aauiar ioral IVES ye ens
Brown Thrashers: 200.00... ee | ae es} “ 30] “ 12] Apr. 29 | May
Panple Martine {Aha cee sce lit! Sie? a gl rg vie hg EW ee bs
Sharp-shinned Hawk......... faite pnts | |
Black-throated Green Warbler) ‘‘ 30 SO 8 Fl SSE 730i Apr. eeo ee ee -
Black and White Warbler....|. “ 80.) “© 25 | -**- 30) 80) Aprezo | ="
Blue-headed Vireo........ AADC Sh 3 Naar 8 Sy 0) a
Yellow-throated Vireo......... pense: 30 f > 8S 5 May (bo May- 2a, eur oS
Spotted Sandpiper........... | sh 30) Atpr 25 < 5 vs 9 | Apr. 21 | -
Greater Yellow-legs .......... (eRe SO
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BIRDS SEEN IN SPRINGFIELD. 11
1906. 1905. | 1904. 1903. 1902. 1901.
Nashville Warbler............ May 1| May 3 | May 12 | May 10| May 7| May 12
Blackburnian Warbler........ mo err tN Ol Ds pe Oulart RMON 1D
Marulae Warbler. > <<< is.-l.cece RR a er ees. oO. |) ADEE L ZO eC Selah I
Mellow: Warblers {ac 1c css aces re eee | Stak. ea 6 mites | Nit Sr
Rose-breasted Grosbeak...... ee eNO zor ers PG Ula eeu nce ai SS tO
Chestnut-sided Warbler....... OEE) GLE cee SR ee o'er aa a le 04
Caine er tee et ase tee OBR A a ac | Apr. 30
Least Blycatcher....::........ ss 3 “ Soleees Ae | ae 1) Apr. 27 Pak BRO.
OMEN DITM sieo s eect Boat eect Pb SR NR eS aH alae eal U5 aS Ke
Woods Ghrish.: ..7.0.90-4 2) ROMs Noe) pee ae Bul Les ig
ClitieSiwalloOnvees ae eeeeeeee ee a 4 y 8 | ‘s 8 |
Green Heron.» ..4 S3acea 424 eee | | |
Northern Water Thrush...... - 4 sg Oni ee a yr aetoe 8 2 MAD Maye 29
ISIN DIEO saa Dace tees eek es HELIN to 8 ies. Ti aia ie OB ae
Baltimore Oriole... 2.2522... .. mths) Atha orn ee) SINR planet!
Black-throated Blue Warbler| ‘* 5 Goose RG Nirah 8 a i 7 haan gO
Bobolink msc comet eae aicciine ee es 5 Gal ewe 5 ze 2 8 Reick 9
Barallsk Siwiallll OwWeeriiepletarste ciaterelsce ses ie 5 | Apr. 30 | Apr. 30 a 7 | Apr. 30 eh piles
Alderebiycateheriy.. anc aees erie a 5 | May 2/1] June 3 ;
Great-crested Flyecatcher..... aC 5 Sloe hea y® <8 Se ele
MeHOWICSS ee quake adclsiaae.s sever i 6
BIR COM sa Wik ote. soi «c's « wina'e es ee 6 | |
White-eyed Vireo(Wilbraham,| Mass.) | eked,
Walson smihrush.. 0.054006. May 7 ° Dele 906 5 it 7 | May 6 Gy at
Scarlet: Danagser sooo se fas oe'0'd of 7 3 Ai ahve i ee | 5 owed
Northern Yellow-throat....... ar otal Pcs oP SO Tet eee 0 [teins fatale
American Bittern......0...... s ty) Apr. 28; Apr. 65
American Redstart............ 56 8 ue 3 uC 6 ue Salar et ue! 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird.| “ gs] “ 9] “ | Tee sab ee aa eee
Solitary Sandpiper............ se 8 rg Gr iteee. Sand Mary ee | eee Ta te set
HOUSE WIEN: co .550 ree alee; Boon ae Pichon slitce 6
Warbling Vireo. sso... Fe A ATO) eng aN ara il ae Al a
Grasshopper Sparrow........ SS TOR Maye it! | “ 7 OL 8 | Apr. 29 | Be 3183
Eincoln’s: Sparrow .:... <0... 6 BG we |
Magnolia Warbler............ Cee aaa tate Aes ee Oe eee ee A yp Wily AO) en oy 1D
Walsomisivyjarblet ian. de < 2 Ten |: PE <P sae ot |
IReEGEVCONVINC Ose noes nese: BG. 183 ob 4 “ 5 OG a G(s a Shey tals
DOK EAE 28 Goo nae arene «43 | | | |
ING ntaiawikess: 22s cise ree cits oe GE (33 ss 6 gh 1 raat 14. fs 9 |
Wihip-poOoOr-willly. cae. cs qscmace Go 413 of 5 at es 9 | |
IimGisopBindhacs.c access G5 aio) ce 3 6 Sricets iat 122 Ore 1S
Least Sandpiper............... eta een tg unison ona
WWOOd "Pewee ta 52). 05 en Oe TA ECO ae Aa MT 14 |
Canadian Warbler............. s 14 Ob 9 ea are celts |
Tennessee Warbler........... ¢ 46 “19 |
Olive-backed Thrush.......... aig ioe mignl ne) Aah |
Yellow-bellied Flyeatcher..... OSI) CA C4:
Black-billed Cuckoo........... COIS wala SOD CoO8
White-crowned Sparrow...... a L7/ US 318) COS otha
Black-poll Warbler. ......)..:.. aS Ran (7 / Ph iad tak 7 pees 16
Olive-sided Flycatcher........ OT a 8 |
Louisiana Water Thrush...... ete Ce ES
Bay-breasted Warbler........ a PeeitSr | sets 720 eo mtOn
Short-billed Marsh Wren...... a) |
VALE WAT DLET 4,7) s=.ciio. br 99
Orenara Orioles ..5 Foote sake « Bgl > gt an |
14
Meetings of Scientific Societies Held in the
1905.
May 5.
12.
19.
26.
June 2.
9.
Alia
23.
30.
July 7.
14.
28.
Aug. 4.
alike
18.
25.
Sept, ae
Oct. 6.
Dec.
1906.
Jane lo
Feb. 16.
March 10.
April 12.
20:
27.
1905.
May 18.
JUNE Ts
1906.
March 10.
April 11.
April 25.
Science Museum.
SUBJECT OF MEETINGS.
Springfield Botanical Society.
The herbarium. Mrs. Maria L. Owen.
Protection of plants from animals. Rev. Herbert Woodin.
Analysis of liliaceae. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
Uses of the liliaceae. Miss Mary F. Paine.
Water organisms. Mr. Farrell.
Analysis of rosaceae. Mr. C. L. Pollard.
Flora of Nantucket. Mrs. M. L. Owen.
My grandmother’s garden. Mrs. Florence I. W. Burnham.
Mendel’s law as applied to plants. Mr. Frank E. Watson.
Poisonous plants. Miss S. E. Booth.
The ericaceae. Mrs. E. L. Leonard.
Odors of plants. Mrs. E. J. Lazelle.
Field day at Rockrimmon to study ferns.
Germination. Mr. Frank D. Bishop.
Leguminoseae. Mr. F. HE. Watson.
Trees of Georgia. Dr. George Dimmock.
Medicinal plants. Mrs. K. N. Washburn.
Exhibit and talk on plants from Block Island. Mr. Frank D. Bishop.
Flora of Cuba. Dr. George Dimmock.
Recent botanical literature. Mr. C. L. Pollard.
Coloration of leaves. Mrs. S. O. Allen.
Arctic flora. Mr. W. S. C. Russell.
Second paper on flora of Nantucket. Mrs. M. L. Owen.
Exhibition of seeds of rosaceae, leguminoseae, liliaceae, and ericaceae.
Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
The value of rosaceae. Miss E. J. Steele.
Uses of ericaceae. Mr. A. Vincent Osmun.
The so-called psychic life of plants. Dr. George E. Stone.
A report of the New Orleans meeting of the A. A. A. S. Miss F. A.
‘Stebbins.
Plant life of Florida Keys. Mr. C. lL. Pollard.
School gardens. Mr. W. D. Hemenway.
Annual meeting.
DeVries theory. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
The Springfield Zoological Club.
Have we outgrown Darwinism? Prof. H. W. Conn.
Recent zodlogical literature. George Dimmock, Ph.D.
Meeting of the executive committee.
The bony system. Dr. Walter H. Chapin.
Local birds. Miss Emily Belle Adams.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Maria L. OWEN, Honorary President.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, Acting President.
Mrs. S. O. ALLEN, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. I. W. BURNHAM, Corresponding Secretary.
Miss ELIZABETH BooTH, Recording Secretary.
Miss Mary F. PAINE, Treasurer.
-MIss CHLOE ST. JOHN, Auditor.
Miss E. J: STEELE, Chairman Executive Committee.
Miss WINIFRED S. SANBORN, Chairman Field Meeting Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
ROMAN A. CRANE, President.
ASHTON E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss ELIZABETH ARNOLD, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., A. B. KIMBALL, WALTER G. WHITMAN.
Springfield Zoological Club.
CHARLES B. WILSON, President.
ROMAN A. CRANE, Vice-President.
Miss GRACE L. PETTIS, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., DR. GEORGE DIMMOCK, Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS.
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REPORT OF THE MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., MAY,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE
PART OF THE REPORT OF THE CITY LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MAY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE
The Science Department.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
Tue Museum or Naturat History.—Open every day in the year,
2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5 from September
22 to March 20.
THE CATHARINE L. Howarp MeEmorIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21,
1 to 5 from September 22 to March 20.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
WILLIAM ORR.
Assistant Curator.
GRACE L. PETTIS.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of The City Library Association :—
The eleventh annual report of the Museum of Natural History is
hereby respectfully submitted.
There is increasing testimony to the influence of the museum in arous-
ing an intelligent interest in the study of nature among the people of the
community. Such evidence is given by the figures for attendance, by the
use of the collection by classes and by words of appreciation from visitors.
Among school children in particular the museum is known asa place worth
visiting. It’ is the desire of the officials to promote not only scientific
knowledge on the technical side, but also to lead to some appreciation of
the beauty of nature and of her spiritual meaning.
A quiet and steady growth of the collections has taken place during
the year. Gifts from friends have made this increase possible, and of these
detailed mention is made under the separate departments and in the
appendix.
A comprehensive card catalogue of the museum material is now in prepa-
ration. This will be of value for purposes of reference, and will be of
great help to students who use the collections.
‘The museum has, during the year, issued for the first time a scientific
bulletin, comprising the results of original investigation. This monograph,
entitled «* The Early Stages of Carabide,’’ was prepared by George Dim-
mock of this city and Frederick Knab, custodian of the Museum of the
Illinois State University, Urbana, Illinois. This monograph has been sent
to leading scientific societies, and as a result the museum has established
relations with many important organizations in all parts of the world.
Lectures and special exhibits have been maintained with success. Our
local scientific societies continue to co-operate in a most efficient manner
with the museum. As aresult of the constant increase in material and the
placing of new cases the floor space is almost entirely occupied, and the
question of an addition to the present building must soon be faced by
the association. Such an extension was anticipated in the original plans
and can be made at no great cost.
THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. 3
Accesstions.
Archaeology.
In this department the museum has been enriched by the gift of a
choice collection of 200 Indian baskets procured by Mr. Nathan D. Bill in
California.
These baskets, some of which are over 100 years old and others com-
paratively modern, represent the work of twenty different tribes of the
western coast of America, including Alaska.
Each tribe has its own peculiar patterns, and the specimens in design
and coloring show the true artistic sense of these primitive people.
The collection includes water bottles made of coarse grasses or wicker
smeared with pitch to make them water tight, cooking baskets of a sur-
prisingly close weave, and used previous to the introduction of pottery ;
carrying and storage baskets, many of which would hold a wheelbarrow
load, others for seed or grain sifting and grinding, and others apparently
made to show the skill of the weaver.
As cases and labels are yet to bé made, this collection will not be on
exhibition until fall.
Geology.
Mr. Bill has also given a series of photographs, together with speci-
mens of lava material and a relief map — the whole illustrating the great
voleanic eruptions of Mont Pelé, on the Island of Martinique, in May and
August, 1902. This department has also received specimens of silicified
wood from Mr. William Arms, fossils from Mr. J. T. Bowne, and silurian
fossils from Mr. G. W. Holden. Other accessions are noted in the
appendix.
Botany.
Mr. Luman Andrews of Southington, Conn., has given a well-mounted
collection of 652 herbarium specimens. The total number given by him
is now 2,265. Through the kindness of Mr. Andrews the museum has
been able to display a loan exhibition of water-colors of wild and culti-
vated flowers done by Mrs. Andrews with great fidelity to form and color.
Mr. John Reed of this city has presented a collection of 124 Philippine
woods. Mr. George S. Lewis, Jr., continues to take a helpful interest in
this department, and has made many valuable additions in specimens and
photographs.
4 CITY LIBRARY, ASSOCIATION:
Zoology.
A notable and valuable gift has been made by Robert M. Wallace of
his private collection of mounted birds. This contains 252 specimens,
and through this gift it has been possible to make more nearly complete
the bird collection already in possession of the museum.
Mr. Robert O. Morris has given several specimens. From Mr. John
M. Graham there has been received a fine example of the white coat seal
of Newfoundland. Arrangements are now being made for the installation
of two attractive groups.
Branch Collection.
As an aid to bird study a carefully selected collection has been placed in
the branch library at Indian Orchard. This exhibit comprises some of
the more common, permanent residents and spring migrants.
Special Exhibits.
The custom of displaying wild flowers as they appear and birds in
their season has been continued with excellent results. Lists of the time
of flowering of plants and of appearance of birds are also kept. Friends
of the museum by their reports of observations have aided greatly in the
preparation of lists. There is an increasing demand for the booklet on
Bird Migration, and it is hoped to issue a new edition another year.
Through the courtesy of the artist the museum was able to display in
the month of January, the Chaloner paintings of Californian wild flowers.
Since April first the Andrews paintings of wild and cultivated flow-
ers, 454 in number, have been on exhibition.
For two weeks in November, 9-22, 1904, the museum was used to show
a series of charts, diagrams, and photographs, dealing with modern meth-
ods of combating tuberculosis, ‘‘the great white plague,’’ commonly
known as consumption. Most suggestive and instructive were the charts
showing how the disease had been controlled and reduced in such centers
of population as Boston. As a result of this exhibition and of the lectures
given in connection with it steps were taken to safeguard the city and an
organization formed to fight the disease. This exhibit was made by the
Boston Society for the relief and control of tuberculosis.
Lectures.
On February 6, Mr. Frank M. Chapman gave a lecture in High School
Hall under the auspices of the museum. His subject was ‘‘ A Flamingo
City.”’
THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. 5
Miss Emily Belle Adams has conducted a series of Bird Talks in the
museum.
Scientific Societies.
Both the Zoological Club and the Botanical Society have maintained
a valuable and interesting series of meetings. Outlines of topics and dates
of meetings are given in the appendix. The Geological Club has held no
meetings during the past year.
Attendance.
Numperomclasses from) Cityssee te: ecclesia or Pe Sasci baie cect rete 61
(OUUROUC ON Aron BRR GOO ACERS CED GARSTRIS IEEE: CoOCED area nC crE ras 17
TNO Gea lBrecretatrccers tetera ateaion terres 5 ANCIAL ROT CEST TENA en Peet 78
Pupil SHmCitwaClassessien sheet ce ta tees Actaseetocole eis Gadel thine wad sees 926
Pupils imOub Of @ityaclassessia-- usin eoaseciee eee G8 ts tae excaete Ac 210
CIRO Cea eperetenet weave eae tetera rears ie eens Sse eiasiolc Te ONE Sheets catia BLAS basa ad oe 1,186
These figures testify to a sustained interest in this line of work. Out-
side classes were from Enfield, Holyoke, Westfield, Hazardville, Chicopee,
and Mittineague.
The estimated total yearly attendance was 34,670.
WILLIAM ORR,
Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1904—JuneE, 1905.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
William Arms. Silicified wood from Arizona.
Nathan D. Bill. Relief map of Island of Martinique showing Mont Pele;
a set of 12 photographs, and dust and lava from the volcano.
George L. Blanchard, Montpelicr, Vt. Three specimens of granite from
Windsor, Vt.
J. T. Bowne. Fossils from near Turner’s Falls, Mass.
Samuel Bowles. Silicified wood from Arizona.
Mrs. Henry Brown, Feeding Hills, Mass. Pebbles from the Massachusetts
coast.
Freeman N. Bull, Joplin, Mo. Galena from Joplin, Mo.
George Dimmock, Ph.D. Coal from Cranston, R. I.
George W. Holden. Collection of fossils from bed of old silurian ocean near
Cincinnati, Ohio.
William B. Kirkham. Oollection of fossils and minerals.
Robert Marchant. Arsenopyrite, Atwater’s quarry, Westfield, Mass.
Miss Edith L. Morse, Beaufort, S. GO. Fossil shark’s teeth and phosphate
rock from Port Royal, Sac;
L. P. Sykes. Quartz crvstals.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Luman Andrews, Southington, Conn. Collection of 652 herbarium specimens.
H. W. Carter. Cotton, hemp and jute twines.
John Dalrymple. Section of wood showing abnormal growth.
J. T. Herrick, M.D. Sections of palm leaf bearing inscriptions.
Oscar B. Ireland. Cotton plant (Gossypium herbacewm).
Miss Anna L. Lewis, Blandford, Mass. Fungus growth (Fomes sp.).
George S. Jiewis, Jr. 60 specimens of woods, with catalogue. Collection of
fungi. Palm leaves made into baskets by Africans. Illustrations of the
development of the cocoanut and cocoa harvesting.
Mrs. Oliver Marsh. Section of the lace bark tree (Lagetta lintearia).
Roscoe R. Moody. Chinquapins or dwarf chestnuts (Castanea pumila) from
Tennessee.
John Reid. Collection of 124 Philippine woods.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
C. J. Adolphson. Queen of honey bee (Apis mellifica).
Nathan D. Bill. A collection of mammals including mounted heads of several
large species, alcoholic specimens, and coral from Nassau, N. P.
Enos W. Boise, Blandford, Mass. Wild cat or bay lynx (Lynx rufus) from
Blandford, Mass.
Mrs. H. H. Bowman. Loon (Gavia imber).
Century Company, Union Sq., N. Y. 152 colored plates of the American
flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber).
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C. Abbott Davis, Curator Robert Williams Park Museum of Providence, R. I.
6 species of unionidae.
John M. Graham. White seal (Phoca groenlandica) from Newfoundland.
George M. P: Holt. Paper nautilus (Argonauta tuberculata), 7 specimens
from the east coast of Florida.
William B. Kirkham. Collection of marine invertebrates.
Dudley Lewis. Skin of a rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) from Milford,
Penn.
Robert O. Morris. Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus). Night-hawk
(Chordeiles virginianus). Mallard (Anas boschas) from Wilbraham,
Mass. Gadwall (Anas strepera) from Glastonbury, Conn.
Miss Anna M. Stebbins. Hornet’s nest (Vespa sp.).
Robert M. Wallace. A collection of 292 birds.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Nathan D. Bill. Collection of 198 Indian baskets, one ceremonial piece and
a ceremonial rug.
William B. Kirkham. Two French medals, and a collection of spear points
from Moosehead Lake, Maine.
William C. Pease, Longmeadow, Mass. Pestle from Longmeadow.
Mrs. Clara Howard Robinson. Spinning wheel.
MISCELLANEOUS GIFTS.
Emily Belle Adams. Six dollars for the purchase of birds.
Subjects,
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Oct. 7.
Meetings of Scientific Societies held in
Science Museum.
Springfield Botanical Society.
1904.
Parasitical fungi.
Algae.
Analysis of mosses.
How cold affects plants.
Ecological regions—dry.
Structural adaptations of plants.
Analysis of mosses.
Orchids.
Ecological regions—wet.
Review of ferns.
Huckleberries and blueberries.
Trees of Forest Park.
Ecological regions—in or near Swamps.
Movement of plants.
Analysis of mosses.
Orchids.
Some useful plants of the buttercup family.
Pollination.
Carnivorous plants.
Analysis of mosses.
Slime moulds.
Disposition of the surplus in the plant world.
Conditions affecting the life of seeds.
Chinese ferns.
Relation of plants to light.
Lichens.
The winter aspect of trees.
The Arctic flora.
Analysis of mosses.
Ferns—their haunts and how to know them.
Annual meeting.
The problem of shade trees.
Procumbent stems.
The herbarium.
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1904.
May 18.
Oct 75:
Oct 19:
Nov. 16.
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1905.
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Feb. 15.
Mar.15.
The Zoological Club, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Subjects of Meetings.
Personal recollections of Solomon Stebbins.
Insects as parasites and animal parasites of insects.
Reviews of zoological literature.
The work of the U. S. Fish Commission.
Reviews of zoological literature.
Insect pests and their control.
Water organisms.
Report of the meetings of the scientific societies at Philadelphia, Dec.
26-31, 1904.
Recent publications concerning gall insects.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Maria L. Owen, Honorary President.
Miss Fannie A. STesBBrns, Acting President.
Mrs. 8S. O. ALLEN, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. I. W. Burnuam, Corresponding Secretary.
Miss EvizAseEtH Bootu, Recording Secretary.
Mrs. K. N. Wasusurn, Treasurer.
Miss CHLok St. Jonn, Auditor.
Miss E. J. STEELE, Chairman Executive Committee.
Rev. HersBert P. Woopin, Chairman Field Meeting Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
Roman A. CRANE, President.
AsuTon E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss EvizABeTH ARNOLD, Secrétary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., A. B. KimBaLL, WALTER G. WHITMAN.
Springfield Zoological Club.
CHARLES B. Witson, President.
Roman A. CRANE, Vice-President.
FrANK E. Watson, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., Dr. GEORGE Dimmock, Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS,
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Museum of Natural History.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.—Open every day in the year,
except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25, 2 to 6
from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20.
THE CATHARINE L. HOWARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20.
4
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
WILLIAM ORR.
Assistant Curator.
GRACE L. PETTIS.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members. of the City Library Association :—
The thirteenth annual report of the Museum of Natural History is
hereby respectfully submitted.
Popular Interest in the Collections.
An index of the hold the museum has on the community is found
in the increase in the number of questions put to the attendants.
These queries relate to the specimens on exhibition and to various
points in natural science. People are more and more coming to the
building with definite purpose and in the attitude of serious study.
Such a habit of mind shows that the museum is succeeding in its work
of general education. The importance of this side of its activity must
always be kept in mind. Where the attention of officials is centered
exclusively on the collections, their excellence of material, mounting,
and installation—there may go a total absence of any vital influence
on the popular mind. While much has been done by the museum to
promote a general interest in the natural history of the Connecticut
Valley, the demands of routine details on those in charge make it
impossible to carry out certain promising plans now in vogue and tested
in other institutions of this kind. In the Brooklyn Museum of Arts
and Sciences, the entire time of a young woman is taken up in giving
informal talks to classes and groups of visitors. At Boston, much is
made of excursions to points of interest under the charge of competent
conductors. Other museums maintain children’s rooms and classes
with excellent results.
Some of the Activities.
Meanwhile, with the resources at command, progress is being
made. Helpful relations are being maintained and strengthened with
the public schools and the various scientific societies of the city.
It is a great advantage that the Museum of Natural History is con-
ducted as part of the organization which includes the City Library
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 3
and Art Museum. The codperation of three such institutions makes
for results impossible under separate management. It is especially
desirable that there should be an increase in the use of the collections
by school teachers and school children.
New Features of the Collections.
Another method of enlisting interest among visitors is the use of
descriptive labels and monographs as guides to study. Progress has
been made in this respect during the past year, and now many of the
important objects are thus indicated. Illustrations of this feature
may be seen in the printed descriptions of the petrified wood from
Arizona; the column from the Giants’ Causeway; the sandstone slab
with fossil footprints; the relief maps of Vesuvius, Mont Bianc, and
Mont Pelée; the series of corn products, and the realistic bird and
animal groups. Much use is also made of photographs to show
the actual appearance of objects in nature and the surroundings in
which they occur. This device has been found to be especially help-
ful and suggestive in lending additional interest to the specimens of
fruit and woods from tropical and sub-tropical countries. The
Nathan D. Bill collection of Indian Baskets is now labeled in a
thorough and unusually satisfactory manner so that this fascinating
industry may be readily understood in its detail of process and re-
sults. -
The Use of the Bulletin.
An instance of the value of the close relation between library
and museum is found in the museum notes printed monthly in the
Bulletin. Important additions to the collections are thus called to
popular attention. During the year a series of articles descriptive of
notable trees found in the city has been published in the Bulletin. The
account describes the situation, appearance and size of the local tree
and the geographical distribution of the species. References are
given to Sargent’s “Silva of North America,’ in the Catharine L.
Howard Library. So much interest has been shown in these descrip-
tions that they will be continued to include a large number of species.
It is hoped also to combine the articles in a beoklet that will make a
valuable guide to Springfield’s notable trees.
4 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Special Collections and Exhibits.
For several years, attention has been paid to arranging material
bearing on some particular phase of nature study. Advantage is
taken of the changing phases of popular interest. Some time ago,
when there was much discussion of mushrooms, an exhibit of edible
and poisonous varieties was made. Throughout the year, the migrant
birds for each current month are displayed on a table near the main
entrance, and attract much attention besides stimulating the outdoor
study of bird life. In like fashion, the flowers of this region are
collected and exhibited with marked results in an increased attention
to botanical study.
Much more might be done in the way of special exhibits if there
were ample time and space at the disposal of the officials. Thus there
could be assembled a collection of specimens showing the formation
of coal—from the decaying vegetable matter in a stagnant pond,
through peat, lignite, bituminous and anthracite coal. A collateral
exhibit would contain various fossils found in connection with coal
beds. Abundant material is on hand for such a collection.
There is also a wide field as yet untouched in the demonstration
of the activities of plants and animals. Physiological Botany is es-
pecially rich in opportunity, while the life processes of insects can
be shown with great vividness.
Work on Collections.
Attention has been given during the year to the material in the
basement. This has now been rearranged and labeled in systematic
manner. A special set of cabinets, twenty-three in number, have been
made up for the use of schools from duplicates in the Booth collection.
Each cabinet contains eighteen compartments with the following
minerals: magnetite, massive calcite, calcite crystal, satin spar, Ice-
land spar, marble, shell marble, odlite, stalactite, stalagmite, cale marl,
geode, quartz crystals, lithographic stone, massive limestone, coral,
coquina; fossil shells, small and large. Each cabinet bears this in-
scription: “The Samuel Colton Booth School Collections. Gift of Miss
Mary A. Booth.”’ These cabinets have now been placed in the grammar
schools, where they will be an aid in the study of mineralogy. There
is under consideration the extension of the botanical section by adding
cases wherein can be shown the several parts of important trees,
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 5
as wood, two sections; leaf, seed, photograph of foliage and trunk,
and a map indicating the distribution of the species.
Your attention is called to the excellent historical material now in
possession of the museum, or loaned to the institution, for which no
proper place can be found. If these interesting relics were on exhibi-
tion, many valuable memorials of early New England would un-
doubtedly be added to those now on hand. For people who now keep
these in attics would be likely to think of giving them where they
could be preserved. As it is each year witnesses a loss of colonial
and revolutionary relics.
Additions to Collections.
Mr. Robert O. Morris has rendered valuable service to the Museum
and the cause of local zodlogy by his gift of mammals of this region.
Mr. Morris has secured the expert assistance of William Dearden of
this city in the collection and preparation of the specimens. Many of
the varieties are rare and some are likely to be soon extinct. Among
the more important specimens of this ‘collection are the water shrew,
with no previous record for this region; the long tailed shrew—the
smallest North American mammal, a frequenter of cool sphagnum
bogs; the black rat, once common but now often displaced by the
Norwegian or wharf rat; the red back mouse, and the northern
pine mouse, taken where the North branch enters Watershop pond.
There is one previous record of the latter, for Springfield.
The museum has received from J. T. Bowne two alligator skele-
tons, two wild boar tusks, and two wild hog skulls from Lake Monroe
near Enterprise on St. John’s River, Florida. Mr. William E. Par-
sons has given a crystal of garnet from Colorado. Acknowledgment
is also made of the gift of a collection of seeds, eggs, and reptiles
from Dr. George Dimmock. A complete list of accessions is given in
the appendix to this report.
Lectures.
Miss Emily B. Adams has given a course of three lectures on
Birds.
Classes.
Pupils and teachers of our public schools have visited the museum
as indicated by the following table:—
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Classes «from é¢ityschools;j:)., sen dude ieee 39
Classes. from:out.iof scity Schools). j2ss.s05 see aes 28
Total. nambersof elasses;i; (tae eee ae 67
Pupilsa tn.ciby classes...) os) oar eee 588
Pupils from: outof weityoclasses ap spe cee eee 485
Total number of spuipilis;. a5 -set eile ere 1,073
These figures would indicate that neighboring towns appreciate
the opportunities offered by the collections better than do our own
schools. 3
Attendance.
Largest number of visitors on any one day, Feb. 17,
POO Ty re win acctea Soe Sts Siete GIR RS aueee ee etre eee ene 242
Smallest number of visitors on any one day, Dec. 10,
TG0G secede eis s Sine Pale See 6 cee es eee See 3
Estimated yearly ‘attendance,.'.--. + eee e eee eee 34,255
Scientific Societies.
The Botanical Society, now completing a period of 30 years of
activity, has continued to maintain a series of interesting and val-
uable meetings throughout the year. A Botanical class has made
good use of the facilities afforded for study by the collections and
the reference books of the Catharine L. Howard Library. It is to be
hoped that the good example set by the students of plant life may
stimulate our local zodlogists and geologists to a worthy emulation.
Research Work. -
Within recent years the museum has gained recognition among
scientists, not only for the excellence of the collections but also as a
place where original investigation is successfully undertaken. The
Bulletin No. 1, Early Stages of Carabidae, by Dr. George Dimmock and
Frederick Knab, did much to win reputation for this institution.
Another valuable piece of work has been the collection of data re-
garding the time of arrival of birds. Reports on the first appearance
of nearly seventy-five species have now been made for seven years.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. fi
As ten years constitute the term requisite for generalization, it will
soon be possible to frame some law of arrival. The Bird Book published
each year is a distinct aid to study and helps in the securing of data.
In like manner a careful record is kept of reports on the date of flower-
ing of various plants, and in time conclusions can be drawn from this
material.
While the main purpose of the museum is to interest and instruct
the community, it is highly important that relations should be main-
tained with active scientific bodies. Such association serves as a
stimulus and inspiration. And there is abundant opportunity for
research work upon our local natural history. The remarkable col-
lection of Indian relics found in Wilbraham a few years ago and
now in the possession of the museum might well be made the subject
of a monograph. In the geological formation of the valley, such as
the terraces of the Westfield river and the lava flows of Holyoke and
Tom, there is a rich field for the student. Both means and workers for
these undertakings will surely be provided in the near future as one
of the results of the influence of the museum and of the confidence it
has won in the minds of the people.
WILLIAM ORR,
Curator.
May 1, 1907.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1906—May, 1907.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Mrs. P. E. Brown, Somers, Conn. Quartz crystals, Somers, Conn.
H. G. Denver. Copper ore from canal bank between West Suffield and Windsor
Locks, Conn.
E. S. Morse. Three conglomerate pebbles.
W. O. Parmenter. Water-worn rock, Maplerow Farm, Hawley.
William E. Parsons. Crystal of garnet, Colorado.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Miss Emily B. Adams. Olive-backed thrush (Hylocichla ustulatus swainsonii),
Springfield.
Nathan D. Bill. Skulls of alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and loggerhead
turtle (Thalassochelys caretta).
J. T. Bowne. ‘Two alligator skeletons; two wild boar tusks; and two wild hog
skulls, Lake Monroe, near Enterprise, on St. John’s River, Fla.
J. H. Carmichael, M.D. Snake skin.
William Dearden. Hermit thrush (Hylocichla aonalaschkae pallasii), Spring-
field.
Leo De Montigny. Royal moth (Citheronia regalis), Springfield.
Dwight Holland. Red-tailed hawk, albino (Buteo borealis), West Ware.
Miss Jennie Livermore. Trap-door spider and nest, Pasadena, California.
Robert O. Morris.
Rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis), Longmeadow.
Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), Springfield.
Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), Springfield.
Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica), Springfield.
Chipmunk (Tamias striatus cysteri), Wilbraham.
Hudson Bay jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius), Longmeadow.
Southern flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans), Tolland.
Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), Tolland.
Wild cat (Lynx rufus), Tolland.
Pine mouse (Microtus pinetorum scalopsoides), Springfield.
Long-tailed shrew (Sorex personatus), Springfield.
Red-backed mouse (Hvotomys gapperi ochraceus), Springfield.
For Miss Emeline Parker. Collection of shells,
Roderick Pirnie. Skeleton of skate.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Luman Andrews, Southington, Conn. 117 herbarium specimens (foreign).
Lewis J. Ball. Bunch of cocoanuts.
Frederick Knab. Collection of seeds and seed pods.
George S. Lewis. Fibers and fabrics. Photographs of wild corn.
Hirsch Nuger. Section of wood.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Nathan D. Bill. Fiber rain coat and hats, South Sea Islands.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Homespun mittens worn by David Booth previous to
1827. Piece of homespun woolen. Wool from sheep raised on the S. C.
Booth estate in Longmeadow.
Mrs. Mary Chapman. Indian pestle from Washington state.
Miss Charlotte Coomes. Sandstone mortar found in Longmeadow, given in
memory of John W. Dickinson.
H. G. Denver. Pens from city hall fire.
Mrs. A. S. Leonard, Hampden, for Maria P. Sheldon. Flax wheel.
Arthur B. West. Check on Chicopee bank of Springfield, dated 7th February,
1848, and signed by John Brown.
MISCELLANEOUS GIFTS.
George Dimmock, Ph.D. Collection of seeds, eggs, reptiles.
Since the list issued in the last Report publications have been received from the
following sources. Most of the societies, institutions and museums mentioned below
have been added to the exchange list of the Museum.
NORTH AMERICA—UNITED STATES.
Brooklyn institute of arts and sciences. Brooklyn, N. ¥.
Charleston museum. Charleston, S. C.
Field Columbian museum. Chicago, Ill.
Hatch experiment station. Amherst, Mass.
Missouri botanical gardens. St. Louis, Mo.
Museum of comparative zodlogy. Cambridge, Mass.
University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.
CANADA.
Geological survey of Canada. Ottawa.
SOUTH AMERICA—ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
Museo de la Plata. La Plata.
EUROPE—GERMANY.
Naturforschende gesellschaft in Danzig.
Verein fuer naturwissenschaft in Braunschweig.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Natural history society of Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Royal museum and libraries. Salford.
Ruskin museum. Sheffield.
Southport society of natural science.
RUSSIA.
Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.
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SWEDEN.
Geological institution of the university. Upsala.
Henriksen, G. Sundry geological problems. Christiania. 1906.
OCEANICA—NEW ZEALAND.
Colonial museum of New Zealand. Wellington.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Philippine museum. Manila.
Birds Seen in Springfield.
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Science Museum.
SUBJECT OF MEETINGS.
Springfield Botanical Society.
May 4. Historical trees. Miss Mary E. Trueblood.
May 11. Coloration of flowers. Mrs. Maria L. Owen.
May 18. Class work.
May 25. Analysis of cupuliferae.
June 1. Value of the cupuliferae. Miss Mary F. Paine. &
June 9. The juglandaceae. Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham.
June 15. lLaticiferous plants. Rev. John L. Kilbon.
June 16. Field day at Mt. Toby.
~June 22. The Amherst experiment station. Dr. George E. Stone.
June 29. Botanical nomenclature. Miss Elizabeth Booth.
July 6. The White mountains. Rev. Herbert Woodin.
July 18. Class work on fruits.
July 20. Forestry abroad and at home. Mrs. Newton Morgan.
July 27. Analysis of labiatae. Mrs. OC. F. Leonard.
July 28. Field day at Tatham.
July 31. Field day at Smith college.
Aug. 3. Starch. Frank D. Bishop.
Aug. 7. Field. day at Southwick.
Aug. 10. Value of the labiatae. Mrs. J. M. Kennedy.
Aug. 17. Molds. Harry Piper.
Aug. 24. Trip through the Yosemite. Mrs. E. J. Lazelle.
Aug. 31. Class work.
Sept. 7. Flora of Indiana. Prof. Frank E. Watson.
Sept. 14. Vegetable oils. Miss Josephine E. Strong.
Sept. 21. Burbank’s work. Miss W. S. Sanborn.
Sept. 22. Field day at Mountain park.
Sept. 28. The arrangement of leaves. Miss Chloe St. John.
Sept. 29. Field day at Mt. Nonotuck.
Oct. 5. Value of the leguminosae. Miss Annie E. Smith.
Oct. 12. Experiments in physiological botany. W. S. C. Russell.
Oct. 19. Bacteria in relation to agriculture. A. Vincent Osmun.
Oct. 26. A summer pilgrimage to an ancient and modern laboratory. Dr. Henri-
etta Hooker.
Oct. 27. Field day to Lithia spring.
Nov. 10. Forestry. Dr. George E. Stone.
Dec. 8. Work at Smith college. Edward L. Canning.
1907.
Jan. 12. Mushroom culture. Asa S. Kinney.
Feb. 9. Forestry at Forest park. J. Alden Davis.
March 9. Sand dunes. Miss F. G. Smith.
April 19. Annual meeting.
April 26. Orchids. Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham.
ee The Springfield Zoological Club.
06.
May 16. Circulatory and digestive systems. Dr. Ralph B. Ober.
May 23. Some facts relating to bacteria. Dr. Joel I. Butler.
June 13. Some facts relating to bacteria (continued). Dr. Joel I. Butler.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Marta L. OWEN, Honorary President.
Miss FaNNIE. A. STEBBINS, Acting President.
Mrs. S. O. ALLEN, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. I. W. BURNHAM, Corresponding Secretary.
Miss ELIZABETH BooTH, Recording Secretary.
Mr. FRANK D. BISHOP, Treasurer.
Miss CHLOE ST. JOHN, Auditor.
Miss. EK. J. STEELE, Chairman Executive Committee.
Miss WINIFRED S8. SANBORN, Chairman Field Meeting Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
ROMAN A. CRANE, President.
ASHTON E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss ELIZABETH ARNOLD, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., WALTER G. WHITMAN. ,
Springfield Zoological Club.
CHARLES B. WILSON, President.
ROMAN .A. CRANE, Vice-President.
Miss GRACE L. PETTIS, Secretary and Treasurer.
‘Ex. Com., DR. GEORGE DIMMock, Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS.
beanicity
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
REPORT OF °THE MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., MAY
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT
PART OF. THE REPORT OF THE CITY LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MAY ~ FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT
LIBRATY
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
14 SEP1914
Museum of Natural History.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HIsTorRY.—Open every day in the year,
except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25, 2 to 6
from March 21 to September 21; 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
THE CATHARINE L. HOwARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from
Stouts:
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
WILLIAM ORR.
Assistant Curator.
GRACE L. PETTIS.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of the City Library Association :—
The fourteenth annual report of the Museum of Natural History
is hereby respectfully submitted.
Administration.
In the year covered by this report, May, 1907, to May, 1908, oppor-
tunity has been given for work on a systematic catalogue of the
collections. The general scheme has been outlined and a good begin-
ning made. The card catalogue of the birds is nearly completed.
From this one may easily find the total specimens of each class
received by the museum, those which are still kept in the collections
and the disposition made of duplicates. Accessions of the past year
have been given in each case a serial number and immediately cata-
logued, while definite progress has been made in listing material
received in previous years. Delay in the latter work has been un-
avoidable because the early records of the museum are in many cases
incomplete. Several years will be required to complete the cata-
logue. It will, when finished, include :—
1. A chronological list of accessions in the order of museum
numbers, to which will be added all notes, newspaper clippings, and
information of value and interest in connection with the specimens.
2. A card catalogue of donors with cross reference to the mu-
seum numbers in above list.
3. A systematic card catalogue, in which mention will be found
of every specimen, dissection, or preparation of any animal or plant
in the museum under the name of the animal or the plant, and in
which the curiosities will be classified under the respective countries
or historical periods.
Such a systematic catalogue will make easily available for study
museum material not in the exhibition cases.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 3
Disposal of Duplicate Birds.
Through the generous codperation of Mr. Gurdon Bill, the mu-
seum has been enabled to sell some seventy specimens of birds in a
fine collection recently purchased. These specimens were duplicates
and not needed in this museum. Mr. Bill has bought these duplicates
and presented them to the Bill Memorial Library of Groton, Conn.,
which is a gift to the people of that town from Mr. Frederick Bill.
The birds sent from the museum include a number of interesting and
rare specimens and the collection will prove an incentive to bird study
among: the people of Groton. The money received will be used in com-
pleting the collection already in our museum.
Publications. :
The Museum of Natural History has published for the Springfield
Botanical Society the thirtieth annual report of that organization.
This pamphlet contains the list of officers and active members, con-
stitution and by-laws, an interesting sketch of the early history of the
Botanical Society, and a program of the meetings for 1907.
A new edition of the “Manual on Bird Migration” has been issued
with complete data of time of arrivals of spring migrants for the
years 1901 to 1907 inclusive, and with space for recording arrivals
for 1908, 1909, and 1910. There is much interest shown in this little
book and it has done valuable service in stimulating and making intel-
ligent the study of the habits of local birds.
The museum has continued to give in the Bulletin descriptions of
important species of trees found in this city. Sixteen species in all
have been described and the Bulletin for the current month has a list
of reference books to be consulted by those interested in tree study.
Plans are now made for the assembling of these articles in a manual
or guide on local trees. A list of the trees described is given in the
appendix of this report.
Lectures.
Professor Lewis B. Allyn, instructor in the State Normal School at
Westfield, gave his lecture “On the Adulteration of Food” in the Art
Museum on the evening of January 31. Professor Allyn showed in a
direct, practical way the importance of rundins our food supply
against injurious adulteration.
It should also be noted that all the lectures of the Botanical Society
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are open to the public. ° A list of those for the current year and for
next year is given in the appendix to this report.
Attendance.
The figures for regular visitors to the museum collections are as
follows :—
Largest number of visitors on any one day, Sun-
day; i May “Syl 907i. esas Veale Sterne ey ate 452
Smallest number of visitors on any one day, Octo-
her: 75,1907. cacecenn SLE ae ahah Tea eee 12
Estimated: yearly attendance... 2 2... wee eee 30,258
Classes.
The number of classes brought by teachers for special study is as
follows :—
From:city Schoolssccioatini.te sete sis elaine ere He See 46
From-schools,outsidé etty. 5, sects Ge wee eee 24
Total. mumber: of sclasses3 i. eeu eee. See 70
Pupils inveity.classes: .4s sce! eee ee eae 749
Pupilsifrom,.outside.city wea aie cin ee eee 410
Total number of pupils: 2.8 ae ok ee 1,159
The schools of Chicopee have shown an unusual interest in the
collections. It is gratifying to note that the regular attendance in-
cludes many children who come for special study of various phases
of natural history.
Additions to the Collections.
One of the best evidences of the popular interest in the museum is
shown by the fact that the entire plant and most of the collections
have been the result of gifts. The building was made possible by a
subseription from over one hundred citizens. Most of the specimens
were given directly by collectors and the remainder purchased by funds
secured from lectures or from friends.
The National Museum at Washington has given important collec-
tions. During the year just closing the institution has been enriched
by two notable gifts from sources outside of Springfield.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 5
The H. W. Seton-Karr Collection.
Through the good offices of Mr. J. T. Bowne of the Young Men’s
Christian Association Training School, Mr. H. W. Seton-Karr, a dis-
tinguished English archeologist, became interested in the museum and
was led by that interest to give a valuable series of paleolithic and
neolithic stone implements from India, Egypt, France, and Belgium.
The account of this collection will show its value and interest in con-
nection with the rich material the museum has in illustration of the
Indian life of this valley, and the aboriginal basket and pottery
industries of the south and west. The department of archeology has
now become one of the most important and complete among our
collections. A detailed account of the Seton-Karr gifts has been
prepared by Mr. J. T. Bowne and is given herewith :—
“While the section of archeology has been rich in stone objects
from the Connecticut valley and has had a fairly representative col-
lection from other parts of North America, the gift of Mr. Seton-Karr
from Europe, Asia, and Africa, with the D. L. Harris Scandinavian
relics, is especially valuable for the comparative study of the works
of primitive man in other parts of the earth. The Seton-Karr collec-
tions contain some of the very earliest known works of man dating
many thousand years before the dawn of history.”
This summary of the gifts of Mr. Seton-Karr will show in some
measure the range and value of the collection :—
neolithic implements from St. Symphorien, Belgium.
4
2 fragments of a polished axe.
1 neolithic implement. Veaux, St. Symphorien, Belgium.
5 neolithic implements. Amiens, Somme, France.
15 neolithic implements. Spiennes, Belgium.
14 neolithic implements. Flenu, Hainault, Belgium.
11 perfect arrowheads from the desert of the Fayum oasis, Egypt.
1 large knife; sixth dynasty. Thebes, Egypt.
3 paleoliths. Desert above Thebes, Egypt.
3 small implements. Nerbudda valley, Central India.
1 axe. Bellary, Madras, India.
3 polished neolithic implements. Banda, United Provinces, India.
44 paleolithic implements. Pennaar valley, Madras, India.
4 scrapers. Argentina, South America.
(See plates.)
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This collection will be placed in one case with this general label:—
PREHISTORIC STONE IMPLEMENTS
Presented (and largely found) by
Heywood Walter Seton-Karr
of the
British Military Service in Egypt
September, 1907.
Mr. Bowne adds to his account of the Seton-Karr collection this
plea: ‘“‘We still need a small series of the prehistoric stone implements
of Britain and France, another of the ancient Lake Dwellers of
Switzerland, and still another showing the work of the aborigines of
Central and South America. It would be quite possible to get them
for a moderate price from the duplicates of American and European
museums if some of our friends would furnish the means.
“Are there not some interesting ethnological objects in the homes
of this vicinity which the owners would be glad to place where they
would be carefully preserved and made of real educational value?”’
The Clarence B. Moore Gift of Shell Implements from Florida.
Mr. Bowne has also secured an important addition to the depart-
ment of archeology in a collection he describes as follows: “A lot of
shell implements from the southwest coast of Florida and the ad-
joining islands, together with the volumes of the reports of Mr.
Moore’s archeological investigations made to the Philadelphia Acad-
emy of Natural History, and which cover the work of the past decade.
The implements given are fully described in his ‘Antiquities of the
Florida West Coast,’ ‘Miscellaneous Investigations in Florida,’ and
‘Notes on the Ten Thousand Islands’ in the Catharine L. Howard
‘ Library.”
South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska Fossils.
Professor F. B. Loomis of the department of biology in Amherst
College has given the museum a notable collection of fossils illus-
trating the early mammalian life of this continent. Among the forms
represented are remains of two animals, the Eohippus and the Meso-
hippus, progenitors of the horse of to-day. There are also specimens
of fossils of early monkey forms and of the ancestors of the antelope
of the western plains. Other species represented are the rhinoceros,
hippopotamus, dog, tortoise, and camel. These remains are mostly of
NEOLITHIC AXK FROM BANDA, INDIA.
PALEOLITHIC IMPLEMENT FROM PENNAAR VALLEY, INDIA.
FRAGMENTS OF A POLISHED AXE FROM ST. SYMPHORIEN, BELGIUM.
KNIFE FROM THEBHS.
Given by Mr. H. W. SETON-KARR.
ARROWHEADS FROM THE DESERT OF THE FAYUM OASIS, EGYPT.
Given by Mr. H. W. SETON-KARR.
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MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
the Miocene period. Professor Loomis has also given over one hun-
dred flint chippings and partly completed implements from an Indian
workshop of the pre-Sioux age.
The museum also contributed towards Professor Loomis’s expedi-
tion of last year, and he secured for the museum a number of fine
Miocene fossils from Wyoming and Nebraska representing parts of
the following vertebrates: Dicerotherium nebraskensis, D. Schiffi,
Merychyus minfmus, Stenomylus, n. s., and a large number of minute
remains of vertebrates found on an ant hill in Wyoming; where they
had ‘been gathered by the ants. Among the especially interesting
specimens in the Loomis collection is a mount of an as yet undescribed
species of Stenomylus, that shows the actual condition in which these
fossils occur.
Robert O. Morris Collection of Local Mammals.
Under the direction of Mr. Morris, Mr. Dearden has made a care-
ful search of Mt. Greylock and other localities and as a result several
valuable specimens are secured. Especial mention should be given to
the big-tailed shrew found in Tolland and the first specimen of the
kind ever taken in Massachusetts. Another addition is the woodland
jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis), the prettiest and most beauti-
fully marked of the mice. The museum specimen came from Tolland.
Heretofore the only Massachusetts station for this animal was Mt.
Greylock.
The George S. Lewis, Jr., Collections.
These have been enriched by additions of fibers and grasses and
materials made from these, such as straw braids. A series of fancy
ginghams of both foreign and domestic weave has also been given.
A noteworthy specimen of a cross section of Mexican mahogany
has also been added. ;
The Catharine L. Howard Library.
The annual meeting of the Catharine L. Howard Library Associa-
tion was held in the museum February 24, 1908. Many former pupils
and friends were present to greet Miss Sophia Howard. The follow-
ing list of additions to the library will show how valuable it is as an
aid to the study of the collections :—
Botanical Gazette.
Hartog. Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata.
Sargent, Charles. Trees and shrubs, vol. 2, pt. 1.
CA
CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Davenport, G. E. Notes on Botrychium simplex.
Allen, Dr. T. F. Characeae of America.
Allen, Dr. T. F. Characeae Americanae. 2 pts.
Boston Society of Natural History. Fauna of New England,
pts. 1-7.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 33, no. 4.
N. Y. Botanical Gardens. North American flora, vol. 9, pts. 1
and 2.
The Museum an Agency for Popular Education.
Besides the routine duties involved in the care of specimens, much
is done each year to direct and stimulate popular interest in natural
history. A few illustrations will show something of this phase of
museum work. Each year special exhibits of migrant birds and of
flowering plants are made in their season. The list of bird arrivals
is kept up to date and observers in this field are encouraged to send in
reports. The same work is carried on in connection with the time of
the appearance of flowers. Encouraging results are seen in the de-
mand for the bulletins, the bird book, and other publications. While
more might be done with greater resources, the museum is under
present limited conditions doing much to enrich and elevate the
thought of the community.
WILLIAM ORR, Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1907—May, 1908.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Professor F. B. Loomis of Amherst College has given a collection of 47 fossils
from South Dakota and Wyoming, and has secured with funds provided
by the museum for that purpose a collection of Miocene vertebrate fossils
from Nebraska and Wyoming.
Fred Merchant. Specimen of garnetiferous mica schist from Roxbury, Conn.
William Orr. Collection of 26 geological specimens from New Harbor, Maine.
Collected in July, 1907.
W.T. Parker, M.D. Collection of minerals and rocks.
Harry Steel. Quartz crystals on mica schist.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Miss Emily B. Adams. Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Wilbra-
ham,
William Dearden. Bluebird (Stalia sialis), Agawam.
Mrs. George C. Ewing, Enfield, Mass. Egg of Australian emeu (Dromaeus
novae-hollandiae) ; and egg of ostrich (Struthio camelus) from Cape Town.
John A. Hall. Section of Puget Sound (Washington) fir tree pile showing
borings of Teredo navalis.
Victor O. Huebner, Amsterdam, N. Y. Broad-necked prionus (Prionus lati-
collis) from Amsterdam, N. Y.
Professor F. B. Loomis, Amherst College. Collection of 43 sea shells.
Robert O. Morris.
Water shrew (Sorex albibarbis), Springfield.
Smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus), Mt. Greylock.
Big-tailed shrew (Sorex macrurus), Tolland.
Common long-tailed shrew (Sorex personatus), Mt. Greylock.
Northern pine mouse (Microtus pinetorum scalopsoides), Springfield.
Woodland jumping mouse, pair (Napaeozapus insignis), Tolland.
Canadian white-footed mouse (Peromyscus canadensis), Mt. Greylock.
Eastern varying hare (Lepus americanus virginianus), Southampton.
Red bat (Lasiurus borealis), Southampton.
Gray-cheeked thrush (Hylocichla aliciae), Springfield.
Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica), Wilbraham.
Pine siskin (Spinus pinus), Springfield. —
Tennessee warbler (Helminthophila peregrina), Springfield.
Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus), Springfield.
Alder flycatcher (Hmpidonax traillii alnorwm), Hampden.
Miss Alice Southworth, Southern Pines, N. ©. Oollection of 104 bird skins,
also nests and eggs. : .
H. B. Spencer, Mt. Tom. Copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix), Mt.
Tom.
Miss Eleanor A. Wade. Shell of oyster, Pine Orchard, Conn.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Mrs. Fred M. Flagg has given for her father, Dexter Snow, his collection of
foreign ferns.
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Lewis Corbin Grant. Collection of pressed flowers from the Yukon, Alaska.
Mrs. M. C. Kirby, Longmeadow. Herbarium specimen of double flowered belt
wort (Uvularia perfoliata).
George S. Lewis, Jr. Collection 6f fibers, seeds, grasses, leaves, woods, and
by-products; also botanical photographs.
Mrs. Augusta R. Pinney. Collection of 17 herbarium specimens of evergreens.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND. .
Mrs. W. A. Harris. Moqui Indian hat, Southern California.
H. W. Seton-Karr, Lingfield Road, Wimbledon, London, England. Collection
of 111 early stone implements as follows :—
4 neolithic implements, St. Symphorien, Belgium.
1 neolithic implement, Veaux, St. Symphorien, Belgium.
5 neolithic implements, Amiens, Somme, France.
15 neolithic implements, Spiennes, Belgium.
14 neolithic implements, Flénu, Hainault, Belgium.
3 neolithic axes (polished), Banda, United Provinces, India.
44 paleolithic implements, Pennaar valley, Madras, India.
paleoliths, desert. above Thebes, Egypt.
perfect arrowheads, desert of the Fayum oasis, Egypt.
large knife, sixth dynasty, Thebes, Egypt.
small implements, Nerbudda valley, Central India.
axe, Bellary, Madras, India.
scrapers, Argentina, South America.
fragments of a polished axe.
Mrs. Henry W. Larson. Swedish peasant’s jacket.
George S. Lewis, Jr. Collection of photographs of sections in the burned dis-
tricts in San Francisco, Cal.; also illustrated industrial charts.
Professor F. B. Loomis, Amherst College. Collection of flint chippings from
Spanish Creek, Converse County, Wyoming.
Daniel J. Marsh and Everett H. Barney. Hungarian fund certificate, and five
dollar bill dated 1861 on Adams Bank of North Adams, Mass.
Clarence B. Moore, Philadelphia, Penn. Collection of shell implements from
mounds on the southwest coast of Florida and bordering islands; also
books relating to such mounds.
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MISCELLANEOUS GIFTS.
Charles Pope. Melted electric light bulb from the San Francisco fire.
Sarah M. Wilbur, M.D. Collection consisting of minerals, fossils, sea shells,
coral and botanical specimens.
Since the lists issued in the last report, one society has been added to our list of
exchange publications, viz.: Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, Lausanne, Swit-
zerland.
TREES.
Articles giving descriptions and locations of trees in Springfield, printed in the City
Library Bulletin, December, 1906, to May, 1908.
In various parts of the city there are trees which at different seasons are con-
spicuous because of seed pods, color, or certain peculiarities of appearance; also some
rare species. Descriptions of, or specimens from, such trees are frequently brought to
the museum by persons wishing to know more about them, and so much interest has
been shown that the museum is publishing brief accounts of some of the more notice-
able and rare species in the library bulletins.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 11
Notes for these accounts are taken from Charles Sprague Sargent’s ‘‘Silva of
North America,’’ a choice and extensively illustrated work of fourteen volumes in the
Catharine L. Howard Library in the Science Building. This library is open to the
public from 1 to 5 p. m. in winter, 2 to 6 p. m. in summer.
Trees described.—tThree-thorned Acacia or Honey Locust (Gleditschia triacanthos)
in the Bulletin for December, 1906. 2. Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
in January, 1907. 3. Yellow Locust or False Acacia (Robinia pseudacacia) in
February. 4. Sycamore or Buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis) in March. 5. Tulip
Tree or Yellow Poplar (ULiriodendron tulipifera) in April. 6. Catalpa in May. 7.
Gingko in June. 8. Maples in August-September. 9. Hackberry or Sugarberry
(Celtis occidentalis) in October. 10. Ailanthus, Tree-of-Heaven, or Chinese Sumac
(Ailanthus glandulosa) in November. 11. Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sour Gum or Black
Gum (Nyssa sylvatica) in December. 12. Yellow-wood, Virgilia (Cladrastis lutea) in
January, 1908. 13. Pines: (a) White Pine (Pinus strobus), (b) Pitch Pine (Pinus
rigida), (c) Red or Norway Pine (Pinus resinosa) in February. 14. Black Walnut
(Juglans nigra) in March. 15. White Poplar or Silver-Leaf Poplar (Populus alba)
in April. 16. Larch, Tamarack, Hackmatack, Juniper (Larix Americana) in May.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Program of Meetings, 1907-1908.
April 19. Annual Meeting. Address. Henry Farquhar.
April 26. Orchids. Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham.
May 3. ‘Tree study at Forest Park. J. A. Davis.
May 10. Botany of Cultivated Plants. Professor F. W. Waugh.
May 17. Class Work—KEquisetaceae. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
May 24. Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts. Dr. G. E. Stone.
May 25. Field Meeting. Wilbraham Mountains.
May 381. Card Catalogue. Miss Elizabeth Booth.
June 7. Burbank and his Work. Mrs. Maria lL. Owen.
June 14. Plant Secretions—Galls. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
June 21. Current Botanical Literature. Miss E. J. Steele.
June 28. Tree Lore. Rev. John L. Kilbon.
June 29. Field Meeting. Lithia Spring.
July 5. Making of New Species. Miss W. C. Sanborn.
July 6. Mount Greylock Excursion.
July 12. Insect Pests of New England. Roman A. Crane.
July 19: Field Meeting. Rockrimmon. |
July 26. Field Meeting. Adams Ravine.
Aug. 39) Tree Study at Forest Park. J. A. Davis.
Aug. 16. Forest Reservations of the United States. Mrs. J. M. Kennedy.
Aug. 28. Esthetic and Economic Value of Trees. Miss J. E. Strong.
Aug. 30. Class Work—Leguminosae. Miss A. L. Sanderson.
Sept. 6. Problem of Living Matter. Professor Frank E. Watson.
Sept. 13. California Trip. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins.
Sept. 14. Field Meeting. Pequot Lake.
Sept. 20. Protoplasm. Frank D. Bishop.
Sept. 27. Sea Weeds. Mrs. Helen Merrill.
Oct. 4. Relation of the Plant to its Ancestors. Miss Chloe St. John.
Oct. 11. Carnivorous Plants. Miss Nellie Peck.
Oct. 12. Field Meeting. Amherst Notch.
Oct. 18. Autumn Colors.
Oct. 25. Forestry. United States Compared with Europe. Miss E. J. Steele.
Nov. 15. Lecture. W.S. C. Russell, on Labrador.
Dec. 7. Lecture. EF. W. Rane. Work of State Forester.
1908.
Jan. 17. Plants and Their Environment. Mrs. Augusta R. Pinney.
Feb. 21. Diseases of Plants. Dr. G. HE. Stone.
March 20. Forestry. W. E. Sawin.
April 17. Annual Meeting. ,
April 24. Trees in Literature. Mrs. Jessie E. Allen.
May 1. Canal Zone. Ashton H. Hemphill.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. MAriA L. OWEN, Honorary President.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, Acting President.
Mrs. JESSIE E. ALLEN, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. I. W. BURNHAM, Corresponding Secretary.
Miss ELIZABETH BooTtH, Recording Secretary.
ROMAN A. CRANE, Assistant Secretary.
Miss JOSEPHINE E. STRONG, Treasurer.
Miss NELLIE PECK, Auditor.
GEORGE DIMMOCK, Ph.D., Curator.
Miss E. J. STEELE, Chairman Executive Committee.
Miss WINIFRED S. SANBORN, Chairman Field Meeting Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
ROMAN A. CRANE, President.
ASHTON E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss ELIZABETH ARNOLD, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., WALTER G. WHITMAN.
Springfield Zoological Club.
‘WALTER H. CHAPIN, M.D., President.
RoMAN A. CRANE, Vice-President.
Miss MABEL R. WATSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., GEORGE DIMMock, Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS.
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SPRINGFIELD, MASS., MAY
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE
PART OF THE REPORT OF THE CITY LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MAY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE
Museum of Natural History.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THE Museum or NAturAL History.—Open every day in the year,
except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25, 2 to 6
inom March.2) to September 21: 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9g to 12.
THE CATHARINE L. Howard MEmorIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from
Or Om 12: =,
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
WILLIAM ORR.
Assistant Curator.
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of The City Library Association :—
The fifteenth annual report of the Museum of Natural History is
hereby respectfully submitted.
Publications.
Within the past few years it has been possible for the museum
officials to make a beginning in the publication of handbooks and
monographs on the results of various lines of research. The desire
has been to take, as far as possible, subjects of local interest, with
a view to making up a series of manuals serviceable to teachers in
the schools and to students of the natural history of the Connecticut
Valley.
The handbook on Bird Migration, which gives the dates of
arrival of birds reported within ten miles of Springfield, has now
the complete record since I901 to 1907, and in a new edition soon to
be issued the data for 1908 and 1909 will be entered. Such a tabula-
tion has scientific value and also does much to stimulate bird study
and give it definiteness. There is each year a good demand for the
booklet, and the receipts from the sales make good the cost of
publication.
Some ten years ago, the museum published a guide to local
geology and physical geography called “Eight Geological Excursions.”
It was illustrated with photographs of interesting formations in the
vicinity. An increased demand for this manual has sprung up for the
past two years in connection with the introduction of courses in the
upper grammar grades of our public schools in the study of the
physical geography of Springfield and the surrounding country. Plans
are under consideration for a new edition, enlarged and extended so
as to cover the Connecticut Valley. It is felt that such an outline
would be a great aid to progressive teachers in natural science in
the schools of the three river counties and possess interest for the
student of general geology.
A more ambitious and technical treatise was the monograph on
“The Early Stages of the Carabidae,” which embodied the results
MUSEUM: OF NATURAL HISTORY. 3
of careful research by Dr. George Dimmock. This work was dis-
tributed among the principal museums and scientific societies of the
world. By this means a large number of valuable publications were
received in exchange and the local museum gained standing with
scientific institutions in many countries.
The success of these first ventures in the line of publications has
enlisted further interest from friends, and the sum of $600 from the
Horace Smith estate has been placed in the hands of the curator
to meet the expense of two more monographs. One of these is now
ready, and the museum will soon put into the hands of the printer
the manuscript for a second bulletin. This bulletin, of which Miss
Fannie A. Stebbins is author, will be entitled “Insect Galls of
Springfield, Massachusetts, and Vicinity,” and will be a bibliographical
and descriptive catalogue of more than two hundred species of galls
observed, collected and studied. Of these species over thirty are
supposed to be undescribed, and will be given scientific names. The
bulletin will be illustrated with 32 plates, containing 112 half-tone
figures, all reproduced from photographs of galls. Especial attention
has been paid to the galls themselves, rather than to the insects
causing them, and these plant-deformities will be listed in the system-
atic order of the plants on which they occur, with an index in the
systematic order of the gall-producing insects. Over 160 publications |
have been consulted in the preparation of this bulletin.
It is hoped that other gifts may make it possible for the museum
to extend even further its activities in this important field of com-
munity service.
Administration.
The cataloguing of the contents of the museum on slips, men-
tioned in last year’s report, has been continued. The mounted speci-
mens of North American birds are all numbered and catalogued;
nearly all the curiosities and historical relics, and about one-half
the botanical specimens are already recorded on slips, while the new
accessions are numbered and catalogued as received. The slips are
duplicated as far as is necessary, and then classified much like the
card catalogue of a progressive library, thus enabling one to find,
without delay, what specimens the museum has to illustrate any
special subject.
Attention has also been paid to keeping up the reports on bird
arrivals, the date of the flowering of plants and to thé display of
special exhibits, and the placing of all possible facilities at the dis-
posal of teachers and classes who visit the collections.
4 CITY TIBRARY VAS SOCIATION:
Lectures.
The museum in co-operation with the Springfield Volcanic
Research Society arrangedfor two lectires by Prof. i A] Peres
who was present at Vesuvius during the great eruption of 1900.
Prof. Perret spoke May 20, 1908, to an audience which filled the
Assembly -Hall of the, Central High School. iis. rectal orate
stirring events which he witnessed was followed with the greatest
interest. His lantern slides taken from points of greatest vantage
were of great clearness and beauty. Professor Perret gave another
lecture on November 1ith on Etna, Stromboli, and Vesuvius, and
presented the results of his latest investigations. This lecture was
in the Science Hall of the Central High School and was attended
by an audience of nearly 200.
On April 18th, Mr. Ralph Hoffmann of Stockbridge spoke in
the Art Building on the Protection of Birds. Much interest was
aroused in the work of the Audubon Society.
A lecture on “Worthless Weeds” was given by George S. Lewis,
Jr., to members of the International College and the Young Men’s
Christian Association Training School on November 22, 1908. The
subject was illustrated by material from the collection of fibers in
the museum.
The Botanical Society has maintained meetings regularly
throughout the year. Talks on subjects connected with plant life
are given at these meetings. The calendar for the society is given
as an appendix to this report.
Attendance,
A gratifying attendance is to be noted particularly on Sundays,
and the total for the year is estimated at 30,000.
Classes.
From: cityschools.s..4 ie) ee ee ee 75
From. schools, outside citys. fees. sect en ne
Total cs dgsectk ekeo es Oe eee eee 88
Total numberof pupils in classes2.... eee 1,034
The museum authorities earnestly invite teachers in the public
schools to make the fullest and freest use of the collections.
Accessions.
Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia, who gave the museum
some two years ago a valuable collection of aboriginal shell and coral
We Se Me Or NARCteA EL Hi STORY. 5
objects from the Florida keys, has recently added to this gift a collec-
tion of pottery and other Indian articles mainly from Arkansas.
Mr. J. T. Bowne, through whose efforts this material was secured,
has kindly written the following description of this accession :—
“The collection comprises forty pieces of prehistoric pottery from
southeastern Arkansas. Twenty from Arkansas County were from
graves. near Menard Mound, Old River Landing, and Sawyer’s
Landing. Eighteen pieces were from near Greer, Jefferson County,
and two from a mound near Douglas in Lincoln County.”
In addition to the pottery were the following objects: Shell
beads, discoidal stone, arrow point from alligator scale, “charm
stones,’ copper beads, galena, which changed to white lead furnishes
a basis for Indian paint, and an iron hatchet doubtless brought in
by some trader.
Mr. Bowne continues: “As we have no Arkansas pottery in
the museum, the gift was the more acceptable. The varieties of form
and marking indicate great skill and the lot is a remarkably fine
collection. The forms may be roughly grouped as flask-shaped,
bowl-shaped, basin-shaped, and saucer-shaped. One is in the shape
of a frog. A few have handles, and others bird’s-head ornaments
on the rim. Several are ornamented with incised designs and two
are painted.”
Mr. Nathan D. Bill, while in the far West, secured a collection
of carefully selected examples of pottery, which illustrate clearly
the work of the Cliff Dwellers of Arizona. The specimens, twelve
in number, show in most satisfactory fashion the various shapes and
patterns of the baked clay used by these people. The characteristic
decorations add much to the value of these pieces.
Mr. Bill has also given two baskets, one the work of Indians
in British Columbia and the other of tribes in Oregon and Washington.
Note should be made in this connection of. the rapid growth in
the department of archeology, which has been enriched by important
gifts from Mr. Moore and Mr. Bill. These collections now occupy
the two upper rooms of the Science Building, and are made up of
gifts from Miss Mary A. Booth, Dr. Philip Kilroy, Mr. Nathan D.
Bill, Mr. H. W. Seton-Karr, Mr. Clarence B. Moore, together with the
material taken from the Wilbraham Indian workshop. The available
room is now practically occupied and in the near future additional
space must be found for the department.
Mr. Willard C. Gompf of Hartford, Conn., has presented a mis-
cellaneous collection, mostly of relics of the Civil War and of John
Brown and his raid at Harper’s Ferry. Some of the most note-
worthy Civil War relics are from Appomattox and Bolivar Heights,
Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Peters-
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burg. In the John Brown collection there is a Hall’s rifle from
Harper’s Ferry, a collection of twenty-nine pictures to illustrate the
life of John Brown and the vicinity of Harper’s Ferry.
Mr. W. E. Parsons has given herbarium specimens and a number
of fine mineral specimens.
Dr. William Thornton Parker has secured and presented parts
of the skeleton of the common rorqual or fin-back whale and an
interesting specimen of the ear bone of the whale. The skeleton
parts were from Eastham, Mass., and the ear bone from Provincetown.
Mr. George S. Lewis, Jr., continues to add to his already rich
department of botany, and Mr. Robert O. Morris maintains an
active interest in local birds and mammals, so that under their care
both of these departments are growing in a most satisfactory way.
Prof. William B. Kirkham has given a number of specimens and
also: a set of scientific’ reference “books” for the = Catnanine sit
Howard Library.
Catharine L. Howard Library.
The annual meeting of the Catharine L. Howard Memorial
Library Association was held in the museum February 25th. Among
the valuable works presented to the library, mention should be made
- of Gerard’s “Herball, or General Historie of Plants,” London aes>
Only one other copy of this work is known to be in this country.
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Museum.
Your attention is called to the desirability of taking some action
in regard to a recognition of the coming half century anniversary
of the Museum. The beginnings of the collections date back to
December 10, 1859, when a group of public-spirited citizens, among
whom were Judge R. A. Chapman, Daniel L. Harris, John L. King,
and George A. Otis, Jr., took steps to secure natural history collec-
tions for the use of the city. These specimens were first placed
in rooms in the old City Hall. In 1871 they were moved with the
library to the building which is now giving place to the new structure.
The third home was in the room now occupied by the Horace Smith
Hall of Sculpture in the Art Museum. In 1899 the present Science
Building was completed.
It would séem fitting that at this time a history of the Museum
should be made up while the facts are on record or may be obtained
from persons familiar with the stages in the development of the
institution. Possibly also it might be well to hold a public meeting
in observance of the completion of fifty years.
Gifts of the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1908-1909
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
H. G. Denver. Apatite. :
Mrs. Ellen FE. Melius. Collection of minerals. ;
William Orr. Collection of geological specimens from Maine. Collec-
tion of geological specimens from Berkshire County.
William E. Parsons. Uncut diamond, South Africa. Dioptase from
Siberia.
Prof. Charles Schuchert, Yale University Museum, New Haven, Conn.
Seventeen geological pamphlets.
Harry A. Wright. Graphite, Sturbridge.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Emily B. Adams.
Black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus), Springfield.
Junco (Junco hyemalis), Longmeadow.
Song sparrow (WMelospiza cinerea melodia), Longmeadow.
Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus), Longmeadow.
W. H. Chapin. Beaver chips, Maine.
Mrs. E. J. Dyotte, Agawam. Mud-turtle (Chrysemys picta), Agawam.
Mrs. Noyes W. Fisk. Spider and egg cocoon (Hpeira transversa).
Frank P. Frost. Nest of ruby-throated hummingbird (Trochilus colubris).
Carlton Garnes, Harry Habel, Norman Richardson. Horned toad
(Phrynosoma cornutum). ;
George M. P. Holt. Nautilus shells and nautilus (Argonauta argo),
Florida.
William B. Kirkham. Collection of shells, Nassau.
W. J. Mackay. Tropical snakes. ~
Mrs. A. S. McClean. Moth (Phlegethontius quinquemaculata).
Mrs. Nelson W. Merrill. Collection of sea shells, Florida.
Robert O. Morris.
Yellow rail (Porzana noveboracensis), pair, Longmeadow.
Acadian sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus subvirgitus),
Longmeadow.
Woodcock (Philohela minor), Agawam.
Brook trout (Salmo fontinalis), State Hatchery.
Rainbow trout (Salmo irideus), State Hatchery.
Franklin W. Nash, Ludlow. Northeastern opossum (Didelphis virginiana),
Ludlow.
W. Thornton Parker, M. D. Parts of skeleton of common rorqual
whale (Balaenoptera musculus), Provincetown.
E. Linn Pease, Thompsonville, Conn. Hungarian partridge, pair.
John M. Wilson, Feeding Hills. Moth (Tropaea luna).
Collection of 20 birds purchased from William Dearden with funds
from sale of duplicate - birds.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Everett H. Barney. Puff-ball mushroom (Lycoperdon giganteum), Spring-
field.
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Frank D. Bishop. Collection of seeds.
George S$. Lewis, Jr. Collection of seeds and fibers.
Robert O. Morris. Picture of ‘‘Queen Elm.’’
William E. Parsons. Herbarium specimens.
Claytonia caroliniana, Huntington.
Waldsteinia fragarioides, Huntington.
Hierochloa borealis, Feeding Hills.
Fannie A. Stebbins. Collection cf vegetable galls.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Nathan D. Bill. Collection of Cliff Dweilers’ pottery, Arizona; and
Indian baskets from British Columbia and Oregon.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Colonial relics, Longmeadow.
Willard C. Gompf, Hartford, Conn. Collection of historical relics.
Clarence B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa. Collection of prehistoric pottery,
Arizona.
W. Thornton Parker, M. D. Arm-band worn in Boer War.
MISCELLANEOUS GIFTS.
William B. Kirkham. Collection of books, apparatus, and natural his-
tory specimens.
W. Thornton Parker, M.D. Coliection of books, bird plates, and woods.
Horace Smith estate. Six hundred dollars for publication of bulletins
No. 3 and 4.
Since the lists issued in the last report, one society has been added
to cur list of exchange publications, viz.: Perthshire Society of Natural
Science, Perth, Scotland.
TREES.
Articles giving descriptions and locations of trees in Springfield, printed in
the City Library Bulletin, December, 1906, to May, 1909.
In various parts of the city there are trees which at different seasons
are conspicuous because of seed pods, color, or certain peculiarities of appear-
ance: also some rare species. Descriptions of, or specimens from, such trees
are frequently brought to the museum by persons wishing to know more
about them, and so much interest has been shown that the museum is
publishing in the library bulletins brief accounts of some of the more
noticeable and rare species.
Notes for these accounts are taken principally from Charles Sprague Sar-
gent’s ‘“‘Silva of North America,’’ a choice and extensively illustrated work
of fourteen volumes in the Catharine L. Howard Library in the Science
Building. This library is open to the public from 1 to 5:-p. m. in winter,
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Trees described.—Three-thorned Acacia or Honey . Locust (Gleditschia
triacanthos) in the Bulletin for December, 1906. 2. Kentucky Coffee Tree
(Gymnocladus dioica) in January, 1907. 3. Yellow Locust or False Acacia
(Robinia pseudacacia) in February. 4. Sycamore or Buttonwood (Platanus
occidentalis) in March. 5. Tulip Tree or Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
in April. 6. Catalpa in May. 7. Gingko in June. 8. Maples in August-
September. 9. Hackberry or Sugarberry (Celtis occidentalis) in October.
10. Ailanthus, Tree-of-Heaven, or Chinese Sumac (Ailanthus glandulosa) in
November. 11. Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sour Gum or Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
in December. 12. Yellow-wood, Virgilia (Cladrastis lutea) in January, 1908.
13. Pines: (a) White Pine (Pinus strobus), (b) Piteh Pine (Pinus rigida),
MEISEOM ORVINATURAL HISTORY. 9
(c) Red or Norway Pine (Pinus resinosa), in February. 14. Black Walnut
(Juglans nigra) in March. 15. White Poplar or Silver-Leaf Poplar (Populus
alba) in April. 16. Larch, Tamarack, Hackmatack, Juniper (Larix ameri-
cana) in May. 17. American Beech (Fagus americana) in June. 18. Lombardy
Poplar (Populus nigra italica) in July. 19. Red Mulberry (Morus ruba), White
Mulberry (Morus alba) in September. 20. Scottish Rowan Tree or Moun-
tain Ash (Pyrus aucuparia) in October. 21. Red, Brown or River Ash
(Fraxinus Pennsylwanica) in November. 22. Balm of Gilead (Populus bal-
samifera) in December. 23. Sassafras (Sassafras sassafras) in January,
1909. 24. Birches: (a) Canoe, White or Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera),
(6) White, Gray, Poplar or Poverty Birch (Betula populifolia), (c) Black,
Cherry or Sweet Birch (Betula lenta), (d) Red or River Birch (Betula nigra),
(e) Yellow or Gray Birch (Betula lutea), in February. 25. Hedge Trees: (qa)
Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), (b) Arbor-Vitae (Thuja occidentalis), (c) Osage
Orange (Maclura pomifera) in March. 26. Cottonwood or Necklace Poplar
(Populus deltoides), in April-May.
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Springfield Botanical Society.
PROGRAM FOR 1908-1909.
Annual Meeting.
Trees in Literature. Mrs. S. O. Allen.
Canal Zone. Mr. Ashton EH. Hemphill.
Life of Linnaeus. Miss Grace Puffer.
Plant Growth. Dr. George H. Stone.
Tree Identification.
Bradford Torrey and his work. Mrs. J. H. Shaw.
Tree Identification.
Shakespeare’s Trees. Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham.
Soils in Relation to Plant Life. Miss W. S. Sanborn.
Field Day at Mt. Toby.
Tree Identification.
Tree Identification.
Tree Identification.
Big Trees of California. Mrs. E. J. Lazelle.
Miss Stebbins’ Collection from New Hampshire (White Mountains).
Tree Identification.
New York Botanical Gardens. Mrs. E. L. Leonard.
Tree Identification.
Common Plant Variations. Prof. Frank S. Watson.
Round Table by Members.
Tree Identification.
Tree Identification.
Tree Identification.
Edible Roots of the United States. Miss Josephine E. Strong.
Tree Identification.
Reports on Trees Identified.
Fossil Botany. Miss Elizabeth Booth.
At Mrs. Burnham’s, to study the trees in her dooryard.
Experiments in Plant Physiclogy. Dr. G. E. Stone.
Native Plants Suitable for Culture in Home Grounds. Mrs. E. C:
Powell.
Plant Culture as Taught at Mt. Holyoke College. Mr. Asa S.
Kinney.
Trees and the Creatures They Harbor. Mr. Charles G. Whiting.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Maria L. Owen, Honorary President.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, President.
Mrs. S. O. ALLEN, Vice-President.
Mrs. F. I. W. BurnuaAm, Corresponding Secretary,
Miss EvizaBeTH Bootu, Recording Secretary.
Miss SARAH M. Cuampion, Assistant Recording Secretary.
Miss NELLIE A. Dwicut, Treasurer.
Mr. Roman A. Crane, Auditor.
Dr. GreorcE DimmMock, Curator.
Miss ELizABETH J. STEELE, Chairman Executive Committee.
Miss WINIFRED S. SANBORN, Chairman Fieldmeeting Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
RoMAN A. CRANE, President.
AsHTon E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss ELIZABETH ARNOLD, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., WALTER G. WHITMAN.
Springfield Zoological Club.
WALTER H. CuHaApin, M.D., President.
Roman A. CRANE, Vice-President.
Miss Maset R. Watson, Secretary and Treasurer.
Ex. Com., GEorGE D1IMMoCcK, Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS.
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Museum of Natural History.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.—Open every day in the year,
except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25, 2 to 6
from March 21 to September 21; 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
THE CATHARINE L. HOWARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year, except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from
9 to 12.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of the City Library Association :—
The sixteenth annual report of the Museum of Natural History
is hereby respectfully submitted :—
Two principal functions devolve on the executive staff of a
museum: the most obvious and simple consists in the care of building,
cases, and collections, the cataloguing and labeling of material, the
preparation of special exhibits, the safeguarding of specimens, provi-
sion for the comfort and convenience of visitors, and the publication
of technical monographs and bulletins; the second, less easy to
describe in definite terms, is to use the museum as a means to arouse
an active interest in natural history, to develop love of field, forest,
mountain, and stream, to induce a scientific attitude towards ques-
tions of the individual life, and of community policy in the con-
stituency to which the institution ministers.
Under the first head come the commonplace but important duties
which secure efficient and economical administration, but the best
results of museum effort are made possible only when the institution,
within its territory and correlated fields, becomes an active factor, an
aggressive influence, in advancing education and inspiring public
opinion.
This report, in dealing with the work of the past year and in plans
for the future, distinguishes in some measure between these two
phases of activity under two main heads—Administration and
Propaganda.
Administration.
The association is to be congratulated that the Science Building,
as demonstrated by an experience of twelve years, is well adapted
for museum purposes. Its simplicity of construction and plan, and
the grouping of cases, make oversight easy and inexpensive. Clean-
liness, combined with neat and attractive appearance, is secured with
minimum effort. An advantage is also found in the limited range
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: 3
of the collections, coupled with satisfying variety in nature of
specimens and form of presentation, so that visitors are neither
bewildered nor wearied. Large recognition is also made of local
archeology, fauna, flora, and rock formations.
In other words, the museum “wears well.”” With a staff decidedly
limited in numbers, the routine work has been carried on, and each
year some new features added.
Cataloguing.
The work of cataloguing the objects in the museum has been
distributed, during the past year, over different departments. A
large part of the botanical specimens are now catalogued, and subject
slips have been made for nearly all the mollusks, which were well
represented in the early collections of the museum by over a thou-
sand kinds of shells. Mr. Arthur P. Irving has assisted in cata-
loguing the lantern slides in the museum, most of which were given
by Miss Fannie A. Stebbins. In connection with preparation for
the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the museum, a list
of donors has been completed and numbers over 900 names. A
careful examination of scattered records in early reports of the
City Library Association and museum, and of data on labels of
specimens, was necessary, and the names of givers range from
those who have contributed a single object—a common insect or an
arrowhead—to those who have added entire collections of hundreds
of specimens, or specimens worth hundreds of dollars.
The method of cataloguing on slips, contrived especially for this
museum by Dr. George Dimmock, which was described in the annual
report for 1908, was briefly explained by him at the meeting of the
New England Federation of Natural History Societies, at the museum
last September, and copies of slips actually in use were shown.
Publications.
In view of the favorable comment called forth by the monographs
heretofore issued under the auspices of the museum, it is a pleasure
to announce the completion and publication of a second bulletin of
the museum, that by Miss Fannie A. Stebbins on “Insect Galls of
Springfield, Massachusetts, and Vicinity.” This monograph is to be
sent to scientific societies, museums, and periodicals from which the
museum receives publications in exchange. The bulletin contains
descriptions and bibliography of 205 species of galls, of which 34
4 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
kinds are described as new, and its 32 plates illustrate with half-tone
figures from photographs 97 varieties of galls, including 21 of the
new species. In the body of the work the galls, with their bibliogra-
phy, are arranged in a systematic order of the host plants. A list of
papers, examined and cited by the author, follows, occupying 11
pages. To a very full catalogue index of the gall insects, as classified,
is added an alphabetical index of the common and scientific names of
the plants mentioned in the treatise. This fully illustrated bulletin
is comprehensive, and, as it deals with a subject interesting beth to
the entomologist and to the investigator in pathological botany, is
bound to attract attention to the museum, and will undoubtedly add
to its exchange list of publications.
Material is being gathered for a third monograph—“The Notable
Trees of Springfield and Vicinity.” The notes that have from time
to time appeared in the monthly bulletin of the association will be
compiled, and, together with other descriptions, will make up an
interesting and valuable manual of our local trees, and promote their
study and preservation. The work will be illustrated by many
photographs, and the text will give both scientific description and
historical information. The expense of this bulletin, like that of the
one on galls, is to be met by a grant from the trustees of the Horace
Smith estate.
It is hoped before long to issue a summary of the studies of
bird migration, made each year since 1901, and of the dates of
blossoming plants, as observed since 1902. A ten-year period is long
enough on which to base generalizations of scientific value.
Another opportunity for a monograph is to be found in a guide-
bock to the rock formations and physical geography of the Con-
necticut valley, for the use of schools, teachers, and students of
local geology. Some work has been done on such a manual, but its
progress has been delayed by other demands on the time of the
Curator.
Mention also should be made of the notes on the museum which
appear in each monthly bulletin of the association; these do much
to inform the public, and to increase the patronage of the collections
by visitors from school and community.
Accessions.
The museum is constantly gaining new material, and the good
will of its many friends, as manifested through gifts, is a gratifying
form of public support.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 5
Nathan D. Bill continues to enrich the collections with timely and
well-selected specimens. The department of archeology has received
from him, recently, a number of articles of pottery from the cliff
dwellings of Arizona. These specimens supplement the large collec-
tions of Indian and pre-historic material already in possession of the
museum. This addition has made necessary the installation of three
new cases. Mr. Bill has also given many Colonial relics.
The department of zodlogy has received from him a finely-mounted
specimen of a bull moose, shot by the donor at the hunting grounds
of the Ircquois Club, 75 miles north of Quebec.
Mr. George S. Lewis, Jr., has added largely to the material in
botany. So extensive and varied are the collections in this field that
the space allotted for their exhibition is by no means adequate, and
the need of additional cases must scon be recognized.
The collection of galis gathered by Miss Fannie A. Stebbins in
the preparation of Bulletin No. 2 has been presented to the museum.
Prof. J. H. Emerton of Boston has given a number of spiders,
identified as belonging to 16 species, all of local habitat.
Miss Mary A. Booth, to whom the museum is indebted for so
many valuable gifts, has presented it with fossils from Barbadoes,
and with a number of Colonial relics.
Mr. Waterman S. C. Russell, director of science in the Central
High School, brought back from Iceland last fall a series of minerals
and rocks illustrating the geology of that island, and these have
been added to the collections in the Science Building. Many of the
specimens are volcanic or igneous in nature, and they constitute a
suggestive approach to the study of the remarkable country whence
they came. Probably few museums in the United States possess such
an extensive range of illustrations of Icelandic formations.
The City Library Association has purchased three pieces of
apparatus for making certain tests in psychology. It is intended to
use these instruments in supplementing the data secured by the
department of physical training in the public schools, in the hope
of reaching conclusions of value in educational methods.
Three new cases have been placed in the archeological room;
one of these is set apart for the Russian and Seandinavian relics and
curios, collected and given to the museum many years ago by
Mr. Daniel L. Harris; another contains pottery of the Arizona cliff
dwellers; and the third is allotted to the Indian implements and
pottery presented by Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia.
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The Catharine L. Howard Library.
From the report made at the annual meeting of the association,
through whose generosity this valuable collection of reference books
is maintained, it is clear that a fund of sufficient amount has been
accumulated to provide for additions of such standard works as are
desirable. The room where the library is placed is admirably adapted
for its purpose and attracts each year an increasing number of
readers. The thanks of the museum and the public are due the
women who have established this useful, fitting, and enduring memo-
rial to an esteemed and beloved teacher.
MUSEUM PROPAGANDA.
Attendance.
A ready and simple means of extending the influence of the
museum and making it an effective medium for public education is
found in the encouragement of people, young and old, to visit and
study the collections. Appeals to the interest of the community are
made through special exhibits and frequent use of press items in
regard to the various activities of the museum and the notable
additions. Such publicity is in reality taking the people into con-
fidence. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the readiness of the papers
of the city to actively codperate with the museum officials.
While the limited number of attendants makes it necessary to
restrict the hours of opening to the general public, it is always
possible to make arrangements fcr visits by classes, and for purposes
of special study, at any hour of the day.
The data of general attendance indicate a total of 30,000 visitors
during the year.
Public School Classes.
Every facility is offered for the use of the collections and special
exhibits by the pupils of the public schools. It is especially desired
that teachers should bring classes and feel the utmost freedom in
thus supplementing the work of the class room. Thus far, however,
one must acknowledge that patronage of this nature has fallen short ~
of expectation. In a community like Springfield, where all means
of instruction are so highly valued, it is to be hoped that there will
be increasing advantage taken of the resources of the museum.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. t
Teachers are asked to keep in mind the invitation of the Curator,
and also to suggest any way in which the schools may be better
served.
The figures for attendance by classes are as follows :—
Gr mIRCHOOIS pao ya ste aya volte dtalcie fajaiers ela aee acaidig ie, 6. 4 ora aye) 4 44
Se Ge ls OMNES UG VEL LW «eile iat Beds. oa ey ngs aie, 6, +e) pees olan, e(bys ey aie)\ae 18
RING Fee arerreeta eNet RS ered ola ta bGwatre Dacha anid outab es e's Scalia eile 8 6 62
Total number of pupils, 1047.
A loss from the attendance of last year is shown.
Loan Collections.
An extension of the work of the museum in making up and
distributing loan collections to the schools is greatly to be desired.
The results from the small beginnings of such effort show large
possibilities. There are many phases which this kind of service to
the children may assume. Special exhibits may be correlated with
some line of study, or with topics of popular discussion, such as
volcanic action, when Vesuvius or Aetna are in restless mood; Arctic
exploration, when an explorer returns or departs; new enterprises in
agriculture or engineering; and improvements in lawns and home
gardens. Intelligent loyalty to any cause among school children is
one of the best methods of securing progress, and museum exhibits
may be used to promote such devotion to civic betterment.
Lectures.
The personal influence exerted by the lecturer multiplies the
significance and value of specimens. Vague and desultory attention
on the part of the observer is transformed into ordered, persistent,
scientific study. Furthermore, the listener is encouraged and directed
in systematic application. Several lectures have been given with
gratifying results during the past year. The list is as follows:—
March 19, 1910. Lewis B. Allyn, professor of chemistry in
Westfield State Normal School, on “Chemistry and Twentieth Century
Superstition.”
April 15,1910. Talk on “Arrangement and Classification of Birds
in the Museum,” by the Assistant Curator.
April 30, 1910. Lecture on “Birds” by Ernest Harold Baynes,
for the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
8 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Scientific Societies.
The museum promotes the pursuit of studies in natural history
by the facilities it affords for the meetings of organizations engaged
in scientific research. An unusually strong and progressive body is
the Botanical Society, which maintains a regular annual program of
talks and lectures, and also conducts excursions and rambles for the
study of local flora, as the season and weather permit.
An important gathering was that of the New England Federation
of Natural History Societies, which met at the museum by invitation
of the Botanical Society for a two-days’ session—September 24 and
25, 1909. The program included lectures by authorities on various
phases of natural history; exhibits of plants, animals, and minerals;
a social gathering; and an excursion to Mount Tom.
The influence of such societies and meetings is by no means
limited to the membership, but is felt in an increased interest in
natural science throughout the community.
On June 1, 1809, a local committee was appointed to codperate
with the Audubon Society in taking measures for the protection of
birds.
Classes.
A direct mode of instruction is that afforded by organized class
work. Two lines have been followed during the past year:—
Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, supervisor of nature study in the public
schools, has conducted a series of exercises for teachers on topics
in mineralogy and ornithology, with an average attendance of 25.
The Assistant Curator has given during the winter and spring
a course of 12 lessons in mineralogy, in which there was an enroll-
ment of 54 students.
Special Exhibits.
A wise administrator in museum matters takes note of the devices
used in the business world to attract and hold patronage. Variety
and change are essential to good advertising. Advantage may be
taken of any particular popular interest. Articles which, in their
wonted place on the shelves, would pass unnoticed, when grouped
in a new arrangement, at once attract attention, and increase attend-
ance. For several years the practice has been followed of exhibiting
flowers in their season, and birds according to their migration. Such
combinations may be effected on many lines.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 9
Among the special exhibits of the year, mention should be made of
the Icelandic collection of W. S. C. Russell, the group of winter
birds, a collection of galls, of seeds, of the flora of the region, and
of spiders. These displays were made in connection with the meeting
of the New England Federation of Natural History Societies.
A new departure of moment has been made the past year in
cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History of New
York city, through the good offices and generosity of Nathan D. Bill.
A number of articles from the Arctic regions, used or collected by
the Peary party, have been displayed in the main hall for several
weeks. Advantage has been taken of the popular interest in the
search for the North Pole, and this interest has been directed aiong
lines of further study and research so as to lead to reading of books
on Arctic exploration, on the Eskimos, and on the physical geography
of the regions traversed by Peary and his companions. In April the
museum was opened on Saturday evening for the benefit of those
who could not otherwise see the exhibit. The success of this venture
on the part of the museum warrants a repetition of the experiment
along other lines, and just as the American Museum of Natural
History, out of its treasures, aids greatly the work of smaller insti-
tutions by putting at their disposal such loan collections, so this
museum may do a like service for towns and villages in its vicinity
and thus foster nature study, promote the work of the public schools,
enrich individual lives, and broaden community outlook.
The Fiftieth Anniversary.
Due recognition is to be made of the completion of half a century
of work by this department of the association. An historical sketch
of the early beginnings of the collections, and their steady progress
in size and quality, with a description of the several quarters pro-
vided for the museum, and an account of the steps whereby the
present Science Building was secured, together with personal notes
on those who have contributed’ time, energy, and money to the
upduilding of the institution, has been prepared for publication. An
informal reception is to be held at the Science Building after the
annual meeting of the association, and in the evening a lecture open
to the public will be given by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, the noted traveler
and naturalist, on “Wild Animals of Africa,” at the Central High
School.
10 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The Outlook for the Museum.
Such an occasion as the opening of the second fifty years of
activity naturally suggests some forecast of the probable trend of the
service the museum is to render in the future, and the part it is to
play among the other industrial, educational, and social forces in the
community.
One may confidently look for larger provision in the collections of
material bearing on the commercial and manufacturing interests of
the city and surrounding country. An equipment illustrating the raw
material of the textile, paper, metal, and other local trades, the
different stages in bringing such material to the completed fabric or
article, with examples of the best productions of other localities and
countries, could be used as a basis for lectures and class work
through which intelligence, skill, and pride in their calling could be
developed among artisans. Clerks and salesmen also profit greatly,
and increase their efficiency by accurate knowledge of the materials
with which they have to do. Many specimens in botany, under the
head of fibers, are now available for such instruction. Much, also,
may be done in teaching some approaches to scientific agriculture,
and the museum may be made a center for spreading a knowledge of
modern methods of plant culture, and protection against insects and
other enemies. In such a way the use of government publications
may be greatly extended. These practical courses in the museum
will supplement the service the public schools are rendering in their
departments of trade, technical, and commercial instruction. The
Commercial Museum of Philadelphia illustrates the possibilities of
such a department.
In the more strictly educational field, the museum is already doing
much, but by no means reaching as wide a constituency as is desirable.
The class work is comparatively meager, and imperfectly organized.
University extension methods should be used on a generous scale.
Instructors of acknowledged ability could be secured from neighboring
colleges to conduct classes in botany, zodlogy, geology, and min-
eralogy. The unit course might be fixed at six exercises, with the
understanding that where the subject warranted the number of les-
sons could be increased to 12 or 18. With the specimens at hand for
illustration, the use of the excursion to study the country, and the
abundance of books of reference available in the Catharine L.
Howard and main library, only the zeal and application of the
students would limit the results. Popular lectures constitute another
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means of museum extension only partially exploited. It is super-
fluous to say that such an educational program attains fullest success
when there is hearty cooperation between schools, colleges, and scien-
tific organizations and the museum.
Finally, like any public institution in the democracy, the museum
must be judged by the influence it exerts on the level and standards
of community life; in other words, it must be a social force. The
individual must be helped in his thinking, and led to find greater
satisfaction in the use of all his powers. He must learn to subor-
dinate selfish aims and ambitions to the good of civic organism. Such
an attitude involves the habit of scientific judgment of facts and
conditions. Conclusions should not be based on personal bias, but on
a candid and unprejudiced examination of the many sides of any
situation.
Reforms are slow of progress in a democratic society because of
the long time required to really inform the public, to dispel prejudice,
and to convince the voter of the ultimate advantage all are to gain
from the betterment. Now the museum may in most effective fashion
contribute to this community service, and so take its rightful place
among other agencies in the significant movement to make all knowl-
edge a common possession of the people, and transform Plato’s vision
of a Republic of Letters into the reality of the Democracy of
Learning for all.
WILLIAM ORR, Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1909—May, 1910.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Edwin P. Ball. Fossil fish (2 specimens) from Turners Falls.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Fossil polycystina from Barbadoes.
Emmett J. Goewey. Limonite.
James & Marra. Sandstone from East Longmeadow.
George H. Loomis, Winchester. Stalactite from Bermuda. (Exchange.)
William Orr. Granite from New Harbor, Maine.
William O. Parmenter. Pudding stone from Taunton.
Waterman S. C. Russell. Collection of minerals from Iceland.
Mrs. John E. Witherell, South Worthington. Minerals from mines in Plain-
field and Rowe.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Richard P. Bigelow. Spider.
Nathan D. Bill. Bull moose from Canada.
John Brearley. Milk adder from Northampton.
M. J. Chamberlain, Hastings-upon-Hudson, N. Y. Birds’ eggs.
J. Alden Davis. Spider.
Leo De Montigny. Snake.
James H. Emerton, Boston. Collection of identified spiders.
Jennie and Eunice Johnson. Collection of snakes.
Mrs. Edmund ©. Keyes. Variation of Norway rat.
William Orr. Sea shells from Damariscotta, Maine.
W. Thornton Parker, M.D. American bittern, and blade from a swordfish.
Springfield Republican. Photograph of penguins in the antarctic regions.
Photograph taken by Dr. Frederick Cook, the explorer, when he was a
member of the Belgium expedition. Given to the Republican by Albert
Dwight Smith.
Miss Elizabeth L. Rowell, West Springfield. English starling from West
Springfield.
Stephen D. Sheldon. Northern phalarope from Agawam.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Luman Andrews, Southington, Conn. Extensive collection of herbarium speci-
mens.
Miss Gertrude B. Chaffee. Fan-leaf palm.
Smith B. Fisher. Collection of mounted sea mosses.
George S. Lewis. Specimens of Indian corn and section of wood bearing
fungus growths.
Mrs. F. K. Rood. Tamarind plant.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Charles H. Annable. Bell-metal gong from the old Bates Tavern that for-
merly stood on the southwest corner of State and Main streets.
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Nathan D. Bill. Peary arctic exhibit. (Temporary.) Collection of colonial
relics.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Wedding vest worn by Ebenezer C. Colton about 1840.
Draper Company, Hopedale. Bobbin and shuttle.
Mrs. Charles H. Ginn for Charles H. Ginn. African chief’s robe from Africa.
Osear B. Ireland. Relics from the Hudson-Fulton Celebration.
George 8. Lewis. Picture. Title, ‘‘A Unique Sanscrit Library; Tanjore.”’
Daniel J. Marsh. Relics from the old Bates Tavern that formerly stood on
the southwest corner of Main and State streets.
New England Society of the City of New York. Bronze medal commemorative
of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the society.
W. Thornton Parker, M.D. Apache quiver and arrows.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Hight framed photographs of California
scenery.
Miss Carrie E. Spencer. Colonial documents and pictures.
Springfield Auxiliary of Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association. Utility case
and supplies.
Mrs. John E. Witherell, South Worthington. Colonial lunch basket of metal.
About 100 years old.
Since the lists issued in previous reports, one museum has been added to our
list for exchange of publications, viz.: Yale University Museum, New Haven, Conn.
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PROGRAM FOR 1909-1910.
Darwin’s Contribution to Science. Dr. Walter H. Chapin.
Life of Darwin. Miss E. J. Steele.
Identification of Trees. Dr. George Dimmock.
Darwin’s Fertilization of Orchids. Miss S. E. Booth.
Class Work on Oaks. Miss F. A. Stebbins.
Class Work on Cornus and Viburnums. Mrs. ©. F. Leonard.
Field Day at Mr. E. H. Barney’s.
Fern Day at Mt. Toby.
Identification of Trees.
The Effect of Cross and Self Fertilization. Miss W. S. Sanborn.
Identification of Trees.
The Power of Movement in Plants. Miss J. E. Strong.
Identification of Trees.
Identification of Trees.
Identification of Trees.
The Arnold Arboretum.
Our Native Wild Flowers. Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham.
Botanical Chemistry. Mr. Frank D. Bishop.
Insectivorous Plants. Miss Annie E. Smith.
Botanical Wonders of Former Times. Prof. Frank E. Watson.
Meetings of the New England Federation of Natural History Societies.
Variations in Animals and Plants. Miss Grace Puffer.
Summer Reminiscences. The Members.
Flora of Alaska and the Northwest. Miss F. A. Stebbins.
Excursion to the Berkshires.
Experiences in Guatemala. Miss Grace Smith.
Card Catalogue.
Card Catalogue.
Card Catalogue.
Card Catalogue.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. MARIA L. OWEN, Honorary President.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, President.
Mrs. JESSIE E. ALLEN, Vice-President.
MIss GRACE A. PUFFER, Recording Secretary and Treasurer
ROMAN A. CRANE, Auditor.
Mrs. F. I. W. BURNHAM, Corresponding Secretary.
Dr. GEORGE DIMMOCK, Curator.
Miss ELIZABETH STEELE,
Miss ELIZABETH BOOTH, Executive Committee.
MISS JOSEPHINE STRONG,
Miss WINIFRED S. SANBORN, Chairman Field Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
ROMAN A. CRANE, President.
ASHTON E. HEMPHILL, Vice-President.
Miss ELIZABETH ARNOLD, Secretary and Treasurer.
WALTER G. WHITMAN, Executive Committee.
Springfield Zoological Club.
DR. WALTER H. CHAPIN, President.
ROMAN A. CRANE, Vice-President.
Miss MABEL R. WATSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS,
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Museum of Natural History.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THE MUSEUM oF NATURAL HisTory.—Open every day in the year
(except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25), 2 to 6
from March 21 to September 21; 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
THE CATHARINE L. HOWARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year (except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25), 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from
9 to 12.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Directors and Members of the City Library Association the
curator respectfully presents the seventeenth annual report of the
Museum of Natural History :—
At the last annual meeting of the City Library Association was
commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Museum
of Natural History.
Public observance of the event began with a reception, which
proved to be a delightfully informal social occasion. During the
afternoon hundreds of visitors were welcomed to the building by
officers of the association and their wives, and tea was served in the
Catharine L. Howard Memoria! Library, where guests were welcomed
by officers of that organization.
The building was beautifully decorated for the occasion, especially
in the Howard room; and by the Springfield Botanical Society there
was a choice display of wild flowers.
Another feature of the celebration was the preparation and dis-
tribution of “An Historical Sketch of the Springfield Museum of
Natural History.” ‘This sketch gives an account of the beginnings
and progress of the museum, its present status and purpose, descrip-
tions of its various homes, lists of contributors to building and col-
lections, with illustrations of the first board of trustees and all of the
curators.
In the evening there was a popular lecture by Mr. A. Radclyffe
Dugmore on “Wild Animals of Africa,” to which the public was cor-
dially invited. There was a hearty response to this invitation and
evidence of appreciation of the interesting tales told and illustrated.
Resignation of Mr. William Orr.
With the closing of the first half century in the museum’s history
terminated the curatorship of Mr. William Orr, who resigned follow-
ing his appointment as deputy commissioner for the State Board of
Education, which. appointment involved a change of residence.
The progress and development of the museum during Mr. Orr’s
régime were pronounced, and signify what the City Library Associa-
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 3
tion loses by his departure. His policies were broad, and looked to
the establishment of proper foundations for the future development
of an institution. which has had a strong hold upon his interest and
attention.
Unity of purpose between Mr. Orr and those who have worked
with him and who succeed him assures continuance of procedure
which has brought our museum to its present gratifying proportions,
where it takes its stand with other industrial, educational, and social
forces in the community.
That general prosperity and advancement continue is evinced by
the following accounts of increase in attendance and activities.
Attendance.
An estimate made from recorded attendance indicates that nearly
12,000 more than the usual number of people visited the museum
during this year. Until recently the attendance during the summer
months has been small, and again at the beginning of winter a
decrease has been noticed. Gradually more people have been coming
through July and August, and this past year the forestry exhibit
through October and November appreciably raised the figures; which
increase in a measure continued until the coming of spring, through
which season there is rarely a lull. Sunday brings many people and
Saturday morning opening adds to the list. The estimated general
attendance for the year was 41,291.
Especial Co-operation with the Public Schools.
Forestry Hahibit—For several weeks in the autumn all available
table space in the museum was occupied with a most commendable
forestry exhibit, which was prepared by seventh grade pupils of the
public schools under the direction of Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, super-
visor of nature study.
The preparation of this collection taught the children what for-
estry means, and the fact that it was to be exhibited in a public
place where parents and other citizens would have opportunity to
see what is being accomplished, stimulated pupils and teachers to
their best endeavors.
The work of 11 schools was brought together. Each was assigned
a different subject and consequently from one came an extensive
display of pictures illustrating many phases of proper and improper
lumbering, reforestation, methods of protection against harmful
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effects of insects, disease, and fire. Another displayed sections of
wood and leaves upon which insects were breeding and working;
another, various fungi; others contributed kinds of wood, with draw-
ings of trees and accompanying essays concerning the use of different
species. Fruits were displayed; demonstrations of the absorption of
moisture by various soils were given, and with each were neatly
prepared explanatory labels. Much good from such work must arise,
and surely the coming generation will better understand the vast
importance of conservation.
Teachers’ Meetings.—In connection with the public school study of
natural history a series of teachers’ meetings have been conducted
by the supervisor, Miss Stebbins, who has brought to the attention of
teachers the museum material available for their use.
Classes.—These meetings have resulted in an increased use of the
museum by pupils. Not so many classes with teachers have come as
in some past years, but a constantly increasing number of children
do come for a definite purpese and ask for assistance of the attend-
ants. A certain number of visits, and reports upon observations,
constitute a part of their school work.
An effort is being made to give more individual attention to
children, and there are opportunities for worthy results along this
line.
Museum Publications as Reference Books.—Another method of
codperation is the use of the museum’s publications. Copies of Bulle-
tin No. 2 on “Insect Galls of Springfield and Vicinity” by Miss
Stebbins, which the museum published last year, have been placed
for reference in libraries of the 36 buildings, and the recent publica-
tion, “Birds of Springfield,” is regularly used as a nature notebook.
Co-operation with the Library.
Never have relations between museum and library been closer
than to-day. By displaying books and pictures in connection with
special exhibits, supplying attendants at intervals, and by general
interest and endeavor, the library helps to further every undertaking
of this closely related department.
Free Lectures and Excursions.
The lectures delivered during the year under the auspices of the
museum number 18, and were as follows:—
Course of 10 lectures on geology by Miss Mignon Talbot, professor
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 5)
of geology at Mount Holyoke College, an outline of which is given
in the appendix of this report. These lectures were supplemented
by a series of excursions conducted by Miss Fannie A. Stebbins,
and this field work related directly to what had been considered in
preceding lessons. The course took the form of class work and there
were 35 members, about half of whom were teachers, together with
several physicians and other professional men whose interest increased
as the course progressed.
Under the auspices of the Springfield Volcanic Research Society
and the museum, Prof. Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr., of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology gave a talk on “Volcanoes,” and “The Story
of Messina Earthquake” was given by Mr. Frank A. Perret.
Six lectures on pure foods were delivered by Lewis B. Allyn of
the chemistry department of the State Normal School at Westfield,
Mass. This course, which is outlined elsewhere, was, like the one on
geology, very well attended throughout and by people who intel-
ligently profited by the opportunity. The results and the general
attitude of the audiences indicated that just such courses are wanted
and appreciated.
Affiliated Societies.
An especial effort has been made to attract such societies as have
for their prime interest the consideration of subjects more or less
related to natural history. During the year invitations to meet in
the building have been extended to and accepted by the Springfield
Volcanic Research Society, the Amateur Horticultural Society, and
the Springfield Fish and Game Association. Added to those formerly
making the museum a gathering place, this makes a total of seven
organizations to which the museum extends hospitality.
An exceptionally interesting program is being followed by the
Geological Society, which has become very active after several years
of inactivity. This renewal of interest was brought about by the
stimulus resulting from the museum’s course on local geology and the
supplementary excursions previously mentioned.
A unique organization is the Springfield Voleanic Research Soci-
ety, which has recently become affiliated with the museum. This
society came into existence as a result of Mr. Harold Ley’s interest
in the volcanic investigations being made by Mr. Frank A. Perret at
Vesuvius, Stromboli, Etna, and Teneriffe. Mr. Perret’s work at these
stations and at Messina is teo well known to need relating in this
report. The society began as an informal organization of young busi-
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ness men, whose interest and enthusiasm had been first aroused by
Mr. Ley and stimulated by the coming of Mr. Perret to Springfield.
Mr. Perret’s work has for a considerable time been made possible by
the generous support of these men. Later the members proposed to
gain greater importance for their organization by enlisting the inter-
est of experts everywhere, and making Springfield the international
center for knowledge of volcanoes, earthquakes, and allied phenomena.
Toward this end the society secured affiliation with the Museum of
Natural History and began immediately to establish in this depart-
ment a volcanic collection. Already Mr. Perret has provided for this
a choice series of specimens of bombs, lava, and various minerals
from the volcanic region visited, and added to these are maps and
some of Mr. Perret’s striking photographs and various publications.
The museum had a choice lot of volcanic material from Iceland given
by Mr. Waterman S. C. Russell; also photographs, relief maps, and
specimens from Martinique by Mr. Nathan D. Bill. All put together
make a very creditable showing, and much knowledge could already
be gained from what is now on exhibition in our city. There is strong
interest and enthusiasm back of the project which should do much
to insure its success.
Another organization that has come to the museum this year is the
Springfield Amateur Horticultural Society. Beginning with their
annual meeting, which took the form of a pleasant social gathering
in January, meetings have since been held once a month. It is hoped
in the new home there may be renewed activity and that such fine
exhibits as are a feature of work of kindred organizations in other
cities may be seen in Springfield. The museum would lend itself
admirably to such display, the basement being particularly adapted
to undertakings of this character.
The Springfield Fish and Game Association have had several
evening meetings in the building, and thus have been brought in
many citizens who have not before seen the museum collections. The
birds and the Wesson collection of fishes have proved particularly
interesting on these occasions.
The other societies continue their activities, and altogether there
is a great increase in the results accomplished and the museum is
the center of many fine interests.
Catharine L. Howard Library.
A total of 92 meetings in the Catharine L. Howard Library was
a result of activity of the geology class and other societies, and
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 7
whereas no more satisfactory place could be found for some of these,
the too frequent occupancy for meetings is possible, and prohibits its
designed use as a reference library, which use is also increasing.
Before another year it is hoped a larger room may be had exclu-
sively for such meetings—a room where study collections, chairs, and
tables can be assembled and left from session to session. A lantern
permanently placed and ready for use will be of great assistance in
carrying on the educational work, which is surely developing satis-
factorily.
Publications.
For ten years there have been recorded on the bulletin board
dates of observed bird arrivals within 10 miles of Springfield during
the spring migration. This spring the museum has issued a hand-
book, “Birds of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Vicinity,” in which
is given an average date of arrival made from this 10-years’ record.
In this publication are listed winter birds or permanent residents as
well as migrants. In all there are 150 species and of each some
characteristic mark, motion, or note is given; the average date fol-
lows; then the breeding place, frequency, and size is noted; and blank
columns for new records complete the page.
This publication has found a place in connection with the public
school work and has proved popular generally, and it is hoped thus
to stimulate a greater interest in birds and so promote a better
understanding of their value to mankind through agriculture.
Material for two more bulletins is in preparation and it is expected
that these may be issued during the coming year.
Cataloguing.
Dr. George Dimmock, who has since the beginning of the museum
given to it service of the highest order, is now devoting his time
exclusively to original scientific research. Consequently there has
been a pause in the cataloguing of collections, which he planned and
carried on so efficiently for several years. This work of recording
is of prime importance in such an institution, and it is desirable
that opportunity be found for its proper continuation.
Accessions.
In the larger museums to-day vast amounts are expended in
sending out collecting expeditions. One great advantage of these is
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the first-hand material and exact data obtained. Obviously, such
undertakings are not possible for our museum at present, but to an
unusual extent has it reaped benefits from personal expeditions and
investigations by patrons. The history of the museum for the fifty
years tells of such advantages, and the past year has materially
increased such records.
Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia, who has for many years
made special studies of aboriginal mounds of the southern United
States, has added to his previous gifts a collection of 38 rare pieces
of pottery from mounds and burial places in Arkansas. The entire
collection now constitutes one of the choicest sections in the depart-
ment of archzology and ethnology.
Mr. Waterman S. C. Russell of this city brought back from
Iceland last summer a valuable collection of minerals, rocks, and
voleanic specimens. These added to Mr. Russell’s gift of a year
_ earlier make a fine Icelandic display.
The Springfield Voleanic Research Society’s collection made by
Mr. Frank A. Perret is another received directly from the investi-
gator.
Mr. Luman Andrews is doing the museum a splendid service by
providing a personally collected and prepared herbarium, most of
which represents the flora of Springfield and vicinity. A total of
5,863 specimens have already been donated by this zealous worker,
1,245 coming in this year. With the herbarium is a card catalogue
which furnishes data for “A Preliminary List of the Flora of Spring-
fiéld, Massachusetts,” which will soon be published by the museum.
From Mr. Gilbert H. Montague, formerly of Springfield, a good
series of local geological specimens have been received.
To the display of Philippine woods, interest has been added by
Mr. Frank C. Rice’s gift of a collection of canes made from selected
woods that grow on the Philippine Islands.
Mr. Walter H. Wesson opens a new department, that of fresh-
water food and game fishes of New England, with a gift of 23 extra
fine specimens. To complete this group about as many more species
will be added, and all will be displayed in a 12-foot wall case, which
is also the gift of Mr. Wesson. Through Mr. George H. Graham’s
interest in the subject, Mr. Wesson permitted Denton Brothers of
Wellesley, Mass., to collect and prepare this series, which proves to
be one of the most attractive in the building. A great improvement
over the old-time fishes in alcohol are these lifelike objects, being in
form and color particularly accurate.
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Besides these mounted fishes there are live ones in a good-sized
aquarium given by Mr. Nathan D. Bill, who each year makes some
choice contribution to the museum’s collections.
From Miss Mary A. Booth have been received desirable geological
specimens, also noteworthy additions to the collection of colonial
relics from the Samuel Colton Booth estate. Interesting pictures,
hand-wrought and much prized household utensils, china, pewter
pieces, and toilet articles add to the historic interest of the Booth
exhibit.
Through the efforts of Mr. George S. Lewis the department of
botany is frequently enriched, and to this department the Walter A.
Brown herbarium, given by Mrs. Brown, makes an extensive addi-
tion.
Summary.
The museum has truly become an active agency, with its exhibi-
tions, publications, codperation with public schools, class and_ field
work, lectures, special displays, encouragement of work of scientific
organizations, bulletin notes of matters of current interest, and its
regular daily work of perfecting its collections and general effort to
attract and serve the public. The results, while comparatively mea-
ger, are vast considering the means, and a review of the year’s work
creates a sense of satisfaction and a greater realization of what is
possible for the future.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON, Curator.
Outlines of Lecture Courses.
Ten lectures on “Local Geology” by Dr. Mignon Talbot :—
November 11 and 18: Original rock structure of this region;
formation of the “Connecticut Valley Trough”; deposition of the
Triassic sandstones and lava sheets.
December 2 and 9: Carving out of the present rock floor of the
valley by streams.
December 16 and January 6: Work of the glacier in deepening
the valley, lowering the ridges, and depositing loose material.
January 13 and 20: Retreat of the ice sheet, and formation of
the stratified sands and clays with overwash of sands and pebbles.
January 27 and February 3: Subsequent stream work; develop-
ment of terraces; work of the wind.
There was an interposed lecture on “Hypotheses of the Earth’s
Origin.”
Six lectures on “Pure Food” by Lewis B. Allyn:—
December 7, 1910: Social value of food.
December 21, 1910: What may a man drink? (Upper Hall,
Central High School.)
January 4, 1911: Kitchen tests for the purity of food products.
January 18, 1911: Use and abuse of food preservatives.
February 1, 1911: Social aspects of the Food and Drug act.
February 15, 1911: Lest anything too much be done.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1910—MaAy, 1911.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Diatomaceous earths.
Walter H. Chapin, M.D. Concretion from Chicopee Shales, Brightwood.
T. Nelson Dale, Pittsfield. Schist from summit of Mt, Greylock. Beach
pebbles from mica schist, Washington, Mass.
Sherman F. Denton, Wellesley. Minerals from Nova Scotia, New Zealand,
and Australia.
Gilbert H. Montague, New York City. Oollection of Connecticut Valley
geological specimens,
Mrs. Herbert Myrick. Agates and malachite.
William O. Parmenter. Collection of minerals.
Waterman §S. ©. Russell. Volcanic specimens from Iceland.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Nathan D. Bill. Aquarium.
Walter H. Chapin, M.D. Nest of yellow warbler.
J. Alden Davis. Cockroaches.
Richards Emerson. Starfish.
William S. Fowler. Loon, from near Greenfield, Maine.
Edward S. Hitchcock. Goldfish.
Jacob Jacobs. Fox sparrow from Springfield.
Gilbert Randall, Chester, Vt. Northern red squirrel, Chester, Vt.
Miss Nellie M. Starr, Wilbraham. Woodcock.
Walter H. Wesson. Collection of New England fresh-water food and
game fishes; also a 12-foot wall case for this collection.
Purchased. Brown-tail moths, collection of birds.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Luman Andrews, Southington, Conn. One thousand, two hundred and
forty-nine herbarium specimens.
Mrs. Walter A. Brown. The Walter A. Brown herbarium.
Mrs. F. I. W. Burnham. English hawthorn tree from Long Hill.
William F. Gale. Section of sycamore from North Main street.
Robert O. Morris. Red pine.
Frank ©. Rice. Canes made from hardwoods of the Philippine Islands.
Frank S. Smith. lLady’s slipper (abnormal form) from Suffield, Conn.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND,
For Mrs. Horace F. Boardman. Handmade handkerchiefs of linen and
pifia cloth.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Extensive collection of colonial relics.
Family of Chief Justice Chapman. Letter signed by John Brown.
Miss E. S. Hawkes. Cast of tablet bearing the Assyrian account of the
Deluge.
Clarence B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa. Thirty-eight pieces of Southern
pottery.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. Herbert Myrick. Collection of sea shells, curios, and minerals.
Mrs. Walter H. Wesson. Collection of geological and botanical specimens
and curios.
Scientific publications have been received from :—
Robert A. Clark, M.D.
T. Nelson Dale of Pittsfield.
Chester T. Stockwell, D.D.S.
Names of several societies have been added to our list for exchange of
publications.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Maria L. OWEN, Honorary President.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, President.
FRANK D. BISHOP, Vice-President.
Miss GrAcE A. PUFFER, Recording Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss NELLIE A. DwicHut, Auditor.
Miss §. ELIZABETH BooTH, Corresponding Secretary and Curator of
Herbarium.
Miss ELIZABETH STEELE, Chairman of Executive Committee.
FRANK D. BISHOP, Chairman of Field Committee.
springfield Geological Club.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, President.
Dr. WALTER H. CHAPIN, Vice-President.
Miss S. ELIZABETH BOOTH, Secretary and Treasurer.
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Dr. WALTER H. CHAPIN, President.
ROMAN A. CRANE, Vice-President.
Miss MABEL R. WATSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, j :
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Hours of Opening.
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HistTorRy.—Open every day in the year
(except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25), 2 to 6
from March 21 to September 21; 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
THE CATHARINE L. HOWARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year (except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25), 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from
9 to 12.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Members of the City Library Association the curator
respectfully presents the eighteenth annual report of the Museum of
Natural History :—
While the province of all natural history museums is the same
in general, each to fulfill its opportunity must proceed in accordance
with the needs of its community. Thus arises the importance of
understanding these needs and meeting them.
Realization of what is wanted of our museum is not a recent
development. Each year’s consideration of what is sought makes
stronger the conviction that its collections are equipment or tools that
can only be put to the fullest use in connection with regular and sus-
tained courses of instruction. The experiences of the past year
wholly strengthen such conviction and invite a survey of what are our
implements, to what extent are they used, and how can means be
found to extend their uses.
The Catharine L. Howard Library.
The advantages of having an excellent reference library directly
connected with the museum are obvious. Appreciation of its benefits
constantly increases. Notable additions during the past year, such
as the New International Encyclopedia; published results of scientific
research in astronomy, geology, botany, and zodlogy, put into the
hands of all, some of the best to be had along these lines, and the
recent gift of $1,000 from Miss Jessie Fellowes Tapley, an alumna
of the school, enlarges such possibilities. The founders of the library
welcome its freest use, and added to this is the most cordial helpful-
ness from the city library and its staff which makes complete the
equipment for reference work.
Collections.
Healthful growth in every department is steadily going on and in
the botanical section during the past year have particularly notice-
able results been achieved. The association has a great benefactor
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in Mr. Luman Andrews of Southington, Conn., whose first gifts were
received in 1898. Since that time mention has frequently been made
of additions from him. To-day as a result of his endeavors our
museum may claim the distinction of possessing an herbarium that
stands among the finest in Western Massachusetts. Mr. Andrews
has collected, prepared, and given 7,648 specimens of plants of this
region, and especially collected and catalogued 723 plants growing
within the limits of this city. While this completes the bulk of the
work needed to make the collection represent our flora, Mr. Andrews
is still laboring indefatigably to perfect it. What such accessions
provide for the present generation, it is needless to say; their inter-
est and value to the changed Springfield of the future may be inferred.
With this collection Mr. George S. Lewis’s systematically growing
department of woods, fibers, seeds, and by-products furnishes equip-
ment the importance of which is apparent.
By two other collectors, Mr. Frank A. Perret and Mr. Waterman
S. C. Russell, voleanic and geological collections are keeping pace with
the others. Mr. Perret for the Springfield Volcanic Research Scciety
has presented material from Vesuvius and Kilauea this year, and
Mr. Russell has added to his previous gifts of specimens from Ice-
landic volcanoes, until our voleanic exhibit may well take its place
as one of importance and rarity.
Mr. Russell’s gift of choice minerals is enriching another depart-
ment and supplying specimens from comparatively inaccessible regions.
For illustrative purposes and for study collections to be used in
connection with geological courses here are type specimens.
For another department the same kind of work is being done by
Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia, an eminent collector of
archeological and ethnological material from aboriginal mounds of
the southern states. Ornaments, pottery, and various implements
have recently been received, and with previous accessions constitute
a collection of exceptional value. The space available for the col-
lections in this department is already less than a third of what is
actually needed for their display.
For the colonial section pictures of early Springfield have been
given by Mrs. William B. Walker, whose gift also includes other
relics. In the department of zodlogy, Mr. Walter H. Wesson has
increased his collection of New England fresh water food and game
fishes to an extent that makes it more than ever a distinctive feature
of the museum. This exhibit appeals to a part of the public that
apparently has not been reached by any other.
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Another section, that of birds, is to be vastly enriched by the
addition of selected series of North American birds from the famous
bird-skin collection of Dr. Jonathan Dwight, of New York, one of the
leading ornithologists of this country, whose collection contains about
30,000 specimens. Additions from this authoritative source, with the
well-mounted birds and bird groups that have previously been sup-
plied by Mr. Gurdon Bill, Mr. Robert O. Morris, Mr. Robert M. Wal-
lace, and others, establishes a bird collection far beyond what is
ordinarily possessed by the smaller museums, and furnishes abundant
material of the best quality for study purposes.
Donors.
Glancing at the list of donors one is impressed with the generosity
of benefactors from various parts of the country, who are volun-
tarily building up our collections. In the past year alone are recorded
gifts that represent extensive scientific investigations of eminent
workers.
Lectures, Class Work, and Excursions.
Present limitations are the only regrettable features connected
‘with this work. It is the unfailing appreciation of courses provided,
and the earnestness with which they are pursued, that brings con-
viction of what should go hand in hand with the possession of such
superior equipment so generously supplied.
The excellent course in botany by Prof. A. Vincent Osmun of the
Amherst Agricultural College was followed by requests for con-
tinuation of the same subject another year. A course in astronomy
has several times been suggested.
The bird talks by Miss Fannie Stebbins and the lecture by Prof.
C. F. Hodge of Worcester gave much satisfaction to good-sized
audiences of bird lovers.
A theater full of delighted children heard the illustrated lecture
on “Wild Life in Action,” so generously provided by Mr. Nathan
D. Bill and Mr. Richard E. Follette, the lecturer.
Class Room.
A larger class room equipped with a good stereopticon lantern
has recently been made available. This is progress in the right
direction, and in a measure supplies what has been much needed.
Another room in the Blake house has made possible the establish-
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ment and more general use of the psychological apparatus secured
by the museum several years ago and until this spring used exclu-
sively in the Central High School. This apparatus is now placed, and
preparations made for interesting experimental work under the direc-
tion of Dr. George E. Dawson for the coming year. The possession
of a lantern opens up a number of possibilities and outlines for sev-
eral series of illustrated lectures are already prepared for the
autumn. .
Co-operation with Public Schools.
Close relationship continues between the museum and the public
schools. Results of school gardening are displayed in the building.
The autumn exhibit of corn and potatoes raised by the children was
commendable and brought pupils with their parents to the building.
For the best products the museum awarded prizes and so encouraged
future efforts.
Class work and lectures provide instruction that teachers use in
their daily work, and special exhibits, planned to supplement school
work, are closely observed by teachers.
Societies.
Activity among affiliated societies has been gratifying. The newly
formed bird club now has a membership of about 100. This club is
named after Dr. J. A. Allen of New York, who was formerly of
Springfield and identified with this museum. Besides the indoor work
frequent field meetings have been enthusiastically attended.
Field work of the geological society members results in specimens
from local geological formations being brought in for consideration
at following meetings.
The renewed activity of the Springfield Amateur Horticultural
Society, since affiliation with the museum, is another cause for con-
gratulation, and is met with public approval. Membership is increas-
ing, helpful talks and discussion of horticultural subjects are regularly
furnished, and a good beginning has been made for a series of
flower shows. For this purpose the museum is finding ways to adapt
itself.
Attendance.
There is tangible evidence of the interest the museum has for the
public. There is quick response to notices of special attractions or
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exhibits. An estimate of attendance indicates that about 40,000
people came to the building the past year.
The exact average of Sunday attendance is 122. Here is an
opportunity. If a good-sized lecture room conveniently joined the
main exhibition rooms, many of these Sunday visitors who are at
leisure and in a mood to be interested, would gladly take advantage
of brief educational talks on the miracles of nature and science. It
is but a comparatively small increase of funds for extension and
additional assistance that will make it possible to reach out in these
practical ways.
Summary.
The exceptional features recorded for the year are large additions
to the collections, formation of new natural history societies and
revival of old ones, good courses of lectures, more than the usual
number of special exhibits, and the addition of a lecture room with
apparatus. Much has been done in readjusting and systematizing
material, and a better understanding of ways to reach the public has
been acquired. With this better preparation and with equipment of
superior quality, only funds are needed for even greater accomplish-
ment and service.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON, Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1911—May, 1912.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Walter H. Chapin, M.D. Glacier-marked Chicopee shale from Springfield, and sand-
stone with carbonized vegetable matter from Indian Orchard.
George M. P. Holt. Coquina from east coast of Florida.
William O. Parmenter. Collection of minerals.
Frank A. Perret for the Springfield Voleanic Research Society. Collection of volcanic
specimens from Vesuvius and Kilauea in Hawaii.
George Dwight Pratt. Cross section of column of Chicopee shale from shaft made for
plunger of elevator in the tower of Municipal group. Taken December 8,1911, from
210 feet below Court Square.
Waterman S. C. Russell. Collection of voleanic specimens, fossils, and minerals from
Iceland.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Edward Chapin. Snails for the aquarium.
David Grimshaw. Barn swallow’s nest.
Mrs. Eleanor Hale, from the James Tyler Ames estate in Chicopee. Whalebone, turtle
shells, and sea feather.
Milan E. Hawkins. Shell of nine-banded armadillo; also starfish and seashells.
Mrs. Warren T. Hitcheock. Collection of foreign birds.
Robert O. Morris. Human bones, possibly Indian, from Longmeadow.
Leslie A. Newell. Hummingbird’s nest.
William C. Newell. Tortoise shell turtle.
W. Thornton Parker, M.D. Great horned owl, and prairie dog from New Mexico.
Gertrude Robinson. One butterfly.
Walter H. Wesson. Extensive additions to the Wesson collection of New England
fresh-water food and game fishes, including a Chinook salmon from Lake Sunapee,
N. H.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Luman Andrews. Extensive additions to the Luman Andrews herbarium, and card
catalog of Springfield plants.
Mrs. Eleanor Hale, from the James Tyler Ames estate in Chicopee. Brazilian gourd.
Kibbe Brothers Company. Cocoanuts of unusual size.
Miss Ciaribel H. Smith. Collection of pressed plants.
Peter Smith. Fungus growth.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Clarence B. Moore, of Philadelphia. Collection of pottery, jars, ear ornaments, and
discs made from fragments of pottery, from mounds in Arkansas.
John F. O’Connor. Arrow point from Springfield.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. L. A. Atwood. Miniature Italian water buckets.
W. E. Dickinson. Picture of General Lafayette’s house at Moodna, N. Y.
George S. Lewis. Series of pictures of machines used in spinning and weaving.
Mrs. William B. Walker. Collection consisting of pictures of early Springfield, colonial
relics, coins, seashells, and birds’ eggs, also 19 colored plates of birds by Alexander
Pope, Jr.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Mrs. Maria L. OWEN, Honorary President.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS,«President.
MIss WINIFRED SANBORN, Vice-President.
MISs GRACE A. PUFFER, Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss NELLIE A. DwicHt, Auditor.
Miss ELIZABETH J. STEELE, Chairman of Executive Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
Miss FANNIE A. STEBBINS, President.
Dr. WALTER H. CHAPIN, Vice-President.
Miss MABEL A. Coss, Secretary and Treasurer.
Mrs. GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON, : :
Aston E, HEMPHILL, | Executive Committee.
Allen Bird Club.
Rev. HERBERT E. THAYER, President.
CHARLES H. HARDIE, Vice-President.
Miss EFFIE M. WILCOX, Secretary-Treasurer.
GEORGE B. AFFLECK,
Miss RACHEL PHELPS, | reat Committee.
Miss RepeccA L. HARDING,
Springfield Volcanic Research Society.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
HERBERT P. MyRICcK, Vice-President.
HAROLD A. Lry, Treasurer.
ASHTON E. HEMPHILL, Assistant Treasurer.
ALLEN L. APPLETON, Clerk.
FRANK A. PERRET, Volcanologist.
WATERMAN S. C. RUSSELL, Secretary.
Dr. WALTER H. CHAPIN, Curator.
Springfield Amateur Horticultural Society.
ANDREW J. GRIFFIN, President.
Mrs. A. C. BARKER, First Vice-President.
C. L. Stmons, Second Vice-President.
Mrs. GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON, Secretary.
JOSEPH AUMER, Treasurer.
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Museum of Natural History.
In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
Tus Museum or Natura History.—Open every day in the year
(except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25), 2 to 6
from March 21 to September 21; 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
Tue CaTHARINE L. Howarp Memoriau Liprary or ScleNcE.—Open
every day in‘the year (except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25), 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from
9 to 12.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
GRACE Pettis JOHNSON.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Members of the City Library Association the curator
respectfully presents the nineteenth annual report of the Museum
of Natural History:—
Extension of work along scientific lines has this year been in psychol-
ogy. By providing apparatus and a room in the Blake house, it has
been possible for the association to further Dr. George E. Dawson’s
investigations of causes that lead to children’s failures in their school
work. Such investigations in Springfield, undertaken at the request of
Superintendent of Schools, Dr. James H. Van Sickle, and gratuitously
by Dr. Dawson, began last October and have continued through the
year. Additional apparatus, provided by the school department, has
been installed in what is now a fairly well equipped psychological labora-
tory. Here, by appointment, teachers or parents bring children who
present problems of any kind that center in their education—whether
these problems grow out of mental backwardness, precocity, or speciali-
zation of ability. By physical and mental tests three lines of inquiry
are pursued: first, to determine the children that have mental defects
of such character as to make them unfit for the public school work, and
to indicate what care and training should be given them; second, to
determine the children whose failures are due to some physical handi-
cap and to suggest such home or school regime, or such medical treat-
ment, as may seem advisable; and, third, to determine the children
whose mental or nervous constitutions are not suited to the ordinary
school curriculum, and to suggest what modifications can be made in
their behalf. The children tested this year are as follows:—
(a) School children referred by teachers..................81
(b) School children referred by parents................. ae
(c) School children referred by probation officers. ......... 3
Total 89
With the year’s work two free public lectures have been given, with
the general subject, ‘Human Minds; Their Different Qualities and
Their Needs.”’? The attendance at these indicated a keen interest in
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 3
the subject of vocational guidance and the whole modern attempt to
apply science to the arts of life. This work, which enters into the
policy of co-operation with the public schools, is to be continued and
extended.
Co-operation with the Schools.
Other forms of co-operation are class work, nature study exhibits,
teachers’ meetings, and preparation of study collections.
Aside from the coming of classes to the museum for general observa-
tion, thirty have come with their teachers for regular teaching exer-
cises, or special instruction in the following subjects: physical geog-
raphy, geology, botany, physiology, ornithology, and drawing. Most
of the classes have come from the high schools, and during recitation
periods, the various divisions frequently using the museum as a
school for the full session from 8:30 to 1 o’clock.
Such use of the museum has this year been carried to a greater
extent and conducted more successfully than in any previous year.
For two weeks in January there was the annual exhibition of
work done in the nature study department of the public schools. It
was an extensive display showing good results of work by 7th and 9th
grade pupils in forestry, civic and domestic hygiene, and local geology.
This exhibit noticeably increased the attendance and attracted school
superintendents and teachers from several cities.
Other co-operative features are additions to study collections of
minerals made up from duplicate material and sent to the grades, and
occasional teachers’ meetings at the museum under the direction of
the supervisor of nature study, who also interests teachers and pupils
to become exhibitors at the monthly flower shows.
Another edition of the museum’s Bird Book, with a few additions
to the list of birds, has been printed this year. The 1400 copies
issued two years ago were eagerly sought and since the new supply
of 1500 came in early March, 225 copies have been sold. This little
manual is still regularly used in the schools.
Lectures and Meetings of Societies.
One hundred and eleven meetings of various organizations have
been held at the museum or Blake Hall since May Ist, 1912.
The advantages of having a lecture room and stereopticon were
not overestimated in last year’s forward look. In this place for
assembling, thirty lectures on scientific subjects have been given,
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and at practically all of these the new lantern has been used. The
room is well adapted to such uses and the stereopticon is an excel-
lent instrument easily operated by home talent.
The lectures included two courses, one of eleven in botany, which
was a continuation of last year’s work directed by A. Vincent Osmun,
of the Massachusetts Agricultural College; and another of six lectures
on practical uses of electricity by Howard C. Kelly of the Central
High School. They were well attended and wholly satisfactory.
The Allen Bird Club has many times during the year filled the
room with enthusiastic audiences.
The Geological Society continues investigations of local geolog-
ical history, and for this and other affiliated organizations no effort is
spared to make available the many advantages that the museum can
offer.
Flower Shows.
Perhaps none have been more responsive than the Springfield
Amateur Horticultural Society. Accepting the museum’s hospitality a
year and a half ago, the society has effected a revival of its flower
shows which were once famous events in Springfield. During 1912 five
were held in the basement of the building, which had previously been
used but for storage purposes. The place has proved very satisfactory,
as have these first flower displays which grew in size and quality as
they progressed. The work to be continued this year is undertaken
with renewed interest. Although members have worked zealously to
bring to pass this revival of interest, the Springfield Republican is the
true source of inspiration, following the society’s first announcement of
plans with an offer of free advertising and cash for prizes to the extent
of $140.00 for theseason. For 1913 the amount offered is $200.00, and
it is expected that as a result of this increase and of the impetus given
by last year’s successes, the exhibition room will be filled with flowers
for the shows that are made after gardens are well established.
Attendance.
These attractions have brought many people to the museum. In-
creasing duties have made it practically impossible to keep exact
statistics of attendance, but a careful estimate indicates an increase
over the past record of 42,000 persons. The exact average of Sunday
attendance is 141 persons, an increase over last year’s average, which
was 122.
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Gifts.
Each accession from Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia gives
renewed cause for congratulation that the museum is favored by a
donor of such choice material. The gift received in July must be of
the finest material this eminent collector has taken from aboriginal
mounds of the southern states. Various implements, amulets, pend-
ants, beads of shell, slender pins of bone, and ear plugs of earthenware,
are of such unusual fineness that this collection, it would seem, must
contain material rarely equaled.
To Mr. Luman Andrews of Southington, Conn., we acknowledge
with appreciation this year’s addition of over 1500 herbarium speci-
mens, which, added to previous gifts, makes a total of 10,000 carefully
chosen representatives of our flora. This accession consists of pressed
plants collected and prepared by a thorough botanist who for years has
given lavishly of his time and efforts to secure for this museum a
herbarium which ranks with the best in New England.
Another important donation has been made by Mr. Frank A.
Perret for the Springfield Volcanic Research Society. The set of 118
photographs comprising this gift are Mr. Perret’s excellent work for
which he was awarded a gold medal at the 1911 International Exhibi-
tion at Rome. As a complement of the museum’s unique volcanic
exhibit the value of these photographs is inestimable.
The museum is fortunate indeed to have enlisted the interest
of so notable an ornithologist as Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., of New
York, from whom has been received the first installment of selected
series of North American birds from the donor’s rare collection. In
this gift are 158 specimens, which with following accessions will be
placed in metal cases, also the gift of Dr. Dwight.
Miss Mary A. Booth has placed with the Samuel Colton Booth
collection some of Arizona’s best specimens of silicified wood.
Mr. Walter H. Wesson’s collection of New England fishes is a little
nearer perfection by the addition of a few more choice specimens; and
from Mr. Nathan D. Bill a miscellaneous collection, consisting of
Japanese models and domestic articles, with Indian baskets and im-
plements, furnishes important additions to several departments.
These gifts for the year add to the museum a large number of
specimens of superior quality for display. Where to display them has
become a problem. For several years a process of substitution has in
a measure met the need of space. Now, however, even by such means
it is increasingly difficult to make valuable material available for pub-
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lic attention. These conditions point to the need of considering ex-
pansion which will soon become a necessity.
The Catharine L. Howard Library.
This spring celebrates the 50th anniversary of the founding of
the Howard School for girls in this city. This school during its
twenty-seven years under direction of Miss Howard, left a strong
impress on the lives of many young women who, fourteen years ago,
established in the Science building, the Catharine L. Howard Memo-
rial Library of Science, a well chosen tribute to their teacher ‘‘in grati-
tude for the beauty of her character and the inspiration of her life.’’
This reference library, the advantages of which are free to all
persons, meets a real need and is of untold public benefit.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON, Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 1912—May, 19138.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Miss Mary A. Booth. Specimens of silicified wood, and ‘Arizona rubies” from
Adamana, Arizona.
James E. Chapin. Collection of minerals.
Walter H. Chapin, M. D. Collection of fossils from ear ge Holyoke, and vicinity.
Miss Ruth E. McIntire. Minerals from Dakota.
Miss Eva Louise Miller. Volcanic specimens.
Francis Napolitan. Fossils from Ohio.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
J. Alden Davis. Short-tailed shrew, Springfield.
Francis D. Foot. Canada jay, Maine.
George H. Graham. Fish for aquarium.
Robert O. Morris. Additions to the collections of mounted birds.
Marion Naylor. Goldfish for aquarium.
Sherwood Tracy. Northern flicker, Springfield.
Walter H. Wesson. Trout from Moosehead Lake, and muskalonge from Lake Cham-
plain.
Mrs. Juvenea Williams. Alligator skin.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Luman Andrews, Southington, Ct. 1519 herbarium sheets.
Walter H. Chapin, M. D. Herbarium specimens. “
Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., New York. Extensive collection of bird skins.
George M. P. Holt. Collection of Florida woods.
Mrs. Isabel E. Kelly. Growing plants.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Nathan D. Bill. Collection of Indian baskets, Japanese and other curios.
William H. Fewell, Cambridge, Mass. Historical documents.
Clarence B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa. Collections from aboriginal mounds of southern
states, containing implements, ornaments, and human bones.
Robert O. Morris. Indian implements from the vicinity of Springfield.
William J. Quilty. Fragment of wood from Battleship Maine.
Mrs. J. E. Witherell, South Worthington, Mass. Colonial relics.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Frank A. Perret for the Springfield Volcanic Research Society. 118 photographs
illustrating volcanic activity.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Miss Fannie A. STEBBINS, President.
Miss WINIFRED SANBORN, Vice-President.
Miss Grace A. Purrer, Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss Neuure A. Dwieut, Auditor.
Miss EvizaABpetH J. STEELE, Chairman of Executive Committee.
Springfield Geological Club.
Miss FanniE A. STEBBINS, President.
Dr. WaLteR H. Cuapin, Vice-President.
Miss A. Maprt Coss, Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss Mary Cuune,
GrorGcE B. AFFLECK, | Executive Committee.
Miss Sara E. CHASE,
Allen Bird Club.
Grorce B. AFFLECK, President.
JoHN F. Simons, Vice-President.
Miss Errrz M. Witucox, Secretary-Treasurer.
Miss Grace A. PUFFER,
Miss Ipa RoBBIns, | Executive Committee.
CHARLES H. HArpIiE,
Springfield Volcanic Research Society.
NaTtTHAN D. BIL, President.
HersBert P. Myrick, Vice-President.
Haroup A. Ley, Treasurer.
AsHTON I. HEMPHILL, Assistant Treasurer.
ALLEN L. APPLETON, Clerk.
FRANK A. PERRET, Volcanologist.
WATERMAN §. C. RUSSELL, Secretary.
Dr. Water H. Cuapin, Curator.
Springfield Amateur Horticultural Society.
J. ALDEN Davis, President.
ANDREW J. GriFFIn, First Vice-President.
CHARLES CANDRIAN, Second Vice-President.
Mrs. Grace Prertis JOHNSON, Secretary.
JosEPH AUMER, Treasurer.
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In the Science Building.
Hours of Opening.
THe Musrum or Naturaut History.—Open every day in the year
(except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25), 2 to 6
from March 21 to Sebtember 21; 1 to 5 from September 22
to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
THE CATHARINE L. Howarp MermoriAaL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE.—Open
every day in the year (except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and
December 25), 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5
from September 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from
9 to 12.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History.
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON.
Museum of Natural History.
Report of the Curator.
To the Members of the City Library Association the curator
respectfully presents the twentieth annual report of the Museum of
Natural History :—
This year marks an epoch in the museum’s history. Twenty years
ago a beginning was made toward preparing, for display in the new
Art Building, the natural history collection then housed in the old library
building. It was the commencement of a period of rapid growth, and
five years later came the museum’s important event—establishment in
a home of its own. In this new building growth has continued, activities
have developed, and fruitful efforts have been made to generally extend
the usefulness of an institution which is to-day a conspicuous factor of
the city’s advantages. During the past year gifts of importance have
been received. The addition of these to a collection which last year
seemed to fill the building brings nearer the time when you who are
mindful of the museum’s needs will provide for its progress. A recent
appraisal of these collections commercially places the value of the whole
plant at about $100,000. For appraising the educational worth, this
report of the museum’s work for the past twelve months may serve as
a basis.
Gifts.
Your attention has already been called to the inestimable value of
exhibits which have been collected and given by notable scientific in-
vestigators. It is cause for congratulation that such interest continues,
and is evinced by the addition of more and even choicer material from
these unquestionably authoritative sources.
Last year’s report announced the receipt of a first installment from
the famous Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., collection of bird skins. Since
that announcement two other larger accessions have been received and
now all together form an important series to which Dr. Dwight states
further additions will be made.
Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia and Prof. Harris B. Wilder
of Smith College have added extraordinary specimens to the department
of archeology and ethnology.
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Mr. Luman Andrews of Southington, Conn., year after year enthusi-
astically collects and prepares material for an herbarium which does
him credit and is a source of pride to the City Library Association.
Mr. Robert O. Morris is systematically adding to the collections of
birds which bring to our museum men, women, and children from our own ~
and adjoining cities and towns.
Mr. Waterman 8. C. Russell on a fourth famous trip to Iceland
secured specimens that make our volcanic exhibit exceptional, and to
this section Mr. Frank A. Perret, for the Springfield Volcanic Research
Society, has recently shipped from Japan a case of specimens which are
sure to be of rare interest and value.
To others whose gifts help perfect our collections and whose names
appear elsewhere in this report, the museum makes most grateful
acknowledgment.
A Notable Giver.
Since the close of the fiscal year the museum has lost one of its greatest
benefactors and a true friend. Mr. George 8. Lewis, Jr., a life member
of the City Library Association and one devoted to its every interest,
died suddenly May 14, 1914, and with his going the museum suffers a
keenly felt loss. He leaves as a monument worthy of pride the collec-
tions of woods, fibers, seeds, and other botanical specimens which form
so large and important a part of the museum’s exhibit. Products of
the earth were indeed miracles to this great collector and to follow and
illustrate the processes by which they were transformed to meet the
needs of man was an absorbing interest. Even greater than this, however,
was his delight in the thought that his wonderful collection was used by
the people.
Since Mr. Lewis’s death his sons, Dr. Elisha 8. Lewis of Princeton
and Mr. Dudley P. Lewis of New York City, in fulfillment of their
father’s wishes, have transferred to the museum extensive additions
to the collections already installed. This includes a rare series of lantern
slides illustrating North American trees. These were given personally
by Mr. Dudley P. Lewis. To the Commercial High School of this city,
in which Mr. Lewis had recently become especially interested, the sons
have donated much prized material which will greatly aid in the teaching
of commercial and physical geography.
Only after interpretation by means of lecture courses and other
teaching exercises can that which has been so painstakingly collected
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and displayed serve its best purposes. It may therefore be well to
consider for a moment how the museum serves as interpreter.
Classes.
Steady development and expansion of the co-operative work with the
schools is a feature of the past year’s records. Thirty-nine classes
assembled with their teachers at the museum and nearly one thousand
pupils received instruction in geology, physical geography, physi-
ology, ornithology, and botany. For these teaching exercises, which
occasionally occupy the full session for the day, sets of specimens are
carefully selected for illustrative purposes. Besides this, pupils are
regularly sent by their teachers to do definite work. With this directed
use of the collections there are by no means infrequent voluntary visits
made by great numbers of children, who study the exhibits with an
interest and intelligence which speak well for the training received.
Psychological Laboratory.
The museum is continuing to co-operate with the schools in the work
of Dr. George E. Dawson by supplying rooms and other facilities for the
psychological laboratory.
Lectures.
Incidental to such work two lectures were given during the year by
Dr. Dawson under the auspices of the museum. The subject was
“The Application of Psychology to Vocational Guidance of Children
and Youth.”
Single lectures on various subjects and a course on local geology
followed by field work have been received with appreciation. The
geology course, given by Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, consisted of eight
well attended lectures. For these, specimens from the museum collec-
tions were used for illustrative purposes and displayed for reference
after lessons were given. A set of lantern slides made for this series
forms a loan collection which has been in constant use in the schools
where the geology of the Connecticut Valley has been taught much as
it was presented at the lectures in the museum’s course. The season
closed with a choice lecture on ‘‘The Dawn of Art” by Dr. George Grant
MacCurdy, curator of archeology at Yale University.
Affiliated Societies.
Aside from lectures directly arranged for by the museum there have
been given in its class rooms, through the activity of societies, two or
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 5
more talks each month on natural history subjects. A total of eighty-
seven meetings have been held and for many of these the lantern in
Blake Hall has proved indispensable. Officers of these societies include
public school teachers, college instructors, supervisors, the city forester,
and park florist; and the intermingling of all of these in various organiza-
tions naturally results in the work of each society being planned to
accomplish the common object of co-operation with the general educational
system of our city.
Fruit and Flower Shows.
Nothing undertaken at the museum has attracted more people than
have the flower shows conducted by the Springfield Amateur Horti-
cultural Society. Four were held during the past season and the Spring-
field Republican’s gift of $200 in prize money was contested for with
enthusiasm by children and adults. The 1913 series surpassed the 1912
shows and the new feature of fruit and vegetable displays was added
by the Hampden County Improvement League. Results were a decided
credit to the societies and to the museum. It is hoped that some pro-
vision will be made to assure the permanency of such work. A fund
from which an income of even $150 or $200 could be used for prizes
would accomplish this, and result in permanently fostering an interest
so wholesome and desirable.
By the consolidation of this and other kindred societies the Hampden
County Horticultural Society has recently been formed. It is felt that
this combination will produce a stronger organization from which even
better results may be expected.
Attendance.
All of these activities bring to the museum greater numbers of visitors.
The flower shows attracted hundreds of people and although it has
been practically impossible to keep exact records, there has surely been
a decided increase over the past estimate of 42,000 per year. Sunday
continues to be the popular day, bringing an average attendance of one
hundred and thirty-three people to enjoy the exhibits.
The Catharine L. Howard Library.
At the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Catharine L. Howard
school for girls which was held in the Howard Memorial Library early
in the year, the abiding influence of a strong personality was impressively
felt. For this reunion hundreds of women came together and in the
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room so fittingly dedicated to the memory of a beloved and worthy
teacher they revived associations of school days. It was a delightful
occasion consisting of rare hospitality and renewal of friendships and
memories.
This association has recently provided for the museum a children’s
table and case which proves a most desirable extension of the library’s
helpfulness. By the changing exhibits in the case and related stories
in books at hand on the substantial table, many restless children are
induced to spend profitable half hours learning something worth while.
Summary.
Thus the year closes, and a review of what has been accomplished
to make the museum of practical interest and value to the public brings
the conviction that the utmost has been done with present means, and ©
opportunity to extend the institution’s usefulness along these well-tried
lines is awaited with eagerness.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON, Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History.
May, 19183—May, 1914.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY.
Gurdon Bill. Meteorie stone from Becket.
Miss Grace Miller. Copper ore from Calumet and Hecla mine.
Waterman S. C. Russell. Volcanic material from Iceland.
W. E. Watts. Fossil from Giant’s Causeway, Ireland.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY.
Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., New York City. Extensive addition to collection of bird
skins.
Frank D. Foot. Beaver teeth.
Mrs. William Horne. Birds and mammals.
Dr. Seth A. Lewis (with Robert O. Morris). Whistling swan.
Robert W. Metcalf. Two southern red squirrels, Longmeadow.
Robert O. Morris. Additions to the collection of mounted birds.
Miss Avis Morison. Nest of trapdoor spider, La Jolla, Cal.
Harry D. Pease, Worthington, Mass. Collection of mounted birds.
Raymond B. Shattuck. Butterflies and beetles.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
Dudley P. Lewis, New York City. Lantern slides illustrating North American trees.
George S. Lewis, Jr. Exhibit of cocoa and chocolate.
Luman Andrews, Southington, Conn. 338 herbarium sheets.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Clarence B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa. Objects from aboriginal mounds in southern
states.
Mrs. James Parker. Bellows.
Mrs. Henry M. Phillips. Indian implements.
Miss Carrie Spencer. Picture of John Brown.
George Dwight Pratt. Medal commemorating dedication of Springfield Municipal
Group. }
Prof. Harris H. Wilder, Smith College. Casts representing restoration of Indian facial
features over skull.
Scientific Societies in Springfield.
Springfield Botanical Society.
Miss Fannie A. STEBBINS, President.
Frank D. Bishop, Vice-President.
Miss Grace A. Purrer, Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss Neuure A. Dwicut, Auditor.
Miss EvizABETH J. STEELE, Chairman of Executive Committee.
Miss ExizABeTH Booru, Corresponding Secretary.
Springfield Geological Club.
Miss FanniE A. STEBBINS, President.
Dr. Wa.LTEeR H. Cuapin, Vice-President.
Miss A. Maseu Coss, Secretary and Treasurer.
Miss Mary Cuune,
Grorce B. AFFLECK, | Executive Committee.
Miss Sara E. CHASE,
Allen Bird Club.
Georce B. Arrieck, President.
JouNn F. Simons, Vice-President.
Miss Errig M. Wiucox, Secretary-Treasurer.
Miss GENEVRA SWAZEY, |
Mr. Frep ELDRED, Executive Committee.
Mrs. Emity LEonarp,
Springfield Volcanic Research Society.
NatHan D. Bruu, President.
Hersert P. Myrick, Vice-President.
Haroutp A. Ley, Treasurer.
AsHTon E. HemMpuinu, Assistant Treasurer.
ALLEN L. Appleton, Clerk.
Frank A. PERRET, Volcanologist.
WATERMAN 8. C. RUSSELL, Secretary.
Dr. Water H. CuHapin, Curator.
Hampden County Horticultural Society.
MarsHALL H@apLe, Secretary.
JosEPH AUMER, Treasurer.
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Museum of Natural History
May 1, 1914—Aprit 30, 1915
In the Science Building
Hours of Opening
Tur Museum or NaturaL History—Open every day in the year
(except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25),
2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21; 1 to 5 from Sep-
tember 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
THE CATHARINE L. Howarp MeEmoriAt LIBRARY OF SCIENCE—
Open every day in the year (except July 4, Thanksgiving
Day, and December 25), 2 to 6 from March 21 to Septem-
ber 21, 1 to 5 from September 22 to March 20. Saturday
mornings from 9 to 12.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON
Museum of Natural History
Report of the Curator
To the Members of the City Library Association the Curator respect-
fuily presents the twenty-first annual report of the Museum of
Natural History:—
Lectures
Lecture courses which have been the conspicuous feature of
the year’s work were first arranged for in response to requests for
them. Development of this phase of museum work is a result of
increasing demands for more and extended courses. In quality |
nothing could be offered superior to the lectures given during the
year, but in number the courses which it is possible for the museum
to provide under the present conditions are far too limited.
The subjects discussed in these courses,—astronomy, arche-
ology and psychology, and in the single lectures on botany and
zoology, are listed in the appendix of this report. The attendance
at these lectures, already referred to in the president’s report, was
greater than that of any previous year.
For interest and service far in excess of the slight compensa-
tion given, the museum is indebted to the lecturers, Prof. Jacob
T. Bowne, Mr. Clarence M. Hall, Dr. George E. Dawson, Mr.
John A. Viele and Mr. James H. Emerton. It is only by such dis-
interested service from many sources and in all departments that
the museum is able to report its exceptional opportunities and
results.
For these general lectures material from the museum collec-
tions including specimens, lantern slides and reference books, have
been an indispensable part of the equipment, and for illustrating
natural history subjects taught in the public schools this equip-
ment is increasingly sought.
Classes
Practically every specimen in the botanical department relat-
ing to industries has been used once or many times to illustrate
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 5
talks to classes. The high school of commerce particularly finds
this department useful, and as in past years has conducted a con-
siderable part of regular class work at the museum. During the
year, 1,243 pupils from various schools have come with teachers
to the museum for assigned exercises, and after school sessions the
permanent and temporary exhibits rarely lack the attention of
many small voluntary investigators.
The increasing demand for specimens illustrating various in-
dustries points to the need of a greater number and variety of such
series. Two new cases which have just been installed will for a
time at least furnish means to display exhibits of this nature,
several of which can be made by a contemplated rearrangement
of the whole department of woods, vegetable fibers, seeds and by-
products.
School Garden Exhibits
Two school garden exhibits were held in September in the
basement of the building which still serves very well for such dis-
plays, and the pride with which the boys and girls under sixteen
years entered their fine vegetables and flowers, and the yield per
acre, testified that much well-directed hard work had been done
by the young people in the school garden contest.
The evident bent or fitness for a particular kind of work
which was shown by these chilrden, and their success in pursuing
it when given an opportunity, would seem to be one more indica-
tion of the importance of systematic vocational guidance.
The Psychological Laboratory
For three years Dr. George E. Dawson has been engaged
in the scientific study of school children for the Springfield school
department. His work while primarily concerned with various
causes that operate to produce failure in school work, also involves
the larger problem of the natural endowments of children, the
choice of suitable courses of instruction, and ultimately the kind
of vocation or career for which the child is adapted. During the
winter, Dr. Dawson gave, under the auspices of the museum, five
lectures relating to his subject. These lectures keenly interested
hundreds of people. In this work which is steadily broadening,
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the museum is indeed glad to codperate with the school depart-
ment.
Field Work
Through the activity of the Allen bird club the public has
been given opportunity to join in many field excursions. These
have included trips to nearby towns where meetings designed to
promote an interest in the study and protection of birds were held
in codperation with local granges. As the membership of the
club includes botanists, geologists and zoélogists, these out-of-door
sessions have served for a general study of natural history.
Gifts
Aside from large accessions from Mr. Luman Andrews for
the botanical department, and Mr. Frank A. Perret for the Spring-
field volcanic research society, no extensive additions have this
year been made. There have, however, been many gifts received
which are doing the important work of completing series and so
perfecting the whole. Mr. Andrews, the museum’s indefatigable
botanist, now has in the herbarium approximately 13,000 speci-
mens that he has collected. Of this number 950 different species
have been searched for and found within the limits of Springfield.
Names of donors are listed in the appendix of this report. To
these and all others who are furthering the interests of this depart-
ment the museum makes most grateful acknowledgment.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Curator.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History
May, 1914—May, 1915
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
The Vilroy C. Lord estate. Petrified wood from Arizona.
Frank A. Perret for Springfield Volcanic Research Society. Volcanic material from
Sakurashima, Japan.
John F. Simons. Fossils from South Hadley, Mass.
William Orr. Fossils and rocks from Ireland and North Wales.
Ashton E. Hemphill. Fossiliferous rock from Lebanon region north of Damascus,
Turkey.
Miss Emma M. Holden. Rocks and minerals.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
William Shugrue. Parula warbler.
Mrs. Howard Williams. Oven-bird.
Miss A. F. Willard. Parula warbler.
Louis P. Hastings. Magnolia warbler.
Mrs. Solomon B. Griffin. Starling.
Mrs. Juvenea Williams. Shells from southern Japan.
Everett B. Allen. Army worms.
Robert O. Morris. Bonaparte’s gull.
James P. Hatch. King rail.
Miss Rachel Phelps. Screech owl.
Harold Oppenheimer. Starfish.
Francis Edwards. Prairie horned lark.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
Luman Andrews. Herbarium specimens obtained by collecting and exchange.
Dr. Walter H. Chapin. Herbarium specimens.
Clifford S. Leonard. Herbarium specimen.
Charles G. Whiting. Tropical plants.
Robert O. Morris. Bur oak to plant on grounds.
DEPARTMENT OF History OF MANKIND
Mrs. T. L. Chapman. Indian basket from Aleutian Islands.
MIscELLANEOUS
H. G. Denver. Water-worn wood.
George Dwight Pratt. Original plaster model of bronze medal commemorative of the
dedication of Municipal Group, Springfield, Mass.
Free Lectures
May, 1914—May, 1915
AsTronomy—Clarence M. Hall.
Dawn of Astronomy.
Constellations.
Motions of Heavenly Bodies.
Earth as a Planet. :
Observation evening at Central High School.
Eclipses.
Moon.
Sun.
Planets.
Comets and Meteors.
Fixed Stars.
Nebule. Evolution of Worlds.
Observation evening at Smith College Observatory.
ARcHZOLOGy—Jacob T. Bowne.
Prehistoric peoples of :—
France, Great Britain and Spain, prior to, during, and subsequent to the great
ice period.
Scandinavia and Switzerland, including an account of Swiss lake dwellers.
Egypt, India and Japan.
America—Pacific coast, southwestern United States and Mexico.
America—north and south Atlantic coasts, especially New England.
PsycHotocy—Dr. George E. Dawson.
Neurological Basis of Temperament.
Psychological Basis of Temperament.
Temperament and Education.
Temperament and Vocation.
Hypnotic Power.
MiIscELLANEOUS—
John A. Viele. $
Some Unusual Trees of America and Other Lands.
Charles Crawford Gorst.
Musical Genius of the bird.
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Museum of Natural History
May 1, 1915—Aprit 30, 1916
In the Science Building
Hours of Opening
Tue Museum oF Naturat History—Open every day in the year
(except July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25),
2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21; 1 to 5 from Sep-
tember 22 to March 20. Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
Tue CATHARINE L. Howarp MremoriaL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE— ~
Open every day in the year (except July 4, Thanksgiving
Day, and December 25), 2 to 6 from March 21 to Sep-
tember 21, 1 to 5 from September 22 to March 20.
Saturday mornings from 9 to 12.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON
Assistant Curator
DELL G. RoGERS
Museum of Natural History
To the members of the City Library Association the Curator respect-
fully presents the. twenty-second annual report of the Museum of
Natural History:—
Attendance and Lectures
During the two hundred and eight hours that the museum was
open to the public on Sunday afternoons the past year, six thousand
and thirty nine persons inspected its collections. The smallest
number of visitors came during the summer months and the great-
est number in the winter. On four successive Sundays of February
and March there was a total of twelve hundred and forty-four
people in sixteen hours, or approximately eighty persons per hour.
When the season offers but few attractions out of doors, the mu-
seum is especially appreciated, its regular exhibits are enjoyed, and
there results an unusually studious inspection of special exhibits.
To take advantage of this attitude, informal Sunday afternoon
talks were given during the first three months of 1916 on practical
subjects such as wheat, corn, cotton, flax, jute, and hemp. Tables
of attractive specimens were placed in the main exhibition room
and the speaker for the afternoon took advantage of the opportu-
nity to interest all who stopped to look. The bread maker who
had, perhaps, only known wheat as flour in a bag, saw the plant,
and pictures of fields of growing wheat, and was told of graham,
entire wheat, and white flours, and of their relative nutritive
values. Principles of bread making were also explained. Men
who handle ropes in their daily work saw hemp, jute, and cotton
plants, and their fibers in different stages of preparation. Processes
of manufacturing ropes and other commonly used articles of fiber
were demonstrated, and pictures were shown of crude and per-
fected machinery for simplifying such processes. The story of the
source of our fuel coal from plants was new to many. There were
boys and girls as well as men and women who listened and learned,
and with few exceptions these visitors were people who do not
usually attend lectures. For this reason the development of such
lecture courses, tried the past season as an experiment, will be care-
fully planned for the future.
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Week day series and single lectures have been given as hereto-
fore. In astronomy, work conducted out of doors so far as the
weather would permit, was amplified by use of the telescope at the
Central High School, which revealed to many the surface of the’
moon, the planet Saturn and its rings, nebule, and other wonders
of the universe.
An exceptionally good geology lecture, followed by field ex-
ercises, under the direction of Professor George H. Barton, was the
treat of the year for local geologists, and an equally good lecture
for the students of birds was given by the late Wells W. Cooke of
the United States Biological survey.
The children were not forgotten in the years’ program, and by
invitation of the museum, on March 28th, thirty-five hundred
pupils from the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades of the public
schools, assembled at the Municipal Auditorium to see Mr. William
L. Finley’s wonderful moving pictures of wild birds and other
animals. It was indeed a valuable lecture that accompanied the
pictures, and many enthusiastic letters received from children left
no doubt of their appreciation. The perfect conduct of this great
gathering of young people was a credit to them and to their teachers,
who in this and other activities have shown a fine spirit of codpera-
tion.
School Work at the Museum
Classes
Classes have been conducted at the museum the past year with
increased success. One thousand three hundred and thirty six
pupils in classes have come for assigned work, and eight hundred
and eighty in thirty-five classes have come during recitation hours
for class room instruction by their teachers, and to study material
from the exhibits illustrating the subjects taught. The collections
especially used for such exercises are local rocks, maps, the Perret
collection of volcanic specimens, and photographs, fibers, grains,
and woods. The practical value of such talks is illustrated by the
use of a relief map of New England by the High School of Com-
merce in a lesson on the physical features of Hampden county
which serve as a background for the development of the commer-
cial cities of southern New England. For more general work pupils
are directed to inspect the museum and write essays on such sub-
jects as ‘““What the museum teaches the people,” ‘‘The advan-
tages of a museum to a city or community,” ete.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 5
Exhibits ‘
For two weeks in March, public school work in civic hygiene was
illustrated by extensive displays of notebooks, pictures, food pack-
age labels, and city, state, and national health department litera-
ture, all collected by school children of the ninth grade.
Teachers’ Meetings
The Supervisor of nature study holds meetings at the museum
and indicates to teachers what collections can be used to supple-
ment nature study courses. Much material is assembled for such
meetings and some progress has been made in supplying loan col-
lections for schools, branch libraries, grange meetings, and for talks
on natural history by societies affiliated with the museum.
Meetings of Societies
In addition to these classes, there have been in Blake hall and at
the museum sixty-two meetings of other organizations. The local
bird club which has been particularly active, has furnished a series
of lectures and field excursions and informal weekly bird study
conferences, all free to the public.
On February 5th, there was a most enjoyable meeting of the
Hartford and Seen bird clubs at the museum. The visiting
society evinced a lively interest in Springfield’s notable collections
of birds and the museum in which they are displayed. There was
opportunity for helpful comparison of work done by the two organi-
zations. Through the hospitality of Mr. Robert O. Morris refresh-
ments were provided for those in attendance.
Gifts
Forty-eight donors have contributed many valuable additions to
the collections since May 1st 1915. Every department has received
one or several accessions. Mr. Clarence B. Moore of Philadelphia,
who has recently given unique Indian relics from the south, is mak-
ing frequent donations that are building up an archzological col-
lection of unusual rarity and value. Springfield is indeed fortunate
to have enlisted Mr. Moore’s interest.
Mr. Luman Andrews is still collecting and giving to the botanical
department. Last year’s report listed 950 different species of
plants from within the Springfield city limits. Since then Mr.
Andrews has added to the collection until the number is well above
the thousand mark he wished to record. In the general botanical
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collection there are now more than 13,000 specimens. Some of the
rarer plants in these collections have been contributed by Dr.
Walter H. Chapin.
To the collection of birds, one of the now famous passenger
pigeons has been added. This specimen, which with many other
species was given by Mr. Ralph Norman Fowler of this city, was
taken in Iowa by Mr. Fowler’s father in 1870 when flocks of hun-
dreds of these now extinct birds were everywhere seen.
This steady flow of additions to the collections means for classes,
their teachers, members of societies, and the public in general, in-
creased advantages that the museum can supply, providing such
material is made systematically available. It becomes increasingly
difficult, however, for the present limited staff to meet the daily de-
mands, arrange for courses of instruction, and still give attention
to departmental readjustment. Nevertheless some satisfying pro-
gress along this line has been made. The department of fibers,
woods, and seeds has been completely rearranged and partly re-
labelled. The same has been accomplished with the collection of
mollusks, and instructive industrial exhibits now form part of the
regular collection.
The museum has lost a valued friend in the death of Gurdon
Bill. He was a generous subscriber to the building fund and gave
the many groups showing birds in their natural habitats, which
form one of the chief attractions of the collection and are a constant
stimulus to nature study. He also gave the large groups showing
the habitat of the muskrat and fox, and his frequent gifts of flower-
ing plants did much to brighten the museum building. It is not
strange that the museum appealed to one for whom all nature was
ever a miracle.
The Staff
Since its beginning the museum has had faithful workers con-
tributing unselfishly to its development. None of these has given
more devoted and loyal service than that rendered by Frank Day
Bishop whose death October 16th, 1915, took from the museum an
assistant of unusual ability and education, and a young man to
whom those associated with him were deeply attached. His pres-
ence and help in the institution will long be missed.
Miss Dell G. Rogers, who has recently become assistant curator,
is a graduate of Vassar college. Her college training, supplemented
by a special course at the Marine Biological laboratory, and ex-
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY fi
perience in teaching, qualifies her to do valuable work in an in-
stitution which affords opportunity for helpful service in the com-
munity.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Curator.
Free Lectures
Astronomy
CLARENCE M. HALL
Nine lectures on descriptive astronomy with observations.
Industrial Studies
JOHN A. VIELE
Two lectures on Corn
Hemp
Cotton
Flax
J ute
W heat
Miscellaneous |
WILLIAM L. FINLEY
Wild life of birds and other animals.
GEORGE H. BARTON
_ Origin of the scenery of New England, supplemented by geologi-
cal excursion.
WELLES W. COOKE
Migration of birds.
Gifts to the Museum of Natural History
May, 1915—Mary, 1916.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
H. Soland. Copper ore from Alaska.
Miss Fannie A. Stebbins. Sandstone from Indian Orchard, Mass.
George R. Bond. Minerals.
A. F. Sievers. Collection of fossils and minerals from Texas.
Dr. F. N. Seerley. Iowa marble.
Mrs. Walter H. Wesson. Calcite from Cuba.
Hubert Little. Platinum.
Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut. Rocks and minerals.
Charles B. Atwater. Hematite from North Carolina.
Miss Clara R. Sikes. Collection of minerals.
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
Charlotte Keller. Purple grackle.
State Street Grammar School. Night hawk.
Robert W. Metcalf. Phoebe.
Robert O. Morris. Collection of birds.
Henry Foy. Bittern.
Miss Clara R. Sikes. Yellow-breasted chat. Robin.
Miss Ada Lovejoy. Silkworm cocoons.
Charles F. Warner. Nashville warbler.
John J. Boyle. Black-poll warbler.
Harry L. Piper. Nests of chipping sparrow.
Miss Frances E. Cheney. Golden-crowned kinglet.
Miss Effie M. Wilcox. Saw-whet owl.
Jason Steel. Screech owl.
Ralph N. Fowler. Collection of birds.
Frank C. Rice. Loon.
Miss W. May Crook. Case of mounted birds.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
Clifford S. Leonard. Herbarium specimen.
Dr. Edward Booth for Mrs. E. B. Derby. Collection of African flowers.
Miss Lura Hall. High-bush cranberry.
Dr. Walter H. Chapin. Herbarium specimens.
Edward A. Chapin. Herbarium specimens.
H. G. Denver. Tropical plant product.
Frank D. Bishop. Herbarium specimens.
Luman Andrews. Herbarium specimens.
Robert A. Clark. ‘‘Some winter notes on Dwarf Mistletoe.”
DEPARTMENT OF HistoRY oF MANKIND
Mrs. Edwin B. Woodin. Collection of shoes from different countries.
Miss Julia T. Brown. Colonial ovens.
Frank C. Rice. Philippine mat, canes, and book.
Clarence B. Moore. Collection of Indian relics from southern states.
Dr. L. J. Gibbs. Pestle, grooved axe, gouge.
MISCELLANEOUS
Fred Farland. Hand carved wood.
H. G. Denver. Wood and hand wrought nails.
Washburn-Crosby Company. Specimens illustrating production of wheat flour.
Robert W. Day. Photographs of pine trees.
Charles G. Whiting. Photograph of Solomon Stebbins.
Dr. L. J. Gibbs. Tree felled by beavers in Maine.
Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut. Curios and relies.
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ry IN
Vee
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE CiTy LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
Museum of Natural History.
NC tai : Se nai. 5 in ele eenaa bese
1917
PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION
Officers of the City Library Association, 1917-1918
PRESIDENT: NATHAN D. BILL
VicE-PRESIDENT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
CLERK: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
BEEBE, Henry J. PacKARD, AZEL A.
CorcoRAN, LUKE Pratt, GEORGE DwIicHT
GILLETT, FREDERICK H. SKINNER, Henry H.
Haynes, STANFORD L. SMITH, G. W. V.
KIRKHAM, JAMES W. - Watutace, A. B.
KNow.ton, Marcus P. Wesson, WALTER H.
FRANK E. Stacy, Mayor.
ALBERT D. SuHaw, President of the Common Council.
JamMES H. Van SIcKuE, Superintendent of Schools.
Auditors
W. C. Simons A. W. Damon
Standing Committees
On Finance—Henry H. Skinner, Nathan D. Bill, Stanford L. Haynes,
James W. Kirkham.
On Art—G. W. V. Smith, A. B. Wallace, Walter H. Wesson, Azel A.
Packard.
On City Appropriations—Henry H. Skinner, Henry J. Beebe, Robert O.
Morris, A. B. Wallace, George Dwight Pratt.
On Museum of Natural History—Robert O. Morris, Walter H. Wesson,
Frederick H. Gillett.
On Library—Luke Corcoran, G. W. V. Smith, Marcus P. Knowlton,
Henry H. Skinner, George Dwight Pratt.
On Insurance—Nathan D. Bill.
Inabrarian—Hiller C. Wellman.
Director of the Art Museum—George Walter Vincent Smith.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History—Grace Pettis Johnson.
Report of the President
The activities of this institution have been very fully chronicled in
the newspapers and the library bulletin; in view of this fact and the
scarcity of paper and cost of printing, the directors deem it wise this
year to make the annual reports brief. This does not indicate, however,
any diminution in the work of the library and museums. On the con-
trary, the past year has been altogether the busiest in the history of the
Association, with the attendance at the museums and the use of the
library larger than ever before.
In the new galleries at the Art Museum, Mr. George Walter Vincent
Smith has installed additional cases, and new material of great rarity
and value. These rooms now contain an admirable display of exquisite
examples of the art of the Far East—chiefly cloisonné enamel, metal
work, embroideries, rugs, and other textiles—assembled with the same
skill in arrangement that is in evidence throughout the entire collec-
tion. Classes in history, civics, and art from the schools, as well as
an appreciative public, are using the museum in increasing degree.
The decision of the American Association of Museums to hold its next
annual meeting in Springfield is not only a recognition of the worth of
our museums, but comes also as a deserved compliment to Mr. Smith.
In the Museum of Natural History especial emphasis of late has
been placed upon class work and lectures, and the five series held the
past year have been conspicuously successful. Here, too, the daily
attendance has been the largest recorded.
At the Library, notwithstanding the closing of the children’s depart-
ments for several weeks because of infantile paralysis, and in spite of
such distractions as ‘“‘movies,’’ automobiles, industrial prosperity, and
interest in the war, the circulation has been larger than in any previous
year. It is gratifying at this crisis in the nation’s history to have
available for our citizens so important a collection of books. Volumes
have been supplied to the Second Regiment men on the border, and for
the soldiers at present encamped on the armory grounds. For our
people, who must adjust themselves to the present unusual conditions,
lists of helpful books on vegetable growing and home gardening, on thirft
in diet and economical cooking, on poultry raising, military science, and
similar subjects have been printed and distributed. Munition-makers,
manufacturers, and business men, have been aided in every feasible way.
Many books for these purposes have been added to our own shelves,
and others have been borrowed from distant libraries. Articles on the
library’s resources that are of particular value to the business men
have been published in the Board of Trade News. Lists of technical
books, lists on scientific management, of books on factory organization,
exporting and South American trade, and various other phases of
business and manufacture have been distributed. Information has
4 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
been supplied on shipping conditions and trade routes, credit and fi-
nance, munitions-making, explosives, the metallurgy of iron and steel,
drafting and machine design, factory construction and shop manage-
ment, coal tar products, industrial chemistry, and many similar sub-
jects. In addition, as in previous years, ambitious young workingmen
in large numbers have been furnished with reading to fit them for
advancement in their trades or callings. Our citizens know the work
of this Association as a center of popular education; but few, perhaps,
realize how large a place it is coming to fill in the business and industrial
life of the community.
Report of the Librarian
The library has served more people and circulated more books than
in any previous year. A decrease in circulation caused by the preva-
lence of infantile paralysis was more than made up during the winter
and spring, when the volume of work was more than ten per cent.
greater than a year ago. The home use of books for twelve months
amounted to 842,154 volumes, an increase of 28,233 volumes. The
statistics of the main library show that of the books borrowed, fiction
constituted little more than half, or 53%; and the removal of the re-
striction on the number of volumes of fiction to be borrowed at one
time has raised the proportion circulated only about one-half of one
per cent. The classes of books for adults showing the largest increases
in circulation were history, 15%; and useful arts, including books on
business, trades, and manufactures, 10%. The circulation of periodi-
cals diminished—indicating, perhaps, a keener interest in the daily
papers. Most noteworthy is the increase in the number of pictures
drawn from the picture collections. Two years ago 40,296 pictures
were borrowed; a year later, 59,872; and last year, 90,381. These
pictures are used by writers, illustrators, lecturers, designers, news-
papers, schools, and study clubs; at the Forest Park Branch Library,
where nearly a third of the circulation occurred, the children were
encouraged to borrow good pictures with the object of improving their
taste.
Books have been distributed through 355 agencies, comprising the
three branch libraries, 314 schoolrooms, 10 fire-engine houses, and 28
miscellaneous deposit stations—including new deposit stations at the
Armenian Club, the Hebrew Progressive Carpenter’s Club, The Home
Helper’s League, the Knights of Columbus Society, the Western
Union Telegraph Co., and the boys’ and the men’s departments of the
Young Men’s Christian Association.
There are 41,008 persons holding reader’s cards, listed in the register
begun three years ago; 6,685 readers who had never previously used
the library have taken out cards in the past twelve months. To the
main library, 12,521 volumes, 843 of which were gifts, have been added;
and 7,493 volumes to the three branch libraries. The entire collection
now comprises 228,990 volumes.
Lists and Publications
As usual, the library has made efforts to bring its resources to the
attention of the public. Notes of its activities have been generously
published by the newspapers and printed from month to month in the
library bulletin. Special lists were printed entitled ‘‘ Are you Interested
in Automobiles?’’, ““Some Books on Gardens’’, “‘Embroidery’’, ‘‘The
Vegetable Garden”’, ‘‘For Makers of Christmas Gifts’’, a supplement
to ‘Aids in Drawing and Design’’, ‘‘Music for Beginners”, ‘“‘Home
Books’’, ‘‘How to Appreciate Music’’, ‘Pen Drawing”’, ‘‘ Dog Stories
and a circular in Yiddish; other lists distributed included ‘Books for
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Better Business’’, ‘“‘Books on the War’’, “Books for Christmas for the
Children”’, ‘‘Books for the Business Man’’, ‘‘Books Boys Like Best’’,
“The Best Books of the Year’’, etc. The revival of interest in poetry
has been noteworthy; and an attractive catalogue, ‘‘Recent Poetry’”’,
which was enriched with numerous quotations and critical notes, was
not only appreciated by readers here who obtain it free, but was bought
by persons in twenty-five different states as well as in Canada, Hono-
lulu, and Australia.
Art Department
Many of the exhibitions held each month in the art room last winter
were rather unusual in character. Among them were designs by the
commercial artists of the city; drawings and paintings from the school
of the Art Society in Hartford; photographs by the Springfield Photo-
graphic Society; original caricatures by Mr. Gluyas Williams; treas-
ures of olden time, such as shawls, coverlets, samplers, laces, embroid-
eries, and chintzes, lent by various interested persons, which proved
so exceptionally popular that a second exhibition was arranged contain-
ing also bead bags, silhouettes, old jewelry, snuff boxes, and other
objects handed down from Colonial days. Accessions to the extensive
picture collections included about 1,400 more stereographs, which have
been in great demand. Arrangements have been made to post or keep
on file advance notices of musical events, noteworthy lectures, etc.,
in Springfield, New York, and Boston.
Branch Libraries
All three of the branch libraries have been active, and report larger
circulations than in any previous year. The Indian Orchard Branch
has been repaired and repainted. The Forest Park Branch has required
new shelving, and the librarian is looking forward to the time when
an addition to the building can be made to accommodate the very large
patronage. At the Memorial Square Branch, the children’s quarters
are already so overcrowded that it is hoped to fit up the basement,
thus enlarging the space on the main floor available for adults. There
is little doubt but that the removal of the swarms of children will
greatly increase the adult patronage.
Children’s Department
The library took part in the nation-wide celebration of “‘good book
week”’ last December which was promoted by the National Association
of Boy Scouts of America. Various lists of good reading for children
were distributed, a model collection of juvenile books was exhibited,
and an informal conference was arranged for mothers on the importance
of children’s reading and the selection of suitable books. Occasional
story hours have been held at the main library and at the branch libra-
ries, conducted for the most part by pupils taking the course in story-
telling at the Technical High School. The so-called parents’ collection
has been enlarged, including stories to read and tell the children, illus-
trated editions of the juvenile classics, and good picture books. The
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN fi
latter are especially difficult for the parent to find unaided, owing to
the prevalent notion among many publishers that the grotesque makes
a special appeal to young children.
Reading Circle for the Blind
The reading circle for the blind has held the meetings for its third
season in the library’s basement room directly accessible from the
street. Busy men and women have given generously of their time
on Saturday afternoons reading or discussing a wide variety of sub-
jects, and the circle had the pleasure of hearing two speakers of note
from outside the city when Dr. C. D. Ussher related his experiences
during the siege of Van, and Professor E. B. Read of Yale talked on
German university life. Messrs. Forbes and Wallace lent a victrola
for two of the meetings, and Dr. Newton M. Hall, records; the Young
Men’s Christian Association provided tickets for their Sunday after-
noon gatherings, and the directors of the Music Festival presented
tickets for one of the concerts. For the blind people it is often difficult
to find persons with spare time to conduct them to the meetings. Mr.
Arthur A. Adams, Mr. A. H. Rogers, and Mrs. Stephen Kellogg have
generously given the use of their automobiles for those who had no
guides; and if there are other citizens who can spare their automobiles
for an hour or two on Saturday afternoons next season, their service
will be greatly appreciated.
The library has aided the university extension work of the state,
providing all the books listed in their courses, furnishing the library
hall for a meeting, and affording quarters to the agents of the Board
of Education who have come to Springfield to confer with prospective
students.
The Staff
Resignations from the staff include Miss Helen M. Hastings, Miss
Dorothy A. Hill, Miss Mary E. Hyde, Miss Flora F. Prince, Miss 8.
May Robinson, Miss Mildred E. White, Miss Nellie L. Chase, and Mr.
James A. Lowell. In one instance, matrimony is the cause; in most, a
better library position elsewhere. All of the resignations were received
with regret, and cordial recognition is due for loyal and faithful service.
Two of the above persons had been members of the staff for more than
a dozen years: Miss Chase as head of the children’s department or-
ganized the work with marked success; and Mr. Lowell, whose special
charge was the shelves and public documents, has also rendered excel-
lent and important service in other capacities. He has been called by
Amherst College as assistant librarian. All of these people take with
them to their new fields the best wishes of the librarian and staff.
Miss Alice Shepard, assistant librarian, has had the warm sympathy
of all her associates during the prolonged illness which has incapacitated
her for the past year, and they rejoice at the improvement in health
which gives hope of her return in the not distant future.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN, Librarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1916-1917
Volumes
Addediby purchase,’ Centrahi Pi brary. < eiaie eis see Richelet are ae oleia eles clea eet ae 11,678
Addediby; purchase; (Branches ie 2 heels e aie veley ae ta Ghat a el el ey Sy pee 7,493
A Aided yeu gel ere) eT E ORS BA Ne TRULY CELA INSEE OAWLs Hie ad tH NAT NU 843
NSO Galle ne ERA Op cee Ares AUER eC a OAR ORT 20,014
Wirtin lire Gee RO aiid Ate aoa i at Ne EN RE A RSS AE eR a a 5,582
ING CHAITIN Ee Vay uoy a eee es tomer UDR hal AERA ad ANCA MRO STE a 14,432
Inithelibrary,) May aL ON Gy aR Mae Toten Mat ay ue RAV 2 BR ee AN Aa 214,558
Inthe library; Maye Tao es ey Ue RS ae Oe MILES WAU A eh sl 228,990
Statistics of Circulation 1916-1917
ADULT JUVENILE
Volumes Volumes
BIC tIO Me sy AEN HD ERM eR NERS HIG aL POLDENL ASIEN a Dr NORE TED ae a eH 157,701 30,636
IPETIO GIG AS Ly WT MTs aU at WELZ CPR UTM ania NVA vai eae aN MUIR LAH ELE UR ag 10,746 Werle
GENETaAle WOT KS ee ee ee PO SELINGER a baa ae 302 186
NEA otl Ko¥s(oy 0] ahi aay AV MADER celina ees QUOD AUIS os ORTH SN Ho DY ey Chom tents LN! dy teen aia ea Adie 3,141 141
1 Red bY Cao) a NRA/ ALM RAM MMS Tap A SEM MALE ER DAN CHOY Ws RAVAN ILA PSA IAMS Sua te Js et 3,793 1,114
SOCIOLO RY See aie gs CCU TUM SPaRe Ue CDE R AR UL ERAN CATR UNM. Wea lal 28 a avs PPE RU RUS Rr 6,580 661
CUE CATON Meta n relics tay ats al Leah UREA SONI NC RLU RA oO eS a ET 2,060 45
POLO mye A MCI a RMIT AACN Tes eC CTE Lar MOU HURRAH) ESM La Mu A hale a ESR A a 1,861 90
INaturaliSclence ne Aye tea aA AGIAN Ae etal iL ON Ld na ERE a 4,015 6,816
YA UY bit cy a Cee AA ODE AINA) NLM ray Fara Dea RD hea eS PEN PALE BU MAUD te res Ants i 2,296 267
Wigetenl tA bay yey Mn WU EASE TA CSUN Ca SAC ea eee EVAL He UA a 11,452 1,374
EPMO W AES UH AE Matha AID YAEL AE TRE ISLC NOC SR A a 6,393 276
IVERTST Oe ee eR NEAT RN ANY RULE AGS UT APIA HHL ob RM Mt Re A ae 9,427 52
Matera ture Sst Sie Gh it COR i naa RCN ah SAL ee lad el at lL AAO LUE Ae 12,754 5,499
HMoreigm laterature aay 745 cy WA Meee alta) cee Coat ale Secu cr STL DULAC cL gas one etie iain mec ay a 9,955 197
ARS EO Tye eR MEN IA CSAS IS ET A ga oe OSE RS GHA aE Ac ye peace Ce 7,174 5,936
IBTO RT AD IV IU SUR MANE E HS A HUM ah UAT NG aR A A (EUR UE a a eee eee aie 2,354
Geography |) ses er ERR ST A) RSM) 2 He IR ty Ite aera Kara a te Se Se eta a 5,627 6,556
JATNASOTMEMHES Nee OL ORG Sule UN an Oe TR TMS SL Re A) BG ec Oe pead 2,029 1,645
IVE Be NOMS Sasaine Ura NM 8 AC ATS Fa es fl Hh las eo RR 10,220
TUVEDIL!S LG) ys Poe NR A BAG, ERA ROS Tec aR ciel Aer eae ga CU TEs ev ae a etc 16,080
262,578 91,860
MTotaliicirculation) fori@entral Mabrary es oere tis wisn ce el ok aie reesei eee ener cat Sie aCe e a Scie ec eae 354,438
IndramOrchard Branch ey eae Fe WAN AUST AIM Whe yal aoe ayaa te si ctyce Ai Lee Sa a penne Oe 31,739
Forest (Park! Branches tk iil pln tee Ea TC oiaSae ga eka wy Abe TLL Te ia ne ne eget ee Ae ee 130,865
Memorial Square Brame ee le eM CLAD s RAE eeu Ue (alles esti Su SA Yeah aie ae a te 163,576
Hstimatedcirculation! at) schools: andother AGenclesnec as aan cl clee ecu ccinic see et citicne crate ieie ene 161,536
842,154
Pictures/ctreulated yi: Ma Bes Bree ee Cok ae Mae ar 7 We oe Si Pee Ue vali Ce Ri eR aun 90,381
Art Museum
The George Walter Vincent Smith Collection
To the Members of the City Library Association:—
During the past year special attention has been given to the ar-
rangement and proper labeling of the collections in the two new galleries
on the first floor. Mr. Smith’s habit of continually adding to the col-
lections makes it almost superfluous to report that many beautiful
specimens are shown for the first time; these include carved jades and
semi-precious stones, ceramics, cinnabar lacquer, antique glass, cloisonné
and other enamels, bronzes, arms, embroideries, textiles, and Oriental
rugs.
The educational work with the schools has been extended and the
collections are used by the teachers in connection with their classes in
history and civics, as well as in design.
The children’s class for Saturday forenoon has been continued, and
the interest and intelligent remarks of some of these little ones demon-
strates the fact that they get more out of it than many of their elders.
I would like to mention the fact that the American Association of
Museums, which has just held its annual meeting in New York City,
voted to hold the 1918 convention in Springfield. This is very gratify-
ing to us, being an especial honor to Mr. Smith and the two museums
as the meetings are usually held in much larger cities.
Respectfully submitted,
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator.
Museum of Natural History
To the Members of the City Library Association:— '
Through its lectures of the past year the museum has reached more
people than ever before in its history; the total number of persons
attending being approximately seven thousand one hundred and
eighty-seven.
Classes from the Schools
One thousand three hundred and ten pupils in classes have come to
the museum with their teachers; and of these, nine hundred and four-
teen have come for assigned work and received classroom instruction.
Specimens from the museum collections have been supplied for these
exercises, and have illustrated the practical talks on such subjects as
general and relative anatomy, physical geography, volcanoes, coal,
building stones, birds, and small mammals, Indian customs and imple-
ments, and community civics. The museum has supplied for teachers
an eight-page handbook summarizing the museum contents, with brief
suggestions of ways to use the collections. The increased and more
definite use of the museum has been a direct result of this pamphlet.
For permanent use in the grades, good general collections have been
supplied from duplicates. These sets may be borrowed by schools or
other organizations for any reasonable length of time.
Field Excursions
Trips to nearby mines and quarries have supplemented the miner-
alogy class exercises, and lessons in the field have been a frequent
feature of the Bird Club’s work. For these various meetings and for
the convenience of visiting societies or individuals the museum always
gladly opens its doors morning or evening as well as during the regular
hours.
The total attendance at the museum, at lectures provided by the
museum, and at those of more or less affiliated societies to which hos-
pitality is extended, makes an average of ninety-three persons served
daily by the institution, or a total yearly attendance of thirty-three
thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
Gifts
Another indication of public interest is expressed through gifts that
have come in steadily. The number of donors is nearly double that of
last year. From Mr. Luman Andrews the museum is still receiving
generous contributions to an already rare herbarium. From Robert
O. Morris and others many specimens have been added to one of the
best collections of birds in the state. The beginning of a unique col-
lection of photomicrographs of animal and plant forms has just been
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 11
received from Miss Mary A. Booth whose work as a microscopist has
brought recognition from leading scientific societies of the world. It
is most fitting that this very desirable contribution from a local scien-
tist is to be displayed with the choice exhibits of minerals and fossils
collected by her father Mr. Samuel Colton Booth.
As in past years Mr. Clarence B. Moore was a contributor to the
archeological department, while Mr. T. Nelson Dale and Miss Fannie
A. Stebbins have enriched the geological department. To these and
other donors, and to the public in general the museum is deeply grateful
for continued interest and support.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Curator.
Treasurer’s Report
For THE FiscaL YEAR Enpina Apri 30, 1917
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1915-1916........... $ 84.13
Appropriation from City of Springfield.................. 69,000.00
hPa Feit 2p MN aay ANY aR AN AR el A OO) ae ESN te TS Ge NL 5,111.79
Aiea WV: (ACAI S PIG t NGM MICS An ie aU NU 45.00
PASEO PUG ie Ucn sn uh SUM ANCH UNA NGM ORNIN RA asa ten et NO TE Mae 50.00
Fanny dlazard (Bond funds a ino iia aul ans Utes 200.00
Jobn (Bryant fundus C Aa eae alten Une Ane Ta Me 225.00
Chester Wi Chapin Land 1 Sue SU OO UR nue s Ga 650.00
OO. Greenlead fund eo yi aN Mesa aan Oe Nepean 300.00
Aupistas Gi AZO TaN eA lO ION Mien uN ANU DSN NOEs a ale 250.00
J: Searle Hurlbut Gunde aU eae a cee a LIM Nia OUR a 25.00
Charies > )\Wiarsin Gai Pesan 2 Mai Aire he LO aad Nn 325.00
Charles Merriam!) Fund iO UNUM NGI MM ei aS Ae pat 385.00
Sarai dV MOore Tang eye ON EE Wailea ENGL URI Gan aaa 160.00
Carohne Tv Rice vind Kea Ge a Re aah ea Ea 325.00
Grace Rumrill musie fund eh wy 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund................ 107.50
GW Pap ley Ria ty a yc aa i Nar An eae a Bed ae ea 45.00
James (M:' Thompson fume enn oul eek eae oman 325.00
De Wallan Dalby: Burn een ae ta teat ea eh ee eM 12.50
David Ames Wells fama i yg Neen nee RUA cee aie 4,967.50
Net Income, Edward Street House....................- 439.56
From Catharine L. Howard Library Association......... 57.82
Interestion banks balamee ey nal ia) te ean aaa ara ay aug 408.40
Fees foroverdetention of books jy ae ae ee ema 4,316.04
Miscellaneous: TeCelpts ee Ne Ceti ae eta teiielidlena. nan aa 516.09
Potal Neceip is vey Le ey Le ee An leh ee ek ya eee $88,891.33
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
Engineer, janitor, ‘atid watchanan ofS ois Oeics fica ereyetaele re ey ree $ 4,188.76
Be ee SUA PNB OS IAI sl ERI UU ORS UI A a Be 5,071.61
Insurance, repairs, and ‘miscellamy ») 1) hens eciee oe ene ae ee eae 1,829.26
$11,089.63
LIBRARY EXPENSES
Salaries of librarian and assistants). <)-\.050 0 stem vane Uae eae $28,763.18
SURE SCES 002) ne MRS SPEAR pune Suan te ike. rny suws en cle ya Ser Tay 1,206.51
Sunday snd holiday service ! .), s4ccs!'s si yver/aekian av AP we Pe ee ee eae 328.42
ys ah 1 aE PR De Seay “UE OREN hak ok CASULA Pd Foils Oy pd 0 1,676.17
1 3.7070) -<- Be Ee aM LeU reece TiO) men IE? Ae Eh eA 8,512.87
Photographs ‘and plates’. \..)48 i) oul sic a ee eae cate eee et eet 458.53
Perro! eS se eR CIS Seem eS USNS Ch Se oe a 1,161.52
SUING i535) Gea esa aha Gon at Sed cae a Ls tes el eee ete te ane oo 2,600.63
TREASURER’S REPORT
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Fuel, light, telephone, and miscellany...................2..05:
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TSOOMS) AINE CTIOMICHIG i155) 9 oc hie ha lare a veal la oles ido bie nla oh aeslitly
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OSES ARE DEMOGICAIR ys Me lala Mn wt ec leig gal
Fuel, light, telephone, and miscellany.......................-.
Art MvusEUM
Salaries of attendants, George Walter Vincent Smith collections
AIATICS WRVOL/ SOUND UIINO ke laduisin sie ee vals ele whe ai dlaroty. debate
Cleaning, repairs, light, and miscellany.......................
MusEuM OF NATURAL HISTORY
SARIS ChE ALN WRT RMI UNM Chane eh ATM AUPE CN
Books for Catherine Howard Library....................2000-
La Ss aE ML a ae AI RAE Ie Ree aN CR a Ee
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$ 833.68
375.60
1,318.48
571.73
536.83
1,823.38
407.31
356.40
229.60
294.02
$51,454.86
$ 3,231.69
2,170.32
1,248.68
$6,650.69
$1,298.92
454.08
730.45
$2,483.45
$3,538.42
$8,270.12
$3,347.62
359.41
2,046.20
$5,753.23
$1,408.65
$3,118.24
$88,820.22
71.11
$88,891.33
14 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
G. W. V. Smira Art Curator’s Account
1916
Mayih)\) Balances yuna n $1,593.42 Expenditures during
INGErEST Gio ste 26.78 ; fiscal year 1916-1917 $ 500.00
191
April 30) Balances wince ee 1,120.20
$1,620.20 $1,620.20
Davin Ames WELLS ENDOWMENT FUND
1916 Balanee siecle $ 250.61 Transfer to balance
May1 Payment of $1,000 investments... 09404 $ 126.73
American Steel 1917
Foundries bond..... 1000.00) April 30 Balance!) ea ener oe 1,123.88
$1,250.61 $1,250.61
CuHarRLeS M. Kirrxaam Funp ror BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
1916
Manali Balamee iu iiln wala $ 61.38 Expenditures........ $ 196.90
Interest on $3,000
Southern Pacific
BORGS UA CaN RON rs 120.00
Interest on $2,500
American Tel. & Tel.
Co: DOnGsi ron ue 100.00
Interest on $1,000
Baltimore & Ohio R. 1917
RCo bondey aa. 50:00) April 30 Balance... oe en. 134.48
$ 331.38 $ 331.38
Cuarites M. KirkHam Funp For PurcHASE OF MEpICcCAL Books
Interest on $3,000 Transferred to general
Southern Pacific TINGE Phe) Saha ee $ oo
Col lbondse yc $ 120.00 Expended for medical
Interest on $2,500 books\\jtue Lake 1,850.00
American Tel. & Tel.
CO DOB AU oss, 100.00
Sale of $1,000 South-
ern Pacific Co. 5’s.... 1,050.00
Sale of $1,000 Adams
Express Co. 4’s..... 800.00
Interests (ues ae oo! April 30 Balanee cor acne eee 220.00
$2,070.55 $2,070.55
Fanny Hazarp Bonp FuNpD
1916
Mayitek (Balances. voc cscs $ 40.37 Transfer to balance
investments........ $ 40.37
$ 40.37 $ 40.37
TREASURER’S REPORT 15
FUND FOR ScIENCE Musreum PUBLICATIONS
1916 1917
Biba a alamo i) yo uiael, $210.99") April 30) Balance iii sk sgik $ 210.99
$ 210.99 $ 210.99
SHERMAN D. Porter FuND
1916
Pisiyi yt Balameei iii ttl ae $ 984.13 Purchase $1,000 Balti-
Refunded ya ects 1,850.00 more & Ohio R. R.
Tatereste ge), 14.74 Coons i ens $1,036.25
Interest on $3,000 Purchase $1,000
Baltimore & Ohio Southern Pacific Co.
eRe bends ye il. 150.00 ECTS ARNG A INO ae SN 1,050.00
Interest on $1,000 Purchase $1,000
Adams Express Co. Adams Express Co.
Dama one aL Mul. 40.00 TS aa Sree TINE SMe a 800.00
Interest on $1,000
Southern Pacific Co. 1917
POG DS Cia Ne eT 25:00) April 50) Balance.) 4.6 26.0). 5 177.62
$3,063.87 $3,063.87
Dr. Witu1am Tuuty Funp ror PurcuasE or Mepicau Booxs
1916
Whey Balamee iyi 3 $ 501.80 Purchase $500 South-
TERE RG is a wens Su 6.38 ern Pacific Co. bond.$ 540.00
Transfer to balance in-
VESTMENTS yh ic ak 31.82
$ 540.00 $ 540.00
Saran J. Moore Funp
1916
May: 1 Balance:)))). 20.4) $1,752.95 Purchase $8,000 St.
Enterest ini aan ey 52.14 Louis & San Fran-
From estate. i014)... 4,020.71 cisco bonds. 6))/.42) 45) $5,956.22
Transfer to balance in-
vestments.......... 130.42
$5,956.22 $5,956.22
DentTAL Liprary Funp
1916 1917
May) ti Balances oir. owe $281.52) |) April, 30 Balances.) 3/0050. 2: $ 292.88
Pratereste sun ue lie 11.36
$ 292.88 $ 292.88
The only outstanding indebtedness of the City Library Association is a note to
the William Merrick Endowment Fund for the sum of $30,000. This note was
aie oy the order of the Board of Directors to keep the William Merrick Endowment
und alive.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
)) THE CiTy LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
1918
PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION
Officers of the City Library Association, 1918-1919
PRESIDENT: NATHAN D. BILL
VicE-PRESIDENT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
CLERK: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
BEEBE, HENRY J. PACKARD, AZEL A.
CARROLL, JAMES B. Pratt, GEORGE DWIGHT
Corcoran, LUKE SKINNER, Henry H.
GILLETT, FREDERICK, H. SmiTH, G. W. V.
Haynes, STANFORD L. Wauuacek, A. B.
KIRKHAM, JAMES W. Wesson, WALTER H.
FranK E. Stacy, Mayor.
CHRISTOPHER G. Simpson, President of the Common Council.
JAMES H. VAN SICKLE, Superintendent of Schools.
Auditors
W. C. Simons A. W. Damon
Standing Committees
On Finance—Henry H. Skinner, Nathan D. Bill, Stanford L. Haynes,
James W. Kirkham.
On Art—G. W. V. Smith, A. B. Wallace, Walter H. Wesson, Azel A.
Packard.
On City Appropriations—Henry H. Skinner, Henry J. Beebe, Robert QO.
Morris, A. B. Wallace, George Dwight Pratt.
On Museum of Natural History—Robert O. Morris, Walter H. Wesson,
Frederick H. Gillett.
On Inbrary—Luke Corcoran, G. W. V. Smith, James B. Carroll, Henry
H. Skinner, George Dwight Pratt.
On Insurance—Nathan D. Bill.
Inbrarian—Hiller C. Wellman.
Director of the Art Museum—George Walter Vincent Smith.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History—Grace Pettis Johnson.
Du Memoriam
MARCUS PERRIN KNOWLTON
In the death of their honored associate, Marcus P.
Knowlton, the Directors of the City Library Associa-
tion share with the community and with the entire
Commonwealth a sense of enduring loss.
For the past sixteen years Judge Knowlton has been
a member of this Board. He was always a firm be-
liever in the importance and wide usefulness of the
City Library Association, and declared that no other
institution in the city touched the lives of so many
of its people. He was of unfailing help in the counsels
of the directorate, faithful in attendance, strong yet
ever considerate, clear-seeing and just.
In recording the loss sustained by this institution,
the Directors feel also deep personal sorrow and sincere
sympathy with the members of his family.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, May 29, 1918.
Report of the President
Within the period covered by this report, the new galleries on the
first floor of the Art Museum have been opened by Mr. George Walter
Vincent Smith, containing rich treasures displayed with all his unique
skill in arrangement. In the entrance hall Mr. Smith has also installed
two large cases containing trays, paper weights, and pedestals made
of marbles, such as are no longer procurable, from the ruins of ancient
Rome; and in the Hall of Sculpture, he has placed two large cases of
Greek pottery. The reputation of our museums is shown by the choice
of a city of this size for the annual convention of the American Associa-
tion of Museums, at which gathering much admiration was expressed
for the beautiful objects and the excellent arrangement of the George
Walter Vincent Smith collections. Indeed, the coming of the conven-
tion was a personal compliment to Mr. Smith.
The Museum of Natural History has continued its useful work, and
feels that more definiteness of result has been obtained than ever before.
Among many generous gifts is the notable anthropological collection
presented by Mr. Jacob T. Bowne, which relates especially to the
North American Indian type, and more particularly to the Indian of
the Connecticut Valley within twenty miles of Springfield. Containing
the remains of aboriginal handiwork in stone, bone, shell, and pottery,
gathered from ancient camp sites and burial places in this vicinity, it
forms an extensive and admirably organized collection of great historic
and scientific interest.
The year has been an exceptionally busy one for the library and
branches, with an increased patronage of almost 10%; and it is gratify-
ing to note what important service they are rendering in these critical .
times. Not only has the work of the main library on State Street in-
creased, but the branch libraries have grown phenomenally. To relieve
crowded conditions at Memorial Square, the large basement has been
finished and made a very attractive room for children, thus releasing
the whole of the main floor for the use of older people. The war activi-
ties of the library are described in the reports which follow, but decidedly
worthy of note is the splendid work which the libraries of the country
have done, through the American Library Association, in supplying a
library system for all the great camps and in sending books broadcast
to the smaller posts, to the transports, and to the men overseas. ‘To-
wards this work, Springfield contributed more than its quota in money;
and the spring campaign for books yielded the astonishing number of
34,000 volumes, placing Springfield, considering its size, well towards
the head of the list of contributing cities.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 5
This association suffered a sad loss in the death of Judge Marcus P.
Knowlton, who served for sixteen years as a member of the Board of
Directors. His keen and intelligent interest, and his wise aid will be
greatly missed. On a noteworthy occasion, he pointed out that no other
institution in Springfield reaches and benefits so many of our people.
Appreciation of Judge Knowlton’s service has been recorded by the
Directors, and will be printed with this report. The vacancy in the
Board was filled by the unanimous election of Hon. James B. Carroll.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
Report of the Librarian
The Great War has naturally been the overshadowing influence in
the activities of the library, as may be seen from the following résumé;
and the khaki uniform is a common sight in the reading rooms, for one
part of the library’s work is directly with officers and men. Drill
manuals, guides for soldiers, French textbooks, books on aéroplanes,
machine guns, and many other branches of military science have been
liberally supplied. Personal letters have been sent officers stationed at
the Armory, inviting them to use the library’s resources; and many -
important technical works have been furnished, some of which were
not otherwise obtainable. Men of draft age have been given publica-
tions describing the conditions of military life; and men who had taken
the training at Plattsburg have been provided with officer’s manuals,
works on military map-making, and the like. The library early printed
a list of its books on military subjects which has been widely used.
Civilians engaged in the manufacture of munitions resort to the library
for all sorts of information, often involving considerable research. A
manufacturer of aéroplanes, for example, asks for tests showing the
qualities of hickory; a maker of saddlery looks up publications on
leather; a Government silk inspector refers to books on silk culture and
spinning; a teacher in a school of aéronautics asks for the latest infor-
mation in print; an army officer uses special dictionaries in translating
an important military work; men from the factories consult all sorts
of books on machinery, fuel oils, aéroplane motors, and a host of similar
topics. In fact, no day passes without many calls for technical books
directly or indirectly bearing on the war.
Last fall the library conducted a campaign to raise money for the
national fund to provide libraries for our soldiers and sailors. The
work was carried on by a committee of seventy patriotic women under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Henry M. Phillips. Springfield quickly over-
subscribed its quota, contributing $8,107.76. For the same purpose, our
citizens gave this spring more than 34,000 books—an extraordinary
number in proportion to the size of the city—which were energetically
solicited and gathered by the high school pupils. Members of the
Woman’s Club lent their automobiles; the F. M. West Company gave
ninety-five packing cases; various expresses furnished transportation;
and the Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defense helped
in sorting and preparing for circulation this huge accumulation. The
library has supplied the soldiers at the Armory, the Watershops, and
other nearby places, while the American Library Association is dis-
tributing the majority of the books to our soldiers and sailors at home
and overseas.
The library has been active in the movement for food conservation.
It promptly printed lists of books to help the housekeeper make the
best use of food supplies, and has displayed charts and posters showing
the nutritive value of different foods. It affords an admirable channel
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN i;
for reaching the homes of the people; and besides printing lists on
gardening, bee-keeping, and similar subjects, it has obtained and dis-
tributed thousands of pamphlets on diet, canning, vegetable-raising,
thrift, etc. It enlisted the aid of the high schools and the Hampden
County Improvement League in preparing and exhibiting model meals
for meatless, wheatless, and other days, all showing a correctly balanced
diet. It arranged with the Committee of Public Safety for a continuous
series of exhibits and demonstrations at the main library and also in the
branches. It has slipped in library books when borrowed, thousands of
excellent recipes to encourage the use of substitutes for meat, wheat,
fats and oils. In the same way, at appropriate branches, recipes have
been distributed in six different languages, and in one instance a gather-
ing was held of foreign housewives. Pictures, notices, posters, and lists
have been constantly displayed in aid of patriotic movements; in the
reference department is gathered material on women’s war work, and
there is maintained also a directory and register of local organizations
engaged in war work. The hall and rooms of the library and museums
have been at the service of patriotic organizations, and have been used
for gatherings of the soldiers. Campaigns for the Red Cross, Red Tri-
angle, the War Chest, Liberty Loans, and allied projects have been
assisted, the librarian and members of the staff have participated, and
they also have represented the library on committees for food con-
servation, Americanization, and the like. Meetings of the librarians
from towns and villages in this part of the state have been called to
further war-gardening, conservation, and thrift. In short, the library
has tried to codperate in every possible way with food and fuel con-
servation commissions, with the Council for National Defense, the
Committee of Public Safety, and all similar organizations.
Not least important in these trying times is the opportunity the
library affords for relaxation from nervous strain. The war is continu-
ally present, consciously or subconsciously, and the resulting tension is
depressing. Many a man or woman finds in books which lead the
thoughts into other fields, the relief and refreshment that make for
sanity and emotional poise. With this in mind, a little booklist was
printed entitled ‘‘ Nonsense and Humor.”
Perhaps the most fundamental service is rendered by the library
through its large collection of books on the war. A catalogue with
descriptive notes was printed and distributed widely, listing a hundred
of the best and most popular. Such books exert a powerful influence in
educating public opinion. Circulated by the thousands throughout the
whole community, they give an intelligent comprehension of the issues
at stake, further unity of thought and action, stiffen the determination
to win, and promote in no small measure increased willingness to bear
the deprivations, hardships, and losses necessary for success.
Statistics
With a view to strict economy, little effort has been made to expand
the library’s work. It is the more surprising, therefore, that in spite
of this policy, and notwithstanding the distractions of war activities,
8 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
readers have borrowed far more books than ever before. The total
circulation amounted to 924,122 volumes, an increase of 81,968 volumes
or 915%. In addition, 92,566 pictures were lent. As would be ex-
pected, the reading of history, including the books on the war, gained
very largely—more than 50%—and at the expense of some other
classes of literature; 6,329 persons who had never before used the
library registered for cards, and 172 re-registered, making a total regis-
tration since 1914 of 47,509; 399 distributing agencies have been used,
including 366 class rooms, 10 fire engine houses, and 23 deposit stations
in factories, offices, Sunday schools, clubs, and other institutions;
8,863 volumes have been. bought for the central library and 3,067
volumes received by gift. In addition, 8,411 volumes have been bought
for the three branch libraries, making total accessions of 20,341 volumes;
4,686 volumes have been worn out or withdrawn, and the entire collec-
tion now comprises 244,645 volumes.
Branch Libraries
All of the branch libraries have been exceptionally busy. At Memorial
Square a large and attractive basement has been finished and fitted up
for children, thus relieving the crowded condition of the main floor,
and affording quieter and more convenient quarters for adult readers.
The circulation amounted to 183,748 volumes, an increase of 20,172.
More than 20% of the adult books lent were in foreign languages, and
of these, nearly half were in Yiddish; the branch is very active in the
work of Americanization. The Forest Park Branch circulated 152,170
volumes, a gain of 21,305 volumes. This is a remarkably large circula-
tion in proportion to the population served, and it seems doubtful
whether the use of this branch can greatly increase until here, too,
some addition to the accommodations is provided. Besides the books,
45,906 pictures were borrowed, the great majority by teachers and
school children. The Indian Orchard Branch circulated 39,144 volumes
which is 26% more than in any previous year.
The Poetry Society
A novel feature, and one of the pleasantest developments of the year,
was the organization of the Poetry Society of Springfield, which is
affiliated with the library, holding most of its meetings in the library
hall, in which case they are always open to the public. Large audiences
have thus had the pleasure of listening to Miss Amy Lowell, imagist;
Louis V. Ledoux, classicist; and Padraic Colum, Irish lyrist—a selection
which testifies to the catholicity of the society. At informal meetings,
the poets treated in Miss Lowell’s “‘Modern American Poetry” have
been taken up, and the discussion has been delightfully spontaneous
and invariably spirited. On other occasions, original verse by members
of the society was read, and a lecture given by Miss Mary A. Jordan of
the Smith College faculty on ‘‘The Old and the New in Modern Verse,”’
while Emil K. Janser gave a talk on “Poetry and Music,” illustrated
with songs by Mrs. F. L. Sample. A contest was held at which the
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 9
best poems submitted by members were presented, and the concluding
meeting was given up toa poetic play by Anna Hempstead Branch.
Reading Circle for the Blind
The reading circle for the blind has held twenty meetings, which have
been addressed on subjects ranging from travel experiences in Hungary
and Greece, to national prohibition, early kindergarten leaders, and the
making of a book described by its author. At a midwinter meeting,
Adjutant Edwin C. Parsons of the Lafayette Escadrille and Mr. Russell
Tapley described their experiences in the air and ambulance service in
France, and outside friends were invited, who filled the hall. The mem-
bers of the circle were also entertained with music at the South Church
parlors, and at the home of Mrs. L. L. Doggett. Thirty-six persons
have lent their automobiles to transport the members to and from the
meetings; and tickets have been furnished by the Orpheus Club for its
concert, and by the Young Men’s Christian Association for the Sunday
afternoon gatherings in the auditorium.
Miscellaneous Matters
There are many other matters deserving of report, and many acknowl-
edgments of gifts and service which should be made, but owing to
limitations of space only a few can be noted.
The library hall has been fitted with wall screens for exhibition pur-
poses, and has been used far more than ever before. An extensive exhibit
of the library’s work was installed at the Child Welfare Exposition held
on the “ Eastern States” grounds.
A printed folder has been issued describing the department of music,
and it is gratifying to observe the increasing place which it fills in the
community. For example, at the Philharmonic concert under the
leadership of the Swedish musical director, of the twelve numbers, all
but one were performed with music borrowed from the library.
Appropriate story hours have been conducted for the children from
time to time at the main library and the branches; and a ‘‘ Happy
Jack” thrift club has been formed to encourage the purchase of thrift
stamps. Original designs for each number of the library Bulletin were
made by the pupils of the junior high schools, through the kind co-
operation of Mr. C. Edward Newell, Supervisor of Art.
The library and branches have continued their interest in Americani-
zation, Miss Ida F. Farrar of the staff serving with the Americanization
Committee of the Committee of Public Safety. Books to forward this
work have been circulated, thirty-five members of a class in naturaliza-
tion were given a talk at the library, and printed information about
the library has been furnished to be distributed to everyone making
application for naturalization.
The members of the library training class have enjoyed a valuable
college course in European history at the Central High School, and nearly
half of the library staff have attended a course in English literature con-
ducted by the Extension Department of the State Board of Education.
10 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Owing to war weddings, openings in other libraries, in business, and
in the Government service at Washington, the library has lost seventeen
assistants. The depletion of the staff and numerous changes, the largely
increased patronage, the fuel shortage, the closing of schools, the war
work, and various other matters, have combined to make the past year
peculiarly arduous. I want to commend highly the spirit which has
animated the staff, the enthusiasm with which they have attacked
every problem, and above all their eagerness to do anything and every-
thing which would increase the library’s helpfulness in the great task
of winning the war.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN, Lnbrarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1917-1918
Volumes
Added by purchase; Central Library: 5) 2c) is dials ayaleheld aiess ales elaieies alana lo clle 8,863
Addediby, purchase Branches eee yu ail iran s she) ais) Sia) ee rls tate taney edhle luley of/el e/altetle 8,411
Nyaa (era lula ni ra bit eyy oy Ct Alay elle le ucla Ase SKAL EMM LAL 4k ge PS AL Te eA 3,067
Ro talieratrseie ee epee ts Mh esalctaje PP akon masiel ae: ea cea bic Uae) ehet stetenclist ie
DVB LG recy Tle ee eran ear PM ia er Sree ATE On RMR Ce CONAN 21S MOO ee are tattd agra a aha Ale
INIGGHERUTIE etter amet eee ata dey Rie tna eeiata anche LOGI laren Alagus
HNGtHE ib rarya Wyle iL Migene specu sevctey A He Uceell oy atoh este otic) eile Nee catatat Siena) atla\ativecarnrioy 6
Imbtheylibranycvlay. ol wl QS pecs ecceyayelase shel avers, jstareieielteveietiaitens cote lst alers: sereliwatane
Statistics of Circulation 1917-1918
ADULT
Volumes
ETO ELO Le Tooke eee NRCS Peta N tit caicee tata lta taher a Felgreda over alten s)peutapah a sieaene seetes 174,879
STI OCICAL STAR Ree nee ree ert oheTe a s itera a dala panini Sa ,562
GERETaIMWOE RS ey ree ele) aie ei ey AU MN ROD ALTON Maas Li ae ART Naga BTR AAs ce 295
ENTLOSO PL Vem ar Maen eee Cr Nee aiey ea atraents het Pare rete, epale cool gihoyod Shea lavoselgh SareleaNeaet ate fas 3,381
RSLS TO Te Ua Re Stare T cA Bite rb np er bare ay CN Sk WIE AM na Mh APN BI Mh MACE Ce 3,692
SOCTOLOR i ree RR eye aE i epee atch Wea ia Pe OAS NY Hea) Li ULNA cok yas Nita, Se ae 6,665
AUC A TIOIIN ere Reo Tay Cede IN Le ae CPCS Sree Nee Lo ties LRU Hea EDN), 1,696
ENT OLo year eae a Ue ee Satire avert Eine Cetlom Ene Many | UB Cats nk RUE) Ue HA MLE 1,757
INSET AIM SCY CR meer eer Riker naira ei Is Pee to eh oe RTL Gg Map atoll Wttan ahial SURI GSiakcy suis sere 3,802
MIE CICINE eee ERR HL Ren aT ieee on tee aR aa ALi Ve ADU DEON cl iL de AN 2,763
WsehulibAnta eerste yee hart ersisu set oie mics ature cuca lk Mba cia Bina AMEN A TR PAA VRE 11,868
INC PAT ES A ae MITE SEE CUCL Te MeN Lyova ML MER DR eden Vel ihe Meh tens PCT i
ISA OCOPEVIC EMA MPI AME es SiS Ac eH UNDA TTR A A I ON eR A ECA A 8,257
IDEs DH ee il ts Wa ANS ser NS aU 0 UT LSS eT OD a Pee RL Ad et eM 12,252
LEkoy sneer av yl Gace ofa GU eVePN = ATEN CH eA Us EAN DSLR En ea wee Mer ect Coe TDP aA SOR EaTCe GA ALR SU 9,671
Je bres SUn AIM ITN Mid SR aS A ala on a) SY A Re a ODP 11,025
VESCOYeA EHO) OI NN I SF eR Ny 6 i Pe Be Nt Se og Er NUP Pa eg 5,130
Geo eeap liye eerste ear eee te mn Ce ats ena ae OANA Any LUNA RIL Ohi RAM AU ER Ci AANA WDE 5,010
ATM TISCTN ED US Att eeu Mn nae Dasa ha MERU MUNRO CR IR AA u ae eeu Ricca aed re 1,823
IVAGV Ge sis en era ne RON EE ROMNEY GM VOR ARUN ED oo TAT Nal NPI OL CENA Ts
Ufoneeya tl Fey Gp) ANU) VaR PLe is WIS Bush EDGR Rn SEF aU Er en ea EA
279,305
MOLAMCIFCULALION Cen bAlW DEAT yie cos arash estan sao ee eee Saale onatel a eho lone fevstia ata ate latesalamel els
Indian Orchard Branch
Forest Park Branch
Memorial Square Branch
Soldiers’ Libraries at Armory
Estimated circulation at schools and other agencies
otalscirculation ior HOMe se yay ate ey ae ciatvele eve eeny ates) auntiane a/aiiuI IU renal Aber aitak Giuk ee al Ana
PACLUTESH OAT CUL ACS eis ol cre See ae A ae ase i el aro ANA nia ra Nie rel elieica lal Sat ievstiolc elie MenlS) Chat US
Deposited in 366 school class rooms:
Supphiediforione half ischooliyvear aac nvaciewiecics is ciare ay clelalealeie ier a leteinlonere acs
Renewed!) for second half) of Schoolyear a, ecisaisiele aicidisieleictevele alelalelete eerste
Total school deposits........ STADE raleie Vek eiralahend (eliebasrelteber ste wits sr elelalevabenenane
B) wr wee) axel oss (0)\a)) ay 8) al ei\iot je: ia' Je) (alt ei)s)\a)\'e)atiwiwl a) \elsiial \e\\m (eet le) .e\e))elie\e/jel\ey/e) aie, /@: Leyes, va\,6) 6) 6, aul\ey(a) s
@\ (o)eize\a|@(e |\6\’e/ ie) 9s) b) [o) Je) (esi el\'6|) = (a 16/8) :0) (@! e\/\¢) \e\ee\'e) 0} @ 61.8) (eo) .0)\0! 4) 6)» 0 6 \8)) «\\'6) '@)'@. 0) @) (0)16\0) 0, fe) 2/0) le) © (ee
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20,341
4,686
15,655
228,990
244,645
JUVENILE
Volumes
WN ka 924,122
Bets he 92,566
S88 6\c 31,566
Art Museum
The past year has been a busy one at the Art Museum, the work in
connection with the children and the schools has been continued, an
especial effort being made to have those interested in design in any
way realize the wealth the Museum has to offer in that direction.
The fact that Mr. Smith insists upon bringing in new material not-
withstanding the already over-crowded condition of the galleries has
necessitated the placing of two large cases in the Hall of Sculpture, in
which is exhibited the fine collection of Greek pottery. Two cases have
also been placed in the lower hall for want of a better location. In one
of these have been installed trays, paper weights, etc., carved from pieces
of marbles from the ruins of ancient Rome, which were collected by
Mr. Smith during his residence there in 1867 and 1868. Three large
cases have been added to the gallery formerly used as the Directors’
room. In these are shown Oriental embroideries not previously ex-
hibited. Two cases filled with antique glass from the Mediterranean
coast have been added to the long gallery on the second floor.
Perhaps it is not out of place to mention the recent convention of the
American Association of Museums which was held here the 20th, 21st,
and 22d of May. This was the first time the association has ever held
their convention in so small a city as Springfield, and only three times
before—last year in New York City, the year before at Washington,
and in 1912 at New York City—has there been so large an attendance,
which was very gratifying to us. Special reference was made to the use
of museums in time of war, and an urgent appeal to thoughtful men
that all the power and wealth of the nation shall not be used for instru-
ments of destruction, but a certain proportion given to the civilizing
influence which is so much needed in this season of war. The stimulus
afforded by association with the foremost minds in museum work will
be a lasting benefit to us all.
Respectfully submitted,
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator
Museum of Natural History
14/3
Conspicuous features for the past year are the results of systemati-
cally developed methods of codperation with the schools.
School courses in nature study have been supplemented at the Mu-
seum by illustrative specimens, and thirty-seven additional loan collec-
tions have been in active use. Three-fourths of the school children visit-
ing the Museum have a definite question to ask; and this estimate
applies to the general public as well, there being a notable decrease in
the number of persons who come aimlessly.
The total attendance, including attendance at lectures and other
meetings relating to the work of the Museum, was 31,053.
Activity During the Fuel Crisis
To the Museum, as to other institutions, the enforced closing of
schools during the fuel crisis meant increased activity. Children flocked
to the building and showed eagerness to be doing something. This
desire was met by improvised games that would lead to study of ex-
hibits, by encouragement of drawing and modeling, and the assigning
of small tasks that the children delighted to perform. Ingenuity of the
staff was taxed to the utmost to make the Museum supply its best for
the hundreds of eager boys and girls. For the high schools, class rooms
were provided. Apparatus was brought to the Museum where school
work was continued. From the head of the science department of the
Central High School came the following statement ;—‘‘The Junior Col-
lege work in physics was thereby continued without a break, which
meant a great deal to us.”
Evening Openings for the Soldiers
Twice during the winter the Museum has been opened for soldiers.
There was a prompt response to invitations to spend an evening looking
at the collections, and to enjoy the social features and refreshments
provided. Cases of the apple tree’s finest product supplied by our
president, Mr. Nathan D. Bill, found favor with the guests, of whom
there were fifty or sixty at each gathering.
Work With Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts are finding the Museum helpful in the nature work re-
quired by their organization. Assistance in the study of birds has been
sought, and applicants have been examined for merit badges.
Lectures
Illustrated lectures and scientific motion pictures were given jointly
with the High School of Commerce, while lectures and talks that attract
14 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
smaller audiences are still given at the Museum and at the City Library
hall. Altogether, seventy-seven meetings relating to Museum work
have been held, with an attendance of 3,568 persons.
Department of Psychology
The work in the Department of Psychology has continued to expand
during the past year, affecting an increasingly wide circle of community
interests. Aside from the regular examination of school children, which
has included some 400 cases, the following institutions and organizations
have availed themselves of the facilities of the Laboratory:—The
Cathedral School, the House of the Good Shepherd, the Union Relief
Association, The Good Will Home, the Hampden County Training
School, the Police courts of Springfield and Holyoke, the State Board
of Charities and Correction, and the social service departments of several
churches. In addition to such work of a more or less clinical nature,
the parents of Springfield and vicinity in steadily increasing numbers
are referring their children for examination regarding their further
education or their occupational careers.
Plans are also under way for the collection and exhibition in the
Museum of material illustrating the ethnological and social background
of the psychological problems dealt with—such as the evolution of
children’s play-life and education; the evolution of home-life, religion,
dress, ceremonies, etc.; and the more distinctive types physical and
psychological, of racial development.
Gifts
A collection of wall maps much needed for class work and for general
reference has been given by Mr. Robert O. Morris. The set of eight are
neatly encased in metal containers from which they may be withdrawn
for display, and the whole outfit or any part of it can easily be moved
for use in different departments. The set consists of a large geologic
map of North America; a political map of the United States; a set of
fifteen topographic sheets with Springfield for a center. In another
container are two maps showing the principal drainage basin and gag-
ing stations of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and a preliminary
geologic map of the same states. Then there are the frequently referred
to maps of the Holyoke Folio and of Emerson’s Geology of Old Hamp-
shire County, Mass., and a soil survey map which completes the set.
Mr. Jacob T. Bowne’s archeological collection, that is recognized as
a choice one by museums and students of Indian life, has been given
to the Museum by Mr. Bowne and will become a part of its exhibits.
The gift is an important one containing rare pieces from many localities.
Data have been carefully kept and specimens selected with discrimina-
tion by a master of the subject. Mr. Bowne’s gift is an event in the his-
tory of the Museum, making its archeological department one of the
finest of the state. /
To this same department the Fred T. Ley Company has given an
Indian skeleton which was found at the junction of the Connecticut
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 15
and Chicopee rivers. This specimen is now displayed in the exact
position of interment, and for excellent work in its removal and prepara-
tion the Museum is indebted to Mr. Donald B. Young of the Y.M.C.A.
College.
These are but a part of many valued donations for which the Museum
makes grateful acknowledgment.
The Catherine L. Howard Library has been considerably expanded
during the past year, and to its collection of reference books many
volumes have been added. More and more this memorial becomes an
indispensable adjunct of the Museum.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Curator.
Treasurer’s Report
For THE FiscaL YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 1918
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1916-1917............ S20 Wl
Appropriation from City of Springfield.................. 74,000.00
Dog ‘tax from City. of Springheld if. ee aaa, we 4,934.58
Alice Wi Adama humid eM Re eno sone ane 45.00
FNCKEOT OWS OTL 1G EEA V RL NF DUR ORME ORO SW DAN ARM MOBY iat AS 50.00
Panny Hazard (Bomd fund s/o 2 ata ale aye aie iets 200.00
John) Bryant Pandy ka al ei AL AUS GLO nk 225.00
Chester W Chapin: fund. ities ye ihe Ban ercta eam tel aran 500.00
OT WG RECTOR LUMEN ae Ue CATR S VON Ons Uae ee a ara 300.00
Aveustus, G. Hazara fumed ek ik eee ie ne 250.00
J. oearle Eruribut fans eis 53 ee oa, ee as A 25.00
Charles Sc Marah Puma ye ia ee inten eny Bel dah aa yale 250.00
Charles Merriam Fumd 2.) 20s ion Meets ow weld dale niece aie 385.00
SATAN s WlOOre TUNG yay) Viele ani Ae UE aN OI as 320.00
Wareline a) Race time 20 nn Mess Oe Wael, Ue) acon aaa 250.00
Grace 'Rume«ill musie fund: eed) A eh ig Maa ia ola ~ 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund................ 107.50
Geel ale, Una s 2h cee W sil Some Miah aunt nay ACR aRnNR RD aOR ee 45.00
James: Thompson’ famed ie eS ALN fe ie See eeaane 250.00
Dr. NV alien alley Fund yess eels okra eee eke Sense 25.00
David Ames Wells )fume) i) oe Giese RUA NON ais Aare aint ae 4,990.00
Charles M. Kirkham fund for medical books............. 440.00
Net income, Edwards Street House..................... 351.89
From Catherine L. Howard Library Association.......... 142.80
Interest on bank balance............. EARLE euro 438.33
Fees for overdetention of books......................-. 4,827.88
Receipts from duplicate pay collection in excess of cost of
Pe eA fee Re Ir TL a 293.60
Miscellaneous ‘recenotsi)!./5 2/50) diy ae) de ms Se Re La eke 432.20
NODA RECENDTS 0k als wie ee hah Ae eed cenit ae ea ee $94,709.89
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
Engineers, janitors and watehmen:) i.) 30h) ici de ee ies Cee $ 4,588.47
[Cel A Ras See aS ap CALS Ny de at.) A Ries CIR 4G a RO ee eae a 6,951.64
Insurance; repairs, and miscellany iis cas deo eeealtrn ee Rane ea 1,564.27
$13,104.38
LIBRARY EXPENSES
Salaries of librarian and assistants, (e000. die eon ele aes eee bere $29,573.76
DVTGSe rarest 3c aso? by ois 8 baal eh wks Sel alot wa ore eB ee eee 1,081.85
Sunday and Holladay RArviCG a6). 405.'k a essa are ica a een hee 306.83
Clase 6 ee iho Vin oa wea een tog HE ALG PO Reet ne 1,584.71
Baolee' Gy VaR aUE i SN at 6,534.64
TREASURER’S REPORT
Bice IGHELY, SUC SUPER icin )!)>) yin) Helmets % ys Sinbulsi@ Rialeisit gs ape cia ace
Biremiure and IUMPLOVEMCOts. ies eee siodd 6 eid es aos Yea eee glans
EE SES ye eee san Aa sy a aah vst ancl arasy NAM g PIL bial ea
PAP AR DOWER RH iL ND steal Lie ah a ola. b,c un gabe ei
1S AM EN EEN AN RUST Vals eu Hie A WN a
Pemtea AUCTION GH Hom uC aa ag Ula ee cid wl
PILE OME era Ue ee MAND SVEN SUNT WN iatal sia we Nae BCR a
JOSS EH SS CAEL Re Ely SEED? bc SSN MEI Oa Wee ay Aa Re NERO
RSIS RE SEMEN RO Nap ety a ae alos ald Pa lala) ghee Mud hl
Books and periodicals....... ae CONE GL EL Sas NI ogo Ma BF
Fuel, light, telephone, and miscellany.........................
INDIAN ORCHARD BRANCH
EATER rye DAMEN Cini tp cl ataiM cenit tal le ty sally We fa bigite Gaal ans) k
BOG aNd DETIOCIORIS Vinh Wha upg ht cies eala'y GAlwle alate ante Ls Ub
Huel, light, telephone, and miscellany. ............0. 00060 eus
MEMORIAL SQUARE BRANCH
SRI ES MAND eR ALTE PL AA da eo PR J aN
OC SraNC PEMOMECAIE A aioe lad Gl cls yaeae viel bse ey 21
POCEMMGUIMG ADEN SRO NUMA ote ey aT L se aC MEIC gO GIN hu
Repairs ane MMismingDasemeng 0.4414 eG D6 he oy cd ale'd oes Gees
Fuel, light, telephone, and miscellany.....................0045
Art MusEuUM
= SUE SETRE 5 eicodice UA ARES CCIM NORA INVA SES RUB nS RM ICR
Balearics ublall or Seulp hurr CMe see SUN LO Nes uh le
Cleaning, repairs, light, and miscellany..................0.....
Museum Natura History
SD) eI GS 2 A RE RE Rao, ES URC Aa i
Books for Catherine Howard Library......................4..
LUGiesevReibesye sate iin ey 6X2) J: Marne nn ANU DN RL oe NOI Oo Ree en CAG
Light, telephone, cleaning, and miscellany.....................
MRC EEUU RU EN eu Nene a UU ND SRE NL UA RSL CAMS hai dy
UOLAWERMENGIUIFER UCM NUEVA OLE LAM ND A I REN Sw iW
SES CIS EA EUR cA END MALU ALO ag An RA Se
17
$ 1,175.04
$48,787.59
$3,856.69
3,203.06
1,256.52
$8,316.27
$1,499.17
674.53
369.91
$2,543.61
$4,377.86
3,488.93
1,340.25
2,721.20
1,445.22
$13,373.46
$3,555.79
372.41
1,692.04
$5,620.24
$1,508.40
204.25
413.03
632.57
150.25
$2,908.50
$94,654.05
55.84
$94,709.89
18 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
G. W. V. Suita Art Curator’s ACCOUNT
Balance (May D. VOEg si Ten es SG ee AE A ata $ 1,120.20
Interest on bank balance!) PS a a os 20.82
Balance! April’ SO; VOEG oo iid Stay Oe aU eked cen ent es a 1,141.02
Davip AMES WELLS ENDOWMENT FuND
Balance Ways 1s WONT oi ciel eir 5 a: Soeiee apes sa oath Shee BUR ree he ND $ 1,123.88
Proceeds of sale of $5,000.00 American Steel Foundries 6’s 1935....... 5,000.00
Imterest‘on bank :balamee yn ii '500 Ui Pec aa chane sR Ie en 35.91
Proceeds of sale of $6,000.00 U. S. Government Liberty Loan bonds 4’s
CC eC a Ah MPA mmaneUNrOvMUCchsi tA hE nd hy 8 5,818.20
$ 11,977.99
Less:
Purchase of $6,000.00 U. S. Government Liberty Loan bonds
TET LUT, DSF eI mt GPU MP eae RRR UO Liaes TIE RIT OP YSIS SPE) $6,000.00
Purchase of $6,000.00 New York Central Railroad Com-
FAG RHE Dye Oi UE ie MA BNL ea ae Cea ee 5,695.50
Og 2) Se 2) c= ADO Se aN ov WA eA UAH ARE da Bob | 24a) TEESE
Balance April SO TOU A Ns ae cae sb aad ees 4 hie ai $ 260.02
CHARLES M. KirKHAM FUND FOR BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
Berane Mai Di PON Fel Se) NORTE EO TL i ara $ 134.48
Interest on $3,000.00 Southern Pacific Ry. Co, 4’s 1949......... $120.00
Interest on $2,500.00 American Tel. & Tel. Co., 4’s 1929........ 100.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., 5’s 1995...... 50.00 ae\ae
Proportion of selling price of $800.00 U. S. Government Liberty
oan bonds 4's 71042 i Si ale) ai). end pala Gait ore ae 242.97
UATE oe rcle cy a P RING neta MATE Ra ee Aa ACR oAL Bk NR ene Ceca Rea 7.03
$ 654.48
Less:
Proportion of purchase price of $800.00 U.S. Government Liberty
Lean bonds 4)s 194280 isla ide eee eV Oe cere ene ene $250.00
American Awning and Tent Compatiy is). )2 500 oe ae 18.09 268.09
Balance ‘April GO; 191 Sos ie ks eh pir ed ee ems ae $ 386.39
FUND FOR SCIENCE MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS
Balanée Way 1. VOU! 2 NEO Ones ee igs 1 ead ele tee eee $ 210.99
Balance April 30) 1918.3 i. Lee awe ee eke Bees Son are $ 210.99
SHERMAN D. Porter FunD
Ipalarice Maw Ai NOU icici) ree ies Lh eR ae a mae edge $ 177.62
Interest on $3,000.00 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., 5’s 1995...... $150.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Adams Express Company, 4’s 1948........ 40.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Southern Pacific Ry. Co., 5’s 1934......... 50.00 beak
Proportion of selling price of $800.00 U. S. Government Liberty
Boa DONGS 478; VOR ie els aiG.g Lai orate a le ok MeN Te erat a et 242.97
Binal-payment or lepary ito. lo. ee uleaeak ee ak ore etek ace 341.41
AU URMPERERSE CS Ss as rd i sa ert, Nghe mPa cas Seco GAR OR Ca IT te Rs tal ale Se ee 7.03
TREASURER’S REPORT 19
Less:
Proportion of purchase price of $800.00 U. S. Government Liberty
MCIELTD OTN 4 Boy ae acini atlavre chaise ue ceoa a emule Wher eos Geen fan $ 250.00
Palarice MAD Mil sOr ROU Sn ym eiisit ay se cle edt aoe Mul NY aha g $ 759.03
DENTAL LiBpRARY FUND
Sm TNIE SI EARLE L ROM seer area en alah MIG) sare. Sci g\tandlai'el's ale ea $ 292.88
TESTES EOI IAINC Gea eee eG Ure ever ha ae ak. alle gl alah a iattie eg 11.80
JE rev avcrpeveN er 13 hag 12 bce GU UAE Cea Ms ae a $ 304.68
The only outstanding indebtedness of the City Library Association is a note to the
William Merrick Endowment Fund for the sum of $30,000.00. This note was made
by the order of the Board of Directors to keep the William Merrick Endowment
Fund alive.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
: SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
1919
| CITY LIBRARY
| ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Officers of the City Library Association, 1918-1919
PRESIDENT: NATHAN D. BILL
VicE-PRESIDENT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
CLERK: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
BEEBE, Henry J. PacKARD, AZEL A.
CARROLL, JAMES B. Pratt, GEoRGE DwicHT
CorcoRAN, LUKE SKINNER, Henry H.
GILLETT, FREDERICK H. SmitH, G. W. V.
Haynes, STANFORD L. Wauuaceg, A. B.
KIRKHAM, JAMES W. Wesson, WALTER H.
ARTHUR G. Apams, Mayor.
CHRISTOPHER G. Simpson, President of the Common Council.
JAMES H. VAN SickuLE, Superintendent of Schools.
Auditors
W. C. Simons A. W. Damon
Standing Committees
On Finance—Henry H. Skinner, Nathan D. Bill, Stanford L. Haynes,
James W. Kirkham.
On Art—G. W. V. Smith, A. B. Wallace, Walter H. Wesson, Azel A.
Packard.
On City Appropriations—Henry H. Skinner, Henry J. Beebe, Robert O.
Morris, A. B. Wallace, George Dwight Pratt.
On Museum of Natural History—Robert O. Morris, Walter H. Wesson,
Frederick H. Gillett.
On Inbrary—Luke Corcoran, G. W. V. Smith, James B. Carroll, Henry
H. Skinner, George Dwight Pratt.
On Insurance—Nathan D. Bill.
Inbrarian—Hiller C. Wellman.
Director of the Art Museum—George Walter Vincent Smith.
Curator of the Museum of Natural History—Grace Pettis Johnson.
Report of the President
Notwithstanding serious handicaps, such as the influenza epidemic
which necessitated closing the juvenile departments of the library and
museums for seven weeks, the preoccupation of the public during the
first six months with knitting and other war work, the employment of
many young people in industry—in spite of these and other distractions,
both our library and museums have had a busier and more active year,
with larger results, than ever before.
To the Art Museum, Mr. George Walter Vincent Smith has continued,
as in years past, quietly and unostentatiously adding priceless objects
of art, installing besides many other accessions a case filled with Philip-
pine curios and an exhibit of beautiful Colonial china. A series of Satur-
day afternoon stories or lectures for children has been most successful
in giving information that leads to a better understanding and fuller
appreciation of the exquisite contents of the museum.
Furthermore, Saturday afternoon drawing classes for the children,
for which art teachers from the public schools have volunteered super-
vision, have resulted in some very creditable work.
The Museum of Natural History has been visited by an increasing
number of people. A course of story-telling has given to more than a
thousand children information regarding the geological formation of the
city and the surrounding hills and valleys, the character of our local
industries, and the sources of our food and clothing, followed by imagin-
ative excursions to the West and South and the countries across the sea.
A small branch has been opened in the Boys’ Club, with frequently
changing displays. Work with the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts has
been prosecuted, and regular lessons on bird lore have been provided
for the scout masters. The Museum has served also as headquarters
for the school garden work. The lecture work for the season has been
very satisfactory, and all the other customary activities of recent years
have been carried on as usual.
The continuous and rapid growth in the use made of the library is
indicated by the statistics of books borrowed. The figures at five year
intervals show that in 1899 the annual circulation was 150,424 volumes;
in 1904 it had risen to 322, 581 volumes; in 1909, to 506,731 volumes;
in 1914, to 655, 903 volumes; while the past year it amounted to 940,183
volumes. At the beginning of the period the number of books available
was less than 90,000, while today there are on our shelves more than
260,000 volumes.
Americanization work, which has only recently engrossed a large
share of public attention, has been an active concern of the library for
several years past. A striking feature of this season’s work was an ex-
hibition in the library building arranged by the Springfield Federation
4 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of Women’s Clubs, showing some eight hundred articles representing
the handicraft of seventeen different nationalities. It was attended by
persons in native costume, and accompanied by characteristic songs,
choruses, dances, music, and recitations. During the four days the ex-
hibition was open it attracted more than 5,000 visitors, native and for-
eign, Meanwhile, throughout the year, books in large numbers have
taken American ideals to our foreign people. Classes from the evening
schools and other groups have been conducted through the library and
furnished with books to help in their studies, especially in the acquire-
ment of the English language. Groups preparing for naturalization
have likewise had the resources of the library explained to them, and
make large use of the books on government and history. Through the
cooperation of Mr. Robert O. Morris, the Clerk of courts, each man
who makes a declaration preparatory to naturalization is given a card
which on presentation at the library entitles him to its use without
further formalities. Circulars in foreign tongues have been printed
and distributed to tell newcomers of the opportunities open to them in
the library, and at the same time a list of books on Americanization
has been printed for our citizens who are taking so active and intelli-
gent interest in this important problem.
This is only one example of the many new forms of service which
have fallen to public libraries within recent years; the work with the
blind is another. In Springfield the extent to which the library is drawn
upon by manufacturers and business men, by ambitious young workmen
studying up their trades, and by readers old and young seeking general
information, is large. Yet many other needs and opportunities present
themselves, if funds were available. New branches are desired, more
and cleaner books are needed, an engineering department and other
departments of specialized information, costly works for the genealog-
ical section and the art library, further assistance to the high schools
—in a score of ways the library could increase its usefulness if its re-
sources permitted. In view of financial conditions of late, it has seemed
desirable to conduct its constantly growing work with al! reasonable
economy, and to extend the scope of its service conservatively. The
city supports the institution generously, and undue calls on the public
purse at this time seem undesirable. The activities already instituted
are expanding and must be cared for; but desirable extension of our
work in new fields, it would appear, must await additional endowments.
Many benefactors have contributed in the past to make the institution
what it is today, and any additional funds which generous citizens may
from time to time see fit to add to our endowment, they may be sure
will yield each year a harvest of real and practical advantage to the
whole community.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
Report of the Librarian
The war time activities of the library continued up to the day of the
armistice, and thereafter as necessary. The character of this work
was described by request at the annual convention of American Library
Association, and as it was also chronicled with some detail in the last
annual report, it will suffice to state here that to the campaigns for food-
conservation, thrift, fuel-saving, gardening, knitting, the raising of
patriotic funds, and the sale of thrift stamps and liberty bonds, to the
furnishing of information for munitions-makers and for officers and men
in the service, and to every other feasible form of war work, the library
gave itself with energy and success, It is interesting to note that Spring-
field people contributed as reading matter for our soldiers and sailors
nearly 40,000 books and uncounted thousands of periodicals. This
was a generous response; the same rate maintained throughout the
country would have yielded more than thirty million volumes. About
three quarters of our books were shipped to the men overseas, while
others were sent to Devens and similar camps and stations in the United
States. The City Library was charged with seeing that suitable libra-
ries were provided for all men in service in this immediate vicinity; and
it maintained collections at the United States Armory, the Watershops,
the State Armory, the Hostess House, the Eastern States Exposition
Grounds, the World War Veterans’ Club, the Knights of Columbus
Hut, the Salvation Army Rooms, the Students’ Army Training Corps,
and supplied books also to groups of soldiers guarding railroads and
bridges. To Mr. Ralph P. Boas we were greatly indebted for the ad-
mirable service which he gave daily last summer in administering the
important technical library that was deposited in the Technical High
School for the men in training there; and to Mr. Edward A. Appleton,
for his kindness in aiding in general supervision over the places to which
the library supplied books.
Statistics
Owing to a variety of causes, chiefly the prevalence of influenza,
the absorption of the public in war work, and the employment in in-
dustry of many young people, the circulation of books during the first
six months of the year fell 36,000 volumes below that for the correspond-
ing period the year before; but with the return of normal conditions
during the second half of the year, the circulation grew at such a rate
that for the entire twelve months it amounted to 940,183 volumes,
or 16,061 volumes more than in any previous year. The class of books
at the main library showing the largest rate of increase in the adult
circulation, with a gain of 15%, was, as might be expected, history,
since in that category fall the multitude of books written about the war.
The reading of fiction increased only 3%.
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The library’s books are available at 405 distributing points through-
out the city, the great majority of which are school class-rooms; while
the remainder comprise factories, offices, stores, Sunday schools, fire
stations, and various institutions. Deposits of books are in this way
sent freely wherever they will be of use to a group of readers, the only
formality being the filing of a guarantee to protect the library against
loss. Six thousand one hundred and seven persons have taken out
library cards during the year. Eighty-four pictures and 289 books have
been lent to other libraries, the greatest number being borrowed by the
library at Camp Devens for the use of officers and men seeking special
information. Fifty-eight books have been borrowed from other libra-
ries all the way from Boston and Cambridge on the east, to Washington
on the south, and Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago to the west, for the use
of research workers in Springfield requiring unusual publications not
to be found in our own collection. Through this system of reciprocal
lending among libraries, almost any desired book, however rare or
special, can be obtained for use byscholars in our own community. Twen-
ty thousand four hundred and sixty-five volumes have been added by
gift or purchase, while 5,075 volumes have been withdrawn because worn
out or otherwise useless, making a net gain of 15,3890 volumes, with a
total of 260,035 volumes available in the collections at the main library
and branches.
Publications
Among the publications of the year have been two lists of delightful
autobiographies, one entitled ‘Self Revelation” and the other ‘‘ Memo-
ries of Childhood and Youth;’’ a supplement to the “ Fiction Catalogue;”’
a reading list on Russia; a selection of ‘‘ Nonsense and Humor;” a
list on “Outdoor Sports;’’ a folder on the foreign people in the United
States; vacation reading lists for children; a slip entitled ‘“‘Helps for
the New Citizen;”’ a reading list on ‘‘The League of Nations;” and a
pamphlet containing the text of ‘‘ The President’s Fourteen Peace Points”’
with references for reading under each point. This last publication
proved so popular that a second supply had to be printed within a few
weeks. Four of the lists, and an earlier one containing ‘‘ Books on the
Great War’’, were reprinted by the American Library Association to the
number of more than ninety thousand copies for the use of other libra-
ries. Such lists excite interest in good books and stimulate reading
on current questions. For the same purpose, special collections of books
have been grouped in the delivery room, and exhibitions of photographs,
engravings, and other pictures have been held at frequent intervals
in the art room, the delivery room, and the periodical reading room.
One of the exhibits that was very popular consisted of a collection of
stamps issued in various countries as a consequence of the war, lent
by Mr. William C. Stone, which revealed a surprising amount of history.
The Children’s Department
Beginning February Ist, the fee for the overdetention of children’s
books was reduced from two cents to one cent a day. A cent means much
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 7
more to most children than two cents to an adult; and furthermore, chil-
dren’s books are much less costly, so that whether the charge be regarded
as a penalty or as a fee, the lower scale for children’s books seems reason-
able, and works well. The exhibits in the children’s room included a
series relating to various lands across the sea, which has done
something to inspire respect among many of the children for the
countries from which their parents have come. It is interesting to
know that with children, as with older people, fashions change, and
the latest books are wanted. The younger readers are inclined to
desert their long loved boarding school tales and athletic stories for
war narratives with their submarine chasers, aéroplane heroes, and ex-
ploits of cavalry, infantry, and artillery. Summer reading clubs which
were formed at the main library and the branches were successful in
introducing many children to the better books.
The Art Library
On the shelves and in the cupboards in the art room, Springfield
people have access to an unusually rich collection of valuable books and
portfolios relating to the fine arts. This is the more noteworthy because
there is no endowment such as many libraries have for the purchase
of these works. The collection is extensively used, not only by persons
interested in painting, architecture, and the other fine arts, but also by
illustrators, designers, and persons engaged in the applied arts and in-
dustrial design. The Grace Rumrill music fund has made possible a
large collection of music of all kinds, which is much appreciated. Its
use is facilitated by indexes to all the separate pieces in the collections
of piano music, and by an index of songs, to which has been added this
year an index to the poets who have written songs. The collection of
pictures arranged by subjects, and comprising a quarter of a million
examples, is drawn on by illustrators, club workers, newspaper men,
designers, and school teachers. About 80,000 pictures were thus bor-
rowed from the main library and branches last year.
Branches
The crowded condition of the Memorial Square Branch Library
has been happily remedied by opening the large and attractive basement
which makes an admirable children’s room. Story hours and reading
clubs have been organized for the children with excellent results. The
Forest Park Branch Library, which when the present building was
opened ten years ago circulated 36,671 volumes, circulated last year
167,084 volumes. This circulation was almost 10% more than in the
preceding year, and the need for larger quarters is obvious. The de-
velopment of the reference work with the schools this season has been a
feature. The Indian Orchard Branch Library has had a satisfactory
year, but the increased car fares have led some of its best patrons to
move to the city and so prevented a gain in circulation. At all of the
branches, exhibits, picture bulletins, special collections of books, and
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similar features have served to make the buildings centers of interest
in their communities.
Acknowledgments
From the late M. Louisa Graves the library has received a bequest
of Japanese curios to be known as the Putnam-Graves collection. Cap-
tain J. Brewer Corcoran caused to be made and presented to the library
seventy enlargements of official photographs relating to the 104th regi-
ment in France, which are not only of great current interest, but also
of lasting historical value. Mrs. Frederick Harris and Mr. Frederic
M. Jones presented twenty-seven war posters, chiefly French, of great
artistic excellence as well as of historical significance. Mrs. James W.
Kirkham and Mrs. A. 8. Martin have given welcome additions to the
music department; through the kindness of Mr. Oliver H. Dickinson,
487 volumes were received from the estate of the late Harriet S. Dickin-
son; Mrs Albert C. Starr gave current French books; Mr. Francke W.
Dickinson, a further installment of miscellaneous books; Mr. Albert P.
Lantry, thirteen reproductions of old Springfield maps; Mr. Frank
Farnsworth Starr, valuable genealogies; Mrs. Walter H. Wesson, a
set of the ‘Historians’ History of the World” in twenty-five volumes;
and many other persons too numerous for separate mention have pre-
sented books and pamphlets and other articles, which have been duly
acknowledged and are deeply appreciated.
Affiliated Societies
The Poetry Society in its second season has met with continued suc-
cess. Its meetings in the library hall, which are entirely free to the
public, have afforded delightful opportunities for hearing distinguished
poets as well as for more intimate study and discussion.
The Reading Circle of the Blind has completed its fifth season, with
weekly meetings on Saturday afternoons, conducted by Miss Ida F.
Farrar of the library staff, with the generous assistance of Miss Clara
M. Shurtleff. A score of the busiest people in Springfield have taken
time to address the Circle, and others have kindly lent their automo-
biles to transport the members to and from the library. Mrs. James
H. Van Sickle, Miss Josephine Smith, Mrs. H. H. Bowman, Mrs. J. R.
Lyman, the Misses Annie C. and M. Louise Stebbins, and Mrs. Charles
H. Barrows, have opened their homes for musicals and other meetings
which could not so advantageously be held in the library building.
The people who have given this generous assistance may be assured that
probably no work with which the library is concerned affords keener
enjoyment.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN, Librarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1918-1919
Volumes
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Mddedibys purchase poranchesaama tively cies) « Nereitid eleucias ola sistesein) elste vey tiovelsy ave 7,318
ENGCLECD VAD ING He a na a APPEND ALTA CRUE RATA RMI TAU EN Ai HRY a ey 8 1,992
ROCA ALICE ar Vem eM ear cen USes mains nile Ran AVL URE MIRE CI oa eee 20,465
AWE OVG Der SraD Ws deta oui CNA NR AEN SS at 7 ot Ren Oe AGP Eee en a 5,075
FERRY (EEN TS GNOI Slo or es tet al AY AM Cle AR IVE A Es AA UE 15,390
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InikthewoibraryaViay al GlO eer ere etal Ae ia ty Arle alia ee are oy Lik aay 260,035
Statistics of Circulation 1918-1919
ADULT JUVENILE
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STL OCUCALS EHR ie ese ee nasa RCD ATS ale, Vecttay Pa AGE ST cake URNS RLM 9,332 1,845
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SOCLOLO LA oe nace ee a Nac ilen in ae as SUE LIME RN US eA ie aI ala, 5,781 1,248
CART CUT OTIR Pa Te tees yen Meee he acl et suse i ITO TS Voi ee ae GP 1,678 142
[eA MYO OYA ete Bice AH einer WI BIA ARES ae RMT ne Hig nat LAR alla Onl Une RP RRA 1,912 94
ENEDEIIT DIES CIEMICO ME Lh oer aera crtna ned altons tailed Vater eect cctbatte lial dis nanareeate (abet 3,814 9,315
ALS re WOVE a cist Sy cles abet Salita. eT AAO cs Nea 6 eRe DRL PR Et a rn RE 2,674 384
(Wise tui Atrtsyimy reine aie mer emer to iath ayeeeUs Co nuaiek nT aba Tai LU yeaM ote nae 11,208 1,808
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INWTTGTOS big’ 6.5 Bes ole ean Rebbe alee at A OM (PAR SNE ge es a Na 7,556 98
PATIANISETN CILGS Ee Maree reheat Mee ie ia ee era eae taial ap abeua me uate a iaeaeuapunn 1,971 1,357
TLR eres GO Helos LN ah iel 6 Nie WAI A a RUINS I Ea TO ee Or ANN 11,149 6,462
RONETOMMIGTICE HA LUTE 1ocush natok sesret a elie eae uate anleb ened Beal sna pepe utah e Data 9,113 110
EAS COV pe eR eae ee avn bape anlerinea inte aera tea aan ne al gia Se LeU ee 12,695 5,910
LOL TAD VET Pd eRe CE ee Panna obra ckortcuae eacaie cchrananalaials 4,176 3,024
(CREO ET ETO) OY ere A AIR Betis elle MMe Nes BLAa Ve a Ean a 4,649 7,422
IA BSA GLOSSS CUAOSE ee Sci ERR TIE aes Bee ete ROR een Alpe a te 12,384
LeRi cay 0 KEN CCP) WER ty tierce regent ice ih ee OMA a aig ey UR es ae Pe ne pO sea 22,764
280,007 105,424
Rotaleciscitapionyiromny Centrally loraryvare cutis ite uiie Ailsa lien Melisa Ne A rachel (idly ne uate Nate ia 385,431
indian Orcharcdyb ranch Wives Ghenin ne HOG Aenn Len lrt Aba ecient geile 41 Lane ii ath oiwilite Suds 37,816
HOTESE par Kees EAT Clare erg ay eee taro AL MMe ea LIne eee MaMa uAn AIR ele gm Cet, RU LIRA CANE I Mes ALG eon 167,084
Miemorialisquanrcroeramelimecinta partner einai e (ayeteal Rae V REMI a evel se ase sean oie aMeicala sT ay Gad 171,959
SOlaTersqlorariesme Hiv atsv etsy Lo ameter a MeO nU eM raudztinr drape a TAU hig Mati ules Rot ut Mig ae ea ti Ne ai 2,42
764,711
Hstimated circulation at schools andiother agencies. 662). 4)2 i000 2s celle et eget sone ue. 175,472
Motalnumberconvolumesicirculatedsforuhomenseiy 4 ysis ie ile Leet ease eee eee us haces 940,183
Ntmbenofipictinesicinculated tsa ion vRiaiie eur lon inn cuMnrMa su nutiio. 20 ly eclmaUbachne tks < Woet amine tyes is aA 79,998
Deposited in 372 class rooms:
Supplieditononephalfeschoolgyear aes fo deraws meee any veined: chi eotert Malay 2 ube mle 20,000
Renewed tor secondunallischoolhyeaniay 10 cei rey wale ede stale eiieviela cy souls 9,487
34,824
Report of the Art Museum
Although this has been a year when the interests and activities of
the community have been centered on the war, with the exception of
the months when things were practically at a standstill, on account of
the influenza, the attendance at the Art Museum has increased. Es-
pecially is this true of those who visit the museum for a purpose.
We have enlarged our activities during the year, a series of thirteen
story hours for the children has been given by one of the assistants,
Miss Cordelia C. Sargent, in the museum hall on Saturday afternoons.
The first talk was devoted to Christmas stories and was followed by
Demeter and Persephone, the story of a Mother’s love; Orpheus and
Eurydice; Cupid and Psyche; Mercury, the Divine Messenger; A
Japanese Home; The Life of a Japanese Girl; The Boy’s Festival;
Japanese Landscapes and Gardens; Japanese Shops; Dolls represent-
ing different classes of Society in Japan; The Story of Bertrand the
Brave, a Boy of the Middle Ages; and Joan of Arc, the Little Maid of
France. These were illustrated by photographs and lantern slides.
After the talks the children were given an opportunity to visit the Art
Museum where their attention was called to objects in the collection
which had a direct bearing on the stories. Twelve hundred and five
children were entertained at these talks and many more were turned
away for lack of room.
On April 26th the Joan of Arc story was repeated at the Indian Or-
chard Branch Library to 80 children. Not only the children but the
mothers seemed to appreciate these talks. One mother who came with
her small boys expressed her gratitude that her children could come,
see pictures and learn something, instead of going to the ‘‘movies”’
where so many objectionable pictures are shown.
During the past season several children have availed themselves of
the privilege of coming to the museum to sketch from different objects
in the collection with very gratifying results. The drawing teachers of
the city schools becoming interested in the work done by these children
have very generously given of their own time and alternated in coming
to the museum on Saturday afternoons since ‘the first of March, thus
giving the children the benefit of criticism and instruction. If the School
Board could see their way to codperate with us and furnish a teacher
who could come regularly every Saturday afternoon for the coming year
I feel sure the results would well repay the outlay. The children have
been allowed to select their own subjects and work either in the Museum
of Natural History or the Art Museum.
Forty-one classes and clubs have been received at the museum and
docent service given when desired.
To the collections Mr. Smith has added a Philippine exhibit arranged
in a case in the lower hall. Among these are examples of hand-
ART MUSEUM iB
woven cloths; embroidered clothing; a man’s suit in which the decora-
tion is produced by tying before the garment is dyed; hand made buyo
boxes of silver with repoussé decoration; and examples of their home
made weapons, the kampilan, barong, pira, and kris.
Another case in the lower hall contains a few pieces from Mrs. Smith’s
interesting collection of early English china. A Staffordshire tea set
made by Enoch Wood and Sons in the early 19th century has blue
scenery with copper luster bands, a very unusual combination and very
effective. There are also examples of copper luster, and the rare white
Castleford ware, the latter dating from 1770 to 1790. The lower part
of the case is given up to part of a set of Dresden china, with a few pieces
of Royal Doulton, both of which are decorated in pink. These are just
a few pieces from a very interesting collection of Colonial and early
English china in the possesion of Mrs. Smith which she would be glad
to add to the permanent collections in the museum if there was room
for them.
The regular routine work of cataloguing and labeling the collections
has progressed as usual.
A change has been made in the time of opening the museum to the
public. Last summer we had so few visitors between the hours of five
and six that it was thought best to try the experiment of keeping to the
opening hours of one to five throughout the year, which seems to be
working very well as we have many more visitors between the hours of
one and two than we did between five and six. This arrangement really
extends the museum hours as the Natural History Museum on account
of the large numbers of children, continues the two to six time, so that
visitors desiring to come early may visit the Art Museum and later the
Museum of Natural History.
The practice of lending photographs from the Hall of Sculpture has
been continued, as have also the monthly exhibitions of special subjects.
Just now a very interesting collection of photographs is being shown.
These are the property of the National Sculpture Society, and are largely
of war memorials which are of especial interest at this time.
To those who visit the Art Museum the need of an extension of the
present building is very apparent if the museum is to fulfil its mission
of the “greatest good to the greatest number.’’ We need rooms not only
for the display of material now packed away, but rooms in which to
work, if the valuable art collection is to adequately fill the needs of our
fast developing city.
Respectfully submitted,
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator.
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Report of the Museum of Natural Hictory
444
For forty-six days children were not admitted to the Museum and
the decrease in average attendance during that time from ninety
persons per day to fifteen daily indicated in a measure who uses the
museum. This fact suggested that additional attention might well be
given to features of work for children and consequent efforts have at-
tracted greater numbers of young people, The total attendance for the
year, 31,118 persons, is an unexpected increase over last year’s records.
Branch Museum
At the Boy’s Club a small branch has been opened. From duplicate
collections at the museum changing exhibits of mammals, reptiles,
birds and fishes are supplied and accompanied by carefully prepared
explanatory labels. Needless to say a cordial invitation to visit the
main museum is included.
Work With Scouts
For scouts, weekly lessons or field excursions have been conducted,
and scout masters have asked for and been given biweekly bird lectures.
Museum Clubs
Nature study clubs have sprung up among the boys and girls who
frequent the Museum and these interests are fostered by the staff sup-
plying practical instruction and aid in identification of material. Empty
cupboards and drawers house collections which are acquired onexcursions
or given by visitors who become interested in the work of the children.
The young people are eager for field work with a qualified conductor.
To a limited extent arrangements have been made for such trips and
while some way must be found to meet this demand it is difficult to see
how field work to any extent can be added to the present manifold re-
quirements made of the Museum’s small staff.
Lectures and Story-telling
The usual free lecture work has included a series of talks on local
natural history by Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, and single lectures by Mr.
T. Nelson Dale on local geology, James H. Emerton on spiders, and
two lectures on birds by noted ornithologists.
Saturday morning story-telling for children has been attempted for
the first time. Nineteen lectures were given with a total attendance
of 1402 children who, in these illustrated stories, have been told of the
formation of the hills, valleys and rivers about their city; of this re-
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gion’s animal and plant life and the reasons for its conservation; of the
sources of their food and clothing and the processes of production. By
means of lantern slides they were taken to the sea, and wonders of
marine life revealed to them, and again by pictures they crossed the
ocean to countries from which many parents came.
For these stories, children assembled early at the Museum and while
waiting, were shown objects related to the talk to be given. Surely the
young people derived much benefit from the course and such work may
well be continued and amplified.
Contribution from Children
These privileges tend to develop with the children a personal interest
in the Museum and eagerness to serve it, and their endeavors have re-
sulted in some noteworthy additions to the collections.
Designs have been made for posters announcing lectures or special
exhibits. Sketches have illustrated points to be brought out in story or
lecture or, as in the case of the cotton exhibit, by representation of the
flowering plant, an important part of a series has been supplied.
Recently a merchant asked for pictures to show the life history of
the common clothes moth. The exact thing desired was not in our
picture collections but was made by one of our boys and used in a Main
Street window display of furs.
From a text book illustration Frank Korkosz has made and given to
the Museum a plastacine model of the extinct monsters that left foot-
prints in Connecticut Valley sandstone. The lion done by this boy of
sixteen is a choice production and compared with the work of expert
modellers Frank’s work stands high.
There are other children who are proud to be contributors to the
seasonal exhibits and assist at lectures, and all of these young people
appreciate that a return is made for such service by personal interest
in their various endeavors, Occasionally there is a special treat for them
such as an evening at the Central High School with the use of the big
telescope by courtesy of Mr. Clarence Hall.
In thus modelling, sketching and collecting these children are learning
valuable lessons, and by serving the institution they are establishing
interests and relationships likely to promote good citizenship.
Americanization Meeting
To the Americanization movement the Museum has offered itself
and opened the building for an evening gathering of foreign born parents.
Free to all the Museum served as a good example of the city’s educational
advantages. Its collections were eagerly scanned for what pertained
to the mother country and the Maude Brewer Lang collection of dolls
from many lands was a particular attraction.
Special Exhibits
The Museum felt it a privilege to exhibit this famous collection which
attracted hundreds of visitors, and to arrange for the lecture on dolls
14 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
given by Mrs. Lang and Dr. George E. Dawson. As a permanent part
of this Museum which was founded largely through the efforts of Mrs.
Lang’s grandfather, the late Daniel L. Harris, this collection would be
of rare interest and value.
Cooperation with the Schools
Conferences between the Supervisor of Nature Study and the Curator
result in systematic codrdination of school and museum work. Material
is assembled at the museum for different periods of the school courses
of study. At meetings of teachers called by the supervisor the use to
be made of such material is indicated, and this year there has followed
the coming of one thousand and fifty-two pupils for assigned observa-
tion study. Added to this are the daily questions from many children
concerning exhibits relating to school work. For the school Garden
club the Museum has become headquarters.
Dr. George E. Dawson reports on the work of the Psychological
Laboratory as follows:
The Psychological Laboratory is steadily establishing a wider contact
with the life of the community. This year the Springfield Branch of the
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the
Home Service Section of the Red Cross have referred cases for examina-
tion. Increasing numbers of young men and young women from the
High Schools and the upper grades of the Grammar Schools have applied
on their own initiative, for examinations as to vocational fitness, in one
instance a group of sixteen from the same high school having thus ap-
plied. All this is in addition to some three hundred cases referred by
the public school officials, Judge Heady’s Court, and other community
agencies.
Hospitalities to Societies
The Museum still fosters interests of its affiliated societies, and by
jointly conducting lectures both the clubs and the Museum are able to
prepare better programs than could be provided by either organization
working alone. The flower shows of the Garden club, two of which were
held the past year, are always an attraction.
The Museums and the Library
The usual cordial relationship between the Museum and the Library
results in united effort to carry out the purposes of the Association.
From the children’s room at the Library books relating to exhibits have
kept the children’s table at the Museum interesting. In turn the Mu-
seum is always glad to supply special exhibits for the branch libraries,
and story-telling carried on by the Museum and always well adver-
tised at the branches has been repeated at one of the branches. Work-
ing together the museums have made the 1919 story-telling a success.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 15
The Catherine L. Howard Library
At the annual meeting of the Catherine L. Howard Library Associa-
tion its members voted to add to its library as funds permit, lantern
slides to be used for lectures, lessons and story-telling. It was also
voted to include in the purchase of books a limited number of reference
books suitable for children. By so enlarging its scope the Howard
library greatly increases its influence. The Museum is indeed fortu-
nate to be assisted in its work by the Howard Library association.
Accessions
Miss Mary A. Booth has been one of the principal contributors this
year. Displayed in a case made expressly for her gift there is a collection
of Miss Booth’s photomicrographs such as have won honors at the
world’s great expositions. It is gratifying to have in the Museum of
Miss Booth’s home city a properly installed and representative collection
of the work of so famous a microscopist.
A finely mounted black bear, Mr. Nathan D. Bill’s contribution,
fills a long felt want at the Museum, and by Mr. Luman Andrews, another
donor, who like Mr. Bill rarely fails with his yearly contribution, several
thousand pressed plants have been added to the Museum’s herbarium.
The name Daniel L. Harris again appears on the Museum annals
with the gift of relics of the late war, and to all departments much ap-
preciated gifts have continued the steady work of completing collections.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Curator.
Treasurer’s Report
For THE FiscaL YEAR ENpiInG ApRIL 30, 1919
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1917-1918............ $ 55.84
Appropriation from City of Springfield.................. 81,000.00
Dog taxitrom City of Sprineheld oy ee ee a ean ~~ 4,853.55
Alice Wi: Adams fume ues Nine eh clara AC eto eee ee 45.00
A Storm PMT eyo Ny ie Ly Tosca ON Ue eR As Sue LANG ke Bg 50.00
Hanny Hazard pond Tuma. Nie cue trees han retains 200.00
John Bryant lund ey ko RCH Nena Dae oe an Sue ee Nae Laas 225.00
Chester Wi Chari: fame oi eas ad pon eee RE UA Be ae 500.00
O. AGreenleaf tum 2734 0 cu Nee hys ic Wetec) MN RR BRC Leena 300.00
AugustusiG. Hazard tumda eG Neri ina ego, leaner 250.00
Jiupeamle enol unt uma en Peo it) ME Bite AMUSO ay ee 25.00
Charles Mis Warkhara tum es) Wet SU eae men Up mee 220.00
Charles SiiMiarsh dunaee sa ee ee te nw Oe 250.00
Charles: Menriama frm io 00 70 By she Neate ee pene Ae aman Vigo 385.00
Sarah JeuNoore hum Oia Mey Se le tly cai S MON a site eR 320.00
Caroline 4a) TRICE MUG AnD Ete Hi Ue iis (el Mee ev tae OGY te 250.00
Grace Foumartll music fam iy 2 ey ee Rea Ne 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund................. 107.50
George iW .Papleyi fund yo ee O nas en ane et gaiat eas 45.00
JameseM /Bhomapson fad aye) Cee vere hsv einen Rina te 250.00
DD WV abet rag Toca ay: Ea AV hn ETA a 25.00
DawigvAmes/ NV ells: fume ces Wim are e ey Ue LOAN oir aan ge 5,627.52
Net income, Edwards Street House...................... 256.79
From Catherine L. Howard Library Association........... 204.25
interest ion'bank balance sess ae non) CMe nent ee aa ae nate ney 524.52
Fees for overdetention of books.......2.0......).0....5. 4,949.39
Receipts from duplicate collection in excess of cost of books 90.59
Miscellaneous receipts. ain) tears ais eee uals Se ee setae 301.96
otal recerptay! cn he Ay eae MS ee a $101,871.91
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
Engineers; janitors and watchmen: 65.5014. 5 cna suid victoire se eae $ 4,722.46
| 2) te) Oe Let Rasy SOMME AN MM ra MIU LAIST ier Cee Sif 6,358.98
Insurance, repairs, and’ miscellany... 960). sass» wie cate reiecle tan eee 2,820.98
Refunded to Sherman,D: /Porterfundss 50... a ee ee ee ee 1,000.00
$14,902.42
LIBRARY EXPENSES
Salaries; librarian and’ assistants... 00. 5 5 cis cee ners Aes ee eee $32,427.34
INMPESSET BOTS Aili a ieee wile alencieh aba Clad le aren eeR eet tirs apACUR et iaiaste Reet ae ete ane 1,402.45
Sunday and holiday: services (60.2) ay ech cea eee ee eer 367.31
CVS RITE Hepsi oa leh Sa Bin alls Sh chow he. pads te ay Be Cea eS Ee Ue cn 1,432.50
BOs 0. oe i isp he Sosieice Ste ee Wales Mal RTA vA RRO 8,395.17
Periodiealsis yee ee eee Ok cx a ea eatin EIR Calais ee ee ee 1,154.77
Boa ama vin 20 oT oe hate IB SOE Dae te 2,577.77
TREASURER’S REPORT 17
EVE LINRNGES 2 68 LO et AR RIUE UE In Area LUE LA Mee One SS $1,069.09
DEA MEH TAMG SU PDUES rs stun ene aU veiAly sCallatelaayalal aie te lajanshe 1,362.99
PEM HARE AE ATTPTOWCHICINGS: Khia taste ina ase Niel d \elslacd ye: gogcete sua: ainy'a =! Sha 177.14
SE SSD OTS UN ard LI ste Sy MA Ac UO ON 701.92
LA TG EEG 12 ORS OR IR ER eles VO) OU ee oh Tea eA 1,460.72
"EHO SEE U1 i ia al Re AD STD ARNG RE PI aa Oa 538.87
expiiecsu a CetLOrg tm SL Mice wana a ait AW ON WON a aban ala illa Qin 373.03
SLE TRICO Ty rar Lon rae ern r at raw muh CEU e ay Iba PU yche gi ellaia elolete. bseige tet gs 234.89
SCE UATE ne ei uaa py LP ee MULAN es ee AM Se Stes ipa d Ae ba) yaS Ol'h al ale leh ei'e ie lacy 2 340.54
$54,016.50
Forest Park BRANCH
PSE LES TSS cates Beagle ois eat a hed, Pilea oy Caen el Ae ag A Ce A $5,400.88
IBOGksy PEMOGI CAIs sald) WENGE Lie. ik o's oe oldle esp isy standin es Wer anaes as 3,418.54
Huel light. cclennaone,/and) miscellany 60002) ued d on eisiye ie ede ele «+ 1,236.17
$10,055.59
INDIAN ORCHARD BRANCH
Road Bree ON IRR a we ORC LO GAD ea Rue eT as eee Seg $1,566.60
Books meriouicalsand joindingy 1 a eee Vile Aneel a eg Wek ek 756.22
Hel heht. telephone; and miscellany... 0.0) a ee 952.13
$3,274.95
MEMORIAL SQUARE BRANCH
ACE TER NUON Wy! A Mtl MV Maney seap Nas veces ii Patan dsc Kedda caused Seo enebansne $5,261.65
HOOKS WerIOGdicslsr ana DINGM io) i tai. lea lane dea dere alad ew oldies ahs 4,083.73
fuel lieht. telephone, and miscellany... 336!) 5c es) oa bd wee 1,555.13
$10,900.51
Art MusEuM
SSH WE ES Us! EO AN rel By 8 Se de $3,610.78
SalaMes Ea Ol MCUNPLUEGS san uigiis Glcte esta k abala adie wlalelalaidicces doe shatbial« 363.88
Cleaning, repairs, light, and miscellany .:: 2.6.0.4) .0/2 0006002 1,561.66
$5,536.32
Museum Naturau History
Sale Ca rat) pene al cian linm a ill miata cM unl lane try ay $1,555.60
Beoks for, Catnerme | Howard Pabrary ii) oy as ia incase Saddle eds 164.56
TCO ADS) WOKE Ff 2) OVNI a OU TGs A NS Ae eB 456.32
Light, telephone, cleaning, and miscellany......................00.. 626.92
LAB GEUTH ES BCE I CSM SON ACER TC N05 SS ae eT 315.37
$3,118.77
MG tal expemaneunes ey yri ae Er at N si cc oN ah he uN aaa ata ee OS ATUL $101,805.06
LESBO Mle I AUR ee VTA OLR a eG RA LOU A) A 66.85
$101,871.91
G. W. V. Smita Art Curator’s ACCOUNT
SISSIES GD ea Dita CDs Het OD Ra eR EES $1,141.02
MICCECS tom Malia MAlANGe inl ACN Lamu ce te NN a a SU 21.65
PACH APEMT SO TORO sarc mnule ALN Urol Nantea WMi et Lek do. $1,162.67
Davin A. WELLS ENDOWMENT FUND
ISTE Tee: Wie yy SEO GTS kN EERE INS Gi SUN ne ee eI oH RST RL cama Re $ 260.02
18 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Less:
Part purchase of $1,000.00 Southern Pacific Ry., 5’s. w2ee @ 59.08
Part purchase of $1, 000.00 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
1S St) 8 AN ey ae mun te RUE MTN IES ats MES Zs ag Be Al oad 200.99 260.02
CHarRLES M. KrrKHAM FuND FOR BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
Batance Mayle Ouse ee ee on AA a en ea race ett tia nds $386.39
Interest on $3,000.00 Southern Pacific Ry., 4’s................ $120.00
Interest on $2, 500.00 American Tel. & Tel. Co., 4’s............. 100.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Baltimore & Ohio R. R., Bist ere muene 50.00 270.00
| $656.39
PUNE MGIGUIMES NF 2 ees tal ale ales ay es eee a en es Pe Sate ne oan 656.39
FunpD FoR MusEuM PUBLICATIONS
Balance: Misi: Ls AlOue viii ih elie ce tela ada Vaile mien eae ant Ree $210.99
Balancer Mays TOU Oe ies eee oe ter Uh Om EAL SS Ri ae aes $210.99
SSA UAT ADEE NEL ALMEN MUI UO LM ALSIP MRT SAReE AS alec cule di $650.00
SHERMAN D. PortTEeR FuND
LS Eh avo AY Fen gin Goi Ol! Lesa Bi el eats GRADO Me Mb RetMnn LO aby hy Ala Os $ 759.03
Interest on $1,000.00 Adams Express Co., 4’s............... $ 40.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Southern Pacific Ry., 5’s.............. 50.00
6 mos. interest on $1,000.00 Southern Pacific Ry., 5’s........ 25.00
Interest on $3,000.00 Baltimore & Ohio 5’s................. 150.00
‘branster to: balance investment) \y.)20 5 Jan a) ee ee 59.03
52) UU 0 Lee IMI erie yates UCM TIMES ARLE Ee Re aie nC SN 1,000.00 1,324.03
$2,083.06
Less:
Purchase of $1,000.00 Southern Pacific 5’s.................. 918.06
Balance May] 1919 wii ute Seis ck hay eure Mee Re eee $1,165.00
DentTAL Liprary FunD
Balance: Mary i OU Sicilian tees Uo eae BN ea ee eee $304.68
From) Dr... Hi Hosley; ‘Chasirm sin: to 401 ie rc cari eae ernie eee ee 18.58
ET OSG. oi. 65 UR ate Tan ec i aa RO ee ge 12.28
Balance, May. 1) VOU ris che a scaerete wpa ome et ana e etcaet aa et $335.54
The only outstanding indebtedness of the City Library Association is a note to the
William Merrick Endowment Fund for the sum of $30,000.00. This note was made
by the order of the Board of Directors to keep the William Merrick Endowment
Fund alive.
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1919 [20
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
») THE City LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
1920
VERSITY OF
y) CITY LIBRARY
ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Officers of the City Library Association, 1920-1921
PRESIDENT: NATHAN D. BILL
VicE-PRESIDENT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
CuERK: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
CARROLL, JAMES B. PRATT, GEORGE DwicHT
CorcorRaAN, LUKE SKINNER, Henry H.
GILLETT, FREDERICK H. SmiTH, G. W. V.
GRIFFIN, SOLOMON B. WaAUuLAcEk, A. B.
KIRKHAM, JAMES W. Wesson, WALTER H.
PACKARD, AZEL A.
ARTHUR A. ADAMS, Mayor.
ARCHER R. Simpson, President of the Common Council.
JamMES H. VAN Sickie, Superintendent of Schools.
Auditors
W. C. SIMoNns A. W. Damon
Standing Committees
On Finance—Henry H. Skinner, Nathan D. Bill, James W. Kirkham.
On Art—G. W. V. Smith, A. B. Wallace, Walter H. Wesson, Azel A.
Packard.
On City Appropriations—Henry H. Skinner, Robert O. Morris, A. B.
Wallace, George Dwight Pratt.
On Museum of Natural History—Robert O. Morris, Walter H. Wesson,
Frederick H. Gillett.
On Library—Luke Corcoran, G. W. V. Smith, James B. Carroll, Henry
H. Skinner, George Dwight Pratt.
On Insurance—Nathan D. Bill.
Librarian—Hiller C. Wellman.
Director of the Art Museum—George Walter Vincent Smith.
Director of the Museum of Natural History—Grace Pettis Johnson.
du Memarian
HENRY J. BEEBE
The Directors of the City Library Association of Springfield record
with deep sorrow their sense of loss in the death of Henry J. Beebe.
For twenty-two years Mr. Beebe served as a member of this Board.
He was active in the special committee which erected the Memorial
Square Branch library building, and was chairman of the committee
which erected the branch libraries at Forest Park and Indian Orchard.
Throughout his long connection with the City Library Association,
he was faithful in attendance at meetings, ready to give generously of
his time and thought, convinced of the great value to the community
of our library and museums.
The Directors wish also to extend to the members of Mr. Beebe’s
family their sincere sympathy.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, December 12, 1919.
STANFORD L. HAYNES
By the death of Stanford L. Haynes the community has lost a zealous
citizen, the City Library Association a staunch friend, and its Board
of Directors a valued and esteemed associate. For twelve years
Mr. Haynes has been a member of this Board, serving with the Com-
mittee on finance and in other important capacities. He has aided
the work of the association not only by his interest and sound counsel,
but also by liberal gifts to its building funds. The regard which Mr.
Haynes won from all with whom he came in contact, makes very per-
sonal the sorrow with which the Directors record his death, and very
deep the sympathy which they wish to express to the members of his
family.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, May 22, 1920.
Report of the President
For the last twenty years the City Library Association has rendered
to this community a service growing larger without interruption each
succeeding year; but seldom in its history has the use made of this
institution shown so great an increase as has occurred during the past
twelve months. The number of books circulated, for example, has
mounted to more than a million volumes. In the light of the recent
census, it 1s interesting to note that the circulation of books, which in
1900 equaled 2 6/10 volumes per capita, and by 1910 had risen to
5 9/10 volumes per capita, in the year just completed amounted to
8 3/10 volumes per capita. Or stated differently, during the past
twenty years, while the population has slightly more than doubled, the
number of books available in the library and branches has substantially
trebled, and the use of these books has multiplied more than six-fold.
This is a remarkable growth, indicative of the place which the library
fills in the community; few cities use their library to any such extent.
It should be noted, also, that this service has been economically ren-
dered. The entire maintenance cost of the library and branches in
proportion to the circulation has increased only from the figure ten years
ago of 8 6/10c. per volume circulated, to 8 9/10c. the past year. This
result, which, of course, has been attained only by the fuller and hence
more economical use of our plant, is the more gratifying in view of the
broadening service rendered to artisans, business and_ professional
men, children, club women, students, the blind, the foreign population—
indeed, almost all classes in the community.
The museums, as well as the library, have drawn a larger attendance
than in preceding years. Mr. Smith, as always, has made many notable
additions to the exquisite collections in the George Walter Vincent
Smith galleries. He has opened the Art Museum freely, without
regard to the regular hours, for visitors from out of town, classes from
the schools, the Art League, local conventions, various clubs, and, in-
deed, for any group of people who could not attend conveniently during
the afternoon. The informal drawing classes for children on Saturdays
proved so successful last year that they have been continued by a
regular teacher assigned for the purpose by the School Committee,
under the supervision of Mr. C. Edward Newell, Supervisor of drawing.
The talks and stories for boys and girls on Saturday mornings, and the
expert guidance furnished all children who wish to visit the museum
are certainly giving to the rising generation a deeper artistic apprecia-
tion of the treasures displayed in its galleries.
The Museum of Natural History has not only noted a larger attend-
ance, but has found that visitors spend more time, and that a larger
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT 4)
proportion of them come with a definite purpose. The use by study
clubs and classes has increased, nearly seven thousand children have
come for regular lessons or lectures, while clubs of boys and of girls
for the study of natural history have been fostered, and work for the
scientific societies of the city has been extended.
Death has removed from the Board of Directors two esteemed and
valued members—Henry J. Beebe and Stanford L. Haynes. The
Directors. have expressed in appropriate resolutions, which will be
printed with this report, their sense of the great loss thus sustained by
this Association.
In January, Mr. Solomon B. Griffin was unanimously elected a mem-
ber of the Board.
An unusually large number of valuable gifts have been received,
which have already been acknowledged and are deeply appreciated.
Friends of the late William. R. Whitmore subscribed a fund to purchase
a representative painting by this gifted artist, and chose ‘‘Sylvia at the
Pool’, which has been hung in the delivery room of the library. The
late Mary L. Searle has bequeathed the sum of $500 for the reference
department of the library, and the late Mrs. J. Searle Hurlbut $500
for the purchase of books for the dental library.
In view of rising costs of all kinds and consequently augmented
maintenance charges, the library and the museums have attempted
simply to carry on their customary activities, and so far as may be
satisfy the rapidly increasing demands within the scope of their present
work. It should not be forgotten, however, that there remain many
ways in which the institution can be expanded with great practical
benefit to the community. As its present work has been made possible
in no small measure through the gifts of generous citizens, so in the
future additional gifts and bequests, it is to be hoped, will enable it to
enter still broader fields of useful endeavor.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
Report of the Librarian
The growing demand made upon the library and branches 1s reflected
in the number of books circulated, amounting to 1,078,152 volumes.
This represents a gain of 137,969 volumes, which, except during the
year when the Memorial Square branch was opened, is by far the largest
increase ever experienced. It is undoubtedly an ‘‘after-war’’ result;
for it occurred in spite of the fact that from motives of economy less
could be done than usual to bring the resources of the institution to the
knowledge of the people. The library’s books, however, have been
accessible at 435 distributing points throughout the city (including
388 school rooms), an increase of 30. Among the new deposits were
such places as the summer camp for French girls, the Morgan Envelope
Company, the Parker Street playground, the Russian club, and the
Westinghouse Manufacturing Company. None has been more appre-
ciated, perhaps, than a branch established upon request at the Spring-
field Hospital, which affords reading for convalescent patients. This
collection was made from surplus books given to the library, and unlike
other deposits the volumes are not exchanged, but are kept permanently
at the hospital. Readers’ cards have been taken out by 5,926 people,
and the register of card-holders begun six years ago now contains
59,542 names. Just how many of these readers have moved from the
city, or for other reasons have ceased to use the library, it is impossible
to state until a new enrollment is made; but the number of active cards
is certainly large.
There have been added by gift and purchase 19,817 volumes, making
the total stock 272,647 volumes. Of these, 19,943 are in the Forest
Park Branch, 6,545 (including 2,064 borrowed from the main library)
are in the Indian Orchard Branch, and 23,755 are in the Memorial
Square Branch, leaving 222,404 in the main library. Many books
that are seldom consulted must, of course, be kept for purposes of ref-
erence; but otherwise, to save the expense of caring for dead material,
it is the practice to weed out books as soon as their usefulness is past.
As a consequence, the 272,647 volumes available represent an excep-
tionally live, rich, and effective working collection. It is a matter of
regret that the net increase is somewhat smaller than in preceding years.
Branch Libraries
No other department comes in such intimate relation with the people
as the branch library; and a conspicuous feature of the Springfield
library system consists of the three important branches, two of which
are perhaps as much used as any branch libraries in New England. At
all three, the circulation has gained remarkably. From the Forest
Park Branch 191,140 volumes were borrowed, from the Memorial
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 7
Square Branch 212,830 volumes, and from the Indian Orchard Branch
49,302 volumes, representing increases of 14%, 24% and 30% re-
spectively. As illustrating the varying conditions to be met in different
districts, it is noteworthy that at the Memorial Square and Indian
Orchard branches slightly more than half the books drawn are juvenile;
at the Forest Park Branch less than one-third are juvenile, and more
than two-thirds are for adults; while at the main library, as would be
expected, three-quarters of the books drawn are for adults. The Forest
Park Branch works closely with the large grammar school nearby,
and has started a useful file of current ephemeral material for teachers,
has kept them informed of books adapted to their special work, and
has arranged to receive notice of their plans in advance so as to prepare
the needed material. It has lent more than 55,000 pictures, largely
for the use of the schools, but also for clubs, Sunday School workers,
and others. The Indian Orchard Branch, being the most distant from
the main library, has made a point of borrowing from it for short periods
the more notable current books of special interest to individuals or
groups in the branch’s constituency. It has conducted occasional
story hours for children, has given classes from the schools instruction
in the use of the library, and as shown above has recorded the largest in-
crease in circulation of any department. The librarian and members
of the staff of the Memorial Square Branch have visited the school
rooms in an endeavor to have every child acquire the library habit.
Library clubs for boys and girls have been conducted on Saturday
mornings when books and reading have been discussed, and lists of
systematic reading for self-improvement have been supplied to numerous
inquirers, both children and adults. At all the branches, interest
has been aroused by timely exhibits, not infrequently lent by the people
of the neighborhood; books on special topics have been displayed; and
in a multitude of other ways the reading of good books has been stim-
ulated.
Publications
The library has been able to print the past year only one new list—
that entitled ‘‘Good English,” noting books of practical help in correct
writing and speaking. The continuing demand made it seem advisable
to reprint the lists, ‘‘Out-door sports,” ““Mental science,” ““More non-
sense and humor,” and ‘‘Memories of childhood and youth,” all of
which have been very popular. Upon request the library compiled
a list of books on building construction to be issued by the United States
Bureau of Education as one of its after-war reading courses; and also
prepared a catalogue for the Springfield Hospital branch, which was
printed by the hospital so that copies could be placed in every room.
The dearth of our own lists has been compensated for to some extent
by an unusually large variety of attractive catalogues and pamphlets,
obtained in quantity by gift from publishers and others, with such
titles as “About poets and poetry,” ‘‘The new poetry,” ‘“The best auto-
mobile and aviation books,” “The best practical and mechanical books,”’
“Books for the house and its garden,” ‘‘“Farm and garden books,”’ etc.
8 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
From the American Library Association were procured for distribution
valuable catalogues entitled ‘““One thousand technical books” and ‘‘Five
hundred business books.’’? From the Atlantic Monthly there have
been received reprints of the ‘‘Atlantic Bookshelf,” in the selection of
books for which, the City Library is one of the contributors. The
printing and distribution of numerous small special lists has proved in
the past an effective and comparatively inexpensive method of informing
and interesting the public in the library’s resources, and it is hoped that
funds will in time permit the resumption of this work on a larger scale
than has been possible the past year.
Americanization Work
Americanization work has been prosecuted vigorously in much the
same way as has been described in previous reports. Branch librarians
and assistants from the main library have visited the evening schools
for foreigners, have attended their meetings and entertainments, and
have occasionally spoken before their societies—of one of which a
branch librarian has been made an honorary member. ‘They have also
talked with shop-keepers and others, who have gladly distributed printed
leaflets telling of the library in the language common to the neighbor-
hood. Naturalization classes and other groups have been welcomed
at the library and branches; and more success has been achieved than
heretofore in entering into relations with the foreign women. Excellent
simple books are available in English telling of American institutions,
and it is to be hoped that the American Library Association will be
successful in its project of having more books printed giving this in-
formation in foreign tongues. ‘There is ample opportunity for further
work in this field; it has been said that no institution in a city reaches
so many of the foreign population as an active public library.
Affiliated Societies
The Reading Circle for the Blind has completed happily its sixth
season. A piano was given by Miss Ida E. Robbins, and a victrola by
Mrs. Frederick Harris. Twenty-three speakers addressed the circle;
many citizens kindly lent their automobiles; and Mrs. J. R. Lyman,
Mrs. Samuel Bowles, Mrs. Abram Whitcomb, Miss Minnie M. Taylor,
Mr. Robert O. Morris, and Mr. Elisha Gunn contributed a fund to
supplement this transportation. Mr. Robert O. Morris gave victrola
records, and Mr. Lambert Murphy a sum of money to buy others.
Thus this activity has been supported by a very large number of gen-
erous citizens, and especial thanks are due Miss Clara M. Shurtleff
who has shared throughout the season the responsibility for planning
and making arrangements.
The meetings of the Poetry Society in the library hall have shown
sustained interest, and the public has also been given opportunity to
hear Richard LeGallienne lecture, and Vachel Lindsay read his poems.
The library has been glad to render some active assistance in the work
of the new Art League, though its meetings are held elsewhere and it
is not so closely affliated as the Poetry Society.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 9
Art Room
In the Art Room there were fifteen exhibitions, including posters
designed and executed by children of the public art schools of Paris,
which were lent by Mr. C. Edward Newell; beautiful woodblock prints
by Miss Helen Hyde obtained from the American Federation of Art;
war memorials; examples of the work of professional photographers in
Springfield; textile designs; rare Egyptian antiquities and Italian laces
lent by Mr. Guido Gavasi; Japanese and Chinese fabrics from the Put-
nam-Graves collection; steel engravings and Chinese paintings given
by Mrs. Harriet Kellogg Westcott; and a beautiful water color by
George Inness lent by Miss Clara M. Shurtleff. The Aston collection
of wood engravings now contains 1,914 proofs, of which 184 were added
the past year. The number of pictures borrowed from the library
and branches has increased from 79,998 a year ago to 111,214 the past
season.
Miscellaneous
The children’s room at the main library has noted a 40% gain in the
Sunday attendance, and throughout the week a much larger demand for
books—and books of good quality. Though adults are reading less
about the war, children, especially boys, are reading more. The reading
of the older standard books has been encouraged by posting lists with
such headings as “Books Roosevelt read,’ ‘‘Lincoln’s library,” etc.
The library has kept in close touch with the Chamber of Commerce,
and has furnished currently information for its monthly publication.
A special effort has been made to build up the collection of books on the
rubber industry, the section relating to exporting and to trade with the
Near East has been amplified, and material has been supplied for the
“better letters’? movement.
Springfield is fortunate in having so extensive a sociological depart-
ment as the David A. Wells Economic library, for there has been great
interest the past year in industrial problems, particularly the relations of
capital and labor, foreign trade, finance, reconstruction, the treaty, and
other public questions.
Among the many special collections of books displayed in the different
departments, none perhaps has been more helpful than that on thrift,
which was continued throughout the winter and included among other
subjects, books on cleaning, repairing, and remodelling garments.
Perhaps the most common obstacle to the use of a public library is
indicated by the remark ‘I do not go to the library because I never
can get the book I want.” This refers not necessarily to the latest novel,
but to whatever work of biography, travel, or history may be engrossing
popular attention. To obviate this complaint so far as possible, just
as soon as three or four readers ask to have a book reserved for their
use, if the demand appears to be more than temporary, additional
copies of the book are bought; and to give the casual reader also a
chance of finding the books of the hour, one of these copies is not sub-
ject to ‘“‘reserve,”’ but is placed on the shelf. The number of books in
10 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
special request is not great, and it is found that a comparatively mod-
erate expenditure for the above purpose yields a very large satisfaction
to the users of the library.
The library profession, like others where increases in salary have not
yet caught up with the cost of living, has been everywhere very seriously
depleted. During most of the year, this library has been short-handed,
and an unusual amount of sickness last winter and spring made condi-
tions especially trying. Throughout, the members of the staff have
given their efforts loyally and devotedly for the success of the work,
and to them all, the most cordial acknowledgment is due.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN,
Labrarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1919-1920
Volumes
Addedibyi purchase CentralMarboraryauiniieey aise sie sis ites sie eater aie jalelele ela enaiie cree 10,522
NA dediibyn purchase SLATICHEs madi cue eky mlbisial ave ervey onsite Sun eelil eleva iil thay 7,619
ING ebay Siig eae UI FI OP ESL ol RTE AR Lan aa ODS OGM SO A 1,676
PRotala manly sae Maen Van ale NS MN ual RNA i. ULE
SUV ANE IA GIG ARAL ett Oe Une NA UIUC wea NO VENI AV AUT Le er STU Waal Area, Ou ani nt
PENA UE ENN ieee Lena Sianeli Cole ue NHR IVE) Vata aa lal aien in gl ila marshal ts
hnitheplilorany a layepl nl ORG mye nuns doen ON LON AS eu iti a
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ADULT JUVENILE
Volumes Volumes
TOYO TIS Senta a a NAIM TUL) CIs a DV Uy a RR 201,572 39,000
RET OGICALS ere ty cet uy CTU atieteee ee ran Caley A ardp RGR NA I) pe MC PAD MN el 8,822 2,517
GLEN ST ALAVWOLS yee eR RLU na diyeno ein Lina t alah Be Ie 255 553
PM OSOOMY RONAN He Ne esia siamchepaherel eos ken okesee cosy tonsa 4,235 151
TRAaN a eo as) Sr TIA AIL a US ES ET Sc ray Sn aS Me 3,394 1,229
SOCTOLO LTE ts eR AIT Rene he aed ele Anette RL AoCRm A aM LA) 6,846 1,362
ES CUNT CDG LO TNT Hey Te HaT Ue Teeey eee ee ee erates a teiventsr etl hrad epee A ve ME Mh aN 1,595 58
EFL OLO Rye OTe Ease racs eM Naa Tah ler atrsaer atleast aiee UU NUNC E na 1,735 97
IN UMTS CIONCOM Sere et etree ai clare ara utecleaiiayie heal AN. ielegel ok 3,608 11,346
TMi Ya DIOGO EE Sy SON SPI RR eo RL OMS SUA USS eR ee MO AU AST 2,958 341
WeselulbArtsmenis carn pices siielinr teenie Omran en HEA M oly all 13,202 1,953
JOYS) ANTRISI A 8b, POE aiuto Mic SUR ae Res ole eC TRIE Ey Cae OTE at mn eR ORM LE 6,231 614
VII STC WV Taare KN le Cuntaier Aba Ph pletcvene Meine nck Mia Aa 2 ce a ie L 7,827 191
IATTIUSSTENES reset a sr trrse ec iaeetett BAN a iene daeue lalate hae ie Gera eUane add 2,304 1,724
TAA ere a ee iti NE ate REA Ae At OO er oe oy ae 14,377 7,652
HOLSISUPLATERAGUTO Hes Sip ehe ee ale iii pene Da eds! Se ialehan re dmianeticnonaterieilibe 9,165 185
ETS COTA ey Tene P eee Pee epne rear Var eA a une AME EMT MANE E A Hat te 7,672 6,415
LEY ova eo) aN Ni) URS aR aD) A AEG ay AUIS) Ua at Lm eH 5,212 3,137
CYeOP seen alanis Sin y Bary eye ALAR een Pio trace) ONE See SERS aT DAR RR ML 4,956 7,416
IMRT OFS old Bic Bi COMI LCTA LC CM IEE Ee od CA on eALERTS nu RN aR AY 14,601
AOR OUL KD (GID) revel Se ella Meme Brau ta SOT Sana Len ea ABN fen LaaH A OES AN A RUN 29,090
305,966 129,632
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MIcHaAnIOr chance ran Chey ier rA ene egal mONN MRM AU EY AAR ORGINAL MEG AN UM poe NANI al
HOnesty ar ees reyn Clee ary eee ree Daa A TE ROG AN AIM MSP Ug uw TNA NE OL RUA Waa ty Ia
Memortali Squares Branch nr eae abel cme Mt a Docs HEU STS I UG MRO NEL iE Se ke
OS pIcal ME ranch sete UE econ lneys mucin tants o eA Ny <M UL AOS UII IN
Estimated circulation at schools and other agencies................-c cee cece eee eee ee
IPTC CULESWCIECOLALCC Nee RAL Sra erie Pere a ea ce Re area ROOM LON U Na ANU TL UNCUT A Apa MSO
19,817
7,205
12,612
260,035
272,647
Volumes
1,078,152
sage LLL 214
Report of the Art Museum
At the Art Museum for the past year a concerted effort has been made
to broaden the educational service, that there may develop a more
intelligent appreciation on the part of the public of the many advantages
that can be gained through the museum collections.
Classes from the public and private schools have visited the museum
in connection with their study of history, as well as in design and in-
dustrial art.
The museum has been opened outside of our regular hours for socie-
ties, schools, or clubs, and also at the request of the Springfield Chamber
of Commerce for visiting conventions. At the recent Conference of
the Rotary Clubs held in Springfield, about three hundred of the visitors
attended the special opening of the museum.
The story hours for children instituted last year which proved of so
much value have been continued at the museum lecture hall, and one
was repeated at the Indian Orchard branch library. Art talks have
also been given upon request to some of the church societies.
Many thanks are due to the School Board for their generous co-op-
eration in furnishing a drawing teacher for the children who come to
the museum Saturday afternoons to draw. This service commenced
January 24th, and continued for twelve weeks under the supervision
of Mr. C. Edward Newell, supervisor of drawing in the public schools,
with very gratifying results. This coming year we are looking forward
to the lessons commencing in October and continuing through the school
year.
I wish also to express appreciation to Mr. John J. Mack of the Vo-
cational School, for printing. the passes which the museum is issuing
to the children. These cards will admit to the museum any child
over six years of age. Thus no child is denied the privilege of visiting
the museum. This idea has worked out very nicely, as it gives the
children a certain feeling of responsibility. They are encouraged to
ask questions and a special endeavor is made to have them understand
the exhibits.
I would like to call attention to the fact that the museum contains a
fine library of reference books on art and anyone is at liberty to consult
these volumes during the opening hours. Many important books on
design are included in the collection.
All available time is given to the placing of explanatory cards with
the exhibits, and we were recently much gratified to hear the art super-
visor of Auburn, N. Y., say that she remembered the Springfield Art
Museum as the cleanest museum she had ever visited and the first one
in which the Oriental rugs had been classified and labeled.
The attendance has increased this year and I find that considered
ART MUSEUM 13
per capita it is practically the same as at that Mecca of all travellers, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City.
The additions made by Mr. Smith this year have been less in number
than in any previous year. They include two interesting Korean
chests, porcelains, embroideries, textiles and carvings in semi-precious
stones.
Mr. Smith is gradually rounding out his collection of the so-called
Hudson River School of American Art, and to this end a landscape by
J. B. Bristol has been added to the gallery of paintings.
Mr. Smith’s purchases for the past year have been seriously restricted
for lack of room to exhibit, a very advantageous offer of a series of
paintings by the late Elihu Vedder having to be declined on that account.
Respectfully submitted
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator.
Report of the Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History is gratified to report for the past
year an increase over the previous year in general attendance, in at-
tendance at meetings of classes and clubs, and at lectures given under
the auspices of the museum. The total number of visitors for the year
is 31,302; 6803 of these came for instruction through class or club work,
lectures, story-telling or field excursions.
Girls’ and Boys’ Clubs
Girls’ and boys’ clubs have met regularly. The Daughters of Nature
at the end of a season’s work proved by tests their ability to identify
correctly most of the minerals and rocks of this region. The Junior
Museum club of boys has done as well, with an additional feature which
was the conduct of meetings by members. A boy of fourteen years
gave a talk worth hearing about his hobby, which is forestry. The
study of moths and butterflies was directed by the president of the club.
All of this work is entirely voluntary; and the spirit of the club is evident
in the changed attitude of some of the museum’s most problematic
visitors.
Hobby Exhibits
For these and other children, opportunity has been given for display
of their collections of woods, shells, minerals, and insects, and there
has also been shown the recent work of our young artists.
Museum Games
Question papers and picture puzzles have proved popular. The
former are sets of five questions to be answered on detachable slips.
The following is an example:
From what mineral are leads for lead pencils made?
From what is plaster of Paris made?
From what is sugar obtained?
What fort once stood in Springfield?
Where did that fort stand?
Many labels and specimens must be scanned for answers to these
questions which are, of course, suitably graded for children of different
ages. During the inclement Saturdays of the past winter many young
persons have been attracted to the bright, warm, museum where
twenty to thirty children might be seen with question papers, while as
many more were putting together dissected puzzles designed to teach
facts about animals or plants; story-telling has interested other groups.
Prize Contests
Through the kindness of Mr. Robert O. Morris interest in bird study
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 15
has been stimulated by the offer of cash prizes for recognition of birds.
One hundred and ninety-four children took the examinations for these
prizes.
The Museum Going to the Schools
Specimens have been taken to the schools and used as subjects for
talks by a member of the museum staff. The chipmunk, for example,
has been used in seventy-eight lessons to approximately 2500 children
who were told of the animal’s structure, habits and economic status.
Weasels and foxes were used in the same way to equal numbers. These
visits resulted in an immediate increase in the number of classes brought
to the museum by teachers.
Loan collections have:increased in number and have been used ex-
tensively in the schools.
Lectures
Adults have had opportunities. The Finley and Fuertes lectures
delighted hundreds of persons. Dr. George E. Dawson’s series of
lectures on psychology were particularly well attended. Round table
talks by Mr. T. Nelson Dale on geological and botanical subjects have
brought together some of Springfield’s scientists, and through the Bird
Club’s activities nature lovers have met and gone afield with kindred
spirits.
Gifts
Mr. Luman Andrews again heads the list of contributors with a
donation of 2970 pressed plants which are now installed in the Andrews
herbarium. Dr. J. M. Birnie has given relics of the late war, and from
eighty-four other donors much appreciated and valuable additions
have been made to various departments.
The Staff
Miss Dell G. Rogers who ably assisted at the museum for three and
one-half years, resigned in September to be married.
Two Springfield teachers, Miss Dorothea Clark and Miss Grace
Puffer, in part time work during the winter, have rendered valuable
service in clubs and story-telling.
The Catherine L. Howard Library
As the work of the museum broadens the advantages of the Howard
Library are increasingly apparent, and the museum welcomes this
opportunity to express to the Catherine L. Howard Library association,
appreciation of this excellent library, and of the unfailing assistance
and encouragement given to the museum in its efforts to be of greater
service.
The death of Miss Sophia Howard who was so essentially a part of
the influence that inspired this memorial, brings sorrow to the many
friends who loved and respected her.
16 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The Psychological Laboratory
Dr. George E. Dawson reports on the Psychological Laboratory as
follows:
There have been examined in the psychological laboratory during
the past year something over 300 public school children; seventy-five
clinical cases, and fifty vocational cases. The social agencies represented
in the clinical cases included the Juvenile Court, The Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, The Children’s Aid
Society, The State Board of Charities, The Hampden County Truant
School, and others.
Among the school children examined there has been a larger number
from the Junior High Schools and the three regular high schools than
in any previous year, many of these applying on their own initiative
to get help in deciding upon their future education. The number of
applicants for examination as to vocational aptitudes has also steadily
increased. The laboratory is achieving its purpose of becoming a
general community agency.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Director.
Treasurer’s Report
For THE FiscaL YEAR ENDING AprRiIL 30, 1920
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1918-1919............ $ 66.85
Appropriation from City of Springfield................... 90,200.00
War tac trom- City Of Springheld i! Ue a. ee 4,859.54
PICER VL TAG AMS MMe ms aa et NR aN ee eis 45.00
PACSUN BLPIUNCL aR pee uel cat vie) etc! Atiesay NOs (ah aia kius iia. ocala) al Ses 50.00
Raony azarae Ondo fan eee ates oe 4 wll 200.00
gE Enver UIC Ahan RY say uN lec tele dina. a! ele alee aiar'n syn ees 225.00
Whestem Wi @napimnitunGe cio otek ese se oe eo vey aoa: 500.00
Ope Grcemicat FUNG. elaine ad Aan) ee ee Lak 300.00
Paes ISG TAZAMCL SUIUCL §15)Pe h ae ig a8 Mee erate atts 250.00
ea SeaticeluniomG MUNG. Ch ON Wk ois Le Adie ljaiusccen aa ace 25.00
Girrleer Nie IIT Karo PUM OS ye ee A te eae 220.00
Cranes ars minanay Wey. eiyanhak dy ke wi ake U eM hee Salle 250.00
COLITIS) INSET 2) 001 0101506 UA ON Ra en ns EA 385.00
Data VCOGLE LUMA yan ee Lh, wily ile ie Kuala MANGE 320.00
PP ACOMMC ML RIGe TUM! i coy vials Sale Sic kale die Ewe ee L AEiale 250.00
Circe mmr music LUMEN oe wie eee ie ole Hho oa eels 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund................. 107.50
CeCMECE IY MMOLE VY MUMG Lye loans fey dase ele (el Pinatas ola wig hh 45.00
emesevicw’ hompsom rungs. oes es Yi ee ala, 250.00
Dy Tne yam RIG CaCO BG eed Lae ee Cr 25.00
PO CANN CLIS MUNN ost was kine) We viy mid lee betaine led 5,520.00
Netinecome: Pdwards Street; House... 2.0... 00000040 de es 387.90
From Catherine L. Howard Library Association........... 164.56
iinterestion bamk:alancesi ys 12")4'),.0de ee ed ke ede ladle dace 492.45
Hees) forioverdetention of BOOKS... 00). scape ke es ey ee 6,267.73
Net receipts from duplicate collection.................... 450.10
IGM NESTE M UN CARS ee eM ee le haa ghey a sag 171.87
MAIseelAMeOUs KECEIDES | WRN nels Weer ON oe Puli 394.73
AREA TECEIP ES Mee ya cay ee Nee) tenes ais ehaliahe eailas ate $112,983.23
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
Pnginecers, JAMIbOTs saNG WavCMMe4n es). lee a eC $ 4,555.34
LOTS OUT SST EHS SNR BaF SURI tT Oe Ra A 6,254.53
PSMEANCe Pepalrs, ANG) MMISCEMAIIY 6 foo (.Viecb sy asc erailcy eleven side eee hay del teed e hehe ar 2,186.66
Refund of money borrowed from 8. D. Porter fund.................. 1,000.00
$ 13,996.53
LIBRARY EXPENSES
Sara ties UDranian ANG. Assistants ewe RN NUN) CU ule aia a $ 37,153.09
LEVEES S bin oe Slee RAE SiR NIU ae ey ane AA Seed | AON ay Ae ae eR 1,611.57
Pumcavsandrnolcavisenvicen) Munn ANU Cae Nello SiMe UNM 420.42
TRISTE FAS Aaa AE NEAT A LUN ASL PEL LO 1,709.16
LEO RIES 6 ICE MN ANG RAS) EAP UNS ATEE US SON SE Ie oO eta ee a 7,558.53
Periodicals 1,384.88
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18 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
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Stationery and supplies 3/20 nO a aaa ean nc
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elephone nO NA aS ee ee
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Books: periodicals, ‘and ibima@in gy UN ital TBA NSD Ee en Ute
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INDIAN ORCHARD BRANCH
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Ruel light, telephone; and miscellany (1). 2) )20 cits oe crete eel eine
MEMORIAL SQUARE BRANCH
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Books: periodicalsyand) binding hil s/s ele o dyn lia lava ister ia Wale eals ele ete aa
Huel) light, telephone, and ‘miscellany )))). (ji) a Ma ee ol eee
ArT MusEuUM
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ralol Seulpour| | yy ci) a) ME UNG GU A eae i ea
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Museum or Natura History
ARIES ub MAUL CUTER Ia at OE Me aL A AR
Books for) Catherine. "Howard Library \0)040 dt. eae eee es eee
Cleaning, light, telephone, and miscellany...................---00--
REPAIRS ee aCe ROMAIN GUNA a EUR Sag) gun aoe Reta aS ee
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oO) ese) te\e, lei wltalagisteje (8 1 6/6) (6) @1 0) im) 0) hele! ie) (0) (w Se@.e (eleven lel a8! 6 Lee eer a
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Balance! May hy MOU ei is ae Mul aN RUT Et ates ea ac eee
Interest (on: bank balances sie kee 2 ce Ne
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FuND FOR ScIENCE MusEuM PUBLICATIONS
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Balance April 30, 1920
SHERMAN D. PorTER FuND
Balance May 1) VOIGT ae ec
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Interest on $1,000.00 Adams Express Co. 4% bonds....... $
$ 3,360.95
840.93
1,753.75
1,409.69
1,938.94
581.41
$ 60,754.39
$ 7,024.06
3,784.04
1,455.17
$ 12,263.27
$ 1,988.48
938.93
804.72
$ 3,732.13
$ 6,883.27
4,289.99
1,666.70
$ 12,839.96
$ 4,202.97
388.25
1,799.17
$ 6,390.39
$ 1,437.40
154.83
676.83
340.47
304.50
$ 2,914.03
$112,890.70
92.53
$112,983.23
$ 1,162.67
21.95
$ 1,184.62
$ 210.99
$ 210.99
$ 1,165.00
TREASURER’S REPORT 19
Interest on $2,000.00 Southern Pacific R. R. 5% bonds.... $ 100.00
Interest on $3, 000.00 Baltimore & Ohio 5% bonds......... 150.00
Dividend on 14 shares Fisk Rubber Co., 7% Ast pref... HEE AIS 49.00
REMC evn och nm mtn avtanciati nC ala Ih cl Wala 1,000.00 1,339.00
$ 2,504.00
Less:
Purchase of 14 shares Fisk Rubber Co., 7% 1st pref....... 1,400.00
SANCe APTI) SOMO MMe iy ete El Mee woe ee eg $ 1,104.00
DentTAL Liprary FuND
slamee iain TOMOm baci ir Naw Ma lo alls $335.54
MARPOR ESE tenia. 2 ep eS Ti va eatin ns, eth ails 2 Seytdjsenainde acs 13.34
PASI ATICE AVOEI es MOU nabees Yan ihs UTC a aula byte lay. tie ale a iel'e aay $ 348.88
CuHarLES M. Kirkuam FuNpD FoR BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
Interest on one-half of $6,000.00 Southern Pacific R. R.
NG \OLCTANG Bin dak EAH I ARO RE LN NS PUR AO $ 120.00
Interest on one-half of $5,000.00 American Tel. & Tel. Co.
MOTE AOYOSELS FS) do) AOU EAE a A 100.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5% bonds. . 50.00 $ 270.00
TES ere IRON SS RA Oe A $ 270.00
INSURANCE PREMIUM RESERVE FUND
Pole live ile Ls i 1) uae Oi AES Sr Aer ea eA $ 650.00
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Dividend on 6 shares Fisk Rubber Co. 7% Ist pref........ 21.00
CU CUSLD @-CHOXOIST O10 ARS OM RIES iL RRA a 650.00 672.98
$ 1,322.98
Less:
Purchase of 6 shares Fisk Rubber Co. 7% 1st pref......... $ 590.83
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
d THE CiTy LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
1921
J CITY LIBRARY
ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Officers of the City Library Association, 1921-1922
PRESIDENT: NATHAN D. BILL
VicE-PRESIDENT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
CLERK: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
Bow tes, Henry L. PACKARD, AZEL A.
CARROLL, JAMES B. Pratt, GEorcE DwIiGcHT
CorcoRAN, LUKE SKINNER, Henry H.
GILLETT, FREDERICK H. SmiTH, G. W. V.
GRIFFIN, SOLOMON B. WaLnace, A. B.
KIRKHAM, JAMES W. Wesson, WALTER H.
Epwin F. Lronarp, Mayor.
ARCHER R. Simpson, President of the Common Council.
JAMES H. Van Sickie, Superintendent of Schools.
Auditors
W. C. SIMoNns A. W. Damon
Standing Committees
On Finance—Henry H. Skinner, Nathan D. Bill, James W. Kirkham,
Henry L. Bowles.
On Art—G. W. V. Smith, A. B. Wallace, Walter H. Wesson, Azel A.
Packard, Solomon B. Griffin.
On City Appropriations—Henry H. Skinner, Robert O. Morris, A. B.
Wallace, George Dwight Pratt.
On Museum of Natural History—Robert O. Morris, Walter H. Wesson,
Frederick H. Gillett.
On Library—Luke Corcoran, G.W.V.Smith, James B. Carroll, Henry
H. Skinner, George Dwight Pratt.
On Insurance—Nathan D. Bill.
Librarian—Hiller C. Wellman. |
Director of the Art Museum—George Walter Vincent Smith.
Director of the Museum of Natural History—Grace Pettis Johnson.
Report of the President
If the amount of service rendered to the community be a criterion,
the past twelve months have been the most successful in the history of
the City Library Association. Our citizens are every year gaining a
truer appreciation of the priceless treasures in the George Walter Vincent
Smith collections in the Art Museum, and are more and more making
practical and systematic use of them. Not only is the attendance of
visitors growing, but even more gratifying is the increasing study of the
collections by individuals and by classes of adults and children. The
docent service has been extended; weekly talks have been conducted
for children in connection with the history classes in the schools; and
lectures on the laces, enamels, period furniture, lacquers, textiles, jades,
and other objects in the museum, have been given by Miss Wade. Mr.
Smith, as for so many years past, has made numerous valuable addi-
tions, including choice paintings, rare guns, and a piece of jade beauti-
fully carved and undercut.
Mrs. Johnson, the Curator of the Museum of Natural History, has
been in communication with all the public school teachers so that the
work for the children has been more direct and effective than ever
before. Among the courses of scientific lectures was one of such a char-
acter that teachers and others who attended and fulfilled the require-
ments of study could secure academic credit. Though this plan is to
be followed in museums elsewhere, it is believed to have been first
adopted in Springfield. A work of great possibilities has been inaugu-
rated in connection with the continuation school, by which salesgirls
and other pupils are taught fundamental facts regarding the sources
and processes of manufacture of such objects as silk, vegetable fibres,
semi-precious stones, beads, glass, amber, and many other articles and
materials which they handle.
Cc
a
SP The circulation of library books has been greater by more than 100,000
volumes than in any previous year. Bare statistics have little meaning,
7 and few individuals who go to the library to draw a book realize the
2 magnitude and detail of the work carried on there. It is of interest to
a note, for example, that during the past year more than four thousand
4a children were given class instruction in the use of the library; that forty
5 thousand books were deposited in the schools; that nearly twenty thou-
C and people were notified when the books they wanted became available;
a that the new books purchased, including replacements of volumes worn
out in circulation, would, if averaging an inch in thickness, make a pile
five times as high as the municipal tower; that the volumes mended,
labeled, prepared for the bindery, etc., in the repair department of the
main library alone would similarly make a pile five times as high as
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Mt. Tom; and that the books charged and discharged in the circulating
departments of the main library and the branches would, if placed end
to end, form a continuous line stretching from Springfield to Montreal.
Owing to the greatly increased circulation, and to unexpected ad-
vances in the cost of books, in binding, and, above all, in fuel, it was
foreseen early in the winter that it would be necessary either to restrict
the service of the library or to incur a deficit in the maintenance ac-
counts, the deficit being estimated at $2,700. After consultation with
the Mayor and Finance Committee, it was decided to be unwise to
curtail the usefulness of the library, especially when large numbers of
- people out of employment were making practical use of books to improve
their earning capacity. Owing to the very mild weather and consequent
reduction of fuel consumed, the anticipated deficit was reduced to
$1,129. The work is conducted at an extremely low cost per book cir-
culated, yet the very large volume of the work for a city of this size
necessarily involves a considerable maintenance item. As a consequence,
no effort has been made to extend the work in directions even where
there is obvious need, as we hesitate to ask the city at this time for
largely increased appropriations. For example, the Forest Park Branch
is crowded and in urgent need of an addition. Branch libraries at Win-
chester Square and in some of the remoter parts of the city are much
desired, Americanization work with foreigners has reached a stage where
it would be greatly advanced by placing it in a separate room with
special assistants; but these and numerous other extensions of work
must apparently wait until the city is better able to provide for them,
or until our means are increased by further endowments.
The pictures, books, art objects, etc., of the late Everett H. Barney
have been placed in the custody of the Association by the trustees of
his estate; and we have been especially glad to hang in Rice Hall an
excellent portrait of Mr. Barney, who was-so generous a benefactor of
the city. A residuary bequest of $2,500, the income of which is to be
used for the purchase of books, has been received under the will of the
late John L. King, president of the Association from 1860 to 1872, whose
interest and activity in raising funds for the original building two gen-
erations ago earned him the title of “‘father of the city library”’. The
vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by the death of Stanford L.
Haynes, which was noted in the last report, was filled by the unanimous
election of Henry L. Bowles.
As the years pass, a great institution like the City Library Associa-
tion, with its Art Museum, its Museum of Natural History, its library
and branches, gains a certain momentum which leads the public to
make greater and greater drafts on its services. Its opportunities for
practical usefulness are limited only by the funds available for its
support.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
Report of the Librarian
The most significant characteristic of a modern public library is the
ever broadening field of its activities. The advent of the automobile,
outdoor sports, and the ‘‘movies”’ have all been said to threaten the
reading habit. Yet for a generation the number of books drawn from the
City Library has increased at a very much faster rate than the popula-
tion. The circulation has steadily mounted from a total of 164,091
volumes in 1900, equivalent to 2,°, volumes per capita, to a total of
1,189,991 volumes last jyvear, equivalent to 942; volumes per capita.
These rather remarkable figures would seem to indicate, if the circula-
tion of library books is a guide, that people in Springfield, at least, are
reading today between three and four times as many books as formerly.
Not only the number of books, but the character of the books called
for is worthy of note. While precise figures are not available, there is
no doubt that there has been a great increase in the use of books as
sources of information, and particularly of books on the industrial arts,
trades, and business. In view of the manifold social problems pressing
for attention, it is not surprising that sociology was the class showing
the largest gain in circulation the past year, the increase amounting to
21%. A deposit of books on this subject established at the Union Relief
rooms for the staff and volunteer workers has also been much used.
During the past seven years 66,559 persons were registered as card-
holders. A portion of these cards are no longer valid owing to death,
removals, ete., so that it finally became necessary to make a new register.
This laborious undertaking was begun the first of May and will require
at least six months for completion. The fact that an active library has
enrolled as card-holders probably less than half the population shows
how far the public library still falls short of filling its field.
The accessions to the main library and branches numbered 18,787
volumes, and 6,634 volumes were worn out or withdrawn as of no further
service. The total number of books now in the library numbers 284,800.
Rice Hall.
Although the work in Rice Hall, where the reference collection is
shelved, is second in importance to that of no other department, it has
received scant attention in annual reports because its very diversity
renders it difficult to summarize. Each inquiry differs, and many pages
would be needed to describe adequately what goes on in this room. For
example, an officer of one of the largest manufacturing companies
wished to compile a list of books on economics and labor problems
suitable for foremen; another manufacturer sought practical books on
traffic management; another, exhaustive material on making up wage
scales and comparative wage lists; another sent a long cable message
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
to be decoded; another wanted to learn all the localities where a certain
kind of timber was to be found; another sought assistance in translating
foreign correspondence. Details of different manufacturing processes
are constantly sought. These are but samples. Manufacturers and
business houses are continually calling on the department for all sorts
of commercial information, while from individuals the questions are so
various as to make any description impossible. There is scarcely a point
in science, literature, education, or economics which is not liable to be
the subject of inquiry at any moment, necessitating a broad collection
of reference books and a staff of alert and intelligent reference librarians.
- Information too recent to have become embodied in books is furnished
by a file of clippings, pamphlets, and other current or ephemeral mate-
rial, which it is attempted to keep constantly up to date. During the
period of unemployment a notable increase has been observed in the
number of men and women using this department to make themselves
more valuable employees, and very many have prepared here for civil
service examinations.
The Art Department.
The art room is another department where a lance amount of refer-
ence work is done, pertaining especially to the applied arts as well as
the fine arts. Its rich collections are used by designers, advertisers,
printers, interior decorators, furniture collectors, and others, as well as
by artists, illustrators, and students of architecture and painting. In
this room is housed the picture collection comprising probably a quarter
of a million prints grouped according to subjects. Of these, 131,988 were
borrowed from the main library and the branches, including 71,311 from
the Forest Park Branch. Somewhat more than half were sought by
teachers to illustrate history, geography, natural science, and industrial
processes; and of the others about one-third related to the fine arts,
and the remainder were travel and religious subjects or miscellaneous
illustrations used for all sorts of purposes. Among the exhibitions held
were a number of unusual note, including colored woodcuts by Miss
Eliza D. Gardiner, water colors by W. Russell Flint, Japanese prints
by Hiroshigi, beautiful textiles lent by the Cheney Silk Company, very
remarkable photographs taken in Japan by Mr. Henry Eichheim, and
an interesting collection of playing cards of many nations lent by Mr.
Fred A. Eldred. <A series of exhibitions was also held to illustrate the
subjects of study by various women’s clubs; and through the courtesy
of Miss Estelle L. Dunn a fine display from her splendid collection of
war posters, representing enemy as well as allied countries, was held in
the library hall, giving pleasure to many visitors.
The Branch Libraries.
The branch libraries have all enjoyed increased patronage. The cir-
culation at Memorial Square amounted to 216,849 volumes, at Forest
Park 217,130 volumes, and at Indian Orchard 58,855 volumes, repre-
senting gains of 2%, 149 %, and 19%, respectively. The Forest Park
library building is so crowded that it seems doubtful whether its activi-
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 7
ties can grow much further until the building is enlarged. At Indian
Orchard there is need of community clubs or gathering places for boys
and girls which would make far simpler the problem of maintaining in
the reading rooms the quiet desired by adults. Nevertheless, there has
been a gain of 22% in the patronage by adults. The Memorial Square
branch is fortunate in having a large basement devoted to the juvenile
department, which has made possible reading clubs for boys and for
girls, story hours, and similar activities to encourage good reading.
I wish it were possible to describe in detail the work of the branches—
the intimate and helpful relations prevailing between the members of
the staff and the various clubs and organizations agayell as the individ-
uals of the neighborhood ; the talks at school and. ‘playground by the
“library teacher”; the many opportunities for suggesting helpful read-
ing and encouraging a wider outlook, in not a few cases the giving of
wise practical advice, especially to the children; the visits when neces-
sary to the homes of those who cannot reach the library—to arrange
for books to beguile sleepless nights for a little girl suffering from heart
disease, for an elderly woman confined to her fourth floor by rheumatism,
for a crippled man who finds books useful both for his vocation and his
pet hobby. In many such ways there is a direct personal relation, and
a mutual appreciation and helpfulness that are very gratifying. To
follow the various exhibits, the special collections of books, and the
illustrated bulletin boards relating to current events and other sub-
jects is in itself no small step towards a liberal education.
Publicity.
As in the past, the newspapers have been the chief reliance in spread-
ing information about the resources of the library, and acknowledg-
ment is due for their courtesy in publishing weekly notes of new books
received and many news items. The printing by the library of special
lists and catalogues which have proved so helpful in the past had to be
much curtailed. After the monthly bulletin, the most important publica-
tion was a pamphlet entitled ‘“‘The Pilgrim Tercentenary, the Puritans
and the New England Spirit”’ listing, with readable annotations, books
not simply relating to the history of the colonists, but showing their
real genius and formative influence throughout the country. With the
advent of woman suffrage, a list of books for the new voter proved
popular. Brief lists of good vacation reading were also printed for the
children in the different school grades. So many requests were received
for the biographical list called ‘‘ Memories of Childhood and Youth”’
that the folder was reprinted. A brief list was also prepared for the mem-
bers of the new City Planning Board. Besides its own publications,
the library has procured, by gift or at small cost, and has distributed,
numerous other useful lists, including the ‘‘ Quarterly List of New Tech-
nical and Industrial Books,” ‘‘The Atlantic Book Shelf,’ ‘“‘“Farm and
Garden Books,” ‘‘ New Books about Russia,” ‘‘ Business Books,” ‘‘ What
to Read on Social Hygiene” (by the American Social Hygiene Associa-
tion), ete. The library also exhibited its work at the Mothers’ Confer-
ence under the auspices of the Springfield Federation of Women’s Clubs
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at the Home Beautiful Exposition, and again at the Child Welfare Ex-
position participated in by twenty welfare organizations. A printed
appeal calling attention to the increasing prices of books and binding,
and asking assistance in the care of books, reduced binding costs for the
last five months below the estimate. In this connection an exhibit at
the Memorial Square Branch entitled ‘“‘ Casualties in the Book World,”
showing examples of careless injury, helped.
Affiliated Societies.
The Poetry Society has held open meetings throughout the year, and
the public is indebted to it for the free opportunity of hearing five poets
of wide reputation. At the last meeting of the year, which is devoted to
the work of Springfield poets, the poem submitted anonymously by
Mr. William B. McCourtie, who has done so much to foster the success
of the Society, was chosen to be crowned—surely an example of ‘‘ poetic
justice.” The Springfield Art League has likewise conducted open lec-
tures at the library, and its annual exhibition, which was held in the
library hall, proved highly successful. Under the League’s auspices
there was exhibited later a notable collection of Japanese woodcuts lent
by Mr. Raymond A. Bidwell. The Reading Circle for the Blind has
continued its useful work with the generous assistance of a large number
of Springfield citizens.
Briefer Mention.
The work with foreigners has been continued effectively. We hope
the fact that one foreigner, three days after landing, found his way to
the library in search of books to help in learning English shows that
this work is becoming firmly established. It would be very desirable
if the books could be placed in a separate room, where meetings could
be held, with assistants who could give more time to the special
needs of foreigners, to receiving groups and classes, to visiting their
societies, etc. The Springfield historical collection now contains 9,473
books, pamphlets, manuscripts, ete., relating to the city. Among the
accessions were ten volumes of photographs constituting an exhaustive
pictorial record of Springfield in the war, received through the courtesy
of Mr. Charles H. Beckwith, Chairman of the Committee on Public
Safety; a card index of high school graduates deposited by the High
School Alumni Association; and a file of early directories presented by
Mr. Henry D. Marsh completing the library set. The library is indebted
to Mr. Harry Andrew Wright for calendaring the collection of early
deeds, as well as for copies and facsimiles of manuscripts. Mr. Henry
H. Bowman, learning that the library lacked funds to buy certain de-
sirable but expensive publications, sent a check for $106 to make possible
their purchase. There have been numerous other generous gifts, includ-
ing a total of 1,694 volumes, all of which have been gratefully received
and duly acknowledged.
The Staff.
The work has been handicapped by numerous changes in the staff.
Miss Marion B. Lewis, who was in charge of the Indian Orchard
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN )
Branch, resigned after fourteen years of earnest and faithful service.
She was succeeded by Miss Beatrice I. Kelliher of the Somerville
library. During the interim the branch was well cared for by Miss
Margaret 8. Coates of the reference department. Miss J. Ethel Wooster,
a member of the staff since 1914, who for the last four years had con-
ducted the work for children with diligence and judgment, resigned,
and was succeeded by the first assistant, Miss Florence G. Henry.
Other resignations included Miss Ruth F. Clark, Miss Ruth L. Clifford,
Miss Alma R. Field, Miss Mary 8S. Field, Miss Bertha E. Joslyn, Miss
Jannette E. Newhall, Miss Hope Packard, Miss Winnifred R. Smith,
Miss Ethel F. Wood. All of them had served faithfully, and several of
them for long periods. Sincere acknowledgment is due to all my asso-
ciates in the staff. With every one of them—as with most library workers
—library work is far more than a mere bread winning pursuit. They
have entered it because of the peculiar appeal of its service; and to their
interest, enthusiasm, and devotion is due in large measure whatever
success the library attains.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN,
Librarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1920-1921
Volumes
Added by-purchases@entralslabrany.ssce cee eee LeeLee Loe 9,641
Added: by purchase “Branches. (i042) seine asec oe oe See 7,452
Added byagitts ise be Gis sien be oes ee Den ec SA ee ye 1,694
Total Salt. b.55 3 keh Ge AS SAR Ree EMT eee ae
Withdrawn
ADULT JUVENILE
Volumes Volumes
LC ETON Bohai Ae oe UG SE at ea) eee 232,801 44,102
Periodicals: c, SO ure earn ies Ey Sel eae eye en ae aR et a 10,138 2,601
General Works tasks seis a ea oe ee ee 301 683
PhvOsoplyy ere a oe sos ee oe ce ed te 4,487 210
1 PY sh bts to) ey reer m Aisne OPE IRIE A Lan PRE LG ea ule re eRe a Siac. Sa 3,432 ORY
SOCIOL OR EE irk SE hoe sok RUE EL Esa ro Ar CoE NE mE atte 8,288 2,129
MONI GATION cay cet atte ere ee cle Bier ea te ee a 1,640 40
Phil OlOg yokes ee ER Se ne aoe oer ee eee 1,811 94
INatural)Sciencelceri:: Pace trace Cena ieee Oe eee 3,804 12,094
Wiedicine 2035320 ea ee eee oe ares soe da en ee 3,095 212
Wise SAriS sis AO are cece ae et cae CT) ce st re te 12,992 PUBL
ime PAWS ee ese rect eg rere MEET eee Ee eee oe er a eet 6,654 652
OVE ST CN eee tee eke SAUNT: fe) ea mene Soe vee Nag Me ROD ernie ea an RU 7,690 269
IATMUSEIMENIES chy se tea te te aN cet CORE SL eUE ene an on Aiea 2,705 1,602
TAGETAGUIEE 3520. See ek Sie eee Ce eC ae 15,192 7,365
Moreion ateratures cst. bao ele er one ee ee 9,517 81
hc BY=1 0) 3 GRR CMR PE EN AL a LEE ya me CMe Rude 2) Ad 7 6,544 8,461
BIOTA ys Bis eyo eyes a ee oe re ee 5,923 3,001
Georrap ly ce re eee acne eae een ene Ue eee a ene a 5,809 9,677
MiyGi sites oe Se ee Se eee chee woh ee Oe one ae ee ae 15,200
PUVENU STR GIG ach ohetece costes Pca a ROL eee ee et eae 34,628
342,823 146,454
Total circulation from Central Library
iHorest,. Park Branchs.: seach). ee oe retin Che ss Cte OA Ee OES eee eee
Indian, Orchard“ Branchiss fr: lease oS oe bcuseae ann oe ee eee
Memorial Square Branch
Hospital Bram chic 2s es ce Ae oie eee a eh le te a ae
Estimated circulation at schools and other agencies
- Total cineulation) of BOOKS. cj: mats -seye.5 96 esse hers odes ee et ae eee
Pictures!circulated’:) 9-3-5000 ee eee
Deposited in 393 school rooms:
Supplied! for one-half’ school! yearns sense eee eee on eee eee eee ae
Renewed for second half schooliyeartsc . ccerenedn rience cree
18,787
6,634
12,153
272,647
284,800
Volumes
489,287
206,804
1,189,991
131,988
Report of the Art Museum
We have been much gratified by the increased attendance during the
past year, as it shows conclusively that the Museum is gradually assum-
ing its proper place in the community.
Much time and attention have been given to bringing before the public
the vast resources of the Museum for study, as well as for esthetic en-
joyment. The story hours for children which have been given for the
past two years by Miss Cordelia C. Sargent have been continued. This
year she has made a special effort to supplement the course in history
which has been given in the public schools. The first one on Dec. 4th
being entitled Pomegranate Seeds, or How King Hades gained a Queen.
Dec. 11th. The Tale of Troy, the World’s Greatest Story.
Dec. 18th.
Jan. 8th.
Jan. Toth,
Jan. 22nd,
Feb. 5th.
Feb. 12th.
Feb. 19th.
Feb. 26th.
Mar. 12th.
Mar. 19th.
Mar. 26th.
Legend of the Christmas Rose.
Wanderings of Ulysses.
Little People of Tanagra.
Making of an Emperor, a Story of Rome.
City of Seven Hills.
Justinian and Theodora; or How a Roman Emperor Built
a Christian Church.
Roland and Oliver. Knights of Deathless Fame.
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table.
Tale of a Great Crusade.
The Field of the Cloth of Gold.
The Wondrous Tale of a Venetian Traveler; and
Apr. 2nd. The Ship of Adventure; the Founding of a New Nation;
a story of our own Pilgrims.
After these stories the children were brought to the Museum and
shown particularly the things in connection with the country and times
of which they had been hearing.
In addition, stories were told at the Barrows School to an audience
of over four hundred; to the Olivet Community House; and at the Indian
Orchard and Memorial Square branch libraries.
We wish to express our thanks to the Springfield School Board, who
have generously furnished us a drawing teacher who has come to the
Museum Saturday afternoons to give instruction to children who have
evinced a special desire to draw. The results may be seen on the screens.
These pupils average eleven or twelve years of age. Twenty-two en-
rolled for the class, but as this was more than could be accommodated
we have several on a waiting list to be notified when there is a vacancy.
One boy of twelve years has spent twenty-seven of his Saturday after-
noons here, one of the girls twenty-five, while several have been twenty
or more times, which indicates that the interest has been well sustained
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up to the present time. We are looking forward to continuing the course
another season.
Since we instituted the custom of giving passes to children, over
three thousand have been given out. With these they may visit the
Museum at any of the opening hours, and they are especially encouraged
to ask questions.
On Sunday, June 13th, the museum was opened in all departments
for the Convention of the New England Federation of Business and
Professional Women’s Clubs. February 17th, the Museum was opened
in the forenoon, especially for the members of the Cosmopolitan Club.
In addition to these we have received the art section of the Westfield
Woman’s Club, the Ellington Woman’s Club, the art section of the
Amherst Woman’s Club, and the Forest Park Literary Club. Special
classes in design have been received from the Central High School, the
Technical High School, and the High School of Commerce. The schools
have also used the collections to assist in their study of history and
civics. Schools from Chicopee and Blandford have also visited us.
During April and May on Tuesday afternoons a series of informal
talks has been given, taking up one subject at a time, the first one being
upon Arms and Armor, then furniture, cloisonné enamels, Oriental rugs,
lacquer, lace, jade, and textiles. These have been largely attended by
the drawing teachers of the city, and upon request we plan to continue
these talks in the fall.
A plan is now in motion to receive classes from the Continuation
School following those which have been held in the Museum of Natural
History, showing the various products such as silk, linen, etc., brought
to their highest use in lace, brocades, embroideries, etc.
The ideal Art Museum of the present day is not only a store house for
the wonderful works of man in the fine and so-called industrial arts, but
its true mission is a vital and uplifting force to the community in which
each individual has a personal interest. Art has a vast influence in the
development of the higher life and the master works of the past and
present should stimulate to greater endeavor.
A high authority says that ‘‘the greatest asset of a museum is its
collections.”” When we compare the collections in this museum with
the very best in the country we are bound to acknowledge our great
debt to the artistic discrimination and generosity which has provided
it as a free gift to each individual citizen.
Mr. Smith, not ever quite content, has added during the past year
the following:
Four beautifully mounted guns.
Two artistic panels by Wedgwood.
A beautiful carved dish of jade and the following paintings by modern
artists:
The Heathery Slope of the Hills; by Nora Bowkett, an English
painter of Scotch highlands and heather.
Venice; by N. Briganti, a pupil of the Florence Academy, who has
exhibited at Rome, Milan, and Florence.
Landscape; by Frederic Ede, a Canadian artist of repute.
ART MUSEUM 13
Evening, Loch Fay; by William Watson, who has passed away since
the purchase of this painting. The wonderful evening light with
the long haired rugged Scotch cattle makes this a most notable
painting.
Early Moonlight; by Robert Strong Woodward, who has received
first prize in several American exhibitions, is another very unusual
canvas.
Hospitality; by J. J. LaValley adds an example of the very best
work in still life of this well-known Springfield artist.
Miss Clara Shurtleff has recently presented to Mr. Smith a water-
color painting by the late George Inness. This has quite an interesting
history having been originally presented by Mr. Inness to Mr. Smith,
who later gave it to Miss Shurtleff’s father, the late R. G. Shurtleff, and
now Miss Shurtleff has graciously returned it to Mr. Smith.
There have also been added from Mr. Smith’s house three oil paintings.
A Landscape, by Henry P. Smith.
The Fagot Gatherer, by T. L. Smith.
Landscape, by Raffaella Mainella.
If this museum can help to develop in our midst contemporary pro-
ductions in the fine and applied arts Mr. Smith will feel amply repaid
for all the toil and sacrifice he has endured, notwithstanding it has
always been a labor of love.
Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, ‘‘Though we travel the world over
to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.”
If we can help, ever so little, others to find this great source of pleasure
we shall be satisfied.
Respectfully submitted,
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator.
Report of the Museum of Natural History
At the beginning of this year the Museum of Natural History sent
out the following questionnaire:
PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS:
What can the Museum do to help you in your work?
Free lectures: Suggest subjects and time.
Story telling for children: What subjects will best supplement
school work?
Excursions: When and to study what?
Loan collections: Name materials needed.
Any other suggestions will be appreciated.
The year’s program has been based largely upon responses and sug-
gestions received, and as a result the Museum has worked with teachers
much more directly and effectively than in any previous year.
Lectures for University Credits.
There were requests for geography lectures, and that in connection
with such instruction teachers might have opportunity to work for
academic credits. The course was provided with two of the best speakers
obtainable,—Dr. Wallace W. Atwood, President of Clark University,
and Mrs. Helen Goss Thomas, a research associate with Dr. Atwood
in geographic investigation. Our thanks are most cordially given to
Dr. Atwood and Mrs. Thomas for generously contributing their services
in lectures unsurpassed in the Museum’s educational work. Meetings
were well and enthusiastically attended. Not only have credits been
awarded by the Junior College, but teachers report that material as
presented in these lectures has proved exceptionally helpful and stimu-
lating in their work.
Associated with these, Miss Fannie A. Stebbins gave lectures and
conducted field excursions for study of local physiography. Oppor-
tunity to work for credits was given also in this very excellent series.
Dr. George E. Dawson’s four lectures on the Psychology of Self Ex-
pression attracted the usual large audiences, and the big bird meeting
of the year brought together one thousand persons interested to hear
Norman McClintock.
Stories for Children.
The Pilgrim Tercentenary was kept in mind in planning the children’s
stories for the winter. With early settlers and settlements as a basis,
children followed the Indian boy through the years before and after he
shared this section of the valley with the white man.
In his wanderings, animal and plant life were considered as well as
the customs of early New England inhabitants. The work was well
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 15
done by Miss Dorothea Clark who conceived the idea of such a course,
and the group of 60 to 100 listeners who were on hand for the story
every Saturday morning testified to the success of her efforts.
Classes from the Schools.
By definite program arrangement with the nature study supervisor,
work with classes year by year assumes a more definite character.
During the fall and winter some animal (preferably living) is studied
in the grades. It may be bird, cat, dog, mouse, rabbit or, if in a rural
section, the farm animals. Classes are later brought to the museum to
study the many relatives of such animals, and by means of habitat
groups, knowledge of their home life is gained.
In February this work brought 1,300 children in classes with teachers
for such exercises of observation, question and answer; these to be fol-
lowed by written work in school. The total general attendance for that
month was 5,420. The total attendance for the year was 36,296.
Work with the Girls’ Continuation School is now in progress. Mem-
bers of these classes include clerks who sell textiles, millinery, glass
wares, buttons, jewelry, candy, groceries, etc.
A sample of one class exercise about textiles may best indicate the
work with these girls. Silk was first displayed. Live silk worms indicated
the source of pure silk, and the life history of these creatures was illus-
trated by specimens. Near-by silk making factories were named, and
history of silk culture was told. In comparison, the much used fiber
silk was shown in sweater, hosiery or scarf and the process of production
from cellulose explained. Materials used for adulterating silk were
referred to. Consideration of the worm or the woody fiber as the sources
of garments worn or sold by members of the class proved impressive.
The story of linen from the dainty flax plant to the handkerchief or
damask; cotton from the seed pod to Wesson oil or to our garments
was enlightening, and colonial day methods of procuring and preparing
the wedding chest of linen and woolens made a strong contrast to present
day manufacture.
The sources of buttons were shown from the mussel shells to finished
pearl buttons; from the palm tree fruit, vegetable ivory, to another kind
of button manufactured in this city; and with these there were buttons
of metal, bone, and wood. Jewelry day was unique. Beads of imitation
amethyst, aquamarine, topaz, emerald, coral, ivory, cameo, bone and
amber were shown with the mineral, animal or plant source that supply
the genuine substances. Merchants are gladly lending material for these
lessons that make for them more intelligent salesgirls, and both girls
and merchants have asked that the work be continued and extended.
Sessions with the Boys’ Continuation School consisted of exercises
for non-English speaking members.
Clubs.
_ Clubs continue their activities in lectures and field excursions. Work-
ing with the Museum proves advantageous to both organizations. The
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Garden Club has developed wonderfully and has provided excellent
extension courses in landscape and vegetable gardening.
Evening Openings.
Evening openings have afforded Scout leaders opportunity to prepare
for work with their troops, and there have been evening gatherings of
the Business Women’s Club, the Girls’ City Club, and of our affiliated
societies.
Bird Study Prizes.
Mr. Robert Morris has again ee it possible to offer the children
bird study prizes. Although the contest this year has additional features
requiring more work, interest is keen and a great many boys and girls
are enrolled for the examinations.
The Catharine Howard Library.
The Howard Library has acquired a cabinet for its growing collec-
tion of lantern slides. For this indispensable reference library with its
equipment for illustration and children’s hours, the Museum is indeed
grateful to the Howard Library Association. It has helped in the purpose
of the year, to make this, through service, the best in the institution’s
history. It is a pleasure to say that that purpose has been fulfilled.
Dr. Dawson reports on the work of the Psychological Laboratory as
follows:
A total of 341 children, youth, and adults of Springfield, have been
examined in the Psychological Laboratory during the current school
year. Most of these are pupils in the public schools, but many other
social agencies have been represented,—as Judge Heady’s court, the
Union Relief, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, The Hampden County Children’s Aid Society, The Good
Will Home, etc. The most notable development of the work during the
year has been in number of parents applying for examination of their
own children, and especially in the number of young men and women
making application through their school principals. Altogether, 103 have
applied for help in deciding problems of further education, vocational
guidance, ete., or 30% of the total number examined. Besides the local
cases examined, a considerable number not included in the above, and
representing various social service agencies, have come from neighbor-
ing towns all the way from Northampton to Thompsonville. Altogether,
approximately 400 cases have been examined.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Director.
Treasurer’s Report
For THE Fiscan YEAR ENpiInG Aprit 30, 1921
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1919-1920........... $ 92.53
Appropriation from City of Springfield................. 111,000.00
Wogitax irom City-ommprmegheld). 6) Sie ee os 4,971.00
JeN TGR NIECE COGN GO YSTa 0 C06 Nee es PA Rs RU Sn va na 45.00
PAS UOUNE ADT Ae eneine Om MER ar Ru Vel a asta stat st at afislieiin cape fel ed othodaPa Ws 50.00
anny Hazard Bond) fund). ..0 082. ). NS ia ONES ih SR 200.00
OMIT BY Ae ON ANOTONG UE CVS AONE ne eee Ann an ee ee 225.00
Chester wy, © mayan TUM. ce os seltae oleae shied wiee ald 500.00
OPPO ESTA UIs tite Usb ciy Saya erne win ne Me dm awe Sone 300.00
AGATE LE LM ey AH 76 M6 0 Cem 250.00
Jpocatic ane oul: S.. ehurl but hum. osc fe as es 50.00
Charles M. Kirkham fund.......... TRAC A aS are hell a Wa et oka 220.00
Charles S. Marsh fund........ 250.00
hanes Mierria tam 41) Bale tue Ce be wad g 385.00
See GTaN ags MEN Ore} ee 10 0016 UO ete Eg 320.00
SArGliMe PEM RICE HUM aussie nee ES Se ey i iy 250.00
Grace hwunmrilll music TUNG) 250k). Feb cece ela oie eoe duce hs 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund................ 107.50
CcOnmem Ve mma ley GUNG 16 saiot eae ed acs fate Welk gate ass 45.00
James Mav homapsom tga. ls sia) aig bo ne ligce ely na 250.00
Dio UA TRU Gy ae oA Reo TIS abt 00 [PRR en OO en ee 25.00
IDEN a (OC ssNeg (ICUS 1 a6 |e aman A eran a at ea 5,495.00
Net income, Edwards Street House.................... 286.49
From Catherine L. Howard Library Association......... 131.73
iinterestromibank ‘balances. fis. .cie bs de oe Moen ees. 530.71
Hees! for overdetention of books... 0.00) bolo ye 7,147.22
Net receipts from duplicate collection.................. 673.31
INom-—nestdlemineamdsrigncn (ecru ss waiehel UM eek i 191.95
Muscellaneousireceiptsie 6 ee es i hee el 1,109.88
AD SKC COMERCIAL eet MwA Biel eS peel sae eheles Whey keel egw Bg 1,129.82
Matalmecenple uy wetness sie sak sale, iets kansas ed ie ea le lk. $136,792.14
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
Pm PIMeeOrs jANItOrs. ANC WATCHER ee a as $ 5,164.71
LEIS eae te ROO 98 SIN URC I SE NG Re BE Af SEAL aP deli ARI Ts a 7,891.19
Pisuranicesrepalls. ,and TmASCellamiynd.\; Wala 8 ae We kia dio sisuecielg ee save noe 2,018.94
$ 15,074.84
LIBRARY EXPENSES
SERIES) WO, ANA A: RAL CID AA Se $ 47,320.37
2 PSB eal aoe inka EAT Dav AIA At SET a 2,313.52
SUMOavaamOunolidsy Servicers. einem won GON se Nie OU A A Cea ull, 416.14
CUO SONTENC S se ast RN OES TBS. EUR OO ASE ALR Aa AL Stn 2,044.40
DONA A EAR OR ls SU UII WS DE AO AOU tet eC BN ee 7,867.69
18 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Periodicals... 2 es Ween i al Aen Ea eee ae $ 1,028.59
Birr ee easily ale aie alalevahe da ale aie, EUG) te ease ee 4,134.74
| ep vba a) ae er Me MMS UA Mtn mo Ol nM layWh, i luer lis gs 1,243.12
Stationery and: suppliesn (2) ce Cee AI ne ae ee 1,597.42
Repairs, \furniture;.and improvements. 904040.) ee ee 513.38
Light and) power.) 0 0 UA I th eee 2,085.71
Postage sco ie Met yl VN |e CUA AC aa a rr 561.40
Express and freight so (2a CR) AI ee 344.94
Telepliore 02) aay I ae ia i Se Ue 260.71
Miscellany (elvis (a ll lon RN VT sere CIA a Co Cae en 373.37
$ 72,105.50
Forest Park BRANCH
SENG (seal Ma ARN NAR eK UONDY UMA I Wee ic. } $ 9,831.56
Books) periodicals, and inding ee eect ee eee ecg 4,258.47
Buel, lighttelephone: and miuseellany ).\2 03h co ae ae 1,488.41
$ 15,578.44
INDIAN ORCHARD BRANCH
ORION tole UREN a LU oN ue NO eu SRM A es CAG et oa $ 2,796.42
Books; periodicals; and imdimia sey ec vey ae a a a ee 1,159.21
Fuel, light, telephone) and ‘maiscellamy, chy Ws aoe a aan ea 933.06
$ 4,888.69
MEMORIAL SQUARE BRANCH
a ARIES fy Ure A in ei aR Oa Va BI ee $ 9,747.42
Books, pertodieals,aimdh binging Woy Nel a iea ieee ee ae 5,636.25
Buel hight, telephone; and naiscellamy 00a ee eve emennien ene 1,777.02
$ 17,160.69
Art Museum
Salaries ee ia Pye LCA i eae AEST Uh iste ol an Nes Ne ao ee a $ 5,288.96
Halltof Seumlpture seh yes Oise en eae tne a aan ee 400.15
Cleaning, repairs, light, and miscellany ........ A eS i 2,518.67
$ 8,207.78
Museum or Natura HIsTory
SALARIES Mia il ONE te lu WN ce aD, et, cee SAN LOS RE cg em ee Oe $ 1,532.61
Books, slides, and cabinet for Catherine L. Howard Library.......... 351.88
Cleaning? light; telephone; and miscellany it. 4) ace ee ee eee 698.80
PREP AUES L) i y oN seil aa NV NA Col CA VE A 953.89
Tie Charen) Uh iy eek Os arc iP Ai a LN LAREN aac en ee 239.02
$ 3,776.20
Total expenditiares su hie ae Ry slaeaiee ae eee te ae oe en $136,792.14
G. W. V. Smita Art Director’s ACCOUNT
Balance’ May) 1, T9200 uli ily alate) Oneal aed, es ke Se ere $ 1,184.62
Interest on bank balances... 05). 0 2u janie. ae eine ole) ae ane 22.80
Balancé: April 30; TODD. eC) aie, Acie ARN ely ene Aine ee ee $ 1,207.42
FunD FOR SCIENCE MusEuM PUBLICATIONS
Balance May (1; POZO). 2) shin 5 ol mei We ie ine eer ey i ee $ 210.99
TATE ESE io i es os i OG aE Ie Oi enc ee ee a 11.90
$ 222.89
TREASURER’S REPORT 19
arenes 9250) U9. Victory BONUS. Yah accle le ict big ae ea eas ke eine 210.99
[Evrae Je Gay all a Oo 0 cee) Re oie a $ 11.90
Balen i ayes SOLO Ma guerre ny ae tires a es als cide bine al la dhs. Hug ale dole oh $ 1,104.00
Interest on $1, 600 Adams Express Co. 4% bonds........ $ 40.00
Interest on $2,000 Southern Pacific R. R. 5% bonds..... 110.59
Exchanged Feb. 1, 1921, for 20 shares Southern Pacific Co. stock
Interest on $3,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5% bonds. . 150.00
Interest on $1,250 U.S. Victory 434% bonds........... 59.37
Dividend on 14 shares Fisk Rubber Co., 7% 1st pref..... 98.00 457.96
$ 1,561.96
Less:
Purchase $1,200 U. S. Victory 434% bonds............. $1,261.96
Purchase 20 shares Pacific Oil Co. stock............. atte 300.00 1,561.96
DENTAL LIBRARY FUND
Vega es nyirey IW nae UAL Pl 0 a Pe ect ea ee ne a ee $ 348.88
BMGERES OM ORNK OALATIOO |. 2) sco eine Gin etnies J pia ee dime ae 8 « $ 6.96
Interest on $350 U.S. Victory 434% bonds............. 16.64 23.60
$ 372.48
Less:
Purenaseson0 Ui S) Victory 424%, bonds.i 4. 5.526. 6s ves ca ee coke $ 331.87
Patanicer Apr oO POO ome odie besankie oe be Na or eates tary. ata orale $ 40.61
CuHarutes M. KirxkHam Fund ror BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
Spates on one-half of $6,000 Southern Pacific R. R. 4%
1 AEN RAI TES CIE CE PSO ea Te $ 120.00
eee oa one-half of $5,000 American Tel. & Tel. Co. 4%
QING ON apts er OEM eae WaT Clit ud uh es 100.00
Interest on $1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5% bonds... . 50.00 $ 270.00
AMC e AEM ORO Ny men LSM tah ats bi Wiae ct odials sales oe $ 270.00
INSURANCE PREMIUM RESERVE FUND
Balancer Nia MVNO ZO. etait aR etal TR! Sos Is et $ 732.15
Interest on U. S. Niletory, 2247 DOBGS sa ai ik 6 aration $ 33.20
inmbperestrOm Mank, DAlAMCenii i. WN ny eine Wilh eal ues 38
Dividends on 6 shares Fisk Rubber Co. 7% 1st pref...... 42.00
Sale of 6 shares Fisk Rubber Co. 7% Ist pref............ 503.33
Sale of $700 U.S. Victory 434% bonds................. 695.00 1,273.91
$ 2,006.06
Less:
Purchase $700 U.S. Victory 434% bonds............... $ 699.19
LDS Oreo DAN Uierctey Maree Ue) Oi On MB a 1,306.87 2,006.06
as aN
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
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THE CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
1922
CITY LIBRARY
ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Officers and Directors from 1864 to 1922
Kine, JouHn L.,
Harris, Dante L.,
Bonp, ErHramm W.,
Harris, Danreu L.,
Bonp, EPHRAIM W.,
Presidents
1864-1872 Rumritu, JAMEs A.,
1873-1879 OLMSTED, JOHN,
1880-1891 Brut, Natuan D.,
Vice-Presidents
1864-1873 RUMRILL, JAMES A.,
1873-1880 OLMSTED, JOHN,
_Txompson, JAMES M., 1880-1884 Britu, Natuan D.,
Morris, Rospert O., 1904-
SAFFORD, JAMES D.,
Ricr, WILLIAM,
APPLETON, JULIUS H.,
BEEBE, HENRY J.,
BitL, NaTHan D.,
Buiss, GEORGE,
Bonp, EPHRAIM W.,
Bow es, Henry L.,
BOWLES, SAMUEL, 2d,
BOWLES, SAMUEL, 3d,
CARROLL, JAMES B.,
CHAPIN, CHARLES O.,
CHAPIN, CHESTER W.,
CorRcORAN, LUKE,
DEANE, GEORGE H.,
GILBERT, ADOLPH W.,
GILLETT, FRED’R’K H.,
GREENLEAF, O. H.,
GRIFFIN, SOLOMON B.,
HaiLe, Wiuuiam H..,
Harris, AZARIAH B.,
Harris, DANIEL L.,
HAYNES, STANFORD L.,
HOLLAND, JosiaAH G.,
Howarp, GEORGE E.,
Kina, JouN L.,
Treasurers
1864-1889 Bowman, Henry H.,
Clerks
1864-1897 Dana, JoHN Corton,
WELLMAN, Hituer C., 1902-
Directors
1902-1904 KirkHAM, JAMES,
1897-1919 KirKHAM, JAMES W.,
1887- Know .ton, Marcus P.,
1864-1873 Lr, Henry §&.,
1864-1891 Merriam, CHARLES,
1920- MERRIAM, GEORGE 56.,
1866-1878 Merrrick, WILLIAM,
1878-1902 Morris, Rospert O.,
1918- OLMSTED, JOHN,
1872-1882 Packarp, AZEL A.,
1864-1883 Pratt, Gro. Dwicurt,
1896- RUMRILL, JAMES A.,
1884-1890 SHuRTLEFF, WM. S.,
1922- SKINNER, Henry H.,
1893- Smitu, G. W. V.,
1873-1896 SmirH, Horacsz,
1920- SouTHWoRTH, C. H..,
1892-1901 SresBiIns, JOHN B.,
1880-1891 THompson, JAMES M.,
1864-1879 Tyrer, P. B.,
1908-1920 WaLkER, GEORGE,
1864-1872 Wau.ace, A. B.,
1873-1889 Wesson, D. B.,
1864-1872 Wesson, W. H.,
1892-1901
1901-1904
1904-
1884-1892
1892-1901
1901-1904
1889-
1898-1902
1864-1893
1893-
1902-1918
1893-1902
1864-1887
1896-1902
1883-1887
US
1889-1905
1909-
1905-
1884-1909
1890-1896
1902-
1892-
1877-1893
1892-1897
1864-1899
1864-1884
1864-1866
1864-1877
1904-
1888-1893
1899-1921
—— SUS
Officers of the City Library Association, 1922-1923
PRESIDENT: NATHAN D. BILL
VicrE-PRESIDENT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
yp TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
CuerK: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
Britt, Natuan D. KIRKHAM, JAMES W.
Bow es, Henry L. Morris, Rosert O.
CARROLL, JAMES B. PacKaRD, AZEL A.
Corcoran, LUKE Pratt, GrEorGE DwiGHT
GILBERT, ADOLPH W. SKINNER, Henry H.
GILLETT, FREDERICK H. SmitTH, G. W. V.
GRIFFIN, SOLOMON B. Wauuace, A. B.
Epwin F. Leonarp, Mayor.
LEONARD 8. STEBBINS, President of the Common Council.
JamEs H. Van SIcKuE, Superintendent of Schools.
Auditors
W. C. Simons A. W. DaMon
Standing Committees
On Finance—Henry H. Skinner, Nathan D. Bill, James W. Kirkham,
e Henry L. Bowles, Adolph W. Gilbert.
2 On Ari—G. W. V. Smith, A. B. Wallace, Azel A. Packard, Solomon
> B. Griffin.
is On City Appropriations—Henry H. Skinner, Robert O. Morris, A. B.
iy Wallace, George Dwight Pratt.
On Museum of Natural History—Robert O. Morris, Frederick H. Gillett,
Adolph W. Gilbert.
(9 On Library—Luke Corcoran, G. W. V. Smith, James B. Carroll, Henry
. H. Skinner, George Dwight Pratt.
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On Insurance—Nathan D. Bill.
Inbrarian—Hiller C. Wellman.
Director of the Art Museum—George Walter Vincent Smith.
Director of the Museum of Natural History—Grace Pettis Johnson.
Inu Memoriam
Walter H. Wesson
In the death of Walter H. Wesson, the City Library
Association has lost a valued friend and esteemed coun-
sellor. Mr. Wesson contributed generously toward the
erection of the Association’s buildings, and for twenty-
two years he served on the Board of Directors. His
good judgment, graciousness, and tact won the warm
regard of his fellow members, who in recording their
sense of personal loss, desire also to extend sincere sym-
pathy to the members of his family.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, January 13, 1922
Report of the President
The outstanding event of the past year is the decision to proceed at
once with the erection of the new wing of the Art Museum. The struc-
ture when built was left incomplete, a pavilion at the north end being
planned to balance that at the south. The Directors felt unanimously
that they should not further delay the building of this addition, required
by the design, long promised, and patiently awaited by Mr. George
Walter Vincent Smith. Mr. Smith purposes filling the new galleries with
the priceless treasures now stored in his house for lack of space in the
present museum, which he has filled to overflowing. As no funds for
building are available, the cost of the new wing, estimated at upwards
of $50,000, must be financed by borrowing, until such time as the Asso-
ciation may be able to pay for it by gifts or subscriptions or from its un-
restricted income. The structure is to be finished within a few months,
and it is particularly gratifying to feel that Springfield will soon have a
completed building to house Mr. Smith’s great benefactions—the treas-
ures of a lifetime of successful and disinterested collecting. Meantime
Mr. Smith, with the inborn zest of the true collector, is still continually
making additions, numerous objects of art and fine oil paintings, as noted
in the curator’s report, having been purchased by him during the past
year.
With the work of the Association steadily increasing, and not merely
the amount, but the scope of its service to the community growing
larger every year, it is not at all surprising that the institution is fre-
quently subject to “growing pains.” A large exhibition case recently
installed in the Museum of Natural History fills its last available floor
space. The museum needs not only more exhibition room, but halls and
class rooms for its lectures and study courses. The facilities which it
offers students of natural history not only appeal to large numbers of
private groups and individuals, but have become an almost indispensable
part of our public school system. The crowded condition of the Forest
Park Branch Library has been commented on for a number of years, and
the patronage is still increasing by leaps and bounds. The Directors
recognize the urgent need of a substantial addition to this building when-
ever the residents of the district succeed in raising the necessary funds.
A new branch library is desired by the people living near the junction of
Carew and Liberty streets; and a branch in that region, which has no
easy access to other parts of the library system, would without doubt
prove of great worth, if the residents can find means of providing a
suitable lot and building.
During this year there has been received a bequest of $500 from the
late William A. Birnie to be devoted to the Museum of Natural History,
and a portion of the residuary bequest under the will of Elizabeth D.
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Rice Bianciardi, the total of which will amount to about $12,000, the
income to be spent for books.
The loss sustained by this Association through the death, after a long
illness, of Walter H. Wesson, who had been a Director for twenty-two
years, was recorded by the Board in appropriate resolutions, which were
published in the newspapers and will be printed with this report. The
vacancy in the Board was filled by the unanimous election of Adolph W.
Gilbert of Indian Orchard.
The service of the library, not only in educational and cultural direc-
tions, but in practical aid to business and industry, is growing every year
in volume and importance. The community possesses in the library and
branches and the Museums of Art and Natural History, an institution
unique in character and of far-reaching influence. The city has been
liberal in helping to maintain their activities. But under present econom-
ic conditions it is obvious that for the increase in the plant, and even
for any very extensive increase in the scope of the service rendered, the
Association will have to look to private benefactions. Judging by the
many generous endowments it has already received, the exceptional use
made of its facilities, and the widespread appreciation manifested, it will
not have to look in vain. We feel confident that our citizens cherish this
ereat educational institution, and will not fail to provide for its continu-
ing growth and large future.
Before closing I must refer to the twenty years of most efficient, able and
successful work of our librarian, Mr. Hiller C. Wellman. He has won the
admiration and esteem of all of us, and I sincerely hope that he may be
spared for many, many years of continued usefulness.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
Report of the Librarian
For twenty-three consecutive years the patronage of the library and
circulation of books have been larger each year than in the preceding
year. Thus, the number of books lent during the twelve months past was
greater by 78,525 volumes than ever before, and the total circulation for
the year amounted to 1,268,516 volumes. It seems doubtful whether this
rate of increase can be maintained indefinitely, at least without a cor-
responding increase in income, although the limit of the library’s useful-
ness has by no means been reached. The most significant feature the
past year, observed-at all the branches as well as at the main library, is
that the larger patronage came chiefly from adults rather than children.
The classes of books showing the largest gain in use were music, bi-
ography, religion, fine arts, and education, in the order named.
On May 1, 1921 a new registration of card holders was begun. Since
that date, 20,421 card holders have been reregistered, and 6,732 new
cards issued, a total of 27,153. Owing to pressure of work, only a portion
of the old cards could be reregistered as presented; and of the 46,000
old cards still outstanding, it is impossible to say how many are in active
use—perhaps an estimate of a little more than one half would not be far
wrong. If so, this would indicate that some 40% of the population are
users of the library. Although this is a relatively large enrollment, it in-
dicates now much wider a sphere the library may still hope to occupy.
There were added to the collection during the year 19,949 volumes, of
which 1,106 were gifts. There were worn out or withdrawn 7,985, leaving
a net gain of 11,964 volumes, which makes the total number now in the
main library and branches 296,764 volumes.
The David A. Wells Economic Library.
The endowment bequeathed by the late David A. Wells has enabled
the library to build up an excellent department comprising ‘‘economic,
fiscal, and social science subjects.’”’ No attempt has been made to
gather the source material useful only to the research worker, but an
exceptionally comprehensive collection of books for the ordinary student
or the general reader will be found. This section includes more than
20,000 volumes, some 600 having been added the past year. Among the
accessions were Moody’s Investors’ Service and the Prentice Hall Business
Information Service. Attention was called to these expensive publica-
tions in the library bulletin and by notices sent to the Chamber of Com-
merce with the result that they are much consulted.
Among the activities of the department was the preparation of a list
of material on zoning, distributed to members of the City Planning Board
and others concerned with the subject; a list of recent treatises on police
systems and police work, which was furnished to members of the Police
Committee; a list of books for bankers, mailed to the local banks with a
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request that it be called to the attention of employees; and a list of recent
educational publications which, together with a professional course of
reading for teachers prepared by the state and distributed by the library,
was doubtless the cause of the increase noted in the circulation of this
class of books. In view of the interest in charter revision, the library’s
collection of muncipal charters has been expanded and brought to date.
The reports of the Harvard Economic Committee on the conditions of
business and industry will be a-valued accession whenever funds permit
of their purchase.
Reference Work in Rice Hall.
The important work conducted by the reference department in Rice
Hall is difficult to summarize. The requests and inquiries pouring in from
day to day are of astonishing variety, such, for example, as the best
personal memoirs written in the reign of Louis XIV; the width of a street
and tree belt in Hadley; the names and addresses of all retail coal dealers
in New England; an account of Langmuir’s postulates, for a scientific
student; the comparative advantages of welding or riveting the seams of
boilers, for a manufacturer; the latest development in the flotation proc-
ess of ore concentration, for an investor. Perhaps no feature of the work
has shown more growth the past season than the gathering and reserv-
ing of reference collections of books for study purposes. Besides such
customary service to the high school and junior college classes, books
were set aside on special shelves for ten different university extension
classes, several classes from Northeastern University, and half a dozen
other groups or organizations. While the library cannot, of course,
attempt to supply the necessary textbooks, it should provide the vol-
umes required for reference and collateral reading; and it is gratifying to
find that every group in the city organized for serious study seems to be
turning naturally to the library and finding there reasonable facilities,
although when two hundred members of one course desire the same book
within a few days, it is not possible to satisfy their wants as promptly as
is desired. Books have been reserved for between one and two thousand
students, and the total number of volumes thus set aside was 2,416, some
two and one half times as many as In any previous year.
Lectures, Meetings, and Exhibitions.
The number of exhibitions, lectures, and meetings of educational,
literary, philanthropic, and civic associations in the library halls, all
open freely to the public, has greatly increased, the use of the halls in
winter being of almost daily occurence. The Reading Circle of the Blind,
the Art League, and the Poetry Society have continued their useful activi-
ties, the latter having enjoyed the most successful year in its history
under the leadership of Mr. N. P. Ames Carter. Noteworthy exhibitions
were held under the auspices of the Art League, including exquisite
colored aquatints by Boutet de Monvel, the usual spring exhibition of
paintings and handicraft by artists in the Connecticut valley, and a
splendid representation of work by contemporary American painters
shown in the fall. Many of the exhibitions arranged by the staff in the
Art Room were planned with relation to the art studies in the high
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 9
schools or for various organizations. Among the exhibitions were plates
of landscape architecture from the Massachusetts Agricultural College
arranged for the Convention of Women’s Clubs; delightful designs for
back-yard gardens furnished by the Society of Little Gardens, for the
Springfield Garden Club; pottery, metal work, etc., lent by the Technical
High School; excellent posters from the New York School of Fine and
Applied Arts, and later a fine collection of English posters obtained from
the American Federation of Arts, both for the High School of Commerce;
textile designs for the Technical High School; photogravures showing
composition in landscape, for the Central High School; autographs,
documents, and other relics relating to Napoleon lent by Mr. William
C. Stone at the hundredth anniversary of the Emperor’s death. Besides
displays of material from the library’s own collection, there was a highly
creditable exhibition of orginal drawings by Springfield artists, and an
exhibition of quaint, old-time valentines which proved unexpectedly
attractive. Altogether, there is seldom a day when the visitor to the
library will not find, besides the books, some lecture, meeting, display or
exhibit worthy of his attention. In the report submitted by the
head of the Art Department is a long list of projects that would be de-
sirable to attempt whenever the staff and funds are available. The art
section of a library is one of those which is perhaps most frequently sup-
ported by endowment. In Springfield, however, aside from the generous
fund bequeathed by the late James A. Rumrill for the Grace Rumrill
Department of music, and the fund of $1,000. which has made possible
the Aston collection of American wood engravings, no endowment has
been received specifically devoted to the purchase of art books. The rich
and extensive collection, which is constantly used by designers, adver-
tisers, illustrators, and artists, as well as by students of the fine arts, has
been built up entirely from the general funds.
Children’s Department.
The work of the Children’s Department has been conducted on much
the same lines as heretofore. Four hundred class rooms in the schools
have been supplied with collections of books to the number of more than
41,000 volumes. The summer reading clubs to encourage good reading
by children were notably successful, a contributing factor being the
buttons which the juvenile members who completed the course wore with
especial pride. An important feature in the work of the department is the
instruction given classes from the junior high schools, which come with
their teachers to learn about the library and the methods of gaining
access to its resources. This teaching is given at the main library and at
all of the branches. In addition, this year about 150 girls from the Con-
tinuation School came for instruction in the use of reference books which
would be helpful in their particular lines of work. These schools contain
young people engaged in industry, but required to continue part-time
schooling. Besides the general instruction given, sets of practice ques-
tions to be looked up were made out related to the special trades of each
group; and the practical benefit was so apparent to the State supervisor
of girls’ continuation schools that it is reported similar library instruc-
tion is to be introduced in these schools throughout the Commonwealth.
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Branch Libraries.
The branch libraries at Forest Park, Memorial Square, and Indian
Orchard have all enjoyed increased patronage, more than half a million
of the total number of books borrowed from the library system being
taken through these branches. At Indian Orchard, where the growth in
circulation has been especially rapid, the staff has been strengthened by
the addition of a children’s librarian. A floor covering of cork carpet has
decreased the noise, and improved the order in the reading rooms. At the
Forest Park Branch the delivery desk has been enlarged and some addi-
tional shelving provided, but the quarters are so crowded that further
expansion seems impossible. Besides 237,464 volumes circulated, 77,611
pictures were lent to teachers, pupils, and general readers. In the region
about the Memorial Square Branch the schools have been visited by the
children’s librarian, and many children enrolled who would not other-
wise have used the library. There has been noted a special demand for
books on electricity, accounting, mechanical drawing, shop management,
journalism, and diet; while there, as elsewhere, it has been impossible to
keep up with the sudden and enormous demand for books on “‘ wireless.”
At both Forest Park and Memorial Square the hours have been extended
by opening at 2 instead of 3 o’clock in the afternoon, and also on Satur-
day mornings.
Publications.
Owing to the cost of printing, the library has been unable to publish
as many special lists and bulletins as heretofore, but fortunately the need
is being met by the American Library Association and other organiza-
tions from which it is now possible to obtain admirable lists at moderate
expense. Besides the lists noted above as distributed in connection with
the work of the Wells Economic department, the library sent out
through the Union Relief Association, the Visiting Nurses’ Association,
and the Day Nurseries, some excellent pamphlets obtained from Wash-
ington giving simple directions for the care of the baby, the cover bear-
ing a notice of the many valuable books on the upbringing of children
which can be obtained from the library. Other lists were entitled ‘‘ Farm
and garden books,” ‘‘Home planning,” ‘Boys’ books,” ‘“ Five hundred
business books,”’ a briefer list—‘“‘ Business books for profit and pleasure,”
“Useful books for the home,” ‘Plays of today,” “Books and thrift,”
“Children’s books for Christmas presents,” ‘‘ Hints on child training,”
etc. In addition the library has prepared special lists for the house organs
of the Gilbert & Barker Company, the Milton Bradley Company, and
various other manufacturing companies.
A Longer Survey.
In noting the activities of a single year, one hardly realizes the progress
shown by a longer survey—a progress which has taken place not simply
in this institution, but in public libraries throughout the country.
Twenty years ago the City Library was housed in the old brick build-
ing covering no more ground than one of the present branches. The
branches consisted of a small store open three days a week at Indian
Orchard, and a basement room in a church open twice a week, at Forest
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 11
Park. The circulation of books at the latter place was a little over
forty-six hundred volumes annually, where now it is more than a quarter
of a million volumes. Besides the other active branches at Indian Or-
chard and Memorial Square, deposits of books are now available at 429
points throughout the city, some in factories, stores, institutions, rest
rooms, fire engine houses, and similar places, but the great majority in
school rooms. The total number of books in the library was, speaking in
round numbers, 109,000 volumes. During the twenty years, 104,000
volumes have been worn out or withdrawn, and still the collection has
grown to almost 300,000 volumes. The circulation of books, which in 1902
amounted to 255,000 volumes, has increased to more than a million and
a quarter volumes. But these statistics of growth do not tell the whole
story of the larger place which a library now fills in a community. For
example, in the old building the children’s department, if department
it could be called, consisted of a small table and a bookcase in the corner
of the delivery room. Now, not only the main library but each branch
has special rooms devoted to the children, and a special staff of trained
assistants to counsel and instruct them. Where formerly 4,000 books
were taken by teachers for their classes, now more than 41,000 are bor-
rowed. The library owned numerous valuable monographs and publica-
tions on the fine arts, which, however, were seldom consulted. Now the
art department fills the large east room on the main floor of the library,
with a staff of four attendants to meet innumerable demands of widely
varying character. The picture collection, which now includes a quarter
of a million prints, had just been started and 2,800 pictures were lent,
while the past year the number of pictures lent was over 137,000. The
variety of uses made of this collection is impossible to describe. It may be
noted, however, that a large calendar illustrating the history of writing,
lately issued by a New York concern, was prepared with material bor-
rowed from this department. The extensive collection of music, which is
one of the most used classes in the library, is also a new feature. The
local history collection has likewise been organized and catalogued. In
the older day, the library consisted chiefly of polite literature, works of
fiction, history, biography, travel, poetry and the like. The utilitarian
side received little attention. Thus, the provision of technical books,
which are used so extensively by ambitious young workmen, is almost
entirely a modern development; and so too, the books on all phases of
business, commerce, industry, and manufactures, which form so im-
portant a contribution in the library’s more practical service to the com-
munity, did not exist formerly. The provision of books in nearly a score
of foreign languages, and the important work of Americanization, is still
another innovation; much of the general educational activity and es-
pecially the work of a social nature carried on by the branches, which are
the parts of the library closest to the people, is likewise new. When the
extension of the functions of the library is thus viewed through the per-
spective of twenty years, it seems small wonder that its use in propor-
tion to the population has trebled; and the continuous expansion points
to still wider horizons in the future.
The late Judge Knowlton used to say of an alert public library, that
no other institution in a city touches the lives of so many of its people.
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Certainly no other institution is more representative of the whole com-
munity. It reflects, as well as broadens, the people’s thoughts and inter-
ests, mirrors and elevates their ideals and ambitions, measures and sus-
tains their occupations and avocations; and this not for one element,
clique, or class, but for the whole mass of citizens—young and old, rich
and poor, native and foreign. That the people of Springfield have been
willing to build up and maintain this great institution, comprising be-
sides the library and branches, the museums of art and of natural history,
is surely significant of the character of the city.
I cannot close this report without an expression—however inadequate
—of sincere acknowledgement. An indispensable factor in whatever
progress has been accomplished has been the enthusiasm, initiative, and
devotion that have animated all my associates in the staff. And the
assistance, counsel, and sympathy—generous and unstinted—on the
part of the Directors, and not least the President, have been an unfailing
incentive and support.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN, Ltbrarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1921-1922
Volumes
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Volumes Volumes
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SLT OT Aya rete elec h eee en ailerigie mie la) auicwatian Manat Ciey g Letkial une 2b at 4,285 1,235
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TRY OKT E Vey a Heh Fy AIT eR WET TAI ag var Ue aor aH ea i 1,959 25
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INCITS CIENCE se yerty rene tereteteraiay oot ti ahote releiet hepato ove avatensiole 3,956 12,802
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Wek PA tai rneie heteverncs eure beara terete a iais vale tet ayatenanalst elas Srlalver’e 14,427 2,655
JOD AVE JAN Gi MAI A ee es I Bn a ary nr a A 8,029 576
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PATIUUIGCITLG ICS eer ere e ha epee ie Slay Nie ve eaia Can Maven a uelial aia eatin Wate vetalia 3,182 1,708
EGET TUTE er rei rel aie hd Terres sv ea Orel cpa beau ats Hit Tae 8 lah 16,883 7,696
Horeienwyoiterature nul ai ero mine hava rwta alata aiaraynuall Gut 10,779 92
ILI SGORV ee eae ea rauSrala a auettnoaroitaitc lakekeearetatelenles oie lee wyaceletaha nals ate 6,865 7,864
J BVGy ea ee OL ONC, les fied ed te Ger li ISU TEs RSC ey See TS eee 7,539 3,056
GEOR TA DTV ern ee ee arate enya haa gy leaves Manin se i oaie le) ath 6,809 8,990
TAMA ANCE) VEL yoy USN GU eR eh eo CEA EAI EO gS A CA URE UD STG 14,936
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390,577 143,178
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PICCUTESTCITGULATCE ET ey eM ses Ves re eee Cita arpat ae IR SN CN UU LINGUA UR AOU Oe LUA EN ONIAWLd
Deposited in 400 school rooms:
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Volumes
19,949
7,985
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284/800
296,764
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533,755
1,260
203,308
1,268,516
137,758
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Donors of Books, Pamphlets, and Other Articles
Affleck, George B.
Allen, Leslie H.
Bagg, Ernest Newton
Baker, Mrs. Asa A
Baldwin, Alden
Bartlett, Josephine M.
Bates, Elizabeth
Beckwith, Robert L.
Bigelow, Walter
Blunt, Col. Stanhope E.
Boas, Ralph Philip
Bodurtha, Mrs. Josephine C.
' Bowne , Jacob T.
Britton, Mrs. Charles
Broadhurst, Mrs. Edward T.
Campbell, Emma
Carlson, Mary
Carroll, Alfred J.
Chapin, Mrs. Henry G.
Chapman, Mrs. Clara R.
Chapman, Mary
Childs, Fannie R.
Christian Science Church
Colton, Henry Day
Cook, Robert L.
Crook, Douglas
Damon, A. Willard
DeBerry, William N.
Denman, Mrs. Mark A.
Dunn, Dr. Frederick P.
Eaton, Richard P.
Eberhardt, Oscar A.
Edes, Dr. Robert T.
Ehni, Dr. Robert F.
Ellis, Ralph W.., Jr.
Ellison, Agnes S.
Finch, Mrs. Addie W.
Frew, Leslie R.
Gardner, George C.
Green, S. M.
Hans, Mrs. Isabella
Hart, Fred J.
Hendry, Charles
Hewitt, Dr. Clarence E.
Johnson, Anna M.
Johnson, Charles W.
King, Clinton
Kirkham, Guy
Kravitz, Jacob
Lamb, Lucy
MacDuffie, Dr. John
MclIntire, Rose E.
Marsh, Henry D.
Medlicott, Mary
Merkel, Otto J.
Merriam, G. & C. Co.
Merriam, Mrs. G. Frank
Merrill, Mrs. Nellie
Morison, Avis M.
Myrick, Christine
Myrick, Herbert
Myrick, Mrs. Herbert
Nicolau, Vasili
Parker, Dr. W. Thornton
Pierce, Benjamin D.
Powell, Mrs. Benjamin
Pratt, George Dwight
Priest, Mary M.
Putnam, Anna M.
Riley, Francis, J.
Roberts, Reuben
Roland, Mrs. A. L.
Russell, Peter
Sargent, Cordelia C.
Severance, Mrs. John N.
Seymour, Dr. Bina
Shurtleff, Clara M.
Volumes
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15
15
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Pamphlets
2
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23
12
19
Miscellaneous
Magazines
Magazines
Magazines
9 pictures
66 Pictures
Photographs
46 Pictures
Magazines
2 Pictures
33 Pieces of Music
15 Pictures and a Case of Birds
338 Magazine Illustrations
Mineral Collection and Case
Medical Magazines
1000 Pictures and 3 Valentines
Magazines
10 Pictures
1 Block Print
6 Leaflets
Magazines
261 Post cards
51 Architectural plates
9 Pictures
25 Pictures
6 Leaflets
Bronze plaquette
10 Post cards
1 Valentine
1 Block Print
Record Books and Pamphlets
2 Leaflets
Sinsabaugh, Etta
Skinner, Henry H.
Sourian, Zareh
Southworth, Mrs. Ada D.
Surprise, M. V. B. Estate
Theosophical Society
Thrall, Nellie E.
Vismont, Anthony
Wesson Maternity Hospital
White, Mildred
Wilcox, Mrs. Mary R.
Williams, Mrs. Minnie M.
Wright, Caroline AAS is
M. C. A. Northeastern University
DONORS
Volumes Pamphlets Miscellaneous
11 6 Maps
Magazines
5 Sampler Designs
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Report of the Art Museum
The most important event of the past year to the Art Museum is the
decision of the Directors to add to the building an extension, to the end
that the art treasures of Mr. Smith which have been kept at his home
may eventually be placed in the museum and thus be available to the
public at all times. This is a source of much satisfaction to Mr. Smith as
he has always desired that his collections should be kept together in the
city of his choice.
The Library and Art Museum are working side by side in service for
humanity and those who live and strive in a humdrum world. The service
rendered by the museum is of course not so broad as that given by the
library but there is a certain inspiring education in art and an uplift
which comes from contemplation of objects of beauty, and it has been
truthfully said that ‘‘ while the knowledge of art is rare, the love of art is
common.”
One way to foster the knowledge and love of art is in the work with
children, and during the past year 486 of them have attended the
Story Hour course given by Miss Sargent in the Museum Hall Saturday
afternoons. This course was planned to supplement the history course
of the 6th grade pupils. The following subjects will give an idea of the
ground covered.
Jan. 7. In the Land of the Minotaur.
Jan. 14. The Tale of Troy, the World’s Greatest Story.
Jan. 21. Odysseus in the Land of Enchantment.
Jan. 28. <A Boy of Galatia.
Feb. 4. The Winning of a Title, a Story of Rome.
Feb. 11. The City of the Seven Hills.
Feb. 18, The Sign of the Cross.
Feb. 25. King Arthur: The Marvel of the Sword; Excalibur; The
Founding of the Round Table.
Mar. 4. Roland and Oliver, Knights of Deathless Fame.
Mar. 11. Magna Charta and the Wicked King.
Mar. 18. Little Brother of the Poor, St. Francis of Assisi.
~ Mar. 25. The King Who Was a Saint; a Story of the Crusades.
Apr. 1. The Mistletoe Queen, a Green Parrot, and a Church.
Apr. 8. The Ship of Adventure; The Founding of a New Nation.
This year the children were requested to write an article describing
the special objects in the museum relating to the talk. For those who
should write twelve papers, a prize was offered for the best. Edward
Fox of the Homer Street School was awarded the first prize and Chester
Smith of the same school the second. The prize consists of a reproduc-
tion in plaster of a French ivory carving of the 14th century representing
a tournament with knights in armor.
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Classes in design from the MacDuffe and high schools of the city have
taken advantage of the museum in their work, and at the last exhibition
of the work of the pupils it was evident that many of their best designs
had been adapted from those found at the museum.
Classes in history and civics have also been received and guided
through the museum. Talks have been given to classes of adults on the
lacquers, jades, cloisonné enamels, textiles and lace.
The Continuation School and some of the lace buyers of the city came
to the museum for a talk on lace. At that time it was realized that it
would be of great advantage if we could also show in connection with the
beautiful antique hand-made laces, examples of the wonderful machine-
made lace of the present day, and the firm of Forbes and Wallace, of
which one of our directors is the senior member, has very generously
provided us with many fine examples of the present day laces. These
have been mounted and will be lent to schools, clubs, ete.
We have received Art Clubs, classes from schools, and delegations of
Scouts from many of the surrounding towns.
At the museum on the 14th day of last June an informal reception was
held giving the citizens and many friends of Mr. Smith an opportunity
to congratulate him on his 89th birthday.
Oct. 26. All departments were opened for the members and friends of
the Direct Mail Advertising Association, which was in convention in
Springfield at that time.
Dec. 14. A lecture was given to the Mother’s Club at Christ Church
on ‘The Madonna of St. Luke.”
Dec. 15. The Springfield Women’s Civie Club was received at the
museum and its advantages were explained.
Feb. 21. At Christ Church the Girls’ Friendly Society was given a
talk on ‘French Cathedrals and the Legend of the Gargoyle.”
Mar. 14. A talk on the museum was given at the Hotel Kimball to
the Hampden County Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Apr. 7. A lecture on the ‘Gothic and Early Renaissance periods
of Painting in Italy” was given in Museum Hall to the Forest Park
Progressive Club.
Apr. 9. The museum was opened in the evening for the Springfield
Art League, when an informal talk was given on Japanese Swords.
Apr. 24. The museum and the advantages it offers to the community
was explained tothe Springfield Delphian Society at their rooms on
State Street.
The Saturday afternoon drawing class has been continued under the
instruction of a teacher furnished by the School Board with gratifying
attendance and progress.
Mr. Smith’s purchases during the past year include a beautifully
carved jade dish from China, a cloisonné enamel jar from Japan, a white
embroidered rug from Kashmir, a Chinese gold and black lacquered
sewing table with carved ivory fittings, and the following oil paintings:
Shrove-tide, by Walter Blackman.
Early Spring by E. E. Case.
Twenty Thousand Majority by George H. Story.
The Grand Canal, at Venice by N. Briganti.
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Two Landscapes, by Robert W. VanBoskerck.
Through the Hills in May, and Under the Winter Moon, by Robert
Strong Woodward.
Landscape, by H. P. Smith.
The First Snow, by the Russian artist Prof. I. Shishkin.
A copy of Rembrandt’s Saskia painted by Thomas Waterman Wood;
and Elisha raising the Son of the Shunamite, by Benjamin West, who is
called ‘‘the father of American art”’ and the “greatest historical painter
of the 18th century.”
A well known writer has said “‘ The function of the modern art museum
is that of inspiration to artist and public. Success is achieved in this
direction when the silent message of the work of art is such that the fund
of inspiration is inexhaustible.”
Springfield is indeed fortunate in having for a citizen one who has
taken great pleasure in providing this gift to its people.
Respectfully submitted,
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator.
Report of the Museum of Natural History
Outstanding features at the Museum of Natural History for the past
year are a successful lecture season, a nearer approach to perfect co-
ordination of museum and school work, noteworthy additions by gifts to
all departments, and a deepening conviction of the needs of an active
institution that has wholly outgrown its equipment.
For the second year the Museum’s program for extension work has
been a response to requests from teachers, or to some special or current
interest, as follows :—
Lectures and Credit Courses.
On Saturday mornings through the winter two classes of sixty adults
have met in the Museum’s basement to study mineralogy with the aid
of specimens and apparatus. This work, conducted admirably by Miss
Fannie A. Stebbins, attracted principals of some of our largest schools, a
member of the faculty of our local college and teachers from adjoining
towns as well as this city, all desiring to refresh memories of a subject or
acquire new knowledge to be presented to classes. Field work followed
these lessons.
Dr. William B. Kirkham’s course of eight lectures on the History of
the Human Body appealed to gratifying audiences including teachers,
physicians, students and many persons who found the subject especially
timely in connection with the renewed interest in evolution. In this ex-
cellent course, lectures were particularly well presented and received.
In these two courses it was possible for teachers to work for academic
credits, and points were given by the Junior College to 34 members who
took final examinations.
Working for credits has stimulated interest in opportunities offered
by the Museum, and has resulted in establishing a closer contact of
Museum and the teaching force. That she may work for credits and
still get new ideas about her subject, the teacher makes more suggestions
than formerly. The assembling of such suggestions results in programs
that have been asked for by a considerable number of persons. In mak-
ing a choice from topics the Museum endeavors to select what is also of
current public interest.
Dr. George E. Dawson for the 7th season lectured under the auspices
of the Museum. His discussion of the subject Manual Work and the
Human Brain, in three lectures, was closely followed by large audiences
of men and women who are always eager to listen to Springfield’s eminent
psychologist.
Dr. A. A. Allen, well know ornithologist and member of the faculty
of Cornell University, in a motion picture lecture of unusual merit, de-
lighted several hundred bird lovers.
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Work with the Schools.
Teacher’s Meetings announced through the office of the Superintend-
ent of Schools have been called at the Museum by Supervisors approxi-
mately each month of the school year. At these meetings Nature work
to be done at the Museum was outlined. 1263 pupils in classes with
teachers have received instruction at the Museum in accordance with
such outlines, and approximately as many more without teachers have
voluntarily come with questions about lessons assigned.
Continuation School. Reference has been made to the possibilities for
museum service to the Continuation Schools. These possibilities have
become more apparent through experiences of the year. During a twenty
days, period 656 pupils received instruction relating to business practice,
to which natural history collections lend themselves remarkably. The
program for the coming year as already outlined indicates the value of
the Museum’s illustrative material. Brief talks on what the Musuem
stands for opens the program, next are fundamental lessons on what con-
stitutes the three kingdoms of minerals, plants and animals. Then in
order these as the source of materials handled in connection with the
work of the pupils are considered. A lesson may be Minerals to Kitchen
Utensils, Plants to Cereals or Animals to Silk. Under the subject Min-
erals to Kitchen Utensils there are shown, and processes of manufacture
explained, aluminum ware with aluminium and clays; enamel ware and
its constituent minerals—iron, feldspar, borax, silica or sand; and the
powdered granite which added to the enamel ‘mixture produces so
called granite ware. Of course the native state of the mineral is always
emphasized. Glass-making minerals are shown with glass ware, the
zinc-producing ores are displayed in connection with galvanized iron
pails, rubbish cans, etc., and of course various iron ores and coppers
are examined with iron and copper utensils.
A geography lesson comes in by tracing on maps the country or sec-
tion from which these minerals are obtained, and local or other indus-
tries are always connected up with a subject where there is such a pos-
sibility. Merchants are gladly lending finished products for these lessons
and sessions are occasionally attended by heads of departments. These
are but outlines of ways in which the Museum can reach our youthful
business people. It is a more intelligent clerk who goes back to her
kitchen-ware counter after such a lesson, and the Museum has no more
interested or responsive pupils than those who come for their continua-
tion school work.
Work with Younger Children.
While carrying on this work for adults and older boys and girls there
has been running alongside the children’s program of story telling, edu-
cational games, prize contests and examinations. More and more chil-
dren are coming to look upon the Museum as their place to spend Sat-
urdays and much after-school time. This opportunity to get hold of many
who know not home training is by no means neglected and it is the
rare boy who does not respond to a sharing of his interest in snakes,
toads, the many forms of life he finds in the swimming hole or his gems
from the sand bank.
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 21
To supplement the school nature study work, stories for the winter
and spring were about insects. The life histories of three groups—Ants
Bees and Wasps—were woven into Saturday morning talks that attracted
an average of 50 youngsters weekly. Miss Lois Hirst did the work and
did it well. It would be an untold advantage to have such a worker with
the children regularly.
Work with Scouts.
Scout work has required more attention than in previous years. Scout
captains have served to demonstrate ways in which the Museum can be
used in connection with Scout work. Outlined exercises preparatory to
examinations for merit badges have led to study of native birds, mam-
mals and plants by as many as 48 Scouts in a single day.
Special Exhibits have supplemented these and other activities and are
useful for keeping a museum alive and attracting fresh sections of the
public. Following Dr. Kirkham’s course on the history of the human
body an evolution exhibit was installed to show by charts, models and
casts the latest scientific beliefs regarding the origin and evolution of man.
Miss Harriet Harris’s Collection of about 200 dolls indicates the dress
of people of many countries.
Gifts.
A very recent gift is from Mrs. Waterman S. C. Russell of three full
Icelandic costumes with interesting accessories. To the same depart-
ment Bishop Thomas F. Davies has given an important collection of 550
ornaments and implements of the stone age from this and other countries.
Dr. William B. Kirkham’s gift of models, casts and specimens makes
the evolution exhibit permanent.
To the department of geology Mr. John D. Colton has added much
fine material.
Mr. Walter S. Barr has donated a collection of 109 Australian bird
skins, and the beginning of a collection of models to illustrate local
reptilian forms is the gift of Mr. Robert O. Morris.
To the botanical department Mr. A. B. Copeland has given 246 her-
barium specimens.
Luman Andrews.
This is the first report in many years that has not a record of gifts
from Luman Andrews. Mr. Andrews’ death occured in August, 1921
and removed one of the Museum’s most valued friends and donors. Mr.
Andrews was a well known member of the New England Botanical
Society and an important contributor to botanical records published by
the Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey. He became
interested in the Springfield Museum, and in 1898 made his first gift to
its collections. This consisted of fossils, minerals and Indian relics,
approximately 1000 specimens.
Interested in science generally, botany was his particular subject; and
subsequent donations to the Museum resulted in the present splendid
Luman Andrews Herbarium of about 15,000 specimens. Mr. Andrews
was an extensive collector, exact as to data and identification, and his
material was beautifully mounted.
22 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
A number of years ago Mr. Andrews conceived the idea of making a
collection to represent the flora of Springfield. This plan he carried out
and in brief visits to the city worked indefatigably until he had collected
within its limits over 1000 specimens which now are a part of the An-
drews Herbarium. This and his other gifts have added much to the Mu-
seum’s importance as a scientific institution.
Bird Study Prizes.
The gift of $25 from Mr. Robert O. Morris to be distributed to
children for correct recognition of birds is attracting competitors for the
third season. From the experience of past years it is estimated that more
than 100 boys and girls will take examination scheduled for the coming
week. These contestsare teaching children to know and to appreciate birds.
Tree Labelling.
Another gift of funds from Mr. Morris has made possible the labelling
of uncommon or rare trees about the city. Several species already bear
the neat metal signs with white letters on a black background giving
common and scientific names. Mr. Morris has recently added $100 to
his former gift to carry on this interesting work which has already met
with much favorable comment.
Societies.
The Museum has had the privilege of aiding in the year’s work of our
active Bird Club and Garden Club, and they in turn have most cordially
assisted in the Museum’s program. By special exhibits and loans other
clubs have been reached.
The Catharine Howard Library.
All of the work reported reacts on our libraries by creating need of more
information for repeating lessons to classes or for examinations. Through
purchases by the Howard Library Association the museum is each year
supplied with splendid additions of scientific books, and a growing col-
lection of lantern slides is always available for lectures, lessons or stories.
The constant aid, interest, and appreciation accorded by the Howard
Library Association has done much to stimulate and insure the success
of the Museum.
The Psychological Laboratory.
Dr. George E. Dawson reports that during the current school year, up
to May 25th, there have been examined 360 pupils in the public schools.
Of these, 273 were children presenting problems of scholarship, discipline,
or mal-adjustment to their work; while 83 came to the laboratory for
educational or vocational guidance. Of the latter, 43 came from the
Junior High schools;.41, from the Senior High schools; and 3, from the
Americanization classes. The educational and vocational cases repre-
sented applications by the pupils themselves or their parents. This divi-
sion of the laboratory work is steadily growing both in the number and
the intelligent interest of those applying for examination.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE PETTIS JOHNSON, Director.
Treasurer’s Report
For THE Fiscan YEAR ENpinG Apriu 30, 1922
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1920-1921 (Deficit) . $1,129.82
Appropriation from City of Springfield................ 132,000.00
Doe tax trom) City of Sprimgtioldi ye) \y 65 ola eee kale se 5,737.00
PLCE MVE Oe NCLATIES BUNGLE ach cP each saga, Sala, weet soe eoalag eld. as 45.00
RS OAMENIIELC NE PV irae ne anna Oey yA U NT ale nar ela 50.00
Banu baz and) ome Pang) 4h 0 siete ins a ab ereaoe d wielalal 200.00
JIG. ABA aN OTE BO UNAUG IB EES AAI A ea oR 225.00
Shestem is C mapiirUMmdi Mee eee ae see de Ua be ne 500.00
Gx eeimlea lima. Vis eras aig la/ de eee tiles As (e leliesare-o)'e) 300.00
JS ERT RTO EN Bea LS EVAN 6 atta 6 Le ae 250.00
Jn sSearle.and Julia S: Hurlbut fund: . 2.20. 005.) 00000.) 50.00
DGS LEGTaMICR ACCES lo Ny AUS) VENA, cs aS NORE RAN 81.25
Chiarlesy Nix ian kivevrny) Humes) sesso aval he ye Shag we 220.00
(CLOSES) No INH 75 0 000 WR ema a 250.00
Ghaniest Vierriamiumdy 2) Fo ee eed a oh woe Oey 385.00
DAN LOORE LUNG yay lo gcd a iaidialaaierh Blele a4 dibs elias io sas 320.00
Parone ey BiG UA), 2). ies a ah Mlaas eS ailes coda tisisbaual'e aber’ 250.00
race uamMrdl MUSre PUNE ie.) S 2 oie ao os awk dae’ 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund.............. 107.50
CeOLCer miele UI ay (es eal a le ile tos Yad 45.00
Paiiesy Ne. MONSON FUME, 5 ss Wea els si Ses ee a Salas Qlanhad 250.00
Dry ulin caran lea sia) yale) ha) ales heey Waues Aaa ysvay ale laimielalyse 52.50
LESSIG VAD UCIT ToT a0 RE mals aS aa Ue 5,495.00
Net income, Edwards Street house................... 453.88
From Catharine L. Howard Library Association........ 317.28
interestion) bamk balances! 0). 0) sei ais eben ds 931.97
Fees for overdetention of books...................... 7,552.24
Net receipts from duplicate collection................. 505.47
NOM nestle Men GAT se yy HN a AN aoe TLL iG 198.25
Muascellancous/ receipts esis) eoeae sie ee ele 512.55
MO TSC CEIPES Nia ua eNO RU ee tora i alate wal ee $156,715.07
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
apgineers, janitors, and watchman.) 6231060 .)5 2). js ls lees alate $5,561.93
SER Pe PAPER LORY TAM GH ORO MSI UMAR USHA UR ACR Ah ON NS TS RS 7,350.00
Insurance, repairs, care of grounds, and miscellany................. 2,962.19
Refund of money borrowed from Porter fund.....................4. 1,000.00
$16,874.12
LIBRARY EXPENSES
DALArICA me Rue ee ayn AL Naan SIN eK VAM SEN Ne UN eee gc alg $53,220.76
LIES TI UR MONAT CAO) UA ECan CTE Gea as Oe ATU eae eR ee 2,658.04
punaday and holiday service). ) 3). ee eek do PAR RRH SY NS Mac 446.29
CoE aT eG UO ED SATUS MIEIS JAG DS A AEE a gn Ae ER 2,533.07
TCE Oech NS by i ON LOSE UN RCICADY TAIT CD ae a aR a a a eo 9,665.70
24 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Periodieals i) 2 Ces SN EATS ANG SV ye Sta oe CR Re ne $ 1,369.81
Binding. .))0))0) a UR GVA DUM PNU AO MERUSSUULIALD Ges Uta Nina (US ends ecryTR TC TN 4,850.35
PEIN GTTN Sh HO ace ath Tee ne Oa a Re ea Ne an a 1,210.25
Stationery and supplies. iy.5 ee iin bac nos ba Aa MN cl RA 1,722.67
BRE PaMr 27) i. ee aida ela ae TOMER aR Ba EaeU Mon TADS Batty tn ea 1,043.19
Purniture and amprovements ii iii es) en a ae aint eee eee 1,318.51
Light ‘and power: 250) ea a en) Se a ee ee 2,242.80
POSTER O Ue UIE OU NEMS LAS Mey Cb eieD UE eel at en 625.65
xpress ama rere hie A UEL Bve in aceg atk cei Wel O ela aN tes eee 413.30
elem bhome oi ioe CMG Ii abs RN EAU aH Aaah Ur NG tae AN Ee Re ee 278.92
Mascellamiy sii Mn Una NOT Ue MeN iii iI ae cued ice ia aera de ets 618.85
$84,218.16
Forest ParK BRANCH
ALATHSS AM eel ata ue NU ar Rie vos Ea ae Ue me $12,416.00
‘Books, periodicals and ‘binding oe Wo ass es Ee ee ele eee 5,586.50
Fuel, light; telephone; and miscellany.) 0a) 0.a sku eae 1,766.11
$19,768.61
INDIAN ORCHARD BRANCH
ROPE EZ (ets) Ane aR ean HN Ue rn CCUM SN ares RM aE eT RAW ee bal on A it $3,694.65
Books) periodicals; /and binding vo ie ee Cece Re Ree yee eee 1,561.53
RSP EUETIS CAS Ly ys REAR ae INC he DL EE HRD aU ACORN Ss ir AVE eRe RC IRCON Oe aN 462.76
uel light) telephone: and miuscellanyei) Civ ie eee eee ene 1,134.52
$6,853.46
MEMORIAL SQUARE BRANCH
ALATIOS A or NON TMS Selle cal IU as CT Rn) a IC AS Gc $10,530.36
Books, periodicals, and) binding ey ehh ae Be ees aia aren ee eee 4,522.25
Ba V2) 07210 oR ee MA HM NNER MUOE NAS MCR MSAAUANSO EE ANC ee 426.71
Fuel, light; telephonejand miscellany.2.20 2 0) ube cneee eee eee 1,824.57
$17,303.89
Art MusrumM
Salaries SEW RP Ae CTO ye UDU TRO ee $5,429.89
Ea OF Seralpa tare ey iiss 8 ee CNN es BATU RT ya a ce nO Na 466.05
Cleaning, ‘repairs ight, and miscellamys) 42,07 Le alla ow eee ena 2,491.19
$8,387.13
Museum oF Naturau History
Salaries ein Sires NuNe 20 81S Relat a ee ce ie ee oe $2,221.70
Books and slides for Catharine L. Howard Library................. 138.57
Light, ‘telephone and jmuscellamy i061) any deci oye ate career ee eee 326.45
1 OU OVC: Reh ORME SALMA SiR MAPA ores ATC MUR OMB UNC p Ws /al ie oe dame cr ogee | 251.50
PGeCHUTER Eyre UM oe dg Ee MIN OL SEAN Rg 241.95
$3,180.17
Totahexpenditures’,. (ccs Maer. coe eon ae ae ae $156,585.54
Balam oils OS es 129.53
$156,715.07
G. W. V. Smita Art DirectTor’s AccoUNT
Balance May: Ute oe eos iis weet oe he tees oe eel et $ 1,207.42
» Interest on bank balances’ )'s)\y 2) Se 0k ai ele eee ne ate 35.34
Balance ‘April 30; 1922 008 uel «cee ce ak ele puede tegen $ 1,242.76
TREASURER’S REPORT 25
FuND FOR ScIENCE MusEuM PUBLICATIONS
LEP EN PEVI 7) (OR G al RE e NCTo A ee PU $11.90
inicerest om bam balance se) eer UL bale ae $ .90
Interest on $250 U.S. Victory 434% bonds ........... 11.93 12.83
GS Te Sere S| DESAI IC ale) LR ee Gl a Ga OR $ 24.73
SHERMAN D. Porter FuND
Interest on $1,000 Adams Express Co. 4% bonds....... $ 40.00
Dividend on 20 shares Southern Pacific Co. stock ...... 150.00
Interest on $3,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5%bonds... 150.00
Interest on $1,250 U.S. Victory 434% bonds.......... 59.33
Dividend on 20 shares Pacific Oil Co. stock............ 60.00
Hperest OM Damlic(alamce yes eek Ne ee 2.41
LGTUTIIG FO SMO ees a GSE ne 1,000.00
From sales of books and materials.................... 456.82
Beene EL SOL MeCN re 2A Lm te a dradallidl sla dan all ea $1,918.56
LEM Naa JME Nie LCs CRN aU I i Ua aa sea eo a $ 40.61
fiarerest om banks balance hk oN bak cle cid cites eis $ 2.66
Interest on $350 U.S. Victory 434% bonds............ 16.68 19.34
eee CCPAT IEE ROD Open iy seiuccley vcr MEG Saveinmieuscdn. aunaia Wendi anna) WL Lai $ 59.95
CuHartes M. KirkHam FunpD FoR BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
DE GT VG e WATS TANTO US BA Al Bn SC ORS NL aR an $ 270.00
Interest on one-half of $6,000 Southern Pacific Co. 4%
| SPS TEVGISI ep Di Ie SPIT RS SNE SN CRE NS $ 120.00
Interest on one-half of $5,000 American Tel. & Tel. Co.
Ee EOC Gary th MUA asin LUMBOR ULI MONAN DM NC Ne 100.00
Interest on $1,000 Baltimore & Ohio R. R. 5% bonds.... 50.00
interest onibank)balamee ie. ie. ede doles ees es ee 2.96 272.96
Seu es IAN CuSO WAC ee NVA Rn ea $ 542.96
INSURANCE PREMIUM RESERVE FUND
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Less:
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
1923
CITY LIBRARY
ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
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Officers and Directors from 1864 to 1923
_ Presidents
Kine, Joun L., 1864-1872 Rumritu, JAmMEs A., 1892-1901
Harris, Danie, L., 1873-1879 O-mstep, Joun, 1901-1904
Bonp, EpHraim W., 1880-1891 Buitu, Natruan D., 1904—
Vice-Presidents
Harris, Dante, L., 1864-1873 Rumrity, JamMes A., 1884-1892
Bonp, EpuHraim W., 1873-1880 OLmsTED, JoHN, 1892-1901
THompson, JAMES M., 1880-1884 Bini, Natuan D., 1901-1904
Morris, Ropert O., 1904-
Treasurers
SAFFORD, JAMES D., 1864-1889 Bowman, Henry H., 1889-
Clerks
Rice, WILLIAM, 1864-1897 Dana, JoHn Cotrron, 1898-1902
WELLMAN, HILLER C., 1902-
Directors
APPLETON, JuLIus H., 1902-1904 Kinca, Joun L., 1864-1872
BEEBE, Henry J., 1897-1919 KirKHam, JAMES, 1864-1893
Bit, Natuan D., 1887— KIRKHAM, JAMES W., 1893-
Buss, GEORGE, 1864-1873 Know.uton, Marcus P.,1902-1918
Bonp, EpHraim W., 1864-1891 Len, Henry S., 1893-1902
Bowes, Henry L., 1920- MERRIAM, CHARLES, 1864-1887
BowLes, SAMUEL, 2d, 1866-1878
Bow.es, SAMUEL, 3d, 1878-1902
BRAND, JOHN W. B., 1923-
CARROLL, JAMES B., 1918-
CHAPIN, CHARLES O., 1872-1882
CHAPIN, CHESTER W., 1864-1883
CorcoraANn, LUKE, 1896—
DEANE, GEoRGE H., 1884-1890
Evuis, Raupeu W., 1923-
GILBERT, ADOLPH W., 1922-
GILLETT, FRED’R’K H., 1893-
GREENLEAF, O. H., 1873-1896
GRIFFIN, SOLOMON B., 1920-
Haire, WituiaAM H., 1892-1901
Harris, AZARIAH B., 1880-1891
Harris, DanieEL L., 1864-1879
HAYNES, STANFORD L., 1908-1920
HoLuanD, JosAH G., 1864-1872
Howarp, GeorcE E., 1873-1889
MERRIAM, GEORGE S., 1896-1902
MERRICK, WILLIAM, 1883-1887
Morris, Ropert O., 1901-
OLMSTED, JOHN, 1889-1905
PACKARD, AZEL A., 1909-1923
Pratt, Geo. Dwicut, 1905-
Rosinson, JOHN C., 1923-
RuMRILL, JAMES A., 1884-1909
SHURTLEFF, Wm. 8., 1890-1896
SKINNER, Henry H., 1902-1923
SmitH, G. W. V., 1892-1923
SmirH, Horace, 1877-1893
SoutHwortH, C. H., 1892-1897
STEBBINS, JOHN B., 1864-1899
THOMPSON, JAMES M., 1864-1884
Tyee, F. Be 1864-1866
WALKER, GEORGE, 1864-1877
Wauuaceg, A. B., 1904-—
Wesson, D. B., 1888-1893
Wesson, W. H., 1899-1921
Officers of the City Library Association, 1923-1924
Presipent: NATHAN D. BILL
Vicr-PresipENtT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
Currk: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
Britt, Natuan D. GILLETT, FREDERICK H.
Bow es, Henry L. GRIFFIN, SoLomon B.
BRAND, JOHN W. B. KIRKHAM, JAMES W.
CARROLL, JAMES B. Morris, Rospert O:
Corcoran, LUKE Pratt, GEorGE Dwicut
Evuis, RatpH W. ROBINSON, JOHN C.
GILBERT, ADOLPH W. Wauiace, A. B.
Epwin F. Lronarp, Mayor.
LEONARD 8S. STEBBINS, President of the Common Council.
JAMES H. VAN SICKLE, Superintendent of Schools.
Honorary Director
Mrs. GEORGE WALTER VINCENT SMITH
Auditors
W. C. Simons A. W. Damon
Standing Committees
On Finance—Nathan D. Bill, John W. B. Brand, Ralph W. Ellis,
James W. Kirkham.
On Art—Solomon B. Griffin, A. B. Wallace, John C. Robinson.
On City Appropriations—Solomon B. Griffin, James B. Carroll, George
Dwight Pratt, Henry L. Bowles, Ralph W. Ellis.
On Museum of Natural History—Robert O. Morris, Frederick H. Gillett,
Adolph W. Gilbert, John W. B. Brand.
On Library—Luke Corcoran, James B. Carroll, George Dwight Pratt,
Robert O. Morris.
On Insurance—Nathan D. Bill.
Librarian—Hiller C. Wellman.
Curator of the Art Musewum—Eleanor A. Wade.
Director of the Museum of Natural Histery—Grace Pettis Johnson.
In Memoriam
George Walter Vincent Smith
It was the happy lot of our late associate, George Walter Vincent
Smith, to make for himself a fortunate life, and to be given the satisfac-
tion of knowing that the ample fruits of his labors were to remain for
the enrichment of this community. Over years far beyond the scrip-
tual span of life, Mr. Smith was permitted the joy that lay in his unsel-
fish quest after objects of high artistic merit. It was a service rich in
results for education and craftsmanship in the present and the future.
How surpassing was his spiritual and cultural achievement is revealed
by the treasures in the Art Museum, as is the thoughtfulness of his
generosity by the fund provided for their care. Fitly placed under his
direction, these fine possessions are to be studied and enjoyed to the
profit of our people, whose gratitude, it is pleasant to remember, was
often expressed during the life of the giver.
Impressive in its suggestiveness to the men and women who seek
enduring ways of serving their fellows, was our friend’s exceptional
accomplishment. The City Library Association of Springfield has been
fortunate in its appeal to wisely generous benefactors, and never more
so than in this conspicuous instance. The members of the Board of
Directors pledge themselves and their successors to constant and sym-
pathetic nurture of this noble gift, by which Mr. and Mrs. Smith are to
benefit the public to an extent beyond reckoning.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, April 17, 1928.
Henry H. Skinner
Henry H. Skinner placed at the service of the City Library Associa-
tion his informed and wise financial intelligence. He recognized every
responsibility brought by membership in this body, both in the giving
of money and of himself. Constant in his attendance at our meetings,
he was fruitful in suggestions that helped advance sound conclusions.
His quick and resolute mind and winning personality were revealed at
their best in his long and helpful work for the development of an insti-
tution that steadily grows more important to Springfield. In this
expression of lasting respect, so amply earned, we touch only one phase
of a life, too soon ended, that gave Mr. Skinner high place in the regard
of the community whose best interests he fostered.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, May 19, 1923.
Azel A. Packard
Into his relations with the City Library Association Azel A. Packard
carried the same faithful and friendly thought that made him so highly
regarded as an employer. The qualities that marked him in business
life won for him the esteem of his associates in this body. No one was
more scrupulously attentive to his duties as a director, even after ill
health came to hamper his activities. In this continuing interest was
reflected Mr. Packard’s abiding sense of public duty.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, May 19, 1923.
Report of the President
We believe that the City Library Association has a large future.
But a very erroneous idea prevails in some quarters regarding its pres-
ent resources. Not a few citizens seem to think that its work is main-
tained largely or entirely from endowments. This is far from being
the case. Its income from endowments defrays only about one-fif-
teenth of its running expenses, and for maintenance it is dependent
chiefly on the appropriation made annually by the city. It is true that
few libraries have received so many bequests, there being at present
no less than twenty-six endowment funds. This large number of endow-
ments is very gratifying, for it indicates widespread and generous
appreciation of the value of the Association’s work; but as regards the
amount of endowment, various libraries in New England and elsewhere
far surpass that of Springfield. Contrast, for example, our income
from endowments, amounting to $11,516 last year, with that of the
Providence Public Library, which reported receipts from invested funds
of more than $145,000.
Yet Springfield is unique among cities of its size in possessing an
institution like the City Library Association, combining so splendid an
art museum, so serviceable a science museum, and a library so large and
extensively used. All the land, the library building, the three branches,
the museum buildings, and the museum collections (to say nothing
of most of the library’s valuable books) have come from private gifts.
For this great plant, so liberally provided by private benefactions, the
city has never been asked to contribute a dollar of tax money; and from
it the community receives rich returns in service. The city maintains
it generously, and doubtless it will continue cheerfully to defray needed
running expenses. But under existing financial conditions and the
heavy burden of taxation, the Directors are unwilling to ask for largely
increased appropriations to make possible substantial extensions of
the Association’s work. There is ample field for additional service of
great and practical utility, and bequests already made but still to be
received will help, but it is obvious that large extensions of the work
must await—and it is to be hoped they will invite—largely increased
endowments.
During the past year the Association has received several important
gifts and bequests. The late Charles A. Emery bequeathed to it one
third of his residuary estate, which it is expected will add five or six
hundred dollars to the annual income from invested funds. The late
Henry H. Skinner left a bequest of $25,000, the income to be used for
the children’s department of the library. The late Mary A. Booth,
besides giving her geological and archaeological collections, bequeathed
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
with minor exceptions her entire property, the income from $10,000 to
be used for the purchase of scientific books, and the income from the
remainder to go towards the maintenance of the Museum of Natural
History. The magnificent bequest of the late George Walter Vincent
Smith is known to you all. The income from his estate will ultimately
go to the support of the Art Museum and the George Walter Vincent
Smith collections, which are the result of his life’s work.
In the course of time the annual cost of both the Art Museum and
the Museum of Natural History will without doubt be cared for entirely
by private endowments, leaving for the city only the maintenance of
the library and branches. It is greatly to be hoped, also, that gifts
or bequests will provide for a much needed enlargement of the sorely
overcrowded Museum of Natural History building.
In other ways the Association has benefited from generous friends.
Many books and other objects were presented, which have already been
gratefully acknowledged. Three fine portraits by Char'!es Loring
Elliott, given by Dr. Albert R. Rice shortly before his death, have been
hung in the rotunda on the second floor of the library. The late Azel
A. Packard provided in his will that a valuable painting by Shurtleff,
showing a view of the Connecticut River, shall ultimately come to the
Association.
Last summer the Directors learned that the house and lot at 29
Edwards Street was for sale, and a little later that the house and lot at
37 Edwards Street was also in the market. These properties adjoin
our land on the rear, and are situated on either side of the lot at 33
Edwards Street, which the Association already owns. With a view
to future needs, it seemed altogether desirable that the Association
should control this land. As a consequence money was borrowed to
buy these properties at a cost of $22,000 and $14,000 respectively, and
they will be rented until needed for the Association’s purposes. This
purchase extends our property through to Edwards Street on a frontage
of about two hundred feet.
It is profoundly gratifying to know that Mr. Sm'th saw the new
wing of the Art Museum, which he had so long desired, and for the utili-
zation of which he had so carefully planned, substantially comp'eted
before his death. The cost of this building, as stated last year, we were
obliged to finance by borrowing, and this, together with the purchase
of the real estate on Edwards Street mentioned above, leaves the
Association with a debt of about $100,000.
It is good news that the residents at Forest Park under the leader-
ship of Mr. Henry R. Johnson, Col. B. A. Franklin, and others are
raising funds or a substantial addition to the branch library building.
The remarkable patronage and resultant overcrowding of the branch
make such an addition greatly needed. The Directors are interested
and wish the movement success.
And now I come to the overshadowing thought that has been in
the minds of all of us throughout this meeting. Within the space of
a few short weeks, death has removed from the Board of Directors
three of its members—George Walter Vincent Smith, Henry H. Skin-
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT vs
ner, and Azel A. Packard. It is impossible for me to attempt here to
express our sense of loss or to commemmorate their services. Appro-
priate memorials have been adopted and published by the Board and
will be printed with this report. The vacancies were filled by the
election of John W. B. Brand, Ralph W. Ellis, and John C. Robinson.
In the reports of the librarian and curators, which follow, will be
found accounts of the year’s work, although in the space alloted it is
impossible more than to hint at the manifold and varied activities car-
ried on by the Association. The suggestions and requests made for
desirable enlargement of its service are always welcomed by the Direc-
tors, who desire to respond as -ar and as fully as available funds make
it possible to do so.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
Report of the Librarian
The last annual report pointed out that the circulation of books
could hardly continue indefinitely to increase so much more rapidly
than the population. As if in answer to this prophecy, for the first
time in a long period the circulation has failed to show an increase.
Yet the number of books lent amounted to 1,177,794 volumes—a very
large figure for a city the size of Springfield. If the decrease, which
‘it is already evident is only temporary, was due to the reduction of
unemployment, the result is by no means to be regretted; and that
this was the cause is borne out by the experience of many libraries
elsewhere; and further, by the fact that while the circulation here fell
off 7%, the amount received from fines increased 7%, cleariy indicat-
ing that the public had less leisure for reading. A corresponding de-
crease in the circulation of juvenile books is attributable in part to
the same cause, but more largely, perhaps, to the absorption of boys
and girls in their “radio” outfits. At the main library the circulation
of fiction dropped more than that of other books, while music and books
relating to educational subjects gained 8% and 6% respectively. Other
subjects for which there has been a noteworthy demand are invest-
ments, insurance, and etiquette, the last due undoubtedly to extensive
magazine advertisements. The widespread interest since the war in
books and periodicals relating to investments is worthy of remark.
To the registration file were added 6,328 new names, and 4,312 per-
sons were re-registered, making 37,793 reader’s cards outstanding in
the new series, with many in the old series still to be exchanged.
New books to the number of 20,567 volumes, of which 825 volumes
were gifts, were added to the library and branches. There were worn
out or withdrawn 15,895 volumes, leaving a net gain of only 4,672,
which makes the total number now in the library and branches 301,436
volumes. The prices of books apparently are still advancing; ‘less
than 5% more volumes than last year required an expenditure nearly
12% greater.
Exhibitions and Lectures.
The library halls are used more and more. The Forum, the Counci!
of Social Agencies, the League of Women Voters, the Mental Hygiene
Association, the Connecticut Valley Historical Society, and similar
bodies hold open meetings of educational and civic value; the organi-
zations affiliated with our own Association, such as the Poetry Society,
the Art League, and the Garden Club, have given opportunity to hear
many distinguished authors, critics, and lecturers; and systematic
courses of well-attended scientific lectures have been conducted by the
Museum of Natural History. A splendid exhibition of contemporary
American paintings was arranged by the Art League in the fall; in
the spring was held the exhibition of work by Connecticut valley ‘art-
ists—quite the most notable yet shown; while the Poetry Society and
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 9
the Garden Club joined with the Art League in bringing to Springfield
during the winter a rarely beautiful collection of paintings of flowers
and gardens. Portraits, landscapes, and still life by Xander War-
shawsky were exhibited under the direction of the Springfield Women’s
Club; and the Publicity Club provided a notable series of prints illus-
trating the history and development of the art of wood engraving.
Other prints, lent by the United States National Museum, showing
the processes employed in the graphic arts, were later displayed.
In the art room there was the usual succession of exhibitions, includ-
ing colored reproductions of modern paintings,.old London in color,
beautiful photogravures of Hopi Indians, the life of Christ as depicted
by early Italian painters, Spanish interiors, quaint views of old New
York, reproductions in color of Violet Oakley’s mural paintings in the
Pennsylvania capitol—all of which were from recent accessions to the
art library. There were also an exhibition relating to Oberammegau
and the Passion Play, lent by Miss Julia Buxton; spirited drawings of
Mlle. Susanne Lenglen by Miss Marjorie Sankey; a fascinating dis-
play of etchings, lithographs, and block prints lent by the Print Makers
Society of California; and exquisite Polish embroideries lent by Mrs.
Walter E. Johnson. A display of much practical interest consisted of
blouses made and embroidered by the Chestnut Street junior high school
pupils, the designs being suggested by plates from the library, which
were exhibited in conjunction with the resulting work. By far the most
attention was excited by a large collection of daguerreotypes lent by
Springfield citizens, showing well known figures of the past, together
with men and women of today as they appeared in youth or childhood.
Phonograph Records.
For a number of years the funds available have made inadvisable
any attempt to extend the scope of the library’s work beyond the lines
on which it was already organized. The one innovation the past year
has been the installation of a collection of phonograph records bought
with the income from the Grace Rumrill music fund. The purpose is
to aid in the study and appreciation of music, so that the collection is
confined to music of high quality, chiefly instrumental and orchestral.
The poputarity of this enterprise was instantaneous. A start was made
with about one hundred records, which number was quickly increased
to 168, including several gifts. Announcement was made in the Bul-
letin March 1, and in about two months the records were borrowed
1,131 times. Owing to the great demand, the number of records to
be taken at one time is limited to two, and the period to a week. In
general, practically all the records have been out all the time, with
numerous names on the waiting list. The experiment was made with
some hesitation for fear that the records would be injured, but only
cubs co been broken and two scratched, the damage being cheerfully
paid for.
The Branches.
_ The branches, although like the main library experiencing temporary
diminution in the number of books lent, all report a year of active
10 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
service. No actual count is available, but apparently the number of
readers in the rooms was larger than ever, and certainly “reference
work’”’ in response to requests for information and assistance increased.
Special collections for clubs, schools, university extension classes, and
other groups were set aside to facilitate study, while attractive books
on various subjects were gathered and displayed for the casual reader.
Many residents gave books and lent interesting pictures, specimens,
or curios for display. Visits were made to playgrounds and schools
to coordinate the work and call the libraries to the attention of pros-
pective readers. Occasionally visits were made to persons confined to
their homes. In this way, acquaintance was renewed with a child crip-
pled by infantile para'ysis some years ago, who had recently returned
from the state school. Through the branch, she was brought to the
attention of an organization which made it possible for her to continue
her studies at home until she is advanced enough to enter another school.
This instance is cited mere y as an illustration of the interest taken
by the branch librarians especially in their younger readers. Children
have been kept from falling foul of the law, have been aided in continu-
ing their schooling, young people and older ones have been advised and
assisted in their ca lings, and counsel asked has been given in many per-
sonal matters. The close contact of the branch libraries with their
public, and the resulting confidence and good will, offer an appealing
opportunity for much friend'y and helpful service not directly con-
nected with books, should some philanthropist in the future desire to
provide for extending such activities.
The Memorial Square Branch reports the need for Hungarian books
and for additional books in Arabic, Armenian, Lithuanian, Polish, and
modern Greek. Books in foreign languages are o ten borrowed by chil-
dren for the women and old people in the homes, or for those whose
diffidence or working hours prevent their visiting the branch. Many
of the books are chosen particularly to promote Americanization.
At the Indian Orchard Branch, the organization of the children’s
work under a competent children’s librarian has brought great improve-
ment, while at the same time there has been an increase in the number
of adult readers. The circulation of pictures has increased and the size
of the picture collection doubled. The resignation of the librarian,
Miss Beatrice E. Kelliher, because of ill health, has been received w'th
much regret. For nearly three years she has devoted herself to the work
with unflagging energy, enthusiasm, and success.
At the Forest Park Branch, the school, club, and reference work
have received especial attention. A vertical file of ‘‘up-to-the-minute”’
information, too recent to be found in books, has been in constant use.
But the most important consideration is the sorely overcrowded build-
ing and the prospect of an addit on, referred to in the President’s report.
The reports of the branch librarians are full of interesting details
showing the many helpful and varied ways in which these branches
reach and serve their public. In a brief summary it is impossible to
do more than hint at this service, the extent of which, however, is indi-
cated by the remarkable patronage which the branches enjoy.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 11
Publications.
The library has been able to resume to some extent the publishing
of little lists and catalogues which do so much to attract readers and
interest them in desirable books. A catalogue of ‘‘Fiction,”’ a new edi-
tion of which is required about once in seven years, was issued. Other
lists were entitled “Helps with Children,” ‘Information for Visitors,”
“The New Psychology,” ‘Those Nerves,” and two foreign lists, one
“Libri in Italiano” and the other ‘‘Livres Francais.”’ The first of these,
listing all the Italian books, is very necessary in reaching the older
Italians who cannot speak English, and some of whom hesitate to visit
the library. Children and friends are sent with checked copies of the
list. The other list containing only recent French books is sought not
only by French-speaking people but also by the general public. Sys-
tematic reading courses, serving a purpose somewhat akin to the popu-
lar correspondence school, have been issued by the American Library
Association and distributed by the library. These valuable courses,
arranged by experts, at present include accounting, business, and jour-
nalism. Other useful lists were ‘‘Popular Books in Science”’ and the
‘“‘Wanderlust Book Shelf,”’ ikewise obtained from the American Library
Association; ‘‘Wanderings and Adventures,” given by the Century
Company; and the Bookshelf for Boys and Girls,” issued by the R. R.
Bowker Company. But by farthe most popular list wasa little leaflet that
the Horton Publishing Company kindly allowed us to reprint, entitled,
“100 Worth While Books that Every American Between the Ages of
Twenty and Forty-five Ought to Read.’’ These were selected by a
committee of ninety-six educated men and women, all of whose names
are found in ‘‘Who’s Who in America,” and the titles are arranged in
the order of their popularity The first edition was quickly exhausted
and continuing calls led to reprinting, while through a mention in the
“Titerary Review” it became known outside of Springfield, and requests
to buy copies were received from all over the country. Special issues
of the monthly “Bulletin” dealt with music, fiction, gardening, and
business, the last being mailed to six hundred manufacturers and busi-
ness houses. The fiction number prepared by Miss Richmond proved
especially attractive, received attention in the press here and elsewhere,
and many persons outside of the city desired to purchase copies. Mrs.
Enos Smith, learning of the frequent need for a pamphlet describing
the noteworthy buildings, monuments, paintings, stained glass, and sim-
ilar objects in the city worthy of attention, very generously compiled,
published, and gave to the library for free distribution an admirable
booklet called ‘‘Interesting Things to See in Springfield, Massachusetts;
Art and Architecture,’ which was based on a list that she formerly
compiled for the Springfield Women’s Club. It has proved illuminat-
ing to residents and helpful to many sight-seeing visitors.
No activity of the library is perhaps more important than the so-
called re erence work carried on in the art room and in Rice Hali. This
consists of helping in the selection of general reading, or in choosing
books on a special topic, or in the multitudinous quests for information
on a specific point. The inquiries are of astonishing range, and touch
12 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
almost every subject under the sun—economic, literary, historical,
and very often technical questions relating to business or manufactur-
ing. ‘To answer these inquiries satisfactorily the reference librarians
must be alert, sympathetic, and possess a very wide range of informa-
tion.
For anumber of years past, especial effort has been made to pro-
vide enough copies of standard books so as to supply the reader with
the book that he wants when he wants it. Few things interfere more
with the usefulness of the library than repeated failures to obtain
desired books. One Saturday in March a test was made to ascertain
how successfully the library was meeting these demands. The attend-
ants in Rice Hall kept a record of every book asked for that they were
unable to supply. Five hundred and fifty-six books other than fiction
were taken out during the day, while the number of books asked for
that could not be supplied was twenty-eight. Only three of these books
were not owned, and two of them were law books outside the scope of
the collection. Five of the books were new, and so particularly likely
to be out. Five others were temporarily in request because of lectures
or other special reasons. The remaining fifteen were miscellaneous
books which happened to be in circulation. The result would indicate
that in general the demand is being met with reasonable success.
Rice Hall, in spite of its size, is becoming overcrowded, especially
during the hours when it is used extensively by pupils from the high
schools. It has happened more than once, for example, that several
hundred pupils have come almost simultaneously to look up an assign-
ment, and almost continuously through the winter they filled the room
at certain hours. They are considerate in their conduct, but their
presence in such numbers inevitably hinders the use of the room by
adults. It seems very desirab e that provision should be made in some
other part of the building where the books set aside for high school use
may be shelved and the pupils consult them freely without interfering
with other readers.
Gifts.
The library is indebted to many citizens for generous gifts of books
and periodicals. Even popular works of history, biography, travel,
fiction and the like, of which there are already copies in the collection,
often serve a useful purpose at the hospital, or in some of the many
deposits which the library maintains at different points in the city.
Among the unusual gifts may be mentioned valuable bound files of
Springfield newspapers received from the Springfield Union; a silver
medal commemorating the opening of the Hampden County Memorial
Bridge, presented by Mr. George Dwight Pratt, chairman of the dedi-
cation committee; a bound typewritten manuscript entitled, ‘The
Springfield Military Census of the World War,” received from the city
clerk, which, together with the cards made by the Hampden County
chapter of the Red Cross presented previously, give us a very complete
record of the names and service of all Springfield men who participated
in the war; and a typewritten transcript, ‘‘Vital Records of Wilbraham,
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 13
Massachusetts, to the Year 1850” from the late Ellen T. Peck, which
forms an important accession to our extensive genealogical department.
The Staff.
Ten valued assistants resigned during the year, most of them to
take positions elsewhere, three to be married. During the prolonged
absence from illness of several important members of the staff their
associates labored earnestly and unsparingly to carry on the work
without detriment to the service. A sad loss was suffered in the sud-
den death of Miss Lucy C. Richmond, who had conducted the circulat-
ing department since 1914. Coming to Springfield after many years
as librarian of the Adams Public Library, and with previous experience
in teaching, she brought enthusiasm for her work and a fine taste for
the best in literature and art. She was never too engrossed to stop and
aid any inquirer. Her unfailing graciousness, tact, and sense of justice
won the sincere regard of all her associates, and her death brought ex-
pressions of regret and warm appreciation from the public whom she
so eagerly served.
Looking Forward.
In reviewing the year, the record of accomplishment should not
obscure the many avenues of service which it has not been possible to
enter upon. Several sections of the city are in need of branches. Suit-
able quarters at certain branches, such as are available in other cities,
for social work—for study, debating, dramatic and musical clubs, and
for gatherings of the foreign groups—would be useful. One or more
staff members to devote themselves to forms of Americanization work
which only a library can successfully undertake would find ample
employment. More experts are needed to assist business men, manu-
facturers, and young workingmen, who constantly seek technical infor-
mation. Small branches at hospitals have been found desirable else-
where, partly to divert the tedium of convalescence, often to assist
nervous and mental patients toward recovery; and a hospital branch
means not simply a deposit of books but part time of a trained librarian
to make it effective. Volunteer workers from the Young Women’s
Christian Association, who formerly took charge of library deposits in
several factories, visiting them on regular days to distribute the books,
rendered valuable service, and if the staff could afford assistants to
continue the work, they could do much to encourage good reading.
Only about one third of the population are enrolled as card holders,
and while this figure is not low compared with cities generally, it shows
how much remains to be done to make known the library’s resources
and the practical advantages of using them. Indeed, on every hand
are inviting opportunities for wider service, awaiting only the funds
necessary to transmute possibilities into realities.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN, Librarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1922-1923
Volumes
Added by, purchase, Central) library). ee eee anes Oe een eee 11,389
Added by: purchase, Branches: ).... vet tareeny ae eae re Me ee 8,353
Veta bo Vets Ui] ob 72-9) et Ea Me a RL Ra ner ARG AER A tei Se See Cee ata oe ae 825
OLA GAIN oof 3) ays cS ite ey iis cy easiest NER perayat Me dEe te ans hoe ene
Withee wits eto tie kine Cube ierees tree Rett apd ohare ae rea rp Ut NO Sc aA
Ob GaIn .. LEE MeL ie BN CASA cab tie [coe R eae es We Bes a tc
En Che Laprany,eNwavol SOD Dae se | ARN as ici ede ween Artes Lz UI alan UU Ra ees ea a
Tnvtheitbrary.) Miay a 1928s ec ein bey tick nee eae wera got sures rena oy Saat Ree
Statistics of Circulation 1922-1923
City LIBRARY ADULT JUVENILE
Volumes Volumes
DOC 8 (0) 9 bare Sat ee aa MR ARIS a up SS MND ee tne Rc et AE 243,129 38,733
PeriGgicals: pact. stats Atma ae ee Leagan tt Ae 9,126 1,800
General! ‘W OPES ice oe ste Neto weP eid are ck i nea ass aS Nee STAI ea Ay stay 413 480
PNTLOSODINY 2 pate ide VST otete lab stenel oe ie celal cornea euane eee eet eucue tence tes 4,162 172
Religtor: Shenc ees | Se kates Ser Ae Me te Oe Ee: Se ae ae Oe ka 4,082 1,157
SOCIOIORVeec Besicthig, ais cries ON eg Sat lia od maa a Rian ata ED a OEE 7,220 1,539
TOKO (| nha) 0 be aU A ALE RD Sea ae ment ee he en NMA oy 2,073 23
Penola eyes see Ua Ne IN eal Uae seals AMM ea 1,779 85
Natural Scien Gey ie sieusiele te heruigye eee letaee te terchias Ricans oie ae ae erent ene 3,476 11,770
JN Weve b (oh oP eR a pe PRC et Dep eee ene ANEIe AL Iai oO WPT OP es Le Ree Ql 3,076 162
LOPE (Sy RA ETO SO A Gee aM ected GMI TUE TC bey neh sh REN HA Ee 11,768 2,281
ingerArts te hh beh PARI ee sal Ree ns Pate tee eh 5h mar staat Geto ae an 7,794 460
Mises eS nce sid. Scucd uaa sa eho nei eeeenads ages gree dare ae Ta plane ate RNS 12,224 162
IATNIMISE TICES oie vsileig ee Uae ROTEL RRC EEE TEV Ee Ie Rear Te eee 2,657 1,159
Dyk erey fb by sete Ae RR re OL EAL Co RP ROBE Sune Ce YIM Pane CP ee AE 15,236 7,529
Morelen Muiteravures onc noc par sieie eect ci chc mnie oe enah edie reine §,956 103
1G <1 20) en AE RA ae eet heh cat aaeieaee ig eR LE RUN atcha EM cots Ciesla) Micitey ras hac 5,970 8,067
Biography...... Kanda Risa wat aba Rar HaiNENE Acta Akvcindva a, BMRC Ate x gelepmlayee ote De 6,735 3,061
Geoera ply Nappa scone take Cepe Lapa orto iecaneaat aoe leretauaen eirae eae er ates 5,716 8,898
ING GHS EES ERP Te OE RC EUS A UE RONAN CeO Be) DS aa gk a 12,045
PUEVETRILS VER a hac oe elt AC ela aie oo aye Re Rca ac Re ee a oe 31,233
356,592 136,919
Notalcirculation from City Tabrary,.o2.30c (ae eons tee ee ee eee eee eee
Morest Bark Berane icc iiscdrsysoostoke cilesteta eteney Sic ho ete e TE SDENS IG Je Stee o tacts ete ea anc aE ni
FndianOrchard (Bran cis Wiens s sachoht Sole fs set CURPo ode a ores tote: Rye teue tenets vais Rete one Stas tina ea en a ten
Memornal\Square: Branch.) 820 Poe Geno re Chee ho cae eee ee eae
Hospital olleetion. eo hehe ye icy cro tee ad Wim eae ae ates ee GR a ap at anR ettoe eOe
Estimated circulation at schools and other agencies. ...........0cccssecccceccenccrecs
Wotalt circulationsof WOOK tae ad vt Ret eret aie rekay tetas the ney orale erase eae eee ee
Pictures circulated sia ye Sica cue oe au oes cane airelle la geome Seppe ate Game nea a vate Ce a ee
Phonograph records circulated (about March 1 to April 30). ..............ccceeeceees
Deposited in 418 classrooms:—
Supplied. for: one-half school yearieiciis a: cue. ciaert delvveiauc a ee ahold Diets tete helen See
Renewed ‘for’second: half school years... ok ae ek Oe eee oe ene eee
Volumes
20,567
15,895
4,672
296,764
301,436
Volumes
487,511
199,136
1,177,794
139,696
1,131
26,620
15,374
41,994
DONORS
Donors of Books, Pamphlets, and Other Articles
Adams, William F.
Alexander, Amy B.
Baker, Mr. A. G.
Ball, Eva
Bates, Dr. Everett A.
Berry, George M.
Bowman, Henry H.
Bradley, Harold
Buffinton, Howard M.
Bugbee, Dr. N. Penn
Carmichael, Mrs. John H.
Carter, E. K.
Chaffee, Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Childs, Fanny R.
Clancey, J. L.
Clark, A. H.
Clark, Mrs. Embury
Cronan, Mary H.
Davis, Dr. William E.
de Rochemont, Emilie
Desoe, Harlan
Deyo, Eva Ordella
Eddy, Earnest
Emerson, Mrs. H. C.
Emery, Charles, Estate
Farrar, Ida F.
Fitzgerald, Mary E.
Frederick, Mrs. C. R.
Fuller, Mrs. A. Edward
Gardner, George C.
Gillet, Louis B.
Green, Ss. M.
Harris, Mrs. Frederick
Harris, Henrietta C.
Hawley, Harry W.
Hooker, Richard
Hoschke, Fred A.
Huntting, Henry R.
Ingersoll, James C.
Volumes
International Y.M.C.A.College Library 4
1
Ireland, George P
Irwin, Dr. Vincent J., Jr.
Jamieson, Mrs. Joseph W.
Johnson, Anna M
Johnson, Henry R.
King, Clinton
King, William C.
Lakin, Bertha
Levin, Abraham
Lewis, Mrs. Seth Ames
Lombard, Jennie S.
Lyman, Mrs. Moses
Maris, Miss
Martin, Victor J.
Matzinger, Martin
Merriam Co., G. & C.
Miller, George
Miller, Grace
Miller, John H.
Mitchell, Walter H.
Mare, Walter
Morison, Avis
Morris, Robert O.
Murray, Mrs. A. M.
Myrick, Herbert
Myrick, Mrs. Herbert
North, F. E.
Potter, Mrs. Eleanor E.
Rice, Dr. Allen G.
BPNNENRER Ee
is)
BD WOES
Pamphlets
67
a
Miscellaneous
35 Pictures
Magazines
Magazines
2 Goldfish
1 Case of Birds
Sheet Music
69 Pictures
1 Valentine
1 Daguerreotype
50 Prints
3 Framed Pictures
7 Magazines
3 Post Card Albums
Album of Fashion Plates
55 Pictures
6 Pictures
3 Pictures
1 Magazine
Magazines
9 Pieces of Music
Letters, Pamphlets, and
papers
Flag
10 Medical Magazines
15 Pictures
2 Newspapers
Magazines
Magazines
4 Maps
Magazines
2 Pictures
1 Booklet
1 Piece of Music
Pictures
Magazines
3 Pictures
32 Leaflets
15
News-
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Rogers, Julia
Seabury, B. Hammett
Shackleton, Mrs. Albert
Shattuck, Miss Emma E.
Sherry, Charles
Shurtleff, Clara
Skinner, Henry H.
Smith, Mr. Fred H.
Snyder, Alexander
Sotiropoulos, Stavros
Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Starke, Viola
Stone, William C.
Swazey, Dr. Walter
Theosophical Society
Thrall, Emily J.
. Toomey, Ursula
Turner, Arthur H.
Wade, Eleanor A.
Walters, Francis M.
Wellman, Hiller C.
Wesson, Mrs. Walter
Wilson, Bernice
Woodward, Mrs. Harry A.
Wright, Harry A.
Volumes
20
1
a
1
14
Pamphlets
Miscellaneous
1 Piece of Music
13 Periodicals
4 Daguerreotypes
Pictures
Magazines
6 Pieces of Music
50 Pictures
10 Portfolios
115 Magazines
Report of the Art Museum
A consistent effort to enlarge the service of the Art Museum and
interpret its collections by talks before various organizations has been
made during the past year. The museum can, and does, make itself
helpful in practical ways. Art is not a needless luxury, it is a friend-
ship, offering inspiration and sympathy. To increase the knowledge
and interest of the visitor contributes to a better appreciation of, and
love for, beauty.
All of the high schools and many of the grammar schools, the
continuation school, the MacDuffle School, and the educational depart-
ment of the Y. M. C. A. have made use of the collections in connection
with their classes in civics, history, and design. The schools of Chico-
pee, Chicopee Falls, West Springfield, Ludlow, and Palmer have also
been received.
The illustrated stories given by Miss Sargent in connection with
the history lessons of the sixth-grade pupils of the public schools were
continued. Some of the teachers and mothers of the children who
attended have taken pains to express their appreciation of the added
interest which the children have taken in history on account of these
talks.
In an effort to make known the resources of the museum to those
who desire to make practical use of the collections, the following clubs
have been received: The Traveling Club, Entre Nous Club, Review
Club, Springfield, Westfield and Northampton Delphian Societies, the
Women’s Club of West Springfield, and of South Hadley Falls.
Interest in the Saturday afternoon drawing class has continued and
under the efficient instruction of Miss Ruth Marsden, the teacher pro-
vided for us by the school board, the class has made excellent progress.
During the year Mr. Smith added to the collection the following
oil paintings:
“Autumn,” by Arthur Parton.
‘‘Woman in Blue,” by E. L. Garrido.
“The Stage Coach,” by J. H. Cocks.
“Courtship,” by J. . G. Brown.
“Reclining Nude,” by Joseph Coomans.
“By Moonlight, a by M. F. H. de Haas.
“The Brunette,” by Walter Blackman.
“Two Broods,” by J. Rosierse.
“Richelieu,” by P. J. Sinibaldi.
“Feeding the Robins,” by J. H. Witte.
“‘New Moon,” by George C. Lambdin.
“Ausable,” by William Hart.
“Rocky Coast,” by J. B. Bristol.
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Two mahogany cabinets have also been added, together with an
onyx stand, an inlaid table, and two cloisonné enamel mandarin hat
stands. The collection of rare and beautiful books has been consid-
erably increased. Some small silver ornaments of very delicate Chinese
workmanship were presented to Mr. Smith for the collection by Mr.
Y. Y. Chang of the National Southwestern University of Kiang-Su,
China. A silver medal commemorating the opening of the Hampden
County Memorial Bridge was presented to Mr. Smith by Mr. George
A. Bausman, and Mr. Frederic M. Jones gave two of the bronze medals
together with the official programme of the dedication.
At the inauguration of the City Government on January first of
this year, a testimonial in the form of an illuminated parchment was
presented to Mr. and Mrs. Smith by His Honor, the Mayor, and the
City Council of Springfield. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith were much
gratified with this evidence of the appreciation and good will of the city,
so thoughtfully expressed.
The addition to the museum building so long contemplated by the
City Library Association was commenced about a year ago, but owing
to delays in obtaining some of the necessary materials has but just
been finished. We are pleased to be able to hold our annual meeting
in it today, but our pleasure is heavily overshadowed by the absence
of Mr. George Walter Vincent Smith to whom Springfield is indebted
for the truly wonderful collection housed in this building. It seems
hard that he could not stay to finish the work he had planned, for while
his life had been prolonged beyond the usual time, he never, for a
moment, lost his interest and enthusiasm for the great cause which
dominated his life and for which he spent not only a large fortune but
gave just as freely of his time and strength. No man ever devoted
himself more thoroughly to a public cause; only five days before his
death he was here planning for the future of the museum and looking
forward to the time when he could arrange in these rooms the many
treasures still remaining at his house. To give to others a part of the
joy and pleasure which he experienced was his constant endeavor for
the past fifty years, and to that end he labored and denied himself
many personal luxuries. How well he accomplished his object the
museum testifies.
At this, the first annual meeting at which we are not sustained by
his presence, it is but fitting that I should express the great personal
sorrow felt by the entire staff of the museum at the loss of one who by
his constant appreciation and intelligent, heart-felt interest inspired
to a peculiar extent the respect and loyalty of his employees. That
Mrs. Smith, so closely in accord with him, will carry out his plans is
the one bright spot to us who have so long been associated with him.
Respectfully submitted,
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator.
Report of the Museum of Natural History
This report is an endeavor to answer three questions: First, What
is the museum doing for children; second, What is the museum doing
for adults; and third, What are the museum’s needs?
Girls and Boys at the Museum.
For children this year there have been the usual educational games,
story telling, prize contests, special exhibits; and this spring field trips
have been undertaken for the first time. Also there has been given
instruction in subjects supplementing school work; and over all, the
effort has been made to answer boys’ and girls’ questions for 365 days.
The requirements of this last-mentioned part of museum work may be
indicated by the following queries: ‘‘How can wood turn to stone?”
Another question: ‘If dinosaurs lived millions of years before there
were people on the earth, how could a photograph be taken of one?”’
To the youthful mind here is a case of nature faking, and there must
be no failure on the museum attendants’ part to inform the questioner
concerning truths revealed through nature’s records. ‘This is a feature
of museum work of which no impressive figures can be compiled.
Nature stories have attracted 543 little children; prize contests are
annually interesting an average of 158 competitors; and now the spring
_ hikes for boys are bringing to the museum collections to be studied
when weather makes trips inadvisable.
Girls and Boys at School.
Co-operative methods can perhaps best be indicated by accounts
of work with a teacher of the Chestnut Street school who took girls
and boys to the municipal tower. There a lesson was given on the
geology of the region, early settlement, and relations with Indians.
Then the Springfield of today with its buildings and industries held
attention. Following this survey from the campanile, class after class
came to the museum, where the session was continued with maps and
specimens. Granite from the hills they had seen, and rock replaced
by the elevator used, had acquired a new meaning. They handled
implements made by Indians, and coming to recent times studied the
building stones of the city’s important structures.
Another group with which co-operative teaching has been developed
satisfactorily is the Girls’ Continuation School. Approximately 600
pupils have this year heard talks by teachers and museum staff on
industrial subjects. Heads of departments of some of the city’s large
dry goods stores, and state supervisors, have on several occasions attended
sessions and spoken informally.
Certain of these lectures that have proved especially interesting
have been repeated to other groups. By request the museum was
open the evening of November 13 for Girl Scouts, to whom the talk on
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“Sources of Jewelry’? was given. Lecture room, lantern slides, and
museum specimens have been used for Scout meetings, and examina-
tions for certain merit badges have been conducted by the museum staff.
It is in such ways that the museum co-operates in the work of
schools, clubs, and, in fact, any group banded together for study of
natural history.
Prize Contests.
Interest shown in bird study contests has led Mr. Robert O. Morris
generously to add to his gifts cash prizes for identification of trees.
Tree Labeling
Tree labeling also made possible by gifts from Mr. Morris has pro-
gressed during the year. One hundred and eleven specimens have
now been named along city streets, and about school buildings where
boys and girls may study them in preparation for prize contests.
What the Museum is doing for adults.
Considering the second question, What is the museum doing for
adults, an excellent lecture season with an attendance of over three
thousand persons at a cost of about seven cents per capita can be re-
ported. There were three courses in which classes worked for aca-
demic credit. The speakers were Dr. George E. Dawson, whose sub-
ject was “Scientific Intelligence and Human Survival,’ and whose
audiences never numbered less than one hundred persons. The museum
is grateful to Dr. Dawson for generously giving each year his services
in lectures that are indeed a credit to the institution.
Dr. William B. Kirkham followed Dr. Dawson in six lectures of
equal importance and interest. The subject, ‘History of Man from
the Biological Standpoint,’’ developed Dr. Kirkham’s discussion of the
previous year, and at points linked up with Dr. Dawson’s course,
altogether forming series of exceptional educational value.
A spring course on the ‘‘Relation of Plants to Their Habitat,” by
Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, was another appreciated opportunity. Three
half-day field lessons supplemented an equal number of lectures at the
museum, and theses by members of the class indicate interest awak-
ened by study of plant areas.
In addition to these credit courses, there have been Professor
Loomis’s first-hand accounts of ‘“Hunting Extinct Camels in Wyom-
ing’; a cinema lecture by William Finley that gave nearly one thousand
persons glimpses of remote parts of the country from the Gulf Coast
to the Rocky Mountains; and lectures by Frederick Scott and Manley
B. Townsend conveyed to large audiences the appeal of the out-of-doors.
Thanks are due and cordially given by the museum to the daily
papers for publishing excellent and detailed reviews of these lectures.
The Museum’s Needs.
Thrice in its history, the museum has been obliged to find a larger
home. On no occasion, however, was the need of ampler quarters
greater than at the present time. A larger Springfield and its huge
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 21
schools developing nature-study courses, make correspondingly in-
creased demands that the museum, through lack of a lecture room in
the building, space for supplementary exhibits, and a children’s room,
finds impossible to meet.
Such generosity as has resulted in the Natural History Museum and
collections of which Springfield is justly proud, is continually adding to
those collections, as is indicated in the appendix of this report. Now
the museum is embarrassed by inability to show appreciation of gifts
by suitably exhibiting them; and much of the value of material dis-
played is lost through overcrowding. The rotation of exhibits resorted
to, while desirable to a certain extent, is difficult to maintain by the
museum’s small staff; but the day is sure to come when funds will be
given for a larger building, which will open the way to expansion of
educational work and to exhibitions that through proper installation
will interest and instruct to a vastly greater degree.
The Psychological Laboratory.
Dr. George E. Dawson reports that during the year, June 1, 1922,
to June 1, 1923, 541 children and young people have been examined in
the psychological laboratory. Of these, 369 have been children from
the elementary schools, representing the usual problems of retardation,
discipline, or maladjustment, and 172 have been from the junior and
senior high schools, representing problems of educational and voca-
tional guidance. Of the latter, 112 have come from the junior high
schools and 60 from the senior high schools. Since these have been
examined largely at their own request, or that of their parents, this
branch of the work may be regarded as evidence of a rapidly growing
community interest in the laboratory.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Director.
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Gifts to the Museum of Natural History
The following contributors have made much appreciated additions to the Museum collections:—
Adams, W. F. Colored photographs of flowers.
American Museum of Natural History. Geological, archzological and other collections.
. Bagg, Aaron C. Ptarmigan skins collected on the last MacMillan expedition.
Bates, Mrs. Everett A. Petrified wood, clays, and tree sections.
Bemis, Albert H. Sea-shells, starfish, and Mexican figurine.
Bidwell, Mrs. Frank E. A rare collection of corundum and associated minerals from Chester, Mass.,
and North Carolina.
Bill, Nathan D. Colonial relics.
Booth, Mary A. Cabinet of china, pewter, Colonial mirror, portrait, etc., part of Booth bequest
before mentioned.
Botanical Society (Springfield). Funds ($20.49) for publication of map in Museum Bulletin No. 3.
Chapin, Mrs. Alfred H. Necklace of Jamaican seeds.
Clark, Dr. David. Nest with unusual construction.
Clark, Robert A. Botanical specimens.
Colton, John W. Geological specimens.
Emery, Charles A. Microscope, photographic materia], books, ete.
Foster, Robert C. Moths and butterflies.
Hildreth, W. K. Pressed plants.
Ingersoll, James C. Early Federal Flag.
En te B. Eagle shot by Oscar B. Ireland’s orderly in the Shenandoah Valley during the
ivil War.
Kirkham, Mrs. James W. Sea-shells and archxological specimens.
Kirkham, Marguerite. Snakes, cocoons, and bird’s nest.
Kirkham, Dr. William B. Sea-shells, coral, photographs, Dutch and South American shoes, live
mice and cages, snake model.
Lakin, Bertha. Two volumes, “Ornithology or Science of Birds” and “The Birds of North America,’’
by Studer.
McClean, Dr. George C. Collection of bird’s eggs.
Metcalf, Robert W. Mounted mink.
Miller, Robert O. Colonial sampler and English dress sword.
Morris, Robert O. Models to illustrate native snakes, and funds for tree labeling and for bird study
prize contests.
Moynihan, Mrs. Mary. Colonial relics.
Parsons, Newell A. Collection of minerals.
Phillips, Mrs. H. M. Hawaiian collection.
Pitkin, Prof. P. H. Alligator from Bay of Panama.
Shurtleff, Clara M. Shell cameo, cairngorm stone, topaz, garnet, and opal.
Wallace, Mrs. A. B. Pressed plants collected by Mrs. Henry R. Vaille.
Wesson, Mrs. Walter H. Carnelians, and moss agate set in diamonds, for the jewelry collection.
Wild, J.O. Mounted sea-mosses.
Treasurer's Report
For THE Fiscat YEAR ENpInG Apri 30, 1923
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1921-1922......... $129.53
Appropriation from City of Springfield................ 143,500.00
Doe taxtrom City of Springfield.) 0.0.0 6s 6,220.00
EE UU RG AMIS ING yo el Sa dig eae wa dlarecs 65.00
BNE Td Cas SRO Ae PO RON can XG APART a ie eA Mads a an 50.00
Elizabeth D. Rice Bianciardi fund.................... 805.00
Bamny Pazard Ome tune. ele ek aos. oul 200.00
Samuel and Rhoda Colton Booth fund................ 775.00
POM ee VAG II Gat Cine nots SW oe aN ere 300.00
Chesser ne papi fim. fo. We PGW. Slade wee 500.00
Pee ee TORTI es ih tse NGS Gs. oles oe Suahart 300.00
Pato tis GEL ATO) PUT ol, eel M4 ig gs woaals a, edahic Bs 250.00
Jupeatic and Julia S) Hurlbut fund. yi os 50.00
Se ENP LIANTAP EG Us AGS iar vaca kick Ah i A or casio oh oh wien wl 231.25
OMraried, Wl. Keaatabveyren TWH) ooo a ss th hss os dee) be devo) oc ees «alte 220.00
res. Mlareh Gnd.) oes Ko. 3 oh boo of o ores Rae 250.00
Co reerieey eerie COT ee es ie Dee ale leadbig 2 385.00
ee ev Gone TT. fs sa Ba eae eee bad sede 320.00
Marple Lig ties LONG \ ys ahh ed ae eas Oe eh me ay 250.00
Ceres Gott ill CIUISIC MUNG. 156 uso ee eels ess eles 04 8. Lid cael 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund.............. 130.00
GearaeiW . baplew tia fae Nie aeons eee el oe ls 60.00
Totnes 1. PRompsnm TUNG Ch esa eee ae eee. 250.00
ey iat Tm yen eo ee Ae eee ee 45.00
WC te NY NLS PUTIN oN ae deste Ws pa telalc ee nn wal Hla lvle estes 5,920.00
Net income, Edwards Street house................... 724.98
From Catharine L. Howard Library Association........ 138.57
Wmterest.oo Dank’ Dalancese ise ks Baeele cl eee. cs 714.74
Fees for overdetention of books...................... 8,095.03
Net receipts from duplicate collection................. 603.26
PRM MO MEER COMES ceil sne he huis nore Git Clee blaine ache 209.50
DAacellanegls PECOIPTs +) acces ea Se ae koa end bs 1,021.83
HOARE CCOUPUR NS Hes pM isal) vis 82k Ly aie bay «ies dlavarenuil
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
Engineers, jamitors; and watchmMar 22446424 e 60 ed dee oh eve ve VR:
BRR Re Oy eee ee eae yale Bah Uren LOU SULA I Ae Shen MN MUN Bl Mi Me a a alae
Insurance, repairs, care of grounds, and miscellany.................
Refund of money borrowed from Porter fund......................
LIBRARY EXPENSES
TTT LE ate 2 UMASS Aa BG NEYO g URI SU eRe Re
DE UMA ANS MOLINA tole Ade aie ae Mia AO AS DOR OO RRM oa GC
Pues Re NOMA VISERVICE ei aL eit Diesd cs 6 acu aldoles a wise diel oe
Oa ANTI CRRA NP CTE TITAS Ci ie BA aR Vl Oe A A
aN ee O Ne Mn ie NMRK MINE Well Suc eu INO ubgiar tui wi Ny tre lot Aaa ao
$172,873.69
$5,578.69
6,608.88
4,100.68
1,000.00
$17,288.25
$57,027.04
2,248.76
491.53
2,630.88
11,915.70
24 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
| al 02149010 DP OO MATPIEN AE AUROR NHR OM AAURI REA” AUANER CLAS AUER) Cau En A MUSE
Stationery and supplies... CRO ey NA INMe sii te ted Ue en Oy
Purniture and improvements eo rs Sanne ee ow aM
REDAIE ) ele 5) OE TE VN, RUA aA EM el aCe
Tight and POWER sii Ui ie Manne AR iLL aL an (tu eta ee ag
1 ers: Ie SE ee RPE CARR LP MENA AN) NRG RSet ORO ea Pay M1) EN
Express and freighg 005. Poe ee eal CR ccc) eet
Pebep One ss fo ieee aie ala wile ge er abel eel Me eT Cr eh A ec
Miscellany. ie bebe ais) <iatae ei clan rc Min Chm) an
MBIAPICR co) seu cle ne ie iki al ahha ef olla Uta hGN ba RUM an a a
Books, periodicals, and binding oy ./.i.).)5s\ ric \eabtesat rate ant eae
Fuel, light, telephone, and miscellany .),:.'\.).1.\.. 220. eae a ee
Frepatitey 25 AeA VAN ah ALM RSS eg a
Salaries i) a Meee. tid Se ORICON ae Area UMaNey LEONE er ue nl
Books, periodivals;/and Dimding icing Wisjahe cusses Mayes oo) pe RE
Fuel, light; telephone, and miseellamy ....6)0 6). clo. Sainte ees
MEMORIAL SQUARE BRANCH
Salaried oii cana ile ssilswikllg ia! ca fete/ oie ea ads BA a pe Za AO ae a
Booka; periodieslaand: binding iyo i088 d eeu nea re cue oe Ree
Repairs ie ee es eel abe ect aia 2) a id bara Se
Fuel; light, telephone, and miscellamys.'s jj (ie aioe ce ie ae
Art Museum
Salaies ee MUNN UALS US a ea
Hallet Sealpture i336 so nc ui anaba se Sahay Aen
Cleaning, lghtand miscellany e608 eae
Repairs and improvements..." ert ae ANN cht a eae
Museum or Natura HIstTory
Rete Po gk VA Po inl Bey Me ear LIMA ERS es pie Eo stot aa aaa ne pe Saf
Books for Catharine L. Howard Library................. BEALE RUAN
Light, telephone, and muiscellanyasy yc. eset Sele ae ea
Furniture and repairs..... SSM Dea Ia UN ES PAN Me Sd oats Bice Ce
Beepwres (hs a 8 UN RA Se HO Se TO
Potal expencetured ti; ble o ia sk he eee Rea eee
Meme ee ogg al Aa OIA eg ee ed Pa ok ae
G. W. Y. Smirs Art DirectTor’s Account
Balance: May 1, 2022 sisi ne vaiouthed ea ey atoha te teste a
Tnterest.on: bank balances .).)2i hihi Pe is ea
Balance April SO, T9285 25 Fs ahaa Maas oo a eh aed recA
$1,412.67
4,445.47
1,785.65
2,162.31
1,713.92
2,509.33
2,257.43
733.57
365.96
322.57
510.01
$92,532.80
$13,574.40
5,123.60
1,701.46
1,575.35
$21,974.81
$4,526.90
1,507.45
1,015.29
$7,049.64
$11,170.48
5,507.72
334.73
1,872.30
$18,885.23
$5,427.57
497.30
2,134.61
3,411.45
$11,470.93
$2,282.56
134.26
257.72
579.16
248.85
$3,502.49
$172,704.15
169.54
$172,873.69
$1,242.76
36.08
$1,278.84
TREASURER’S REPORT 25
Funp For Science Museum Pus.icaTIons
Rea UACe Ay Ae LOO ea ENO OG IU es Su BLE OVS UR BA cs wisi Sli gly $24.73
Interest on two-fifths of $1,000 St. Louis and San Francisco R. R. 4%
RO ee ne ee te Nr Caled aie Aiie Viana Me MMlates mie ig tena SatidcurtaP aed 16.66
esss $41.39
Amount used for purchase of $1,000 St. Louis and San Francisco R. R.
AVE TLE MN EE ah NOL LRA DCD NRE Oe aT RS ALLA HUW ER AU REO RD 24.73
PEACE CAEN ORO dd Malis ch Vite, WARE shes coats dlaisinl are de alia ei as) $16.66
SHerMAN D. Porter FunpD
LEE CG NCES aa NNT 12 127410 TAINO aU NER ean VP aA LeU DMT WAN on $1,918.56
Interest on $1,000 Adams Express Co. 4% bonds....... $40.00
Dividend on 20 shares Southern Pacific Company stock. 120.00
Interest on $3,000 Baltimore and Ohio R. R. 5% bonds. 150.00
Dividends on 20 shares Pacific Oil Company stock... .. 60.00
Profit on sale of $2,000 United States Steel Co. 5% bonds 136.44
Interest on $1,000 New York Central R. R. 6% bond... 60.00
Interest on $2,000 Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
(he TET 0 RLS OTE aan aS RS A 140.00
Enterest.on pamkypalamce sy ysl Uke ealels Ud nakies 11.63
PREVENT UP arene RU ONL ae Cal Ut alae) SAC Latur uit 1,000.00 1,718.07
Less: $3,636.63
Amount used for purchase of $1,000 New York Central
Ip ONG Ml hha tae MSA a La Mieoata Quid ae hes $1,038.50
Amount used for purchase of $10,600 Sinclair Consoli-
caved Oil Corporation: 7% DONS 2) sii) elds els oe ds 744.84 1,783.34
EEG T YC Say eral GAM) BO Les aia SA EAS AA Ln Ace eT ny eR ar $1,853.29
DuntaL Liprary FunD
SA aTICR WEA Me tk ORME TUB cam a Gaba aati ©: 6 $59.95
Interest on three-fifths of $1,000 St. Louis and San Fran-
OSI O ML Saal OR: RIPASG GY oy ore Ai bay ONE SOE AIR Re 23.34 $83.29
Less:
Amount used for purchase of $1,000 St. Louis and San
BP EARCISCO Le ECs Aceh OOM aul arin wit aha telie tial bude a Waa seal) ie $59.95
POGIAMCe CNT REO Dam OU Ca Ne AMIGO LUMEN UM Men UMN ICG eulg alain d $23.34
CHaries M. Kirkaam Funp ror BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
SEIS CHINA DRT ENTE a Ae MRT Go CRG SSA tS eg $542.96
Interest on one-half of $6,000 Southern Pacific Co. 4%
SOARES US SN CIE cS TOW ARAL Meee an ere Eo oa $120.00
Interest on one-half of $5,000 American Telephone and
Peleprap hn Co) 47, DOnas wi sane Mil 100.00
Interest on $1,000 Baltimore and Ohio R. R. 5% bonds. 50.00
Invetest on bank balance!) Riess Nolialtasdiraivele iis 11.52 $281.52
LERMAN cea VUES 0 AE ARR ACCP ea 9 eS ER $824.48
INSURANCE PREMIUM RESERVE FUND
BCS ay Oe Ne UN NU las EI Aaa $33.20
Interest on $1,000 St. Louis and San Francisco R. R. 4%
OE DOE GRU GEG GY hI URINE AOE a cE CO 40.00 $73.20
26 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Less:
Amount used for purchase of $1,000 St. Louis and San Francisco R. R.
47 DOME els latiell DNA a Tok eh SS a ae A
Balanve Aprsl:SO, VO ZS oii a): ics vis io) date av emis ate ae ke
Tue Kine Funp
Balance May Li Tozer eC HN Oc OE
Cash difference on sale of $2,500 Northern Pacific—Great Northern
Joint 63% bonds and purchase of $2,500 Missouri Pacific 6%
TS ee) as 0G a) ae Ce eV Dc a Gace en
Balance A pril 0, MOQ iia sjieccicics Liasvarcdeiuiesivey easoeon acho iameaeae el ane
WitiramM A. Birnie Funp
Cash Tracerved a ene une Pe rn ae Any $500.00
Interest on one-half of $1,000 Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation 7% Dom: bia Ge Ie le Teun ee 35.00
Less:
Amount used for purchase of $10,000 Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpora-
GLOW 77 OTN ALN 2 DSP NeW 0 ulin aah a ak Rea Ra
Balanes April: SO) 1928. 0 cs ky ag Re soa ant ag eh
SAMUEL AND RuHopA Couton Booty Funp
Cash Pecerved ee Es oa acelcnad ecm repecaue) sums ct ahae ences aURRAL I ot cg Tea ne
Less:
Disbursements:
Cost of sale Mary A. Booth property........... $405.50
Purchase of $10,000 Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Co. 8% Domads rae seeks cee ate & 11,649.17
Purchase of $10,000 Winchester Repeating Arms
Cor Fe Oe Oma i tacu ae hee maidens er ume 10,356.25
Balance April 80 y T928 soos tule pach tte Oe et ane ee ae ee eae
ELIzABETH D. Rick BIANcIARDI FuNnpD*
De Liha stort G12. 6 MAA NE iss MiOhoamy Ny WL MENEAME Shea gv a lt | $12,240.79
literest.on bank: balance yo Bea ack Gani, A 6.86
Less:
Disbursements:
Purchase of $7,500 Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation 7% bende ss), Goer ie fen $7,560.20
Check for difference on sale of $2,500 Northern
Pacific—Great Northern Joint 63% bonds,
$8,500 American Telephone and Telegraph
Co. 44% bonds and purchase of $5,000
Southern Railway 63% bonds, $10,000
Missouri Pacific 6% bonds.............. 4,049.56
Purchase of $1,000 Missouri Pacific R. R. 4%
UGE 56. 35: he ee ane A eae oe Ant od ca 637.89
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*Income accounted for in general fund.
$33.20
$40.00
$107.81
65.98
$173.79
$535.00
500.00
$35.00
$22,500.00
$22,410.92
$89.08
$12,247.65
$12,247.65
None
TREASURER’S REPORT
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Received from Springfield Institution for
Savings on mortgage of $100,000.
Income from rent of property at 29 Ed-
WEG OUTCOU ho wiatysiai cues cle
Income from rent of property at 37 Id-
WAMABORECED ae shiaG ale Atlee
Interest on bank balance. ....... 03...
Less:
Payment on principal 29 Edwards Street
DEOUICRUN crear Ui lainlte elulege ale ae $22,000.00
Expenses of 29 Edwards Street Ue
Taxes, repairs, insurance, etc. 1,327.93
Payment on a ie 37 Edwards Street
PORORCE GY ars fe oe ot a Mia! uw at $14,000.00
Expenses of 37 Edwards Street property:
Taxes, repairs, ete. oss. cea 686.52
Payments on contract for construction
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Purchase of Henry G. Taylor collection
of old blue American china......
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102.72
$23,327.93
14,686.52
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ANNUAL REPORT
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THE Ciry LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending April Thirtieth
1924
‘gu 33% a te Pay
THE LIBRARY UF Ti
i 4 1924
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
CITY LIBRARY
ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Officers and Directors from 1864 ‘ 1924
Kine, JouHNn L.,
Harris, Danie. L.,
Bonp, EPHRAIM W.,
Harris, DANIEL L.,
Bonp, EPHRAIM W.,
THompson, JAMES M., 1880-1884 Bruit, Natuan D.,
SAFFORD, JAMES D.,
Rice, WILLIAM,
APPLETON, JuLIuS H.,
BEEBE, Henry J.,
Brun, Naraan 1D.,
Buiss, GEORGE,
Bonp, EpHram W.,
Bow es, Henry L.,
BOWLES, SAMUEL, 2d,
BOWLES, SAMUEL, 34d,
BRAND, JOHN W. B.,
CARROLL, JAMES B.,
CHAPIN, CHARLES O.,
CHAPIN, CHESTER W.,
CoRCORAN, LUKE,
DEANE, Grorce H..,
Euuis, RALPH W..,
Gitpert, ApotpH W.,
GILLETT, FRED’R’K H.,
GREENLEAF, O. H.,
GRIFFIN, SOLOMON B..,
Haiue, WituiaMm H.,
Harris, AZARIAH B.,
Harris, Dante. L.,
HAYNES, STANFORD L..,
HOLLAND, JosiaH G.,
Howarp, GrEorGE E..,
Presidents
1864-1872 Rumritit, JAMES A., 1892-1901
1873-1879 OLMSTED, JOHN, 1901-1904
1880-1891 Bitu, Natuan D., 1904-
Vice-Presidents
1864-1873 Rumritu, JAMES A., 1884-1892
1873-1880 OLMSTED, JOHN, 1892-1901
1901-1904
Morris, Rospert O., 1904-
Treasurers
1864-1889 Bowman, Henry H., 1889-
Clerks
1864-1897 Dana, JoHN Cotton, 1898-1902
WELLMAN, HiLuEeR C., 1902-
Directors
1902-1904 KirRKHAM, JAMES, 1864-1893
1897-1919 KirkHaMm, James W., 1893-
1887- KNow.tTon, Marcus P., 1902-1918
1864-1873 Lr, Henry S., 1893-1902
1864-1891 Merrriam, CHARLES, 1864-1887
1920- MERRIAM, GEORGE S., 1896-1902
1866-1878 Mrrrick, WILLIAM, 1883-1887
1878-1902 Morris, Ropert O., 1901-
1923- OLMSTED, JOHN, 1889-1905
1918- PackaRD, AZEL A., 1909-1923
1872-1882 Pratt, Gro. Dwicut, 1905-
1864-1883 Rosinson, JOHN C., 1923-
1896- RumRiLu, JAMES A., 1884-1909
1884-1890 SnHuRTLEFT, Wo. S., 1890-1896
1923- SKINNER, Henry H., 1902-1923
1922- SmitH, G. W. V., 1892-1928
1893- SMITH, HORACE, 1877-1893
1873-1896 SourHwortH, C. H., 1892-1897
1920- STEBBINS, JOHN B., 1864-1899
1892-1901 THompson, JAMES M., 1864-1884
1880-1891 Tyumr, P. B., 1864-1866
1864-1879 WaLkER, GEORGE, 1864-1877
1908-1920 Watuacr, ANDREW B., 1904-1923
1864-1872 WaLLacr, ANDREWB.,JR. 1924-
1873-1889 Wrsson, D. B., 1888-1893
1864-1872 Wesson, W.2H., 1899-1921
Kine, Joun'L.,
Officers of the City Library Association, 1924-1925
PresipENT: NATHAN D. BILL
Vick-PRESIDENT: ROBERT O. MORRIS
TREASURER: HENRY H. BOWMAN
2 ASSISTANT TREASURER: HENRY M. MORGAN
CuiERK: HILLER C. WELLMAN
Directors
Biiu, NaTuan D. GILLETT, FREDERICK H.
Bow tgs, Henry L. GRIFFIN, SOLOMON B.
BRAND, JOHN W. B. KIRKHAM, JAMES W.
CARROLL, JAMES B. Morris, RoBErRT O.
CorRcoRAN, LUKE PRATT, GEORGE DWIGHT
ELuis, Raupu W. ROBINSON, JOHN C.
GILBERT, ADOLPH W. WALLACE, ANDREW B., JR.
EpwIin F. Lronarp, Mayor.
Epwarp J. Rux'ron, President of the Common Council.
| 2 ZeNos E. Scorr, Superintendent of Schools.
Honorary Director
Mrs. GEorRGE WALTER VINCENT SMITH
Auditors
W. C. SIMons EDWARD KRONVALL
Standing Committees
On Finance - Nathan D. Bill, John W. B. Brand, Ralph W. Ellis,
James W. Kirkham.
On Art —Solomon B. Griffin, A. B. Wallace, Jr., John C. Robinson.
On City Appropriations — Solomon B. Griffin, James B. Carroll, George
On Museum of Natural History — Robert O. Morris, Frederick H. Gillett,
| Dwight Pratt, Henry L. Bowles, Ralph W. Ellis.
Adolph W. Gilbert, John W. B. Brand.
Robert O. Morris.
> On Labrary — Luke Corcoran, James B. Carroll, George Dwight Pratt,
On Insurance — Nathan D. Bill.
Inbrarian — Hiller C. Wellman.
Curator of the Arlt Museum — Eleanor A. Wade.
Director of the Museum of Natural History — Grace Pettis Johnson.
Su Memoriam
Andrew B. Wallace
Death’s invasion of this body gives quickened sense of how much
Springfield has gained by service through the City Library Association.
Andrew B. Wallace, attentive to all the duties of citizenship, gave him-
self freely in this relationship. His sympathetic appreciation of the best
community interests, his shrewd sense of values, and sound business
judgment helped give poise and wise direction to our deliberations and
action.
The Scotch birth and training that kept Mr. Wallace in touch with
the people, also equipped him with the sensibility to appreciate the
finer phases of life in books and art, of which he was a lover and patron.
He had understanding of all the helpful purposes that are taking shape
in this institution, and gave generously toward their advancement.
The appeal of nature and of fine craftsmanship enriched his life and
quickened the fellowship which was so genuine and kindly, and is so
sorely missed by all who knew him.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, January 10, 1924.
A. Willard Damon
In the death of A. Willard Damon, the City Library Association has
lost a friend of long standing, who held strong views as to the usefulness
of its work and had contributed generously both of his time and money.
For the last ten years Mr. Damon served as an Auditor, and in that
capacity showed the same fidelity and sense of public obligation that
were evidenced in all his activities. As an officer of the Association, he
will be missed no less for his genial and kindly presence than for the
service, which he rendered so faithfully.
Adopted by the Board of Directors, January 10, 1924.
Report of the President
Few people realize, I suspect, what an economical expedient a public
library is for supplying the book needs of a community, and what large
returns the public get from the money expended. The total maintenance
of the main library and branches cost the city last year about 90¢ for
each inhabitant. The man who buys one new book in the course of a
year probably pays more than twice that amount; one good phonograph
record costs nearly double. Many people of very moderate means do
not hesitate to patronize circulating libraries, and the cost of borrowing
a single novel mounts to 90¢ in a few weeks. Through the City Library
and branches every citizen for his 90¢ not only may draw novels all
through the year, but may take home any reasonable number of other
books chosen from hundreds and thousands of volumes many times
more costly than novels. He has the free use, also, of a quarter of a
million pictures ranging from cheap prints to expensive photographs and
engravings. He has at his command music scores for all varieties of in-
struments, and a growing collection of the finest phonograph records.
He finds on file five hundred periodicals from this country and abroad.
He is furnished with comfortable quarters, lighted and heated, in which
to read and study. But all this is by no means enough to constitute a
public library. In addition, he finds at his service a corps of expert
librarians with catalogues, indexes, and a wealth of bibliographical ap-
paratus to help him find the books or information for which he seeks.
Bulletins and lists are distributed to keep him abreast of current pub-
lications and guide in the choice of older books. His children are helped
to cultivate a wholesome taste for reading, and are taught in classes
how to use the library, and the methods of gaining access to its resources.
Not all of the people, it is true, avail themselves of these privileges,
but an astonishingly large number do; and a not inconsiderable part
of the cest of maintenance is directed towards bringing books to the
attention of those who do not - especially children and newcomers to
America — in the belief that they will thereby become happier individu-
als and more intelligent citizens. Besides the books taken home, so
many volumes are consulted at the library buildings that no attempt
is made to count them. Definite figures therefore cannot be given,
but it seems safe to estimate the value of books used annually as aver-
aging perhaps $100 for each actual reader, and at least $35 for each
inhabitant. And this takes no account of the value of all the other
services rendered. Such a return from an expenditure of 90¢ seems by
no means a bad investment. A wider understanding of how much the
community benefits from a library, and at what relatively small cost,
will undoubtedly lead to larger support — public or private — and larger
support is necessary if the system is to keep pace with the growth of the
city.
6 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The Memorial Square Branch was established ten years ago. The
branches at Forest Park and Indian Orchard were started nearly twenty-
five years ago. Since then the size of the city has more than doubled,
and additional branches are needed at several points to serve the in-
creasing population. The sadly overcrowded condition of the Forest
Park Branch seems in a fair way to being remedied, for Col. A. B.
Franklin, Mr. Henry R. Johnson, and other residents are raising funds
to double its present capacity, and have already procured additional land
on Belmont Avenue. While the library and branches are maintained by
city appropriations, the city has never been called upon to expend money
for land or buildings, all of which have been provided by private gifts.
It is to be hoped that generous citizens will in due time be moved to
provide additional branch buildings at points in the city where they will
serve most advantageously; Winchester Square and upper Liberty Street
especially need such facilities.
Last summer Mr. Fred Harlow Smith deeded to the Association his
splendid collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, prints, and other
graphic material relating to Springfield and western Massachusetts.
The collection, which is to be known as the Fred Harlow Smith Collec-
tion, has not yet been placed in the library, as Mr. Smith is working
on the arrangement and installation. His interest will not cease then,
however, for he purposes to care for and round out the collection as the
years pass.
A few months later came another important event — the union of the
Connecticut Valley Historical Society with the City Library Associa-
tion. The Historical Society preserves its corporate identity, with rep-
resentatives of the library directors on its governing board, and will
continue in its activities; while its valuable collections, which for lack
of quarters had been widely scattered, are deposited with the Library
Association. The union strengthens both organizations, and already
there has been resulted increased interest in the Historical Society
marked by an enlarging membership and the receipt of numerous im-
portant gifts. In time, a historical museum, it is hoped, will be added
to the buildings in the City Library group.
An examination of the Fred Harlow Smith Collection, the printed
and manuscript portion of the Historical Society’s collections, and the
collection of some twelve thousand items previously gathered by the
library in our Springfield Room shows surprisingly little overlapping.
As a result, the history of this vicinity will be recorded in this institution
with a remarkable fullness which only a year ago would have seemed
hardly possible.
Meantime, Dr. and Mrs. William Thornton Parker of Northampton
have deeded to this Association, to come to it at their death, their
houseful of relics, including Colonial furniture, silver, books, and in-
numerable other objects of historic value and interest.
The library is richer for a remarkable collection of nearly six hundred
of the best war posters from enemy as well as allied countries, which have
been presented by Mrs. Benjamin P. Bakewell. They are all mounted on
cloth, and form an accession of permanent artistic and historic value.
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT f
To complete the year’s record there was received a magnificent gift
of etchings from the late Andrew B. Wallace comprising one hundred
and twenty-four splendid examples of the work of the master etchers
from Dtrer to the present day. These have been installed in the art
room of the library, and nearby is an excellent portrait of Mr. Wallace
which Mrs. Wallace graciously had painted for the Association by
Elizabeth Gowdy Baker. All of these noteworthy gifts and many others
deserve much more extended notice than space permits in this report,
but they were described at greater length in the public press when they
were received.
The Association suffered a sad loss in the death of two sterling citizens
— Andrew B. Wallace and A. Willard Damon. Mr. Wallace had served
as a director since 1904, and Mr. Damon as an auditor since 1913. The
Directors have attempted to express appreciation of their services in
resolutions which will be printed with this report.
We miss, also, at this meeting, the faces of life members who had
long been good friends of this Association, and took a deep interest in
its work — among others, Rev. Philip S. Moxom, Mrs. Samuel Bowles,
Mase 8S. Southworth, and Mrs. Henry M. Phillips, who was largely in-
strumental in establishing the Catharine L. Howard Memorial Library
of Science in the Museum of Natural History.
The Art Museum and the Museum of Natural History have both had
successful years, with a larger record of work accomplished than ever
before in their history. Book cases have been installed and filled with
art books in the new wing of the Art Museum, and the exhibits will
follow later. An important scientific publication is perhaps the out-
standing achievement of the Museum of Natural History. Further de-
tails of their work and of the library will be found in the reports of the
librarian and curators.
In all departments there has been an increase of business, and while
we trust the service rendered has been satisfactory to the community,
we see on every hand inviting opportunities for enlarging and extending
our work just as fast as the means at our disposal permit.
NATHAN D. BILL, President.
Report of the Librarian
One of the most satisfactory of recent developments is the increasing
intimacy in the relations of the library with the many societies and
organizations having similar interests. Besides the scientific societies
connected with the Museum which often hold lectures and exhibitions
in the library, other organizations such as the Art League, the Poetry
Society, the Reading Circle of the Blind, the different social service
groups, the Women’s Civie Club, welfare and philanthropic organiza-
tions, university extension classes, schools, study clubs — in fact almost
all the organizations in the city devoted to educational, philanthropic,
civic, literary, and scientific pursuits — seem naturally turning to the
library, holding meetings and lectures in its halls, borrowing deposits
of books, procuring special lists, or finding assistance in forming their
programs. For reference and study by such groups, more books than
ever before — upwards of 2,600 volumes — have been set aside on special
shelves in Rice Hall. The library halls have been used 175 times, and
as all meetings are open and free, the public has enjoyed a profusion of
notable lectures, addresses, conferences, and exhibitions. Thus, several
of the foremost authorities in the country lectured on the artistic and
historical phases of printing, paintings by the Boston Guild of Artists
were exhibited, Mr. Raymond A. Bidwell’s beautiful collection of Jap-
anese prints was shown, two flower shows were held, historic relics,
prints and manuscripts relating to Springfield were exhibited, and dis-
tinguished authors and scientists lectured. It is needless to enumerate
all; the above give an idea of the many good things that have thus been
made available to the public.
In addition, there has been a continuous series of exhibitions arranged
by the library in the art room — wood block prints lent by Harold Haven
Brown, pictures showing the history of magazine illustration, Chinese
paintings by the younger school at Peking, superb photographs by Miss
Clara E. Sipprell, and twenty other exhibitions — to say nothing of the
splendid Wallace collection of etchings installed permanently. Perhaps
because of its local interest, no display excited more attention than the
silhouettes and miniatures lent by Springfield people, which followed the
daguerreotype exhibition held a year previous. Altogether, there is sei-
dom a time when a visit to the library will not repay, even if one is not
seeking books.
Phonograph Records and Music Scores
The phonograph records installed last year have given great satisfac-
tion. Seventy more, thirteen of which were gifts, have been added,
making the total 238; and these have circulated 7,617 times. Many peo-
ple, old and young, have thus become familiar with the best composers.
The records have been borrowed an average of about forty times each.
This means that most of the collection has been “‘out”’ all the time, and
only the limited supply has prevented a greater circulation.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 9
The large collection of vocal and instrumental scores which has been
built up with the Grace Rumrill music fund now covers fairly adequately
the field of the older and classical music. It was hoped when this point
was reached that funds would be released for more of the modern com-
positions and other expensive special or less frequently used music.
But the old collection, owing to the constant circulation, is beginning to
wear out and require replacement, and part of the fund has been used
to provide the records, so that there seems to be little margin for these
special purchases. One resident, who desires to remain anonymous,
learning of the need for the score and parts of one of César Franck’s
symphonies, which is to be performed by the Municipal Orchestra, gen-
erously sent a check for $60 to make the purchase possible.
Accessions, Circulation and Extension Work
During the year, 22,937 volumes, of which 962 were gifts, were added,
while 17,781 volumes were worn out or retired, leaving a net gain of
but 5,156 volumes. Nearly half of the accessions went into the branch
collections. The total stock now comprises 306,592 volumes.
All departments of the main library and the branches show an increase
of patronage. The total circulation amounted to 1,257,093 volumes,
which was 79,696 volumes, or about 7%, more than the preceding year.
The class showing the largest increase comprised books on education,
with a gain of 31%; both teachers and laymen have borrowed more of
these books. Another class in which there is a marked increase of interest
is religion. Writers in the periodicals are asking, ‘‘Is there to be a revival
of religion?”’ Whatever the answer, there is no doubt that there is more
reading of books on religion, the gain being 11% over the previous year,
which in turn showed a large advance.
One very noticeable feature of the use of the library has been observed.
Far more readers are leaving ‘‘reserves” — particularly for serious new
books, many of which are borrowed before there is time to catalogue
them. Also, there are more requests for the purchase of new books,
often almost before they have come from the press. Apparently the
public, through book reviews or other means, are keeping better informed
than ever before regarding new and important publications.
More deposits of books have been maintained in factories and similar
places than for many years past. This was made possible by the Young
Women’s Christian Association workers who have resumed this useful
work, and by the efforts of a member of the staff who called on numerous
managers, established several deposits where they had never been main-
tained before, and placed thirty library posters in various factories. As
an experiment, this assistant has been visiting one of these factories at
noon once a week to give out the books. The results, both in the quality
and number of books circulated, show how advantageous it would be for
library assistants to visit these little branches regularly. This is a very
desirable form of extension work to undertake when it can be afforded.
Besides the 445 school rooms to which deposits are sent, there are 42
other places in the city — factories, large stores, institutions, fire stations,
etc., where collections of library books are available.
10 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Broadcasting and Other Methods of Reaching the Public
Various methods have been followed to let the public know what the
library has to offer. Ten-minute radio talks about new books have been
given through Station WBZ by the head of the circulating department
each Monday night since November. These reviews have brought letters
from all over the country as well as numberless personal requests for
the books from Springfield people. The interest has seemed to increase
with each succeeding month.
A large window on the ground floor of the library was fitted up as a
display case where posters and collections of books on different subjects
have been placed each week, revealing to passers-by the scope of the
library’s resources. The library also sent posters, lists, and collections
of books from the different departments for the educational exhibition
at the Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co., in which fifteen institu-
tions providing education for employed men and women participated.
Circulars or lists calling attention to special classes of books were sent
to teachers, ministers, and others; library news was furnished to business
concerns which publish house organs; and an offer was made to furnish
printed lists of the Italian books to all the Italian societies that would
distribute them to their members. And of course, the weekly book re-
views have been continued in the newspapers.
Small collections of books gathered in the delivery room bearing on
matters of current news have been very popular. The death of a noted
man, a contemporaneous event here or abroad, or some magazine article
such as William Lyon Phelps’ selection of the fifteen best novels, James
Harvey Robinson’s choice of the seven greatest Americans, or the voting
contest for the ten best books since 1900, aroused unfailing interest in
the books displayed.
Numerous special lists were printed by the library or procured from
other sources and distributed. ‘‘Books for Tired Eyes” listing good
reading in large print made a wide appeal. A smaller leaflet described
the notable treasures in the art room. “Some Books of Interest to
Printers” was generously printed by the Loring-Axtell Co. for distribu-
tion at the lectures arranged by the Publicity Club. A little list called
‘“‘Nonsense and Humor’ is in constant request. A catalogue entitled
“Knowing Your Goods” was compiled by the library and printed and
distributed by the Chamber of Commerce to the salespeople of the city,
who in the larger stores are to be given ‘‘credits’” by their employers for
studying up their subjects. To many readers a list like this is something
of a revelation, for few realize how extensive is the service of a modern
library in strictly utilitarian fields. Here in this twenty-page pamphlet,
for example, are books on scores and scores of articles sold in Spring-
field, describing the raw materials, methods of manufacture, tests for
adulteration, inferior workmanship, material, etc. Some of the subjects
covered — to mention only a few — are: flavoring extracts, ink, leather,
notions, carpets, brushes, furs, spices, shoes, hardware, mangles, per-
fumery, wall paper, sporting goods, awnings, lace, linoleum, glassware.
Some of the other lists distributed were entitled “‘Art and Aesthetics’,
“Cheerful Books’, ‘“The Bookshelf for Boys’, ‘“Reading Course in Home
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 1 |
Planning, Interior Decoration, and Furniture’. There were twenty in
all. Special travel and biography numbers of the monthly Bulletin were
issued, which proved very popular and the supply was quickly exhausted.
In studying the circulation statistics it is surprising to find how com-
monly an increase in any class is traceable to some activity of the library
in the way of displays and exhibitions, special lists, circulars and other
advertising, or the purchase of an unusual number of books on some
subject. The last, however, usually means a pre-existing interest on the
part of the public.
Twenty-Five Years of the Training Class
For just a quarter of a century now the library has conducted a train-
ing class for persons wishing to fit themselves for library work. Usu-
ally ten members are chosen by examination from nearly three times
that number of candidates, and they serve for nine and one-half months,
much as members of the staff, but neither paying tuition nor receiving
compensation for their services. Class instruction is given each morning
in cataloging, bibliography, reference work, English literature, European
history, etc., but great emphasis is placed on supervised work under the
chiefs of the different departments, a month at a time. The members
are largely from the New England states, but some have come from as
far west as Nebraska, as far south as Florida, and as far north as Canada.
One hundred and ninety-nine persons have been in these classes, and from
them the library staff has been largely recruited, while the others find no
difficulty in securing openings elsewhere. Indeed, more of these persons
could easily be placed, and many have risen to positions of importance.
General
Probably the most urgent need in the library system is an addition
to the Forest Park Branch. It is doubtful whether there exists anywhere
else a library in a building of that size and cost which is so largely used,
and the patronage is steadily increasing.
The children’s department, the reference room, the art department,
the three branch libraries call for no special comment. They have all
been alert for opportunity, conducting their work on much the same
lines as the previous year, but each on a somewhat larger scale. Indeed,
while the new or unusual activities receive notice in this report, the daily
routine work of building up and cataloging a well chosen and comprehen-
sive collection of books, of maintaining an inviting atmosphere for read-
ers, and of ministering to their needs by bringing the right books or in-
formation to the right readers, offers small opportunity for description
in a brief report, yet it constitutes the backbone of library work. In all
of this work the members of the staff have been eager and. devoted, and
their united and harmonious efforts have made possible whatever meas-
ure of accomplishment the year records.
Respectfully submitted,
HILLER C. WELLMAN, Librarian.
Statistics of Accessions for 1923-1924
Volumes
Added''by, purchase. Centrali Maibrary enone sole ee eile eke ae nee eee 12,099
Added iby: purchase? Branches sect. A aia ctoer ee ear ray cle iors ete ae ice ere ae ae 9,876
Oded say iktys Pyyece Sie ae ok arate te faces ah gM car aL: Ne COL Rete ue Mn 962
Total aban i Gist eg oN icta aes fo) wee auto ga ee co oR ction avane Ata eae area ae ee eee
RAGGA oo etc 19 « eeene My aU UE Se Lg er ae en CPD YEON SEU NY TCIM Re ae Md te etc MAE De (ih Mi
INS rea yny oie eters PU RRNA SY Coe A NT Ue a aE Oa eK Ea
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Statistics of Circulation 1923-1924
City LIBRARY ADULT JUVENILE
Volumes Volumes
TC ELON Ae tel eooss Sense aa rey Mer Skeets nce oem Le te a RT eLearn a 261,705 40,454
Periodicals ayers tee asle eed aie ae ineecUaltnayey eueUletie Fel ezis OIE ens Se oa tae eh 8,625 1,863
General Worksite miciche chek iy ate cae ore llgt oh Nee I ENE EEO NEL a nae cha mentee 406 556
POS O PL yey EN Am IZ RRA AU SBR o Vet RSH MC DN CU reais vaet sO Ee 4,706 250
RST STOTT aaNet i or aan AN Ata ALOE gis La uate Me ete agen eNO A ae 4,545 1,387
SOCIOLOGIA WI Eat R IY GGG AUR sea a aE 7,481 1,729
TEU CA TOT ALO AEROS DSRS PACE SIL cateaer AU EAD EA DAS ote Le NS SR 2,728 30
Binlolo gy eee te oy ante APS NUON AE VE DATS LU tebe We te nee 1,663 87
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Mle chic irre seta apes aU ae TD a a reer Cio ce CER aN GLE ete eA a ey eRe ee 3,391 165
ORES TUT UN ag =H eee aoe Ti areal tee FUNDA MSA GME DN SNS Mate isc reir a A) Ra oN 11,720 2,124
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TAY Gigi a= an Em CRE NE Man EEA SoMM oY OE MDM AD EDA A ID Stee pueited cr CUE Grom tee aL 15,798
Truviernile spy) ewes es a Me a) MOL SN RIOR CT EFL Oa Rr Oe 32,688
385,070 139,453
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Volumes
22,937
17,781
5,156
301,436
306,592
Volumes
524,523
238,962
126,472
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DONORS
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Donors of Books, Pamphlets, and other Articles
Volumes
Allen, Beatrice
American Brotherhood of Free Reading for the Blind 3
American Chemical Society 25
American Legion; Mass. Dept.
Ames, Col. T. L. 21
Amherst College
Anonymous
Bacon, Mrs. F. W. 1
Bacon, Dr. Theodore
Bagg, Ernest Newton
Baker, A. G.
Baldwin, Alden W.
Bates, Ernest G.
Baxter, Garrett
Beckwith, Walter M.
Bennett, Mrs. A. G.
Bigelow, W. W.
Bill, Nathan D.
Biro, Mrs. Albert
Bliss, E. F.
Bliss, Mrs. J. Eliot
Bourdillon, Agnes
Brewer, Lucy P.
Brightwood Furniture Co.
Brown, Mrs. Julius W.
Buffington, Howard
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Burdett, Charles E. 6
Burrage, Charles D.
Calder, Mrs. John W.
Carter, E. K.
Chandler, John H.
Cheney, Frances E.
Childs, Fanny R.
Clark, Robert A.
Clune, Margaret
Cobb, Albert W.
Cohlintz, Stanton A.
Cole, George W.
Conery, James
Conner, William, Jr.
Coykendall, Frederick
Crocker, Douglas
Croffut, Mrs. W. A.
Cruikshank, Alfred B.
Curtis, Eleanor
Danforth, Anna S.
Davis, Charles Henry
Dearden, C. W.
Delphian Society
Dodge, Nellie E.
Doggett, Mrs. L. L.
Donham, H. W.
Doolittle, Charles H.
Dunlap, Mrs. C. E.
Ellis, Ralph wo, Jr.
Ellison, Agnes s. 5
Eustis, Florence and Isobel
Finch, Mrs. A. W.
Forbes, Mrs. Frank P.
Ford, C. M.
Fowler, Alfred
Fulton, William Edwards
Gardner, George C.
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Gibbs, Dr. Howard A.
Gilbert, A. W.
Gordon, Dr. Benjamin
Gordon, Mrs. Gurdon W.
Grant, Mary Frances
Green, S.
Hadley, R.
Hadley, Mrs. R.
Hart, William S.
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Pamphlets Miscellaneous
31
12
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28 postcards
1 leaflet; 25 folders
1 chart
$60 for music
Medical magazines
23 magazines
48 magazines
1 leaflet
File of ‘‘The Friend’”’
1 magainze
2 Victrola records
Magazines
5 pictures
Music
1 leaflet
19 magazines 6 pictures
16 postcards
1 magazine
Antique silver cross
1 manuscript report
41 pictures, 6 daguer-
reotypes
Bust of Longfellow
1 Columbia record
Paper slips
55 pictures
1 bookplate
Maps
24 magazines
19 bulletins
14 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Harvey, David L.
Hendrick, Charles J.
Hill, Edwin C.
Hill, James L.
Hill, Mrs. W. C.
Hobart, Frances
Hoffman, Mrs. Etta
Holmes, Franklin T.
Hooker, Mrs. Richard
Huntting, H. R. Co.
Hyde, Henry C.
Hyde, Thomas W.
Ingersoll, James C.
Jamieson, Mrs. J. W.
Jaynes, Irene
Johnson, Anna Marilla
Johnson, Walter E.
Jay, Mrs.
Kaufer, Caroline C.
Kemater, Charles W.
Keyes, Mrs. H. S.
Kirkham, Dr. William B.
Leonard, Clifford S.
Leonard, Edwin
Levinger, Rabbi Lee J.
Lewis, Mrs. Seth A.
Lissie, Mrs. Florence
Lochridge, E. E
Lord, Barbara
Luckey, Rev. Leonard W. A.
Lyman, Mrs. Moses
McCormick, L. Hamilton
McGann, Rev. J. M.
McGann, Marion D.
McIntosh, R. C.
McKay, Claude
Mandell, George
Marr, Harriet
Metcalf, Mrs. Lulu
Miller, Grace
Milton Bradley Co.
Miner, George W.
Minton, Telfair Marriott
Moore, C. Bennett
Myrick, Herbert
Myrick, Mrs. Herbert
North, F. E.
Page, Kirby
Palmer, William Kimberly
Parker, Dr. William Thornton
Peuss, Mrs. F. C
Pierce, Frances M.
Price & Lee Co.
Quinn, Pearle
Radcliffe, Mrs. James A.
Richards, Mrs. W. L.
Ricker, A. L.
Robertson, Mrs. J. W.
Robinson, Carroll W.
Rogers, Julia C.
Ross, Margaret M.
Rowley, Gordon C.
Rudy, William
Sargent, C. S.
Sargent, Cordelia C.
Saunders, Mrs. S. A.
Seybolt, Mrs. F. E.
Shepard, Alice
Skeel, Mrs. Roswell, Jr.
Smith, Alexander N.
Smith, Ellen M.
Smith, Mrs. Frank E.
Smith, Mrs. Mary
Smith, Nellie G.
Stone, F. E.
Stone, William C.
Storer, Mrs. Bellamy
Sturtevant, Harold W.
Swetland, E. J.
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Miscellaneous
1 picture
1 bookplate
28 magazines
3 programs
2 charts, 11 large pho-
tographs
20 magazines
Magazines
876 pictures
12 magazines
Magazines
Magazines
Magazines
51 pictures
45 magazines
30 plates
6 magazines bg
1 map, 2 magazines
5 magazines, 7 news-
papers
31 pictures
12 pictures
26 magazines
36 magazines
Magazines
66 pictures
16 magazines
Magazines
8 pictures
11 magazines, 1 picture
27 maps
175 postcards
15 autograph letters
Taber-Prang Art Co.
Tanner, Virginia
Tate, Dale S.
Thompson, Mrs. Robert
Tryon, Florence
Tufts, Alice B.
United Electric Light Co.
Vibbert, M. E.
Washburn, Dorothy
Whiston, William C.
Whiting, Mrs. Charles G.
Whittemore, B. A.
Whitten, Robert
Williams, Wayne C.
Williams-Lyouns, H. F.
Winchester, Helen R.
DONORS
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Pamphlets
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15
Miscellaneous
5 pictures
3 drawings
37 engravings
Report of the Art Museum
When the annual meeting was held here a year ago, we fully expected
that this room would be filled with exhibits before this time; but numer-
ous delays in connection with the building have occurred, consequently
we have just commenced the installation of the new possessions. Six
new mahogany cases have been furnished by the Association, also the
new oak bookcases for the library, and now when the floor is finished
the arrangement of the cases can be completed.
The fact that the extension was delayed does not mean that nothing
has been accomplished this year. One of the interesting features is the
healthy growth in the educational work, and the increasing appreciation
of the opportunity offered by the museum. The antiquated idea of a
museum as just a resting place for art objects has passed away, and to-
day the art museum is an integral part in the educational system of the
city; and when as fortunately placed as ours, in connection with schools,
Library, and Museum of Natural History, correlating as we do with
them, its value is inestimable. The Art Museum teaches through seeing,
and aids in the cultivation of good taste. Good taste is now recognized
as a distinct asset in the home, in business, and to the entire community.
The beautiful examples of human handicraft in which the Museum
abounds, together with the fine books on design which have now been
made accessible in our new rooms, place us in a position to be of great
service to the citizens.
The public and private schools of the city, also those of surrounding
towns, have come to value the opportunities offered by the museum and
have made constant use of it. More students of design than ever before
have availed themselves of the privileges offered. One day we received
twelve classes in design numbering more than two hundred pupils.
Many of the most interesting designs in the annual exhibition of the
work of the high schools held in Central High School received their inspi-
ration from objects in the Art Museum. Many industries are dependent
upon art training if their products are to equal or excel those designed
by foreigners, and it is in this field that we can be of inestimable value.
The different educational and social clubs of the city have been re-
ceived and talks explaining the collection given. The Saturday after-
noon drawing class has been continued, giving to pupils an opportunity
which they could not otherwise have had to draw from objects in the
Museum under the direction of a teacher. Examples of their work can
be seen on the screens in the Hall of Sculpture. The issuing of passes
to children, to allow them to visit us without being accompanied by an
adult, has been continued with gratifying results. Many of the children
come again and again, often bringing their comrades or parents and
eagerly repeating the information which they have received. This year
we have given very material aid to the Springfield Art League and also
furnished meeting rooms for the council of the League.
ART MUSEUM 17
Over one hundred additions to the collection have already been made
by Mrs. Smith, but I will not take time here to enumerate them. That
this collection, covering a broad field of art in many branches, may be
of the utmost use to this community was the earnest desire of Mr.
Smith — for this he worked and spent his money. Mrs. Smith is in full
accord with his idea, and the entire staff is here for service.
Respectfully submitted,
ELEANOR A. WADE, Curator.
Report of the Museum of Natural History
In this, its 65th year, the Museum of Natural History reviews steady
progress from a caseful of relics to the present educational institution
and its excellent collections.
Gifts marked the beginning of the museum both in collections and
service; continued giving has resulted in an important representation
of local natural history, housed in a substantial building. The forward
look brings assurance that the increasing need of additions to that build-
ing and its equipment will be met by the same generous interest.
Returns that the museum is making are indicated by the following
record of what has been accomplished during the past year:
Catalogue of Springfield Plants
The publication of a third scientific bulletin is perhaps the most note-
worthy event. Bulletin No. 1, Early Stages of the Carabidae by Dr.
George Dimmock and Frederick Knab, and Bulletin No. 2, Insect Galls
of Springfield and Vicinity by Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, have received
acknowledgment as worthy scientific contributions. Bulletin No. 3, by
Luman Andrews and a Committee of the Botanical Society, on Flower-
ing Plants and Ferns of Springfield, Massachusetts, is just issued and,
it is hoped, may receive like acknowledgment.
It is a volume of 221 pages listing more than 1000 plants growing
without cultivation within the city boundaries. These are classified as
fern plants and seed plants, sub-divided into families and genera, and
finally species and varieties. Scientific names are followed by common
names which have been made a feature of the bulletins and its elaborate
index. Frequency of occurrence is stated and habitat described briefly;
then the Springfield stations are recorded. An indexed map given by
the Springfield Botanical Society is another feature, and ten plates
illustrate some of Springfield’s interesting trees. Species upon which
this catalogue is based are a part of the herbarium of approximately
15,000 plants given to the museum by the author, the late Luman An-
drews of Southington, Connecticut. This bulletin by no means includes
all the plants that can be found in Springfield. Large areas are still to
be studied and the museum invites additions to this preliminary list.
The publication of these important records has been made possible
by Mr. Robert O. Morris through whose good offices part of the Horace
Smith and William A. Birnie funds have been made available for the
purpose.
Lectures and Credit Courses
Lecture courses have been especially gratifying. The total attendance
at twenty lectures was 2,303 persons, an average of 115 persons at each
lecture.
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 19
Two of the courses gave opportunity to work for academic credit,
certificates for which were issued to thirty-six teachers at the conclusion
of the series.
Prof. George H. Barton, Boston’s eminent geologist discussed The
Origin of Our Natural Scenery.
Prof. Warren K. Moorehead told of his study of New England Indian
Life.
Dr. George E. Dawson in seven lectures considered Measurement of
Intelligence and drew notable audiences.
The one lecture for which Dr. William B. Kirkham could be secured
this year dealt with The Present Status of Evolution.
Miss Fannie A. Stebbins conducted a series of well attended table
talks on Physiological Botany.
Mr. Arthur Wilson and Mr. Frederick Scott lectured under the joint
auspices of the Museum and The Allen Bird Club.
Story Telling
The children have had their lecture season also. On a dozen winter
Saturdays Miss Dorothea Clark told stories about animals to 780 very
much interested boys and girls.
Scouts
One hundred and thirty scouts from the city and adjoining towns
have used museum collections to aid them in securing merit badges,
and members of the museum staff have served as Scout examiners.
Teachers’ Meetings
Three hundred and fifty-three teachers have attended meetings called
by the supervisor of nature study who directed attention to museum fa-
cilities that were later used by teachers in nature study class work.
Classes
One thousand one hundred and eighty pupils have come to the mu-
seum with their teachers for general observation or for more definite
study of a particular subject. It is estimated that an equal number
have come without their teachers but for a special purpose.
Affiliated Societies
Seven hundred and thirty-four persons have attended the sessions of
various other organizations, and, added to these meetings of scouts,
classes, teachers and pupils, of which there have been 144, bringing to-
gether 5,479 persons, there has been the regular opening to the public
daily and Sunday throughout the year.
Contests for Prizes
One hundred and twenty-eight boys and girls competed for the Robert
QO. Morris prizes for correct recognition of birds. Ten girls and fourteen
boys were awarded amounts varying from fifty cents to three dollars,
and examinations showed a greatly increased acquaintance with birds.
20 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Thirty-three of the forty-seven boys and girls who tried for tree study
prizes received awards. These also were the gift of Mr. Morris who gen-
erously provided a total of fifty dollars for the two contests.
Naming the Trees
The work of identifying and labeling city trees is progressing, Mr.
Morris supplying funds for continuing this work. One hundred and fifty-
five trees now bear the neat metal markers, and with the season opening
the work will be resumed.
Gifts
Each year brings additions that as single objects or collections enrich
various departments. The past year has been no exception to the rule,
and to persons from whom such contributions have been received the
museum makes most grateful acknowledgment for much appreciated
gifts.
The Catharine L. Howard Library
In this busy year with its demands for information, the resources of
the Howard Library have been especially appreciated. Through books
it makes its intellectual contribution. Through the charm of its setting
it supplies an atmosphere without which the museum would lack a cer-
tain appeal. Through their interest and approval its members have
built strong friendships with the museum staff. Thus the loss of two of
its officers is keenly felt.
Their library is a memorial to a beloved teacher, established ‘‘in
gratitude for the beauty of her character and the inspiration of her
life’. In gratitude for the beauty of their characters and the inspiration
of their lives, a memory of Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Bowles will abide
with us.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE P. JOHNSON, Director.
Treasurer’s Report
For THE FiscaL YEAR ENDING ApRIL 30, 1924
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward from year 1922-1928......... $169.54
Appropriation from City of Springfield................ 150,499.98
Dog tax trom City of Springtield 2. Nyse 7,404.02
AGC H Wey Acamas tines i cee so Le aes 65.00
Eee ee Arrant Tats arg Wee UR INN. dance 50.00
Elizabeth D. Rice Bianciards fund. :..... 2... 2.0.65. 825.00
Panny, Hazard: ome Bundy). e yo yes Gk el Saas 200.00
Samuel and Rhoda Colton Booth fund................ 3,190.32
Omun is ennmiuer Mele eer kacl a een aie, We als Ly 300.00
Phesser iW |. Cmapiml PUNE, Gye Ge a ss sa ehel jk als 28 8 500.00
Shakes An MmMery FHMC Wie yu ee a eevee a Gaus gare 385.00
OS Ee Greenleaf fund fee tae ANE Rene ee 300.00
USES, Cr. FAA AAT: TUM! Coc). viele leigie shee eee asa ee 425.00
Josecarie and Julia, S. Hurlbut fund...) 03 bods ules 50.00
JEM s COTO ACRE LI | AMI Re le a ce 150.00
CharleerVieicinkham fami yo ococ ts veda ese 98 OS bread we 220.00
@havlesowMarem tuners Oe cke stl oie eS 250.00
Charles VMerriam, fam Soul Wiha) gee oss eds aed eos 385.00
Aa MOORE UMC sonatas dal Geis y a Wake ecu eroedes « 320.00
Manone rr eve MMM lass. Haw caress ayece's esa Sa Ste le es 250.00
Grace um@rillbminsie fund) Ayo. Loess he Odile CE 560.00
Joseph L. and Margaret H. Shipley fund.............. 130.00
GEOL bale PIN a Pe iy seid alc id clea vty abel oa 60.00
James Nis Mhompson funds ose i ye did slcdaaciie da ek 250.00
oy Valnerrea Mc: funny ene wir ean O WIN) he 40.00
aC AMV Gllst iumida Sena viet aa yd ee be et Ne 5,595.00
From Catherine L. Howard Library Association........ 130.26
Intereston, bank balances 2) 2).4)6 cas 5 de cee we see ss 422.43
Bees for overdetention of books 23/4264 4.5.60 6s cee) 8,608.43
Net receipts from duplicate collection................. 942.69
INOM-ReSIC EMG CATGSit i xets sam hiaipy eh ee gist e ale oageues oe 258.50
Anonymous Plt LOR MUSIC. oe hee cise ee ee 2s 60.00
Miscellaneous receipts. | ivcot nee ans vie clear bc ccs oe) 867.43
WM Oba ECCI ES: as tes Wiese en axe ia 4 sls ee $183,863.60
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES
Pnginiecrs jANItOrs, ANG WaALCOIMOAA 4 Oo a hie cle cs ese bc ak old de ate as $6,012.10
Ee leper een nN a Anes ta ia nnn a wet eve VE taal A 3e LigPalla a 4.34. ley isn 3,469.54
Insurance, repairs, care of grounds, and miscellany................. 3,947.35
Refund of money, porrowed from Porter fund)... 0 cheek eas che sa 1,000.00
PETA SLe ETE CONS cA Ce MUUCH ae fel ahs ieee oe Odie ards a dates ele eee 5m ails 4,000.00
interest oni mortgage less net: rents). 6.00)... 6065) a ede ee bes 3,115.12
$21,544.11
LIBRARY EXPENSES
oe wie Be WESC EAU AUER) 0 es BEA AI SO Ne a Ag nn $61,722.71
ead age BNE eo se OAS aA leu Nea aOR cy A res ANG a Re 2,696.92
Sedans SC HONG GER VICO sy sear iels i bi gie eh ky OE me Mees hi yo. 504.18
Tera Ge MR Me Maps itult ate challc giaely Kies cvsie ails Wiauaie ailcl sale « 2,728.00
22 CITY ‘LIBRARY “ASSOCIATION
Books:
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| 91610 100) ce UN Ney evn HE HAR PG AIDA CUA ehE MAT cla SARL,
| 6) 2101 6 eee NC Meena REN DOR eo thai NUNS AON coc. o.
Stationery. Ang) Supe S la UG eames Moen taNdy SENOn Nrcllal eee eee
Furniture and: she byrne cinta eisai neni MUNN ENE van Wane Coegars
152) @)21) a UM MEY nS URE REPS US RV A Mba MIM FURBO N A teas oa aE
Light amd Power ioe esi coe gE RA AEN Ce un ea ent U A cee ne
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Telephone ve cheese aU Tae a hye a a cue ee a ea
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Salaries amd! wages (si) ie Age Elen e a nN eee na coerce UR UN eg
Books; periodicals::and binding 2:4,0c.20 ake oan ite peas
Fuel, \light;'telephone, and miscellany... 22 0) Sees ae nee
Shelyvitag and cases Ue ee eis vee eie wl eli elateetale eo eieae Coane
SAATVES SING WA OS «sia de ds scire Gzrete areata: suet Rn eel tane a ate neice
Books periodicals, and binding ih ye tierra cetee eee eee ae
Fueliilight) telephone, and miscellany. oe anes ane
MEMORIAL SQUARE BRANCH
Salata yi ea dt ENE eG atc ete te eae Bae getee ee
Books; ‘periodicals, and binding, Ace ees Re een ere me re
Repairs and: farmitire 54 4c oi 8 6 ce sere Seana oe eR oe tee
Fuel, light, telephone, and miscellany....................0-
Art MUSEUM
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Hallof Sculpture, Salaries cco cn ie eee ae ele eee
Cleaning, light, repairs, and miscellany...................4.-
Cases and: catalogues cic iil). i) cenereues alec thea lake te Meanie Rape ae ena
$ 5,316.66
50.00
825.00
750.00
300.00
500.00
425.00
50.00
150.00
220.00
385.00
250.00
560.00
130.00
250.00
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5,661.74
1,635.15
2,255.10
935.77
1,679.75
2,151.72
5,823.08
$21,995.11
$4,919.66
1,887.83
908.30
$7,715.79
$11,209.29
6,523.68
528.32
1,692.78
$19,954.07
$5,812.76
492.80
2,686.28
1,235.00
$10,226.84
TREASURER’S REPORT 23
Museum or Naturau History
al ARIES AMG WAGESH ee ure cP Uby mien tdi saad tl aibal ly te halla ble Deilels ba Deb) $2,651.95
Books for Catharine I. (Howard Library! oho.) foe ee ele es 184.99
PignG. celepnones aid maiiscellam ys ike. tee dm giclee beelane 00d oe bleie ieieys 322.72
‘BSE PRE) UESHS Alt aa AON NR toot Bs a FRC al UR AR eA OS a 341.43
LUSYEUTITZSSS Te AR RM een ese dS Ie aH PI a NRE A a Pe 192.63
$3,693.72
MotalvexMeMemlUGeS Nene ewe lae yale es ele cites aisles ys ole g oa $183,510.34
Bala mCe mm n eet as ete acs he GLUE ace! cid, unto beau gy tiga 353.26
$183,863.60
FuND FoR SciENCE MusEuM PUBLICATIONS
Altice awe Zimeme eet ie tide oid eete alec da bitin mie dtu Bale ale $16.66
Interest on two-fifths of $1,000.00 St. Louis and San Francisco 4’s.... 16.66
|S NEMEC Gy aT ESTO), (IES Vi AOS SI a aad sO AER ie a TAP LA eee $33.32
SHERMAN D. Porter FuND
RS VAM ee Va ye OO a MeN IE Raat ai ceutical rs Walls Agta were sicttreiidely ve /avieile lrsacellave cts $1,853.29
Interest on $1,000.00 Adams Express 4’s.............. $40.00
Interest on $3,000.00 Baltimore and Ohio 5’s.......... 150.00
Interest on $3,000.00 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 4’s
(ELEN a) Boh Us RI RE Hee JN See Come AL a i EL 60.00
Interest on $1,000.00 New York Central 6’s........... 60.00
Interest on $2,000.00 Sinclair Oil 7’s...........0.....: 140.00
Dividends on 20 shares Pacific Oil Stock.............. 40.00
Dividends on 20 shares Southern Pacific stock......... 120.00
orterest, om bankobalamce sii. ova ualiatae alee adehele egies 23.07
Refunded) |)... (iI Tie TR feed La AALS At Bo cle SOO 1,000.00 1,633.07
$3,486.36
Purchase of $3,000.00 Chicago, Rock Island and
U EPE PEN ERE SACOM EN RS UD TUR Re a lat eS A 2, 23150
Lo RENT WaN oval RS. O)MI 0-2 SS aN Ug ae ee Ce $1,254.86
DenTAL Lisprary FuND
LEC ATA Grew IAN IG AIAN LCT GRC SUN CAA AON Ue eel De RE $23.34
Interest on three-fifths of $1,000.00 St. Louis and San Francisco 4’s. . 23.34
J 5YeiT ben ses Wey ayia Ui] OMe 272 DA HE a a Me a $46.68
CHARLES M. KirkHaM FuND FOR BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS
Es ATICe WVAGE VAL LO esi HAN ap Aiaiey i onucM MER UNG SHU SUAOMMU MRL ARMANI UK KS banc Ii $824.48
Interest on $3,000.00 Southern Pacific 4’s............. $120.00
Interest on $2,500.00 American Telephone and Tele-
real O82 SS ae RON cl I RUS SRS NN Dd i 100.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Baltimore and Ohio 5’s................ 50.00
Interest on $1,000.00 Remington Arms Company, 6’s
GLGU NEAR CMe a aia nn mune anD aa LCM TGNy ai IB) 30.00
inverest. om) bank alamo. iirc mii eM Ounce WLI i 9.78 309.78
$1,134.26
Purchase of $1,000.00 Remington Arms Company 6’s............... 940.00
EGS Velo IME AN NE a Re OR $194.26
24 CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
WILLIAM A. BIRNIE FUND
Balance May G19 23 oro kare nn ale chee Ae pene nia eRe
Interest on one-half of $1,000.00 Sinclair Oil 7’s.......... ;
Balance April’ 30) 1O24 cs so Seale te eae ne saa
OG. \e- ese. pve: <8
SAMUEL AND RuHoDA CoutTon BootH FuNpD
Balance (May NA 1O23 ssi are 8 ne ea Te ler ele eee
>icsl(p)) ecetielte: Fels
Casha ceed (00.0 burs cine 1 ety eaten) seaateo avAm paeaa $41,771.40
Cash difference on $3,000.00 Goodyear Tire and Rubber
8’s called and new bonds purchased........... 124.00
‘Pransterred: from General fund .3 ae, ale aaee ee 57.18
Less:
Amount used for purchase of the following:
$10;000.00 Remington'!Arms 6's). 4-4 eect ee 9,688.33
S10;000:00sUnited, Drags8 sah aie ieee een ee eer 11,347.89
$9;000-00;Adams Sixpress:4’si i 2en i emrtee e ie eee 6,480.73
$14,000.00 American Smelting and Refining 6’s.... 14,402.66
Balance! April’ 30, TO24 2 sin MAS eh Ae alien naar ge CU a tea a
CHARLES EMERY FuND
Cagle TECeived ys sisi ete Cues ie ak ae ey eto to ea Om ceca $13,153.45
Imterest-on bank balance soy oe ee We eoneel ele ok 113.45
Less:
Purchase of $14,000 Rochester Gas and Electric 514’s...............
Balance April SO AO2 4 oe sk le cs Ware tage ee ai Bae el ee
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Balance Mary by 1925 iy oo ic lees ae pen Mth ee eee OTe yk
Received from Springfield Institution for Savings on
mortgage of. $100, COO00 is 3 A ieee: cc $8,000.00
Sale of Taylor collection of old-china... oss. 9820.43 2,700.00
Tnterest‘on bank, balance). 0 3 i o4 Coen ion cise Wise ees 21.16
Less:
Payments on construction of Art Museum wing........ $4,679.37
Show cases for Art Museum wing Lis cela chen RMR RE 3,564.00
Balance April. 80; 19242. c2 occ sass eet ce eae deen eee nee
Stack FunpD
From gifts and ‘duplicate and sale material.>-. 3). os wean se a
Cash“recerved/tromiGeneral, Pang ih UN yy. ae eee rin ern oe
Interest.on bani: balances oso. CAC eee eee ee ce eee
Balance April30) 19245 cet ics aie crew Ot car ee © ete a
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WERSITY INOIS
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35.00
$70.00
$89.08
$41,952.58
$42,041.66
41,919.61
$122.05
13,266.90
13,266.90
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10,721.16
11,051.15
8,243.37
$2,807.78
$1,480.21
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