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interest in a project for starting a sea-side laboratory, and his 

 aid was sought by the Woman's Education Association in their 

 efforts in this direction. 



It was proposed that there should be a permanent institution, 

 incorporated, and supported by the educational institutions of 

 the country. There is no name more prominent in this move- 

 ment than that of Professor Sedgwick. He was one of the 

 original seven trustees, served on committees, suggested and 

 helped carry out plans for raising funds, enlisted the aid of 

 benevolent Bostonians, and not least among his activities was 

 the effort to master the practical details concerned with the 

 living conditions in Woods Hole. 



He spent the summer of 1888 in this vicinity looking after 

 the interests of the Laboratory. His devotion to the Laboratory 

 during the earliest and most critical period of its history will be 

 remembered and cherished by the friends of the Laboratory. A 

 life-long friend, Dr. E. B. Wilson, has written an appreciation 

 which it is hoped will find a place among the records of the 

 Marine Biological Laboratory. 



Resolution on the death of Camillus G. Kidder, drawn up by 

 Dr. E.B.Wilson: 



The Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory record 

 with deep regret the death of Camillus G. Kidder, a member 

 of this Board since 1897, and always one of its highly valued 

 friends and loyal supporters. Both Mr. Kidder and his brother, 

 Dr. Jerome H. Kidder, were among the earliest of the summer 

 residents at Woods Hole, and both were from the beginning 

 in close touch with the biological work here carried on, through 

 their close friendship with Spencer F. Baird and his associates 

 in the U. S. Fish Commission. From the first Mr. Kidder 

 showed a sympathetic interest in Baird's plans for the larger 

 development of that work. A conspicuous example of this, and 

 one that should have a place in the annals of the Marine Biologi- 

 cal Laboratory, was the early purchase by himself and Dr. 

 Kidder, at Baird's suggestion, of the land on which the new 

 laboratory now stands, in order to hold it in friendly hands with 

 a view to the possible later development of Baird's plans. When 

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