Annual Report 



of the Director 



To the Trustees: 



I have the honor to present a report of the operation of the Museum 

 for the year ending December 31, 1958. 



From many points of view, the year was one of outstanding 

 accomplishment. The completion of remounting the Brontosaurus 

 in Ernest R. Graham Hall, a specimen that had been on display, 

 although incomplete, since the opening of this building in 1921, 

 marked a distinct achievement (see page 64). The skeleton of this 

 huge beast, 72 feet in length, is an imposing exhibit that dominates 

 the hall (Hall 38), 



The acquisition of the world-famous Filler Collection of ethno- 

 logical objects from the South Seas has made us second to none in 

 collections from Polynesia as well as from Melanesia (see pages 28 

 and 50) . The great service to science and to the Museum rendered 

 by Captain A. W. F. Fuller of London has been recognized by the 

 Board of Trustees in a resolution electing Captain FHiller a Patron 

 of the Museum (see page 128). The work of Curator Roland W. 

 Force of our own staff (see page 46) in documenting the collection 

 and completing all arrangements for its shipment to the Museum, 

 where it arrived in perfect condition, was noted by the Chicago 

 Junior Association of Commerce and Industry by designating 

 Curator Force one of the ten outstanding young men of Chicago 

 in 1958. It is an interesting coincidence that on October 3, while 



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