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Contents 



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Former Members of the Board of Trustees 10 



Former Officers 11 



Board of Trustees 1959 12 



List of Staff 1959 13 



Report of the Director 21 



Special Events 23 



Special Exhibits 25 



Staff Changes 26 



Volunteers 26 



Trustees and Officers 27 



Attendance 28 



Lecture Programs for Adults 28 



James Nelson and Anna Louise Raymond Foundation 29 



The N. W. Harris Public School Extension 33 



Members' Night 34 



Membership 34 



Expeditions and Field Trips in 1959 36 



Gifts to the Museum 37 



Department of Anthropology 41 



Department of Botany 53 



Department of Geology 59 



Department of Zoology 67 



Library of the Museum 79 



Co-operation with Other Institutions 82 



Scientific and Professional Societies 91 



Public Relations 95 



Motion Pictures 96 



Cafeteria and Lunchroom 98 



Photography and Illustration 98 



The Book Shop 99 



Publications and Printing 99 



Maintenance, Construction, and Engineering 107 



Attendance and Door Receipts Ill 



Financial Statements 112 



Accessions 1959 118 



Members of the Museum 126 



Benefactors 126 



Honorary Members 126 



Patrons 126 



Corresponding Members 126 



