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DONATIONS 



The donations to the Museum during the year have been 

 many and valuable, and presage what may be expected v^hen 

 adequate housing facilities are provided. A detailed list of 

 the accessions to the Museum is given in the appendix to the 

 Director's report. Attention may here be called to a few of 

 the more notable donations and accessions. 



SPECIAL ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM AND ACADEMY's 



EQUIPMENT 



1. Through the generosity of Mr. Wm. M. Fitzhugh, of 

 San Francisco, the Academy has received as a loan deposit 

 the entire collection of Indian baskets, pottery, blankets, and 

 miscellaneous objects, assembled by the late Professor and 

 Mrs. T. S. C. Lowe of Pasadena, Cal. This collection com- 

 prises 1430 baskets and more than 300 pieces of pottery and 

 other objects of Indian manufacture or use. 



Mr. Fitzhugh has generously offered to meet all the expenses 

 of installing these collections in the Museum in the most ap- 

 proved cases, and all expenses incident to the proper labelling 

 and cataloguing of the specimens. 



It is easy to see that this will make one of the most attrac- 

 tive exhibits in our new Museum building. 



2. At the instance of Mr. Otto von Geldern, Mr. Thomas 

 Davidson, son of the late Professor George Davidson, long 

 an active member and sometime President of the Academy, 

 has generously donated to the Academy a large collection, 

 comprised in 24 large boxes, of minerals and other geological 

 specimens. 



3. Mr. Chas. E. Green, member of the Board of Trustees, 

 donated to the Academy a Beck binocular microscope with 

 eleven objectives (ranging from 4 inch to 1/25 inch), several 

 eye pieces, and numerous accessories. The original cost of 

 this microscope was over $1000. Although not a modern in- 

 strument it is nevertheless valuable. 



4. Dr. Robert E. Coker, Director of the United States 

 Bureau of Fisheries Biological Station at Fairport, Iowa, and 

 acting for the Bureau, has donated to the Academy a collec- 

 tion of Unionidse or freshwater mussels containing 423 speci- 



