34 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1915. 



N". During the past year the mounting of the entire collection was 

 completed, and the 20th century part of the collection was installed 

 as far as the letter P. 



Historical costumes. — This collection was very considerably in- 

 creased during the year, through the continued efforts of Mrs. Julian 

 James and Mrs. E. G. Hoes, of Washington, 376 objects, comprised 

 in 37 accessions, having been received. Most important was mate- 

 rial for the representation, by means of draped figures, of four 

 hostesses of the White House additional to those accounted for in 

 the last report. The articles were all acquired as loans, and may be 

 briefly described as follows : 



For the administration of President Zachary Taylor, 1849-50, a 

 costume worn at this period by Betty Taylor, daughter of the Presi- 

 dent, consisting of a dress, with kerchief, of sage-green silk grena- 

 dine, having a Scotch plaid border and trimmed with "moss" and 

 silk fringe. Accompanying the dress are a white lace and black 

 velvet collarette, a pair of black silk mitts and a fine linen handker- 

 chief embroidered with the name " Betty." For this apparel the 

 Museum is indebted to Miss Mary S. Buchanan, of Winchester, Va. 

 For the administration of President Millard Fillmore, 1850-53, a 

 lavender silk dress, including skirt and bodice, worn at the White 

 House by Mrs. Fillmore, and deposited by Mrs. J. D. Larkin, of 

 Buffalo, N. Y. For the administration of President Franklin Pierce, 

 1853-57, a dress of black moire covered with black tulle embroidered 

 in silver tinsel, worn by Mrs. Pierce on the occasion of the inaugura- 

 tion of the President on March 4, 1853, received from Mrs. John M. 

 Corse, of Boston, Mass. For the administration of President Grover 

 Cleveland, a dress consisting of a low-cut bodice and umbrella- 

 shaped skirt; the former of the same \)^\q green brocade silk as the 

 skirt, trimmed with rose-colored velvet, the shoulders decorated with 

 butterflies of cream lace and iridescent spangles ; the latter brocaded 

 with American Beauty roses; worn by Mrs. Cleveland during the 

 first administration of Mr. Cleveland, 1885-89. This costume was 

 deposited by Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, of Princeton, N. J. 



Among the other additions were many of interest and note. A 

 collection of the wearing apparel of Thomas Jefferson used when en- 

 gaged in his daily pursuits at Monticello, consisting of doeskin, 

 nankin, and seersucker breeches, a homespun linen shirt, a hand-knit 

 sock, and white cambric stock bearing the initials " T. J.," and also a 

 white linen sleeping bag carried by Mr. Jefferson on his long horse- 

 back rides, were lent by Miss Cornelia J. Taylor and Mrs. William 

 Mann Kandolph, of Charlottesville, Va. Several costumes which 

 belonged to Mrs. James Monroe, comprising a dress of white bro- 

 caded silk embroidered with silver, having a low-cut bodice and 



