52 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 



tiimes that have been worn at state and other important functions, 

 principally by the ladies of the White House. The subject, which 

 is one that has received much attention abroad, was taken up for 

 the Museum on the initiative of Mrs. Julian James, who is giving 

 largely of her time to the plaiming and direction of the work, and to 

 the gathering of the requisite materials. She is being ably assisted 

 by Mrs. R. R. Hoes, and has received material aid from Mrs. Hunt 

 Slater, Mrs. Chi^istian D. Hemmick, Miss Katharine Mimmack, Miss 

 Clementina Furniss, Mrs. Henry White, Mrs. E. F. Andrews, Mrs. 

 Dickinson Jewett, Miss Amaryllis Gillett, Mrs. C. Albert Hill, and 

 Mrs. P. M. Rixey. 



Important permanent contributions to the collection were made 

 by Miss Clementina Furniss, of New York, and Mrs. S. E. Cummings 

 and Miss L. L. Lander, of Washington, Mrs. Cummings' donation 

 consisting of 159 articles, including costumes, laces, jewelry, fans, 

 purses, and other accessories worn by ladies and gentlemen prior to 

 1825. The loans, which were numerous and valuable, were received 

 from Mr. Edward Rutledge Pinckney and Capt. Thomas Pinckney, 

 of Charleston, S. C. ; Mrs. WilUam M. Ellis, of Shawsville, Va. ; Mrs. 

 Mary B. Barber, of Canton, Ohio; the Misses Forsyth, of Kingston, 

 N. y.; Mrs. George W. Fall, of Nashville, Tenn.; Miss May S. Ken- 

 nedy, of Charlestown, W. Va.; Mrs. C. C. Cooley, of Baltimore, Md.; 

 and Mrs. John Southgate Tucker, Mrs. J. Hough Cottman, Mrs. P. 

 M. Rixey, and Mrs. Julian James, of Washington. 



WorTc of the preparators. — The principal work carried on was in 

 continuation of the preparation of exhibits for the public halls, and 

 especially the modeHng, casting, painting, and installation of lay 

 figures for the ethnological and historical costume collections, in con- 

 nection with which the services of Mr. H. W. Hendley were mainl}^ 

 utilized. Numerous figures, modeled in clay and cast in plaster, 

 were also made by Mr. U. S. J. Dunbar, sculptor, partly for the 

 Museum, but chiefly for the Panama-CaMfornia Exposition, and Mr. 

 Frank Micka, sculptor, was likewise employed to prepare anthropo- 

 logical exhibits for the same exposition. 



ExTiihition collections. — With the opening up in April, 1913, of the 

 large hall devoted to prehistoric archeology, the entire exhibition 

 space allotted to the department of anthropology in the new building 

 became accessible to the public. While the installations are gen- 

 erally well classified and displayed, they are to a large extent still 

 tentative, and subject to additions and improvement. Much also 

 remains to be done to complete the labeling. 



Explorations. — Two trips were made during the year by the head 

 curator of the department, Mr. William H. Holmes, for the purpose 

 of exploring archeological localities and of obtaining data relating 

 to collections wliich had been acquired by the Museum. The fu-st 



