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typewriting items; the cataloguing of some 4,000 birds; the tagging 

 of 8,000 fishes; the cleaning of more than 1,000 large and 3,000 

 small and medium-sized skulls; pinning of about 1,200 insects; and 

 various routine tasks. 



From two to twelve relief workers have been assigned to the 

 Division of Printing where they assisted in the type composition 

 and other work on publications, exhibition labels, etc. In the 

 Division of Photography relief workers made 12,800 photographic 

 prints, and prepared 30,500 catalogue cards. A vast amount of 

 typing and clerical work of various kinds was performed by relief 

 workers in the Library, the Division of Publications, Division of 

 Public Relations, Division of Memberships, and the Raymond 

 Foundation. In the Maintenance Division ten relief workers assisted 

 the Museum forces in various tasks. 



The Art Research Classes conducted at the Museum in coopera- 

 tion with the Art Institute of Chicago were continued on the 

 expanded and diversified plans inaugurated in 1933. This was the 

 second year in which, in addition to the original class in drawing, 

 painting and illustration with an enrollment of some fifteen students, 

 there were conducted also a separate training class for art teachers 

 with an enrollment of thirty students; and a summer class for 

 teachers and others whose employment makes it impossible for them 

 to attend the autumn, winter and spring courses, with fourteen 

 students. Mr. John Gilbert Wilkins, of the faculty of the School 

 of the Art Institute, who has been in charge of these classes since 

 1922, states that the students have produced much work of re- 

 markably high quality in the various branches of art studied — 

 drawing, painting, design and sculpture. The Museum exhibits are 

 used as subjects by these students, and the Museum provides a 

 classroom with working facilities to aid in their instruction and to 

 give them a place for the development of their ideas. Many of the 

 graduates, Mr. Wilkins reports, have met with notable success in 

 professional art fields, some having attracted nationwide attention 

 as creative artists, and others having reached a high pinnacle as 

 teachers of art. 



In addition to the classes in art research, which are composed 

 of advanced students, the classes of young children inaugurated in 

 1932 by the Saturday School of the Art Institute have been continued 

 at Field Museum. The enrollment in these in 1934 was 74, and 

 included children ranging from fourth grade pupils to those of high 

 school age. 



