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were loaned to the Central Branch of the Y.W.C.A.; three cases of 

 wild flowers were exhibited in the booth of the Illinois Chapter of 

 the Wild Flower Preservation Society at Mandel Brothers' depart- 

 ment store; twelve cases were sent to the summer camp of the 

 United Charities of Chicago at Camp Algonquin, Illinois, and 

 twelve cases of insects and birds were on display in the Hall of 

 Science at A Century of Progress exposition. 



Each year requests are also received and granted for the loan 

 of cases to museums and other civic organizations for the purpose 

 of illustrating the desirability of establishing similar educational 

 services in other communities. Such loans were made to the Museum 

 of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, Cincinnati, Ohio; to 

 the Florida State Museum at Gainesville; and to the Museum 

 Section of the Civic Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



Thirty new cases were produced during the year, 237 were 

 repaired, and forty-six were completely reinstalled. Many of the 

 reinstallations required the preparation of new specimens, new 

 accessories, and the tinting and installation of backgrounds. This 

 work occupied the major portion of the Department staff's time. 

 Twenty cases which had become unserviceable on account of long 

 usage, fading or deterioration of specimens or materials, or irreparable 

 damage, were permanently withdrawn from circulation. There 

 remained at the end of the year 1,214 exhibits available for use. 

 All cases were inspected, and thoroughly cleaned and polished during 

 the year. New label copy was written for thirty-eight subjects. 

 The work begun in 1932 of replacing all old style black and white 

 labels with the buff type adopted as standard was completed in 

 1934, the last 114 cases being thus equipped. 



The ceilings and side walls of the Acting Curator's office, the 

 two large rooms used for storage of cases, and the shop of the cabinet- 

 maker were washed and, where needed, repainted. The three labora- 

 tories and their accessory cabinets and cases were also cleaned, and 

 repainted in lighter colors, thus affording better light for working. 

 The labor in connection with these improvements was performed by 

 workers assigned by the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission. 



THE JAMES NELSON AND ANNA LOUISE RAYMOND 



FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND 



CHILDREN'S LECTURES 



As in past years the James Nelson and Anna Louise Raymond 

 Foundation has provided various series of lectures and entertain- 



