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plan. T' '-..r irr.ii::u-nl "I i;ii i;; ,/• .villlx-Mn liarmony w*ith that 



o( ihr n.i :. : ;.'..:;,; .md it will be cquippc\i w»th every modem appliimce 

 for fa».u;t'. a:. \ i <>:;;:'i.rt- 



Thc Tru. itxs luivc named the large hxdl along the east side of the 

 Department o( BoUiny on the second 6oor of the new building in booor 

 o( Mrs. Stanley F: : In this hall will be installed the collections in 

 plant reproduction, for which expensive and elaborate work under the 

 direction of the Department of Botany, Nfrs. Field has provided the 

 e«ential funds. It v^-ill he known as Sara C. Field Hall. 



The plaster nxxlel of the new Mu.scum building, which has been oo 

 exhibition in the Rotunda of the present building for several years, by 

 vote of the Board of Trustees has been pre<%nted to the Architectural 

 School of Armour Institute. 



The Woman's Temple building, located at the comer of La SaUe and 

 Adams streets, mortgage upon which was given to the Museum by Mar- 

 shall Field Ixiforc his death and which mortgage was foreclosed after 

 years of default, was sold to the State Bank of Chicago during the month 

 of May, and the proceeds added to the capital of the General Fund. 



In order to increase the income to a sum demanded by the extended 

 9cr\'icc of the pul)lic schools by The N, W. Harris Public School Ex- 

 tension of Field Museum of Natural History, the heirs of the late Nor- 

 man W. Harris, who provided the foundation for the Extenaon, have 

 donated to the Museum the simi of $25,000.00. 



Trustee William Wriglcy, Jr., having granted an exclusive pri\'ilcK'c 

 to the Museum to sur\'ey, excavate and collect archaological material 

 on Catalina Island, the Museimi, by permission of the grantor, entered 

 in an arranj;cment with the Museum of the American Indian of New 

 York City to prosecute scientific investigation on this island for the 

 period of two years. An expedition for this purpose is to be com- 

 missioned by Mr. George G. Hcye, President of the Museum of the 

 American Indian, early in 1920. 



A gift of unusual interest came from President Field; a Chinese 

 doisonn^ figure, perfect in execution and rich in color, about twenty- 

 two inches high, representing a Grand Lama of the Buddhist Chiuch of 

 Tibet. Upon comparison with other iniages, the statue is identified as a 

 portrayal of Pal-dan-ye-she, a church dignitary only next in rank to 

 the Dalai Lama of .Lhasa, and known as the Tashi Lama. Extended 

 reference to this donation is made elsewhere. 



An important accession during the year consisted of the private bo- 

 tanical coUection of Mr. Edward T. Harper of Geneseo, Illinois. This 

 ooQection is composed of 10,000 fungi, x 0,000 flowering plants, over 

 800 titles of books and pamphlets and approximately 1,500 photograph 



