Preparator Henry U. Taylor, and Assistant Henry Horback of the 

 Department of Geology, James R. Shouba and Noren of the Division 

 of Maintenance, and Mr. Millar assisted with the exhibit. The 

 stamps were from the personal collection of the Director of the 

 Museum, Dr. Clifford C. Gregg (see page 77). 



The motion-picture programs for children on Saturday mornings 

 in spring and fall and on Thursday mornings in summer were 

 continued, with a slight decrease in attendance in spring, an increase 

 of more than 1,000 in fall, and a decrease of about 2,000 in summer. 

 Total attendance in spring (9 programs) was 5,118, in summer 

 (12 programs, 2 showings on each of the 6 Thursdays) 7,966, and 

 in fall (8 programs) 5,506. At the spring and fall programs our 

 series of Museum Stories were distributed to the children: "Bible 

 Plants" (9 stories by Marie Svoboda) and "Days of the Dinosaurs" 

 (8 stories by Dolla Cox Weaver). Extension-lecture service for the 

 Chicago public schools continued but in greatly reduced numbers 

 because of the increasing demand for programs in the Museum 

 (33 extension lectures were given to a total of 8,805 students) . 



The year's total attendance for Raymond Foundation of 112,922 

 (2,106 groups, see 1956 summary below) is approximately 11,500 

 more than that of the year before (1,811 groups, totaling 101,384). 

 Months with record attendance were February, March, October, 

 and November, with October breaking all records for any other 

 month in any year. There were waiting lists for seven out of the 

 twelve months, totaling 174 groups with an approximate total of 

 9,000 students waiting for possible cancellation. Summary follows : 



Activities within the Museum 



ror children Groups Attendance Groups Attendance 



Tours in Museum halls 1,242 50,223 



Lectures preceding tours ... . 416 25,385 



Motion-picture programs. . . 29 18,590 



Total 1,687 94,198 



For adults 



Tours in Museum halls 342 5,521 



Lectures preceding tours 44 4,398 



Total 386 9,919 



Extension Activities 



Chicago Public Schools 32 8,705 



Miscellaneous 1 100 



Total 33 8,805 



Total for Raymond Foundation Activities 2,106 112,922 



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