GIFTS TO THE MUSEUM 



The Museum received $122,216.04 for the Martin A. and Carrie 

 Ryerson Fund from the distribution of the William Dwight Darrow 

 Trust Fund established by Mrs. Ryerson, $20,000 from the Shirley 

 Farr Bequest Fund, and $698.14 from the estate of the late Mrs. 

 Abby K. Babcock. Stanley Field gave $34,500, of which $5,240.20 

 was for refund of the operating deficit of the Museum and $29,259.80 

 for endowment. Dr. Maurice L. Richardson, of Lansing, Michigan, 

 added $2,250 to the Maurice L. Richardson Paleontological Fund; 

 Sewell L. Avery, Trustee, gave $1,000 to the Dinosaur Fund (see 

 Annual Report 1954, page 21) ; Miss Margaret Conover, of Chicago, 

 added $825 more to the Conover Game-bird Fund, which was 

 established by her brother, the late Boardman Conover, a Trustee 

 of the Museum and Research Associate in the Division of Birds; 

 and C. Suydam Cutting, of New York, an Honorary Member 

 of the Museum, added $750 to the C. Suydam Cutting Fund. The 

 Herbarium Purchase Fund received $2,000 from an anonymous 

 donor, $500 from Louis Ware, Trustee, and $100 from George A. 

 Richardson, Trustee. By their gifts in his memory Museum em- 

 ployees established the Commander Frank V. Gregg Memorial 

 Fund, to which additional contributions were made by Lester 

 Armour, Wm. McCormick Blair, Stanley Field, John G. Searle, 

 and Clifford C. Gregg. 



The Gemological Institute of America gave $600 in appreciation 

 of the Museum's courtesies. Other gifts of funds came from Ameri- 

 can Psychoanalytic Association, George A. Bates, Wm. McCormick 

 Blair, Mrs. Sidney M. Bloss, Henry A. Bruckner, Peder A. Christen- 

 sen, Dr. Jack P. Cowan, Flexible Steel Lacing Company, Gaylord 

 Donnelley Foundation, Edgar Heymann, Samuel Insull, Jr., Kraft 

 Foods Company, Hughston M. McBain, Mrs. R. C. McQuillen, 

 National Society of Colonial Dames of America (Illinois), Oscar 

 Mayer Foundation, Incorporated, Henry Pope, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. 

 Reuben Schutz, Sigmund Silberman Foundation, Society of Colonial 

 Wars (Illinois), Miss Edith G. Turtle, and Mrs. Richard Zickman. 



Those who have given $1,000 to $100,000 in money or materials 

 are elected Contributors by the Board of Trustees (see page 112 for 

 roster of Contributors). Contributors elected in 1956 are: Albert 

 L. Arenberg, Mrs. Claire S. Arenberg, Dr. J. Ernest Carman, 

 Miss La Verne Hand, Dr. Ernest Lundelius, Dr. Orlando Park, and 

 Miss Elisabeth Telling. Gifts of materials received during the year 

 are listed at the end of this Report (see page 100) and under the 

 heading "Accessions" in the reports of the scientific departments. 



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