parts. Work was completed on the newly located children's cloak 

 room in the north corridor, ground floor. 



The Registrar's office was extended to include a small area under 

 the north stairs, fitted to serve as a mail distribution room. 



Eighty-one window frames and sashes, principally on the third 

 floor, were repaired. Two court skylights were re-covered with 

 insulating material and reroofed, and the photographer's operating 

 room skylight was repaired. The major portion of the fourth floor 

 roof was recoated. Considerable tuckpointing, caulking and 

 masonry repairs were done. The flag poles were painted. 



The monolith displayed in Stanley Field Hall in connection with 

 the Museum's fiftieth anniversary celebration, was designed and 

 erected. Eight cases were prepared to house the photographic 

 exhibit, "Lenses on Nature," on display during the celebration. 



Signs with the Museum's new name were made and installed at 

 the north and south entrances. A contract was let to revise the 

 lettering on the bronze name plate above the north door, and on 

 the Benefactors' and Contributors' standards in Stanley Field Hall. 



A limited amount of wall washing and painting was done during 

 the year, but wartime priorities on materials, and the shortage of 

 manpower available for such work, made it impossible to maintain 

 customary standards. 



In the Department of Geology, ten case bases were constructed 

 for the Division of Paleontology, and six cases were remodeled in 

 Ernest R. Graham Hall (Hall 38). A large opening was cut into 

 Room 100. 



For the Department of Zoology, several bookcases were made 

 and other improvements effected in the department library and Chief 

 Curator's office. Six case fronts in Hall were remodeled with slop- 

 ing view glasses to overcome reflections. Hall M (lower inverte- 

 brates) was relocated in a space vacated by the Department of 

 Anthropology (a portion of Hall L), to provide a better location for 

 the projected whale hall. Nine wall cases were built. Five cases in 

 Albert W. Harris Hall (Hall 18) were remodeled, and a new case was 

 built. A drying case and a metal-covered dissecting table were 

 constructed for Room 85 (Anatomy), and a work counter, a labora- 

 tory table, and a bookcase were made and installed. 



Eleven cases were made and installed in Hall B, for the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology. 



Three boilers were retubed and other boiler repairs were made. 

 New buckets were installed on the coal conveyor. The coal lorry 



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