Articles of Incorporation 



STATE OF ILLINOIS 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE 



William H. Hinrichsen, Secretary of State 



To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: 



Whereas, a Certificate duly signed and acknowledged having been filed in the 

 oflfice of the Secretary of State, on the 16th day of September, a.d. 1893, for the 

 organization of the COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO, under and in 

 accordance with the provisions of "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved 

 April 18, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872, and all acts amendatory thereof, a copy 

 of which certificate is hereto attached. 



Now, therefore, I, William H. Hinrichsen, Secretary of State of the State of 

 Illinois, by virtue of the powers and duties vested in me by law, do hereby certify 

 that the said COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO is a legally organized 

 Corporation under the laws of this State. 



In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the 

 Great Seal of State. Done at the City of Springfield, this 16th day of September, 

 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the 

 Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth. 



W. H. HINRICHSEN, 

 [Seal] Secretary of State. 



TO HON. WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN, 



Secretary of State: 

 Sir: 



We, the undersigned citizens of the United States, propose to form a cor- 

 poration under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled 

 "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved April 18, 1872, and all acts amenda- 

 tory thereof; and that for the purposes of such organization we hereby state as 

 follows, to- wit: 



1. The name of such corporation is the "COLUMBIAN MUSEUM OF 

 CHICAGO." 



2. The object for which it is formed is for the accumulation and dissemi- 

 nation of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating 

 Art, Archaeology, Science and History. 



3. The management of the aforesaid museum shall be vested in a Board of 

 Fifteen (15) Trustees, five of whom are to be elected every year. 



4. The following named persons are hereby selected as the Trustees for the 

 first year of its corporate existence: 



Edward E. Ayer, Charles B. Farwell, George E. Adams, George R. Davis, 

 Charles L. Hutchinson, Daniel H. Burnham, John A. Roche, M. C. Bullock, 

 Emil G. Hirsch, James W. Ellsworth, Allison V. Armour, 0. F. Aldis, Edwin 

 Walker, John C. Black and Frank W. Gunsaulus. 



5. The location of the Museum is in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, 

 and State of Illinois, 



(Signed) 



George E. Adams, C. B. Farwell, Sidney C. Eastman, F. W. Putnam, Robert 

 McCurdy, Andrew Peterson, L. J. Gage, Charles L. Hutchinson, Ebenezer 



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