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THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 4 CHARLESTON, S. C, JANUARY, 1908 No. 1 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE flUSEUfl 

 FOR THE YEAR 1907 



The distinction of being the oldest museum in America, 

 which has come to the Charleston Museum through the his- 

 torical investigations of Mr. Wm, G. Mazyck; important im- 

 provements in organization, especially the compiling of 

 records, and extension of educational work made possible by 

 an increased staff; the assurance of a new building and the 

 steadily growing interest and support of the public have been 

 the achievements of the past year. 



Of the needs of the Museum the Director desires to empha- 

 size two. The first is the imperative necessity of immediate 

 provision for the employment of a trained librarian for the 

 proper care of the library. The second is the need of a per- 

 manent endowment adequate to give reasonable assurance 

 of the ability of the Museum to care permanently for mate- 

 rial entrusted to it. 



History of the Museum 



oc The investigations of Mr. Wm. G. Mazyck constitute the 



^ important contribution of the year to the history of the 



**" Museum. These, with articles published in 1906, establish 



y^ the fact that the Museum was in existence under the auspices 



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