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THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 5 CHARLESTON. S. C, JANUARY, 1909 No. 1 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUSEUM 

 FOR THE YEAR '908 



The occupation of the offices and workrooms in the new build- 

 ing, the transfer and installation of the library, the opening of a 

 public reading room, and the removal of a large quantity of the 

 smaller specimens from the College to the storage cases in the 

 new Museum, constitute the most important events of the past 

 year. 



The completion of the building, the raising of funds for install- 

 ation of the collections, and the publication of the first of a series 

 of "Contributions" of a research character, are the problems of 

 the coming year. 



HISTORY OF THE flUSEUM 



Mr. William G. Mazyck's investigations into the history of 

 the Museum have been supplemented by a note in the December 

 issue of the Bulletin, showing that the Museum was trans- 

 ferred in 1828 from Chalmers St. to the Medical College on Queen 

 Street. 



The Director is indebted to Mr. John Bennett for bringing to 

 his attention an advertisement of the Museum appearing in the 

 <Ni Charleston Courier for November 28, 1827, which is printed below 



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