PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF RECJENTS. XV 



SANTA FE PALACE. 



The SeiTctiiry said tliat the governor of New Mexico liud oiVered to 

 tninsfer to the Institution an aneient Spanish pahice in Santa Fe, on 

 condition that it he maintained, without cost to the State, as a nuiseuni 

 of the archteoloyv of the S(nithwest. After discussion the Board 

 decided that it was inadvisabh' to accept tlie proposition. 



TllK CARNECIE INSTITUTION. 



The Secretar}' said that since the foundation of the Smithsonian 

 Institution there had perhaps occurred no event of more importance 

 to it than the foundation of a new institution — the Carnegde Institu- 

 tion — whose dechired aims and g-oneral purposes were nearly those 

 which the Institution has hitherto considered its own. ^Ir. Carnegie 

 invited the Secretary of the Smithsonian to l)ecome a mcm])er of the 

 ))oard of trustees for the management of this fund, in the foUowing 

 letter: 



Dkckmiskk 27, I'JOl. 



Deak ^\h: I am ulxjut to tianslVr tni iiiillioiiH of ."> pci- enit l)onds to a body of 

 trustees for tlie pur])Oses described in the inclosed paper. A list of the trustees 

 selected is also inclosed. 



It will be a source of much j)leasure to me if you -will kindly (-(.nsent to serve. 



Truly yours, 



Andrew Caknecie. 

 The Secketaky of the Smitmsoniax Ixstitftion. 



The letter was accompanied l)y a list of the trustees and by a state- 

 ment of the considerations which led to the establishment of the foun- 

 dation. The Secretary read the articles of incorporation of the new 

 institution, and stated that after conference with the Chancellor and 

 the chairman of the executive committee, lie had accepted the trustee- 

 ship in the following- terms, coiulitionally on the approval of the board: 



Decemhek :>!, I'.H)1. 

 Dear Sn:: 1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of y<iur conununication <if the 27th 

 instant, with the accom])anying papers outlining the general purpose of an institution 

 or establishment which you pro^iose to found in the city of Washington for the 

 encouragement of research and kindred purjioses, and also inclosing a list of proposed 

 trustees, in which you are good enough to name the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution as an ex oflicio member. 



It will give me, personally, great pleasure, with the consent of the Regents, to 

 accept membership upon this board, and I desire to t'X[>re.ss my sense of warm recog- 

 nition of the large purposes whidi \\ii\v ins])ircd you to makc^ this nohk; benefaction. 

 I accept such membership in the alxsence of knowledge as to details, l)ut in the full 

 confidence of a symj)athy with your general purpose. 



Very respectfully, yours, S. 1*. JjANolev, 



tSecn'l((r!i. 

 Andrew CAKNEcn-;, Esq., 



No. 5 Jl&si Fiftu-fiflli SI reel, Xcir York Cilij. 



