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Large collections of material representing the Indian and Eskimo 

 tribes of Alaska came to (lie department of anthropology through 

 the field work there by Di-. Ales Ilrdlicka and :^^r. Henry B. Col- 

 lins, jr. There may also be mentioned an ethnological collection 

 from Nigeria and the gold and ivory coasts of Africa, from Mr. 

 C. C. Roberts; prayer stones and other objects of a religious nature 

 from Tibet, presented by Mr. Charles S. Isham; and ethnological 

 material from the Dominican Republic collected by Mr. II. W. 

 Krieger. 



Among tlie great amount of material received by the department 

 of biology there stand out extensive collections given by the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society, including birds and plants brought from 

 western China by Dr. Joseph F. Rock and insects and plants from 

 northern Brazil collected by Mr. E. G. Holt; further general natural 

 history collections made in China by the Rev. D. C. Graham; bi- 

 ological material from Siani from Dr. Hugh M. Smith; and a very 

 complete series of birds' eggs from Mr. A. C. Bent. 



The most important single object received by the department of 

 geology was tlie great flawless crj'stal ball 12% inches in diameter 

 presented by Mrs. Worcester Reed Warner as a memorial to her 

 husband. Through the income of the Roebling fund and of the 

 Frances Lea Chamberlain fund, a considerable number of fine min- 

 eral specimens and gem stones were added to tlie collections. 

 Through the field work of Resser, Gilmore, Gidley, and others of 

 the Museum stuff, large and valuable collections of fossils have been 

 added. 



Many interesting accessions came to the arts and industries de- 

 partment, prominent among them being the gift by Mr. Rudolph 

 Eickemeyer of a large series of examples of his own work in pic- 

 torial photographj', together with a library of works on photography. 

 Mr. Eickemeyer has provided in his will a fund for the care of the 

 collection. The division of history received among other historical 

 material five pieces of china used in the White House by President 

 James Madison, presented by Miss Mary M. McGuire, and a gown 

 worn by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge presented for the costume collection 

 by Mrs. Coolidge. 



A large number of field expeditions went out under the direction 

 of members of the Museum staff, financed chiefly by the private 

 income of the Smithsonian Institution or through the aid of inter- 

 ested friends and i)atrons. These expeditions are described briefly 

 in the report of the National Museum, Appendix 1. 



The lecture rooms and auditorium of the ^Museum were used by 

 Government and other agencies for hearings, meetings, and lectures 

 to the number of 13."). Visitors to the Museum totalled 1.894,989 for 

 the year. Sixteen volumes and 35 pamphlets were published, and 

 87,323 copies of Mu.seum j)uhlications were distiibuted. 



