CONTENTS 



Page. 



Subjects v 



Letter of transmitta l vii 



Contents ix 



List of illustrations xi 



PART L 



Report of the Assistant Secretary. 



(iENERAI, rOXSIOKRATIONS. 



As a museum of record 8 



Asa museum of research 9 



As an educational museum 10 



Pressing needs of the Museum 12 



Important accessions and work ( )f the year. 15 



Reports of Head Curators. 



Report on the department of anthropology for tlie year 1899-1900 21 



Organization and personnel 21 



Department offices 21 



Exhibition cases 22 



Accessions 22 



Important accessions 23 



Care of collections 24 



Storage 25 



Cataloguing 25 



Installation 26 



Labeling 27 



Field work 28 



Researches 28 



Loans 29 



Report on the department of Ijiology for the year 1899-1900 31 



Improvement of exhiV)ition halls 31 



Explorations 33 



Accessions 34 



Study collections 38 



Researches and publications 40 



Use of the collections 42 



Loan of specimens 42 



Distri 1 )ution of duplicates 44 



Preparations for the Pan-American Exposition 44 



Personnel 44 



Report on the department of geology for the year 1899-1900 45 



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