24 REPORT OB^ NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900, 



2. Copper implements from an ancient intei*ment in Houghton 

 County, Mich., throug-h the Bureau of Ethnology, from Mr. Isaac 

 Otis, Westburg. N. Y. ; i specimens. 



3. Ancient stone implements from the West Indian Islands; 274 

 specimens; through the Bureau of Ethnology; from Mr. Louis Guesde, 

 of Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe Island. 



4. Three antique printing presses, from Mr. John A. Lant, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y. 



5. Collection of small arms, from Col. W. C. Dodge. Washington 

 City; 57 specimens. 



6. Collection of implements, etc., from an Illinois mound, through 

 the Bureau of Ethnology, from Mr. C. E. Clifton, Washington City; 

 140 specimens. 



7. Collection of Washoe Indian baskets; 47 specimens, through the 

 Bureau of Ethnolog}^, from Mr. Eugene Mead, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



8. Ethnological specimens from the tribes of Angola, Africa; 59 

 specimens; from Rev. W. P. Dodson, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Permanent deposit. — 1. Historical collections relating to the Span- 

 ish-American war, cannon, small arms, uniforms, etc. : 66 specimens, 

 from the United States Navy Department. 



2. Historical flags; 33 specimens, from the Smithsonian Institution. 

 (Gift of Library of Congress.) 



3. Personal relics of Gen. Thomas Swords; 48 specimens, from the 

 Smithsonian Institution. (Gift of Miss E. H. Cotheal.) 



Loans from private sources. — 1. Collection of vases, bv Grueby 

 Faience Company, Boston, Mass. ; 12 specimens. 



2. Collection of important objects, historical and personal, by Admi- 

 ral George Dewey, United States Navy; 80 specimens. 



3. Historical collections by the societies of Colonial Dames (53 speci- 

 mens) and Daughters of the American Revolution (18 specimens). 



4. Collection of books and bindings, b}" Miss E. R. Scidmore; 23 

 specimens. 



5. Collection of stone implements from Georgia, by Dr. Roland 

 Steiner; 18,907 specimens. 



6. Autograph letters of persons prominent in the civil war; 103 

 specimens; by Mrs. L. O. Mason. 



7. Militarj^ and personal relics of the Ord family; 28 specimens; by 

 Lieut. James T. Ord. 



CARE OF COLLECTIONS. 



During the past year, and during the two preceding years as well, 

 there was a constant shifting and reshif ting of the collections, resulting 

 from reclassification and the demand of additional material for instal- 

 lation. Instructive and valuable specimens have been selected and 

 placed on exhibition and less important material has been placed in 



