William Hubbcll Fisher. 45 



In 1887 he became a contributor to the Journal of the 

 Society, and from that time on was a frequent contributor to 

 its pages. It is doubtful if there is anyone among its member- 

 ship who was more deeply interested in the work of the Society 

 than he. Birds and forestry he was absorbed in. He did a 

 great deal of work along the line of photographing animals 

 and birds in their natural environment. He frequently lec- 

 tured before the Society and gave it the benefit of his scientific 

 researches. 



The conservation of forests was a favorite study with him. 



In the summer and fall of 1907 he devoted a great deal of 

 time to the preparation of the collections which were to be sent 

 through the public schools of the city. He was Chairman of 

 the Committee on Loan Cabinets, and to him is due the credit 

 for whatever of success may have come from this new method 

 of extending the usefulness of the Society's collections. 



One other matter connected with the future of the Society 

 was very near to his heart — the new fireproof museum build- 

 ing of the future that is to house our magnificent collections. 

 So interested was he in this subject that he gathered at his 

 own expense all the available literature upon museum con- 

 struction — so interested a firm of local architects as to have 

 detailed drawings made of the proposed new building, and 

 unknown to most of his intimate friends even, paid from his 

 own purse for an option on a tract of land on the hilltops, 

 where it was hoped the new building would be located. 



When the hands and heart of one so loyal to our Society 

 and so instrumental in its upbuilding are stilled in death, it is 

 becoming in his associates to pay suitable tribute to his memory. 



The survivors of Mr. Wm. Hubbell Fisher in the Execu- 

 tive Board of the Cincinnati Society of Xatural History desire 

 to record their affection for him as a man, and the.'r high appre- 

 ciation of his labors on behalf of the Society, and request that 

 this expression of their feeling be given a page in the Society's 

 records. 



Written bv Thos. H. Kelley. 



