THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



Bickmore. A number of important collections were purchased, 

 which formed the nucleus of the Department. Among these, the 

 Morgan collection from the Somme Valley, France, the Davis 

 collection from the mounds of Ohio, the Squier collection of 

 antiquities of South America and Central America and the Jones 

 collection from Georgia are particularly worthy of mention. 

 Some of these collections are of historical importance. 



No systematic development of the Department was attempted 

 during these years, although a considerable amount of archaeo- 

 logical and ethnological material continued to be received. 

 During this period the primary interest was directed rather to 

 the remains of the ancient inhabitants of our continent than to 

 a representation of the customs of existing tribes ; nevertheless a 

 considerable amount of material from North America, as well 

 as from South America, began to accumulate. 



One of the most important donations to this Department 

 during this period was that of a large collection from British 

 Columbia, made by Dr. J. W. Powell of Victoria, B. C, and 

 presented to the Museum in 1880 by Mr. Heber R. Bishop. 

 About the same time Mr. Appleton Sturgis deposited a large 

 collection of objects from the islands of the Pacific Ocean in the 

 Museimi, which later on was purchased by the Trustees. For a 

 long time these two collections formed the principal ethnological 

 exhibits of the Department. The material contained in the 

 Bishop collection has been most admirably supplemented by a 

 collection from Alaska, which the Trustees purchased in 1887 

 from Lieut. G. T. Emmons, who had been collecting ethnological 

 specimens during a long-continued stay in that region. In 1894 

 this collection was still further improved by the purchase of a 

 second collection made by Lieutenant Emmons. Mr. Henry 

 Villard engaged Dr. Carl Lumholtz to carry on for the Mu- 

 seum researches in northern Mexico. Later on this work was 

 also continued at the expense of the Museum until its comple- 

 tion in 1898. 



While thus the ethnological collections of the Museum were 

 increasing, the growth of the archaeological material also con- 

 tinued. In 1880 Mr. James Terry brought to the Museum his 



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