REPORT OF 

 THE LADIES' AUXILIARY 



1908-1919. 



I 



FROM the minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee 

 of the New York Zoological Society, held February 19, 1908 : 

 "The Secretary reported that Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn 

 had volunteered to organize a Ladies' Auxiliary for the purpose 

 of obtaining new members, and extending the influence of the 

 New York Zoological Park." Upon motion, duly seconded, it 

 was "Resolved, that the Executive Committee of the Board of 

 Managers of the New York Zoological Society accepts with 

 thanks the kind proposal of Mrs. Osborn to organize a Ladies' 

 Auxiliary for the purpose of obtaining new members and extend- 

 ing the influence of the Park." 



From this, began the Ladies' Auxiliary, which has, in these 

 eleven years, brought in to the Society, hundreds of new mem- 

 bers, and extended great interest in the Park. 



The first business meeting was held at the Colony Club, 

 on February 26, 1908, at which Mrs. Osborn was made Chair- 

 man, Mrs. Wm. B. Osgood Field, Secretary, and the following 

 ladies became Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary : 



Mrs. Egerton L. Winthrop 



