﻿APPENDIX 
  1. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1922. 
  

  

  The 
  year, 
  a 
  busy 
  one, 
  was 
  marked 
  by 
  the 
  multiplicity 
  of 
  activities, 
  

   and 
  advancement 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  directions. 
  As 
  set 
  forth 
  

   in 
  the 
  last 
  report, 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  receiving 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  ap- 
  

   propriation 
  that 
  it 
  did 
  11 
  years 
  ago, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  increased 
  scope, 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  collections, 
  and 
  advanced 
  cost 
  of 
  all 
  material 
  and 
  labor 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  its 
  maintenance. 
  That 
  the 
  Museum 
  attains 
  the 
  fine 
  results 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year 
  is 
  owing, 
  in 
  large 
  measure, 
  to 
  the 
  personal 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  its 
  staff, 
  to 
  whom 
  much 
  credit 
  is 
  due. 
  

  

  The 
  organization 
  and 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  have 
  undergone 
  no 
  note- 
  

   worthy 
  changes; 
  policy 
  and 
  plans 
  have 
  remained 
  opportunistic 
  in 
  

   the 
  absence 
  of 
  funds 
  to 
  enable 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  in 
  advance. 
  

  

  Of 
  prime 
  importance 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  receipt 
  and 
  installation 
  

   of 
  the 
  Herbert 
  Ward 
  collection 
  of 
  sculptures 
  of 
  African 
  natives 
  

   and 
  of 
  African 
  ethnological 
  specimens. 
  Like 
  the 
  bequest 
  of 
  James 
  

   Smithson 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  this 
  gift 
  from 
  a 
  British 
  subject 
  to 
  

   the 
  American 
  people 
  is 
  unique 
  and 
  deserves 
  mention 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  won- 
  

   derful 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  dignity 
  of 
  an 
  aborginal 
  race, 
  

   typical 
  of 
  all 
  aborigines. 
  Its 
  installation 
  is 
  noteworthy 
  as 
  marking 
  

   an 
  advance 
  in 
  the 
  display 
  of 
  such 
  objects. 
  

  

  A 
  beginning 
  was 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Morris 
  

   Loeb 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Loeb 
  collection 
  of 
  chemical 
  types 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  This 
  collection 
  forms 
  a 
  separate 
  entity 
  in 
  

   the 
  department 
  of 
  arts 
  and 
  industries. 
  An 
  advisory 
  committee 
  

   cooperates 
  in 
  its 
  management, 
  consisting 
  of 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Alsberg, 
  chair- 
  

   man; 
  Dr. 
  Victor 
  Lenher, 
  Mr. 
  James 
  K. 
  Senior, 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Spencer, 
  

   representing 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Chemistry 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  L. 
  Lewton, 
  representing 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  specially 
  constructed 
  storage 
  cabinets 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  

   the 
  Chemists' 
  Club 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  

   material 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  seven 
  new 
  chemical 
  compounds, 
  discovered 
  and 
  

   prepared 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  

  

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