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  ANNUAL 
  RErORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  chiefly 
  ferns, 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Maxon, 
  and 
  9,500 
  plants 
  from 
  

   Colombia, 
  collected 
  by 
  E. 
  P. 
  Killip 
  and 
  Albert 
  C. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Of 
  primary 
  importance 
  among' 
  the 
  year's 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  <i;eology 
  are 
  the 
  Washington 
  A. 
  Roebling 
  and 
  the 
  Frederick 
  

   A. 
  Canfield 
  mineral 
  collections, 
  already 
  mentioned. 
  Exceptionally 
  

   fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  minerals 
  and 
  ores 
  from 
  Mexico 
  resulted 
  from 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Foshag's 
  expedition 
  to 
  that 
  country. 
  Thirty-five 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  meteorite 
  section, 
  nine 
  of 
  them 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  

   collection. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  accession 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  strati- 
  

   graphic 
  paleontology 
  was 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  100,000 
  Mesozoic 
  and 
  

   Cenozoic 
  fossils 
  from 
  Europe, 
  presented 
  by 
  Ferdinand 
  Canii, 
  of 
  

   Versailles, 
  France. 
  A 
  partial 
  skeleton 
  of 
  a 
  mammoth 
  was 
  presented 
  

   by 
  the 
  Venice 
  Co., 
  of 
  Venice, 
  Fla. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  arts 
  and 
  industries 
  department 
  were 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  by 
  over 
  14,000 
  specimens. 
  The 
  division 
  of 
  mineral 
  and 
  

   mechanical 
  technology 
  received 
  an 
  important 
  exhibit 
  illustrating 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  artificial 
  abrasive 
  wheels, 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  

   Patent 
  Office 
  models 
  transferred 
  from 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Commerce, 
  

   and 
  as 
  an 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  aircraft 
  exhibits, 
  the 
  Navy 
  seaplane 
  NC-4r. 
  

   The 
  textile 
  collections 
  were 
  increased 
  by 
  gifts 
  of 
  silks 
  from 
  H. 
  R. 
  

   Mallinson 
  & 
  Co. 
  (Inc.), 
  200 
  hides, 
  skins, 
  and 
  leather 
  products 
  from 
  

   the 
  Tanners' 
  Council 
  of 
  America, 
  and 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  footwear 
  used 
  

   by 
  different 
  peoples, 
  assembled 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Frank 
  G. 
  Carpenter 
  and 
  

   presented 
  by 
  his 
  claughter, 
  Mrs, 
  William 
  Chapin 
  Huntington. 
  The 
  

   divisions 
  of 
  medicine, 
  wood 
  technology, 
  and 
  graphic 
  arts 
  each 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  important 
  new 
  material, 
  and 
  the 
  Loeb 
  collection 
  of 
  chemical 
  

   t5'pes 
  accessioned 
  175 
  specimens 
  of 
  rare 
  chemicals. 
  The 
  division 
  of 
  

   history 
  received 
  three 
  fragments 
  belonging 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  Star 
  

   Spangled 
  Banner, 
  and 
  a 
  white 
  satin 
  evening 
  dress 
  worn 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  

   Calvin 
  Coolidge 
  in 
  the 
  White 
  House, 
  for 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  exhibit 
  of 
  

   costumes 
  of 
  the 
  wives 
  of 
  the 
  Presidents. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  was 
  unusually 
  active 
  in 
  exploration 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year, 
  many 
  field 
  expeditions 
  having 
  gone 
  out 
  either 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  co- 
  

   operative 
  arrangements 
  with 
  other 
  organizations 
  or 
  with 
  funds 
  

   supplied 
  by 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian. 
  These 
  expeditions 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  briefly 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  report. 
  Appendix 
  1. 
  The 
  

   usual 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  meetings 
  and 
  lectures 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  

   auditorium 
  and 
  lecture 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  The 
  exhibit 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  at 
  the 
  Sesquicentennial 
  in 
  Philadelphia, 
  

   including 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  was 
  shown 
  until 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  expo- 
  

   sition 
  on 
  November 
  30. 
  The 
  exhibits 
  were 
  very 
  favorably 
  received 
  

   by 
  the 
  public. 
  A.t 
  the 
  conference 
  held 
  on 
  February 
  11, 
  1927, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Building, 
  the 
  research 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  was 
  

   represented 
  by 
  specially 
  prepared 
  exhibits. 
  Visitors 
  to 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  