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notable and artistic medal presented by resolution of Congress of 

 March 4, 1909, to Orville and Wilbur Wright in recognition and 

 appreciation of their ability, courage, and success in navigating 

 the air. 



The collection of philatelic material in the care of the division of 

 history was increased b} 7 3,186 specimens, of which 2,706 were re- 

 ceived from the Post Office Department, and of these 1,506 are ex- 

 amples of new issues received by that department from the Inter- 

 national Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, Berne, Switzerland. 

 A number of stamps were also received from individual contributors. 



Historical costumes. — Under the able supervision of Mrs. Julian 

 James, assisted by Mrs. R. G. Hoes, the collection of historical cos- 

 tumes, a section of the division of history, has made gratifying ad- 

 vances. The most noteworthy additions were a pair of white satin 

 knee breeches and a waistcoat worn during the War of the Revolu- 

 tion by Col. Tench Tilghman, Continental Army, lent by Mrs. Mary 

 F. Goldsborough ; the official costume and sword worn at the court 

 of Napoleon III, by William L. Dayton when American minister to 

 France, 1861-1864, and the official costume and sword worn by Wil- 

 liam L. Dayton, jr., when secretary to the American Legation in 

 Paris during the same period, the gift of Miss A. L. Dayton ; and a 

 dress of white satin brocade trimmed with Brussels lace, worn by 

 Mrs. Annette Henry Alger, wife of Russell A. Alger, Secretary of 

 War, 1897-1899, and United States Senator from Michigan, 1903- 

 1907, donated by Mrs. Alger. 



Art textiles. — Of considerable interest among the few additions to 

 the art textile collection were fragments of fourteenth century velvet 

 and seventeenth and eighteenth century brocades presented by Maj. 

 Harry S. Bryan ; and a number of embroidered handkerchiefs of fine 

 linen trimmed with Valenciennes lace which, with other textile arti- 

 cles, were additions to the J. Lewis Ellis and Olive M. Ellis Memorial 

 Collection, the gift of Mrs. Charlotte Ellis Danforth. 



There was also received as a loan from Mrs. G. B. Willis a rock- 

 crystal drinking cup of Italian Renaissance, trimmed with exquisite 

 enamel work, and a miniature clock decorated with Limoges enamel ; 

 also a small oil painting, by Mary Elizabeth Williams. 



Exhibition collections. — The changes made in the exhibition col- 

 lections of the department of anthropology were all of minor im- 

 portance. The collection of torches, candles, lanterns, lamps, and 

 other illuminating devices, was installed in four cases on the third 

 story gallery of the rotunda in the natural history building, and the 

 whaling collection, consisting of types of harpoons, guns, etc., used 

 in the whaling industry, was put in condition and placed on display 

 in four cases on the opposite side of the gallery. The curator, Dr. 

 Walter Hough, was assisted in the arrangement of this material 



