FOREWORD 



This review has been prepared in order to supply a 

 constant demand for information concerning the 

 foundation, the endowments, and the activities of the 

 Museum. It contains brief references to the exhibits 

 in the departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology 

 and Zoology, the activities of the N. W. Harris Public 

 School Extension, and the Library of the Institution. 

 A list of contributors to the Museum, and a short 

 account of the more important expeditions undertaken, 

 are also given. 



The Museum is the property, by free gift, of the 

 people of Chicago. It is the aim and ambition of the 

 Trustees and Staff to maintain high standards of 

 museum technique and efficiency, and to develop, still 

 further, the educational influence of the institution. 

 It is realized that a well conducted and equipped 

 natural history museum is a people's university; a 

 means of culture and recreation. 



D. C. DAVIES, DIRECTOR. 



November 1, 1922. 



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