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Goode to aid in the work of the newly organized Fish Com- 

 mission. At that time Professor Baird was Assistant Secre- 

 tary of the Smithsonian Institution in charge of the National 

 Museum, and also United States Fish Commissioner. The or- 

 ganizations were managed in similar fashion and all their activ- 

 ities directed to the same high ends. Very soon Doctor Goode 

 was brought into the service of them both. In the summer 

 he was employed by the Fish Commission in investigations 

 and explorations along the Atlantic Coast. In the winter he 

 divided his time between Wesleyan University and the Na- 

 tional Museum, until the former institution was reluctantly 

 compelled in 1877 wholly to give him up. Till that date his 

 only compensation for work done in Washington was found 

 in duplicate specimens of fishes and other animals, which in 

 turn were presented by him to the museum in Middlctown. 



In 1887 he became Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution in charge of the National Museum. On the death 

 of Professor Baird he became for a time United States Fish 

 Commissioner, holding the office without pay until a change 

 in the law permitted the appointment of a separate salaried 

 head. In his later years Mr. Goode devoted his whole 

 energies to museum administration, a kind of work for which 

 no one in the world has ever shown greater aptitude. Two 

 important publications,^ "Museums of the Future" and 

 " Principles of Museum Administration," admirably embody 

 his views and experiences in this regard. His appreciation 



1 " The Museums of the Future." Report 

 of the United States National Museum, 1889, 

 page 427. This paper was originally de- 

 livered as a lecture before the Brooklyn In- 

 stitute, on February 28, 18S9. " The Prin- 

 ciples of Museum Administration." Annual 

 Report of the Museums Association, 1895, 

 reprinted as an octavo pamphlet of 73 pages. 



In addition to the foregoing, Doctor Goode 

 published the following papers on Museum 



Administration : " Museum History and Mu- 

 seums of History," " Papers of the American 

 Historical Association," Volume II, 1889, 

 page 251 (495); "Genesis of the National 

 Museum." Report of the United States 

 National Museum, 1S91, page 273. In this 

 connection it is also proper to mention his 

 " Annual Reports " as director of the United 

 States National Museum, beginning with the 

 year 18S1. 



