TWP]NTY-SIXT1I ANNUAL REPORT G7 



raise the amount by securing a few large subscriptions. In a 

 short time the following subscriptions were obtained : 



Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson . . . $10,000.00 



Mrs. Russell Sage 10,000.00 



John D. Archbold 10,000.00 



Jacob H. Schiff 10,000.00 



George F. Baker 10,000.00 



Mrs. Andrew Carnegie 10,000.00 



Andrew Carnegie 10,000.00 



Edmund C. Converse 10,000.00 



Samuel Thorne (In Memoriam) 10,000.00 



George D. Pratt 10,000.00 



$100,000.00= 



For the erection of the building, Mr. Henry D. Whitfield was 

 chosen as architect, and the Miller-Reed Company became the 

 builders. The style is classic, and the materials are buff brick 

 and Indiana limestone. The length of the building is 91 feet, its 

 width is 56 feet, and its height, 33 feet, from basement floor to 

 cornice. On the main floor are the two public exhibition halls, 

 each 52 feet by 43 feet, designed for the two series of specimens 

 — Zoological and Geographic — into which the collection is divided. 



The basement contains a great hall 52 x 42 feet, for a study 

 collection of special duplicate exhibits, not regularly open to the 

 public, but available to students and investigators. 



This fine building will be opened to the public about May 25, 

 1922, and the members of the Society will be afforded a private 

 view during the annual Garden Party. 



THE PARK COLLECTIONS. 



During 1921, comparatively few new specimens arrived at 

 the Park, for the reason that the collections were so well stocked 

 that extensive accessions were not sought. The death list for 

 the year seems about the same as usual, but in reality the actual 

 losses in zoological and exhibition value were much lighter than 



*At this date (1921) the cost of the building will exceed the estimates 

 of 1917 by $20,000, and this additional sum must be secured. 



