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 Jamestown Exposition 



The act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, authorizing an ex- 

 hibit by the •departments and bureaus of the Government at the 

 Jamestown Exposition, appropriated the sum of $200,000 to be ex- 

 pended under the direction of the Jamestown Tercentennial Com- 

 mission, consisting of the Secretaries of the Treasury, War, and 

 Navy departments, who were authorized to prepare, transport, and 

 arrange said exhibit. There was also appropriated at the same time 

 $350,000 for the erection of the necessary buildings. The act also 

 provided that the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum 

 should exhibit such articles and materials of an historical nature as 

 would serve to impart a knowledge of our colonial and national 

 history. 



The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution appointed Mr. W. de 

 C. Ravenel, administrative assistant, U. S. National Museum, as the 

 representative of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum 

 on the Government Board, which was created by the commission, and 

 charged with the preparation of the Government exhibit. Of the 

 total appropriation of $200,000. $16,000 was allotted by the commis- 

 sion to the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum for the 

 preparation of its exhibit, and a separate building, known as "Annex 

 B" and connected with one of the main buildings, was provided for 

 that purpose. The building is 100 feet long by 60 feet wide and con- 

 tains about 6,000 square feet of space. 



In October the following general plan of exhibits was submitted by 

 the representative, with the advice of an advisory committee ap- 

 pointed to assist him, consisting of Dr. Cyrus Adler, Assistant Secre- 

 tary of the Smithsonian Institution ; Mr. W. H. Holmes, Chief of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology, and Mr. A. Howard Clark, Curator, Division 

 of History, U. S. National Museum. The plan was approved by the 

 Secretary and the work of preparation immediately begun. 



1. A chronological wall exhibit extending entirely around the 

 building, mainly pictorial, illustrative of American history, as fol- 

 lows: 



(a) A continuous series of portraits of persons prominent in 

 colonial and national history, beginning with Columbus and ending 

 with Theodore Roosevelt. 



(b) A series of historical paintings, pictures and maps, chrono- 

 logically arranged. 



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