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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  customs 
  by 
  the 
  reproduction 
  of 
  certain 
  important 
  ceremonials 
  

   and 
  councils 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  remain 
  today 
  but 
  stories 
  on 
  printed 
  

   pages. 
  New 
  York 
  could 
  afford 
  to 
  keep 
  this 
  romantic 
  period 
  of 
  its 
  

   history 
  before 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  transmit 
  it 
  in 
  reasonable 
  fulness 
  and 
  

   force 
  to 
  posterity. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  domestic 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  culture, 
  -represented 
  by 
  one 
  or 
  

   two 
  rooms, 
  say 
  a 
  living 
  room 
  and 
  kitchen 
  equipped 
  with 
  the 
  utensils 
  

   and 
  materials 
  appropriate 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  settlement. 
  

  

  3 
  Some 
  portrayal 
  of 
  the 
  German 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Hudson, 
  

   Schoharie 
  and 
  Mohawk 
  valleys 
  — 
  a 
  culture 
  which 
  though 
  transient 
  

   left 
  a 
  recognizable 
  impress 
  on 
  the 
  community. 
  Also 
  of 
  the 
  Huge- 
  

   not 
  settlements 
  in 
  Ulster 
  county 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  Hudson 
  valley. 
  

  

  4 
  Rooms 
  equipped 
  with 
  the 
  furnishings 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  colonial 
  

   revolutionary 
  period 
  before 
  the 
  invasion 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  influence. 
  

  

  5 
  An 
  adequate 
  representation 
  of 
  life 
  on 
  the 
  frontier 
  of 
  Central 
  

   Western 
  New 
  York 
  before 
  the 
  extinction 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  land 
  titles 
  

   and 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  claims. 
  

  

  Such 
  a 
  carefully 
  coordinated 
  collection 
  would 
  naturally 
  be 
  supple- 
  

   mented 
  by 
  other 
  materials 
  which 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  such 
  asso- 
  

   ciations 
  but 
  would 
  help 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  portrayal 
  of 
  past 
  cultures. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  geological 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  an 
  earnest 
  

   effort 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  bring 
  together 
  materials 
  which 
  will, 
  demon- 
  

   strate 
  the 
  historical 
  development 
  and 
  present 
  working 
  of 
  such 
  in- 
  

   dustries 
  as 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  natural 
  mineral 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

   In 
  this 
  undertaking 
  a 
  willing 
  and 
  appreciative 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  

   producers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  been 
  elicited. 
  With 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  reason 
  

   the 
  State 
  Museum 
  may 
  hope 
  for 
  an 
  equally 
  zealous 
  cooperation 
  of 
  

   the 
  citizens 
  in 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  an 
  historical 
  collection. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  still 
  to 
  be 
  had 
  from 
  the 
  descendants 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  

   families 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  many 
  historical 
  relics 
  ; 
  few 
  are 
  treasured, 
  

   more 
  are 
  not. 
  Some 
  are 
  merely 
  harbored 
  for 
  their 
  associations, 
  

   many 
  are 
  lying 
  in 
  garrets 
  and 
  barns. 
  An 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  patriotic 
  

   instinct 
  coupled 
  with 
  an 
  assurance 
  that 
  such 
  relics 
  if 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   State's 
  custody 
  will 
  not 
  only 
  never 
  be 
  deprived 
  of 
  their 
  personal 
  

   associations, 
  but 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  their 
  proper 
  surroundings, 
  should 
  not 
  

   fail 
  to 
  be 
  effective. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  submitted 
  that 
  such 
  an 
  historical 
  collection 
  as 
  is 
  here 
  outlined 
  

   for 
  New 
  York 
  should 
  exist 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  such 
  mate- 
  

   rials 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  delayed. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  historical 
  cot* 
  

   lection 
  in 
  America 
  arranged 
  on 
  such 
  a 
  basis 
  as 
  here 
  suggested. 
  

  

  