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Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



In the October issue of the Bulletin a preliminary list was 

 printed of the museum exhibits in connection with the Catskill 

 Aqueduct Celebration. Since then a complete descriptive catalog 

 of the exhibits has been issued, of which a limited number are 

 available for distribution. The exhibit will remain on display 

 only until December 15, and members of the Association should 

 take advantage of the opportunity to view these instructive and 

 systematically arranged items of local interest. 



On Saturday afternoon, October 6, Staten Island Chapter, 

 Daughters of the American Revolution, gave a colonial tea at the 

 Britton Cottage, which was a thoroughly successful and enjoyable 

 social function. About eighty members and guests of the chapter 

 were present. Dr. John Q. Adams gave the formal address of the 

 day. Incidentally the occasion also served to celebrate the com- 

 pletion of the work of renovating and furnishing the dining room 

 of the cottage under the joint auspices of the chapter and the 

 Association. 



The living room, hallway, dining room, and kitchen are now 

 renovated and appropriately furnished, thanks to the cordial co- 

 operation and assistance of the several local D. A. R. chapters, 

 and a visit to the cottage will well repay anyone who is interested 

 in old colonial architecture and furnishings. 



The corner stone of our new Museum building was laid 

 on Saturday afternoon October 20, with suitable exercises and 

 in accordance with the program arranged by the committee in 

 charge. Construction has proceeded steadily since then, and at 

 date the basement walls are completed and ready for the laying 

 of the first-floor supports. If no unforeseen delay occurs we are 

 promised by the contractor that the building will be ready for 

 occupancy in the early spring of the coming year. 



Since the last list of donors was published, in the July issue 

 of the Bulletin, donations to the Museum collections and library 

 have been received from Howard R. Bayne, Isador Bernstein, 

 R. H. Britton. Thomas Bryan, John D. Clarke, Helen E. Cleaves, 

 Howard H. Cleaves, Elizabeth Corning, Gustaf Dahn, Mrs. Eliza- 

 beth Davis, Charles N Disosway, Charles D. Durkee, William Ep- 

 stein, Peter Garrigan, John Hall, William R. Hillyer, Milton Hoge, 

 Arthur Hollick, R. W. Howland, John W. McKay, S. L. Mershon, 

 William H. Mitchill, Mrs. N. J. Pluymart, Agnes L. Pollard, Edith 

 M. Pollard, Alanson Skinner. Henry Stolzenthaler, Frank D. Tans- 

 lev, Earl F. Tewksbury, Edward Wangenstein, Mrs. H. Prescott 

 Wells. 



