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Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



The following note, abstracted from the Museum Neivs 

 Letter for April, will appeal to all who are interested in museum 

 activities : 



"The Southernmost Museum in the World 



Mr. Charles Wellington Furlong, the explorer and writer, brings 

 the report of the Museum in the little town Punta Arenas, in the 

 Strait of Magellan, Lat. 52 ° south. It is in the Salesian Mission 

 in the little plaza on the hill at the top of the town. Its collections 

 relate primarily to the Natural History of the Magellan territory. 

 It also possesses one of the most complete collections in existence 

 of objects from the Patagonian and Fuegian tribes. Monseignor 

 Fagnasio is at the head of the Mission and is mainly responsible 

 for the Museum and its collections." 



A recent election to active membership in the Association 

 by the Board of Trustees is Dr. Lucius P. Brown, West New 

 Brighton. 



A change in the ex-officio membership of the Board has 

 been occasioned by the recent retirement of District Superintend- 

 ent of Schools, James J. Reynolds and the appointment in his place 

 of Mr. Thomas O. Baker. 



Since the last list of donors to the Museum collection and 

 library was printed in the Bulletin, accessions have been re- 

 ceived from H. H. Cleaves, Goodspeed's Bookstore, Miss Mary 

 Garrett, G. H. Hafstrom, Arthur Hollick, Mrs. J. P. Ilsley, Ralph 

 R. McKee. 



Recent library accessions of local historical interest are a 

 Genealogy of the Lake Family, by Arthur Adams and Sarah A. 

 Risley, which includes a chapter on the Staten Island branch of 

 the family, and English Crown Grants, by Stephen L. Mershon, 

 which includes a chapter on Staten Island grants and one on the 

 Lancaster Symes Foundation. 



