CONTENTS 



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Membership and Endowment 3 



Form of Gift or Bequest 3 



Board of Trustees 10 



Committees and Officers n 



Scientific Staff 12 



Report of the President 15 



Endowment and Bequests 16 



Greer Bequest 17 



Loeb Bequest 17 



Draper Bequest 17 



Building and Equipment 18 



Building and Equipment 18 



Maintenance 18 



Equipment 20 



Comparative Municipal Expenditures 20 



General Progress 21 



Public Education _ 21 



Proposed Museum Extension to the Public Schools 21 



Gifts and Contributions 23 



Transportation 23 



Exploration in 1914 24 



South America ._ _. ; 25 



Roosevelt South American Expeditions 25 



Collins-Day Expedition to South America 26 



Brewster-Sanf ord Expedition 26 



North America . 26 



Ethnology of the Plains Indians 26 



Primitive Peoples of the Southwest 27 



Local Archaeology 27 



Biological Survey of Porto Rico 27 



Habitat Bird Group 27 



Mammals of Panama 27 



Expedition to the Arbuckle Mountains 27 



Expedition to Florida and Ohio 27 



Expedition to Eastern Panama 28 



Angelo Heilprin Exploring Fund 28 



Africa 28 



Congo Expedition 28 



Paul J. Rainey Expedition 29 



Barnes-Kearton Expedition 29 



Arctic • 29 



Crocker Land Expedition ._ 29 



Stefansson-Anderson Expedition 30 



Faunistic Halls 30 



New African Hall 30 



Jesup Fund 31 



Hospitality to Societies 32 



Membership and Staff 33 



Trustees 33 



Staff 34 



Welfare of Employees 36 



Pension System 36 



Museum Employees' Store 37 



Report of the Director (General Administration) 37 



General Considerations 37 



Popular Publications 38 



Building Operations and Alterations 39 



New Exhibits „ v 40 



Printing and Labeling 41 



Summary of Printing 42 



Attendance 43 



Statistics of Numbers Reached by the Museum Extension System 43 



Care of Building 43 



Needs. 



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