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by the Museum. Duplicates of these lectures, or "picture- 

 looks," their official title, have been made at a very low cost 

 price for the Y. M. C. A. Seven of these "picturelooks" have 

 been completed during the year, and twenty-seven sets, com- 

 prising more than 1,700 slides, were turned over to the Y. M. 

 C. A. Of these, fourteen sets were prepared entirely at the 

 Museum's expense, the remainder at cost. 



In addition to these lecture sets, the department has made a 

 considerable number of miscellaneous slides for the Y. M. C. A. 

 besides presenting it with some three thousand slides from 

 our general series. That we were able to do this work for less 

 than normal cost is due largely to the generous volunteer serv- 

 ice of members of the department staff, of the American 

 Museum War Relief Association, and other friends. We wish 

 to acknowledge the assistance of Mrs. L. Goodrich Smith both 

 in coloring slides and in classifying material. Our thanks 

 are also due to Misses Harriet L. McCoy, H. Ruth Kraft, 

 Mabel R. Percy, Clara M. Beale, Jessie M. Davies, and Vir- 

 ginia B. McGivney for typing manuscripts ; to Misses Almeda 

 Johnson, Harriet L. McCoy, Helen M. Vreeland, Dorothy 

 Van Vliet, Mrs. George H. Sherwood, Mrs. Ralph W. Tower 

 and Mrs. Ruth Weber for binding and captioning the slides; 

 and to Dr. G. Clyde Fisher, Mr. Julius M. Johnson, and Misses 

 Virginia B. McGivney, Paula C. Lambert and Harriet L. Mc- 

 Coy for the preparation of manuscripts. 



The second feature of our war work has been the furnish- 

 ing of free guide service for soldiers and sailors visiting the 

 Museum. While this has been for the most part occasional, 

 during the spring groups of sailors, under the patronage of 

 Mrs. Henry R. Hoyt, came regularly on Saturday afternoon 

 from the Twenty-third Street Y. M. C. A. In this guide ser- 

 vice, we have been greatly assisted by Miss Annie Lucas, who 

 has given generously of her time to this work. This branch of 

 the work is becoming more and more important, and it is cor- 

 related with the service given by the Hospitality Room. 



An important piece of work of the year was the publication 

 of a booklet entitled "Free Education by The American 

 Museum of Natural History." This is a historical account 



