28 Report of the President 



IMPORTANT GIFTS 



The contributions of Trustees to the General Fund this 

 year have been $48,850; the contributions of the Trustees and 

 other Members to the Special Funds have been $78,427.80; 

 making a grand total of gifts to the Museum for the year 191 2, 

 of $127,277.80. 



Through the generosity of Ogden Mills, the Museum has 

 acquired the famous Catlin Collection of Indian Paintings. 

 There are 417 of these paintings made by the late George 

 Catlin, the first great Indian painter. They represent twenty 

 years of study among the Indians, and the collection has great 

 historic value in addition to its ethnographical interest. 



Under the special patronage of J. P. Morgan, Sr. , the 

 mineral and gem collection has been enriched by beautiful 

 examples of Aquamarine, Rubellite, Tourmaline and other 

 gem crystals. 



Mrs. E. H. Harriman has again shown her interest in the 

 Museum by presenting a selected series of Alaskan ethnologi- 

 cal specimens from the collection of former Governor Brady. 



From his Grace the Duke of Bedford we have received two 

 specimens of the Prjevalsky Horse, which are very desirable 

 additions to our unique series showing the evolution of the 

 horse. 



Through the generosity of J. P. Morgan, Jr., the Museum 

 has acquired the Bailey Collection of Meteorites, which adds 

 many important falls to our collection and a large number of 

 specimens valuable for exchange. 



The following are some of the other important gifts: 

 From Grant B. Schley, a collection of rare Calcite Crystals, 

 from El Potosi Mine, Mexico; Copper and other ores, from 

 the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co., and from the Anaconda 

 Copper Mining Co.; African mammals, from Alfred J. Klein; 

 a mounted Sailfish, from John D. Crimmins; a collection of 

 Indian photographs, from Rodman Wanamaker; a collection 

 of birds, from Clarence H. Eagle; a collection of Colombian 

 insects, from R. D. O. Johnson; painting of a "shovel pit," 

 from the Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. ; model of Indian 

 village on upper Orinoco River, from Rudolf Dolge; Samoan 

 bird skins, from Messrs. J. T. Lloyd and L. A. Fuertes, and 



