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  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  Public 
  Library. 
  Several 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  arranged 
  for 
  

   this 
  work, 
  among 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  an 
  Eskimo 
  and 
  

   a 
  " 
  Hiawatha" 
  exhibit. 
  Under 
  advice 
  from 
  Miss 
  Moore, 
  the 
  

   Supervisor 
  of 
  Children's 
  Libraries, 
  these 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  

   placed 
  temporarily 
  in 
  certain 
  branch 
  libraries. 
  The 
  results 
  

   indicate 
  that 
  this 
  work 
  should 
  be 
  extended. 
  

  

  As 
  usual 
  the 
  photographic 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  this 
  

   department. 
  Much 
  routine 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  accomplished, 
  

   which 
  includes 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  many 
  negatives 
  and 
  prints 
  for 
  

   publication 
  and 
  study, 
  the 
  supplying 
  of 
  photographs 
  to 
  news- 
  

   papers 
  and 
  magazines 
  and 
  the 
  cataloguing 
  and 
  filing 
  of 
  nega- 
  

   tives, 
  photographs 
  and 
  lantern 
  slides. 
  

  

  The 
  educational 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  been 
  further 
  

   extended 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  lecture 
  courses, 
  consisting 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  ioo 
  lectures. 
  These 
  include 
  (i) 
  a 
  spring 
  and 
  a 
  fall 
  course 
  

   to 
  Members, 
  (2) 
  a 
  special 
  lecture 
  to 
  Members 
  by 
  Commander 
  

   R. 
  E. 
  Peary, 
  (3) 
  a 
  spring 
  and 
  a 
  fall 
  course 
  for 
  pupils 
  of 
  the 
  

   public 
  schools, 
  (4) 
  free 
  lectures 
  on 
  public 
  holidays 
  and 
  (5) 
  

   three 
  courses 
  given 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Educa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  lectures 
  to 
  Members, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  field 
  

   work 
  which 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  done, 
  were 
  delivered 
  by 
  members 
  

   of 
  the 
  scientific 
  staff: 
  

  

  Lectures 
  to 
  Members. 
  

  

  February 
  21. 
  — 
  Bird 
  Hunting 
  with 
  a 
  Camera 
  Clinton 
  G. 
  Abbott 
  

  

  " 
  28. 
  — 
  Hunting 
  Big 
  Game 
  in 
  British 
  East 
  Africa. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Richard 
  Tjader 
  

  

  March 
  7. 
  — 
  Whales 
  and 
  Whaling 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Lucas 
  

  

  " 
  14. 
  — 
  Earthquakes 
  ; 
  Their 
  Causes 
  and 
  Effects 
  . 
  Edmund 
  Otis 
  Hovey 
  

  

  " 
  21. 
  — 
  Living 
  with 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  Plains 
  Clark 
  Wissler 
  

  

  November 
  7. 
  — 
  Bird 
  Studies 
  in 
  the 
  Bahamas, 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  and 
  

  

  Northwestern 
  Canada 
  Frank 
  M. 
  Chapman 
  

  

  " 
  14. 
  — 
  The 
  American 
  Museum 
  Expedition 
  to 
  the 
  Fayum. 
  

  

  Henry 
  Fairfield 
  Osborn 
  

  

  4 
  ' 
  2 
  1 
  . 
  — 
  A 
  Month's 
  Tour 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Park 
  . 
  Edmund 
  Otis 
  Hovey 
  

  

  December 
  5. 
  — 
  An 
  Unknown 
  Field 
  in 
  American 
  Archaeology 
  . 
  Harlan 
  I. 
  Smith 
  

  

  " 
  12. 
  — 
  The 
  Fur 
  Seal 
  — 
  Its 
  History 
  and 
  Habits 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Lucas 
  

  

  Special 
  Lecture 
  to 
  Members. 
  

  

  So 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Members 
  expressed 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  hear 
  

   Commander 
  Peary 
  that 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  him 
  to 
  

  

  