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was constituted. It is now in a position to appeal to the 

 people of our Borough with a pride in its past history, a satis- 

 faction in its present condition, and a firm belief in its future 

 prosperity. 



The Museum Committee submitted the following report : 



The collections of the Society housed in the Mansion, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, have been conserved and 

 somewhat rearranged. The series of old prints and engrav- 

 ings loaned by Mr. J. Clarence Davies have been moved from 

 the room on the first floor to a room above it on the second 

 floor where they are now displayed to much greater advantage 

 than they were before. The loan collection of statuary has 

 been moved from the back room on the first floor to the room 

 above and in part to the front room on the first floor. 



A valuable series of paintings by American artists, loaned 

 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art has been installed in the 

 large south room on the second floor. The most noteworthy 

 addition to the property of the Society during the year is the 

 nearly complete collection of the published writings of Joseph 

 Rodman Drake, presented by our fellow member, Hon. Victor 

 Hugo Paltsits, at the time of the Drake Celebration last spring. 

 It now occupies the larger part of one of the cases in the south 

 room of the first floor. Mr. Paltsits has recently made some 

 additions to this valuable literary collection, which is as yet the 

 mi ist important asset of the society. It is recommended that 

 this Drake Collection be installed in a case by itself to be 

 a instructed and placed in the center of the room on the upper 

 floor, the walls of which are occupied by the Davies collection 

 of prints and engravings. 



Recently, the Municipal Art Society, through its President. 

 Mr. Stoughton, has contributed a large number of drawings 

 and photographs illustrating Municipal Art, which will be 

 hung in the hallway and two small rooms on the upper floor, 

 as soon as picture moulding can be attached to the walls. 



The small library of the society has been placed in one of 

 the small rooms on the second floor, moved from the south 



