July, 1920 IN MEMORIAM: FRANK SLATER DAGGETT 131 
At that time the Southern Division held most of its meetings at the resi- 
dences of various of the members, and a meeting at the Daggett home was 
always sure to be largely attended. For several consecutive years the ‘‘annual 
meetings’’ (in December) were held there, and those privileged to be present 
look back upon those occasions as among the most pleasurable of their Club 
experiences. The ‘‘outing meetings’’, too, formed a feature of the Southern 
Division that was a source of much enjoyment to those participating, and Mr. 
Daggett was always active in the organization and carrying out of these three- 
day picnics. In 1899, an impending storm deterred most of those who had in- 
tended to join in the climb up Mount Wilson, as had been planned, and Mr. 
Daggett was the only member who showed up. He, with his family and some 
friends who accompanied them, carried out the ‘‘meeting’’, however, and, 
later, in a communication to the ‘‘ Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club’’ 
(1899, pp. 119-120), he poked a little good-natured fun at those who failed to 
appear. His published account of the outing meeting for 1903 gives a very 
good idea of the nature of these out-door gatherings (1904, pp. 22-23). 
In 1904, Mr: Daggett left Pasadena for Chicago, to engage once more in 
the grain business, on the Board of Trade. His days then, were, of course, ex- 
tremely busy ones, but he still found rest and relaxation in ornithology, and 
spent much of his spare time in collecting specimens of small birds in the en- 
virons of the city. Not always small birds either, for the present writer, call- 
ing at his home one evening, was shown a Whistling Swan that had occupied 
many hours before the preparation of that greasy specimen was accomplished. 
The bird had been killed by a hunter near Waukegan, and Mr. Daggett, hear- 
ing of the occurrence through some lucky chance the same day, promptly went 
after the bird and secured it. 
In 1910 this period of residence in Chicago ended, and he returned again 
to southern California. During that year the county of Los Angeles had erect- 
ed a building in Exposition Park to house the new Museum of History, Science 
and Art, an institution in which the Cooper Club is interested to the extent 
of having representation upon the Board of Governors. The building was fin- 
ished but unoccupied, it contained no exhibits, and as yet no staff appoint- 
ments had been made. It was a happy circumstance that brought Mr. Daggett 
to Los Angeles at that time, and it was most fortunate for the young institution 
that he was induced to accept the directorship, which he did early in 1911. He 
was a man of marked business ability, well able to assume executive control, 
this combined with the acquisitive instincts of a collector, the realization of the 
scientific needs and responsibilities of such an institution, and an artistic sense 
that was to stand him in good stead in the development of exhibits. Mr. Dag- 
gett’s acceptance of the directorship entailed a considerable financial sacrifice 
upon his part. That he took the position was purely through his love for the 
work; there is no doubt of the intense enjoyment he derived from the building 
up of the institution and the exhibits it contained. Mr. Daggett remained Di- 
rector of the Museum of History, Science and Art, to the time of his death. His 
end came during a brief week-end interval of relaxation, in the midst of the 
activities of his position. 
While the Museum of History, Science and Art covers a wide range of sub- 
jects, as indicated by its title, the notable feature of the institution is its col- 
lection of fossil animals from Rancho La Brea. It is hard to see how these pecu- 
har fossils could have been better handled, both in the manner of removal and 
