HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



of extinct animals executed for the Museum under the direction of 

 Professor Osborn and provided for by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. These 

 restorations have been a most successful and generally attractive 

 phase of the work of the Department. 



Since 1902 Mr. S. H. Chubb has been engaged, in connection with 

 the evolution of the horse studies, in the collection and preparation of 

 the material illustrating the osteology of the modern horse. A splen- 

 did series of mounted skeletons and preparations of skulls are the 

 result of the work. 

 Research. The collections of the Department afford unsurpassed opportunities 



for research in this branch of science. Many preliminary and a few 

 monographic studies have been completed and others are in progress. 

 The published studies include two volumes of Memoirs (Vols. I and 

 IX) and 119 articles in the American Museum Bulletin from 1892 to 

 1909, besides miscellaneous articles in other publications, by Professor 

 H. F. Osborn, Professor Bashford Dean, Dr. J. L. Wortman, Dr. O. 

 P. Hay, Dr. W. D. Matthew, Mr. Barnum Brown, Mr. Walter Granger, 

 Mr. J. W. Gidley, Dr. L. Hussakof, Mr. Charles Earle, and Mr. W. K. 

 Gregory of the Museum Staff, and Dr. F. B. Loomis, Dr. J. H. McGregor, 

 Dr. E. C. Case, Mr. Earl Douglass, and Dr. W. J. Sinclair. 



CHIEF BENEFACTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 VERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY 



GIFTS TO THE VALUE OF $500 AND MORE 



JAMES M. CONSTABLE 

 JOHN DANIEL CRIMMINS 

 CLEVELAND HOADLEY DODGE 

 WILLIAM EARL DODGE 

 GEORGE JAY GOULD 

 EDWARD HENRY HARRIMAN 

 HENRY OSBORNE HAVEMEYER 

 THEODORE A. HAVEMEYER 

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