HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Jesup North 



Pacific 



Expedition, 



1897-1903, 



$60,070. 



Publications 

 Jesup North 

 Pacific 

 Expedition, 

 $25,000. 



score of volumes. Its growth is largely due to the many expeditions 

 which have carried on research work throughout America and parts 

 of Asia. First among these is the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 

 which was organized by Mr. Morris K. Jesup, in 1897. Mr. Jesup 

 provided the means for a thorough investigation of the tribes of the 

 North Pacific coast of America and Asia, to determine their early 

 relations with each other. Between 1897 and 1903 a number of ex- 

 peditions were sent into the field, and the tribes of the North Pacific 

 coast, beginning in the west with the Amur River in Siberia, including 

 the various native tribes between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Arctic 

 Sea, and the peoples of Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington 

 were investigated. The collections brought home by the eleven 

 collectors make up a very considerable portion of the ethnological 

 collection of the Department. The scientific results are extensive, 

 and important contributions to our knowledge of these tribes have 

 been published in the "Memoirs" of the Museum. The publica- 

 tions, which will fill twelve volumes, were also provided for by 

 Mr. Jesup. 



The following summary gives by locality the principal collections 

 which the Museum now possesses: 



NORTH AMERICA 



New York 

 State. 



Archaeology 



The accession of the Terry Collection of 26,000 specimens, the 

 Douglas Collection of 23,000, together with the Davis and Jones Col- 

 lections, and other smaller ones, provided excellent general archaeo- 

 logical material from several localities, but it did not represent the 

 archaeology of any definite area exhaustively, so one of the first under- 

 takings was to send collectors to carry on researches in a few typical 

 fields. 



Archaeological investigations in New York State — more particu- 

 larly in the vicinity of New York City — were begun in 1895 and carried 

 on for a number of years. Much of the expense of this work was 



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