HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Demuth 

 Collection. 



SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 



One of the special collections in the Department of Anthropology 

 is the Demuth Collection of pipes and smoking materials, brought 

 together through the generous support of Mr. William Demuth, to show 

 the various kinds of pipes and smoking materials used throughout 

 the world. 



a. s. 



Bickmore, 

 1873-91. 



James Terry, 

 1891-94. 



Frederick 

 Starr. 



Frederic W. 



Putnam, 



1894-1903. 



Franz Boas, 

 1895-1906. 



SCIENTIFIC STAFF 



Professor Albert S. Bickmore was in charge of the collections in the 

 Department of Anthropology from the time of its establishment in 1873, 

 and served as Curator from 1885 until he resigned in 1891 to give all his 

 attention to the Department of Public Instruction. He was succeeded 

 after a few months by Mr. James Terry, the Department in the mean- 

 time being in charge of Dr. Frederick Starr, who had been engaged to 

 label and arrange the Bishop and Emmons collections. Mr. Terry had 

 been with the Department since June, 1891, and served as Curator from 

 1892 until 1894. 



In 1894 the Department was reorganized with Professor Frederic W. 

 Putnam as Curator. He served in this capacity until the close of 1902 ? 

 when he resigned to accept an appointment as Director of the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology at the University of California. He continued to 

 be identified with the Museum through 1903 as Advisory Curator of 

 Archaeology. 



After the retirement of Professor Putnam, the Department of An- 

 thropology was separated into two distinct departments — those of Eth- 

 nology and Archaeology. 



Professor Franz Boas joined the Museum's Staff in 1895 as Assistant 

 Curator of Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology. He was 

 made Curator in 1901, and Curator of the new Department of Ethnology 

 when it was established as a distinct Department in 1902, and held this 

 office until he resigned in 1906. Professor Boas is an anthropologist 

 of international reputation, who has contributed largely to the scientific 

 literature of this subject. He directed the field work of the Jesup 



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