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Staff of the Department of Public Education — 1919 2 



Lecture Staff— 1919 2 



President Osborn's Letter of Transmittal to the Mayor and to the President of 



the Board of Education 4 



Nature in the Schools .... 5 



History of the Museum's Nature Education in the Public Schools and Colleges 7 



I. First Period: 1869-1904 ...... 7 



Lecture Courses for Teachers — First Teaching Collections De- 

 posited in the Public Schools 7 



Lectures for Teachers 7 



Teaching Collections 8 



II. Second Period: 1904-1919 9 



A. Introduction of Circulating Nature Study Collections — Cir- 

 culating Loan Collections for Libraries — Inauguration of Lec- 

 tures for Pupils — Establishment of Special Guide Service — 



Special Provision for the Blind 9 



Circulating Nature Study Collections 9 



Growth of the Circulating Nature Study Collections . . 11 



Cooperation with Public Libraries 12 



Lectures for Pupils 13 



Special Guide Service 14 



Industrial Use of Museum Collections 15 



Industrial Art Exhibition 15 



Education for the Blind 16 



B. Extension of Educational Work in 1915 — Lending of Lantern 



Slides to Teachers — Establishment of Local Lecture Centers 18 



Lantern Slides for Teachers 21 



Local Lecture Centers 22 



III. Status of the Museum's Free Nature Education in 1919 ... 23 



Prospective Retrenchment 23 



Support from Board of Education 23 



Circulating Nature Study Collections 24 



Lectures for School Children 24 



Lending of Lantern Slides 25 



Education for the Blind 26 



Loans to Public Libraries 27 



Exhibition Hall Instruction 28 



Photographic Service 28 



Changes in Staff 28 



Outside Activities of Staff . ._ 29 



Acknowledgments . 29 



IV. Plans for Future Development 29 



Local Lecture Centers 29 



Cooperation with Other Agencies 31 



Extension to Training Schools for Teachers . . .31 



Appendix A. General Summary of Statistics for 1919 33 



Appendix B. Circulating Nature Study Collections in the Public Schools . 34 



Appendix C. Lecture Courses 1919 35 



Appendix D. Lending of Lantern Slides 40 



Appendix E. Education for the Blind 41 



Appendix F. Circulating Collections in Public Libraries 42 



Appendix G. List of Schools and Other Institutions with which the Museum 



has Cooperated in 1919 44 



Appendix H. List of Nature-Study Collections Loaned to the Public Schools 53 



Appendix I. Comments of Eminent Educators 55 



Appendix J. Appreciation from the Public Schools 57 



