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FIFTY YEARS OF MUSEUM WORK 



I do not say that Ward's made these men what they are but it was a 

 large determining factor in shaping their careers, even when their stay 

 at the Establishment was of comparatively brief duration. 



We all have an admiration for martyrs, however little we may wish 

 to play the r61e ourselves, and while the Ward Establishment may not 

 have been profitable for its founder and immediate supporters, yet it 

 certainly has played no small part in the development of our museums 

 and other scientific institutions. 



It was during my stay at "Ward's" that the next determinant 

 factor in my museum career came into play: the Society of American 

 Taxidermists. 



Like myself, Mr. Hornaday "once upon a time" had a desire to be 

 a great taxidermist — a desire which he lived to see gratified. Incidentally 

 there came a time when he felt that one great taxidermist was not enough 

 for a continent — there should be others. So the Society of American 

 Taxidermists was founded. Here, I fear me, I was a thorn in the spirit, 

 for I played the role, as well as a mere man can, of Cassandra, that well- 

 meaning but most misunderstood young lady of Troy. Like her, I 

 had the inestimable if dangerous privilege of saying "I told you so," 

 only 1 didn't have to wait quite so long nor pay so high a price for the 

 privilege. In other words, I foresaw that the Society would be Short- 



Barrows i, Walter B. * Ward's, 1870-1879 Instructor in physics and chemistry Colegio National, Conoep- 



"SKiSft^^' Ward ' 8 ' m »-™> U - S-Natl.Mus„ 1893. Since then artist 

 ChC RSa G an 0 d fouth AmlnT' Ward ' S ' 1884 ~ 1885 - HeId ""P 1 ""* 'or the Brooklyn Museum in Costa 

 Critchley, J. William,* Waal's, 1876-1884 approximately. For some time in business as commercial 

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^fei^WfflSffiiT Museum of Natural Hi8tory ' 190 °- Asst - 



Hornaday, William l ./l asi.Wi.iw, Field Naturalist, Conservationist, Ward's, 1874-1881 Chief Taxi 



derm.st, TJ. S. Natl. Mils 1882-1890, Director, N. V. Zoological Park. IK II -11 21 

 Santens, Hemic and Joseph, Taxidermists. ™ r ™"' 

 SCOl prepa J rator: Wa ' d ' 8 ' 1873 " 1883 - Since 1883 at U - S - N.tionnl Museum as special osteological 

 TO, Tq e ufri?rn a, ^90?'• ZooIogi8t ' Ward ' 8 ' 1880; U - S ' Fish Commission, 1883-1902; Director, N. Y. 

 HsSm^I'ShS 886 aDd at iDterValS fr ° m 1887 t0 lm - Chie( ^xidermist, U. S. 



Kent Sclent, lie Mnsenm. ( Iran,! Rapid.. M a h , since 1922 W " waukee - 1002-1920, Director, 



Web ioni p red r',» k S f \ V u ' rs ' I'rcparator-in-Chief, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh 1897- 



1908, First President Society ol American Taxidermists us, urn, rreraourgn, 1897- 



W heeler, William M„ Ward's 1884-1885, Curator, Public Museum, City of Milwaukee 1887-1 son 

 Curator of Inve- tel.rate Z.».l, w , Atner. M„s „f Nat. Hist., 1903-1908 ProTcssor of E™2' 

 Entomology, Hussey Institution, Harvard l iuversilv, since Pills ' 1 rmo » s °r ot tconomi-. 



Wood, Nelson R„* Ward's, 1877-1887. Taxidermist, birds, U. S. National Museum 1888-1920 



