Jan., 1914. Annual Report of the Director. 



accidents to the cases when being transported by pupils from room to 

 room, experience clearly showed the advisability of having a light, strong 

 handle at each end of a case. The design of a black painted wooden 

 specimen and label holder in one piece assists not only in the rapid in- 

 stallation of collections, but in the general appearance of neatness and 

 order as well. The cases and contents which are now ready for distribu- 

 tion among the schools, were designed with the idea of their serving as 

 keys or sample cases from which duplicates can be easily and quickly 

 prepared. Eighty cases of loan collections are now available for use in 

 the schools. Thirty-eight of these cases represent zoological material, 

 twenty-one geological, twenty botanical, one anthropological. Many 

 public spirited individuals and corporations have given substantial aid 

 by presenting materials of educational value. In many instances the 

 materials represent the various stages of manufacture from the raw to 

 the finished products. Such collections, accompanied by carefully 

 prepared labels, should prove of value in geographical work, in com- 

 mercial studies, and also in nature study courses. During the spring, 

 each of the following schools — Burr, Mann, Warren, McAllister, Haines 

 Practice and Carter Practice — made use of the cases for a period of two 

 weeks. The request of the Superintendent of Schools for cases to be 

 sent to Burnside vacation school opened up an entirely new field of 

 museum extension work. The request was granted, and for the entire 

 period of the usual summer vacation, several cases were on exhibition 

 at the above school, and not only were these cases viewed and studied 

 by the pupils, but by many of the residents of the neighborhood adjacent 

 to the school. 



Photography and Illustration. — The following table shows the actual 

 results only of a large series of detailed operations: 



Director's Office ... 8 

 Anthropology .... 364 



Botany 157 



Geology 1 79 



Zoology 17 



Harris Extension . . .41 



Distribution 



Gift 



Sale 



3 C 



15 



907 

 608 

 346 



183 

 87 

 160 



732 



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142 

 100 

 83 



95 

 117 





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186 



12 



278 



Totals 766 



3.751 



537 



86 



476 



98 



Total number of Catalogue entries during year 1913 5.714 



Total number of Catalogue entries to December 31,1913 107,268 



