STAFF OF THE MUSEUM 
THE MUSEUM HAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 
AND A SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 
THE original Administrative Staff of the Museum was under the 
direction of Professor Albert S. Bickmore, who was likewise a 
member of the Scientific Staff. In 1884, on assuming the head 
of the Department of Public Instruction, Professor Bickmore resigned 
his general administrative duties, after a service of fifteen years, and 
President Jesup gave personal and detailed attention to the adminis- 
tration of the Museum. Under him were Mr. John H. Winser, Sec- 
retary and Assistant Treasurer, and Mr. William Wallace, Superinten- 
dent of Buildings. 
The growth of the Museum was such that in 1899 Mr. Jesup invited 
Professor Osborn to act as Assistant to the President and to give his 
attention to general administration. Professor Osborn introduced a 
number of new methods of systematizing the work of the Museum, es- 
pecially in the requisition system, in standard systems of casing and of 
labeling, in stated meetings of the Scientific Staff, in stated meetings of 
the Publication Committee, as well as other changes in the scientific and 
administrative departments. He also outlined the present adminis- 
trative system for the Rules and Regulations of 1902. 
The rapid development of the Museum and the expansion of its 
business affairs, however, pointed to the necessity of selecting an officer 
to give his entire time to the supervision both of the scientific and admin- 
istrative work of the Museum. Accordingly, Dr. Hermon C. Bumpus, 
Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Brown University, a member of 
the U. S. Fish Commission Staff and one of the trustees of the Marine 
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