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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