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Page 7 - Newark, Del. (60). 1911. K *Reed, William Gardner, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, Cal. (60). 1915. E Reeder, J. Dawson, MD, 639 North Fulton Ave., Baltimore, Md. Reeder, John T., 318 College Ave., Houghton, Mich. (63). *Reeds, Chester Albert, Ph. D., Assistant Curator of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (60). 1911. E Reemelin, Edward B., MD, 3471 Cheviot Ave., Station L, Cincinnati, Ohio. (60). K Rees, Harry L.,...
Page 99 - A museum is an institution for the preservation of those objects which best illustrate the phenomena of nature and the works of man, and the utilization of these for the increase of knowledge and for the culture and enlightenment of the people.
Page 9 - ... Duplicate material should be avoided. Proceedings Amer. Assoc. of Museums, 1909. Color schemes. On colors in museums. Hans Dedekam. Unobtrusive colors should be used. Green is most restful color. For sculpture, color should vary according to hue of marble. Museums Journal, Dec., 1904. Construction. Aims and principles of the construction and management of museums of Fine Art.
Page 15 - To promote the welfare of museums, to increase and diffuse knowledge of all matters relating to them, and to encourage helpful relations among museums and those interested in them.
Page 5 - Miner, Chas. A., CE. 1673 Park Road, Washington, DC (58). D *Miner, James Burt, Ph. D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. (52). 1906. HL Miner, Roy Waldo, Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (57). F Minnick, John Harrison, 416 So. Dunn St., Bloomington, Ind.
Page 171 - ... between the exhibits and the reference collections in such museums, it becomes quite evident that the former, on account of their closer relation to the public, have responded more quickly to their interests and needs. It is therefore quite natural to expect that it will be in the exhibits that we first find a marked departure from the synoptic and taxonomic ideas toward ecological phases ; at least this seems to be true with regard to plant and animal exhibits. At this point let us clearly bear...
Page 16 - The officers shall be a President, two VicePresidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer; and there shall also be sixteen Trustees.
Page 86 - Hours; and when any number not exceeding fifteen are inclined to see it, they must send a list of their Christian and Sirnames, Additions and Places of Abode to the Porter's Lodge, in order to their being entered in the Book; in a few Days the respective Tickets will be made out, specifying the Day and Hour in which they are to come, which on being sent for, are delivered. If by any Accident, some of the Parties are prevented from coming, it is proper they send their ticket back to the lodge as nobody...
Page 163 - The law* established the institution, set aside certain rooms for it, named the trustees, stated the duties of curator and librarian, provided for moving specimens, for distribution of duplicates, for transfer of material from another museum, and made appropriations for carrying the requirements into effect. For the first seven paragraphs of law see below, f Most fittingly the man who for 17 years had been State Geologist was made Curator and was partially remunerated for the two years during which...
Page 33 - Resolved, That it is the sense of this association that the state of Kansas ought to erect and maintain a refinery for oil, of the capacity of at least 5000 barrels daily.