. The American Museum of Natural History : its origin, its history, the growth of its departments to December 31, 1909 . The original of this book is inthe Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions inthe United States on the use of the text. FOREWORD THIS outline of the History of the Museum has been prepared forthe benefit of the Trustees, Members and Scientific present edition is abbreviated from a full report pre-sented to the Trustees February 14, 1910, and constituting theTrustees Edition. The first manuscript
. The American Museum of Natural History : its origin, its history, the growth of its departments to December 31, 1909 . The original of this book is inthe Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions inthe United States on the use of the text. FOREWORD THIS outline of the History of the Museum has been prepared forthe benefit of the Trustees, Members and Scientific present edition is abbreviated from a full report pre-sented to the Trustees February 14, 1910, and constituting theTrustees Edition. The first manuscript History of the Museum was that written at therequest of the late President Morris K. Jesup by Mr. L. P. Gratacap. Itis still unpublished, but has yielded very valuable information. The materials for the present History have been assembled chiefly byAssistant Secretary George H. Sherwood and the Curators of the variousDepartments, from the Minutes of the Meetings of Trustees and Exec-utive Committee, the Annual Reports of the Presidents, and from therecords of the several Departments. The text of the historiccu31924104089432
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