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Title: Annual report of the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History for the year
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York : (American Museum of Natural History)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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. The Food Conservation Exhibit, prepared by the Depart-ment of Public Health, was shown in cooperation with the New York State and Federal Food Commissions at theHUbMi Grand Central Terminal in April and May. The United States Department of Agriculture pro-nounced it the best food exhibit yet prepared, and it has beenstudied and copied by food educators from widely separatedlocalities. The Liberty Field Hospital Ward, designed and constructedunder the direction of President Osborn, by Chief of Construc-tion H. F. Beers, has been exhibited in the Museum, at theGrand Central Palace and at the Pacific Coast Land and Indus-trial Exposition at Oakland, California. Plans for a Reconstruction Hospital, to be connected withthe laboratories and exhibition halls of the Mu- Reconstruc- Seum, for the accommodation of several hundredwounded men, were worked out by Mr. Carl E. Akeley, with the approval of the Surgeon Generals Office. The sudden cessation of the war brought this project to a close.
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q +j o C cq S v S U J o ffl H T3 c « 3 £ pq T3 U Permanent Endowment 23 GROWTH OF GENERAL ENDOWMENT The scientific work of the Museum has been well providedfor through the munificent bequests of Mr. and Mrs. MorrisK. Jesup. By the terms of Mr. Jesups will, hisNeed of bequest was strictly for the benefit of scientific Endowment exploration, research, preparation, exhibitionand publication. The educational work of theMuseum, the contact with the public and the relations with thepublic schools are all inspired by this purely scientific work,yet they cannot legitimately draw support from the Jesup En-dowment. It is therefore to the General Endowment that welook for the means to extend this service to the people. It is very gratifying to report that during the past threeyears several important gifts or bequests to the General En-dowment have been received, as follows: In 1916, Margaret Olivia Sage, a special e

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