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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution REPORT UPON THE CONDmON AxND PROGRESS OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE MO, 1002. BY RICHARD KATHBUN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OP THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, IN CHARGE OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. NAT MU.S 1902 1 — T? E P ( ) Jl T THE CONDITION AND PROGKESS OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 'M\, VM. Tli('ii.\i,;i> U,\iiii!rN, AsslMdiit SeciU'ldri/ of llic Siiiillisdiiinii Iiisliliilii>n. in churi/f of Ihr l'. S. X<tlio)Kll Miisiiiiil. GENERAL CONSI DKPv A'JK )NS. The United States National Museum had its oriyin in tlu^ act of Cong-ress of 184(3 founding- the kSmithsonian Institution, which made the formation of a museum one of the principal functions of the latter, and jirovided that Whenever suitable avrangementH can l)e made from time to time for their recep- tion, all objects of art and of foreis^n and curious reseai-ch, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens belunging to the Tnited States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody they may be, shall be deli\ered tu such persons as may be authorized I>y the Board of Regents to receive them, and shall be so arranged and classified in the building erected for the Institution as best to facilitate the examination and study of them; and when- ever new specimens in natural historv, geology, or mineralogy are obtained for the museum of the Institution, l)y exchanges of duplicate specimens, Avhich the Regents may in their discretion make, or by donation, whicli they may receive, or otherwise, the Regents shall catise such new sj^ecimens to be appropriately classed and arranged. The principal and accumulated interest of the Smithsonian fund amounted at thtit time to about ^75(),()()0, a sum considered amph^ to meet the needs of the various operations in which it was proposed that the Smithsonian Institution should eno-uo-e. In lS4ti probahh^ not more than one or two universities or learned establishments in Amer- ica had so larg(> an endowment, and it was apparently the idea of Concrress that the fund was sufficient both for the erection of a build- ing- and for the care of the collections which would l)e turned over to it or acquired by the national surveys, and in other ways. The Museum thus beg-an as an integral part of the Institution, coordinate with its library, and was required by law to ln•o^'ide for the Govern- ment collections which had previoush* accumulated, a dut^' which the 4 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSfiUM, 1902. Institution did not see its way clear to fulfill until 1S5S, when Con- gress began to make small yearl}^ appropriations to aid in this purpose. So inadequate, however, were the sums voted, that for many years the slender income of the Institution continued to be drawn upon to insure the maintenance of what was then justly called the Smithsonian Museum, since the building was paid for out of the Smithson fund, a considerable portion of the collections was and still is the property of the Institution, through exploration and gift, and a lumiber of the officials connected with the Museum were employed at its expense. The first scientific collection to come into the possession of the Insti- tution—and, in fact, it accompanied the bequest—was the small but valuable mineralogical cabinet of James Smithson, the founder, who was himself a chemist and udneralogist of repute, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. The nucleus of the National Museum was, however, virtuall}" acquired b}^ the National Institute, a society organized in Washington about 1840, having for its avowed purpose the direction of the Smithson bequest and the pursuit of objects in consonance with the terms of that foundation. One of these objects was the gathering of historical and natural history specimens from both official and private sources, most prominent among the former having been the United States Exploring Expedition around the world from 1S38 to 1842. Rooms in the Patent Office building were secured for the museum of the society, which was practically recognized as the appropriate place of deposit for all Gov- ernment collections retained in Washington. Another important serv- ice rendered by the society was, as the late Dr. G. Brown Goode has said, in the direction of educating public opinion "to consider the establishment of such an institution worthy of the Government of the United States." Failing, however, to secure the public recognitiouat which it aimed, it became inactive upon the establishment of the Smith- sonian Institution in 1846, and its charter, which expired in 1861, was not renewed. The Government collections in its possession, which came practically under the care of the Commissioner of Patents, were turned over to the Smithsonian Institution in 1858. Other material directl}^ under the control of the National Institute remained at the Patent Office until 1862, and a part of the historical obji^cts were held there until 1883. Previous to 1858, however, important materials for a luuscum were being accumulated at the Smithsonian Institution, at its own cost and through the activities of its assistant secretary. Prof. Spencer F. Baird, beginning even before his appointment to that office in 1850. The personal bent of Professor Baird Avas toward the collection of natural history specimens for purposes of study. With the approval of Secretary Henry he put into operation plans for the accomplish- ment of this object, which, fostered tmd encouraged, were soon yield- REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 5 ing regular and abundant returns. Professor Baird\s own vacations were spent in field work. Ofticei-.s of the Army and Navy and of other branches of the Government service, fishermen, fur traders, private explorers, and such powerful organizations as the Hudson's Bay Com- pany and the Western Union Telegraph Company, were enlisted in the work and rendered valuable assistance. The influence exerted by these beginnings has been lasting and widespread, as shown in the extensive natural history operations of subsequent National and State surveys, the organization of the Fish Commission and Bureau of Eth- nology, and the support giv^en to scientific collecting l)y many other bureaus of the CTOvernment. The discussion of plans for the organization of the Smithsonian Institution, which devolved upon the first Board of Regents, led, in January, 18-t7, to the unanimous adoption of the following resolution expressing approval of the museum featur*^ as one of its imi)(>rtant functions: Efi^olved, That it is the intention of the act of Congress estaljlishing the Institution, and in accordance with the design of Mr. Sniithson, as expressed in his will, that one of the principal modes of executing the act and the trust is the accumulation of collections of specimens and objects of natural history and of elegant art, and the gradual formation of a library of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge, to the end that a copious storehouse of materials of science, literature, and art may be provided, which shall excite and diffuse the love of learn- ing among men, and shall assist the original investigations and efforts of those who may devote themselves to the pursuit of any l)ranch of knowledge. " The policy thus announced has prevailed to the present day. In 1879, when most of the existing Government surveys, whose work included the collecting of specimens in the field, had been estab- lished, Congress deemed it important to practically reenforce the pro- visions of the act founding the Institution, in order that there might be no doubt as to the proper disposition of the material certain to be derived from these various sources, T)y the following enactment in the sundry civil appropriation act for 1880: All collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and ol)jects of natural history, archa}ology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress shall be deposited in the National Museum. Although the name "National Museum'' was sometimes used in the earlier reports of the Smithsonian Institution, it did not appear in any of the laws of Congress until 1875. Its general employment may ba said to date from the time of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the first exposition in this country in which the Government participated, and the first to make known to vast numbers of the people of the United States the existence of national collections at « Report of Committee on Organization, p. 20. 6 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. Washington, as well as new methods of installing and exhibiting museum materials, differing radicalW from the older cabinets of col- lege or local museums, which had prevailed up to that period. After its olose the Government exhibits brought Isack to Washington, together with the extensive gifts made to the United States b}" private persons and foreign governments, rendered necessarv the early erec- tion of a new and separate building, devoted entirely to nniseum purposes. Since that time Congress has mainly provided for the maintenance of the Museum, but its management remains, by the fundamental act, under the authority of the Regents of the Smithson- ian Institution, administered through their Secretary, who is e.e officio the keeper—a form of government insuring a consistent and uniform polic}'^ and a nonpartisan administration of its affairs. The greater part of the Smithsonian building is still used for museum purposes, and the Institution, as well as most of the scientilic bureaus at Wash- ington, cooperate, both through men and material, in enlarg-ing and caring for the national collections.
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