Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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A GIFT OF PECULIAR VALUE PRESENTED BY PROFESSOR ALBERT S. HI( KMoKK, WHO HAS I)E\()TKI) THIRTY- SIX Y'EARS TO EDICATIOXAI, W'DHK FOR THE AMFRICAX MUSEUM Bij G('or(jc II. Shcnrood OXE of the most vahial)le and important acquisitions that the ^(useum has recently received is the personal lil)rary and superb collection of lantern slides of Professor Albert S. Biekmore, the orj^anizer and first Curator of the Department of Public Education. These are ))resented jointly by Professor Biekmore and his wife, Charlotte B. Biekmore. The collection comprises more than twenty thousand lantern slides of which nioi'c than twelve thousand are colored. They were acc(uired by Professor Biekmore during his connection with the State Department of Education and represent the results of his extensive travels. In view of the ios.-^, in the disastrous capitol fire at Albany last winter, not only of the original negatives but also of the supply of lantern slides owned by the State, this collection of slides, which has now no duplicate, is become greatly increased in value. For many years Professor Biekmore gave at the American Museum lectures to the school teachers of the city and his office was always a rendez- vous for teachers, where they were at liberty to consult his library and study the slides at their leisure. More recently his slides have been exten- sively used in lectures to school children, which have annually been given at the Museum for the purpose of supplementing the class room work in geog- raphy and history, and now that the whole series of .slides has been made availal)le, these lectures will Ix- unusiiallv instructive and broad in scope. 189

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