Excerpt from The Nineteenth Annual Report of the Trustees With the List of Members: For the Year Ending December 31, 1894 To serve for one year A. C. Harrison thomas dolan, william platt pepper, C. N. Weygandt, charles E. Dana. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Fifteenth Annual Report of the Trustees With the List of Members for the Year Ending December 31, 1890 A review of the twelve months Shows that while substantial progress has been made, the Institution has not been able to meet all the de mands for the extension of its usefulness because of lack of funds. Nevertheless, in some respects its financial position is better than ever before. The floating debt has been cancelled. A bequest of from Geo. S. Pepper, Esq., who generously remembered SO many Philadelphia institutions in his will, has been received from his executors. The terms of the bequest are that the income only shall be used for the purposes of the Institution. The principal sum, therefore, has been added to the Endowment Fund. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Trustees: With the List of Members for the Year Ending December 31, 1897 Bradley C. Algeo, Assistant Director of d104ile School and Instructor in d104ile Design and Mechanical Drawing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Seventh Annual Report of the Trustees and a List of Members: For the Fiscal Year Ending December 30, 1882 The appropriations of Councils for the maintenance and repair of Memorial Hall enables the Institution to display its collections free to the public, in a building admirably adapted to the purpose but With'the strictest'economy in the wages and the number of per sons employed, the expense of maintaining the Museum in this building exceeds the appropriation for maintenance. This excess and the deficit on the School account have to be paid by the annual subscriptions of members. As both of these sources of mcome aie variable and uncertain, your Trustees again urge upon members and friends of the Institution the importance of providing an endowment that Will secure its existence, independent of annual appropriations or subscriptions. Nothing now limits its useful ness but a lack of funds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Eighth Annual Report of the Trustees and a List of Members: For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1883 In making this, their Eighth Annual Report, the Trustees are gratified to observe that a review of the history of the Institution during the past year shows evidence of substantial progress in sev eral important directions, particularly in respect of a growing appreciation by the community of the value and importance of the Museum and the School as educational factors. After the Centennial the ladies who, as the Women's Centennial Executive Committee, had labored so efficiently for the success of the Exhibition, continued their organization under the name of the Committee of Charities. On our invitation these ladies associated themselves with this Board, in March last, as the Associate Com mittee of Women, for the purpose of assisting in furthering the work of this Institution. One of the large pavilions in the Museum has been set apart for their use, in which to maintain a national memorial of the work done by the women of the country during the Centennial. As they were particularly interested in the work of the School, three of their number were appointed a committee auxiliary to the Committee on Instruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Trustees With the List of Members: For the Year Ending May 31, 1910 The collections of ceramics and glass have been enriched by numerous important accessions during the year, many of which are among the finest of their kind, while some of the examples are unique. It has been the policy of the administration to round out the collections when possible, so far as the limited funds of the Museum will permit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.