600 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
The Registrar has reported the additions
to the Museum
from October 1, 1926, to
September 1, 1927, as follows:
Accessions to Museum Collections
October 1, 1926 to September 1,
1927
The most important additions to the
Archaeological collec-
tion, aside from the material secured by
explorations, have been
the collections of the late Dr. G.
Miesse, Lancaster, Ohio, which
was bequeathed to the Society; of Mr. C.
O. Tracy, Bexley,
Ohio, presented by his son, Mr. William
P. Tracy; and the col-
lections of Dr. B. R. Bales of
Circleville, and Mr. George W.
Gossard of South Solon, Ohio, which were
purchased. The col-
lection of Mr. H. R. McPherson has also
been loaned to the
Society.
A number of fine examples of Indian
beadwork have been
presented, notably the collection of Dr.
H. Lee Good, Hamilton,
Ohio, and Mr. Tiffin Gilmore of
Columbus. The collection of
Dr. Good is exhibited in one of the new
wall cases in the De-
partment of Ethnology.
A fine collection of native hats and
other material from the
Philippines, and specimens of Apache
Beadwork have been de-
posited in the museum by Col. William F.
Martin, U. S. A.,
General Reserve Depot at Columbus.
The Egyptian Mummy presented last year
by Dr. J. Morton
Howell, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to
Egypt, has been placed in the
sarcophagus in which it was found,
and a copy of the decoration on the
inside of the sarcophagus
has been framed and hung upon the wall
adjacent to the ex-
hibit. The sarcophagus was received from
Dr. Howell during
the past year, and the exhibit is now
complete.
Various relics of the Civil War are
still being added, among
those recently received being the
military equipment of the late
Col. W. L. Curry of Columbus.
The collection of Minerals has been
enlarged by specimens
presented by Mr. James G. Manchester of
New York, Mrs.
Theodore Leonard of Columbus, and
others. Mr. Philip Kientz
of Columbus has also contributed
generously, making several