Arizona state miner. [volume] (Wickenburg, Ariz.) 1919-1927, 1927-04-09

The annual meeting and banquet
of the Arizona Museum Association
was held Wednesday evening, at $50
in the Blue room at the Adams Hotel,
Phoenix, with the president, Mrs. E.
e. Oldaker, presiding. A most rep
resentative assembly was present,
most of the clubs of the city being
represented by speakers on the pro-
gram.
Miss Esther Chase and Miss Irene
Helm of the School of Allied Arts,
Phoenix, furnished most delightful
musical program.
The treasurer, Harry A Diehl, gave
an excellent report and the financing
of the first unit of the building seems
assured, but from the number of
relics that are being promised, it may
be necessary to soon add other addi-
tons. Lee Fitzhugh reported the first
unit will be finished about May 1st
The chairman of the various COM
mittees gave good reports, but prob
ably the report of the president best
sums up the work of the entire year.
The report is given below:
Presidents Report
Each year finds us a little further
along toward the realization of the
high ideals set up by the original in
ecorporators of the museum in 1923.
With the lease from the City of .Phoe-
nix of plot of ground 150x15O feet
in University Park, we secured over
"a year ago beautiful location on Van
Buren, and 10th avenue, facing Wood
land Park, Next. a sale of facsimile
bricks was inaugurated and a cam
paign was put on last April to-, sell
bricks and collect money. through the
schools of Arizona. This campaign
netted the museum $4,000, seventy
three schools participating
's.The building committee advertised
for plans to be submitted for build
ing and those of Fitzhugh and Byron
were selected as the most appropriate.
Actual construction on the first unit
of this building was begun in Decem-
Der, and with the help given us by the
the Local Labor Union, which voted
each man to give days work, and
donations of materials of all kinds,
it has progressed nicely, 100000 be-
ing the total amount of cash available
in the beginning.
Gas has been the policy of the mu-
scum for a number of years, we have
this past season sponsored a series
OF lectures which have been open
free to the general public and we'll
attended by our tourists. This year
we have had as speakers DIR. Cryder
of William Boyce Thompson Arbore-
tum, Dr. Odd Halseth of the Museum
of New Mexico, DIR. Byron C. Cum
mings of the University of Arizona,
and we still have three others on our
list to be presented in the near future.
Beginning with this winter we have
gotten out an Arizona Museum Bulletin
every two months, which has brought
US compliments from several muse
Nums.
I'VE have accepted an invitation to
become a member of the American
Association of Museums, and an ar
ticle by Dr. Madison of Cleveland
telling of our work has appeared in
the Museum News, and we have re-
ceived a request for a report to be
sent in direct.
'sWe have co-operated with the
Chamber of Commerce by entering
stage coach in the Mainline parade,
selling tickets to the pageant and the
board has endorsed the Echo Canyon
Bowl
''We have received relics during
the past year from the Southwest
Museum, Los Angeles, James Bark,
A H. Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs W. K
James, Robert Utley, Walter A.
Wood, Mrs. Ora N Ferguson, Dr.
Joseph A. Munk; Mrs. Gertrude L.
Simms, Mr. Frank Alkire and Edward