| Show LESER El MUSEUM I AND ITS GROWTH CROWTH t l to lAnd Ud calmer judgment f 1 from mens ee eeK eyes K vat ind Dhu ot of pre prey I y 1111 be seen lleen other thing f c q belief t that will stamp r fill RN a peculiar I 1 wr thing none will be I r 10 nt than Ihan the energy and andr andi r i 4 Ill people In establishing L 1 I nal Institution It 18 2 1 I that the tho Pioneers A A IU the mu museum um whIle he chose the writer then one ot of hi students to tc as 1111 curators clerk With Dr came ami a n new and vigorous life Just to this the Salt Sail Lake and cI hUar Association In Into into to whose whale hands hand the museum had pIed paused bad sold old the old quarters and having to eek II a ne new depositary for tor the col had secured and In January 1891 mOVed Into a portion of the then new Templeton building It wu was now round found that the records and catalogues ot of the institution had bad been lot lost or mil mis misplaced placed tIme the lied bad been dl A AA own state Slate to collections numbering up upI Into the thousands with a reputation I 1 that has lual crossed the sea aea Il 11 Is II one ot of the most mOlt purely philanthropic In the bene benefit benefit fit accruing either directly or I ly to the owners onera at pr nt the Mon Mor Mormon mon Church The great ot of the institution are an endowment without which no such luch establishment caRt cab thrive am and a permanent home May IY Wt we not hope hop that when the memory of the tn In Intense tense early struggles tnt for tor existence hu has crown rown dim In the mind ot of our O pl pIe that corns ome wealthy men will see HI their way WIY cl clear nr to give Ive it II both home and sustenance end and make mke or of It all II that the name implies a sanctuary dedicated to the work ot of muse the tudy ot of nature he her c ores and laws Jaw modesty modell ot of the writer of the foregoing article 1181 hi prevented him doing justice to himself tor lor his hla labor In connection with the Det Museum fullum The proofs proof ot of the were shown to 10 Dr president or of the museum who expressed his hll regret that Mr Clark CIrkl to the museum had bad 1 e n position of Dt being nv tf Si I Pilgrim IS F I f r th ot of the gr tc Is 45 In a 11 frontier com 11 r o 11 nah Itah men went vent a 11 arr rr rr r It ft n tile the organizing ot of the Institutions E EIf Lt the DeNrel Mu MuIo Mulat Io z lat hat 18 I usually con coni i li t II i an educatIonal 1 r 1 t I that seldom comes comel 1 i 1 years and Ind ripened d 11 funded aM aa an In inc InI I c J 3 r W Young Youns b by him himI I 1 a prIVat enter 1 first called the Sait t I 1 and Menagerie d i I sT na In an old adobe I I C r th 01 all Ju juet l est east of r t Here a 11 man was WAI In InI I 1 I I k Ii ot of a 11 few fel curio 1 t that formed the J I t Jr extensive col J I ot of the r S g nl n a nr ar r I 1 r slow The Thera I ra gj f nce demanded r r J ot of the people e Jt u After Arter U seV 11 1 w Were re changed n I It t Its door It Ita itE a E 1 building just opposite Ut p L ot of the Temple block It until je was brought to a sad lad h 1 t JC us lS poisoning of the theL L I 1 r n I the Ihl word menagerie iri r f time name that U 1 zi n tor fr several years eu at Lkc City ity Museum r i q 9 latr changed to lIl L It was WIlB during these p yu I that Proto Prof Joseph S St St t t L sIted lat d with the In Inn inC n C II at atI 01 and under his r i r ing of order begin gan gane e hao thAt I ed 1 Instincts and andL L ru an Impress up Ull t f I I the institution n a e lcd ad never r before en A 1 with many of the I world he soon lOon put pul pulI I with f U II J l b by exchange he heI I 11 I ho hi hitherto slowly t n lie III commenced r S S r imn ot of our native natle L I 1 wll as II of at th lh reeks J L crum the newly dl de t C 1 f Ihl Territory limit by br lack ot of 4 n m i t fee was wasS S was Wail alight and andt I t that often otten I II I old scholar fr g it t IQ verge or of want wantI I r of the heroic In hi his d his r v D In i his chosen WI th the museum t III t future tb lb Y Ian an never be b Ii Ilet t ot nf that I with its I S Barfoot died p I Slad th thI t S I rge t mr the immediate ham a as u assistant t nt tor hid held until his I I Mr h rI n II Furd end endS S r d by John ehn 55 th rh condi hp hc Territory at this S I irig ing distraught with n no ow I 1 during which I than hun aid I I h credit is III due th the thel t BI l I tb iti latter did not days were corn com comI I I r t become mars ft 1 n S 1910 dl ft te r rr J soum um With the tb follow t iW Jam E at att t ot of the lee ets 11 waa mad curator 0 of arranged and many had entirely dl appeared were Vete missing miNing and antl the work ot of arrangement seemed enin Indeed But Dut with tic energy lh the nl neW curatOr began his talk tack anti and itt In the course courle ot of a tew ot of ord order r and system began to make Its appearance But arrangements arrangement Were hampered b by lack room and with much ot of th the display little else than A Amere amere mere piling together ot of the specimens was possible It w wO at this time lime that tilt the nt wu riven a strong irn by the of Dr Tel mages personal mineral minerai and fossil cal col two arid and three From this point the growth ot of the institution ha has been almost oll In iSit 1512 It apparent that the must 1 BlaIn again moved moed to quartets At Al Rb about ut tIme the same me time th the question of II a Church Un was ted and it II was finally decided that the Literary And Scientific A should hould construct I a building the upper ur of which should be wed used as museum display rooms while the lower doors would bi devoted devolld to the Irk ot of the Church Uni University Thu building wu i aa erected on l Piret North and Second We Vest t streets 0 on the old eld property ana an earl early In the museum was waR moved Into th these nw new Later this property b by the endowment of a University lp b by the association passed Into tilt the hands or of orthe time the State Slate though the mu museum seum um has bas remained there thre until the pre pres present ent s stated before the growth of the Museum sine b ha been little short bort of marvelous In It had the good fortune under th the direction and Ind man manar management ar ot of It its curator who hi had by br this tIme been made also president or of orthe the Institution to secure possession ot of and develop a unique deposit of gyp num lIum var art from which were wre obtained the mineral l crystals I I I I that have ever eyer ben reported Indeed al 1 testimonIals or of their excellence medals and diploma ha have been awarded to the museum arid and its Ita president dent jointly both wIh at the Chicago Worlds Fair and at the Congress although h In neither cue case did the president or the museum make any exhibition ot of them and at t the request ot of the government hl have hem sent nt to be exhibited at al the Paris Specimens of at these thel have not only been gratuitously to mOlt mout ot of the leading museums and collages ot of Amer lea ice and but bul by br careful and judicious management the material hAI he been n dl disposed ol 01 to collectors antI and others so IO thAt It hu has netted the museum several Iral thousand dollars In specimens Among Amon the mott Important addition since Dr Talmage assumed control ma may be some two thou send land mineral obtained by and aDd purchase principally from Ward and the National though many been so H from educational institutions ot of the country A Of r several hundred Utah Ulah birds and ond I superb set ot of plaster casts calt of extinct reptiles and mammals as AI well In as many rare and interesting tORn fossils of the most complete ot of Cliff remains to be found In th the States The latter Jatter is II of at especial interest to visitorS tor and some mummified or desiccated or of that ancient mysterious race The MIl Museum Mum has been ad d to the Museums Association ur I the world with headquarters In Great Britain and Its president hal baa tor or teen In 1 C member r governing or of that distinguished thin Thus Thill In a t few w years ear tilt the museum has grown from a few teW cases cilles of unknown the 0 oi our cur IT TY Y been but inadequately noticed Mr Clark became ame curator assistant soon after ner Dr assumed charge of the Institution and h has rendered vem 11 aid alII In the work fork of at arranging the In both the Templeton and the Church University buildings lie He has been In hi his efforts to add to Ih the collections collection end and enhance the value alUe ot of possession held by br judicious display Under Dr Tel Tal rages mile direction the whole lAbor 0 of arra arrangement and cataloguing has hal been done by Mr lr Clark |
