Special Exhibition of old Deeds, Manuscripts, Books, Portraits, etc., relating to the history of the United States up to and including the War of 1812. (Catalogue for sale.) NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, corner of Seventy-seventh Street and Central Park West. September 25th to October 30th, open daily from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Robert Fulton Exhibition of the New York Historical Society, in co-operation with the Colonial Dames of America. (Catalogue for sale.) NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, Lenox Branch, Fifth Avenue and Seventy-second Street. Open daily, except Sundays, from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Special Exhibition of Prints, Books, Manuscripts, etc., relating to Henry Hudson, the Hudson River, Robert Fulton and Steam Nav= igation. (Special illustrated catalogue for sale; price, 10 cents.) NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK, under the management of the New York Zoological Society, St. Nicholas Avenue (138th to 140th Streets), in Bronx Park. Open daily, including Sundays, from 9 a. m. until an hour before sunset (November 1st to May 1st from 10 a. m.). Free, except on Mondays and Thursdays, when an admission fee of 25 cents is charged. The fauna of Henry Hudson's time on Manhattan Island and Hudson River Valley will be indicated by the flag of the HudsonFulton Celebration. (Special illustrated catalogue for sale.) REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH. The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York will make an exhibit in the chapel of the Church of St. Nicholas, Fifth Avenue and 48th Street, during the week of the celebration, 9 to 5 daily. VAN CORTLANDT HOUSE MUSEUM, in Van Cortlandt Park was built in 1748. Open daily, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Special Exhibition of Mezzotint Portraits of men prominent in political life prior to the Revolution; Wedgwood's Medallion Portraits of Illustrious Personages; Cartoons and Caricatures of political events, etc. (Special illustrated catalogue on sale.) WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS (The Jumel Mansion), Roger Morris Park, Edgecombe Road and One Hundred and Sixty-second Street. Built about 1760. Open free daily, including Sundays, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Special features: Collection of Colonial furnishings, objects and pictures; also the Bolton Collection of War Relics of the Revolution. BY SPECIAL CARD ONLY. AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 15 West 81st Street. Special Exhibition of Books and Maps relating to Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton. Admission may be obtained by card. Apply to the Librarian, 15 West 81st Street. Open from September 25th to October 9th, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. OF THE Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences No. 14. EDITED FOR THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE BY CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, CURATOR-IN-CHIEF Published Monthly at New Brighton, N. Y SEPTEMBER, 1909. THE HUDSON-FULTON EXHIBIT IN THE MUSEUM. As announced in the last issue of the BULLETIN, the special commemorative exhibit was opened on September 4, the anniversary of Hudson's first landing on Staten Island. The exercises were quite informal; in the unavoidable absence of President Bayne, brief addresses were made by Dr. Hollick and Mr. Hillyer, of the Board of Trustees, and by the Curator-in-chief. The exhibit is designed to illustrate, synoptically, the historical development of Staten Island. The physiography and stratigraphic geology of the island is first shown by means of specimens of rocks, minerals etc., arranged in geological sequence. The flora and fauna as it was in Hudson's time is indicated either by actual specimens or by descriptive labels: practically all the native trees are represented in the herbarium loaned by Master Carl Dowell, who recently won the annual high school prize offered by the Association. The section devoted to the Indians is very complete. It includes a large series of stone implements, weapons, etc., from various parts of the isiand, their uses being fully set forth on the labels. By way of contrast, the Skinner collection of recent Iroquois Indian implements and costumes, from Central New York, lately presented to the museum, is also displayed here. Models of a Manahatas Indian village and of a small Indian tepee complete the section. The period of Dutch colonial occupation is illustrated by a model of the water gate and adjacent houses at the foot of Pearl Street about 1650. With this is a most interesting model of the interior of a Dutch house, showing the typical exterior, and within the characteristic furniture, etc. This was constructed by Mr. Clement Parsons,, the other models having been made under the direction of the Children's Festivals Committee. The later colonial period, from the British occupation until after the close of the Revolution, is represented by varions exhibits. Two cases are devoted to interesting relics of the eighteenth century, many of them belonging to Staten Island; another to old manuscripts, deeds and land grants. The walls are hung with series of maps of the island, from the earliest known down to the most recent. A large collection of old engravings, loaned chiefly by Mr. Gerald F. Shepard, shows various familiar scenes and buildings around Manhattan. The Billopp house at Tottenville is commemorated by a fine model. As a supplementary feature of the exhibit there is a display of costumes of the various nations,-Dutch, French, Italian, etc.,-which have contributed largely to American citizenship. The room is decorated with Hudson-Fulton banners of every description. The special exhibit will remain open until November 1, although as some of the loans are liable to be withdrawn at any time, the public is advised to visit the Museum early. The latter is open every afternoon from 1 to 5 except Sundays, Mondays and holidays. On Saturdays it is open from 10 to 5. The Association will commence its various activities next month, the first meeting being held, as usual, on the third Saturday in October. The trustees will hold a stated meeting on October 9. and proposals for membership should be in the hands of the Secretary before that date. |