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The College Library has just placed on exhibition in the Periodical Room of the Union a collection of war sketches, the work of Frank Vizetelly, who was artist and correspondent of the London Illustrated News during the American Civil War, serving his paper on the Confederate side. The sketches, while...
The general structure of the building will be modelled on the drawings made by A. W. Longfellow '76, although the plans will probably undergo some alternations before they are finally accepted. The hall will consist of three stories, and will be constructed entirely of red brick. On the first floor...
The Semitic collection formerly exhibited in the Peabody Museum has been transferred to the new building and with it a large number of objects which it has been impossible to exhibit hitherto for lack of space. In addition to the former collection, the Museum has received large acquisitions during the...
As far as possible, the material is grouped geographically. On the second floor is an exhibition room about 80x50 feet, to be known as the Assyrian Room; in it will be exhibited the casts of Assyrian, Babylonian and Hittite bas-reliefs and monuments and a number of smaller original objects...
A large number of gifts have been received by the Museum during the past year, and the acquisitions by purchase have been extensive. During Professor Lyon's stay of five months in Palestine, Syria and Egypt, he bought a great variety of objects illustrating both ancient and modern life in...