Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1899.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
| Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
| January | 4 | Balfour writes to Pitt-Rivers saying he is anxious to acquire a portrait of Pitt-Rivers to put in museum | S&SWM L2312 Pitt-Rivers papers | |
| January | 24 | Balfour writes to thank Pitt-Rivers for the 'excellent lithograph' portrait | S&SWM L2043 Pitt-Rivers papers | |
| January | 24 | Vice-Chancellor writes to Balfour to tell him the museum grant will increase from £150 to £200 p.a. | PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
| January | No day | Tylor lectures on Development of culture - arts of life in Hilary Term | Alison Brown, pers comm. | |
| February | 7 | Notice of decree proposed to raise the grant for expenses of PRM, passed in Congregation | University Gazette, PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
| February | 16 / 21 | Above decree [see 7.2.1899] passed in Convocation, nem. con, on 16 February | University Gazette, PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
| March | ||||
| April | No day | Tylor lectures on Anthropology as classical literature in Trinity Term | Alison Brown, pers comm. | |
| May | 30 | Decree of 8.11.1898 superceded by that passed in Convocation on 16.2.1899 be rescinded. Passed in Congregation | University Gazette; PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
| May | No day | Response from Hall of Hudson Bay Company to Tylor to confirm it will be possible to acquire totem pole | PRM ms collections Tylor papers box 17 | |
| June | 6 | Decree of 8.11.1898 be rescinded, passed in Congregation. That further provision be made to purchase cases for the PRM to a sum not exceeding £170 | University Gazette; PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
| July | ||||
| August | No day | Harold St George Gray begins work as Balfour's chief museum assistant. He has previously worked as Pitt-Rivers' assistant. He replaces J.T. Long | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1898-9 | |
| August | No day | J.L. Myres asks R.R. Marett to address anthropological section of BAAS meeting in Dover, he speaks on 'Preanimistic Religion' | DNB entry | |
| September | ||||
| October | No day | Tylor lectures on Classification of mankind by race, language and civilization in Michaelmas Term | Alison Brown, pers comm. | |
| November | ||||
| December | ||||
| Unspecified | 3rd edition of Notes and Queries published, this is the last edition to which Pitt-Rivers directly contributed | Petch, 2007: 23 | ||
| Before July 1899 | Balfour ill and unable to submit annual report for 1898 which is published together with annual report for 1899. Tylor, writing to Baldwin Spencer on 25 July 1899 records of Balfour: 'I have not heard of Balfour since he sailed for S. Africa to recover from the effects of typhoid & jaundice. I much hope he may get back restored, but poor man, he has had a bad time.' | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1898-9. Spencer papers, PRM ms collections Box 1 Tylor 4. | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during 1898-1899: Deformation of body, Musical instruments, archery, blowguns, feather ornaments, adzes, shell ornaments | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1898-9 | ||
| Unspecified | New wall cases and other exhibition cases installed thanks to a grant from Convocation | Relational Museum timelines/ Annual Report 1898-9 | ||
| Unspecified | 'annual grant for the general working expenses' is increased in 1899 from £150 to £200 | Annual Report 1898-9 | ||
| Unspecified | Balfour 'has published a monograph' about 'the “Geographical Distribution and Development of the Musical-bow,”' | Annual Report 1898-9 | ||
| Unspecified | The Tylors travel to Austria, Hungary and Bosnia | Megan Price pers comm. |
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