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Minnesota geolog-ical and natural history survey, Minneapolis, 

 N. H. Winchell, state geologist. 



Collections are in the custody of the University of Minnesota 

 at Minneapolis and are described with the other collections of 

 that university. 



The geologic survey was conchidod early in 1001. The publi- 

 -cations remaining on hand were turned over to the general 

 library of the University of Minnesota, William W. Folwell, 

 libi'arian. AN'ork in botany j)ro('(H'ds under the charge of Con- 

 wav MacMillau and in zooloi»T under Henrv F. Xachtrieb, both 

 of the same universitv. 



University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. This institution has no 

 distinctively university museum. It is however, charged with 

 the care of the museum to be created by the geologic and 

 natural history survey. The departments of zoology and botany 

 have study collections which are not considered separate from 

 the collections of the museum embraced under the geologic and 

 natural history survey, and the heads of the departments are 

 in charge of their respective collections. Conway MacMillan, 

 professor of 'botany; C. W. Hall, professor of geology and miner- 

 alogy; Henry F. Nachtrieb, professor of zoology. 



Paleontology. Geologic survey: over 9700 entries with many 

 duplicates embracing 2000 fossils. For study, 2500 fossils and a 

 fairly complete set of Ward's casts of fossils; the Sardeson col- 

 lection of Paleozoic fossils which consists of a series of 32,500 

 specimens under 2500 entries. The collection of vertebrate 

 fossils is begun, the anthropologic series number 300 entries. 



Geology and mineralogy. Geologic survey; over 9700 entries 

 with many duplicates embracing: 5700 rocks; 2000 minerals; 

 1500 thin sections of rocks and fossils; an extensive series of 

 photograj>hs and negatives representing geologic formations, 

 physiographic features and microphotographs. Also for study 

 5000 rocks, 1400 thin sections of minerals and rocks; 6000 

 minerals, including the Kunz systematic collection; 2000 com- 

 prised in systematic collection; 3400 in reference collection; 1000 

 crystal forms; 2000 photographs; 500 negatives and several hun- 



