Publications 



As a means of bringing its work before the public, the 

 Museum has undertaken the pubhcation of the Bulletin of 

 THE College of Charleston Museum, an eight to twelve 

 page leaflet published monthly from October to May and de- 

 voted to descriptions of exhibits, reports of lectures, and 

 notes from the Museum. The Bulletin is entered at the 

 post office at Charleston, S. C, as second-class matter and is 

 sent to subscribers for twenty-five cents a year. It is also 

 sent without charge to the faculty and trustees of the Col- 

 lege, to members of City Council, to county superintendents 

 of education, to about half the newspapers in this state, and 

 in exchange to other museums, colleges, libraries, and scien- 

 tific workers. 



The Bulletin is valuable not only as a means of keeping 

 the local public informed of the work of the Museum, but 

 also as a means of making the scientific activity of this city 

 better known throughout the country. A further value of 

 the Bulletin is as an historical record of the work of the 

 Museum. 



Several opportunities are likely to present themselves to 

 the Museum of publishing scientific papers which would re- 

 flect credit on both the Museum and the city, but which are 

 too extensive to come within the scope of the Bulletin. 

 I would suggest the desirability of providing for the publica- 

 tion, at irregular intervals, of the results of scientific work 

 done under the auspices of the Museum. Such publications 

 might form a series, entitled "Contributions from the College 

 of Charleston Museum." In my discussion of the Elliott 

 Herbarium {infra) I show how the Museum suffers for lack 

 of such facilities for publication. 



Charleston Natural History Society 



As a part of the educational work of the Museum and as 

 a means of enlisting the interest and assistance of volunteer 



