work occupied my time during the first year of my comiection 

 with the Museum in 1906. In the year following I began the work 

 of extending and enlarging the collections from all available 

 sources. My own extensive gatherings of minerals, rocks and 

 fossils, accumulated during forty years, I decided to place in 

 the Museum either on deposit or as a gift. In addition to this 

 I have sought to procure contributions from friends and from 

 other institutions, partly by gift and partly by exchange. In 

 this endeavor I have succeeded beyond my anticipation. The 

 collections in these departments of the Museum are probably 

 the most extensive in the southern states. In some departments 

 this is certainly true, and all specimens are in good condition for 

 exhibition as fast as proper case accommodations can be provided 

 for them. 



Each specimen placed in the regular collection is first numbered 

 with an indelible carbon ink and then recorded in a card cata- 

 log showing the name and locality of the specimen and any 

 points of special interest connected with it. In this manner it 

 is hoped that the loss of localities and records so unfortunate 

 with regard to the earlier material will henceforth be absolutely 

 prevented. 



Important Accessions 



The most important accessions which I have obtained are as 

 follows: (1) The Booth collection of fossils, gathered and pre- 

 sented to the Museum by Mr. Henry Booth of Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. On hearing of the work of the Museum and the condi- 

 tions under which it was being carried on, Mr. Booth very gen- 

 erously presented his entire collection containing some 347 speci- 

 mens, mostly well determined fossils, largely from the northern 

 and western states. (2) The collection of tertiary fossils of 

 Maryland, obtained from the Maryland Academy of Sciences at 

 Baltimore through the courtesy of its president, Dr. Philip R. 

 Uhler, in 1907. This collection comprises 102 species and indi- 

 viduals, and gives an excellent representation of the fossil tertiary 

 fauna of that State. (3) The Graves collection of minerals, 

 principally from Missouri, but also from other foreign and Amer- 

 ican localities, given to the Museum in 1910 by Mr. F. P. Graves 

 of Joplin, Missouri. This contribution comprises 56 specimens, 

 many of them choice. (4) The Canfield collection of minerals, 

 chiefly zeolites given in 1910 by Mr. Frederick G. Canfield of 



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