THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 



LOCAL (ESSEX) MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, 



NEW LONDON ROAD, CHELMSFORD. 



The Establishment cf a trul}' Local Museum has always been a leading 

 idea with the Club, and towards that end manj' specimens have been collected. 

 The Essex and Chelmsford Museum is now incorporated with the Club, and 

 contains many specimens of considerable interest and value. The Museum has 

 been in existence since 1S28, and has done excellent work. The Club is, 

 therefore, now in a position to establish a really useful Museum, to contain 

 authentic collections to illustrate the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Zoology, 

 Ethnology, Pre-historic Archaeology and Technology, etc., of ESSEX and the 

 adjacent sea and rivers, together with an educational series of specimens and 

 preparations to be employed for illustrative and teaching purposes. 



Chelmsford has been chosen as the site of the principal Museum and Library, 

 being the County Town and occupying a central position in Essex, but it is hoped 

 that loan and temporary collections may be arranged for in other localities in the 

 County. Funds are now being raised to build and fit up rooms worthy of the 

 comprehensive scope of the Museum and Library. 



DONATIONS OF SPECIMENS AND COLLECTIONS OF A LOCAL 

 (ESSEX) CHARACTER are invited. They should be sent at present to Mr. 

 W. Cole, Hon. Sec. and Director^ care of Mr. Edmund Durrant, 90, High Street, 

 Chelmsford. A letter should precede the donation, and the Council reserves to 

 itself the right to refuse any unsuitable specimens. 



The fullest details should be given of the locality, finder, and other precise 

 information about each specimen, for insertion in the Register. 



The Director will be glad to give any instructions in his power to those pro- 

 posing to collect for the Museum. 



The Club already possesses a very considerable Library, consisting of books, 

 MSS., prints, photographs, etc., appertaining in any way to the County of Essex, 1 

 and also of scientific, antiquarian, topographical, and other literature, and every ' 

 effort is being made to enlarge it and increase its usefulness. The Library is for 

 the use of the members only, and such visitors as may be admitted under the 

 regulations of the Librarians. ■ ! 



DONATIONS OF BOOKS, prints, maps, etc., of the classes above indicated 

 should be sent, at present, to either of the Librarians, Mr. Edmund Durrant, 

 90, High Street, Chelmsford, or to Mr. A. P. Wire, at the Quarters of the Club, 

 8, Knighton Villas, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. 



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