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Personnel. — N. H. Wiiichell, State geologist, 1872-1888; Warren 

 U|)hiini, assistant geologist, 1879-1885; C. W. Hall, assistant geolo- 

 gist, 1878-1880; a M. Terry, laboratory assistant, 1879-1881; O. E. 

 Garrison, occasional field assistant; P. L. Hatch, ornithologist, 

 1876: C. L. Herrick, zoological collector and laboratory assistant, 

 later in charge of mammalia, 1876-1885; L. B. Sperry, geological 

 assistant. 1877: P. B. Eose, chemist, 1873; S. F. Peckhani. chemist, 

 1873-1880: James A. Dodge, chemist, 1881; M. W. Harrington, 

 assistant geologist, 1875; Allen Whitman, entomologist, 1876-1878: 

 Benj. Jimi, botanical and field assistant, 1878; P. P. Furber, field 

 assistant, 1873; C. E. Chatfield, field assistant, 1873; W. E. Leonard, 

 botanical and field assistant, 1875; H. V. Winchell, field and labora- 

 tory- assistant, 1881, 1885; Albert H. Chester, report on the iron re- 

 gion, 1882; Leo Lesquereux, paleobotanist, 1883, 1886; O. W. Oest- 

 Innd, entomologist, 1885 ; XL S. Grant, conchology, 1885 ; J. C. Arthur, 

 botanist, 1885; E. O. Ulrich, paleontologist (bryozoans), 1885; F. L. 

 Washburn, assistant in ornithology, 1885; A, Woodward and B, W. 

 Thomas, foraminifera of the Cretaceous, 1886; Frank N. Stacy, field 

 assistant, 1886: A. W. Jones, field assistant, 1886; A. Winchell, as- 

 sistant geologist, 1886; M. E. Wadsworth, assistant geologist, 1886. 



The selection of these men was made by the State geologist, but 

 their appointment was always passed on by the regents or by their 

 executive committee. The only guide in making the selections, aside 

 from availability and fitness for the work, was the clause in the 

 general law requiring the employment of students and graduates of 

 the University of Minnesota, w^hen siuch could be found qualified for 

 the work, and a general enactment of the regents to the effect that the 

 pT'ofessor of chemistry at the university should, by virtue of his posi- 

 tion, be the chemist of the survey. 



These men were not continuously emploj^ed, even for the time ex- 

 pressed above, except in the case of the State geologist, Warren Up- 

 ham, C. M. Terry, and O. W. Oestlund, but were engaged during the 

 season of field work, or to perform some specific work for which they 

 had such compensation as the services demanded. 



The salary of the State geologist was $2,400; salary of Warren IJp- 

 ham was $1,200; C. M. Terry, $1 ,200 ; O. W. Oestlund, $900; C, L. 

 Herrick, from $600 to $1,200. 



The chemist was paid a percentage of schedule prices for work 

 done for the survey. Dr. P. L. Hatch, the ornithologist, worked for 

 the survey from pure love of birds and asked only the payment of his 

 field and traveling expenses. Other employees were paid by the 

 month from $50 to $100, or by the job. 



MvHemn and library. — The general museum of the university is the 

 outgrowth of the survey, and during the fixistence of the survey it was 



