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Illinois Natural IIistukv Survuv liuLLiiTiN 



Vol. 27, Art. 2 



TIic libran received its support from 

 iippropriations made by the state legisla- 

 ture to the State Laboratory or Natural 

 History Survey until the books were 

 transferred to the University of Illinois, 

 at which time the University assumed 

 tlie responsibilit\' for the book collection 

 (Cunningham 1928 :275-6) . 



After 100 years of library service to 

 the staff and to the naturalists of the 



state, we hope that a statement made by 

 Professor Forbes a half century ago is 

 still true and that the library will always 

 maintain the high standard set for it by 

 its founders. "Apart from its collections. 

 . . . the most useful possession of the 

 Laboratory is its library, which is the 

 product of many years of careful selection 

 and purchase of the literature of the 

 world . . ." (Forbes 1909:55). 



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