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Maine 

 University of Maine Marine Laboratory ('37) 



History or origin: Started by the Department of 

 Zoology at the University of Maine in 1931. 



Location: Site of Old Federal Coaling Station, 

 Lamoine, Maine. 



Organization to which attached: Uni\'ersity of Maine. 



Pur-pose: The Laboratory opened with the .specific 

 purpo.se of offering good instructional work in 

 Marine Zoology and particularly in Marine In- 

 vertebrates. 



Scope of activities: Offering courses in Marine In- 

 vertebrate Zoology. 



Equipment: 65 acres of ground with two residence 

 buildings, a laboratory building which could 

 accommodate 48 students, equipped with electric 

 lights and running fresh and salt water, row boats, 

 motor boat, and a pier extending 300 feet into 

 the water and with a 400 foot frontage. 



Staff: Prof. J. W. Murray, other members of the 

 University staff, and visiting instructors. 



Income: Student tuition, room rental, sale of ma- 

 terials, and appropriation by University of Maine. 



The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory ('37) 



History or origin: In 1898 a laboratory was estab- 

 lished at South Harpswell, Maine, by J. S. 

 Kingsley of Tufts College. Reorganization of 

 the Laboratory as a scientific corporation under 

 the laws of the State of Maine with a board of ten 

 trustees and J. S. Kingsley as a director, took 

 place in 1913. In 1921 the Laboratory was 

 removed to Salsbury Cove on Mount Desert 

 Island, Maine, and designated the AVcir Mitchell 

 Station of the Harpswell Laboratory. In 1923, 

 the Corporation name was changed to Mount 

 Desert Island Biological Laboratory. 



Location: Salsbury Cove on Mount Desert Island, 

 Maine. 



Organization to which attached: A private corporation 

 (see above). 



Purposes: "The purposes of said Corporation," as 

 provided in its certificate of organization, "are 

 to establish and maintain a laboratory or labora- 

 tories for biological study and investigation in 

 the State of Maine and to carry on other opera- 

 tions essential to and in furtherance of such aims 

 and purpo.ses, in accordance with the provisions 

 of Sections 1, 2, and 3, of Chapter 57 of the 

 Revised Statutes 1903 of the State of Maine." 



Scope of activities: Research on marine biology and 

 on tis.sue culture of normal and cancerous cells. 



Equipment: Ample equipment for ordinary labora- 

 tory work in marine biology, minimum equip- 

 ment for marine physiology and for biochemistry. 



Staff: Director, William H. Cole, Rutgers Univer- 

 sity, New Brunswick, N. J. Technical and cleri- 

 cal: 1. Maintenance and operation: 1. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Qualified in- 

 vestigators may work in the laboratory upon 

 payment of $100 fee for the summer season or $40 

 per month. In special cases the fees may be 

 reduced or waived upon application. 



Income: Sources: Corporation membership dues and 

 assessments. Annual gifts by non-members. No 

 endowment. 



Amount: $12,000 in 1930; $10,000 in 1931; 

 $6,500 in 1932; $4,200 in 1933; $4,500 in 1934; 

 .$2,900 in 1935; $4,200 in 1936. 



Provision for publication of results: Abstracts of 

 researches accomplished are published in the 

 Annual Bulletin (January) which is widely 

 distributed to laboratories and biologists, and 

 which is available on request. 



Maryland 

 Chesapeake Biological Laboratory ('37) 



History or origin: Developed from work of a staff 

 member of Department of Zoology, University of 

 Maryland, started in 1920. Broadened out to 

 accommodate a few workers and students in 1927 

 in temporary building. Present permanent brick 

 structure built in 1930. 



Location: Solomons Island, Maryland, at the 

 confluence of the Patu.xent River and Chesapeake 

 Bay. 



Organization to which attached: State of Maryland, 

 and governed by: Goucher College, Johns Hop- 

 kins University, University of Maryland, Wash- 

 ington College, Western Maryland College, Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington, and the 

 Maryland Conservation Commission. 



Purposes: Statement from act creating the Labora- 

 tory: "To afford a research and study center 

 where facts tending toward a fuller appreciation 

 of nature may be gathered and disseminated." 



(Scope of activities: (a) Hydrography of the Chesa- 

 peake Bay region; (b) Problems in experimental 

 biology; (c) Biological survey of the Chesapeake 

 region; (d) Practical problems dealing with 

 conservation of the more economic forms. 



