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cloth. Included with the prints and engravings are many exceedingly 

 rare books and maps. 



The famous Ikeda collection of Chinese and Japanese ceramics, 

 kakimonos, bronzes, ivories, jades, lacquers, etc., was purchased in 

 1902 at a cost of $100,000. Another collection of great value is the 

 Di Cesnola collection of 5000 pieces of Greek and Roman pottery and 

 glass from the island of Cyprus. Next to that of the Metropolitan 

 Museum of New York this is the largest collection in the world. 



COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. No regular department is maintained 

 but the museum has the first locomotive used on the Southern Pacific 

 Railroad called the "Governor Stanford," also a few model sailing 

 vessels, cars, etc., valued chiefly for historical associations. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, 1500; Rocks, 100; Relief maps, models, 

 etc., 2. This collection is rich in minerals of the Ural Mountains 

 and in local quartz, cinnabar, iron, etc., but is being transferred to the 

 mining department of the university. 



HISTORY. Rich in Central Pacific Railroad and U. S. Grant 

 material, the latter being second in value to that of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, 2500; Birds, 600; Mammals, 15. This depart- 

 ment, as well as that of geology, is discontinued for the present, the 

 material being transferred to the university. 



Extensive collections of Stanford historical material, showing the 

 history of the Stanford and Lathrop families and the growth of Stan- 

 ford University as shown by photographs, plans, paintings, prints, 

 publications, etc., since 1884. Also photographs, etc., showing the 

 Stanford stock farm when it was the largest thoroughbred stock 

 farm in the world. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The nucleus of the museum is a collection 

 made by Leland Stanford, Jr., in 1880 during a trip through Great 

 Britain and central and southern Europe. Upon his return to Califor- 

 nia in 1882 he began to arrange and catalog the material accumulated. 

 This collection is now exhibited in one of the rooms of the museum. 

 In 1883 he accompanied his parents on a second visit to Europe and 

 pursued his archeological researches and acquisitions with more fervor 

 than ever. The material collected at this time is now exhibited in an 

 adjoining room and shows how his tastes had matured. It was the 

 intention of Leland Stanford, Jr., to add continually to this museum, 

 and especially to begin a collection of Chinese and Japanese curios 

 and one of American mound builders. His intentions are now being 

 carried out by the museum. 



