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als, rocks, fossils, ethnological and zoological specimens, and a general 

 herbarium. 



WINTERSET: 



MADISON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society has a historical collection of about 100 objects. 



KANSAS 



ATCHISON: 



MIDLAND COLLEGE. 



The following collections are in charge of D. W. Grouse, professor 

 of physics and chemistry: about 300 casts and original implements of 

 mound builders and American Indians; 2000 classified minerals, and 

 several hundred unclassified; 800 fossils, including a local invertebrate 

 series, miocene invertebrates of Virginia, fossil leaves from the Dakota 

 group in Kansas, etc.; a herbarium of about 200 specimens; 200 birds 

 and 20 other vertebrates. 



BALDWIN: 



BAKER UNIVERSITY. Museum. 



STAFF. Chief curator, C. S. Parmenter; Curators, E. P. Mona- 

 han (ornithology and taxidermy), R. T. Reser (botany); i assistant in 

 taxidermy. 



COLLECTIONS. Anthropology, 3026; Botany, 45,130; Miner- 

 alogy, 5133; Paleontology, 21,223; Zoology, 57,159. The zoological 

 collection includes 9400 shells, 45,1 13 insects, 631 marine invertebrates, 

 304 reptiles, 976 birds, 135 mammals, and 1000 bird eggs and nests. 

 There is also a museum library of about 2000 volumes. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. By special department fees, amounting to 

 about $400 a year. 



BUILDING. The museum occupies about 3200 square feet of 

 floor space for exhibition. 



ATTENDANCE. Open free to students and the general public on 

 week-days. 



EMPORIA: 



COLLEGE OF EMPORIA. 



The college maintains the following collections, in charge of D. C. 

 Schaflner: Archeology, native, 2500, foreign, 50; Botany, 400 (local 

 flora); Minerals, 1500; Rocks, 300; Fossils, 2500; Mollusca, marine, 



