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TUFTS COLLEGE. Barnum Museum. 



The museum is maintained primarily for teaching purposes and 

 includes a general collection of natural history specimens in charge 

 of J. S. Kingsley, director. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE. Farnsworth Museum of Art. 



STAFF. Professor of art, Alice Van Vechten Brown; Curator of 

 art library and collections, Nancy May Pond; Assistant to the curator, 

 Eloise M. Holton. 



ART. A few original antique Greek and Roman marbles and 

 examples of early Italian painting; io,ioo photographs, reproduc- 

 tions of drawings, etc. ; the James Jackson Jarves collection, including 

 90 examples of old Italian, Flemish, and Spanish lace, a number of 

 church vestments and embroideries; the Frost collection of Indian 

 baskets; the Stetson collection of modern paintings; and a small 

 collection of Egyptian antiquities dating from the nth dynasty and 

 obtained from the Egyptian exploration fund. 



BUILDING. The Farnsworth Art Building was erected in 1889 

 by the late Isaac D. Farnsworth and contains, besides the galleries 

 devoted to the museum collections, a library, lecture halls, labora- 

 tories, and studios used by students in the department of art in the 

 college. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. By the general funds of Wellesley College, 

 with a special endowment for the professorship of art. 



LIBRARY. 2000 volumes on fine arts, intended for the use of the 

 students and faculty of the college. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE. Scientific Collections. 



BOTANY. The botanical collections comprise charts, maps, etc.; 

 preserved material; and herbaria. In the first group there are 292 

 charts, 5 maps, 61 Auzoux and Brendel models, and 1620 water color 

 plates of flowers. The preserved material includes a total of 2339 

 specimens of plants and plant products; 683 jars of material for labora- 

 tory use or lecture demonstration; 2200 microscopic slides; 200 speci- 

 mens in paraffin for sectioning; and 700 lantern slides. The herbaria 

 include (i) a phanerogamic herbarium, comprising a general mounted 

 collection of 12,800 specimens; a New England collection of 3750 

 specimens; a laboratory series of 960 specimens; and 1900 unmounted 

 duplicates. (2) A cryptogamic herbarium of about 21,000 specimens, 



