140 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



including many special sets of which the most important is the Clara 

 E. Cummings collection of over 4000 lichens from all parts of North 

 America. 



Early in the history of the college the botanical museum, 

 exclusive of the herbaria, was endowed by Mrs. S. W. Mann. This 

 endowment has been sufficient to cover the cost of new material but 

 has yielded nothing towards defraying the expense of caring for the 

 collection. The college pays for much of the labor in connection with 

 the museum, including the mounting of material for the herbaria. 



GEOLOGY. The teaching collection in this department is in charge 

 of Elizabeth F. Fisher, professor of geology and geography. It com- 

 prises about 5000 minerals; about 500 specimens of dynamic and struc- 

 tural geology; about 2500 specimens in historical geology; and a sys- 

 tematic collection of rocks and the educational series distributed by 

 the United States geological survey. This collection is maintained by 

 the laboratory appropriation; additions are made by special appro- 

 priations. 



ZOOLOGY. The collections of this department are housed in the 

 zoological laboratories and adjoining corridors of College Hall and are 

 in charge of Albert P. Morse, curator. They are maintained primarily 

 for teaching purposes and the collection of North and South American 

 birds is the most extensive. 



WESTBOROUGH: 



WESTBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The president reports that the society maintains a small museum 

 in charge of Amelia Harrington, curator. No reply has been received 

 to repeated requests for further information regarding the collec- 

 tions, which are said by Thwaites to comprise household articles, 

 portraits, etc. 



WEST NEWBURY: 



WEST NEWBURY NATURAL HISTORY CLUB. 



This club occupies the lower floor of the Soldiers and Sailors' 

 Memorial Building, where it has a library of 3000 volumes and many 

 thousand pamphlets, and small collections in natural history and local 

 history. The botanical collection is the most extensive. The collec- 

 tions are in charge of Helen S. Merrill, curator, but are not regularly 

 open to the public. 



