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posited by Mr. H. O. LeBlanc, including a very full series of specimens 

 illustrating the life and warfare of American Indians. 



BOTANY. Cryptogams 5oo; Phanerogams, 2ooo. This col- 

 lection is particularly rich in Syrian and Hawaiian ferns, British mosses, 

 American and foreign algae, and North American lichens and fungi. 

 There is also a nearly complete representation of the flora of Greene 

 County, Missouri. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, i5oo; Rocks, 5oo. About 700 lead and 

 zinc ores from southwest Missouri; the Planner collection of 500 copper 

 ores from the Lake Superior region; 150 iron ores from Iron 

 Mountain, Missouri, and 200 from Lake Superior; 100 asphalt and 

 bituminous products from Oklahoma; and 300 bricks, tiles, marbles, 

 clays, whet stones, oils, etc., from Missouri. This department also 

 includes the valuable private mineralogical and geological collection 

 of the late Professor Sanborn Tenney of Williams College. 



HISTORY. A collection of 2oo specimens including old news- 

 papers, money, household articles, and other material of local historical 

 interest. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrates, i8oo; Vertebrates, 300^; 

 Plants, 30o. The plants are mainly from local Bennsylvania coal 

 measures. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, iooo; Insects, iooo; Other invertebrates, 

 i5o; Fishes, 3oo; Batrachians, 25; Reptiles, 5o; Birds, 3OO; 

 Mammals, 75. This department includes a collection of reptiles 

 and birds of Greene County; sponges, coelenterates, and echinoderms 

 from the West Indies and the Pacific coast. There are 6 small groups 

 of animals exhibited in natural surroundings. There is also a good 

 series of models and dissections for teaching purposes. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The nucleus of the museum is the private 

 collection of Dr. E. M. Shepard, brought by him to the college in 1878, 

 and donated to it in 1904. Most of the additions have also been made 

 through his efforts. Valuable collections were obtained from the 

 World's Fair at St. Louis. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. From the general funds of the college. 



BUILDING. The museum occupies 3500 square feet of floor space 

 in Pearson's Hall, erected in 1901 at a cost of $55,000. 



ADMINISTRATION. By the curators, acting with a committee of 

 the faculty and responsible to the board of trustees. 



SCOPE. College teaching, maintenance of local collections, and 

 instruction of the general public. 



LIBRARY. A reference library of about 1000 volumes, composed 



