BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES l8l 



and the museum was finally purchased from his heirs. Practically no 

 records of the earlier years of the museum were left and the lack of a 

 curator resulted in still further confusion, which is being remedied as 

 rapidly as possible by the present curator. 



AMSTERDAM: 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. . 



The society maintains a historical museum in charge of W. Max 

 Reid, curator and librarian, and Alfred Child, custodian. The collec- 

 tion includes the Richmond collection of 20,000 aboriginal implements, 

 purchased for the society by Mr. Stephen Sanford at a cost of $5000. 

 There are also many pieces of rare colonial furniture, and a library 

 of rare books and documents. The museum is maintained for educa- 

 tional purposes, and occupies a baronial mansion erected in 1742 and 

 known as Fort Johnson since 1755. It affords about 1600 square feet 

 of floor space for the museum and was purchased for the society in 

 1906 by Major-general J. Watts dePeyster at a cost of $6000. The 

 society receives an income of $400 annually from the Stephen Sanford 

 endowment and $400 from membership fees. The building is open 

 free to the public on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 2 to 6. 



AURORA: 



WELLS COLLEGE. 



The college has a collection of geological specimens, fossils and 

 shells, which has not been put in order since removal to a new building. 

 A small teaching collection is in use in the department of biology. 



BINGHAMTON: 



BROOME COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society maintains a collection of papers, maps, deeds, Indian 

 pottery and implements, and other material of local historical interest, 

 in the Binghamton Public Library and in charge of William F. Seward, 

 custodian. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of one and a half acres, estab- 

 lished in 1878, containing 7 birds and 53 mammals. 



BROOKLYN: 



BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. 



STAFF. Curator-in-chief, Frederic A. Lucas; Honorary curator of 

 natural science, Alfred G. Mayer; Curators, William H. Goodyear 



