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ANTHROPOLOGY. A general collection of about 300 cataloged 

 specimens; a small amount of uncataloged local Indian material; and 

 a miscellaneous series of Arctic relics obtained by one of the Peary 

 expeditions. This department includes the oldest specimens in the 

 museum, a number of which were obtained as early as 1798. The col- 

 lection of South Carolina Indian relics is small but includes some good 

 specimens. 



ART. A small number of casts of Greek, Egyptian, and Assyrian 

 sculpture, and a number of portraits of former curators. 



BOTANY. The Stephen Elliott herbarium, containing the plants 

 upon which his botany of South Carolina and Georgia is based, with 

 many types; the Henry W. Ravenel herbarium, comprising 57 algae, 

 459 fungi, 134 lichens, 22 hepatics, 131 mosses, and 15 ferns, all 

 chiefly local material; a series of 300 Alpine plants obtained early in 

 the last century; and a working herbarium of 250 species of the local 

 flora recently begun. 



COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. A traveling exhibit of the iron .and 

 steel industry for use in public school work; and material for the illus- 

 tration of a number of local industries in preparation for exhibition. 



GEOLOGY. A carefully selected series of about 3000 minerals, 

 about 300 rocks, and about 50 specimens of dynamic geology. Among 

 special collections may be noted a series of minerals of the Ural Moun- 

 tains; the Shepard collection of phosphates of lime from all parts of 

 the world, prepared for comparison with local phosphate material 

 and probably unique of its kind; a collection of minerals of the Pied- 

 mont and southern Appalachian regions, now in process of formation; 

 and material relating to the phosphate and other industries of South 

 Carolina. 



HISTORY. A few war relics and other objects of historical interest 

 not strictly included in the scope of the museum. 



PALEONTOLOGY. A synoptic series of about 2000 carefully selected 

 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils, and a fair collection of fos- 

 sils from the phosphate beds of South Carolina, only partially worked 

 up. The vertebrate fossils are almost exclusively fragments. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells several thousand specimens: Insects, a small 

 working collection only; Other invertebrates, 224; Fishes, 75; Batra- 

 chians, 23; Reptiles, 69; Birds, 1118 (756 mounted); Mammals, 181; 

 Skeletons, 2OO; Bird nests and eggs, 4oo. The bird collection 

 includes nearly all species recorded for the state, and a general col- 

 lection from all parts of the world; the mammals include a good 

 representation of the larger species; the skeletons were all mounted 



