282 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



GREENVILLE: 



FURMAN UNIVERSITY. 



Small collections in anthropology, geology, paleontology, and zo- 

 ology form the nucleus of a museum but are not at present on exhibi- 

 tion. It is proposed to set apart a room for this purpose in the new 

 science building. 



NEWBERRY: 



NEWBERRY COLLEGE. Sifley Museum. 



The museum is housed in Keller Hall and comprises collections in 

 anthropology and natural history, intended primarily for teaching 

 purposes. 



SPARTANBURG: 



WOFFORD COLLEGE. 



The college maintains a geological museum in charge of D. A. 

 DuPre, professor of physics and geology, comprising 3000-4000 min- 

 erals and rocks, and 500700 fossils. There are no special funds for 

 the development of the museum but it is attractively installed in a 

 room in Science Hall affording about 2000 square feet of floor space. 



SOUTH DAKOTA 



PIERRE: 



STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



No reply has been received to repeated requests for information 

 regarding this society, which is said by Thwaites to have a museum 

 of antiquities of the state, including relics of Arikara and Sioux In- 

 dians, photographs, etc. 



RAPID CITY: 



SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES. 



The geological collections include approximately 2000 minerals 

 on exhibition and 1000 in storage; 600 rocks on exhibition and 200 in 

 storage; 50 wall maps, 300 crystal models, and 100 specimens illustrat- 

 ing dynamic geology; and 400 economic specimens on exhibition and 

 200 in storage. There are 2 excellent relief maps of the Black Hills. 

 Special attention is given to local collections. The museum is sup- 

 ported by appropriations from the funds of the State School of Mines, 

 and is in charge of the professor of mineralogy and geology, Cleophas 

 C. O'Harra. There is a library of 500 volumes intended for the use of 

 instructors and students. The museum occupies 2000 square feet of 

 floor space for exhibition, and 500 for offices, etc. 



