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the life and customs of the Iroquois Indians in central New York was 

 also of great value to use. Other important accessions were the gift of 

 75 exotic butterflies by Mr. George P. Engelhardt, of the Children's Mu- 

 seum in Brooklyn ; 47 government documents from the Superintendent of 

 Documents in Washington ; 797 herbarium specimens by exchange with 

 the U. S. National Museum ; various specimens of insects from Mr. 

 William T. Davis and Mr. George Franck ; and a large number of geolog- 

 ical specimens collected especially for the Museum by Dr. Hollick. At 

 various times I have made local collections intended to fill up gaps in our 

 study series, and I have also purchased some rare and interesting insects 

 which are now deposited in the Museum, and which will be given to it 

 ultimately. 



Museum Catalogue 

 A typewritten card catalogue of all the specimens in the Museum was 

 commenced in July and considerable progress has been made. Different 

 colors are used to distinguish the various subjects, as indicated in the 

 following table, which also gives the total number of specimens thus far 

 catalogued in each subject. 



Color 



Anthropology and archeology buff 



Botany green 



Arts and antiquities yellow 



Zoology salmon 



Geology, mineralogy and paleontology... blue 



3,935 8,78o + 



The main catalogue is arranged numerically, and is thus a chronological 

 record. It will be supplemented by a species catalogue, in which all the 

 specimens of a given species will be grouped together on one card, thus 

 showing the actual contents of any department. 



Library 



The library has been enriched by the gift of a number of volumes from 

 various sources, and continues to receive the valuable exchanges which 

 have been its most prominent feature. The current list of exchanges is 

 appended to this report. The books are being classified on the Dewey 

 system, 2,018 having been up to the present time classified and accessioned. 

 A subject catalogue will be prepared after this arrangement is complete 

 and the necessary binding has been done. 



The Museum Staff 

 Mr. Harold Nelson served as Museum Assistant until the end of May, 

 1908. On June 9 Miss Agnes L. Pollard, of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 was appointed Museum Assistant by the Board, and entered upon her 



