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and an effort is being made to have our local study collection as complete 

 as possible. The most important gifts during the year were those of Mrs. 

 Walter C. Kerr, including numerous minerals, fossils, books, and a supply 

 of chemicals ; Mrs. A. H. McKenzie, including shells, corals, minerals, 

 Indian arrows, and two skins of the quetzal ; Mr. William T. Davis, i8s 

 herbarium specimens of violets ; Mr. Charles Benedict, numerous insects 

 from Florida and mounted specimens of the barred owl and great horned 

 owl. 



Accessions to the Museum and Library during 1910-1911 



Department of Zoology 



Insects 7,012 est. 



Shells 1,003 est. 



Other invertebrates 34 



Reptiles and batrachians 12 



Birds and nests 9 



Mammals 2 



Fishes 2 



8,074 8,074 



Department of Botany 249 



Department of Geology and Mineralogy 525 



Department of Arts and Antiquities il 



Department of Archeology and Anthropology 134 



Books, Maps, and Photographs 487 



Miscellaneous 306 



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The expansion of the museum necessitated a considerable increase in 

 the staff, for which provision was duly made in the budget appropriation. 

 Following is the list of new employees, with the dates on which they 

 entered the service of the museum : 



Howard H. Cleaves, assistant curator February i, 191 1 



Alexander Forsyth, janitor February 11, 1911 



Lawrence Liedy, night watchman March 6, 191 1 



D. M. Van Name, museum guard March 27, 191 1 



Lawrence Liedy resigned on April 30, and the duties of night watchman 

 are now being performed by a temporary employee until his successor 

 shall have been appointed by the Board. 



There has been no change in the honorary staff of the museum. 



The curator-in-chief has been very largely occupied with executive 

 duties, especially after active negotiations for the transfer of the museum 

 were under way. Under the direction of the executive committee he pre- 



