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are held being in the former and the museum and library 
in the latter. May we not, with some degree of hope, 
look forward to the time when we shall have our own 
building, always open to the public and containing a 
valuable research library and museum, which would be 
a great source of profit and pleasure to the citizens of 
Sioux City and the surrounding region? 
We now have a very respectable museum and the 
beginning of a library, both of which should be very 
largely increased in the near future. We respect- 
fully solicit funds for binding books and buying new mu- 
seum and book cases, and material for the library and 
museum as follows: 
CONTRIBUTIONS DESIRED. 
1. Reports of all kinds, minutes of religious bodies, conventions, 
conferences, synods, etc. 
2. Books, papers, pamphlets, etc., by Sioux City authors. 
3. Files of old and current newspapers, magazines and catalogues 
published in any part of the Northwest. 
4. Old letters, manuscripts, diaries, personal narratives, or 
biographies of old settlers. 
5. Well authenticated facts concerning the naming of cities, 
towns, townships, lakes and rivers of the Northwest. 
6. Facts of Indian history, manners, customs, stories, or legends. 
7. Catalogs of Iowa, Dakota and Nebraska educational institu- 
tions, together with their histories. 
8. State publications or publications of state institutions, such 
as geological surveys, historical societies, etc. 
9. In brief, anything that relates to the history of the great 
Northwest, which will soon decay or be destroyed or forgotten unless 
preserved in a museum or well cared for library. 
10. We desire for our museum articles of historical interest, 
photographs of prominent citizens, and public buildings, or drawings, 
paintings or portraits of historical value. 
11. Arms, flags, and equipment of the soldiers of any of our 
great American wars. 
12. Arrow heads, weapons, pottery, clothing, trinkets, and utensils 
of the American Indian. 
13. Fossils, minerals, shells, mounted specimens of animals and 
plants, curios, or anything of scientific value. 
Correspondence should be addressed to the librarian or curator. 
