In the 1890s, specimens that had not been announced on the pro- 
gram were rarely presented as they had been at earlier meetings. 
However, the Academy continued to collect throughout the last two 
decades of the century. Major acquisitions included a collection of ap- 
proximately 10,000 paleontological specimens, a collection of over 600 
butterflies, and several hundred pots and dozens of skulls from Missouri 
Indian mounds.° The library also kept growing. At the end of 1902 it 
contained over 14,000 books and almost 11,000 issues of periodicals 
and pamphlets. !° 
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Like its meetings, the Academy’s publications changed, too. The 
number of articles on Western geology and natural history decreased, 
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