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Zoology. A small collection. 



Botany. A small collection. 



Ethnology and anthropology. 500 specimens: Indian axes; 

 spear and arrowheads; pottery, pestles and ceremonial imple- 

 ments. 



University of Illinois, Champaign. The professors of the sev- 

 eral departments are in charge of their respective departments 

 of the museum, there being no regular museum curators. C. W. 

 Rolfe, professor of geology. 



Paleontology. 49,000 specimens: private collection of Prof. 

 A. H. Worthen, ex-state geologist; duplicates from the state 

 museum, of the collection made by the Worthen survey of the 

 state; private collection of the Rev. H. Herzer, of Ohio; private 

 collection of Mr Tyler McWhorter; Ward's series of casts of 

 fossils; special collections obtained by purchase and exchange; 

 and 742 type specimens from the geologic survey of Illinois. 

 The collections are particularly rich in Paleozoic material. 



Mmeralogy. 12,000 specimens, arranged solely for purposes 

 of class study, no attempt being made to collect showy speci- 

 mens on account of the limited means available, and 575 crystal 

 models. It includes all but the rarest species. 



Historic and economic geology and lithology. 5500 specimens and 

 1000 thin sections obtained by purchase and illustrating nearly 

 all formations. The economic collection includes a good series 

 of ores, building and ornamental stones, soils and other 

 economic materials. 



Zoology. 11,000 specimens, illustrating chiefly the mammals, 

 birds (with nests and eggs), reptiles, fishes and casts of fishes 

 and mollusks. The Bolter collection of insects contains over 

 16,000 species represented by about 120,000 specimens. The 

 lower invertebrates are represented in part by a large series of 

 Blaschka glass models. The extensive collections of the Illi- 

 nois state laboratory of natural history are also available to the 

 university students. No duplicates for exchange. 



