NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 23 



Department of geology: George P. Merrill_, head curator, 



1 Division of physical and chemical geology (systematic and 



applied): George P. Merrill, curator; W. H. Newhall, aid, 



2 Division of mineralogy: F. W. Clarke, honorary curator; 



Wirt Tassin, assistant curator; L. T. Chamberlain, honorary 

 custodian of gems and precious stones. 

 S Division of stratigraphic paleontology: Charles D. Wal- 

 cott, honorary curator; Charles Schuchert, assistant cu- 

 • rator. 



Section of vertebrate fossils: F. A. Lucas, acting 



curator. 

 Section of invertebrate fossils: Paleozoic, Charles Schu- 

 chert, custodian; Carboniferous, George H. Girty, 

 custodian; Mesozoic, T. W. Stanton, custodian; Cen- 

 ozoic, W. H. Dall, associate curator. 

 Section of paleobotany: Lester F. Ward, associate 

 curator; A. C. Peale, aid; F. H. Knovrlton, custodian 

 of Mesozoic plants; David White, custodian of Paleozoic 



plants. 



Administrative staff 



Associate in paleontology (honorary): Charles A. White. 



Administrative assistant, William deC. Kavenel; superintendent 

 J. E. Watkins; chief of correspondence and docum&nts, R. I. Geare; 

 photographer, T. W. Smillie; registrar, S. C. Brovrn; disJ)ursing 

 cleric, W. W. Karr; supervisor of construction, J. S. Goldsmith; 

 property clerk, W. A. Knowles (acting); librarian, C^rus Adler; 

 assistant librarian, N. P. Scudder; editor, Marcus Benjamin. 



Paleontology. 376,721 specimens, including much material 

 described in the various government geological surveys; 58,000 

 types and illustrated specimens; fossil plants from all horizons, 

 invertebrates from the Cambrian, Ordovician, Carboniferous, 

 Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits. 



Mineralogy. 29,527 specimens arranged in three general 

 series; exhibition, study and duplicates. The exhibition series, 

 intended for the public and the student, is arranged under the 

 following heads: systematic series; comparative series; meteor- 

 ite collection; gem collection. 



