NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 91 



Mineralogy. 2000 specimens : ores of silver, lead, and iron best 

 represented; ores of tin, zinc, mercury and manganese; quartz, 

 stalactites, etc., well represented. 500 dui)licates for exchange. 



Zoology. 800 specimens: mounted mammals and birds; alco- 

 holic specimens; skeletons; shells,' etc.; 100 specimens native 

 birds; 400 alcoholic specimens of marine invertebrates. 200 du- 

 plicates for exchange. 



'Botany. A herbarium of 500 native plants, chiefly those flower- 

 ing, in the spring and early summer. 



Ethnology. 250 specimens: polished stone axes; hatchets (one 

 hematite hatchet); discoid stone; a few pieces of pottery and 

 about 100 arrowheads, all relics of American Indians; a few 

 specimens of bones of Mound Builders. 



University of Missouri, school of mines and metallurgy, Rolla. 

 George E. Ladd, director. 



Paleontology. A student collection of 500 specimens. 



Mineralogy. Working collection for blowpiping, etc. 3000 to 

 4000 specimens; working collection in cabinet, 1000 specimens; 

 exhibition collection 2000 specimens. Several thousand speci- 

 mens from the Joplin district, Missouri, for exchange. 



Historic and economic geology and lithology. 3500 specimens. 



University of the state of Missouri, university museum, Columbia. 

 The staff of the museum includes the following professors in 

 charge of their respective collections: George Lefevre, zoology; 

 C. F. Marbut, geology and minen^alogy ; F. B. Mumford, agricul- 

 ture; J. M. Stedman, entomology. 



Paleontology. 1500 specimens: a general collection, represent- 

 ing particularly well the brachiopods of the Coal Measures; 

 the Winner collection, including the fossil fauna of Kansas City 

 and vicinity, and the Blair collection of mastodon remains. In 

 1892 fire destroyed a number of Swallow's type specimens of 

 fossils. 



Mineralogy. 1500 specimens: general but specially rich in cal- 

 cite, dolomite, sphalerite, galenite, and chalcopyrite from Joplin 

 Mo. 



