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archeology and history of art, Eugene P. Andrews, instructor in 

 classical archeology and curator of the museum of casts. 



Paleontology. Very complete collections including the follow- 

 ing valuable material: The Jewett collection, accumulated by 

 the late Ool. Jewett when curator of the state cabinet of natural 

 history, which is specially rich in New York fossils, containing 

 many of the original specimens described in the state reports, 

 and not a few unique specimens; rich faunas of the Cretaceous 

 and Tertiary formations along the eastern and southern parts 

 of the Union; a large number of characteristic English and Euro- 

 pean fossils; a fine series of English Mesozoic fossils; of Tertiary 

 fossils from Santo Domingo; of preglacial fossils from Sweden; 

 and numerous smaller collections from various typical localities 

 in our own country; the Ward series of casts; the unique collec- 

 tion from Brazil made by Prof. Hartt and party on the Morgan 

 expedition, containing the original specimens and a great num- 

 ber of duplicates. 



Mineralogy. A large series of exhibition specimens arranged 

 systematically and many thousand specimens arranged in study 

 series; the Silliman collection accumulated by the late Benjamin 

 Silliman jr, and illustrating the rarer and commoner mineral 

 species; notable additions made from year to year by purchase 

 and donation. 



Economic geology. Collections illustrating the ores and useful 

 minerals of the United States and to some extent foreign coun- 

 tries, and, though of recent date, already beginning to represent 

 in detail the resources of the country. The collections of raw 

 materials are supplemented by manufactured products. A 

 number of mine models are being added. 



Physical geography. An extensive series of maps, models and 

 photographs of physiographic phenomena, largely for class use. 



Zoology. The extensive collections are divided into exhibition 

 and study series. The greatest pains have been taken to obtain 

 and exhibit representative animal forms from all parts of the 

 world, and carefully made dissections illustrating zoologic and 

 morphologic ideas, such as the unity of general structure under 



