﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  5I 
  

  

  Field 
  Columbian 
  museum, 
  Chicago 
  

  

  F. 
  J. 
  V. 
  Skiff, 
  director. 
  Collections 
  include 
  paleontology 
  5000 
  

   specimens; 
  meteorites, 
  specimens 
  from 
  180 
  falls 
  and 
  60 
  casts; 
  

   mineralogy 
  5000 
  specimens; 
  building 
  stone 
  400 
  polished 
  slabs; 
  

   lithology 
  15,000 
  specimens; 
  also 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  precious 
  and 
  

   semi-precious 
  stones 
  and 
  in 
  economic 
  geology 
  

  

  Indiana. 
  

  

  Indiana 
  university, 
  Bloomington 
  

  

  V. 
  F. 
  Marsters, 
  professor. 
  In 
  1883 
  fire 
  destroyed 
  a 
  large 
  collec- 
  

   tion. 
  Collections 
  now 
  contain 
  225 
  varieties 
  of 
  minerals, 
  250 
  

   crystal 
  models, 
  and 
  5000 
  paleontological 
  specimens 
  

  

  Franklin 
  college, 
  Franklin 
  

  

  D. 
  A. 
  Owen, 
  professor 
  of 
  biology. 
  Collection 
  consists 
  of 
  35,000 
  

   specimens, 
  largely 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  S. 
  S. 
  Gorby 
  

  

  Purdue 
  university, 
  Lafayette 
  

  

  Stanley 
  Coulter, 
  professor 
  of 
  biology. 
  Collection 
  contains 
  about 
  

   20,000 
  specimens 
  

  

  Taylor 
  university. 
  Upland 
  

  

  S. 
  Collett, 
  professor 
  of 
  natural 
  science. 
  Collection 
  of 
  i5od 
  

   specimens 
  ■. 
  

  

  Brookville 
  society 
  of 
  natural 
  history, 
  Brookville 
  

  

  A. 
  W. 
  Butler, 
  secretary. 
  (No 
  estimate 
  given) 
  Fair 
  sized 
  local 
  

   collection 
  

  

  Hanover 
  college, 
  Hanover 
  

  

  Glenn 
  Culbertson, 
  professor. 
  Local 
  paleontological 
  collection 
  

   of 
  500 
  specimens. 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  Clinton, 
  Niagara 
  and 
  Cornif- 
  

   erous 
  groups 
  well 
  represented 
  

  

  Wabash 
  college, 
  Crawfordsville 
  

  

  Donaldson 
  Bodine, 
  professor 
  of 
  geology 
  and 
  zoology. 
  Collec- 
  

   tions 
  include 
  3000 
  mineralogical, 
  3000 
  paleontological 
  (some 
  

   types), 
  also 
  economic 
  collection 
  and 
  fossil 
  vertebrates 
  

  

  Indian 
  Territory. 
  

   Indian 
  university, 
  Bacone 
  

  

  M. 
  L. 
  Brown, 
  principal. 
  Collections 
  are 
  small 
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