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5 The Simms collection. A 'collection consisting principally of 

 gold and silver coins and historical relics, but which included some 

 mineral specimens, was purchased in 1870 from Mr Jeptha Simms 

 of Fort Plain. Few of the mineral specimens in this collection are 

 up to the grade of the present installation. 



6 The Gebhard collection. This collection was purchased in 

 1872 from the late John Gebhard, of Schoharie county. The col- 

 lection, although including some foreign occurrences, was mainly 

 confined to Schoharie county minerals. It is not represented to 

 any considerable degree in the present installation. 



7 The Kunz collections. These include a fine and extensive gen- 

 eral mineral collection purchased from Dr George F. Kunz of New 

 York City in 1886 and a smaller but important collection of miner- 

 als from New York City and from Westchester county, N. Y., 

 which was purchased from Doctor Kunz in 1888. The former of 

 these comprises the basis of the present installation of the general 

 mineral collection as well as the bulk of the gem collection. The 

 latter represents a considerable percentage of the present installa- 

 tion of the New York State collection. 



8 The Albany Institute collection. This collection, which was 

 presented in 1891 by the Albany Institute, includes specimens of 

 great historic value as well as many of intrinsic worth as measured 

 by the standards of the present installation. Among the contributors 

 of specimens to this collection are to be found such names as : 

 Stephen Van Rensselaer, DeWitt Clinton, T. Romeyn Beck, John 

 Gebhard, L. C. Beck, Erastus Corning etc. The present labels on 

 the displayed specimens are inscribed : Presented by the Albany 

 Institute. 



9 The Clark collection. A small but locally important collection 

 of the minerals of Rondout was presented in 1904 by Mr P. E. 

 Clark of Rondout. The residue of Mr Clark's collection was sub- 

 sequently purchased the same year and the whole constitutes a 

 suite from which many fine specimens contained in the New York 

 collection have been drawn. A large proportion of these bear the 

 label inscription : Presented by P. E. Clark. 



to The Nims collection. This embraces the remainder of the 

 mineral material collected by the late Mr C. D. Nims of Philadel- 

 phia, N. Y., which was purchased in [908 from his son, Mr A. T. 

 Nims of the same place. The Nims collection, while containing 

 sonic foreign and United Stall's specimens acquired by the elder 

 Nims in exchange, is specially rich ill occurrences from northern 

 New York and Canada and notably in those from St Lawrence 



