12 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



Library. 3000-4000 books and many thousand pamphlets 

 relating chiefly to geology and natural history, intended primarily 

 for the use of the staff and university students. Most of this material 

 is the gift of Dr. Smith. 



Publications. The museum issues no publications at present, 

 but many of its collections have been described in the reports of the 

 survey. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days. No 

 statistics of attendance are available. 



ALASKA 



SITKA: 



ALASKA DISTRICT HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. 



This institution was established by Congress in 1900 and main- 

 tains a museum of Alaskan objects as well as a library, in charge of 

 Governor Walter E. Clark, official custodian. 



ARIZONA 



TUCSON: 



UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. Museum. 



Staff. Curator, Herbert Brown. 



Anthropology. Specimens of ancient and modern aboriginal 

 pottery from the pueblos and cliff houses of Arizona; stone implements; 

 relics of the Spanish conquest; skulls and clay images; figures illus- 

 trating the dress of the Yuma Indians and Mexicans. 



Botany. io,ooo± specimens, including the botanical survey 

 herbarium of 2500 specimens of the Arizona flora. The cactaceae 

 are especially well represented in the herbarium, there being more than 

 1000 mounted specimens and as many more unmounted duplicates. 



Geology. Minerals, 2500; Rocks, 3000. There is, in addition, 

 an economic collection including copper ores and minerals from Bisbee; 

 gold, silver, and lead ores of the state; gypsum, cement, and building 

 stones; and also the 86-pound Weaver meteorite. 



Paleontology. Collections of Arizona fossils. 



Zoology. 1500 specimens, chiefly from Arizona, and the Herbert 

 Brown collection of 1200 skins of Arizona birds loaned by the curator. 



Financial Support. By irregular appropriations from the 

 general funds of the university. The curator receives, in addition to 

 his professorship in the university, a small amount appropriated 

 directly by the state. 



