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MANHATTAN: 



KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



The college maintains a museum primarily for teaching purposes in 

 charge of T. J. Headlee, curator, and comprising the following col- 

 lections: 13S0 trays of shells; 535. cases of insects; 150 mollusks in 

 alcohol; over 500 other invertebrates; 155 fishes; 206 reptiles and 

 batrachians; 339 mounted birds; 675birdskins; 2 70 bird eggs and nests; 

 5S5 mammals. There is also a geological collection of 3900 specimens 

 in addition to a number of special working collections. There is a 

 small collection of ethnological specimens. The museum occupies 

 three rooms affording a floor space of about 6000 square feet, and is open 

 free to the public on week-days from 8.30 to 12 and from 1 to 5. It is 

 supported by appropriations from the board of regents of the college, 

 usually amounting to about $300 annually. 



SALINA: 



KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. 



No information has been received in response to repeated inquiries 

 regarding the collections of this university, which are said by Merrill 

 to include 300 ethnological specimens, 200 native plants, 1200 minerals, 

 500 specimens of economic and historical geology, 900 fossils, and 

 7000 zoological specimens. 



TOPEKA: 



KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society maintains a museum comprising about 4000 speci- 

 mens of native archeology and 1000 of native ethnology; an art col- 

 lection including 7 busts, 3 tablets, 7140 prints and engravings, 36 

 oil paintings, and about 100 textiles; a collection of looms, spinning 

 wheels, reels, and old furniture; about 3500 historical specimens; and 

 a collection of about 600 medals, coins, etc. 



The Kansas State Historical Society was formed in 1875 and has 

 received legislative appropriations since 1877. For the years 1910- 

 11 the appropriation amounts to $10,400 annually, besides printing. 

 There is also an income from the fees of members. A building is now 

 being erected for the society by the state at a cost of $200,000. No 

 funds are available for the purchase of objects for the museum. In 

 addition to the museum the society maintains a historical reference 

 library, including 35,336 books, 37,261 newspapers and magazines, 

 107,459 pamphlets, 117,593 archives, 44,051 manuscripts, and 6355 

 maps, etc. The society also issues the following publications: (1) 



