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geographical model of Boston and vicinity; a model of the Dents du 

 Midi by students of Professor Heim; a collection of relics from St. 

 Pierre, Martinique; etc. 



In addition to the above, the Gardner collection includes over 

 5700 photographs and 5400 lantern slides intended for instruction 

 and exhibition. This collection is maintained and increased by the 

 income of a fund established for this purpose in 18S0 by George A. 

 Gardner, Esq., of Boston. It is in charge of Edward Wigglesworth, 

 curator. 



HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Mineralogical Section of the Univer- 

 sity Museum. 



The exhibition collections comprise about 10,000 minerals arranged 



to illustrate systematic mineralogy and the physical properties of 



minerals and crystals and their occurrence, and a large collection of 



meteorites. The study series comprises a large stock of minerals 



and rocks. 



HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 (Zoological Section of the University Museum) . 



Staff. Curator, Samuel Henshaw; Assistants, Walter Faxon 

 (in charge of Crustacea and mollusca), Samuel Garman (herpetology 

 and ichthyology), William Brewster (in charge.of birds), W. McM. 

 Woodworth (in charge of worms), Charles R. Eastman (vertebrate 

 paleontology), Outram Bangs (in charge of mammals), Hubert L. 

 Clark and Henry B. Bigelow (invertebrate zoology), Robert W. 

 Sayles (in charge of the geological exhibition collections); Librarian 

 emerita, Frances M. Slack; Artist, Magnus Westergreen; Preparator, 

 George Nelson. 



Zoology. The exhibition space is devoted to systematic collec- 

 tions of typical animals, to special collections, and to faunal collec- 

 tions illustrating geographic distribution throughout the world. 

 The study series contains the greater part of the collections. No 

 information is available as to the extent of the collections. 



Historical Sketch. The museum had its origin in the zoologi- 

 cal collections accumulated by Professor Louis Agassiz, which were 

 purchased in 1852 for Harvard College at a cost of $12,000, raised 

 by private subscriptions. In 1858 the corporation of Harvard Uni- 

 versity made a small monthly allowance for the care of the collection. 

 In 1859 Professor Agassiz obtained a grant from the legislature of 

 Massachusetts of $100,000, and at the same time $71,125 was raised 

 by private subscription for the museum. The museum was incor- 

 porated in 1859, an( i received through Mr. William Gray the sum of 



