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ALMA COLLEGE. Francis A. Hood Museum. 



Staff. The museum is in charge of H. M. MacCurdy, professor 

 of biology. 



Geology and Paleontology. A general collection of about 2 500 

 rocks, minerals, etc., and the Alexander Winchell collection of over 6000 

 rocks, minerals, and fossils, many of which were collected in Michigan 

 and described by Dr. Winchell ; the Shroyer- Wilcox collection of several 

 thousand paleozoic fossils, representing about 1000 species, those of 

 the Cincinnati group being especially well represented. 



Zoology. A general collection estimated to contain 2000 speci- 

 mens of vertebrate and invertebrate material; the Stillwell collection 

 of about 300 Michigan birds and mammals, collected for the most 

 part in the vicinity of the college and representing some species now 

 extinct or very rare in that locality; and the W. S. Crawford collection 

 of birds from Florida, Arizona, and Michigan. 



Financial Support. The museum has had no regular income in 

 the past, but beginning in 1910 the college will set aside $50 annually 

 from incidental funds for museum purposes. 



Historical Sketch. In 1897 the museum was formally opened in 

 a room of the gymnasium building, the installation being made possible 

 by gifts of Mrs. Francis A. Hood of Saginaw and her son, in memory of 

 Francis A. Hood. In 1900 the museum was transferred to the building 

 which it now occupies. The special collections of the museum have 

 been acquired partly by purchase and partly by gift. 



Building. Erected in 1900 and affording 3500 square feet of 

 floor space for exhibition, and 1500 for storage, workrooms, etc. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on Tuesday and Saturday 

 afternoons from 1. 30 to 3.30. No statistics of attendance are available. 



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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. Museum. 



Staff. Director, Jacob Reighard; Curator, Alexander G. Ruth- 

 ven; Preparator, Norman A. Wood; 1 assistant and 1 janitor. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, foreign, 3oo±; 

 Ethnology, native 6oo±, foreign, 2 5o±. Civilized peoples, modern, 

 i5oo±. This department includes the Beal-Steere collection of arms, 

 implements, carpenters' tools, musical instruments, and idols of the 

 Chinese; many articles domestic and warlike used by North American 

 Indians and natives of the South Pacific Islands; clothing of the Ameri- 

 can Indians, modern Peruvians, Formosans. and natives of the East 



