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minerals and ores are the most valuable portion of the museum and 

 the collection of English calcite crystals, barites, fLuorites, etc., is com- 

 parable with those of the larger museums. 



GLASGOW: 



PRITCHETT COLLEGE. 



No reply has been received to repeated requests for information 

 concerning the museum of this college, which is said by Merrill to 

 comprise 250 ethnological specimens, a herbarium of 500 native plants, 

 2000 minerals, 10,000 fossils, and 800 zoological specimens, including 

 100 native birds and 400 marine invertebrates in alcohol. 



KANSAS CITY: 



DANIEL B. DYER MUSEUM. (Public Library Building.) 



This museum is named in honor of Daniel B. Dyer of Augusta, 

 Georgia, who in 1905 presented to the school district embracing Kan- 

 sas City a large collection of relics of the Indians, mound builders, and 

 cliff dwellers; Mexican and oriental curios; pottery; relics of the Span- 

 ish-American war; small fossils; coins and medals; and a large collec- 

 tion of minerals. The museum is maintained by the school tax in 

 connection with the entire library building and is in charge of Mrs. 

 Ophelia Jacobs, curator, and Mrs. Kathleen J. Marley, assistant cur- 

 ator, who are responsible to the board of education. The museum 

 is an important adjunct to the study of archeology, geology, and his- 

 tory in the public schools, and is open free to the public on week-days, 

 except holidays, from 9 to 5 and on Sundays from 2 to 5. 



WESTERN GALLERY OF ART. (Public Library Building.) 



The board of education maintains on the upper floor of the public 

 library building collections comprising 63 copies in oil and more than 

 600 carbon photographs of works of the masters of various schools of 

 painting from the 14th to the 19th century, also reproductions in 

 marble, bronze, terra cotta, and plaster of representative examples of 

 antique and renaissance sculpture. 



This museum originated in a collection of 20 paintings, 500 photo- 

 graphs, and casts, presented by Mr. W. R. Nelson to the Kansas City 

 Art Association for the city in 1896. In January, 1902, entire control 

 was vested in the board of education, and the collections are now main- 

 tained by the school tax in connection wij:h the entire library building. 

 The gallery is in charge of Mrs. Helen R. Parsons, curator, and Lucile 

 Gibson, assistant. 



