BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 165 



15 batrachians, 50 reptiles, 300 birds, and 20 mammals. This collection 

 is in charge of R. A. Cooley, head of the department, D. B. Swingle, 

 professor of botany, and M. H. Spaulding, professor of zoology. 



HELEXA: 



MONTANA STATE LIBRARY. Museum. 



The library maintains a picture collection comprising 250 portraits, 

 35 group pictures, So miscellaneous pictures, and 400 photographs. 

 There is also a rare collection of smoky quartz crystals, a series of woods 

 and a complete collection of the flora of Montana, excellent mounted 

 specimens of native birds and mammals, and a large accumulation 

 of objects of historical interest. These collections are exhibited in the 

 corridors of the state capitol building, and are in charge of W. Y. 

 Pemberton, librarian of the State Library. 



NEBRASKA 



CRETE: 



DOANE COLLEGE. 



Small teaching collections in biology and geology, including 100 

 local and 50 Indian birds; 40 small mammals; representative fossils 

 and minerals; a shell collection; and a herbarium of flowering plants. 

 For lack of space the collections are distributed in three separate 

 buildings, and only a part are accessible. The museum is in charge of 

 Carl 0. Carlson, professor of biology, and will be installed in a new 

 building in about a year. 



LINCOLN: 



NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Museum. 



Staff. Secretary of the society, C. S. Paine; Archeologist in 

 charge of the museum, E. E. Blackman. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples : Archeology, native, 20,000, 

 foreign, small collection; Ethnology, native, 5000, foreign, small collec- 

 tion. Civilized peoples, modern, 3000. There are also phono- 

 graphic records of Indian music. 



Art. A very small collection comprising a few paintings and 

 portraits and 2000 photographs. 



History. About iooo objects, not increasing because of lack of 

 space. 



Historical Sketch. The museum began activity in 1901, chief 

 attention being given to stone age implements of Nebraska and to 

 Indian bead work. 



