192 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



exhaustive illustration of the courses of study and to form a complete 

 collection of the local fauna. Although intended primarily for instruc- 

 tion the museum is open free to the public. 



GLEN IRIS: 



GENESEE VALLEY MUSEUM. (Letchworth Park.) 



This museum is on the Council House Grounds at Glen Iris in 

 Letchworth Park, which comprises 1000 acres donated in 1907 by 

 Wm. Pryor Letchworth to the State of New York. The museum build- 

 ing is a fireproof structure 25x37 feet, erected by Mr. Letchworth in 

 1898 at a cost of $5000, and is maintained at his expense. During the 

 life of the donor, charge of the property remains in his hands, but at 

 his death passes into the custody and control of the American Scenic 

 and Historic Preservation Society. 



The museum collections were made for Mr. Letchworth by Mr. 

 Henry R. Howland, of Buffalo, N. Y., and comprise 7000-8000 exhibits 

 including the largest and best collection extant of artifacts from the 

 two sites of Totiacton, one of the five great Seneca castles destroyed 

 by De Nonville in 1687. This material is especially noteworthy for 

 its bearing upon the history and life of the Iroquois, and especially of 

 the Seneca Indians. Near the museum is the council house of the 

 Senecas at Caneadea, which was removed by Mr. Letchworth in 1871 

 from the original site to Letchworth Park in order that it might be 

 permanently preserved. The museum and grounds are open free to 

 the public daily except Sunday. 



GRANVILLE: 



PEMBER LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. 



The museum contains about 2000 birds, including a pair of most 

 North American species, and many foreign specimens. There is also 

 a collection of bird eggs said to be one of the largest in the state, 

 many mammals and mounted heads, and collections of shells, North 

 American ferns, etc. The museum occupies about 3150 square feet 

 of floor space on the second floor of the library and museum building, 

 erected by Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Pember in 1908 at a cost of $30,000. 

 The collection was gathered during the past 45 years by Mr. Pember 

 and was given by him to the town, together with the cases. It is 

 under the control of the library trustees, of which Mr. Pember is 

 president. He also supports the museum and acts as curator. The 



