194 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Department of Botany. (Sage College.) 



In addition to a small teaching collection this department main- 

 tains a greenhouse consisting of six rooms with different temperatures, 

 in which an extensive collection of tropical and subtropical plants are 

 kept for class use, investigation, and exhibition. This greenhouse is in 

 charge of the head of the department, Professor G. F. Atkinson, and 

 is open free to the public on week-days, except holidays, from 8 to 5. 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. College of Civil Engineering 



This department of the university maintains teaching collections 

 in charge of the director of the college, Professor E. E. Haskell, and 

 comprising various series of models; details of construction; photo- 

 graphs, blueprints, and diagrams; and an extensive collection of instru- 

 ments of precision. This museum occupies a floor space of about 4000 

 square feet. 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Geological Museum. (McGraw Hall.) 



Staff. Director, Henry S. Williams; Curators, A. C. Gill (miner- 

 alogy and petrography), Heinrich Ries (economic geology), R. S. 

 Tarr (physical geography), G. D. Harris and Henry S. Williams 

 (paleontology and stratigraphy). 



Economic Geology. A collection of ores and rocks, comprising 

 approximately 5000 specimens. 



Mineralogy and Petrography. A good working collection of 

 minerals and rocks, including the Silliman collection of minerals and 

 numerous additions. 



I'u.eontology axd Stratigraphy. The Jewett collection of 

 New York paleozoic fossils, the Hart collection from the tertiary, a 

 large collection of devonian material, and many other minor collec- 

 tions, with a small collection of vertebrates. For comparison with 

 fossil series, the Newcomb collection of 10,000 recent shells is also 

 contained in this department. 



Physical Geography. A large series of models, charts, maps, 

 and other illustrative material for purposes of instruction and research. 

 There is also a small department library. 



Financial Support. The museum has no endowment and is 

 dependent upon the university funds for maintenance and enlarge- 

 ment. 



Buildino. The museum occupies exhibition rooms in the depart- 

 ment of geology in McGraw Hall ; the study collections, which comprise 

 the greater part of the material being arranged in the laboratories. 



