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nine army officers by Thomas Sully; a bronze equestrian statue of 

 Washington by R. S. Greenough; a bronze portrait bust of General 

 Sherman by St. Gaudens; marble busts of Frederick the Great and 

 von Moltke (the gifts of the German Emperor) and of Washington, 

 Lafayette, and Napoleon; and plaster busts of the most famous 

 military commanders of the world. A marble stele by St. Gaudens 

 commemorates the artist Whistler and a marble door-way and tablet 

 the poet, Edgar Allen Poe. A number of bronze and plaster medals 

 are owned also. The library's collection of 80,000 volumes includes 

 many important works on architecture and other arts. 



Geology. Minerals, 4500; Rocks, 644. There is also a collec- 

 tion of several thousand specimens of minerals and rocks for labor- 

 atory use. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, 8500; Vertebrates (chiefly 

 fishes), 150; Plants, 200. This collection includes 112 fossils from 

 the Solenhofen limestone; 200 plant leaves from the Dakota cret- 

 aceous; and a good general collection. 



Ordnance. This collection includes implements of present and 

 past military service and is probably of more general interest than 

 the other collections, which are maintained for teaching purposes. 



NORTH CAROLINA 



CHAPEL HILL: 



UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



The university has teaching collections in lithology and economic 

 geology, and has access to the collections of the state geological sur- 

 vey. There are also small collections in other departments. 



CONCORD: 



SCOTIA SEMINARY. 



The seminary has a considerable collection of minerals. 



DAVIDSON: 



DAVIDSON COLLEGE. 



In addition to a general teaching collection the college possesses 

 the Brumby collection comprising about 1200 minerals, 3500 fossils, 

 and 2000 shells. It was acquired by the college about 1870. 



