2 24 DIRECTORY OP AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



OHIO 



AKRON: 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



This zoological park of 3 acres was established in 1903 and con- 

 tains 2 reptiles, 28 birds, and 30 mammals. 



BEREA: 



BALDWIN UNIVERSITY. 



The president reports that a small museum is maintained by the 

 university, but no further information has been received. The collec- 

 tion is said by Merrill to comprise a few botanical specimens, 500 

 minerals and rocks, 300 fossils, and 300 zoological specimens, mostly 

 invertebrates. 



CANTON: 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 3 acres, established in 1S93, 

 containing 5 reptiles, 120 birds, and 50 mammals. 



CINCINNATI: 



CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION. 



Staff. Director, J. H. Gest; Curators, L. H. Meakin (paintings), 

 C. J. Barnhorn (sculpture), Philip Hinkle (American archeology), 

 F. W. Hinkle (arms and armor); Librarian, Elizabeth Kellogg; 1 

 cashier and stenographer, 1 superintendent of buildings and grounds, 

 1 cabinetmaker and carpenter, 1 painter, 1 printer, 1 binder, and 12 

 janitors, watchmen, etc. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 30,000; 

 Ethnology, native, 900, foreign, 1100. Civilized peoples, Greek and 

 Roman antiquities not separately enumerated. Life-size ethnological 

 groups are not yet on exhibition but are contemplated. 



Art. Sculpture, 61 originals, 173 large and 964 small casts, and 

 ivory carvings, covering the history of art from Egyptian and Greek 

 to modern; Prints and engravings, 1000; Oil paintings, 503, and water 

 colors, 200, especially rich in modern American work; Ceramics, 

 6000, including prehistoric American, Greek, modern European, and 

 American (2000 pieces of Rookwood, etc.); Textiles, 1168, including 

 special collections of European lace, and textiles from India; Drawings, 

 1500, including the C. F. Lessing collection: Metal work, 1908, covering 

 the history of the art from Greek and Roman to modern; Arms and 



