2 26 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. Museum. 

 (312 Broadway.) 



Staff. Director, T. B. Collier; Curators, Walter H. Aiken (her- 

 barium), A. C. Billups (conchology) , William Osburn (entomology), 

 H. Wuestner (mineralogy), Charles Andrew (photography) ;. Librarian 

 and curator of paleontology, J. M. Nickles. 



Anthropology. A large case of prehistoric relics from Madison- 

 ville, including 120 skulls, some pottery, many bones of animals, etc., 

 and about 20 boxes of similar material in storage. 



Botany. A classified herbarium of over 4000 species of phanero- 

 gams and ferns; the C. G. Lloyd collection of about 10,000 native and 

 European plants not yet arranged; a collection of cryptogams, parti- 

 cularly fungi, which is now receiving special attention. 



Geology. The Paul Mohr collection of 2457 minerals and rocks; 

 the Allen collection of 1200 minerals and rocks; and a number of other 

 special collections, making a total of about 4000 specimens represent- 

 ing 360 species and 210 varieties of minerals, with fair collections of 

 rocks, especially marbles, volcanic rocks, and ores. 



Paleontology. The Paul Mohr collection of 4390 species; the 

 J. Ralston Skinner collection of paleozoic fossils, and a nearly com- 

 plete series of the fossils of the Cincinnati region. Much material 

 belonging to this department is in storage for lack of exhibition space. 



Zoology. A shell collection including 1000 species of marine 

 shells, an extensive collection of land and fresh-water univalve shells ; 

 and the E. D. Cope collection of 1500 species of fresh-water gastropods 

 and bivalves. The collection of Naiades is said to be second only to 

 that of the National Museum. A large collection of other inverte- 

 brates is for the most part in storage. There is a large vertebrate 

 series well representing the various orders; 2000 unmounted skins of 

 birds and mammals; a collection of skeletons, mostly disarticulated; 

 etc. 



Historical Sketch. The society was organized in 1870 and 

 occupied quarters in the Cincinnati College building on Walnut Street 

 until 1877, when it removed to its present building. In 1871 the Wes- 

 tern Academy of Natural Science transferred to the Society $351 in 

 money. 265 books, and its collections. In 1872 Mr. Robert Buchanan 

 donated in volumes from his library and 3 cases of fossils, shells, 

 and minerals. In 1875 Mr. Charles Bodmann gave the society by his 

 will $50,000. Of this sum $1 1 ,500 was spent in the purchase and repair 

 of the property now occupied. 



Financial Support. An annual income of $1700 from the Bod- 



