234 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



Scope. Public instruction, local collections, and public school 

 work are the aims of the museum. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days from 9 to 5. 



HIRAM: 



HIRAM COLLEGE. 



The college has a small teaching collection under the care of 

 George H. Colton, curator, occupying two rooms in the main college 

 building. The collection includes about 3000 Indian relics and other 

 archeological specimens, a small herbarium, 200 minerals and 500 

 rocks, 150 invertebrate fossils, 200 shells, 30 birds, and 5 mammals. 

 The museum has no regular income. 



NORWALK: 



FIRELANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The president reports that the society maintains a museum, but 

 no further information has been received. 



OBERLIN: 



OBERLIN COLLEGE. 



The college maintains teaching collections in connection with its 

 scientific departments and under the care of the following: F. O. 

 Grover (botany); E. B. Branson (geology); F. F. Jewett (mineralogy); 

 Lynds Jones (zoology) . 



Botany. Cryptogams (except ferns), 43,548; Phanerogams and 

 ferns, 90,930. There is also a general collection of fruits, seeds, and 

 woods. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 1000, in storage, but accessible 

 for study, 4000; Rocks, on exhibition, 600, in storage, 5000; Relief 

 maps, models, etc., 5. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 1000, in storage, 

 10,000, types and figured specimens, 200; Vertebrates, on exhibition, 

 100, in storage, 700, types and figured specimens, 23 ; Plants, on ex- 

 hibition, 200, in storage, 1000. A restoration of Dinichthys terrelli is 

 on exhibition. 



Zoology. Shells, on exhibition, 2000, in storage, 10,000; Insects, 

 on exhibition, 5000, in storage, 500; Other_ invertebrates, on exhibi- 

 tion, 3000, in storage, 4000; Fishes, on exhibition, 500, in storage, 

 1000; Batrachians, on exhibition, 200, in storage, 100; Reptiles, on 

 exhibition, 100, in storage, 100; Birds, on exhibition, 557, in storage. 



