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YELLOW SPRINGS: 

 ANTIOCH COLLEGE. 



The president reports that the college maintains a museum, but 

 no reply has been received to repeated requests for further information. 

 The collections are said by Merrill to comprise 20 anthropological 

 specimens, a herbarium of 600 local plants, 500 minerals, 10,000 fos- 

 sils, and a zoological collection, including 3000 unnamed shells, 500 

 insects unarranged, a small synoptic series of invertebrates, a few 

 poorly mounted skeletons and 2 mounted mammals. 



OKLAHOMA 

 BACONE: 



BACONE COLLEGE. 



The college has a small collection of Indian curiosities and biologi- 

 cal and geological specimens, occupying about 225 square feet of floor 

 space in a room of the library building, and used primarily for teach- 

 ing purposes. 



OKLAHOMA CITY: 



OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society was organized in 1893 and was made a state institu- 

 tion in 1895. It maintains a museum and library in charge of W. P. 

 Campbell, custodian. The museum includes an extensive collection 

 of miscellaneous articles of local historical interest, together with 

 Indian relics and natural history specimens. The library contains 

 books, documents, and photographs relating to Oklahoma and its 

 history, and a collection of rare prints and publications. The society 

 occupies about 1800 square feet of exhibition space in a fireproof 

 building. It receives a state appropriation of $2000 per annum in 

 addition to its membership fees. It publishes a series of annual reports 

 and a quarterly journal. The collections are open free to the public 

 on week-days from 9 to 6. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 10 acres, established in 

 1905, containing 50 birds and no mammals. 



