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BRADFORD : 



McKEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (Public Library 

 Building.) 



This society occupies a part of the public library building, in which 

 it has 4 or 5 cases of historical relics, and portraits of persons promi- 

 nent in Pennsylvania history. The society has been tendered an im- 

 portant museum of relics collected chiefly in foreign countries by Hon. 

 Lewis Emery Jr., and is awaiting a conveyance from the city of a 

 building suitable for its reception. At present the society has no or- 

 ganized staff and the days appointed for the opening of its rooms to 

 the public have not been strictly adhered to. It is probable that the 

 organization of the museum will soon be placed on a better basis. 



BRYNMAWR: 



BRYN MAWR COLLEGE. 



The college maintains teaching collections in connection with 

 the departments of natural science. The most extensive are those in 

 geology and paleontology; the former is in charge of Florence Bascom, 

 professor of geology, the latter in charge of C. A. Reeds. The geologi- 

 cal collection includes 15,000-20,000 minerals, 10,000 rock speci- 

 mens, and 50 specimens of dynamic geology, relief maps, models, 

 etc. Most of this material is in the Theodore D. Rand collection, 

 which is rich in minerals of the neighborhood of Philadelphia. A 

 large collection of rock specimens and slides owned by the United 

 States geological survey and illustrating the crystalline formation of 

 eastern Pennsylvania, also Miss Bascom's private collection of speci- 

 mens and slides illustrating foreign and American geology are access- 

 ible to students. The paleontological collections include 15,000 inver- 

 tebrates on exhibition and 2500 in storage, 50 vertebrates, and 100 

 plants. 



DOYLESTOWX: 



BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society maintains the following collections under the care of 

 Warren S. Ely, librarian and curator: an Indian collection of 5000 

 specimens; about 200 prints, engravings, and oil paintings, chiefly 

 portraits of historical interest; a herbarium of 3000 mounted specimens 

 of local flora; small collections in geology; and about 500 bird eggs. 



The main portion of the museum is devoted to history and is clas- 

 sified as follows : A borigines — large collection ; Building of the log cabin — 

 curious and obsolete builders' and artisans' tools; Light and fire- 



