270 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



S WARTHMORE : 



SWARTHMORE COLLEGE. Museum. 



Stafp. The museum is in charge of Spencer Trotter, professor 

 of biology. 



Anthropology. The Frederick Kohl ethnological collection of 

 Indian weapons, clothing, etc., mostly from Alaska. 



Botany. The Annie Shoemaker collection and the Eckfeldt 

 herbarium of 2000 Pennsylvania phanerogams. 



Geology. The Joseph Leidy collection of minerals, the Robert 

 R. Corson collection of stalactites and stalagmites from Luray cavern, 

 the Joel Scarlett collection of 3000 minerals and crystallographic 

 specimens, and the educational series of rock specimens from the 

 United States geological survey. 



Paleontology. A few fossil invertebrates, fishes, and plants. 



Zoology. The C. E. Parker collection of shells; small collections 

 of butterflies and moths, corals, sponges, echinoderms, and mollusks; 

 a small number of vertebrate skeletons for class work ; the Wilcox and 

 Farnum collection of Pennsylvania birds; and a teaching collection 

 in comparative osteology. 



Financial Support. The museum is supported by the college. 



Building. The collections occupy 3000 square feet of floor space 

 in one of the college buildings. 



Scope. The museum is maintained primarily for college teaching 

 and local collections. 



UNIONTOWN: 



FAYETTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society maintains a small collection of local historical relics, 

 in charge of James Hannen, secretary and custodian. 



VALLEY FORGE: 



VALLEY FORGE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY. 



This museum includes the following collections: The Rev. Jesse 

 Y. Burk collection, and the William S. Green and William L. Fox 

 collection of Indian relics; the Mary Regina Brice collection of his- 

 torical documents; the Lilla S. Pechin collection of United States 

 postage stamps; a good collection of Washingtoniana; and an interest- 

 ing civil war collection. Among the more notable single specimens 

 are the marquee used by Washington throughout the Revolution, 

 and the check for $120,000 paid to Lafayette for his services in the 



