284 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



MARYVILLE: 



MARYVILLE COLLEGE. 



The college reports that it maintains a museum, but no further 

 information has been received in response to repeated requests. The 

 museum is said by Merrill to comprise over 400 ethnological speci- 

 mens, 478 botanical specimens, 1000 minerals, 750 fossils, and 300 

 zoological specimens. 



MEMPHIS: 



COSSITT LIBRARY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION. 



This association was organized in 1897 for the preservation and 

 development of material from Shelby County exhibited at the Tennes- 

 see Centennial in 1896. The association was given the use of an upper 

 room in the Cossitt Library building and the museum consisted for a 

 r umber of years almost entirely of loan material. In 1903 the heirs of 

 Mr. Elliston Mason presented to the association a collection of mound- 

 builaers relics and one of fossils; the former comprises about 600 spe- 

 cimens collected about the Wappanooka Mounds, and is of especial 

 value as representing the life and habits of one people. 



The museum is in charge of Miss Lida Speed, who devotes a part 

 of her time to library work in addition to her duties as custodian. 

 The association has published a catalog of the museum. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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

 1903, containing 1 reptile, 43 birds, and 36 mammals. 



NASHVILLE: 



TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The librarian reports that the society maintains a museum, but 

 no further information has been received in reply to repeated 

 requests. 



VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. 



The university maintains teaching collections in charge of the 

 heads of the related departments of the university, as follows: L. C 

 Glenn (anthropology, geology, and paleontology), W. L. Dudley 

 (chemistry), G. W. Martin (botany and zoology), H. Z. Kip (art), 

 and E. A. Ruddiman (pharmacognosy). 



Anthropology. 5ooo± specimens of native archeology. 



Art. ioo± prints and engravings. 



