HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



1894- 



Curator of Mineralogy, in charge also of Conchology, and in 1902 

 Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Conchology, which 

 office he still holds. 

 Edmund Otis Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey has been associated with the Museum 

 Ph d V A since January, 1894. He came at that time as an Assistant Cura- 

 tor in the Department of Geology, Mineralogy, Conchology, and 

 Marine Invertebrate Zoology, and in 1901 was appointed Associate 

 Curator of the Department of Geology and Invertebrate Palaeontol- 

 ogy. Dr. Hovey conducted investigations at the volcanoes of Mt. 

 Pele and La Soufriere for the Museum in 1902, 1903, and 1908, and 

 the published results of his research have been valuable contributions 

 to our knowledge of the phenomena. 



BENEFACTORS— DONORS OF SPECIMENS TO VALUE OF 

 $200 OR MORE— 1869-1909 



Beirut Protestant College 



Bodwell Granite Company 



H. Booth 



T. B. Brooks 



Calumet and Hecla Mines Com- 

 pany 



Geological Survey of Canada 



Central Pacific Railroad Company 



James M. Constable 



Copper Queen Consolidated Min- 

 ing Company 



E. Leonard Corning 



Sir William Dawson 



Delaware, Lackawana and West- 

 ern Coal Company 



Sidney Dillon 



D. Stuart Dodge 



William E. Dodge, 2d 



Mrs. William E. Dodge 



James Douglas 



State Geological Survey of Georgia 



William C. Greene 



John P. Haines 



James Hall 



Morris K. Jesup 



Mrs. Morris K. Jesup 



MacDonald, Field and Company 



Jules Marcou 



O. C. Marsh 



E. A. Mearns 



J. Pierpont Morgan 



State Geological Survey of New 



Jersey 

 Francis C. Nicholas 

 J. W. Powell 

 Raphael Pumpelly 



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