HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



Haines 

 Collection. 



Cope 

 Collection. 



Storer 

 Collection. 



Constable 

 Collection. 



Philippine 

 Islands. 



The acquisition of the Haines Collection of shells greatly added to 

 the quality and scope of this Department. It consisted of marine, 

 fresh water, and land shells, being especially rich in the last-named. 

 The collection contained 7,891 species, and was purchased in 1895 

 for $12,000. 



Nearly 18,000 specimens of land and fresh water shells, with 1,000 

 species, were received in 1898 from the estate of Professor Edward D. 

 Cope. 



A collection of shells important to the Museum because of the 

 more showy genera was presented by Mr. Albert H. Storer in 1904. 

 It comprised about 3,500 specimens. 



To Mr. F. A. Constable the department is indebted for many fine 

 specimens of shells, principally from China and Japan. Between 

 the years 1901 and 1905 he presented 737 species from Japan, 464 

 specimens from China, besides 18,000 specimens representing 4,000 

 species from other localities. 



The collection of shells from the Philippine Islands numbers about 

 5,530 specimens, 700 of which were gifts from Colonel C. A. H. 

 McCauley, and Dr. Hugh M. Smith, the remainder, containing 477 

 species and varieties, being received through an exchange. 



The specimens now in the Conchological Department number 

 about 200,000 specimens, embracing over 16,000 species, and rep- 

 resenting localities all over the world. 



CHIEF BENEFACTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



CONCHOLOGY 



GIFTS TO THE VALUE OF $500 OR MORE 



Albert S. Bickmore Coleman T. Robinson 



John J. Crooke D. Jackson Steward 



Fred. A Constable Albert H. Storer 



E. D. Cope R. A. Witthaus 



Frank Daulte Mrs. M. Witthaus 



Rev. Richard B. Post Miss Catherine Wolfe 



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