HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



"Ahnighito. 

 " Woman." 

 " Dog." 



"Willamette' 

 Meteorite. 



Selma." 



" Guffey." 



by Commander Peary in 1894 and 1895, and brought to New York in 

 1895 and 1897. "Ahnighito," the largest and heaviest meteorite 

 known, weighs 36.5 tons and was obtained by Commander Peary in 

 1897. "The Woman," which weighs 6,000 lbs., and "The Dog," 1,100 

 lbs., were brought back in 1895. All were acquired by the Museum 

 in 1909 as the gift of Mrs. Jesup. 



"Willamette," the gift of Mrs. William E. Dodge (cost, $20,600), 

 is the largest meteorite ever found in the United States and one of 

 the three largest known. It weighs 31,107 lbs., and was discovered 

 in 1902 near Portland, Oregon. With the acquisition of "Willamette," 

 in 1906, the Museum's collection of meteorites became one of the finest 

 known to science. 



"Selma," the largest entire stone meteorite known, was found in 

 Alabama in 1906 and purchased for $1,200. It weighs 306 lbs. 



The latest addition to this department was the Guffey meteorite, 

 weighing 682 lbs., and purchased in 1909 for $1,500. 



CHIEF BENEFACTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



MINERALOGY 



GIFTS TO THE VALUE OF $500 OR MORE 



Hugh Auchincloss 



George S. Bowdoin 



Matilda W. Bruce 



Brazilian Commission of Centen- 

 nial Exposition 



Copper Queen Consolidated Min- 

 ing Company 



James W. Constable 



William E. Dodge 



Edward L. Dufourcq 



A. E. Foote 



James B. Haggin 



D. Willis James 



Morris K. Jesup 



Mrs. Morris K. Jesup 



M. S. Mepham 



J. Pierpont Morgan 



New York Mineralogical Club 



Minas Pedrazzini Company, Arizpe, 



Sonora, Mex. 

 Ernest Schermikow 

 Robert L. Stuart 

 Mrs. Robert L. Stuart 

 D. Jackson Steward 



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