LIBRARY 



Mrs. M. Schuyler Elliot. It consisted of 9,500 volumes and 3,500 pam- 

 phlets on insects, fishes, birds, general zoology, geography, and history. 



The Harry Edwards entomological library of 500 volumes and Edwards. 

 1,200 pamphlets was received with the Edwards Collection of butter- 

 flies, which was acquired in 1892, partly through the generosity of 

 friends of Mr. Edwards. 



The Marcou collection of works on geology was presented to the Marcou. 

 Museum in 1898 by Mr. John Belknap Marcou and Dr. Philippe Marcou. 

 It was brought together by Professor Jules Marcou, an eminent au- 

 thority on geology, and comprises about 3,000 volumes, 5,000 pam- 

 phlets and 1,200 maps. It had the distinction of being, with one ex- 

 ception, the largest private library of geology and palseontology in 

 America. 



A collection of 1,200 volumes, 960 numbers of serial publications, 

 1,833 pamphlets and 66 valuable maps, was presented in 1900 by 

 General Egbert Viele. To this gift he later added 676 volumes and a Vieie. 

 number of pamphlets. 



Over 200 volumes on conchology were given by Mr. Frederick A. 



Constable in 1901. Constable. 



Following the reorganization of the Library Staff the books on 

 hand were catalogued and made available for reference. The Library 

 was extended through subscriptions to the important scientific periodi- 

 cals, through exchange and through purchase. The New York 

 Academy of Sciences deposited its library with the Museum Library New York 



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in 1905 under arrangements which permitted of the merging of the two. sciences. 

 This library numbers about 10,000 volumes and is especially rich in 

 the publications of foreign societies, a branch of scientific literature 

 which had been but poorly represented in the Museum. 



Following the example of the New York Academy, other scientific 

 bodies have presented or deposited their libraries with the Museum, 

 so that at the present time the Museum's Library is the recognized 

 center in the City for publications on natural science. 



Special attention was given to the matter of exchanges, and with Exchanges, 

 the publications of the Academy of Sciences in addition to the large 



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