HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 
Louis Pope Mr. Louis Pope Gratacap has been associated with the Museum 
p^B "a B since 1876. He was appointed Assistant Curator of Mineralogy in 
A.M. ' 1880. This department was placed under Geology in 1882, and Mr. 
Gratacap became Assistant Curator of Geology. In 1901 he was made 
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^' " si^c^ January, 1894. He came at that time as an Assistant Cura- 
1894- 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. 
Tel6 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 
$200 OR MO: 
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, 
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SPECIMENS TO VALUE OF 
^E— 1869-1909 
Delaware, Lackawanna and West- 
ern Coal Company, 
Sidney Dillon, 
D. Stuart Dodge, 
William E. Dodge, 2d, 
Mrs. William E. Dodge, 2d, 
James Douglas, 
State Geological Survey of Georgia , 
William C. Greene, 
John P. Haines, 
James Hall, 
Morris K. Jesup, 
Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, 
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