THE 
AMERICAN GEOLOGIST. 
Vol. XXXI. MARCH, 1903. No. 3. 
THE I. H. HARRIS COLLECTION OF INVERTE- 
BRATE FOSSILS IN THE UNITED STATES 
NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
By Charles Schuchekt, Washington. 
PORTRAIT— PLATB XI. 
In the winter of 1897- 1898, the National Museum received 
by bequest a very valuable private collection representing the 
Lower Silurian faunas and the archaeology of southwestern 
Ohio. This collection is the result of nearly fifty years of un- 
tiring effort on the part of Mr. Israel Hopkins Harris, and 
it is fitting to give here an account of the builder and his col- 
lection, now that the fossils have reached their final destin- 
ation in the National Museum. 
Mr. Israel Hopkins Harris was born in Centerville, Mont- 
gomery county, Ohio, November 23, 1823, and died October 
17, 1897. His ancestors were New Englanders and his grand- 
father settled in Centreville, Ohio, early in the last century. 
At this place his father, James Harris, was born in 1801 and 
in early manhood became a prominent merchant at Waynes- 
ville, Ohio. His mother was Rebecca C. Jennings of Glou- 
cester, New Jersey, of an English family tracing their lineage 
back to the time of the Conquest. 
The subject of this sketch was the oldest of five children 
and entered Yale College in the Junior class of 1844. Grad- 
uating in 1846, he took charge of his father's business, and in 
1855 became the junior partner of the banking firm of Stokes 
and Harris. This firm was continued until 1868, from which 
time until 1897 the Exchange Bank of Waynesville, Ohio, 
was carried on bv 'Sir. Harris. 
