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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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THE MISIJM I.IHHAnV 253 int'oniiaiioii; t'oi' xci'v lrc.ss iiuin, I lie i)r(>r('.s,si()ii;i,I iiKiii. tlic iiKiii of Icisiiir, \\\v ;ii-tist, the iii(;uiriii^f voutli I'ouiid tlic keenest eiijoynicnt and rchiAation \\\ uainini; ('\;)('rt knowledo-e on some snhject in natnral history. And wlicic wdnid lie I'allirr lind a \\cll-c(;ni;);)c(; library in tliis domain than in a hum- pnMic mnsemn sni)i)lied holh with the specimens and witli the Hteratni-e ;>ei'taininu' to tliese specimens. In the MiiscMim's iihrafy of (10,0(10 xohnnes ai'e some l.'),000 xohnnes devoted to zo.iloiiy, eontainint; the works of Andnl)on, (lonhl and Chapman in ornithology, an excellent collection ot" '.\')()() volumes relatitiii; to insects, and a 2000 xolnme collection in concholouy emhracin^' the classics of Kiister, Reeve and Himiey. There is also a well-selected library of 2r)()0 volumes in anthropology containing many of the rare and older works relat- ing to the North American Indians; an excellent collection of i^OOO Nohmies in geology, enriched by the library of the late Professor Marcou; a collec- tion of 5000 \()hiin(>s in paheontology to a large extent composefl of the Osborn Libraiy of Vertebrate Paheontology, and besides, an umisual collection of more than 20,000 volumes of natural science periodicals. It is doubtful if the educational xalue of a free special library of this kind can be overestimated. In few other fields is it possible to bring to- gether the material subject and the literature as under the roof and adminis- tration of a great natural history museum.
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nL-sc(iliin« ciitalpu flowers f\va.\ reproduction) in the Forestry Hall A natural history museum presents the combination of laboratories filled with material for stiuly and a library covering the literature of this material

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