The Final Disposition of some American Collections of Minerals
Last Updated: 2nd Apr 2016By Jolyon Ralph
The following text was taken from a brochure complied by Frederick A. Canfield, published in 1923.
ABERT, JOHN T. Washington, D. C. His collection was acquired by the National Museum Feb. 10, 1883. It contained 800 specimens.
ALGER, FRANCIS, Boston, Mass. His collection is at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. He was an early collector of the minerals which occur at Franklin, N.J.
ALLEN, FRANCIS R., Boston, Mass. He presented his collection to Amherst College.
ALLEN, JOHN, New York City. He had a small collection of very large specimens of extra quality. It was sold at auction in New York City about 1864.
ALLEN, O. D., New Haven, Conn. His collection was purchased by the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
AMEND, BERNARD G., New York City. His collection is held intact by his legatees.
AMES, J. T., Chicopee, Mass. A general collection - It was sold to a dealer about 1910.
ARNOLD, DELOS, Pasadena, Cal. He presented his collection of minerals and fossils to the Stanford University in 1908.
ARNOLD, E. S. F., New York City. He presented his collection to the Mount Saint Vincent Academy of New York City.
BAILEY, JOEL, East Marlborough, Chester Co., Penn. His collection descended to his nephew Joel Scarlett, whose heirs presented it to Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Penn. It was a collection of old time specimens from eastern Pennsylvania.
BAILEY, S. C.H., Oscawana, N. Y. His first collection was purchased by The American Museum of Natural History, of New York City, in 1875, for $5,000. Most of the specimens were sold to dealers after the museum acquired the Bement collection. His second collection was inherited by his niece who sold it to the same museum. The museum added the meteoric specimens to its own collection and sold the minerals to a dealer who scattered them.
BEADLE, E. R., Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was inherited by his son, the Rev. Heber H. Beadle, of Bridgeton, N. J., who presented it to Yale University, in 1916. It was a very large collection. The specimens were said to weigh 15 tons.
BECK, LEWIS C., New Brunswick, N. J. Many of his specimens arc in the New York State Museum at Albany, N. Y. Rutgers College purchased his private collection from his heirs. It is kept intact in the college museum, in New Brunswick, N. J. It 1s an old collection of New York and New Jersey minerals. It contains many type specimens. Professor Beck collected from 1818 to 1847.
BEMENT, CLARENCE S., Philadelphia, Penn. This was the finest private collection of minerals ever made. It is the best public collection in America - it has but two rivals in the world. It contained about 16,000 specimens. In 1900 he sold it to the late J. Pierpont Morgan, who presented it to The American Museum of Natural History, of New York City. The price paid was never published, but is said to have been only sixty per cent of the cost of the collection. Mr. Bement culled many of the choicest specimens from private collections, by purchase or exchange.
BIERWIRTH, LEOPOLD C., Dover, N. J. This was a small general collection of good specimens. In March, 1917, his widow presented the collection to Swarthmore College, as a memorial to her son, who was an alumnus.
BIXBY, MAYNARD, Salt Lake City, Utah. This collection, consisting chiefly of fine specimens from the western states, was purchased by the Field Museum, of Chicago.
BOUVE, THOMAS T., Boston, Mass. He gave most of his collection to The Boston Society of Natural History. He also gave some choice specimens to the Public Library in Hingham, Mass.
BRADLEY MICHAEL, Chester, Penn. This was a general collection of about 1,200 specimens. It was purchased by a dealer in 1919.
BRAVERMAN, MAX, San Francisco, Cal. He gave his collection to Golden Gate Park Museum, of San Francisco. It was a general collection, but rich in California minerals. It contained about 800 specimens of medium quality.
BROOKS, THOMAS B., Newburg, N. Y. He gave a portion of his collection to Harvard University. The remainder was given to Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., by his son Alfred H. Brooks in 1908.
BRUMBY, RICHARD T., Columbia, S. C. His collection was sold at auction in New York City in 1869. It was acquired by Davidson College of Davidson, N. C.
BRUSH, GEORGE J., New Haven, Conn. He presented his library and his collection of minerals to the Sheffield Scientific School, in 1904. It is a large collection of high quality, and contains many type specimens of rare minerals. His gift was valued at $40,000.
CAMPION, JOHN F., Denver, Col. He presented his collection to the State Museum, at Denver. His specimens of crystallized gold from Farncomb Hill, near Breckinridge, Col., were of great value for bullion.
CANFIELD, CHAUNCEY L., San Francisco, Cal. His collection was destroyed by the earthquake and fire of 1906.
CANFIELD, FREDERICK, Dover, N. J. His collection remains intact as he arranged it in the years 1858 and 1864. It contains about 1,600 specimens. He collected the more important ones himself, at, or near Franklin Furnace and Stirling Hill, N. J., between the years 1840 and 1866.
CARDESZA, JOHN T. M., Claymont, Del. At one time, his collection was offered for sale for $2,500. It is now owned by the University of Pennsylvania. It is composed largely of minerals found in Chester and Delaware counties, Penn.
CARR, SILAS, Jamestown, R. I. This was a general collection containing about 1,200 specimens and a few fossils. It favored the minerals of Rhode Island. It was purchased by Mr. J.W. Baker of Pawtucket, R. I. in May, 1917.
CASWELL, JOHN H., New York City. This was a large general collection containing some choice specimens. His widow presented it to Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.) in April, 1911.
CHAMBERLAIN, BENJAMIN B., New York City, This collection consisted exclusively of minerals found on Manhattan Island. It was purchased by the New York Mineralogical Club. It is now deposited in The American Museum of Natural History.
CHAMBERS, JAMES B., Schenectady, N. Y. This collection was rich in specimens found at Ellenville, N. Y. It was purchased by Mr. M. F. Westover, of Schenectady.
CHATARD, FERDINAND C., Baltimore, Md. His widow presented his collection to the Maryland Academy of Sciences, of Baltimore.
CHESTER, ALBERT H., New Brunswick, N. J. His collection was presented to Rutgers College by his son. It is a general collection of choice specimens. It is rich in the minerals that are found in the northern part of the State of New York.
CHILDS, CHARGES G., Floral Park, N. Y. This was a modern collection of high class specimens. In 1921 it was divided into four parts. His family reserved about 750 specimens - many were given to the public schools - a dealer bought about 200 specimens - the remainder were purchased by Mr. M. L. Morgenthau, of New York City.
CHILTON, JAMES R., New York City. This was a general collection, which contained some unique specimens. It was broken up by a dealer. The great specimen of rutile crystals in quartz, which was found in New Hampshire, is in the collection of Mr. George Vaux, Jr., of Bryn Mawr, Penn. The crystal of calcite containing a gill [a quarter of a pint] of water, found at Rossie, N. Y., is owned by the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, Penn.
CLARK, DANIEL, Tyringham, Mass. His collection is in the Athenaeum, in Pittsfield, Mass.
CLAY, JOSEPH A., Philadelphia, Penn. This collection was held intact by his family for many years. It finally went to the University of Pennsylvania. It was an old time, general collection, which contained some choice specimens.
COOPER, J.C., Topeka, Kan. A fine collection of minerals from the Joplin, Mo., zinc mines. It was bought and scattered by a dealer in 1911.
COOPER, THOMAS, Columbia, S. C. This very old collection was acquired many years ago by the South Carolina College, of Columbia. It received rough treatment by the soldiers during the Civil War.
COX, JAMES N., Calumet, Mich. His first and second collections were sold to Prof. L. L. Hubbard, of Houghton, Mich. His third collection was sold in small lots to other collectors. The specimens were found in the copper mines near Calumet.
CURTIS, THOMAS, E. H., Plainfield, N. J., This was a general collection which contained some specimens of high quality. Nearly 2,000 specimens were sold at auction in New York City, in December, 1918.
DALYRYMPLE, E. A., Baltimore, Md. His collection was purchased by the Maryland Academy of Sciences. It was not a large collection, but it contained good specimens.
DANIELS, JOHN, Calumet, Mich. His collection was held intact by his family for many years. It contained from 1,500 to 1,800 specimens from the copper mines of Lake Superior. Some of them were of rare quality.
DAVIS, J. Z., San Francisco, Cal. A portion of his collection was destroyed by the earthquake of 1906. He gave some of his specimens to the California State Bureau of Mines. He sold some to dealers. It was a general collection.
DREEMS, J. W., New York City. He had a fine general collection which he disposed of himself, at retail.
DELAFIELD, JOSEPH, New York City. In his will of January 16, 1869, he bequeathed his collection to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, under certain conditions which were never satisfied. His family donated the collection to the New York University about 1890, stipulating that it should be preserved separate and intact. It was a general collection of about 2,500 specimens, and was reputed to be the finest collection in New York City.
DENISON, CHARLES HYDE, New York City. He presented his collection to the Public Library of Westerly, R. I.
DICKERSON, MAHLON, Dover, N. J. He was collecting as early as 1808 — in which year he escorted Mr. S. Godon, of Philadelphia, to Franklin Furnace, N. J. His collection was a small one. It was probably acquired by his nephew, Frederick Canfield.
DICKINSON, JOHN, Forestville, Conn. (in 1879). His collection was purchased by the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), which institution was unable to pay for it. It was acquired by Throop Institute, of Pasadena, Cal. It was a general collection. It contained fine specimens of the rare minerals that were found at Branchville, Conn.
DISBROW, WILLIAM S., Newark, N. J. This was a general collection of a great number of specimens — most of which he collected at the various localities in New Jersey. He presented it to the Newark Museum Association in 1912. He also gave many of his finest specimens to the National Museum, at Washington, D. C.
DOHRMAN, J. H., California. His collection, which was principally specimens of native Gold, was sold at auction in Philadelphia, Penn., December, 1886.
DYER, H. ANTHONY. His collection is owned by the Park Museum, of Providence, R. I.
EGLESTON, THOMAS, New York City. His collection was absorbed by the collection in the School of Mines, Columbia University. It was a general collection of good specimens.
EHRMAN, ARTIS M., Brooklyn, N. Y. His collection was broken up and scattered by his heirs.
ELSNER, JOHN, Denver, Col. This was a collection of Colorado minerals. It contained many specimens of Amazon stone. It was rich in tellurides from Boulder Co., Col. It was sold to the State of Colorado for $15,000, and is now in the State Bureau of Mines, in Denver.
EMMONS, EBENEZER, Williamstown, Mass. It would appear that he made two collections — one of which is in Williams College, at Williamstown — the other collection, consisting of large crystallized specimens found in New York State, was acquired in 1870, by the New York State Museum, at Albany, N. Y., by gift from Hon. Erastus Corning.
EYERMAN, JOHN, Easton, Penn. He collected chiefly, the minerals of Pennsylvania. In 1915 he sold his collection to a dealer who added it to his stock. There were about 1600 specimens.
FERRIER, WALTER F., Toronto, Canada. He sold his first collection to the University of Toronto. He sold his second collection to McGill University, of Montreal, for, it is said, $18,000. The latter contained more than 5,000 specimens, among which are many of the rarest species.
FEUCHTWANGER, LEWIS, New York City. His daughters presented his collection to the Society of Ethical Culture, of New York City, about 1900. It was a general collection. Many years ago, while this collection was exhibited in the Old Arsenal in Central Park, some of the specimens were stolen.
FINCKE, WILLIAM M., New York City. His collection was put in a dealer's hands, to be sold intact, about 1890. No sale was effected. The owners took the collection back and have forgotten its existence. It was a small collection, with fine specimens of Ruby Silver, and minerals from the Tilly Foster mine, at Brewsters, N. Y.
FORBES, R. W., Brooklyn, N. Y. A general collection of choice specimens. He had particularly fine specimens of crystallized Gold, also Chrysoberyls from Haddam, Conn. All were bought by a dealer in 1920.
FORRESTER, ROBERT, Salt Lake City, Utah. This was a general collection, strong in minerals from Utah, and the neighboring States. It numbered about 2,300 specimens. It was partially robbed soon after the death of Mr. Forrester. A dealer purchased 650 specimens — the remainder were given to Westminster College, of Salt Lake City, by Mrs. Forrester.
FOWLER, SAMUEL, Franklin Furnace, N. J. A small portion of his collection was given to Princeton College. The remainder was burned with his residence. It was a local collection, being limited to the minerals of the Franklin region.
FOWLER, SAMUEL, JR., Port Jervis, N. Y. This was a local collection of the minerals found at Stirling Hill and Franklin Furnace, N. J. Its fate is uncertain. One story is, the collection was stolen when Col. Fowler was moving his household effects from Port Jervis to Newton, N. J. A man who claims to know, says the collection was left in Port Jervis, and was gradually scattered and lost.
FOX, HENRY STEPHEN, Washington, D. C. He was the Minister of Great Britain from 1836 to the time of his death in 1844. He died in Washington, where his collection was sold. Francis Markoe, Jr., bought many of the specimens. Some of the specimens are in the National Museum. This collection contained very fine specimens from Brazil.
FRECKLETON, JOHN W., Brooklyn, N. Y. His collection, consisting of specimens from the trap rock quarries in New Jersey, was scattered by a dealer.
GARRETT, HENRY, Willistown, Penn. He sold his best specimens to a dealer. His heirs disposed of the remainder in the same manner.
GENTH, FREDERICK A., Philadelphia, Penn. Many years ago he sold his collection to the University of Pennsylvania. His second collection has been offered for sale for $12,000.
GIBBES, Louis R., Charleston, S. C. A portion of his collection was purchased by the South Carolina College, of Columbia, S. C., about 1900.
GIBBS, GEORGE, New Haven, Conn. This was a very old collection. He sold it to Yale College many years ago.
GILCHRIST, C. A., Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was broken up and scattered by a dealer in New York City, in 1903. It contained many fine specimens.
GLASER, LOUIS A., Sewickley, Penn. His collection was purchased by the Merrick Museum of New Brighton, Penn. It was a general collection numbering 1500 specimens,—the result of thirty years labor.
GODON, S., Philadelphia, Penn. He was one of the earliest of the American collectors. He visited Franklin Furnace, N. J. in 1808, with Mahlon Dickerson. His collection was acquired by Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, at whose sale it was purchased by Joseph Watson, who presented it to the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1816. It was the beginning of the Academy's collection of minerals. GRIFFITH, CHARLES, Phoenixville, Penn. This was a collection of about 1500 specimens of good quality. The owner died in 1912, leaving his collection to his heirs who sold it at retail to collectors.
HAINES, BENJAMIN, Elizabeth, N. J. His collection was sold at retail by a dealer in New York City. It consisted, principally, of the Zeolites and associated minerals, found in the old Erie tunnel through Bergen Hill.
HALL, JAMES, Albany, N. Y. His collection was sold to the Chicago University.
HAMLIN, AUGUSTUS C., Bangor, Me. His collection was purchased by the late James Garland, of New York City, who presented it to Harvard University. It consisted exclusively, of crystals of Tour-maline from Paris, Me.
HAMMOND, GEORGE WARREN, Yarmouthville, Me. He presented his collection to Bowdoin College. It numbered about 800 specimens, most of which were found in Maine and Colorado. One, a gem Beryl, from Topsham, Maine, was of great value.
HANCOCK, ELWOOD P., Burlington, N. J. This was a general collection of fine quality, with many superb crystals, collected by himself at Franklin Furnace, N. J., at Tilly Foster Mine, N. Y., and at the mica mines in Amelia Co., Va. He displayed exceptional talent in the selection and in the care of his specimens. His collection was purchased by Harvard University, in 1916.
HARTMAN, JOHN M., Philadelphia, Penn. He presented his collection to the Academy of Natural Sciences, many years ago. It was a general collection.
HAWES, GEORGE W., Washington, D. C. His collection is in the National Museum. It contained 450 specimens—chiefly American.
HERON, JAMES, Warwick, N. Y. His was an old time historic collection of specimens found in Orange Co., N. Y. He was an active col-lector in 1830. No record has been found of the disposition of his specimens. They were probably distributed among some of the more recent collections.
HIDDEN, WILLIAM EARL, Newark, N. J. His collection was purchased by the Royal Museum, in Vienna, Austria. It was very rich in the minerals of North Carolina.
HOLDEN, ALBERT F., Cleveland, O. This collection of 6000 specimens was of the highest quality—many of them were unique. In 1911 he purchased the Losey collection of Franklin minerals. He died in February, 1913, and left his collection to Harvard University, with a large endowment fund for its support.
HOLZMAN, JOHN, Newark, N. J. This was a modern general collection of 5000 specimens—the result of twenty years labor. It contained more than 300 principal species and a large number of subspecies. It was offered for sale for $3,500. It was scattered by an auction sale in New York City, in February, 1923.
HORTON, SILAS R., Craigville, N. Y. His best specimens were sold by his family,—the others are held by his heirs. It was chiefly a collection of the minerals of Orange Co., N. Y., and of the zinc region of Sussex Co., N. J. It was probably, the best collection of Orange County minerals that has been made.
HORTON, WILLIAM, Goshen, N. Y. His was a collection of the minerals of Orange Co., N. Y. It contained specimens from the J. P. Young collection, and no doubt, had some from Dr. Heron's. It became the foundation of the collection of his son, Dr. Silas R. Horton.
HOWE, HENRY, of Nova Scotia. This was a local collection of Nova Scotia minerals. Many years ago Messrs. A. H. and C. T. Barney purchased the collection and presented it to the School of Mines, Columbia University, New York City. The collection which he prepared for the Paris International Exposition of 1867, was purchased in that year by the Government of Nova Scotia, and is now in the Provincial Museum, in Halifax, N. S.
HUNT, T. STERRY, Montreal, Can. This was a collection of geologic and economic specimens. It was so poorly cared for that the labels got mixed or lost, so that the fossils and ore samples became value-less. He gave his mineral specimens to the late Dr. James Douglas, of New York City.
JACKSON, CHARLES T., Boston, Mass. This old time collection is prob-ably, in the possession of the Boston Society of Natural History. Dr. Jackson was a warm friend of this society, and it is known that he gave it many minerals.
JEFFERIS, WILLIAM W., West Chester, Penn. He sold his collection in 1904 to the Carnegie Museum, of Pittsburg, Penn., for more than $20,000. It was a large general collection with fine suites of minerals from eastern Pennsylvania, and northern New York. Many of them he obtained himself at the localities.
JENKINS, JOHN, Monroe, N. Y. He sold his collection to James Nelson, of Cold Spring, N. Y. It consisted of a fine lot of specimens which he collected at the localities in Orange Co., N. Y. JEWELL, PLINY, Hartford, Conn. His collection was scattered by a dealer. It contained some wonderful specimens from Connecticut.
JOHNSON, HORACE I., Waltham, Mass. This was a fine collection, rich in the minerals of New England. It was sold for about $3,000, to several wealthy men who presented it to Wellesley College.
JOHNSON, WALTER R. This old time collection was presented to the National Museum, September, 1890, by Mrs. Mary A. Stroud. It contained specimens from the Fox collection.
JONES, CHARLES H., East Orange, N. J. This was a general collection. He bequeathed it to Heidelberg University, of Tiffin, 0., in 1919.
KEIM, J. DEB., Reading, Penn. In 1868 his heirs presented his collection to Lehigh University, of South Bethlehem, Penn. It was a local collection of the minerals of the Schuykill Valley. It numbered about 500 specimens.
KEMBLE, WILLIAM J. I., Newton, N. J. He made a large collection of the minerals of the Franklin region. The heirs of his widow retain most of the specimens.
KENDALL, THEODORE A., Reading, Penn. A general collection, rich in the minerals of Pennsylvania. It numbered about 1,600 specimens. It was offered for sale by his heirs in 1920.
KIRK, ISAAC S., Fremont, Penn. A general collection of medium quality. It was bought by a dealer in 1910.
KUNZ, GEORGE F., New York City. He sold his first collection to the University of Minnesota, in December 1876. His second collection was purchased by the Rose Polytechnic Institute of Terre Haute, Ind., in 1879. It was a general collection containing 6,000 specimens. He sold his third collection to Amherst College. It was a large collection. He sold his fourth collection to the New York State Museum at Albany, N. Y. It contained 6,000 specimens. It was rich in the minerals found in the tunnels through Bergen Hill, and Union Hill, in New Jersey. He sold his fifth collection to the Field Museum of Chicago. It contained minerals and meteors, also 7,000 books and pamphlets on mining, metallurgy, mineralogy and precious stones. He sold his sixth collection to Thomas A. Edison for $8,000. It was a large general collection.
LANG, THOMAS, Franklin Furnace, N. J. He sold his collection about 1894, to a dealer who broke it up and scattered the specimens among his customers. It was devoted almost exclusively, to the minerals of the Franklin region.
LEA, ISAAC, Philadelphia, Penn. He bequeathed his collection to the National Museum, where it was received March 30, 1888. It was the largest and the finest collection of minerals ever given to this museum.
LEIDY, JOSEPH, Philadelphia, Penn. He sold some of his best specimens to dealers. The others were purchased from his heirs by the U. S. Government. The gems went to the National Museum — the minerals to the U. S. Geological Survey. All of the specimens are in the National Museum.
LEONARD, FREDERICK B., Lansingburgh, N. Y. His daughter, Mrs. Hugh L. Rose, bequeathed his collection to Yale College. It was deposited in the Peabody Museum. It was a general collection of high grade specimens.
LOSEY, SAMUEL R., Franklin Furnace, N. J. His collection consisted chiefly, of fine specimens of the minerals peculiar to the Franklin region. It was purchased in 1911 by Albert F. Holden, of Cleve-land, 0., for $2,365. It is now owned by Harvard University.
LOWE, LEONTINA A., Pasadena, Cal. She had a large general collection which contained many fine specimens. She purchased the J. Grier Ralston collection. In 1917 her collection was bought by a dealer who distributed it among his patrons.
LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK. The collections of this society were stored in the basement of the University Medical College building in East 14th Street, New York City. On May 21st, 1866, the building and its contents were burned.
MACMARTIN, ARCHIBALD, New York City. This was a small general collection of very choice specimens. He bequeathed it to Princeton University.
MANCHESTER, JAMES G., New York City. This is a general collection of about 3,000 specimens, the result of thirty years' labor. It is of high grade and includes many of the very finest specimens of the minerals found in the Erie Cut (1909) through Bergen Hill. About 1920 he presented it to the Public Library of Fall River, Mass., as a memorial to his wife.
MARKOE, FRANCIS, JR., Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was purchased by William S. Vaux. At one time it was the finest collection of minerals in America. It contained many of the best specimens from the Fox collection.
MARTIN, BENJAMIN N., Brooklyn, N. Y. He collected with his son, Prof. D. S. Martin, until his death in 1883.
MARTIN, DANIEL S., Brooklyn, N. Y. He continued to collect minerals, fossils and shells after the death of his father. He divided his collections between the Charleston (S. C.) Museum, Chicora College of Greenville, S. C., and the Brooklyn Museum. He also gave a fine suite of the minerals found in the trap rocks of New Jersey, to the Library, and to the High School of Bayonne, N. J.
MILLER, H. D., Plainville, Conn. He gave his collection to the Hartford (Conn.), Museum, in 1909, where it was beautifully installed in 1914. This is a collection of high class specimens which were gathered during a period of thirty years. It numbers about 4,100 specimens, which represent about 400 species.
MITCHELL, SAMUEL L., New York City. His collection was given to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, by his widow. It was valued at $10,000. It was lost in 1866, in the fire that consumed the other collections of the Lyceum.
MOHR, CHARLES, Mobile, Ala. He gave his extensive collections of minerals and fossils to the University of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa.
MORRIS, -------. His collection was sold at auction in Philadelphia, in 1868. Many of the specimens were purchased for the Wagner Free Institute of Science, of Philadelphia. It contained some fine specimens from the copper mines of Lake Superior.
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, New York City. In 1817, this society undertook the collection of objects of natural history. Col. George Gibbs, chairman of the Mineralogical Committee, was particularly active in promoting the collection of minerals. This department became so large that, in 1829, it was decided by the Society to present its specimens to the New York Lyceum of Natural History.
PARNALL, WILLIAM E., Calumet, Mich. His collection contained about 500 specimens from the copper mines of Lake Superior. Many of them were of the finest quality. They were divided between his two sons.
PENNYPACKER, CHARLES H., West Chester, Penn. He sold his collection to Henry Garrett, of Willistown, Penn.
POHNDORF, A. P., Butte, Mont. He collected at Bisbee, Ariz., and at Butte. He had particularly fine copper minerals which he sold to a dealer in 1909.
PUMPELLY, RAPHAEL, Newport, R. I. His valuable collection was destroyed March 26th, 1919, when his summer home at Dublin, N. H., was burned. It was a general collection gathered by himself in many foreign countries.
QUARLES, CHARLES, Alilwaukee, Wis. This was a general collection, strong in copper minerals of the Lake Superior region. It is now owned by the Milwaukee Museum.
RAKEST C. C., Tacony, Penn. His specimens were microscopic mounts. He sold them to a dealer in New York City.
RALSTON, J. GRIER, Norristown, Penn. Most of his collection was acquired by Mrs. Leontina A. Lowe, — once of Norristown — later of Pasadena, Cal.
RAND, THEODORE D., Philadelphia, Penn. This was a very large collection. Counting the minerals and the fossils it numbered more than 20,000 specimens. It was rich in the minerals found in or near Philadelphia. His daughter Mrs. Charles Stillwell Aldredge, of Radnor, Penn., presented it to Bryn Mawr Female College in 1904.
REILEY, DE WITT T., New Brunswick, N. J. His collection was sold at retail, by a dealer in New York City, in 1891. It was a small collection with some very choice specimens.
ROBARTS, J. O. D., Phoenixville, Penn. An old time general collection. It was poorly cared for, and was finally bought and scattered by a dealer in 1916.
ROEPPER, WILLIAM T., Bethlehem, Penn. He deposited his collection in the museum of Lehigh University. The University purchased it from his widow. It was a general collection of about 3,000 specimens.
ROOT, OREN, Clinton, N. Y. His collection is in Hamilton College in Clinton.
ROSE, JOHN F., Oxford, Penn. His collection was sold to the Oxford High School.
ROTHE, WILLIAM G., Brooklyn, N. Y. A general collection, which was sold at retail in 1893, by a dealer in New York City. This was one of the best collections that have been broken up in this country.
ROTHWELL, RICHARD P., New York City. He gave away his best specimens—the others were sold by his executors. It was an economic collection.
SANSON, JOSEPH, Philadelphia, Penn. 1750-1820. About 1832 his widow donated his collection to Haverford College.
SCHERNIKOW, ERNEST, New York City. His collection was bought by a dealer who allowed Mr. C. S. Bement to make the first selection and then sold the other specimens at retail. It contained many choice specimens.
SCHOENFELD, JOHN, Reading, Penn. This collection is in the Public Library and Museum in Reading. It is a large collection, rich in the minerals of eastern Pennsylvania.
SCHOONMAKER, WILLIAM D., Orange, N. J. He had a general collection of about 2,000 specimens which he disposed of through a dealer.
SEEBOECK, W. C. E., Chicago, Ill. A large general collection—very rich in rare species. It was acquired by a dealer who scattered the specimens among his patrons.
SEYBERT, ADAM, Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences, by his son, Henry Seybert, about 1825. It was a general collection of about 2000 specimens. It is kept intact, in its original cabinet, because of its historical interest.
SHAW, WILLIAM H., Chester, Penn. This was a collection of about 2,000 specimens—half of which were local. Many were of fine quality. His son, Charles K. Shaw, presented them to the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia.
SHEPARD, CHARLES U., Amherst, Mass. His first collection was purchased by Amherst College. It was burnt in 1880. His son, Dr. Charles U. Shepard, Jr., of Summerville, S. C., presented another of his father's collections to the college, to replace the one that was destroyed. He also bequeathed his father's working collection to the National Museum, in Washington, D. C. The last contained many type specimens.
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN, New Haven, Conn. He put his specimens in the collection of Yale College.
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN, JR., New Haven, Conn. He sold his collections to Cornell University.
SMITH, FRANCIS L., Brooklyn, N. Y. He sold his collection to William C. Paul. It was a fine collection of microscopic mounts.
SMITH, J. LAWRENCE, Louisville, Ky. His collection of meteorites was purchased by Harvard University in 1883.
SPANG, NORMAN, Pittsburgh, Penn. This collection was the result of great expense and of years of exertion. Its standards were of the highest rank, and its only rivals in America were the Vaux and the Bement collections. It is said that Mr. Bement paid $22,500 for the privilege of taking only such specimens as would not be duplicates in his own collection. The other specimens went to a dealer in New York City, who sold some at retail for $3,000, and then sold the remainder to the American Museum of Natural His-tory for $8,000. When the museum acquired the Bement collec-tion in 1900, many of the Spang specimens became duplicates, and were sold to a dealer, who scattered them.
SPENCER, J. SELDON, Tarrytown, N. Y. He broke up his collection and sold his minerals to collectors and dealers. choice and valuable specimens.
STANTON, FRANK MCMILLAN, New York City. This was a general collection — very rich in minerals from the copper mines of Lake Superior. He bequeathed it to his brother who, after making some additions, sold it to M. L. Morgenthau, of New York City, for — it is said — $4,000.
STEPHENSON, J. A. D., Statesville, N. C. He supplied collectors and dealers with the rare minerals of Alexander Co., N. C. He discovered Hiddenite and Emeralds, also the Quartz crystals which were studied by Von Rath. It is said that the bulk of his collection was acquired by the State Museum of North Carolina.
STONE, CHARLES, New York City. He made a large and general collection of a practical educational character, which he used in teaching his students in the Cooper Union. The collection was purchased from his widow by the trustees of the Cooper Union.
SWIFT, EDWARD, Easton, Penn. His collections of minerals and Indian relics are possessed by the Northampton County (Penn.) Historical Society.
SWIFT, JOSEPH K., Easton, Penn. His collection went to Lafayette College of Easton, and was lost in the fire that burned Pardee Hall, in 1879.
TALSON, JOSEPH F., Jersey City, N. J. His collection was presented to the American Museum of Natural History.
TESCHERMACHER, J. E., Boston, Mass. This collection was in existence in 1854. It is said that John C. Trautwine, of Philadelphia, bought much of it. It is thought that some of the specimens were acquired by The Boston Society of Natural History.
TRAUTWINE, JOHN C., Philadelphia, Penn. A large collection of good specimens. In 1883 it was sold by his heirs to a dealer in Philadelphia, who scattered it.
TROOST, GERHARD, Louisville, Ky. This collection embraced about 14,000 mineralogical and more than 5,000 geological specimens. It was sold by his heirs for $20,000. It was acquired by the Louisville, Public Library.
TYSON, SAMUEL, King of Prussia, Penn. It was a general collection containing some very fine specimens. Mr. Bement selected the best of them, — the others were inherited by his son who sold them to a dealer in 1909.
UNDERHILL, EDWARD B., Cortland-on-Hudson, N. Y. He gave his collection to Amherst College.
URBAN, WILLIAM J., Brooklyn, N. Y. He presented his collection to Colgate University, at Hamilton, N. Y.
VAN SANTVOORD, A., New York City (?). His collection was not a large one but it contained some choice specimens. It was sold at retail by a dealer in New York City, in December, 1889.
VANUXEM, LARDER, Philadelphia and Bristol, Penn. His cabinet of minerals and fossils was claimed to be the largest, finest and most systematically arranged private collection in the United States. After his death (1848) it became the property of the Masonic College at Clarksville, Tenn.
VAUX, WILLIAM S., Philadelphia, Penn. It was a general collection of the finest specimens that could be obtained. It absorbed the Markoe collection many years ago. For a long time it was the finest collection of minerals in the United States, and it was only surpassed, later, by the Bement collection. He bequeathed it to the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, reserving however, twenty-five specimens for his family. These are in the possession of George Vaux, Jr., of Bryn Mawr, Penn. Mr. Vaux provided an endowment fund, so that his collection continues to be active.
VEILE, EGBERT L., New York City. This was a general collection of about 600 specimens. It went to his son.
WAGNER, WILLIAM, Philadelphia, Penn. He founded the Wagner Free Institute of Science, in Philadelphia, and put his collection of minerals in it. He was one of the earliest of the American collectors.
WARD, HENRY A., Rochester, N. Y. The collection which he exhibited at the New Orleans Exposition of 1884, was purchased by the Tulane University of that city. The collection he exhibited at the Chicago Exposition of 1893, was bought by the Chicago University. The Ward-Coonley collection of meteors was purchased by the Field Museum, of Chicago.
WETHERILL, J. P., Philadelphia, Penn. For years his collection was stored in a house in Philadelphia. Many of the specimens were stolen and sold to a dealer who sold them at retail. It contained many specimens from the lead and zinc mines of Pennsylvania.
WHEATLEY, CHARLES M., Phoenixville, Penn. This was a special or local collection. It contained the very finest of the lead minerals that were found in the Perkiomen and the Phoenixville mines. It also contained some fine foreign minerals. He sold his collection in 1858 to Edward C. Delavan, of Albany, N. Y., for $10,000. Mr. Delavan presented it to Union College, of Schenectady, N. Y.
WILCOMB, CHARLES P., San Francisco, Cal. He had a general collection of 1000 specimens which he sold to a dealer in 1904.
WILLCOX, ALBERT, Staten Island, N. Y. His sons divided his collection. A portion of it was left in Saratoga, N. Y., where he died about 1900.
WILLCOX, JOSEPH, Philadelphia, Penn. He broke up his collection and allowed Mr. Bement to make the first selection. The British Museum had the second pick. The other specimens, — chiefly from Pennsylvania, were deposited in the National Museum, September 8th, 1891. He had some splendid specimens.
WOODRUFF, SAMUEL, Sparta, N. J. He was one of the original searchers for isolated deposits of the many kinds of minerals found in the Franklin region. He probably discovered, and dug with his own hands, more and better specimens, than any other man. He also watched the output of the zinc mines with great care. He made several collections, the last of which was purchased by a dealer in 1885.
YOUNG, J. P., Edenville, N. Y. This was one of the early (1830) collections of the minerals of Orange Co., N. Y. It was purchased by William Horton, of Goshen, N. Y.
YOUNG, SILAS C., Edenville, N. Y. This was a modern collection of specimens from Orange Co. and from the zinc mines at Franklin Furnace and Stirling Hill, N. J. None of his minerals came from the collection of his father ( J. P. Young). It was sold in 1914, to the New York State Museum, at Albany, N. Y., for $1,000.
ABERT, JOHN T. Washington, D. C. His collection was acquired by the National Museum Feb. 10, 1883. It contained 800 specimens.
ALGER, FRANCIS, Boston, Mass. His collection is at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. He was an early collector of the minerals which occur at Franklin, N.J.
ALLEN, FRANCIS R., Boston, Mass. He presented his collection to Amherst College.
ALLEN, JOHN, New York City. He had a small collection of very large specimens of extra quality. It was sold at auction in New York City about 1864.
ALLEN, O. D., New Haven, Conn. His collection was purchased by the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
AMEND, BERNARD G., New York City. His collection is held intact by his legatees.
AMES, J. T., Chicopee, Mass. A general collection - It was sold to a dealer about 1910.
ARNOLD, DELOS, Pasadena, Cal. He presented his collection of minerals and fossils to the Stanford University in 1908.
ARNOLD, E. S. F., New York City. He presented his collection to the Mount Saint Vincent Academy of New York City.
BAILEY, JOEL, East Marlborough, Chester Co., Penn. His collection descended to his nephew Joel Scarlett, whose heirs presented it to Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Penn. It was a collection of old time specimens from eastern Pennsylvania.
BAILEY, S. C.H., Oscawana, N. Y. His first collection was purchased by The American Museum of Natural History, of New York City, in 1875, for $5,000. Most of the specimens were sold to dealers after the museum acquired the Bement collection. His second collection was inherited by his niece who sold it to the same museum. The museum added the meteoric specimens to its own collection and sold the minerals to a dealer who scattered them.
BEADLE, E. R., Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was inherited by his son, the Rev. Heber H. Beadle, of Bridgeton, N. J., who presented it to Yale University, in 1916. It was a very large collection. The specimens were said to weigh 15 tons.
BECK, LEWIS C., New Brunswick, N. J. Many of his specimens arc in the New York State Museum at Albany, N. Y. Rutgers College purchased his private collection from his heirs. It is kept intact in the college museum, in New Brunswick, N. J. It 1s an old collection of New York and New Jersey minerals. It contains many type specimens. Professor Beck collected from 1818 to 1847.
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BIERWIRTH, LEOPOLD C., Dover, N. J. This was a small general collection of good specimens. In March, 1917, his widow presented the collection to Swarthmore College, as a memorial to her son, who was an alumnus.
BIXBY, MAYNARD, Salt Lake City, Utah. This collection, consisting chiefly of fine specimens from the western states, was purchased by the Field Museum, of Chicago.
BOUVE, THOMAS T., Boston, Mass. He gave most of his collection to The Boston Society of Natural History. He also gave some choice specimens to the Public Library in Hingham, Mass.
BRADLEY MICHAEL, Chester, Penn. This was a general collection of about 1,200 specimens. It was purchased by a dealer in 1919.
BRAVERMAN, MAX, San Francisco, Cal. He gave his collection to Golden Gate Park Museum, of San Francisco. It was a general collection, but rich in California minerals. It contained about 800 specimens of medium quality.
BROOKS, THOMAS B., Newburg, N. Y. He gave a portion of his collection to Harvard University. The remainder was given to Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., by his son Alfred H. Brooks in 1908.
BRUMBY, RICHARD T., Columbia, S. C. His collection was sold at auction in New York City in 1869. It was acquired by Davidson College of Davidson, N. C.
BRUSH, GEORGE J., New Haven, Conn. He presented his library and his collection of minerals to the Sheffield Scientific School, in 1904. It is a large collection of high quality, and contains many type specimens of rare minerals. His gift was valued at $40,000.
CAMPION, JOHN F., Denver, Col. He presented his collection to the State Museum, at Denver. His specimens of crystallized gold from Farncomb Hill, near Breckinridge, Col., were of great value for bullion.
CANFIELD, CHAUNCEY L., San Francisco, Cal. His collection was destroyed by the earthquake and fire of 1906.
CANFIELD, FREDERICK, Dover, N. J. His collection remains intact as he arranged it in the years 1858 and 1864. It contains about 1,600 specimens. He collected the more important ones himself, at, or near Franklin Furnace and Stirling Hill, N. J., between the years 1840 and 1866.
CARDESZA, JOHN T. M., Claymont, Del. At one time, his collection was offered for sale for $2,500. It is now owned by the University of Pennsylvania. It is composed largely of minerals found in Chester and Delaware counties, Penn.
CARR, SILAS, Jamestown, R. I. This was a general collection containing about 1,200 specimens and a few fossils. It favored the minerals of Rhode Island. It was purchased by Mr. J.W. Baker of Pawtucket, R. I. in May, 1917.
CASWELL, JOHN H., New York City. This was a large general collection containing some choice specimens. His widow presented it to Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.) in April, 1911.
CHAMBERLAIN, BENJAMIN B., New York City, This collection consisted exclusively of minerals found on Manhattan Island. It was purchased by the New York Mineralogical Club. It is now deposited in The American Museum of Natural History.
CHAMBERS, JAMES B., Schenectady, N. Y. This collection was rich in specimens found at Ellenville, N. Y. It was purchased by Mr. M. F. Westover, of Schenectady.
CHATARD, FERDINAND C., Baltimore, Md. His widow presented his collection to the Maryland Academy of Sciences, of Baltimore.
CHESTER, ALBERT H., New Brunswick, N. J. His collection was presented to Rutgers College by his son. It is a general collection of choice specimens. It is rich in the minerals that are found in the northern part of the State of New York.
CHILDS, CHARGES G., Floral Park, N. Y. This was a modern collection of high class specimens. In 1921 it was divided into four parts. His family reserved about 750 specimens - many were given to the public schools - a dealer bought about 200 specimens - the remainder were purchased by Mr. M. L. Morgenthau, of New York City.
CHILTON, JAMES R., New York City. This was a general collection, which contained some unique specimens. It was broken up by a dealer. The great specimen of rutile crystals in quartz, which was found in New Hampshire, is in the collection of Mr. George Vaux, Jr., of Bryn Mawr, Penn. The crystal of calcite containing a gill [a quarter of a pint] of water, found at Rossie, N. Y., is owned by the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, Penn.
CLARK, DANIEL, Tyringham, Mass. His collection is in the Athenaeum, in Pittsfield, Mass.
CLAY, JOSEPH A., Philadelphia, Penn. This collection was held intact by his family for many years. It finally went to the University of Pennsylvania. It was an old time, general collection, which contained some choice specimens.
COOPER, J.C., Topeka, Kan. A fine collection of minerals from the Joplin, Mo., zinc mines. It was bought and scattered by a dealer in 1911.
COOPER, THOMAS, Columbia, S. C. This very old collection was acquired many years ago by the South Carolina College, of Columbia. It received rough treatment by the soldiers during the Civil War.
COX, JAMES N., Calumet, Mich. His first and second collections were sold to Prof. L. L. Hubbard, of Houghton, Mich. His third collection was sold in small lots to other collectors. The specimens were found in the copper mines near Calumet.
CURTIS, THOMAS, E. H., Plainfield, N. J., This was a general collection which contained some specimens of high quality. Nearly 2,000 specimens were sold at auction in New York City, in December, 1918.
DALYRYMPLE, E. A., Baltimore, Md. His collection was purchased by the Maryland Academy of Sciences. It was not a large collection, but it contained good specimens.
DANIELS, JOHN, Calumet, Mich. His collection was held intact by his family for many years. It contained from 1,500 to 1,800 specimens from the copper mines of Lake Superior. Some of them were of rare quality.
DAVIS, J. Z., San Francisco, Cal. A portion of his collection was destroyed by the earthquake of 1906. He gave some of his specimens to the California State Bureau of Mines. He sold some to dealers. It was a general collection.
DREEMS, J. W., New York City. He had a fine general collection which he disposed of himself, at retail.
DELAFIELD, JOSEPH, New York City. In his will of January 16, 1869, he bequeathed his collection to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, under certain conditions which were never satisfied. His family donated the collection to the New York University about 1890, stipulating that it should be preserved separate and intact. It was a general collection of about 2,500 specimens, and was reputed to be the finest collection in New York City.
DENISON, CHARLES HYDE, New York City. He presented his collection to the Public Library of Westerly, R. I.
DICKERSON, MAHLON, Dover, N. J. He was collecting as early as 1808 — in which year he escorted Mr. S. Godon, of Philadelphia, to Franklin Furnace, N. J. His collection was a small one. It was probably acquired by his nephew, Frederick Canfield.
DICKINSON, JOHN, Forestville, Conn. (in 1879). His collection was purchased by the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), which institution was unable to pay for it. It was acquired by Throop Institute, of Pasadena, Cal. It was a general collection. It contained fine specimens of the rare minerals that were found at Branchville, Conn.
DISBROW, WILLIAM S., Newark, N. J. This was a general collection of a great number of specimens — most of which he collected at the various localities in New Jersey. He presented it to the Newark Museum Association in 1912. He also gave many of his finest specimens to the National Museum, at Washington, D. C.
DOHRMAN, J. H., California. His collection, which was principally specimens of native Gold, was sold at auction in Philadelphia, Penn., December, 1886.
DYER, H. ANTHONY. His collection is owned by the Park Museum, of Providence, R. I.
EGLESTON, THOMAS, New York City. His collection was absorbed by the collection in the School of Mines, Columbia University. It was a general collection of good specimens.
EHRMAN, ARTIS M., Brooklyn, N. Y. His collection was broken up and scattered by his heirs.
ELSNER, JOHN, Denver, Col. This was a collection of Colorado minerals. It contained many specimens of Amazon stone. It was rich in tellurides from Boulder Co., Col. It was sold to the State of Colorado for $15,000, and is now in the State Bureau of Mines, in Denver.
EMMONS, EBENEZER, Williamstown, Mass. It would appear that he made two collections — one of which is in Williams College, at Williamstown — the other collection, consisting of large crystallized specimens found in New York State, was acquired in 1870, by the New York State Museum, at Albany, N. Y., by gift from Hon. Erastus Corning.
EYERMAN, JOHN, Easton, Penn. He collected chiefly, the minerals of Pennsylvania. In 1915 he sold his collection to a dealer who added it to his stock. There were about 1600 specimens.
FERRIER, WALTER F., Toronto, Canada. He sold his first collection to the University of Toronto. He sold his second collection to McGill University, of Montreal, for, it is said, $18,000. The latter contained more than 5,000 specimens, among which are many of the rarest species.
FEUCHTWANGER, LEWIS, New York City. His daughters presented his collection to the Society of Ethical Culture, of New York City, about 1900. It was a general collection. Many years ago, while this collection was exhibited in the Old Arsenal in Central Park, some of the specimens were stolen.
FINCKE, WILLIAM M., New York City. His collection was put in a dealer's hands, to be sold intact, about 1890. No sale was effected. The owners took the collection back and have forgotten its existence. It was a small collection, with fine specimens of Ruby Silver, and minerals from the Tilly Foster mine, at Brewsters, N. Y.
FORBES, R. W., Brooklyn, N. Y. A general collection of choice specimens. He had particularly fine specimens of crystallized Gold, also Chrysoberyls from Haddam, Conn. All were bought by a dealer in 1920.
FORRESTER, ROBERT, Salt Lake City, Utah. This was a general collection, strong in minerals from Utah, and the neighboring States. It numbered about 2,300 specimens. It was partially robbed soon after the death of Mr. Forrester. A dealer purchased 650 specimens — the remainder were given to Westminster College, of Salt Lake City, by Mrs. Forrester.
FOWLER, SAMUEL, Franklin Furnace, N. J. A small portion of his collection was given to Princeton College. The remainder was burned with his residence. It was a local collection, being limited to the minerals of the Franklin region.
FOWLER, SAMUEL, JR., Port Jervis, N. Y. This was a local collection of the minerals found at Stirling Hill and Franklin Furnace, N. J. Its fate is uncertain. One story is, the collection was stolen when Col. Fowler was moving his household effects from Port Jervis to Newton, N. J. A man who claims to know, says the collection was left in Port Jervis, and was gradually scattered and lost.
FOX, HENRY STEPHEN, Washington, D. C. He was the Minister of Great Britain from 1836 to the time of his death in 1844. He died in Washington, where his collection was sold. Francis Markoe, Jr., bought many of the specimens. Some of the specimens are in the National Museum. This collection contained very fine specimens from Brazil.
FRECKLETON, JOHN W., Brooklyn, N. Y. His collection, consisting of specimens from the trap rock quarries in New Jersey, was scattered by a dealer.
GARRETT, HENRY, Willistown, Penn. He sold his best specimens to a dealer. His heirs disposed of the remainder in the same manner.
GENTH, FREDERICK A., Philadelphia, Penn. Many years ago he sold his collection to the University of Pennsylvania. His second collection has been offered for sale for $12,000.
GIBBES, Louis R., Charleston, S. C. A portion of his collection was purchased by the South Carolina College, of Columbia, S. C., about 1900.
GIBBS, GEORGE, New Haven, Conn. This was a very old collection. He sold it to Yale College many years ago.
GILCHRIST, C. A., Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was broken up and scattered by a dealer in New York City, in 1903. It contained many fine specimens.
GLASER, LOUIS A., Sewickley, Penn. His collection was purchased by the Merrick Museum of New Brighton, Penn. It was a general collection numbering 1500 specimens,—the result of thirty years labor.
GODON, S., Philadelphia, Penn. He was one of the earliest of the American collectors. He visited Franklin Furnace, N. J. in 1808, with Mahlon Dickerson. His collection was acquired by Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, at whose sale it was purchased by Joseph Watson, who presented it to the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1816. It was the beginning of the Academy's collection of minerals. GRIFFITH, CHARLES, Phoenixville, Penn. This was a collection of about 1500 specimens of good quality. The owner died in 1912, leaving his collection to his heirs who sold it at retail to collectors.
HAINES, BENJAMIN, Elizabeth, N. J. His collection was sold at retail by a dealer in New York City. It consisted, principally, of the Zeolites and associated minerals, found in the old Erie tunnel through Bergen Hill.
HALL, JAMES, Albany, N. Y. His collection was sold to the Chicago University.
HAMLIN, AUGUSTUS C., Bangor, Me. His collection was purchased by the late James Garland, of New York City, who presented it to Harvard University. It consisted exclusively, of crystals of Tour-maline from Paris, Me.
HAMMOND, GEORGE WARREN, Yarmouthville, Me. He presented his collection to Bowdoin College. It numbered about 800 specimens, most of which were found in Maine and Colorado. One, a gem Beryl, from Topsham, Maine, was of great value.
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HARTMAN, JOHN M., Philadelphia, Penn. He presented his collection to the Academy of Natural Sciences, many years ago. It was a general collection.
HAWES, GEORGE W., Washington, D. C. His collection is in the National Museum. It contained 450 specimens—chiefly American.
HERON, JAMES, Warwick, N. Y. His was an old time historic collection of specimens found in Orange Co., N. Y. He was an active col-lector in 1830. No record has been found of the disposition of his specimens. They were probably distributed among some of the more recent collections.
HIDDEN, WILLIAM EARL, Newark, N. J. His collection was purchased by the Royal Museum, in Vienna, Austria. It was very rich in the minerals of North Carolina.
HOLDEN, ALBERT F., Cleveland, O. This collection of 6000 specimens was of the highest quality—many of them were unique. In 1911 he purchased the Losey collection of Franklin minerals. He died in February, 1913, and left his collection to Harvard University, with a large endowment fund for its support.
HOLZMAN, JOHN, Newark, N. J. This was a modern general collection of 5000 specimens—the result of twenty years labor. It contained more than 300 principal species and a large number of subspecies. It was offered for sale for $3,500. It was scattered by an auction sale in New York City, in February, 1923.
HORTON, SILAS R., Craigville, N. Y. His best specimens were sold by his family,—the others are held by his heirs. It was chiefly a collection of the minerals of Orange Co., N. Y., and of the zinc region of Sussex Co., N. J. It was probably, the best collection of Orange County minerals that has been made.
HORTON, WILLIAM, Goshen, N. Y. His was a collection of the minerals of Orange Co., N. Y. It contained specimens from the J. P. Young collection, and no doubt, had some from Dr. Heron's. It became the foundation of the collection of his son, Dr. Silas R. Horton.
HOWE, HENRY, of Nova Scotia. This was a local collection of Nova Scotia minerals. Many years ago Messrs. A. H. and C. T. Barney purchased the collection and presented it to the School of Mines, Columbia University, New York City. The collection which he prepared for the Paris International Exposition of 1867, was purchased in that year by the Government of Nova Scotia, and is now in the Provincial Museum, in Halifax, N. S.
HUNT, T. STERRY, Montreal, Can. This was a collection of geologic and economic specimens. It was so poorly cared for that the labels got mixed or lost, so that the fossils and ore samples became value-less. He gave his mineral specimens to the late Dr. James Douglas, of New York City.
JACKSON, CHARLES T., Boston, Mass. This old time collection is prob-ably, in the possession of the Boston Society of Natural History. Dr. Jackson was a warm friend of this society, and it is known that he gave it many minerals.
JEFFERIS, WILLIAM W., West Chester, Penn. He sold his collection in 1904 to the Carnegie Museum, of Pittsburg, Penn., for more than $20,000. It was a large general collection with fine suites of minerals from eastern Pennsylvania, and northern New York. Many of them he obtained himself at the localities.
JENKINS, JOHN, Monroe, N. Y. He sold his collection to James Nelson, of Cold Spring, N. Y. It consisted of a fine lot of specimens which he collected at the localities in Orange Co., N. Y. JEWELL, PLINY, Hartford, Conn. His collection was scattered by a dealer. It contained some wonderful specimens from Connecticut.
JOHNSON, HORACE I., Waltham, Mass. This was a fine collection, rich in the minerals of New England. It was sold for about $3,000, to several wealthy men who presented it to Wellesley College.
JOHNSON, WALTER R. This old time collection was presented to the National Museum, September, 1890, by Mrs. Mary A. Stroud. It contained specimens from the Fox collection.
JONES, CHARLES H., East Orange, N. J. This was a general collection. He bequeathed it to Heidelberg University, of Tiffin, 0., in 1919.
KEIM, J. DEB., Reading, Penn. In 1868 his heirs presented his collection to Lehigh University, of South Bethlehem, Penn. It was a local collection of the minerals of the Schuykill Valley. It numbered about 500 specimens.
KEMBLE, WILLIAM J. I., Newton, N. J. He made a large collection of the minerals of the Franklin region. The heirs of his widow retain most of the specimens.
KENDALL, THEODORE A., Reading, Penn. A general collection, rich in the minerals of Pennsylvania. It numbered about 1,600 specimens. It was offered for sale by his heirs in 1920.
KIRK, ISAAC S., Fremont, Penn. A general collection of medium quality. It was bought by a dealer in 1910.
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LANG, THOMAS, Franklin Furnace, N. J. He sold his collection about 1894, to a dealer who broke it up and scattered the specimens among his customers. It was devoted almost exclusively, to the minerals of the Franklin region.
LEA, ISAAC, Philadelphia, Penn. He bequeathed his collection to the National Museum, where it was received March 30, 1888. It was the largest and the finest collection of minerals ever given to this museum.
LEIDY, JOSEPH, Philadelphia, Penn. He sold some of his best specimens to dealers. The others were purchased from his heirs by the U. S. Government. The gems went to the National Museum — the minerals to the U. S. Geological Survey. All of the specimens are in the National Museum.
LEONARD, FREDERICK B., Lansingburgh, N. Y. His daughter, Mrs. Hugh L. Rose, bequeathed his collection to Yale College. It was deposited in the Peabody Museum. It was a general collection of high grade specimens.
LOSEY, SAMUEL R., Franklin Furnace, N. J. His collection consisted chiefly, of fine specimens of the minerals peculiar to the Franklin region. It was purchased in 1911 by Albert F. Holden, of Cleve-land, 0., for $2,365. It is now owned by Harvard University.
LOWE, LEONTINA A., Pasadena, Cal. She had a large general collection which contained many fine specimens. She purchased the J. Grier Ralston collection. In 1917 her collection was bought by a dealer who distributed it among his patrons.
LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK. The collections of this society were stored in the basement of the University Medical College building in East 14th Street, New York City. On May 21st, 1866, the building and its contents were burned.
MACMARTIN, ARCHIBALD, New York City. This was a small general collection of very choice specimens. He bequeathed it to Princeton University.
MANCHESTER, JAMES G., New York City. This is a general collection of about 3,000 specimens, the result of thirty years' labor. It is of high grade and includes many of the very finest specimens of the minerals found in the Erie Cut (1909) through Bergen Hill. About 1920 he presented it to the Public Library of Fall River, Mass., as a memorial to his wife.
MARKOE, FRANCIS, JR., Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was purchased by William S. Vaux. At one time it was the finest collection of minerals in America. It contained many of the best specimens from the Fox collection.
MARTIN, BENJAMIN N., Brooklyn, N. Y. He collected with his son, Prof. D. S. Martin, until his death in 1883.
MARTIN, DANIEL S., Brooklyn, N. Y. He continued to collect minerals, fossils and shells after the death of his father. He divided his collections between the Charleston (S. C.) Museum, Chicora College of Greenville, S. C., and the Brooklyn Museum. He also gave a fine suite of the minerals found in the trap rocks of New Jersey, to the Library, and to the High School of Bayonne, N. J.
MILLER, H. D., Plainville, Conn. He gave his collection to the Hartford (Conn.), Museum, in 1909, where it was beautifully installed in 1914. This is a collection of high class specimens which were gathered during a period of thirty years. It numbers about 4,100 specimens, which represent about 400 species.
MITCHELL, SAMUEL L., New York City. His collection was given to the New York Lyceum of Natural History, by his widow. It was valued at $10,000. It was lost in 1866, in the fire that consumed the other collections of the Lyceum.
MOHR, CHARLES, Mobile, Ala. He gave his extensive collections of minerals and fossils to the University of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa.
MORRIS, -------. His collection was sold at auction in Philadelphia, in 1868. Many of the specimens were purchased for the Wagner Free Institute of Science, of Philadelphia. It contained some fine specimens from the copper mines of Lake Superior.
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, New York City. In 1817, this society undertook the collection of objects of natural history. Col. George Gibbs, chairman of the Mineralogical Committee, was particularly active in promoting the collection of minerals. This department became so large that, in 1829, it was decided by the Society to present its specimens to the New York Lyceum of Natural History.
PARNALL, WILLIAM E., Calumet, Mich. His collection contained about 500 specimens from the copper mines of Lake Superior. Many of them were of the finest quality. They were divided between his two sons.
PENNYPACKER, CHARLES H., West Chester, Penn. He sold his collection to Henry Garrett, of Willistown, Penn.
POHNDORF, A. P., Butte, Mont. He collected at Bisbee, Ariz., and at Butte. He had particularly fine copper minerals which he sold to a dealer in 1909.
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QUARLES, CHARLES, Alilwaukee, Wis. This was a general collection, strong in copper minerals of the Lake Superior region. It is now owned by the Milwaukee Museum.
RAKEST C. C., Tacony, Penn. His specimens were microscopic mounts. He sold them to a dealer in New York City.
RALSTON, J. GRIER, Norristown, Penn. Most of his collection was acquired by Mrs. Leontina A. Lowe, — once of Norristown — later of Pasadena, Cal.
RAND, THEODORE D., Philadelphia, Penn. This was a very large collection. Counting the minerals and the fossils it numbered more than 20,000 specimens. It was rich in the minerals found in or near Philadelphia. His daughter Mrs. Charles Stillwell Aldredge, of Radnor, Penn., presented it to Bryn Mawr Female College in 1904.
REILEY, DE WITT T., New Brunswick, N. J. His collection was sold at retail, by a dealer in New York City, in 1891. It was a small collection with some very choice specimens.
ROBARTS, J. O. D., Phoenixville, Penn. An old time general collection. It was poorly cared for, and was finally bought and scattered by a dealer in 1916.
ROEPPER, WILLIAM T., Bethlehem, Penn. He deposited his collection in the museum of Lehigh University. The University purchased it from his widow. It was a general collection of about 3,000 specimens.
ROOT, OREN, Clinton, N. Y. His collection is in Hamilton College in Clinton.
ROSE, JOHN F., Oxford, Penn. His collection was sold to the Oxford High School.
ROTHE, WILLIAM G., Brooklyn, N. Y. A general collection, which was sold at retail in 1893, by a dealer in New York City. This was one of the best collections that have been broken up in this country.
ROTHWELL, RICHARD P., New York City. He gave away his best specimens—the others were sold by his executors. It was an economic collection.
SANSON, JOSEPH, Philadelphia, Penn. 1750-1820. About 1832 his widow donated his collection to Haverford College.
SCHERNIKOW, ERNEST, New York City. His collection was bought by a dealer who allowed Mr. C. S. Bement to make the first selection and then sold the other specimens at retail. It contained many choice specimens.
SCHOENFELD, JOHN, Reading, Penn. This collection is in the Public Library and Museum in Reading. It is a large collection, rich in the minerals of eastern Pennsylvania.
SCHOONMAKER, WILLIAM D., Orange, N. J. He had a general collection of about 2,000 specimens which he disposed of through a dealer.
SEEBOECK, W. C. E., Chicago, Ill. A large general collection—very rich in rare species. It was acquired by a dealer who scattered the specimens among his patrons.
SEYBERT, ADAM, Philadelphia, Penn. His collection was presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences, by his son, Henry Seybert, about 1825. It was a general collection of about 2000 specimens. It is kept intact, in its original cabinet, because of its historical interest.
SHAW, WILLIAM H., Chester, Penn. This was a collection of about 2,000 specimens—half of which were local. Many were of fine quality. His son, Charles K. Shaw, presented them to the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia.
SHEPARD, CHARLES U., Amherst, Mass. His first collection was purchased by Amherst College. It was burnt in 1880. His son, Dr. Charles U. Shepard, Jr., of Summerville, S. C., presented another of his father's collections to the college, to replace the one that was destroyed. He also bequeathed his father's working collection to the National Museum, in Washington, D. C. The last contained many type specimens.
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN, New Haven, Conn. He put his specimens in the collection of Yale College.
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN, JR., New Haven, Conn. He sold his collections to Cornell University.
SMITH, FRANCIS L., Brooklyn, N. Y. He sold his collection to William C. Paul. It was a fine collection of microscopic mounts.
SMITH, J. LAWRENCE, Louisville, Ky. His collection of meteorites was purchased by Harvard University in 1883.
SPANG, NORMAN, Pittsburgh, Penn. This collection was the result of great expense and of years of exertion. Its standards were of the highest rank, and its only rivals in America were the Vaux and the Bement collections. It is said that Mr. Bement paid $22,500 for the privilege of taking only such specimens as would not be duplicates in his own collection. The other specimens went to a dealer in New York City, who sold some at retail for $3,000, and then sold the remainder to the American Museum of Natural His-tory for $8,000. When the museum acquired the Bement collec-tion in 1900, many of the Spang specimens became duplicates, and were sold to a dealer, who scattered them.
SPENCER, J. SELDON, Tarrytown, N. Y. He broke up his collection and sold his minerals to collectors and dealers. choice and valuable specimens.
STANTON, FRANK MCMILLAN, New York City. This was a general collection — very rich in minerals from the copper mines of Lake Superior. He bequeathed it to his brother who, after making some additions, sold it to M. L. Morgenthau, of New York City, for — it is said — $4,000.
STEPHENSON, J. A. D., Statesville, N. C. He supplied collectors and dealers with the rare minerals of Alexander Co., N. C. He discovered Hiddenite and Emeralds, also the Quartz crystals which were studied by Von Rath. It is said that the bulk of his collection was acquired by the State Museum of North Carolina.
STONE, CHARLES, New York City. He made a large and general collection of a practical educational character, which he used in teaching his students in the Cooper Union. The collection was purchased from his widow by the trustees of the Cooper Union.
SWIFT, EDWARD, Easton, Penn. His collections of minerals and Indian relics are possessed by the Northampton County (Penn.) Historical Society.
SWIFT, JOSEPH K., Easton, Penn. His collection went to Lafayette College of Easton, and was lost in the fire that burned Pardee Hall, in 1879.
TALSON, JOSEPH F., Jersey City, N. J. His collection was presented to the American Museum of Natural History.
TESCHERMACHER, J. E., Boston, Mass. This collection was in existence in 1854. It is said that John C. Trautwine, of Philadelphia, bought much of it. It is thought that some of the specimens were acquired by The Boston Society of Natural History.
TRAUTWINE, JOHN C., Philadelphia, Penn. A large collection of good specimens. In 1883 it was sold by his heirs to a dealer in Philadelphia, who scattered it.
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TYSON, SAMUEL, King of Prussia, Penn. It was a general collection containing some very fine specimens. Mr. Bement selected the best of them, — the others were inherited by his son who sold them to a dealer in 1909.
UNDERHILL, EDWARD B., Cortland-on-Hudson, N. Y. He gave his collection to Amherst College.
URBAN, WILLIAM J., Brooklyn, N. Y. He presented his collection to Colgate University, at Hamilton, N. Y.
VAN SANTVOORD, A., New York City (?). His collection was not a large one but it contained some choice specimens. It was sold at retail by a dealer in New York City, in December, 1889.
VANUXEM, LARDER, Philadelphia and Bristol, Penn. His cabinet of minerals and fossils was claimed to be the largest, finest and most systematically arranged private collection in the United States. After his death (1848) it became the property of the Masonic College at Clarksville, Tenn.
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VEILE, EGBERT L., New York City. This was a general collection of about 600 specimens. It went to his son.
WAGNER, WILLIAM, Philadelphia, Penn. He founded the Wagner Free Institute of Science, in Philadelphia, and put his collection of minerals in it. He was one of the earliest of the American collectors.
WARD, HENRY A., Rochester, N. Y. The collection which he exhibited at the New Orleans Exposition of 1884, was purchased by the Tulane University of that city. The collection he exhibited at the Chicago Exposition of 1893, was bought by the Chicago University. The Ward-Coonley collection of meteors was purchased by the Field Museum, of Chicago.
WETHERILL, J. P., Philadelphia, Penn. For years his collection was stored in a house in Philadelphia. Many of the specimens were stolen and sold to a dealer who sold them at retail. It contained many specimens from the lead and zinc mines of Pennsylvania.
WHEATLEY, CHARLES M., Phoenixville, Penn. This was a special or local collection. It contained the very finest of the lead minerals that were found in the Perkiomen and the Phoenixville mines. It also contained some fine foreign minerals. He sold his collection in 1858 to Edward C. Delavan, of Albany, N. Y., for $10,000. Mr. Delavan presented it to Union College, of Schenectady, N. Y.
WILCOMB, CHARLES P., San Francisco, Cal. He had a general collection of 1000 specimens which he sold to a dealer in 1904.
WILLCOX, ALBERT, Staten Island, N. Y. His sons divided his collection. A portion of it was left in Saratoga, N. Y., where he died about 1900.
WILLCOX, JOSEPH, Philadelphia, Penn. He broke up his collection and allowed Mr. Bement to make the first selection. The British Museum had the second pick. The other specimens, — chiefly from Pennsylvania, were deposited in the National Museum, September 8th, 1891. He had some splendid specimens.
WOODRUFF, SAMUEL, Sparta, N. J. He was one of the original searchers for isolated deposits of the many kinds of minerals found in the Franklin region. He probably discovered, and dug with his own hands, more and better specimens, than any other man. He also watched the output of the zinc mines with great care. He made several collections, the last of which was purchased by a dealer in 1885.
YOUNG, J. P., Edenville, N. Y. This was one of the early (1830) collections of the minerals of Orange Co., N. Y. It was purchased by William Horton, of Goshen, N. Y.
YOUNG, SILAS C., Edenville, N. Y. This was a modern collection of specimens from Orange Co. and from the zinc mines at Franklin Furnace and Stirling Hill, N. J. None of his minerals came from the collection of his father ( J. P. Young). It was sold in 1914, to the New York State Museum, at Albany, N. Y., for $1,000.
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