I hope i can be honored in such a way (ain't hold'n me breath), Len is
missed and it's good to see that the "olividae tabago" is being sorted out .
Mark, earth (at least for the next few minutes[earth minutes })
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From: Gary Rosenberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 2:21 PM
Subject: Status of Leonard Hill Estate
 
 
>The auction notice that I just sent requires a note of explanation about
the
>materials from Leonard Hill estate. Last year the Academy of Natural
>Sciences reached an agreement with Ed Paul about Len's bequest of Olividae
>to the Academy.
>
>On November 21-23 I sorted through about 10 large cartons of Olividae at Ed
>Paul's apartment. I was able to find about 100 figured specimens from
Petuch
>& Sargent book, Atlas of the Living Olive Shells, and about 20 lots of
>paratypes of species named by Petuch and Sargent. I found specimens of all
>but eleven of the species and subspecies treated in the book. All of this
>material is now in Philadelphia. Combined with the specimens we already had
>of Olividae, I am convinced that the Academy of Natural Sciences now has
the
>world's best collection of Oliva. The business stock of Olividae remains
>with Mr. Paul, and he is free to sell that material.
>
>In addition to bequeathing Olividae to the Academy, Len also bequeathed his
>Pectinidae to Barbara Haviland, along with his stamp collection. Barbara
>very generously assigned her interest in the Pectinidae to the Academy.
>Unfortunately, because of lack of a guide such as the olive book, Mr. Paul
>and I were not able to agree on which specimens of Pectinidae represented
>the business stock, and which represented Len's personal collection. As a
>compromise, we agreed that I could take Len's library of books on shells
for
>the Academy in lieu of the Pecten collection.
>
>The library consisted of 265 items, about 40 of which we did not previously
>have in our library. Some of these were recently published items like
>Henning & Hemmen (1993, Ranellidae & Personidae) that we just hadn't
>acquired yet. Others were items that must have slipped through the cracks:
>e.g. MacMillan (1968, British Seashells). A few I had never heard of
>(Charles Christensen, 1992, Kauai's Native Land Shells). Some are items
that
>are nice to have, but we wouldn't have purchased (Shohei Shirai, Pearls and
>Pearl Oysters). The remaining items that duplicate our holdings are the
ones
>that are being auctioned, with proceeds going into an endowment fund for
the
>Academy's malacology department.
>
>The Academy did not receive Len's entire library. Mr. Paul retained some
>books for his own reference, and journals, reprints and correspondence were
>excluded from the materials that came to Philadelphia. Mr. Paul is free to
>sell dispose of these as he chooses.
>
>Gary
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