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Any good shells in Hawaii?
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Pearce <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 7:30 PM
Subject: [CONCH-L] DuPont Collection at DMNH
>Dear Conch-Lers,
> I just returned from 2 weeks in Hawaii to find much publicity on
>Conch-L about the founder of our Museum. As Curator of Mollusks at the
>Delaware Museum of Natural History, I want to respond to the initial
>inquiry about John DuPont's shell collection.
> John DuPont donated his shell collection to the Delaware Museum of
>Natural History (DMNH) in 1984. His specimens make up approximately one
>third of our mollusk collection. Regardless of his present situation, I
>remain grateful to him for his foresight and ambition in founding DMNH.
> -Tim-
>
>Timothy A. Pearce, Ph.D., Curator of Mollusks
>Delaware Museum of Natural History
>Box 3937, 4840 Kennett Pike 302-658-9111 x319
>Wilmington, DE 19807-0937, USA [log in to unmask]
>
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