Any good shells in Hawaii?
 
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From: Tim Pearce <[log in to unmask]>
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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]
>