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PROF. T. D. A. Cockerell writes: “When I came to the University of Colorado in 1904, there was no museum. Judge Junius Henderson, a lawyer, but also a very keen amateur naturalist, became honorary curator of the then insignificant collections. Owing to his energy and enthusiasm, the collections grew, tad in course of time Henderson was made professor, and giving up his law, devoted his whole time to the Museum. Until recently, the collections were housed in one wing of a building devoted to instruction, and having become very extensive, were crowded so that it was difficult to find room for anything more. The collection of molluscs, in particular, is one of the best in America, and the many fossils include the types of numerous species of insects, shells and plants. The Museum has now moved into a new building, shown herewith. There are fine exhibition galleries for the zoological specimens, for the fossils and minerals, and for the important collections gathered by Earl Morris, representing the work of the ancient inhabitants of south-western North America. It is greatly regretted that Junius Henderson died on November 4, after avery long illness, and was not able to see the fruition of his years of labour in the new building. He has been succeeded by Prof. Hugo Rodeck.”
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New Museum of the University of Colorado. Nature 141, 112 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141112a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141112a0