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NATURAL RESOURCES BUILDING ERECTED 1939

TO S E R V E T H E GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL SURVEY

HISTORY S U R V E Y S . WAS E S T A B L I S H E D I N IN 1905.

T H E GEOLOGICAL 1 8 5 1 AND

RE-ESTABLISHED SURVEY NATURAL OFFICE THE

THE NATURAL HISTORY

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1 8 6 7 AND

OF N A T U R A L

HISTORY

BOTH S U R V E Y S W E R E

ORGANIZED PURPOSES AND

FOR R E S E A R C H AND E X T E N S I O N

AS AN AID TO T H E D E V E L O P M E N T CONSERVATION OF T H E RICH

NATURAL

R E S O U R C E S OF T H E STATE OF I L L I N O I S . T H I S B U I L D I N G WAS C O N S T R U C T E D P R O V I D E I N C R E A S E D F A C I L I T I E S FOR EMPLOYMENT OF MODERN SCIENCE TO THE IN

FURTHERING THESE

OBJECTIVES.

E R E C T E D IN WITH

CO-OPERATION THE

U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

INSCRIPTION IN FOYER