Urgent. Sally Shelton Director, Collections Care and Conservation San Diego Natural History Museum ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 10:05:09 -0500 From: Mary Savina <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list ARCH-L <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Help disseminating news of a theft I apologize in advance for using the archaeology mailing list for something not strictly archaeological. But I know that some museum people subscribe to this list and I hope that some of you can quickly help me find the appropriate electronic mailing lists and bulletin boards on which to post a notice of this theft. Not only do we want help in possibly tracking down the specimens that were stolen, but we also want to alert college and university departments, and other organizations with display collections, of the theft we experienced over the weekend. Please reply directly to [log in to unmask] not to the list proper. On Saturday, September 23, 1994, 133 museum quality mineral crystal specimens and 522 fossils, with a total value of over $50,000, were stolen from the Geology Department at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. The mineral specimens were removed from several large hallway display cases and the fossils were taken from other display cases and from an adjacent lab. The fossils included several good quality mammoth and mastodon tusks, teeth and jaw bones and several hundred marine shell fossils from Miocene deposits in Florida. Each of the specimens is identified with a catalog number in black pen lettering on white paint on the back or bottom. A complete inventory of the stolen specimens is available from the Geology Department (507)-663-4407 or (507)-663-4401. Thanks for your help in telling me how to disseminate this information. Mary Savina Chair, Geology Department