Natural History Museum
Item
Title
Natural History Museum
Description
The natural history museum at St. Ignatius College contained taxidermy animals mounted on the floor as well as within the glass cabinets on the second floor. According to Ellen Skerrett, author of Born in Chicago: A History of Chicago's Jesuit University , the glass cases were made by J. M. Brunswick Company and the specimens were collected by missionary Francis X. Schulak, S.J.. The Natural History Museum was built with money donated by Bishop Foley, who had done so to thank the Jesuits for sheltering him in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1890 - 1910
File name
St. Ignatius College Vice President's Photograph Album Vol. 1, page 42
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, St. Ignatius College Vice President's Photograph Album Vol. 1, page 42
Subject
St. Ignatius College
Rooms
Rights
Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.
Creator
Vice President's Office
