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The Sellards Collection

Photo of Dr. Elias.H. Sellards
Dr. Elias.H. Sellards directed the first major phase of systematic collection throughout Texas.

Dr. Elias H. Sellards was director of Texas Memorial Museum from 1938 to 1945. During his service in that capacity he brought together another large collection of approximately 7,000 specimens, at a cost of about $20,000. Most of this material is of Pleistocene age.