Appendix I. Letter sent to institutions throughout United States and Canada. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Natural History Society of P.E.I. 
     
     P.0. Box 2346, Charlottetown. P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear Sir or Madame: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prince Edward Island, Canada's smallest province, has a dynamic history 
     
     of changing natural environments. The landscape has been modified from mature 
     
     hardwood forest to patchwork farmland and second growth woodland to large exposed 
     
     agricultural fields. No original woodlands exist and the coastline is being 
     
     modified constantly. Consequently, many natural and human-influenced changes 
     
     have occurred in the flora and fauna. However, remarkably little natural history 
     
     documentation exists. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island is gathering information 
     
     about collecting trips and surveys that may have been made here. We know some 
     
     collection and documentation has occurred, particularly around the turn of the 
     
     century, but the information and specimens are scattered throughout the continent. 
     
     Prince Edward Island has never had an institution such as a provincial museum 
     
     where information and specimens could be deposited. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Does your museum have any natural history specimens from Prince Edward 
     
     Island in its holdings? If so, are they plants, animals, rocks or fossils? How 
     
     extensive is the collection and who made it? When was the collecting done? Who 
     
     donated them to your museum? We would greatly appreciate any detail you have on 
     
     file. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We look forward to hearing from you. 
     
     Yours sincerely, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Geoff Hogan, President 
     
     Natural History Society of P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Appendix II. American and Canadian museums and institutions that received a 
     
     request for information regarding natural science specimens 
     
     collected on Prince Edward Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     United States: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Regar Memorial of Natural History - Alabama 
     
    

    
     University of Alabama Museum of Natural History — Alabama 
     
     Alaska State Museum - Alaska 
     
    

    
     Museum of Science and Natural History — Arkansas 
     
    

    
     Museum of Vertebrate Zoology - Berkley, California 
     
    

    
     Museum of Natural History - Los Angeles County, California 
     
     Natural History Museum - San Diego, California 
     
    

    
     Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - California 
     
     Denver Museum of Natural History - Colorado 
     
    

    
     Audubon SOciety of the State of Connecticut - Connecticut 
     
     Peabody Museum of Natural History — New Haven, Connecticut 
     
     Delaware Museum of Natural History - Greenville, Delaware 
     
     Field Museum of Natural History - Chicago, Illinois 
     
    
   
   
    
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