Scope and Contents A medical attendant during the Spanish-American War, Bales followed his interests in natural history and became an explorer and malacologist. He amassed a fine collection of mollusks through collecting and exchange with other conchologists. He died some years before his wife and after the latter's death, Jeanne Schwengel contacted the son and bought the entire collection which she in turn presented to the Department of Mollusks at the Academy of Natural Sciences. He also had a fine...