She established the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), and financed their collections as well as a series of paleontological expeditions to the western United States at the turn of the 20th century.
Hon grundade University of California Museum of Paleontology och Museum of Vertebrate Zoology samt finansierade deras samlingar liksom en rad paleontologiska expeditioner till västra USA under övergången till 1900-talet.