Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3335.19

The board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall secure and keep in the university a collection of specimens in mineralogy, geology, zoology, botany, and other specimens pertaining to natural history and the sciences. The president of the university shall collect and deposit in the collection in the manner directed by the trustees, a full set of specimens as collected by him and his assistants, together with a brief description of the character thereof, and where obtained. Such specimens shall be properly classified and kept for the benefit of the university.