Record Unit 158 - United States National Museum, Curators' Annual Reports, 1881-1964

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Record Unit 158
United States National Museum,
Curators' Annual Reports, 1881-1964

By William A. Deiss

Series 1. ANNUAL, SEMI-ANNUAL AND MONTHLY REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1881-1897, arranged by Department.

Series 2. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1897-98 to 1929-30, ARRANGED BY DEPARTMENT.

Series 3. ANNUAL REPORTS, FY 193l-FY 1934, FY 1936-FY 1956, FY 1958-FY 1960, FY 1964, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY FISCAL YEAR.

DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

The administration of the United States National Museum required curators to submit regular reports on the activities of the departments, divisions, and sections. Prior to about 1900 these reports were often made monthly and semiannually as well as annually. The reports were traditionally submitted to the Director of the National Museum to be used in preparing the published Annual Report of the United States National Museum. The individua1 reports, however, were not reproduced in their entirety in the published Annual Report and generally contain more information than is to be found in the published version.

Reports were stored by the Office of Correspondence and Reports (later known as the Office of Correspondence and Documents), and then by the Office of the Registrar.

Includes reports submitted to the Director of the United States National Museum by curators and administrators.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
ANNUAL, SEMI-ANNUAL AND MONTHLY REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1881-1897, arranged by Department.

Box 1 of 98

Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Materia Medica: Annual Reports, 1881 to 1887-88, 1889-90 to 1896-97.
Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Textiles (prior to 1890 known as Section of Textile Industries) and Section of Foods: Annual Reports, 1883 to 1889-90.

Box 2 of 98

Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Historical Collections: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1887-88, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1892-93, 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-1897.
Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Graphic Arts: Annual Reports, 1888-89, 1889-90, 1891-92 to 1896-97.
Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Technological Collections.
Established in 1885 as Section of Steam Transportation of Department of Arts and Industries. In 1886-87 title changed to Section of Transportation, and in 1887-88 to Section of Transportation and Engineering. In 1893 name changed to Section of Technological Collections.
Department of Arts and Industries-Section of Physical Apparatus: Annual Reports, 1890-91, 1896-97.
Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Photographic Collections: Annual Report, 1896-97.
Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Electrical Collections: Annual Reports, 1896-97.
Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Religions Ceremonial Objects.
See box 5 below.
Department of Arts and Industries--Section of Costumes: Reports, 1883.

Box 3 of 98

Department of Ethnoloy (prior to 1894 known as Department of Ethnography): Annual Reports 1881-1894-95.

Box 4 of 98

Department of Ethnology: Annual Reports, 895-96, 1896-97.
Department of Ethnology--Section of Aboriginal Pottery (from 1884 to1885 known as the Department of American Prehistoric Pottery; in 1886 it became the Section of Aboriginal American Pottery of the Department of Ethnology; from 1887 to 1888, the Section of American Aboriginal Pottery; 1889, the Department of American Aboriginal Pottery; from 1890 to 1892, the Department of American Prehistoric Pottery; 1893 the Section of American Aboriginal Pottery; and after 1894 as the Section of Aboriginal Pottery): Annual Reports, 1884 to 1886-87, 1888-89 to 1891-92, 1893-94.
Department of Prehistoric Anthropology (prior to 1886, known as the Department of Antiquities; in 1886 as the Department of Prehistoric Anthropology; 1887 as the Department of Archaeology; and from 1888 to 1897 as the Department of Prehistoric Anthropology): Annual Reports, 1881 to 1895-96. Report for 1890-91 includes a report on Thomas Wilson's visit to Philadelphia and Trenton, November 6, 7, 8, and 10, 1890; report for 1895-96 includes a report on Wilson's visit to caverns in southern Ohio, July 1-12, 1895.

Box 5 of 98

Department of Oriental Antiquities (prior to 1893-94, a Section of the Department of Ethnology): Annual Reports, 1887-88 to 1890-91, 1893-94 to 1896-97. Reports from 1893-94 include annual reports of the Section of Religion Ceremonial Objects of the Department of Arts and Industries, by Cyrus Adler, curator of both collections.
Department of Comparative Anatomy: Annual, Monthly, and Semiannual Reports, 1885-1902.
Department of Living Animals: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1887-1889.
Department of Mammals: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1882 to 1885-86.

Box 6 of 98

Department of Mammals: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1886-87 to 1890-91, 1894-95 to 1896-97.
Department of Birds: Annual, Monthly, and Semiannual Reports, 1881-1885.

Box 7 of 98

Department of Birds: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1886 to 1888-89.

Box 8 of 98

Department of Birds: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1889-90 to 1894-95.

Box 9 of 98

Department of Birds: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1895-96, 1896-97.
Department of Birds: Annual Reports, 1885-86 to 1895-96.
Section of Bird Osteology: Monthly Reports, 1882.
Department of Reptiles and Batrachians (prior to 1883 known as the Department of Herpetology): Annual and Monthly Reports, 1881 to 1893-94.

Box 10 of 98

Department of Reptiles and Batrachians: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1894-98 to 1896-97.
Department of Fishes: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1881 to 1887-88. Include: "A List of the principal sources, Geographically arranged, of the fishes in the U. S. National Museum from 1851-1886, including exchanges."

Box 11 of 98

Department of Fishes: Annual Reports, 1888- 89 to 1896-97. Includes report on visit to Cape Charles, Virginia, September 15-21, 1890, by Barton A. Bean; report on the fishes exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.
Department of Mollusks: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1882 to 1890-91. The report for 1885 includes a report on Mollusks exhibited at the New Orleans International Exposition.

Box 12 of 98

Department of Mollusks: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1891-92 to 1896-97. Includes, "Notes on the shell-bearing mollusks exhibited by the U. S. National Museum at the Atlanta Exposition, 1895."
Department of Insects: Annual Semiannual and Monthly Reports, 1881 to 1890-91.

Box 13 of 98

Department of Insects: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1891-92 to 1896-97.
Report for 1893-94 includes a special report on the entomology exhibit prepared by the U. S. National Museum and the Department of Agriculture for the World 's Columbian Exposition at Chicago; report for 1896-97 includes a "report upon collections made in Liberia, West Africa, February to May, 1897," by Rolla P. Currie.
Department of Marine Invertebrates: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1881 to 1884.

Box 14 of 98

Department of Marine Invertebrates: Annual, Semiannual, and Monthly Reports, 1884-85 to 1892-93.

Box 15 of 98

Department of Marine Invertebrates: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1893-94 to 1896-97.
Department of Marine Invertebrates--Section of Helminthological Collections, 1894-95.
Department of Plants (prior to 1890, known as the Department of Recent Plants; from 1890-1894, as the Department of Botany):
Annual Reports, 1889-90 to 1896-97. Reports prior to 1889-90 are filed with reports of the Department of Paleontology--Section of Fossil Plants, because Lester F. Ward was curator of that section as well as the Department of Plants. See box 17.

Box 16 of 98

Department of Paleontology (created in 1894 by the fusion of the Departments of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Fossils): Annual Reports, 1894-95 to 1896-97. The report for 1895-96 contains a 1ist of specimens exhibited in Atlanta in 1895. Department of Paleontology's Section of Vertebrate Fossil (established in 1890-91 as the Department of Vertebrate Fossils; in 1893-94 it became a section of the newly created Department of Pa1eontology): Annual and Monthly Reports, 1890-91, 1892-93, 1894-95 to 1896-97.
Department of Paleontology--Section of Invertebrate Fossils: Paleozoic (Prior to 1894 known as the Section of Paleozoic Fossils of the Department of Invertebrate Fossils): Annual and Monthly Reports, 1883 to 1890-91.

Box 17 of 98

Department of Paleontology--Section of Invertebrate Fossils: Paleozoic: Annual and Monthly Reports, 1891-92 to 1893-94.
Department of Paleontology--Section of Invertebrate Fossils: Mesozoic: 1881 to 1884 known as the Department of Fossil Invertebrates (Mesozoic and Cenozoic); in 1884 name changed to Department of Invertebrate Fossils, Mesozoic and Cenozoic; in 1886 Cenozoic became a separate Department of Invertebrate Fossils (Cenozoic) under the curatorship of William H. Dall, who was also curator of the Department of Mollusks. If any reports exist for this department for this period they would probably be in boxes 12 and 13. In 1894 both Departments became part of the Section of Invertebrate Fossils of the Department of Paleontology. Annual and Monthly Reports, 1881 to 1885-86, 1887-88 to 1892-94.
Department of Paleontology-Section of Fossil Plants (prior to 1894 known as the Department of Fossil Plants). Reports through 1888-89 contain reports of the Department of Recent Plants because Lester F. Ward was curator of both departments. Annual Reports, 1882 to 1895-96. The report for 1895-96 includes material relating to the Lacoe collection of paleozoic plants. See also box 16.

Box 18 of 98

Department of Minerals (from 1881 to 1886 known as the Department of Mineralogy; from 1886 to 1893, as the Department of Minerals; in 1894 as the Department of Mineralogy; and from 1894 to 1897 as the Department of
Minerals): Annual and Monthly Reports, 1881 to 1896-97.
Report for 1894-95 includes a report on minerals exhibited at the Cotton States and International Exposition.

Box 19 of 98

Department of Geology (established in 1890 with the fusion or the Department of Metallurgy and Economic Geology with the Department of Lithology and Physical Geology. Reports prior to 1889-90 are those of the Department of Lithology and Physical Geology. Prior to 1882, known as the Department of Geology. Reports of the Department of Metallurgy and Economic Geology can be found in box 20): Annual Reports: 1882 to 1891, 1894, 1895-96, 1896-97.

Box 20 of 98

Department of Metallurgy and Economic Geology (prior to 1884, known as the Department of Metallurgy; in 1890 the department fused with the Department of Lithology and Physical Geology to form the Department of Geology): Annual Reports, 1881 to 1889-90. Report for 1882 contains a report of a visit to Colorado by Fred P. Dewey; report for 1883 includes a report on a trip to Virginia and North Carolina by Dewey.
Report of the Chemist, 1881 to 1883.

Box 21 of 98

Reports of USNM Photographer, 1882 to 1885-86, 1888-89 to 1890-91, 1892-93 to 1896-97.
Reports of USNM Artist, A. Zeno Shindler, 1886-87, 1887-88, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1892-93 to 1896-97 (1 folder).
Office of the Registrar (Department of Registry and Storage):Annual Reports, 1881-82, 1882-83 to 1884-85, 1886-87 to 1896-97.

Box 22 of 98

Department of Buildings and Labor: Annual, Semiannual, and Monthly Reports, 1881 to 1889.

Box 23 of 98

Department of Buildings and Labor: Annual, Semiannual, and Monthly reports, 1889-90 to 1896-97.

Box 24 of 98

Report of the Librarian, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1887-88 to 1891-92, 1893-94 to 1896-97.

Box 25 of 98

Chief Clerk: Annual Reports, 1888-89, 1889-90, 1891-92 to 1896-97.
Office of Property and Supplies (Property Clerk): Annual Reports, 1891-92 to 1896-97.

Box 26 of 98

Editor of Proceedings and Bulletins: Annual and Monthly Reports 1885, 1886, 1890, 1890-91, 1892-93, 1893-84 to 1896-97. The entries for 1885 and 1886 are not reports, but rather correspondence relating to publications.

SERIES 2.
ANNUAL REPORTS, 1897-98 to 1929-30, ARRANGED BY DEPARTMENT.

Box 26 of 98

Department of Anthropology: Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1902-03, 1904-05, 1905-06 to 1907-08.

Box 27 of 98

Department of Anthropology: Annual Reports, 1908-09 to 1913-14. National Gallery, 1910.

Box 28 of 98

Department of Anthropology: Annual Reports, 1914-15 to 1923-24. Report for 1914-15 contains a report of the Anthropological Laboratory for that year; report for 1918-19 includes a brief biographical sketch of Alonzo Howard Clark; beginning in 1920-21, many of the reports include divisional reports for that year; report for 1921-22 contains a brief biographical sketch of Mrs. Julian James.

Box 29 of 98

Department of Anthropology: Annual Reports, 1924-25 to 1929-30. Many of the reports also contain divisional reports.
Anthropological Laboratory: Annual Reports, 1916-17, 1917-18, 1919-20.
Department of Anthropology--Division of : Annual, Semiannual, and Monthly Reports, 1897-98 to 1912-13.

Box 30 of 98

Department of Anthropology--Division of Ethnology: Annual Reports, 1913-1914 to 1917-1918, 1924-25 to1929-30. See also box 28.
Department of Anthropology--Division of --Section of Art Textiles: Annual reports, 1911-12, 1913-14 to 1919-20.
See also boxes 28 and 29.
Department of Anthropology--Division of Ethnology--Section of Musical Instruments: Annual Reports 1903-04, 1905-06 to 1919-20. See also boxes 28 and 29.
Department of Anthropology--Division of Ethnology --Section of Ceramics: Annual Reports, 1902-03, 1904-05 to 1919-20. See also boxes 28 and 29.

Box 31 of 98

Department of Anthropology--Division of American Archaeology (prior to 1897 known as the Department of Prehistoric Anthropology; from 1897-1914, known as the Division of Prehistoric Archaeology): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1919-20. See also boxes 28 and 29.
Department of Anthropology--Division of Old World Archaeology (prior to 1913-14, known as the Division of Historic Archaeology; the division was abolished in 1928, after the death of the Curator, I. M. Casanowicz, and the holdings were placed under the general supervision of the Division of American Archaeology): Annual Reports, 1902-03 to 1906-07. Reports for 1897-98 and 1898-99 are filed with the reports of the Division of Historic Religions, because Cyrus Adler was curator of both divisions. See box 33.

Box 32 of 98

Department of Anthropology--Division of Old World Archaeology: Annual Reports, 1907-05 to 1919-20. See also boxes 28 and 29.
Department of Anthropology--Division of Physical Anthropology (established in 1903): Annual Reports, 1902-03 to 1919-20. See also boxes 28 and 29.

Box 33 of 98

Department of Anthropology-Division of Historic Religions (prior to 1904, known as the Division of Religions): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1902-03 1904 05, 1905-06, 1907- 08. Reports for 1897-98 and 1898-99 include reports of the Division of Historic Religions because Cyrus Adler was curator of both divisions.
Department of Biology (established in 1897, and including the old departments of Mammals, Birds, Birds' Eggs, Reptiles and Batrachians, Fishes, Mollusks, Insects, Marine Invertebrates, Comparative Anatomy, and Plants): Annual Reports, 1898-99, 1918-19, 1920-21, 1921-22. Reports from 1920-21 on, include the divisional reports.

Box 34 of 98

Department of Biology: Annual Reports, 1922-23 to 1924-25. Include divisional reports.

Box 35 of 98

Department of Biology: Annual Reports, 1925-26 to 1927-25. Include divisional reports.

Box 36 of 98

Department of Biology: Annual Reports, 1925-29,1929-30, undated. Include divisional reports.
Department of Biology--Chief of Exhibits: Annual Reports, 1905-06, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1919-20.

Box 37 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Mammals (prior to 1897, the Department of Mammals): Annual Reports 1897-98 to 1919-20. Report for 1904-1905 includes a "Special Report on European Work of Gerritt Smith Miller, Jr., Assistant Curator," (6-12-04 to 5-6-05). See also boxes 33-36.

Box 38 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Birds (prior to 1897, the Department of Birds): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1919-20. See also boxes 33-36.

Box 39 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Birds-- Section of Birds' Eggs (prior to 1897, the Department of Birds Eggs): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1906-07. The section ceased to exist as an administrative unit after 1907.
Department of Biology--Division of Birds--Reports of the Taxidermist, 1877, 1889, 1891, 1901, 1902.
Department of Biology--Division of Reptiles and Batrachians (prior to 1597, the Department of Reptiles and Batrachians): Annual Reports 1897-98 to 1919-20.
The report for 1905-06 includes a separate report by Leonhard Stejneger on his investigations of the salamander fauna of part of the Allegheny Mountains. See also boxes 33-36.
Department of Biology--Division of Fishes (prior to 1897, the Department of Fishes): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1899-1900.

Box 40 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Fishes: Annual Reports, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1903-04 to 1919-20. See also boxes 33-36.
Department of Biology--Division of Insects (prior to 1897, the Department of Insects): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1907-08.

Box 41 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Insects: Annual Reports 1908-09 to 1919-20, and one folder of historical data on the Division of Insects. See also boxes 33-36.
Department of Biology--Division of Marine Invertebrates (prior to 1897 the Department of Marine Invertebrates): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1907-08.

Box 42 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Marine Invertebrates: Annual Reports, 1908-09 to 1919-20 . In 1914 the Division of Mollusks and the Division of Marine Invertebrates became one under the name of the Division of Marine Invertebrates. The Division of Mollusks was recreated in 1921. From 1914 to 1921 reports of the "Division of Mollusks" are filed under the Division of Marine Invertebrates. See also boxes 33-36.
Department of Biology--Division of Marine Invertebrates--Section of Helminthological Collections: Annual Reports, 1897-98, 1898-99.

Box 43 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Marine invertebrates--Section of Helminthological Collections: Annual Reports, 1900-01 to 1908-09, 1910-11, 1916-17.
The section was switched to the Division of Mollusks in 1920-21. See also boxes 33-36.
Department of Biology--Division of Echinoderms (established In 1920 to curate collections formerly housed in the Division of Marine Invertebrates): Annual Reports, 1919-20, 1923-24. See also boxes 33-36.
Department of Biology--Division of Mollusks (prior to 1897, the Department of Mollusks): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1913-14. In 1914 the Division of Mollusks and the Division of Marine Invertebrates became one under the name of the Division of Marine Invertebrates. The Division of Mollusks was recreated in 1921. From 1914 to 1921 reports of the "Division of Mollusks" are filed under the Division of Marine Invertebrates (see box 42). See also boxes 33-36.

Box 44 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Plants (prior to 1897, the Department of Plants): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1913-14.

Box 45 of 98

Department of Biology--Division of Plants: Annual Reports, 1914-15 to 1919-20. See also boxes 33-36.
Department of Geology (established in 1897, and including the old department of Paleontology, Minerals and Geology): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1905-06.

Box 46 of 98

Department of Geology: Annual Reports 1906-07 to 1923-24. Reports for 1916-17 and 1922-23 include divisional reports; report for 1915-16 includes a short biographical sketch of Albert Charles Peale. Report for 1920-21 includes brief biological sketch of Joseph P. Iddings.

Box 47 of 98

Department of Geology: Annual Reports:1924-25 to 1927-30. Report for 1929-30 includes divisional reports.
Department of Geology--Division of Physical and Chemical Geo1ogy (systematic and applied). Prior to 1897, the Department of Geology.
Annual Reports, 1903-04 to 1915-16, 1917-18, 1918-19, 1920-2l, 1921-22, 1923-24 to 1928-29. See also boxes 46 and 47.
Department of Geology--Division of Mineralogy and Petrology- (prior to 1897, the Department of Minerals from 1897-1911, the Division of Mineralogy): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1901-02.

Box 48 of 98

Department of Geology--Division of Mineralogy and Petrology: Annual Reports, 1902-03 to 1915-16, 1917-18 to 1921-22, 1923-24 to 1928-29. See also boxes 46 and 47.
Department of Geology--Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology (prior to 1897, the Department of Paleontology. In 1908 the division was eliminated and the three new divisions of Paleobotany, Invertebrate Paleontology, and Vertebrate Paleontology were created in its place. In 1910 the three new divisions became sections of the newly created Division of Paleontology. In 1924 the Division of Paleontology was divided into Divisions of Stratigraphic Paleontology (with sections of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany) and Vertebrate Paleontology): Annual Reports, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1901-02 to 1906-07, 1923-24 to 1928-29. See also boxes 46 and 47.
Department of Geology-Division of Palenotology (created in 1910 with the fusion of the division of Paleobotany, Invertebrate Paleontology, and Vertebrate Paleontology. In 1924 the Division was divided into divisions of Stratigraphic Paleontology with Sections of Invertebrate Paleontology and Pa1eobotany and Vertebrate Paleontology): Annual Reports, 1911-12, 1912-13.

Box 49 of 98

Department of Geology--Division of Paleontology: Annual Reports, 1913-14 to 1915-16, 1917-18 to 1921-22. See also boxes 46 and 47.
Department of Geology--Division of Paleontology--Section of Paleobotany (prior to 1897, The Section of Fossil Plants of the Department of Paleontology, from 1897 to 1908, the Section of Paleobotany of the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology, from 1908-1910, the Division of Paleobotany): Annual Reports, 1898-99 to 1910-11. See also boxes 46, 47, and the Division of Paleontology reports in box 49 above.
Department of Geology--Division of Paleontology--Section of Invertebrate Paleontology (prior to 1897, the Section of Invertebrate Fossils of the Department of Paleontology; from 1897 to 1908, the Section of Invertebrate Fossils of the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology, from 1908-1910 the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology: Annual Reports, 1899-1900, 1907-08 to 1910-11. See also boxes 46, 47, and the Division of Paleontology reports in box 49 above.
Department of Geology--Division of Vertebrate Paleontology. (prior to 1897, the Section of Vertebrate Fossils of the Department of Paleontology. In 1897 it became the Section of Vertebrate Fossils of the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology of the Department of Geology. The Curator of Vertebrate Fossils, Frederic Augustus Lucas, 1eft in 1904, and the section was virtually eliminated. In 1908 the Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology was eliminated, and three new divisions of Paleobotany, Invertebrate Paleontology, and Vertebrate Paleontology were created in its place. The 1atter was the 1ineal descendant of the Section of Vertebrate Fossils. In 1910 Vertebrate Paleontology was made a section of the newly created Division of Paleontology in the Department of Geology. In 1924 the Division of
Paleontology was divided into Divisions of Stratigraphic Paleontology -With Sections of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany and Vertebrate Paleontology): Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1899-1900, 1901-02 to 1906-07.

Box 50 of 98

Department of Geology--Division of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Reports, 1907-08 to 1910-11, 1923-24 to 1928-29. See also boxes 46, 47, and 49.
Department of Arts and Industries and History. In the general USNM reorganization of 1897 the Department of Arts and Industries was abolished, and those of its sections which survived became divisions of the Department of Anthropology. In 1919 the Department of Arts and Industries was reestablished, with divisions of Textiles, Medicine, Mineral Technology, and Mechanical Technology. In 1920 the Division of History was removed from the Department of Anthropology, and established as an independent division. In 1924-25 it was merged with the Department of Arts and Industries to form the Department of Arts and Industries and Division of History. Annual Reports, 1924-25 to 1926-27. All contain divisional reports.

Box 51 of 98

Department of Arts and Industries and Division of History: Annual Reports, 1927-25 to 1929-30. All contain divisional reports.

Box 52 of 98

Division of History (prior to 1897, the Section of Historical Collections of the Department of Arts and Industries; from 1897 to 1904 the Division of History and Biography of the Department of Anthropology; from 1904-1920, the Division of History of the Department of Anthropology. In 1920 the division was removed from the Department of Anthropology, and established as an independent division. In 1924-25 it was merged with the Department of Arts and Industries to form the Department of Arts and Industries and Division of History. Annual Reports, 1897-98,1899-1900 to 1914-15.

Box 53 of 98

Division of History: Annual Reports, 1915-16 to 1924-25. See also boxes 50, 51 and 52
Department of Arts and Industries--Division of Mineral and Mechanical Technology (established in 1921 as a result of the merger of the Division of Mechanical Technology and the Division of Mineral Technology). In the general USNM reorganization of 1897 the Division of Technology of the Department of Anthropology was formed from the merger of the Technological Collections and Electrical Collections of the old Department of Arts and Industries. In 1912 the Division of Technology became the Division of Mechanical Technology. In 1919 the division was shifted from the Department of Anthropology to the Department of Arts and Industries. In 1921 it was merged with the Division of Mineral Technology to form the Divisions of Mineral and Mechanical Technology. The Division of Mineral Technology was established in 1913 as an administratively independent division. In 1918-19 it became a division of the Department of Arts and Industries. In 1921 it was merged with the Division of Mechanical Technology.
Reports prior to 1921 included here are reports of the Division of Mineral Technology. Reports of the Division of Mechanical Technology prior to 1921 are in box 53 below and box 54. Annual Reports, 1913-14 to 1924-25. See also boxes 50 and 51.
Department of Arts and Industries-Division of Mechanical Technology: Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1901-02, 1903-04 to 1905-06. See also boxes 50, 51, and 53 above.

Box 54 of 98

Department of Arts and Industries--Division of Mechanical Technology: Annual Reports, 1906-07,1905-09 to 1919-20. Report for 1913-14 includes same historical data on the division. See also boxes 50, 51, and 53.
Department of Arts and Industries--Division of Textiles. During the 1850's a Section of Textile Industries (renamed the Section of Textiles shortly before its demise in 1890) existed as part of the Department of Arts and Industries. The
Division of Textiles was established in 1912 as an administratively independent division. In 1919 the division became part of the newly established Department of Arts and Industries. Annual Reports, 1912-13 to 1916-17. Report for 1915-16 includes report on the Section of Wood Technology, and a "report on the exhibit of industrial work done by the children of the Washington and Alexandria playgrounds, held in the older museum building, October 1 to November 15, 1915"

Box 55 of 98

Department of Arts and Industries--Division of Textiles: Annual Reports, 1917-18 to 1924-25, Reports include reports of Division of Medicine and the Section of Wood Technology and Foods, because all were under the direction of Curator, Frederick L. Lewton; report for 1921-22 includes "Statement covering the establishment of the Loeb Collection of Chemical Types in the National Museum during the fiscal year 1921-22;" by 1922-23 reports of the Section of Chemical Technology are included. See also boxes 50, and 51.
Department of Arts and Industries-Division of Medicine (prior to 1897, the Section of Materia Medica of the Department of Arts and Industries. In the USNM reorganization of 1897 the section became the Division of Medicine of the Department of Anthropology. In 1911-12 James Milton Flint, curator of the division since its inception, retired, and his duties were added to those of the curator of the Division of Ethnology. In 1916-17 the Division of Medicine reappeared as an administratively independent division. In 1919 it was assigned to the newly established Department of Arts and Industries. Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1899-1900, 1901-02 to 1914-15, 1917-18. See also boxes 50 and 51.

Box 56 of 98

Department of Arts and Industries--Division of Graphic Arts (prior to 1897, the Section o f Graphic Arts of the Department of Arts and Industries. In 1897 it became the Division of Graphic Arts of the Department of Anthropology. In 1920 the division was transferred to the Department of Arts and Industries.) Annual Reports, 1899-1900, 1900-01, 1903-04 to 1922-23, 1924-.25. Beginning with 1918-19, the reports of the Section of Photography are included. See also boxes 50 and 51.
Department of Arts and Industries--Division of Graphic Arts-.Section of Photography (prior to 1897, the photographic Collections of the Department of Arts and Industries. In 1897 it became a section of the Division of Graphic Arts). Annual Reports, 1897-98, 1898-99 to 1900-01, 1902-03 to 1916-17. See also boxes 50, 51, and 56 above.

Box 57 of 98

Reports of USNM Photographer, 1888-89 to 1890-91, 1892-93 to 1899-1900, 1901-02 to 1903-04, 1905-06 to 1903-09, 1910-11, 1913-14 to 1924-25, 1928-29, 1927-30.
Office of the Registrar: Annual Reports, 1887-88 to 1904-05, 1907-08, 1908-09 to 1911-12, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1916-17 to 1918-19, 1920-21, 1921-22.

Box 58 of 98

Department of Buildings and Labor: Annual Reports, 1899-1900, 1916-17, 1920-21, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1929-30.
Report of the Librarian, 1897-98 to 1898-99, 1900-01, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06 to 1907-08, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1913-14 to 1924-25 to 1927-28, 1929-30.

Box 59 of 98

Chief Clerk: Annual Reports, 1897-98 to 1900-01.
Editor (prior to 1897, Editor of Proceedings and Bulletins): Annual Reports, 1897-98, 1899-1900 to 1903-04.

Box 60 of 98

Editor: Annual Reports, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1914-15 to 1925-26, 1927-28, 1929-30.
Chief of Correspondence and Documents: Annual Reports, 1921-22 to 1923-24.

Box 61 of 98

National Gallery of Art. In 1906-07 the National Gallery was established as an administrative unit of the U. S. National Museum. In 1920 the Gallery became a Smithsonian bureau independent of the U. S. National Museum. Annual Reports, 1912-13, 1915-16, 1917-18 to 1919-20.

Reports on Expositions in which the United States National Museum participated:

1. Printing Exposition and Fair of New York, 1900
2. Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1900-01
3. South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition, 1901-02
4. Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903-06
5. Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905
6. Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, 1906
7. International Fishery Congress, Washington, 1907-08
8. Tokyo Exposition, 1908
9. International Prison Congress, Washington, 1910
10. Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1876--correspondence (1911) regarding material exhibited there.
11. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1916 --
12. Expositions, general, 1907-1922
Administrative Assistant: reports on cases and furniture purchased, 1899-1900 to 1901-02; annual reports, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1906-07, 1916-17.
Report of Charles A. Platt, architect of the Freer Gallery Building, 1919-1920.

SERIES 3.
ANNUAL REPORTS, FY 193l-FY 1934, FY 1936-FY 1956, FY 1958-FY 1960, FY 1964, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY FISCAL YEAR.

Box 62 of 98

FY 1931

1. Department of Anthropology divisional reports, including Anthropological Laboratory.

Department of Biology:

2. Division of Mammals
3. Division of Birds
4. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
5. Division of Fishes
6. Division of Insects
7. Division of Marine Invertebrates
8. Division of Mollusks
9. Division of Echinoderms
10. Division of Plants
11. Division of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Arts and Industries and Division of History:

12. Division of History
13. Division of Graphic Arts
14. Divisions of Mineral and Mechanical Technology
15. Divisions of Textiles and Medicines, and Sections of Wood Technology, Organic Chemistry, and Foods

Administrative Offices:

16. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
17. Editor
18. Photographic Laboratory
19. Report of the Librarian
20. Correspondence and Documents

Box 63 of 98

FY 1932

1. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

2. Division of Mammals
3. Division of Birds
4. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
5. Division of Fishes
6. Division of Insects
7. Division of Marine Invertebrates
8. Division of Mollusks
9. Division of Echinoderms
10. Division of Plants
11. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Arts and Industries and Division of History:

12. Division of History
13. Division of Graphic Arts
14. Division of Textiles and Medicine
15. Division of Engineering (formerly the Divisions of Mineral and Mechanical Technology)

Administrative Offices:

16. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor

Box 64 of 98

FY 1932 (continued)

1. Editor
2. Report of the Librarian
3. Photographic Laboratory
4. Report on Finances
5. Correspondence and Documents (cont 'd)

FY 1933

6. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

7. Division of Mammals
8. Division of Birds
9. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
10. Division of Fishes
11. Division of Marine Invertebrates
12. Division of Insects
13. Division of Mollusks
14. Division of Echinoderms
15. Division of Plants
16. Chief Taxidermist
17. Department of Geology, Divisional reports (incomplete)
18. Division of History (by this time an independent Division of the U.S. National Museum, no 1onger part of the Department of Arts and Industries)

Department of Arts and Industries

19. Divisions of Textiles and Medicine
20. Division of Graphic Arts
21. Division of Engineering
22. Loeb Collection of Chemical Types (a newly established "division" of the Department of Arts and Industries)

Box 65 of 98

FY 1933 (continued)

Administrative Offices:

1. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
2. Report of the Librarian
3. Editor
4. Shipping Office
5. Report on the SI exhibit at A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933, by Carl W. Mitman. Includes Photographs

FY 1934

6. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

7. Division of Mammals
8. Division of Birds
9. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
10. Division of Fishes
11. Division of Insects
12. Division of Marine Invertebrates
13. Division of Mollusks
14. Division of Echinoderms
15. Division of Plants
16. Chief Taxidermist
17. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports
18. Division of History

Department of Arts and Industries

19. Division of Engineering

Box 66 of 98

FY 1934 (continued)

1. Divisions of Medicine and Textiles
2. Division of Graphic Arts
3. "Tentative Classification of the Museum of Engineering and Industry of the United States National Museum," proposed by Carl W. Mitman, 1934

Administrative Offices:

4. Superintendent of Buildings
5. Editor
6. Report of the Librarian
7. Photographic Laboratory

FY 1936 (FY 1935 missing)

8. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

9. Division of Mammals
10. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
11. Division of Birds
12. Division of Fishes
13. Division of Insects
14. Division of Marine Invertebrate
15. Division of Mollusks
16. Division of Echinoderms
17. Division of Plants

Box 67 of 98

FY 1936 (continued)

1. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Arts and Industries

2. Division of Engineering
3. Divisions of Textiles and Medicine
4. Division of Graphic Arts
5. Division of History Administrative Offices:
6. Report on accessions
7. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
8. Editor
9. Report of the Librarian
10. Report on SI exhibit at the Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, June 6-November 30, 1936

FY 1937

11. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports
12. Division of Mammals
13. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
14. Division of Birds
15. Division of Fishes
16. Division of Insects
17. Division of Mollusks

Box 68 of 98

FY 1937 (continued)

1. Division of Echinoderms
2. Division of Plants
3. Division of Marine Invertebrates
4. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Arts and Industries:

5. Division of Engineering
6. Divisions of Textiles and Medicine
7. Division of Graphic Arts
8. Division of History Administrative Offices:
9. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
10. Division of Property and Supplies
11. Report on visitors
12. Librarian
13. Editor
14. Photographic Laboratory

FY 1938

15. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

16. Division of Mammals
17. Division of Birds

Box 69 of 98

FY 1938 (continued)

1. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
2. Division of Fishes
3 . Division of Insects
4. Division of Marine Invertebrates
5. Division of Echinoderms
6. Division of Plants
7. Division of Mollusks
8. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Arts and Industries:

9. Division of Engineering
10. Division of Textiles and Medicine
11. Division of Graphic Arts
12. Division of History Administrative Offices:
13. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor

Box 70 of 98

FY 1938 (continued)

1. Shipping Office
2. Librarian
3. Division of Property and Supplies
4. Editor
5. Photographic Laboratory

FY 1939

6. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

7. Division of Mammals
8. Division of Birds
9. Division of Reptile s and Batrachians
10. Division of Fishes
11. Division of Insects
12. Division of Marine Invertebrates
13. Division of Mollusks
14. Division of Echinoderms
15. Division of Plants
16. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries (previously, the Department of Arts and Industries):

17. Division of Engineering
18. Divisions of Crafts and Industries and Medicine and Public Health. Crafts and Industries replaced the Division of Textiles, and Textiles became a "Section" of Crafts and Industries. The old Division of Medicine was renamed the Division of Medicine and Public Health.
19. Division of Graphic Arts
20. Division of History

Box 71 of 98

FY 1939 (continued)

Administrative Offices:

1. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
2. Shipping Office
3. Report on accessions
4. Editor
5. Photographic Laboratory

FY 1940

6. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

7. Division of Mammals
8. Division of Birds
9. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
10. Division of Fishes
11. Division of Insects
12. Division of Marine Invertebrates
13. Division of Mollusks
14. Division of Echinoderms
15. Division of Plants
16. Chief Taxidermist
17. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

18. Division of Engineering
19. Division of Crafts and Industries, and Division of Medicine and Public Health.

Box 72 of 98

FY 1940 (continued)

1. Division of Graphic Arts
2. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

3. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
4. Shipping Office
5. Editor
6. Report on accessions
7. Librarian

FY 1941

8. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

9. Division of Mammals
10. Division of Birds
11. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
12. Division of Fishes
13. Division of Insects
14. Division of Marine Invertebrates
15. Division of Mollusks
16. Division of Echinoderms
17. Division of Plants
18. Chief Taxidermist
19. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering

20. Division of Engineering

Box 73 of 98

FY 1941 (continued)

1. Division of Crafts and Industries, and Division of Medicine and Public Health
2. Division of Graphic Arts
3. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

4. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
5. Photographic Laboratory
6. Report on accessions
7. Librarian
8. Editor
9. Shipping Office

FY 1942

10. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports Department of Biology:
11. Division of Mammals
12. Division of Birds
13. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
14. Division of Fishes
15. Division of Insects
16. Division of Marine Invertebrates
17. Division of Mollusks
18. Division of Echinoderms
19. Division of Plants
20. Chief Taxidermist

Box 74 of 98

FY 1942 (continued)

1. Department of Geology, Divisional report

Department of Engineering and Industries:

2. Division of Engineering
3. Division of Crafts and Industries, and Division of Medicine and Public Health
4. Division of Graphic Arts
5. Division of History Administrative Offices:
6. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
7. Photographic Laboratory
8. Shipping Office
9. Report on accessions
10. Editor
11. Librarian

FY 1943

12. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

13. Division of Mammals. Includes 1etter accompanying Biology Department reports from Waldo LaSalle Schmitt to Alexander Wetmore, 7-24-43.
14. Division of Birds
15. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
16. Division of Fishes
17. Division of Insects
18. Division of Marine Invertebrates
19. Division of Mollusks

Box 75 of 98

FY 1943 (continued)

1. Division of Echinoderms
2. Division of Plants
3. Chief Taxidermist
4. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

5. Division of Engineering
6. Division of Crafts and Industries, and Division of Medicine and Public Health
7. Division of Graphic Arts
8. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

9. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
10. Photographic Laboratory
11. Editor
12. Librarian
13. Shipping Office
14. Report on accessions

FY 1944

15. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

16. Division of Mammals
17. Division of Birds
18. Division of Repti1es and Batrachians
19. Division of Fishes

Box 76 of 98

FY 1944 (continued)

1. Division of Insects
2. Division of Marine Invertebrates
3. Division of Mollusks
4. Division of Echinoderms
5. Division of Plants
6. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

7. Division of Engineering
8. Division of Crafts and Industries, and Division of Medicine and Public Health
9. Division of Graphic Arts
10. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

11. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
12. Photographic Laboratory
13. Librarian
14. Shipping Office
15. Report on accessions
16. Editor

FY 1945

17. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports (Division of Physical Anthropology missing)

Department of Biology:

18. Division of Mammals
19. Division of Birds
20. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians

Box 77 of 98

FY 1945 (continued)

1. Division of Fishes
2. Division of Insects
3. Division of Marine Invertebrates
4. Division of Mollusks
5. Division of Echinoderms
6. Division of Plants
7. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

8. Division of Engineering
9. Division of Crafts and Industries, and Division of Medicine and Public Health
10. Division of Graphic Arts
11. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

12. Superintendent of Buildings and Labor
13. Report on accessions
14. Editor
15. Shipping Office
16. Librarian
17. Photographic Laboratory

Box 78 of 98

FY 1946

1. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports

Department of Biology:

2. Division of Mammals
3. Division of Birds
4. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
5. Division of Fishes
6. Division of Insects
7. Division of Marine Invertebrates (bibliography only)
8. Division of Mollusks
9. Division of Echinoderms
10. Division of Plants
11. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

12. Division of Engineering
13. Division of Medicine and Public Health
14. Division of Crafts and Industries (incomplete)
15. Division of Graphic Arts
16. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

17. Report on accessions
18. Librarian
19. Editor
20. Shipping Office

FY 1947

21. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports and fragment of Dept. report

Department of Biology:

22. Division of Mammals
23. Division of Birds
24. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians

Box 79 of 98

FY 1947 (continued)

1. Division of Fishes
2. Division of Insects
3. Division of Marine Invertebrates
4. Division of Mollusks
5. Division of Echinoderms
6. Division of Plants
7. Chief Taxidermist
8. Dept. of Biology, report
9. Fragment
10. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

11. Division of Engineering
12. Division of Aeronautics. Formerly a Section of the Division of Engineering, the Division of Aeronautics was created in 1946 in response to the establishment by the 79th Congress of a National Air Museum as a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution.
13. Division of Crafts and Industries
14. Division of Medicine and Public Health
15. Division of Graphic Arts
16. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

17. Librarian
18. Photographic Laboratory
19. Shipping Office
20. Editor
21. Report on accession

FY 1948

In 1947 a major reorganization of the U. S. National Museum took place. The Department of Biology was split into Departments of Zoology and Botany. All the old Divisions of Biology, with the exception of Plants were placed under the new Department of Zoology. The new Department of Botany (the old Division of Plants) administered the new Divisions of Phanerogams, Grasses, and Cryptogams.

22. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports, 1947-48

Department of Zoology:

23. Division of Mammals
24. Division of Birds
25. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians. Name changed to keep pace with changes in scientific terminology.

Box 80 of 98

FY 1948 (continued)

1 Division of Fishes
2. Division of Insects
3. Division of Marine Invertebrates
4. Division of Mollusks
5. Division of Echinoderms
6. Chief Taxidermist
7. Department of Botany, Divisional reports
8. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

9. Division of Engineering
10. Division of Crafts and Industries (The Division of Aeronautics was eliminated and the National Air Museum formed as a bureau separate from the U. S. National Museum.)
11. Division of Medicine and Public Health
12. Division of Graphic Arts
13. Division of History

Administrative Offices:

14. Librarian
15. Report on Accessions

FY 1949

16. Department of Anthropology, Divisional reports and Departmental Supplement

Department of Zoology:

17. Division of Mammals

Box 81 of 98

FY 1949 (continued)

1. Division of Birds
2. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
3. Division of Fishes
4. Division of Insects
5. Division of Marine Invertebrates
6. Division of Mollusks
7. Division of Echinoderms
8. Chief Taxidermist
9. Department of Biology, Supplement to Annual Report
10. Department of Botany, Divisional Reports and Departmental Supplement. Includes report of the newly established Division of Ferns.
11. Department of Geology, Divisional reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

12. Division of Engineering
13. Division of Crafts and Industries
14. Division of Medicine and Public Health
15. Division of Graphic Arts
16. Department of Engineering and Industries, Supplemental Report

Box 82 of 98

FY 1949 (continued)

1. Department of History, Divisional reports. Formerly known as the Division of History, the newly created Department of History administers Divisions of Military History and Naval History, Civil History, Numismatics, and Philately.

Administrative Offices:

2. Report on accessions

FY 1950

3. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports, and fragment of Departmental report.

Department of Zoology:

4. Department of Zoology, Annual Report fragment
5. Division of Mammals
6. Division of Birds
7. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
8. Division of Fishes
9. Division of Insects
10. Division of Marine Invertebrates
11. Division of Mollusks
12. Division of Echinoderms
13. Chief Taxidermist Department of Botany:
14. Department of Botany, Annual Report fragment
15. Division of Phanerogams
16. Division of Ferns
17. Division of Grasses
18. Division of Cryptogams
19. Department of Geology, Divisional reports and Departmental Report fragment

Box 83 of 98

FY 1950 (continued)

Department of Engineering and Industries:

1. Department of Engineering and Industries, Annual Report fragment
2. Division of Engineering
3. Division of Crafts and Industries
4. Division of Medicine and Public Health
5. Division of Graphic Arts
6. Department of History, Divisional reports and Department Report fragment

Administrative Offices:

7. Editor
8. Librarian

FY 1951

9. Department of Anthropology, Divisional and Departmental Reports

Department of Zoology:

10. Division of Mammals
11. Division of Birds
12. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
13. Division of Fishes
14. Division of Insects
15. Division of Marine Invertebrates
16. Division of Mollusks
17. Division of Echinoderms
18. Chief Exhibits Preparator
19. Department of Zoology, Report fragments Department of Botany:
20. Department of Botany, Annual Report
21. Division of Phanerogams
22. Division of Ferns
23. Division of Grasses
24. Division of Cryptogams
25. Department of Geology, Annual Report fragments
26. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Box 84 of 98

FY 1951 (continued)

Department of Engineering and Industries:

1. Department of Engineering and Industries, Annual Report fragments
2. Division of Engineering
3. Division of Crafts and Industries
4. Division of Medicine and Public Health
5. Division of Graphic Arts

Department of History:

6. Department of History, Annual Report fragments
7. Divisions of Military History and Naval History
8. Division of Civil History
9. Division of Numismatics
10. Division of Philately

FY 1952

11. Department of Anthropology, draft annual report and fragments
12. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

13. Department of Zoology, Annual Report fragment
14. Division of Mammals
15. Division of Birds
16. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
17. Division of Fishes
18. Division of Insects (incomplete)
19. Division of Marine Invertebrates
20. Division of Mollusks
21. Division of Echinoderms. This Division is no 1onger 1isted in the Annual Reports after FY 1950. The work seems to have been done by former curator Austin H. Clark, and the staff of the Division of Marine Invertebrates.
22. Section of Taxidermy (Exhibits Preparator)

Department of Botany:

23. Department of Botany, Annual Report fragment
24. Division of Phanerogams
25. Division of Ferns
26. Division of grasses
27. Division of Cryptogams

Box 85 of 98

FY 1952 (continued)

1. Department of Geology, Annual Report fragments
2. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

3. Department of Engineering and Industries, Annual Report fragment
4. Division of Engineering
5. Division of Crafts and Industries
6. Division of' Graphic Arts
7. Department of History, Divisional Reports

FY 1953

8. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

9. Division of Mammals
10. Division of Birds
11. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
12. Division of Fishes
13. Division of Insects
14. Division of Marine Invertebrates
15. Division of Mollusks
16. Division of' Echinoderms
17. Chief Exhibits Preparator
18. Division of Phanerogams
19. Division of Ferns
20. Division of Grasses
21. Division of Cryptogams
22. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Box 86 of 98

FY 1953 (continued)

1. Department of Engineering and Industries, Divisional Reports
2. Department of History, Divisional Reports

Administrative Offices:

3. Report on accessions

FY 1954

4. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports and Departmental Report fragments

Department of Zoology:

5. Department of Zoology, Annual Report fragments
6. Division of Mammals
7. Division of Birds
8. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
9. Division of Fishes
10. Division of Insects
11. Division of Marine Invertebrates
12. Division of Mollusks
13. Division of Echinoderms
14. Chief Exhibits Preparator

Department of Botany:

15. Department of Botany, Annual Report fragments
16. Division of Phanerogams
17. Division of Ferns
18. Division of Grasses
19. Division of Cryptogams

Box 87 of 98

FY 1954 (continued)

1. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports and Department Report fragment

Department of Engineering and Industries:

2. Department of Engineering and Industries, Annual Report fragments. Include 1ist of museums visited by Frank A. Taylor in February and March 1954.
3. Division of Engineering
4. Division of Crafts and Industries
5. Division of Medicine and Public Health
6. Division of Graphic Arts

Department of History:

7. Department of History, Annual Report fragment
8. Divisions of Military History and Naval History
9. Division of Civil History
10. Division of Numismatics
11. Division of Philately

FY 1955

12. Department of Anthropology, Annual Report
13. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

14. Department of Zoology
15. Division of Mammals
16. Division of Birds
17. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
18. Division of Fishes
19. Division of Insects
20. Division of Marine Invertebrates
21. Division of Mollusks
22. Division of Echinoderms
23. Chief Exhibits Preparator

Department of Botany:

24. Department of Botany

Box 88 of 98

FY 1955 (continued)

1. Division of Phanerogams
2. Division of Ferns
3. Division of Grasses
4. Division of Cryptogams
5. Department of Geology
6. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

7. Department of Engineering and Industries
8. Division of Engineering
9. Division of Crafts and Industries
10. Division of Medicine and Public Health
11. Division of Graphic Arts
12. Department of History
13. Department of History, Divisional Reports

Administrative Offices:

14. Report on accessions
15. Report on Mailing and Shipping
16. U. S. National Museum Annual Report

FY 1956

17. Department of Anthropology
18. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

19. Department of Zoology
20. Division of Mammals
21. Division of Birds

Box 89 of 98

FY 1956 (continued)

1. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
2. Division of Fishes
3. Division of Insects
4. Division of Marine Invertebrates
5. Division of Mollusks
6. Department of Botany
7. Department of Botany, Divisional Reports
8. Department of Geology
9. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

10. Department of Engineering and Industries
11. Division of Engineering
12. Division of Crafts and Industries
13. Division of Medicine and Public Health
14. Division of Graphic Arts
15. Department of History
16. Department of History, Divisional Reports

FY 1957

17. Department of Anthropology
18. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Box 90 of 98

FY 1957 (continued)

Department of Zoology:

1. Department of Zoology
2. Division of Mammals
3. Division of Birds
4. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
5. Division of Fishes
6. Division of Insects
7. Division of Marine Invertebrates
8. Division of Mollusks
9. Department of Botany
10. Department of Botany, Divisional reports added by Cox 31 March 1981
11. Department of Geology
12. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Department of Engineering and Industries:

13. Department of Engineering and Industries
14. Division of Engineering
15. Division of Crafts and Industries
16. Division of Medicine and Public Health
17. Division of Graphic Arts
18. Department of History
19. Department of History, Divisional Reports

FY 1958

During FY 1958 the organizational structure of the U. S. National Museum underwent a major revision. The U. S. National Museum was divided into two administrative subdivisions: the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of History and Technology. The new Museum of Natural History included the Departments of Anthropology, Zoology, Botany, and Geology, all of which retained their old administrative structure. The Museum of History and Technology consisted of the Departments of Science and Technology (with Divisions of Physical Sciences, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Transportation, Agriculture and Wood Products, Electricity, and Medical Sciences); Arts and Manufactures (with Divisions of Textiles, Ceramics and Glass, Graphic Arts, and Industrial Cooperation); Civil History (with Divisions of Political History, Cultural History, Philately and Postal History and Numismatics); and Armed Forces History (with Divisions of Military History and Naval History).

20. Department of Anthropology
21. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

22. Department of Zoology
23. Division of Mammals

Box 91 of 98

FY 1958 (continued)

1. Division of Birds
2. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
3. Division of Fishes
4. Division of Insects
5. Division of Marine Invertebrates
6. Division of Mollusks Department of Botany:
7. Department of Botany
8. Division of Phanerogams
9. Division of Ferns
10. Division of Grasses
11. Division of Cryptogams
12. Department of Geology
13. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Department of Science and Technology:

14. Department of Science and Technology
15. Division of Physical Sciences
16. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
17. Division of Transportation
18. Division of Agriculture and Wood Products
19. Division of Electricity
20. Division of Medical Sciences

Box 92 of 98

FY 1958 (continued)

Department of Arts and Manufactures:

1. Department of Arts and Manufactures
2. Division of Textiles
3. Division of Ceramics and Glass
4. Division of Graphic Arts
5. Division of Industrial Cooperation

Department of Civil History

6. Department of Civil History, Annual Report fragment
7. Division of Political History
8. Division of Cultural History
9. Division of Philately and Postal History
10. Division of Numismatics

Department of Armed Forces History

11. Department of Armed Forces History
12. Divisions of Military History
13. Division of Naval History
14. Exhibits
15. Report on accessions

FY 1959

16. Department of Anthropology
17. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

18. Department of Zoology
19. Division of Mammals
20. Division of Birds
21. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
22. Division of Fishes
23. Division of Insects
24. Division of Marine Invertebrates (incomplete)
25. Division of Mollusks

Department of Botany:

26. Department of Botany

Box 93 of 98

FY 1959 (continued)

1. Division of Phanerogams
2. Division of Ferns (fragment)
3. Division of Grasses
4. Division of Cryptogams (fragment)

Department of Geology:

5. Department of Geology
6. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
7. Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany
8. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology

Department of Science and Technology:

9. Department of Science and Technology
10. Division of Physical Sciences
11. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
12. Division of Transportation
13. Division of Electricity
14. Division of Medical Sciences

Department of Arts & Manufactures:

15. Department of Arts and Manufactures
16. Division of Agriculture and Wood Products
17. Division of Textiles
18. Division of Ceramics and Glass
19. Division of Graphic Arts
20. Division of Industrial Cooperation

Department of Civil History:

21. Department of Civil History
22. Division of Political History
23. Division of Cultural History
24. Division of Philately and Postal History
25. Division of Numismatics

Department of Armed Forces History:

26. Department of Armed Forces History
27. Division of Military History
28. Division of Naval History

Box 94 of 98

FY 1960

1. Department of Anthropology
2. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

3. Department of Zoology
4. Division of Mammals
5. Division of Birds
6. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
7. Division of Fishes
8. Division of Insects
9. Division of Marine Invertebrates
10. Division of Mollusks

Department of Botany:

11. Department of Botany
12. Division of Phanerogams
13. Division of Ferns
14. Division of Grasses
15. Division of Cryptogam. During FY 1960 a new Division of Woods was created as a Division of the Department of Botany under the curatorship of William L. Stern. No annual report was submitted by this division in FY 1960.
16. Department of Geology
17. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports

Department of Science and Technology:

18. Department of Science and Technology
19. Division of Physical Sciences
20. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Box 95 of 98

FY 1960 (continued)

1. Division of Transportation
2. Division of Electricity
3. Division of Medical Sciences
4. Division of Agriculture and Wood Products. In 1959 this division was abolished, and two new divisions were created to take its place. The Division of Woods of the Department of Botany was established with William L. Stern as Curator; and the Division of Agriculture and Forest Products was established under the Department of Arts and Manufactures.

Department of Arts and Manufactures:

5. Department of Arts and Manufactures
6. Division of Textiles
7. Division of Ceramics and Glass
8. Division of Graphic Arts
9. Division of Industrial Cooperation
10. Division of Agriculture and Forest Products

Department of Civil History:

11. Department of Civil History
12. Division of Political History
13. Division of Cultural History
14. Division of Philately and Postal History
15. Division of Numismatics

Department of Armed Forces History:

16. Department of Armed Forces History
17. Division of Military History
18. Division of Naval History

Administrative Offices:

19. Office of the Registrar
20. Report of A. F. Michaels (BMD?)

FY 1963 (FY 1961 and FY 1962 missing)

21. Department of Anthropology
22. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Department of Zoology:

23. Department of Zoology
24. Division of Mammals
25. Division of Birds
26. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
27. Division of Fishes
28. Division of Insects

Box 96 of 98

FY 1963 (continued)

1. Division of Marine Invertebrates
2. Division of Mollusks
3. Department of Geology
4. Department of Geology, Divisional Reports
5. Oceanography Program (including Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center). This program was organized in FY 1963 under the administration of the Museum of Natural History.

Department of Science and Technology:

6. Department of Science and Technology
7. Division of Physical Sciences
8. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
9. Division of Electricity
10. Division of Transportation
11. Division of Medical Sciences

Department of Arts and Manufactures:

12. Department of Arts and Manufactures
13. Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industry
14. Division of Agriculture and Forest Products
15. Division of Textiles
16. Division of Ceramics and Glass
17. Division of Graphic Arts

Department of Civil History:

18. Division of Cultural History
19. Division of Philately and Postal History
20. Division of Numismatics
21. Growth of the United States exhibit

Department of Armed Forces History:

22. Department of Armed Forces History
23. Division of Military History
24. Division of Naval History

Administrative Offices:

25. Docent service, report

FY 1964

During FY 1964 major changes were made in the administrative organization of the Museum of Natural History. The Division of Insects was abolished as part of the Department of Zoology, and a new Department of Entomology was established with Divisions of Neuropteroids, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Myriapoda and Arachnida. The Department of Geology was abolished and in its place were created the Departments of Paleobiology and Mineral Sciences. The Department of Paleobiology included the Divisions of Invertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Paleobotany. The Department of Mineral Sciences contained Divisions of Mineralogy and Meteorites (the equivalents of the old Division of Mineralogy and Petrology).

Department of Anthropology:

26. Department of Anthropology
27. Department of Anthropology--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
28. Department of Anthropology--Reports on trips finances by private funds
29. Department of Anthropology, Divisional Reports

Box 97 of 98

FY 1964 (continued)

Department of Zoology:

1. Department of Zoology
2. Department of Zoology--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
3. Department of Zoology--Reports on trips financed by private funds
4. Division of Mammals
5. Division of Birds
6. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
7. Division of Fishes
8. Division of Marine Invertebrates
9. Division of Mollusks
10. Taxidermy Shop--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
11. Department of Entomology
12. Department of Entomology--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
13. Department of Entomology--Reports on trips financed by private funds
14. Department of Entomology, Divisional Reports

Department of Botany:

15. Department of Botany
16. Department of Botany--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
17. Department of Botany--Reports on trips financed by private funds
18. Division of Phanerogams
19. Division of Ferns
20. Division of Grasses
21. Division of Cryptogams
22. Division of Plant Anatomy. In FY 1963 the Division of Woods was abolished and replaced by this division
23. Department of Paleobiology
24. Department of Paleobiology, Divisional Reports
25. Department of Palaeobiology--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
26. Department of Paleobiology---Reports on trips financed by private funds

Box 98 of 98

FY 1964 (continued)

1. Department of Mineral Sciences
2. Department of Mineral Sciences, Divisional Reports
3. Department of Mineral Sciences--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
4. Department of Mineral Sciences--Reports on trips financed by private funds
5. Oceanography Program--Reports on trips financed by federal funds
6. Oceanography Program--Reports on trips financed by private funds
7. Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center

Department of Science and Technology:

8. Department of Science and Technology
9. Division of Physical Sciences
10. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
11. Division of Electricity
12. Division of Transportation
13. Division of Medical Sciences

Department of Arts and Manufactures:

14. Department of Arts and Manufactures
15. Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries
16. Division of Agriculture and Forest Products
17. Division of Textiles
18. Division of Ceramics and Glass
19. Division of Graphic Arts

Department of Civil History:

20. Department of Civil History
21. Division of Political History
22. Division of Cultural History
23. Division of Philately and Postal History
24. Division of Numismatics
25. Growth of the United States exhibit

Department of Armed Forces History:

26. Department of Armed Forces History
27. Department of Armed Forces History, Divisional Reports

Administrative Offices:

28. Conservation Research Laboratory
29. Office of Exhibits--Reports on trips financed by federal funds

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