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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 118

United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar

Accession Records, 1875, 1880, 1904, 1919

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
Title:Accession Records
Dates:1875, 1880, 1904, 1919
Quantity:0.32 cu. ft. (16 microfilm reels)
Collection:Record Unit 118
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This record unit consists of miscellaneous records relating to accessions, contained in 16 microfilm reels. The materials are arranged in the following order: Index to donors, circa 1875, 1 volume; index to donor names, accessions through circa 1886, 14 volumes; index to accession records checked out from the Office of the Registrar, undated, partially filled volume; accessions, 1919, no accession numbers, 6 pages; and accessions, 1904, numbers 10001-10100, do not correspond to permanent or temporary accession numbers in the main series. he materials document the work of Stephen C. Brown, Registrar, 1880-1919.

Descriptive Entry

This record unit consists of miscellaneous records relating to accessions, contained in 16 microfilm reels. The materials are arranged in the following order: Index to donors, circa 1875, 1 volume; index to donor names, accessions through circa 1886, 14 volumes; index to accession records checked out from the Office of the Registrar, undated, partially filled volume; accessions, 1919, no accession numbers, 6 pages; and accessions, 1904, numbers 10001-10100, do not correspond to permanent or temporary accession numbers in the main series. The materials document the work of Stephen C. Brown, Registrar, 1880-1919.

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Access Restriction

Record unit available on microfilm only.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 118, United States National Museum, Office of the Registrar, Accession Records

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Container List

Box 1

Reel 1 Index to Donors. Volume 1. Circa 1875.

Box 1 of 16

Box 2

Reel 2 Index to Donor Names. Volume 1. A. Through circa 1886.

Box 2 of 16

Box 3

Reel 3 Index to Donor Names. Volume 2. B. Through circa 1886.

Box 3 of 16

Box 4

Reel 4 Index to Donor Names. Volume 3. C. Through circa 1886.

Box 4 of 16

Box 5

Reel 5 Index to Donor Names. Volume 4. D-E. Through circa 1886.

Box 5 of 16

Box 6

Reel 6 Index to Donor Names. Volume 5. F-G. Through circa 1886.

Box 6 of 16

Box 7

Reel 7 Index to Donor Names. Volume 6. H. Through circa 1886.

Box 7 of 16

Box 8

Reel 8 Index to Donor Names. Volume 7. I-J-K. Through circa 1886.

Box 8 of 16

Box 9

Reel 9 Index to Donor Names. Volume 8. L. Through circa 1886.

Box 9 of 16

Box 10

Reel 10 Index to Donor Names. Volume 9. M. Through circa 1886.

Box 10 of 16

Box 11

Reel 11 Index to Donor Names. Volume 10. N-O-P-Q. Through circa 1886.

Box 11 of 16

Box 12

Reel 12 Index to Donor Names. Volume 11. R. Through circa 1886.

Box 12 of 16

Box 13

Reel 13 Index to Donor Names. Volume 12. S. Through circa 1886.

Box 13 of 16

Box 14

Reel 14 Index to Donor Names. Volume 13. T-U-V. Through circa 1886.

Box 14 of 16

Box 15

Reel 15 Index to Donor Names. Volume 14. W-X-Y-Z. Through circa 1886.

Box 15 of 16

Box 16

Reel 16 Index to Accession records checked out from the Registrar's office, n.d.; Accessions, 1919, no accession numbers; Accessions, 1904, numbers 10001-10100.

Box 16 of 16