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Summary

The Department of Ornithology and Department of Mammals are established when a general reorganization of the United States National Museum takes place.

Subject

  • United States National Museum Dept. of Mammals
  • United States National Museum Division of Mammals
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Department of Ornithology (USNM)
  • United States National Museum

Notes

  • Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Archives and Special Collections of the Institution Number 4. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 51, 58.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1881. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883, p. xvi.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

1880

Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • New Departments
  • Mammals
  • Reorganizations
  • Ornithology

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