Collection Inventory Initiated

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Summary

The Office of the Registrar initiates a new Congressionally mandated Smithsonian collection inventory program using an automated data processing system. This is the first thorough tabulation of the Institution's collections since the Smithsonian was founded in 1846. Under the program, the responsibility for coordinating inventories on an Institution-wide basis is assigned to the Smithsonian Registrar.

Subject

  • Office of the Registrar
  • Smithsonian Institution Collection Inventory

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1978, p. 198.
  • Linda St. Thomas, "First Phase of Inventory Complete," The Torch, 83-7 (July 1983): 1, 3

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

  • October 1978
  • 1978

Topic

  • Automation
  • New Programs
  • Museums
  • Management
  • Reorganizations
  • National Collections
  • Museum techniques

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