Catalogue of North American Mammals, Chiefly in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution

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Summary

Spencer Fullerton Baird, first curator of natural history and second Secretary of the Smithsonian (1878-1887), prepared a catalogue of the mammal collection at the United States National Museum to share information about the collection with American naturalists.

Subject

United States National Museum

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

(Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1857

Topic

  • Catalogs and collections
  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Biology
  • Mammalogy
  • Collection and preservation
  • Museums
  • Mammals
  • Taxonomists
  • National Collections
  • Mammals--Catalogs and collections
  • Mammals--Collection and preservation
  • Museum techniques
  • Museum publications

Place

North America

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