Additions and Corrections to the List of Foreign Correspondents to July, 1886

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Summary

A revision of the list, originally prepared by Spencer Fullerton Baird, of the foreign correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution. List gives an overview of the range of countries and scientific fields the Smithsonian exchanged publications and specimens with in the nineteenth century.

Author

Boehmer, George H

Subject

International Exchange Service (IES)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1886 (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

1889

Topic

  • Communication in science
  • Publishers and publishing
  • International relations
  • Science
  • International correspondence
  • Museums
  • Scientists
  • Exchanges, Literary and scientific
  • Government policy
  • Museum publications
  • Science and state

Physical description

pp. 113-201

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