Circular to Collect Anthropology Specimens

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Summary

Secretary Joseph Henry issues a circular requesting specimens for the Smithsonian Institution's collections that illustrate the history of the American Indian tribes. He refers to the earlier circulars by Smithsonian ethnologist George Gibbs, which give instructions on collecting, and offers to make return in the form of publications of the Institution, and if possible, specimens of natural history.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Gibbs, George 1815-1873

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 8 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1869), Article VII.

Contact information

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

Date

January 15, 1867

Topic

  • Citizen science
  • Secretaries
  • Historians
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Anthropology
  • Ethnology
  • Memorandums
  • Volunteers
  • Indians of North America

Place

North America

Form/Genre

Circular

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