Circular to Collect Anthropology Specimens
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PrintSecretary 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.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 8 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1869), Article VII.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
January 15, 1867
North America
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