National Institute Books Transferred to USNM

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Summary

Smithsonian Chief Clerk William J. Rhees transfers "all the books and papers of the National Institute, which have been stored in the Smithsonian Inst.[itution]" to the Library of the National Museum. The National Institute for the Promotion of Licence was a predecessor of the Smithsonian which went defunct in 1862.

Subject

  • Rhees, William Jones 1830-1907
  • National Institute
  • National Institution for the Promotion of Science
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 201, Box 19, Folder 14, "Memo from Rhees to Goode," 4/24 1884.

Contact information

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

Date

April 24, 1884

Topic

  • Interagency Transfers
  • Libraries
  • National Collections

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