Regent Henderson Purchases Mollusks Collection

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Summary

Regent John B. Henderson purchases the General Evezard Collection of mollusks for the Division of Mollusks. The collection is estimated at from 7,000 to 10,000 specimens. "This collection fills a decided gap in our Indian and South American series ... and adds materially to our South Sea Island and other faunas."

Subject

Henderson, J. B (John Brooks) 1870-1923

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 298, Box 1, "Local Notes," 10/26/1922, p. 2.

Contact information

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

Date

1922

Topic

  • Acquisitions
  • Animals
  • Mollusks
  • Museums
  • National Collections
  • Museums--Acquisitions

Place

Monaco

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