Regent Henderson Purchases Mollusks Collection

Close
Usage Conditions Apply
The Smithsonian Institution Archives welcomes personal and educational use of its collections unless otherwise noted. For commercial uses, please contact photos@si.edu.
Print
 

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

Full Record

View Full Record