Regents Study Income and Gift Policies

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Summary

The Board of Regents passes a resolution to establish a select committee to study the original plan for distribution of income of the Institution to determine whether any changes are desirable and to report fixed regulations relative to the reception of donations.

Subject

  • Board of Regents
  • Board of Regents

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897., p. 835

Contact information

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

Date

March 12, 1853

Topic

  • Policies
  • Controversies
  • Finance
  • Gifts

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