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Summary

The "Proceedings of the National Museum" begin publication. They contain descriptions of specimens received, as well as other facts relative to natural history, such as accounts of new species or illustrations, that are furnished by correspondents.

Subject

United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode, George Brown. An Account of the Smithsonian Institution: Its Origins, History, Objects and Achievements, publication 987. City of Washington, 1895. For distribution at the Atlanta Exposition., p. 22
  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897., p. 365
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1878, p. 22

Contact information

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

Date

1878

Topic

  • Inaugural Edition
  • Natural History
  • Museums
  • National Collections
  • Natural history
  • Museum publications

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