Kidder Bequest Received

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Summary

A $5,000 bequest is received of Dr. Jerome H. Kidder. On January 27, 1892, the Board of Regents authorize the Secretary to spend the bequest on his personal scientific investigations.

Subject

  • Kidder, Jerome
  • 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. 237, 424, 841
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1900, p. xiv

Contact information

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

Date

April 26, 1890

Topic

  • Benefactors
  • Secretaries
  • Gifts
  • Research

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