1872 Interagency Collection Transfers

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Summary

Additions to the national museum in 1872 include the rock and mineral collection of the Land Office of the United States Department of the Interior, and collections of the various government expeditions, especially those under the charge of professors Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, John Wesley Powell and Lieutenant G. M. Wheeler. At this point in time, it is the policy of the Smithsonian to turn over all human crania and skeletons to the Army Medical Museum, while insects and plants are deposited with the United States Department of Agriculture. [See also 7/9/1872 entry.]

Subject

  • Hayden, F. V (Ferdinand Vandeveer) 1829-1887
  • Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902
  • Wheeler, George M (George Montague) 1842-1905
  • Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
  • United States. Army)
  • United States Dept. of Agriculture
  • United States Dept. of the Interior
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1872, p. 47-49
  • Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901., p. 693-694, 770-771, 1013

Contact information

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

Date

1872

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Policies
  • Entomology
  • Mineralogy
  • Anthropology
  • Interagency Transfers
  • Plants
  • National Collections
  • Botany

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