Request to Congress for New Building

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

A request is made to the United States Congress for an appropriation of $10,000 for the construction of a brick storage building east of the National Museum for receiving, unpacking, sorting, and storing the natural history collections to replace the wood structure currently in use. The same request is repeated the following year, noting the danger engendered by the large number of alcoholic specimens stored in the National Museum and Smithsonian Building. No appropriation directly for this purpose is made, however.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • United States National Museum
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1883. Washington, D.C.: Governmet Printing Office, 1885, p. 7-9.
  • 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. 944-945.

Contact information

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

Date

December 3, 1883

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Finance
  • Expenditures, Public
  • National Collections
  • Buildings
  • Building

Full Record

View Full Record