Department of Botany Established

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Summary

The Division of Plants of the Department of Biology becomes the Department of Botany in the United States National Museum. This new Department is made up of the Divisions of Cryptogams, Grasses, and Phanerogams.

Subject

  • United States National Museum Dept. of Botany
  • United States National Museum

Notes

Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Number 4. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 76.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

1947

Topic

  • Name Changes
  • Biology
  • Plants
  • Reorganizations
  • Botany

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