A. R. Kellogg Appointed Act. Director, MNH

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Summary

A. Remington Kellogg, curator of marine mammals, becomes the Acting Director of the newly created Museum of Natural History. In 1958 Albert C. Smith is appointed Director, succeeded by Frank A. Taylor in 1962, and Richard Sumner Cowan in 1966.

Subject

  • Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Number 4., p. 47

Contact information

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

Date

July, 1957

Topic

  • Museums
  • Museum directors

Place

Washington (D.C.)

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