Department of Entomology Established

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Summary

The Division of Insects is separated from the Department of Zoology and becomes the Department of Entomology.

Subject

  • United States National Museum Dept. of Entomology
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Insects
  • United States National Museum
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Zoology

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1964. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1965, p. 66.

Contact information

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

Date

July 1, 1963

Topic

  • Entomology
  • Reorganizations

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