Department of Anthropology Gets Name Change

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Summary

The Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA) of the National Museum of Natural History is retitled the Department of Anthropology.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Number 4. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 87.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1969. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969, p. 66.

Contact information

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

Date

October 29, 1968

Topic

  • Name Changes
  • Anthropology

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