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    1. Title Page of the Catalogue of the Library of the National Institute of the Promotion of Science.

      The Fate of the National Institute

      • Date: July 27, 2017
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Did you know that before the Smithsonian existed, there were two other institutions created for the promotion of science and diffusion of knowledge? Exploring the fate of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science.

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    3. Benjamin the Anti-Christ's Doomsday Prophecy

      • Date: December 21, 2012
      • Description: In 1866, Benjamin the Anti Christ predicted earthquakes, war, and brain paralysis for the world—a prophecy that reached the SI Archives.

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      National Institute Collections to SI

      • Date: July 27, 1862

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    7. SI History Chronology

      National Institute Acquires Works of Art

      • Date: 1841

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      National Institute Books Transferred to USNM

      • Date: April 24, 1884

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      Jul 27 Smithsonian Acquires the National Institute Collections | Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        All-American Compromise

        • Date: February 16, 2017
        • Description: Laying the Foundations: Early Schools of ThoughtWith few national institutions on which to model their thinking, many Americans built their plans for the Smithsonian around the notion of a national university.The debate moved quickly from, Should we create a national university? This page describes the 1838-1846 debates about what form the Smithsonian Institution should take.

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        First Item Accessioned in National Institute Collections

        • Date: 1834

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        Apr 24 National Institute Books and Papers Transfer to LOC | Smithsonian Institution Archives

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        • Title Page of the National Institute's Catalogue of "Extraordinary Curiosities"

          Title Page of the National Institute's Catalogue of "Extraordinary Curiosities"

          • Date: 1859
          • Creator: Hunter, Alfred d. 1872
          • Creator: Hunter, Alfred d. 1872

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        • Joseph Henry Elected to National Institute for the Promotion of Science

          Joseph Henry Elected to National Institute for the Promotion of Science

          • Date: August 22, 1840

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        • Smithsonian Legal Document

          An Act to incorporate a society in the District of Columbia by the name of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science

          • Date: 1846 07/27/1842
          • Creator: 27th Congress, Sess. 2, 1842
          • Creator: 27th Congress, Sess. 2, 1842

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