January
Apr 24 National Institute Books and Papers Transfer to LOC
Year:
1884
Month:
april
Day:
24
Date:
Thu, 1884-04-24
SIA Image reference:
Smithsonian Chief Clerk William J. Rhees transfers "all the books and papers of the National Institute, which have been stored in the Smithsonian Inst.[itution]" to the Library of the National Museum. The National Institute for the Promotion of Science was a predecessor of the Smithsonian which went defunct in 1862.