National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Transportation
The Division of Transportation traces its origins back to the Section of Steam Transportation, Department of Arts and Industries, United States National Museum (USNM), in 1885. Steam Transportation was subsequently known as Transportation and Engineering and as Technological Collections. During an 1897 reorganization the Section became the Division of Technology, Department of Anthropology, but was renamed the Division of Mechanical Technology in 1912. After several additional organizational changes, in 1938 the Section of Transportation and Civil Engineering was established in the Division of Engineering. Frank A. Taylor served as Curator of the Division of Engineering, 1932-1948, and had direct responsibility for the Museum's transportation collections.
In 1947 the Section was divided into two units: the Section of Marine Transportation and the Section of Land Transportation. Taylor served as Department Head and had specific curatorial responsibility for the Section of Marine Transportation until 1954, when Kenneth M. Perry was named an Associate Curator of the Department and was assigned the Marine Section until 1965. Smith Hempstone Oliver directed the Section of Land Transportation as Associate Curator, 1946-1956.
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