Outline of a scheme of museum-classification, Washington, D.C., National Museum, 1882.

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Outline of a scheme of museum-classification, Washington, D.C., National Museum, 1882.

1 v. (6 leaves) ; 26 cm.

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The Act of Congress of August 10, 1846, establishing the Smithsonian Institution, empowered the Board of Regents to receive, either through donations or exchanges, new specimens for the museum of the Institution. In addition, the Secretary was authorized to discharge the duties of the "keeper of the museum." Beginning in 1841, the museum collections of the United States government had been stored in the Patent Office. Originally they were under the custodianship of the National Ins...