Subject:

Bean, Tarleton H (Tarleton Hoffman) 1846-1916  Search this

Blake, William P (William Phipps) 1826-1910  Search this

Chester, H. C  Search this

Cushing, Frank Hamilton 1857-1900  Search this

Donaldson, Thomas  Search this

Foreman, Edward  Search this

Rau, Charles 1826-1887  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Date:

1875

Category:

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes:

For the first time, the listing of officers and assistants at the beginning of the Annual Report includes the names of those in charge of divisions of the National Museum. These are not the same individuals heading the departments established by Baird to prepare for the Centennial Exhibition.

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1875, p. 6, 47

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1876, p. 8, 42

Summary:

To facilitate preparations for the Centennial Exhibition, Baird reports the organization of several departments within the National Museum: ethnology, under Dr. Charles Rau, assisted by Dr. Edward Foreman and Mr. Frank H. Cushing; minerals, under Prof. William P. Blake, assisted by Mr. Thomas Donaldson; and animals and fisheries, under Mr. G. Brown Goode, assisted by Mr. T. H. Bean and Mr. H. C. Chester.

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

Mineralogy  Search this

Natural history  Search this

New Departments  Search this

New Divisions  Search this

Reorganizations  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

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