Accession Records, 1859-1921
Object Details
- Creator
- United States National Museum Office of the Registrar
- Subject
- Brown, Stephen C
- Bryant, Herbert S
- United States National Museum
- Other title
- Accession Record Books
- For a description of the record series of which these materials are a part, refer to "Forms part of" above.
- Organization
- (1) Numeric beginning each year, 1859-1861; (2) numeric beginning in 1862 with number 1
- Summary
- The accession record books list accessions of the United States National Museum in order of receipt. If the specimens are retained, the Registrar's control number assigned on receipt becomes the accession number. For the years 1859-1861, numbers begin anew each year. For the years 1859, 1860, and 1861, accession numbers begin anew each year. Beginning in 1862 numbers are sequential without regard to year.
Accession record books are a brief record of the main accession file, and with that file, are indexed by an alphabetical card index. In some cases, accession entries are duplicated in volumes. These materials document the work of Stephen C. Brown, Registrar, 1880-1919; and Herbert S. Bryant, Chief, Division of Correspondence and Documents, 1917-1948.
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1859
- 1859-1921
- Local number
- SIA RU000110
- Restrictions & Rights
- Record unit available on microfilm
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Collection descriptions
- Microfilms
- Physical description
- 6.83 cu. ft. (7 document boxes) (7 12x17 boxes) (16 microfilm reels)
- See more items in
- Accession Records 1834-1958, with accretions to 1976 [United States National Museum Office of the Registrar]
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Museum registrars
- Museums--Collection management
- Record ID
- siris_arc_216713
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
