Word: smithsonian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...capital has made it the permanent or temporary residence of very many leading men, upon whom a university might draw for its lecture rooms and council chambers. Moreover, Washington offers advantages for scientific research, which can be obtained in no other city in this country. The Smithsonian Institute, the National Museum, the great government Surveys, sundry Government commissions and bureaus, whose work is largely scientific, and many retired officers of the army and navy, who have interested themselves in scientific pursuits, all combine to lay strong foundations for scientific activity. Here are laboratories affording the most admirable opportunities...
...principal accessions to the Museum were exchanges with the Stockholm and British Museums and gifts from the Smithsonian Institute. The Hume collection of Indian birds selected for the Museum by the British Museum reached Cambridge in excellent condition, and proved by far the most valuable acquisition of the year. The condition of the various c?????????????ections continue to improve, and many empty places have been filled. The arrangements of the Palaeontological Exhibition, however, is now at a standstill, owing to a lack of funds. The collection of fossils is very valuable, and it seems a great pity that it should...
...annual meeting of the American Historical Association was held on December 28th and the two following days at Washington, D. C. After the usual business had been transacted. Professor G. B. Goode, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, read a paper on the "Uses and Limitations of Historical Museums." The meeting was by far the most successful one the association has had during its short life of four years. A very large number of members was present, although, to be sure, New England was very poorly represented, probably owing to Christmas and New Year's festivals. A few days before...
According to the charter, the office of the association is to be in Washington. The association is entitled to hold $500,000 worth of property for the purposes of the association, and is made a sort of an annex to the Smithsonian Institute, thereby being made a part and parcel of the National Government. Annual reports must be made to the secretary of the Smithsonian, who presents it, together with his own report, to the Government. The association is allowed to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other materials for the study of American history...
...Andrew D. White, Yale, '53, succeeds Professor Asa Gray as a regent of the Smithsonian Institution...