Academy of Science of St. Louis Meeting Minutes

Accession Number: SC 18:40
Location: RB-M
Dates: 1856
Size: 1 flat box; 1.5 cubic feet
Creator/Collector: Academy of Science of St. Louis
Acquisition info: Unknown
Accruals: No accruals expected 
Custodial history: Unknown
Language: English
Processed by: Melissa Miller, July 2018
Conservation notes: Book wrapped in tissue paper
Scope and Content: The collection contains a bound journal of the inaugural meeting minutes of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. The minutes were compiled by BF Shumard, a prominent geologist and paleontologist in the St. Louis area. Dr. Shumard came to St. Louis in 1853 as the Assistant Geologist and Paleontologist of the Missouri Geological Survey. The Academy of Science of St. Louis is still in existence and is affiliated with the St. Louis Science Center at 5050 Oakland.
Arrangement: Kept in original volume
Restrictions: No restrictions   
Remarks: Leather is deteriorating 

Academy of Science of St. Louis
Meeting Minutes
1856
1 flat box; 1.5 cubic feet

Box/Folder Description
 1/1  Finding aid
1/- Meeting Minutes Journal; March-June 1856
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