32 ORGANIZATION OF THE IT. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The Private Storage (DO) is a deposit for tlie private effects of offi- 

 cers of the Museum. 



Begistrar. 



The Stati iiery Deposit (DP) is a supply deposit for articles of sta- 

 tionery. 



Stationery ClerJc. 



Lxxvir. 



The ofiicer iu charge of a storage-room shall deliver packages only 

 npou written order from the management of the Museum or in accord- 

 ance with regular routine of administration. 



LXXVIII. 



A record book is provided for articles assigned to general or private 



storage. 



LXXIX. 



Effects belonging to persons not oflQcers of the Museum may be placed 

 in or removed from private storage only upon written order from the 

 Director or Assistant Director. 



I>EI»A.R.TM:ElSrT OF ARCHIVES- 

 CLASSIFICATION OF AUCHIVES. 



LXXX. 



The Archives of the Museum shall consist of the following classes of 

 papers, printed and manuscript, to wit: 



1. The Announcement Record. — The manuscript volumes, in which 

 have been entered all announcements of objects forwarded to the 

 Museum, and promises to send contributions in future. 



2. The Accession Record. — Consisting of {a) the manuscrijit volumes 

 {Accession Boohs) in which all accessions to the Museum are entered 

 from day to day, in order of their reception, and {h) the card catalogue 

 (Card Catalogue of Accessions), in which the same record is kept, 

 arranged alphabetically under names of senders. 



3. The Record of iXpplications. — The manuscript volumes in which are 

 entered, in order of reception, all applications for specimens or other 

 scientific material, either as gifts or loans, all proposals for exchange, &c. 



4. The Distribution Record. — The manuscript volumes in which are 

 entered all lots of scientific material sent away, either as gifts, loans, or 

 exchanges. 



5. The Specimen Registers. — Consistingof («) the manuscript volumes — 

 "Museum Catalogues" — iu which the individual specimens belonging to 

 the several sections of the Museum have been entered by the Curators 

 of the sections under serial numbers, corresponding to those which have 

 been indelibly marked upon the specimens themselves, and [b) the 

 "Museum Eegister," which is kept in separate series, one in each sec- 



