USNM Curators Annual Report - Department of Reptiles, 1888-1889

How do you respond when a supposed windfall of specimens are received, but upon inspection the collection is disarray? Newly appointed acting curator Leonhard Stejneger had begun to work his way through specimens from the United States Exploring Expedition and reports on the challenges he encountered in this annual report. Join our volunpeers in effort to transcribe his 1888-1889 departmental report.