USNM Curators Annual Reports: Department of Mollusks, 1894-1895

Fifteen years after it had opened to the public, the United States National Museum's collections continued to expand at a remarkable rate and the Department of Mollusks was no exception. Curator William Healey Dall reported on his department's activities from July 1984 to June 1985 using the new format requested by the Smithsonian's Assistant Secretary in charge of the Museum, G. Brown Goode. Please help us to transcribe Dall's report and learn more about "four very fine and valuable accessions" and the other accomplishments of the Mollusks staff.