In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Dean DeBolt) writes: " I also heard the "collection development" officer of another museum describe his operation as to "develop a Smithsonian of the South." " There is (in a way) already a "Smithsonian of the South" in Micky Wolfson's marvelous "Wolfsonian" collection. This may not be to the point, but his scheme certainly borrows from the encyclopedic mission of the "Smithsonian." R.Baron.