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SIA Acc. 05-162, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1903-1925

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Summary

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary
Title:
Correspondence, 1903-1925
Dates:
1903, 1903-1925
Summary:
These records consist of correspondence and related materials dealing with the function and administration of the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Samuel P. Langley and Charles Doolittle Walcott.. Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Library of Congress, and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Materials include correspondence, tables, reports, and proposals. See Record Unit 45 for related materials
Topic:
Museums--Administration
Subjects:
Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922, Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906, Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Smithsonian Institution Administration, United States Interstate Commerce Commission
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
Local Number:
SIA Acc. 05-162
Physical Description:
1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 05-162

Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary

Correspondence, 1903-1925

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
Title: Correspondence
Dates: 1903-1925
Quantity: 1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
Collection: Accession 05-162
Language of Materials: English

Descriptive Entry

These records consist of correspondence and related materials dealing with the function and administration of the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Samuel P. Langley and Charles Doolittle Walcott. Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Library of Congress, and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. For related material see SIA Record Unit 45.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-162, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Correspondence

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Container List

Box 1

American embassy, United Kingdom

Box 1 of 3

Andrews (Wallace C.) estate litigation, 1908

Box 1 of 3

General correspondence, B

Box 1 of 3

Belgium, Ambassador of

Box 1 of 3

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1910

Box 1 of 3

Bureau of American Ethnology

Box 1 of 3

General correspondence, C

Box 1 of 3

Clark, F. W., 1918-1920

Box 1 of 3

Davis, Edward Gates

Box 1 of 3

Daylight savings time

Box 1 of 3

DeForest, Robert W., 1912-1915

Box 1 of 3

Department of Commerce, Customs Bureau, New York Customs House, 1913-1924

Box 1 of 3

DeVan proposal (Smithsonian Scientific Series), 1924-1925

Box 1 of 3

Gilman, Mrs. Daniel Coit, 1909

Box 1 of 3

Institute of Economics (Brookings Institution), 1922-1924

Box 1 of 3

International congresses, Congress of World Economic Expansion, 1905-1906

Box 1 of 3

International congresses, miscellaneous, 1904-1906

Box 1 of 3

Box 2

International exchanges, 1910-1913

Box 2 of 3

International exchanges, 1914-1916

Box 2 of 3

International exchanges, 1917, 1919-1920

Box 2 of 3

International exchanges, 1921-1924

Box 2 of 3

Interstate Commerce Commission, 1915-1919

Box 2 of 3

Library of Congress, Directory of Sources of Information in the District of Columbia, 1915

Box 2 of 3

Library of Congress, order division, 1907-1916

Box 2 of 3

Library of Congress, 1921-1925

Box 2 of 3

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, documentary history

Box 2 of 3

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, technical reports, 1917

Box 2 of 3

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, airplane program, 1918

Box 2 of 3

National Parks Association, 1916-1919

Box 2 of 3

National Parks Association, 1919-1921

Box 2 of 3

Real estate investment committee, 1924

Box 2 of 3

Smithsonian annual reports, 1914-1922

Box 2 of 3

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, switchboard

Box 2 of 3

Smithsonian library, 1910-1911

Box 2 of 3

Box 3

Smithsonian mathematical tables, elliptic functions, 1907-1919

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian mathematical tables, elliptic functions, 1921-1923

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian mathematical tables, proposed book of integrals, 1915-1921

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian meteorological tables, 1907-1924

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian physical tables, 1916

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian physical tables, 1917-1918

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian physical tables, 1919-1920

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian's name, fraudulent use of, 1923

Box 3 of 3

Stimpson, William, "Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) Collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853 to 1856," 1907

Box 3 of 3

Tamblyn & Brown fundraising proposal, 1924

Box 3 of 3

U.S. Capitol, Superintendent of Buildings & Grounds, 1910-1919

Box 3 of 3

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