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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 86-042

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary

Bequests, Estates, Gifts, Trusts, and Wills, circa 1884-1984

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Title:Bequests, Estates, Gifts, Trusts, and Wills
Dates:circa 1884-1984
Quantity:11.5 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 86-042
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of wills and codicils, financial statements regarding estates, correspondence with executors, maps showing location of deeded property, and memoranda by Smithsonian Institution employees on the status of probation of wills.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of will and codicils, financial statements regarding estates, correspondence with executors, amps showing location of deeded property, and memoranda by Smithsonian Institution employees on the status of probation of wills.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 86-042, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Bequests, Estates, Gifts, Trusts, and Wills

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Container List

Box 1

General (1970-1960), (1975-1978), (1976-1979) (3 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Abbott, Redmond

Box 1 of 12

Abbott, W. L. (4 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Abell, Harry R.

Box 1 of 12

Abney, Mary (Lloyd Pendelton)

Box 1 of 12

Administrators Account: Consent to Settlement

Box 1 of 12

African Art Museum (transfer) (2 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Alexander, Charles P.

Box 1 of 12

Andrews, Wallace C. (3 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Andrews Hackett Pamphlets

Box 1 of 12

Annenberg Fund

Box 1 of 12

Box 2

Armstrong, Jessie W.

Box 2 of 12

Arnes, George A.

Box 2 of 12

Arrowsmith, George H. C.

Box 2 of 12

Arthur, James

Box 2 of 12

Avery, Robert S. (8 folders)

Box 2 of 12

Bacon House

Box 2 of 12

Bacon, Virginia (4 folders)

Box 2 of 12

Box 3

Bacon, Virginia (7 folders)

Box 3 of 12

Bacon, Walter R.

Box 3 of 12

Baird Fund

Box 3 of 12

Baird, Lucy Hunter

Box 3 of 12

Baird, Spencer F. (3 folders)

Box 3 of 12

Baker, Charles Fuller

Box 3 of 12

Baker, Frank C.

Box 3 of 12

Ball, Harvey Bryant

Box 3 of 12

Barker, Ethel D.

Box 3 of 12

Barney House Studio Gift

Box 3 of 12

Bechtel, Harold F.

Box 3 of 12

Becker, George F. (5 folders)

Box 3 of 12

Box 4

Beller, William

Box 4 of 12

Belmont Conference Center

Box 4 of 12

Benton, William (Foundation)

Box 4 of 12

Beny, Roloff

Box 4 of 12

Bernstein, Joseph

Box 4 of 12

Berry, S. S.

Box 4 of 12

Bichel, Beatrix A.

Box 4 of 12

Bismark, Mona

Box 4 of 12

Bliss, Mildred

Box 4 of 12

Bliss, Susan Wright

Box 4 of 12

Bode, Helen Spalding

Box 4 of 12

Bond, James

Box 4 of 12

Boocock, Blandy (Mr.)

Box 4 of 12

Brixley, Doris M.

Box 4 of 12

Broadwater, Marion

Box 4 of 12

Brooks, Louise R.

Box 4 of 12

Brown, Roland W.

Box 4 of 12

Bruce, Alisa M.

Box 4 of 12

Bryant, Livia H.

Box 4 of 12

Bucher, William F.

Box 4 of 12

Cahill, James P.

Box 4 of 12

Callis, Maud P.

Box 4 of 12

Canfield Fund (2 folders)

Box 4 of 12

Carnegie Mansion (Deed Transfer)

Box 4 of 12

Casanowicz, I. M.

Box 4 of 12

Casey, Thomas L.

Box 4 of 12

Cernigliaro, Salvatore

Box 4 of 12

Chamberlain, L. T.

Box 4 of 12

Cheney, Elmer Charles

Box 4 of 12

Claraz, G.

Box 4 of 12

Clay, Mercle T.

Box 4 of 12

Colgate, Adele

Box 4 of 12

Colyer, Joseph

Box 4 of 12

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Box 4 of 12

Dale, Chester

Box 4 of 12

Davis, Robert

Box 4 of 12

Davis, Thomas F. and Margaret

Box 4 of 12

Denys, F. Ward

Box 4 of 12

Dietrich, Mary L. A.

Box 4 of 12

Dixon, Charolette

Box 4 of 12

Doneghy, Frances V.

Box 4 of 12

Drake, Carl J.

Box 4 of 12

Draper, Mary

Box 4 of 12

Dreyfuss, Henry and Doris

Box 4 of 12

Dykes, Charles (2 folders)

Box 4 of 12

Eagle, Mary

Box 4 of 12

Egler, Frank

Box 4 of 12

Eickmeyer, Florence B.

Box 4 of 12

Engler, Richard A.

Box 4 of 12

Erlanger, Milton S.

Box 4 of 12

Evans, Thomas W.

Box 4 of 12

Executive of Release for Bequests

Box 4 of 12

Farmer, S. J.

Box 4 of 12

Finley, David

Box 4 of 12

Firestone Collection

Box 4 of 12

Fitzgerald, Riter

Box 4 of 12

Floch, Hermine

Box 4 of 12

Forrest, Robert L. (3 folders)

Box 4 of 12

Forster, William J.

Box 4 of 12

Francis, Frederick

Box 4 of 12

Freer, Charles (2 folders)

Box 4 of 12

Box 5

Freer, Charles (3 fodlers)

Box 5 of 12

Funds (by name)

Box 5 of 12

Gardner, Earle Ainsworth

Box 5 of 12

Gellatley, John

Box 5 of 12

Granger, Henry G.

Box 5 of 12

Grau Shell Collection

Box 5 of 12

Grimm, Sergie N.

Box 5 of 12

Groom, Barrick

Box 5 of 12

Hackenberg, George P.

Box 5 of 12

Hall, Anne S.

Box 5 of 12

Halpert, Edith G.

Box 5 of 12

Hamilton, James

Box 5 of 12

Harriman Fund

Box 5 of 12

Harson, Elizabeth L.

Box 5 of 12

Hart, Gustavus, E.

Box 5 of 12

Harvard University

Box 5 of 12

Heineman, David E.

Box 5 of 12

Hellyer, Virgil M.

Box 5 of 12

Henderson, Edward

Box 5 of 12

Henderson, John D. (Mrs.)

Box 5 of 12

Henry Caroline

Box 5 of 12

Higbee, Harry

Box 5 of 12

Hill, Jean Lehmann

Box 5 of 12

Hillwood Museum (3 folders)

Box 5 of 12

Hillyer, Virgil M.

Box 5 of 12

Hinton, Carrie Susan

Box 5 of 12

Box 6

Hirshhorn, Joseph H. (3 folders)

Box 6 of 12

Hitchcock, A. S. (Dr.)

Box 6 of 12

Hodgkins, Thomas G.

Box 6 of 12

Hopkins, Andrew D.

Box 6 of 12

Hottes, Frederick C.

Box 6 of 12

Hrdlicka, Ales

Box 6 of 12

Hrdlicka, Tilden S. (Property)

Box 6 of 12

Hughes, Anna Chadbourne

Box 6 of 12

Hughes, Bruce

Box 6 of 12

Hughelin, Louise S.

Box 6 of 12

Hull, Helen Huntington

Box 6 of 12

Hunterton Endowment Fund

Box 6 of 12

Ingersoll, Agatha F.

Box 6 of 12

James, Cassie M. M.

Box 6 of 12

Johnson, Ralph C.

Box 6 of 12

Jurat Form for Execution of Releases

Box 6 of 12

Keddy, J. L.

Box 6 of 12

Kellogg Fund

Box 6 of 12

Kellogg, Remington Memorial Fund

Box 6 of 12

Kibbey, Bessie J.

Box 6 of 12

King, Blanche E.

Box 6 of 12

Klegerg, Alice G. K.

Box 6 of 12

Knight, Ora W.

Box 6 of 12

Kramar, Nada

Box 6 of 12

Lewisohn, Irene

Box 6 of 12

Lewisohn, Margaret S.

Box 6 of 12

Box 7

Lilly Coin Collection

Box 7 of 12

Lindbergh, Charles (Trust)

Box 7 of 12

Livingston, Louise Alida

Box 7 of 12

Loeb, Morris (3 folders)

Box 7 of 12

Long, Edith C.

Box 7 of 12

Luce, Robert

Box 7 of 12

Lyon, Marcus Ward, Jr.

Box 7 of 12

Lyons, Arthur V.

Box 7 of 12

Mackenzie, Kenneth K.

Box 7 of 12

Mann, William M. and Lucille Q. (Dr. and Mrs.)

Box 7 of 12

Manship, Paul

Box 7 of 12

Maxwell, Mary E.

Box 7 of 12

Mcagg, Therese Davic

Box 7 of 12

McAtee, Waldo T.

Box 7 of 12

McCall, Ethel C.

Box 7 of 12

McCoy, Francis T.

Box 7 of 12

McGraw Hill Book Co.

Box 7 of 12

Mclain, Charles A.

Box 7 of 12

Mcguire, James C.

Box 7 of 12

Medinger, Elizabeth E.

Box 7 of 12

Medinus, Grace L.

Box 7 of 12

Melgar, Fred R.

Box 7 of 12

Mellon Foundation (Filed NGA)

Box 7 of 12

Memcken, Augusta

Box 7 of 12

Mercer, Alexander G. (3 folders)

Box 7 of 12

Box 8

Mercer, Alexander (2 folders)

Box 8 of 12

Merill, George P.

Box 8 of 12

Merriam, C. Hart (3 folders)

Box 8 of 12

Meyer, Agnes E.

Box 8 of 12

Michaelis, Anthony

Box 8 of 12

Miller, Hattie L.

Box 8 of 12

Mitchell, William

Box 8 of 12

Morrow, Dwight W.

Box 8 of 12

Murphy, Marie Louise

Box 8 of 12

Mussinan, Alfred

Box 8 of 12

Myer, Catherine W.

Box 8 of 12

Myer, Viola W.

Box 8 of 12

Nelson, Edward W. (10 folders)

Box 8 of 12

Nelson and Goldman Orchard Co., Inc.

Box 8 of 12

Box 9

Nitzsche, George E.

Box 9 of 12

Noyes, Frank B.

Box 9 of 12

Oler, Earl C.

Box 9 of 12

Olmstead, Helen A.

Box 9 of 12

Organ, Violet

Box 9 of 12

Osborn, Robert

Box 9 of 12

Paris, Harold P.

Box 9 of 12

Paris, Walter

Box 9 of 12

Pell, Alfred D. (2 folders)

Box 9 of 12

Pelzman, Iva A.

Box 9 of 12

Petrocelli, Joseph and Mary

Box 9 of 12

Pistrak, Lazar

Box 9 of 12

Plumb, Henry

Box 9 of 12

Poore (Estate) (5 folders)

Box 9 of 12

Poplar Island (Deed)

Box 9 of 12

Porter, Annie de Camp

Box 9 of 12

Post, Marjorie M.

Box 9 of 12

Potential Benefactors

Box 9 of 12

Pugsley, Chester D.

Box 9 of 12

Ramsey (Estate)

Box 9 of 12

Ranger, Henry W.

Box 9 of 12

Rathbun, Mary Jane

Box 9 of 12

Reid, Addison T.

Box 9 of 12

Rhees, William J.

Box 9 of 12

Richter, Harry C.

Box 9 of 12

Rocca Fund

Box 9 of 12

Roebling, John A.

Box 9 of 12

Box 10

Rollins, Mirian W. (5 folders)

Box 10 of 12

Ruef, Bertha M.

Box 10 of 12

Safford, Clara L.

Box 10 of 12

Sampson, Gertrude

Box 10 of 12

Sanford, Helen

Box 10 of 12

Sanford, William H.

Box 10 of 12

Sawyer, William H.

Box 10 of 12

Sayen, Jeanette Hope and Ann

Box 10 of 12

Schoff, Leonard H.

Box 10 of 12

Seidell, Atherton (4 folders)

Box 10 of 12

Serefini, Marion

Box 10 of 12

Sims, George W.

Box 10 of 12

Smalley, Walter B.

Box 10 of 12

Smith, Katherine D.

Box 10 of 12

Smithson, James

Box 10 of 12

Spence, R. E.

Box 10 of 12

Sprague, Joseph W. (2 folders)

Box 10 of 12

Box 11

Sprague, Joseph W. (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Summary of Objects from the Freer Estate

Box 11 of 12

Springer, Frank (Dr.)

Box 11 of 12

Stafford, Clara L.

Box 11 of 12

Steenken, John G.

Box 11 of 12

Stephens, Elizabeth S.

Box 11 of 12

Stevenson, John

Box 11 of 12

Stewart, Mary E.

Box 11 of 12

Stokes, Frank W.

Box 11 of 12

Story, George E.

Box 11 of 12

Stover-Link Scholarship Fund

Box 11 of 12

Strauss, Lewis and Rosa (Fund)

Box 11 of 12

Strong, Julia D.

Box 11 of 12

Sultner, Donald H.

Box 11 of 12

Silvester, Allie L.

Box 11 of 12

Syz Collection

Box 11 of 12

Taggart, Ganson

Box 11 of 12

Taylor, Samuel P.

Box 11 of 12

Thacker, John S.

Box 11 of 12

Thompson, Daniel V.

Box 11 of 12

Tucker, Marcia Br.

Box 11 of 12

Tuttle, Gertrude

Box 11 of 12

Ulrich, E. O. (Dr.)

Box 11 of 12

Upton, Sara C.

Box 11 of 12

Walcott, Charles D. (3 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Walcott, Girard (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Walcott, Mary Vaux (3 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Walcott, Pennsylvania Co.

Box 11 of 12

Walcott Research Fund

Box 11 of 12

Wallace, Selma

Box 11 of 12

Watkins, J. Elfreth

Box 11 of 12

Box 12

Weems, Philip (Capt.)

Box 12 of 12

Wetmore, Alexander

Box 12 of 12

Whitehead, George Arnold

Box 12 of 12

Whittell (Estate)

Box 12 of 12

Widener (Estate)

Box 12 of 12

Williams, Charles O.

Box 12 of 12

Williams, Cora Hubbard

Box 12 of 12

Witherspoon, Eleanor E.

Box 12 of 12

Wright, Kate L. D. (Filed in NCFA)

Box 12 of 12

Young, Helen Walcott

Box 12 of 12

Younger, Helen W.

Box 12 of 12

Zelenka, Robert S.

Box 12 of 12

Zerbee, Frances B.

Box 12 of 12

Zimmerman, Elwood C.

Box 12 of 12