Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 30
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Correspondence, 1882-1890
Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of incoming correspondence and documents the tenures of Spencer Fullerton Baird and Samuel Pierpont Langley. It is arranged alphabetically, including a major subheading for government. Each volume is indexed individually, and bound indexes to registers, April 30, 1883 to December 31, 1886 are found in Record Unit 36. Access is mostly by proper name in each case.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
- Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
- Smithsonian Institution -- Administration
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 30, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Correspondence