DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
The clipping file consists of news clippings and magazine articles concerning
persons and events in Smithsonian history.
Box 1 of 21
- Letter: December 10, 1906, from E.L. Springer to Dr. Adler
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution Re: Management, 1854-1855
- Press clippings, Celestial subjects, 1891-1892
- Press clippings, Miscellaneous, October 1880, February 1902
- Washington Post, Friday, March 9, 1883
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1892, 1901
- Press clippings, Dr. W.T. Hornaday resignation, May-June, 1890
- Notice of book publication, Frederic A. Lucas, December 1901
- Press clipping, Aerodrome accident, December 9, 1903
- Press clipping, Legacy of Dr. W.L Abbott, n.d.
- Weather records, 1870s, 1882
- Gift of American paintings to the National Gallery, William T. Evans, March 1907
- Death of Major J.W. Powell, September 1902; Original documents and Chicago World's Fair
- Press clippings, United States Government and Smithsonian Institution, late 1890s; Letter: James Scott Thompson
- Smithsonian clippings from scrapbook, 1850s-1890s
- Press clippings, Poems, Johnstown flood, Religious, 1889
- Press clippings, Early Americans, 1930s
- Press clipping, Fiftieth anniversary of Smithsonian Institution corner stone, May 1, 1897
- Press clippings, Dr. Charles G. Abbot
- Press clippings, Dr. Cyrus Adler
- Press clippings, Aeronautics and Smithsonian
- Press clippings, Art
- Washington Post, Front Section, Friday, April 13, 1945, Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (original)
Box 2 of 21
- Baird - Brookings
- Bombing Raids - Buildings Donated
- "C" Subject clippings
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Gellatly Art Collection
- Gross, Frank E. - Kress Art Presentation
- Langley
- Langley, S.P. - Lindbergh, Charles
- Meier, Dr. Florence E. - Myer, Gertrude Walden
- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- Mellon, Andrew Gift-Trust, and National Gallery
- National Gallery of Art
- National Museum
- Old Museum Building
- Ordnance and Fortification, Board of - Owen, Robert Dale
- Perkins, John U. - Porter, Henry Kirke
- Radiation and Organisms, Division of - Royal Society
- Sand Paintings (Navajo) - Sunspots (Abbot, C.G.)
- Tainter, Charles Sumner - Ulrich, Edward O.
- Walcott, Hon. Frederic C. - World War (I) Cannon
- Wright Brothers (2 folders)
Box 3 of 21
- Wyer, Samuel S.
- Zahm, Albert F. - Zoological Park, National
- Newspaper clippings, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1915
- Freer Gallery, 1905-1925
- Scrapbook - sample copies of articles furnished to newspapers
- Smithsonian clippings, 1912, 1913
- "Notices of K's sale to H" - Toledo Journal, Cleveland Sun, August 1885
- Scrapbook clippings, 1905-1910
- Newspaper clippings, 1912
- Scrapbook and newspaper clippings, 1912, 1913
- T. Roosevelt cartoon cover, 1915 - Nature Magazine, 1944
- Random Smithsonian clippings, 1905-1945
- Clippings, scrapbook, 1911-1915
- Scrapbook of clippings, 1914, 1915
- Scrapbook - Press statements, August 1915-June 1917
- Scrapbook - Smithsonian clippings, February 1916-January 1925
- Scrapbook, 1925-1927 - Smithsonian clippings, including Langley-Wright controversy
Box 4 of 21
- Newspaper clippings, 1928-1953
- Lindbergh plane to Smithsonian, April 18, 1928-May 3, 1928
- 1847 Cornerstone
- Scrapbook - Smithsonian clippings, 1923-1924
- Newspaper clippings, 1927-1928
- New York Evening Post, September 16, 1933
- New York Evening Post, September 18, 1933
- The Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 1945
- New York Evening Post, September 14, 1933
- Aeronautics - Patent Situation
- New York Post, September 13, 1933 - Last Big Format Issue
- Additions to the Fish Fauna of the District of Columbia, 1911
- New York Evening Post, September 15, 1933
- Newsweek clipping on Smithsonian Institution, May 15, 1967
- Smithsonian and Universal Pictures in Africa, 1919
- Zoo clippings
- T. Roosevelt in Africa, April 1908-May 1911
Box 5 of 21
- Tuberculosis Newspaper clippings, 1908 (2 folders)
- Hodgkins Medal clippings (2 folders)
- Miscellaneous Wright Brothers/Langley clippings
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings, 1926-1928 (2 folders)
Box 6 of 21
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings on Mt. Burkkaros Observatory, April-September 1926
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings, 1926-1928
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings concerned with paper by H.H. Clayton on Abbot's theory of Solar Variation
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings, American Solar Observatory in S.W. Africa completed, October-November 1926
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings, Search for new sun station, February-May 1926 (See additional clippings pasted in scrapbook)
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings, July-August 1926
- Dr. Abbot. Clippings, 1926
- Dr. Abbot, Clippings, May 1927, January 1928
- Dr. Abbot and the Wright/Langley controversy, Spring 1928; Miscellaneous, March-April 1928
- Comments by English journalists
- News prior to Dr. Abbot's offer, March 4, 1928
- Dr. Abbot's offer of March 4, 1928
- Wright's side of controversy
- Editorial comments favorable to Dr. Abbot
- Editorial comments unfavorable to Dr. Abbot
- Action by the Board of Regents
Box 7 of 21
- Articles - 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1955; Correspondence - 1954, 1955
- Articles - 1941, 1948, 1951, 1952; Correspondence - 1946, 1948, 1950-1952, 1956, 1957
- Articles - 1948, 1949 (German); Correspondence - 1950
- Articles - 1949-1951, 1953; Correspondence - 1951, 1953
- Articles - 1927, 1934, 1953, 1955, 1956; Correspondence - 1955
- Articles - 1948, 1949, 1951; Correspondence - 1946, 1949
- 1944 Press clippings (primarily "Kalish statues")
- 1944 Press clippings (primarily "Eisenhower desk and chair")
- 1945 Press clippings
- 1946 Press clippings
- 1947 Press clippings
- 1948 Press clippings
- 1951 Press clippings
Box 8 of 21
- 1952 Press clippings
- 1953 Press clippings
- 1952-1953 SI and Carmichael press clippings
- 1953 Modernization request press clippings
- 1954 Press clippings
- 1954 SI and Carmichael press clippings
- 1954 Wildflowers press clippings
- 1954 Enlargement of SI: New MHT building requested press clippings
- 1955 Press clippings (3 folders)
- 1956 Washington papers press clippings
Box 9 of 21
- 1956 Out-of-town press clippings (2 folders)
- 1956 Press clippings
- 1958 Press clippings (14 folders)
Box 10 of 21
- 1958 Press clippings (3 folders)
- 1958-1959 Press clippings (2 folders)
- 1959, 1960, 1961 Press clippings
- 1960 Press clippings
- 1961 Press clippings (3 folders)
- 1962 Press clippings (3 folders)
Box 11 of 21
- Opening of new National Museum press clippings, 1909, 1910
- Opening of new National Museum original clippings, 1909, 1910
- Opening of new building press clippings, 1909, 1910
- Opening of new building original clippings, 1909, 1910
- New building during construction press clippings, 1909, 1910
- New building during construction original clippings, 1909, 1910
- National Museum press clippings, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
- National Museum original clippings, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
Box 12 of 21
- 1933-1958 Press clippings
- 1905-1912 National Museum clippings
- 1905-1912 National Museum original clippings
- 1911-1914 National Museum clippings
- 1911-1914 National Museum original clippings
- 1964 Museum of History and Technology press clippings (2 folders)
- 1964 Museum of History and Technology press clippings (originals in Box 17)
- 1964-1967 Press clippings
- 1965 Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial Press (original in Box 17)
- 1965 Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial Press clippings
Box 13 of 21
- 1965 Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial Press clippings (3 folders)
- 1965-1966 Press clippings
- 1967 Press clippings
- 1967-1968 Press clippings (2 folders)
- 1968 Press clippings
- 1968 2nd Annual Festival of American Folklore
Box 14 of 21
- 1968 Press clippings (3 folders)
- Scrapbook received 1971: Clippings from 1891-1917 relating to astronomical and astrophysical subjects
Box 15 of 21
- X-ray tube, Roentgen, August 24, 1956
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Hossein Behzad's paintings illustrating fifty quatrains, December 3, 1956
- Press clippings, Hope Diamond Acquisition, November 1958
- Press clipping, Dice, April 1960
- Press clippings, Southern Railway System, June 1962
- Press clipping, Pre-Hispanic Mexico, September 1962
- Mr. Beggs named special assistant to director of Fine Arts, June 1964
- Press clipping, Seneca Indians, Gertrude P. Kurath, June 1964
- Press clipping, Bermuda shipwreck explored, June 1964
- Press clipping, "Fireside Chat" microphone, June 1964
- Press releases rejected, 1948-1961 (6 folders)
- Miscellaneous, 1927, 1959, 1964, 1976, n.d.
- Press clippings, 1935, n.d.
Box 16 of 21
- Press clippings, 1963-1965
- Press clippings, 1965
- Press clippings, 1966
- Press clippings, 1966-1967
- Press clippings, 1967-1971
Box 17 of 21
- Museum of History and Technology, Press clippings, 1964 (originals)
- Museum of History and Technology, Washington Post, January 23, 1964 (copy and original)
- The Smithsonian: A Milestone on the Mall, Washington Post, September 5, 1965 (copy and original)
- Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial - 1965, Washington Star, September 12, 1965 (original)
- Photo essay: Smithsonian Workshops, Washington Post, November 17, 1968 (copy and original)
- Exhibit: Growth of the United States, 1640-1045, Toledo, The Blade, November 26, 1967 (copy and original)
Box 18 of 21
- Press clippings, Roosevelt's expedition to Africa, 1908-1934 (8 folders)
- Correspondence, Roosevelt's expedition to Africa, 1910
Box 19 of 21
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1907-1911 (3 folders)
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1945-1955 (4 folders)
Box 20 of 21
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926 (6 folders)
Box 21 of 21
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1931-1933 (2 folders)
- Press clippings, press releases, photographs, Smithsonian Institution, 1957 (3 folders)
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1966 (2 folders)
- Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, Miscellaneous and Fragments
Oversize
- Johnstown Flood press clippings
- Everyweek Magazine, August 10, 1936 - "The Weatherman Tries His Hand at Long-Range Forecasting," by Dr. Frank Thone
- Washington Post, April 21, 1935, Rotogravure section and page 13
- Washington Post, October 13, 1935, Charles Upson Clark
- Sunday Star, July 23, 1939, Kress Art Presentation
- Washington Post, January 10, 1937, Mellon Gift
- Sunday Star, December 15, 1940
- Sunday Star, March 9, 1941
- Sunday Star, February 25, 1940, National Gallery of Art
- New York Times, July 11, 1909, Wright Brothers, Ft. Myer, VA
- Washington Star, November 8, 1942, Wright Controversy
- New York Herald, February 19, 1928, Wright Brothers
- Harpers Weekly, July 10, 1909, Wright Brothers
- Sunday Star, January 5, 1941
- Sunday Star, April 7, 1940
- Washington Star, October 17, 1965
- New York Times, October 18, 1927
- Saturday Evening Post, November 23, 1946
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