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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000201
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
- Title:
- Correspondence and Memoranda, 1875-1902
- Dates:
- 1875-1902
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000045
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary
- Title:
- Records, 1890-1929
- Dates:
- 1890-1929
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007000
- Creator:
- Smithson, James 1765-1829
- Title:
- James Smithson Collection, 1796-1951, circa 1974, 1981-1983
- Dates:
- 1796-1951, circa 1974, 1981-1983
- Physical Description:
- Black-and-white photographs, Collection descriptions, Serials (publications), Maps, Drawings, Clippings, Books, Illustrations, Manuscripts, Plates (illustrations), Art objects
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007079
- Creator:
- Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.)
- Title:
- Records, 1871-1968 and undated
- Dates:
- 1871-1968 and undated
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000064
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Chief Clerk
- Title:
- Records, 1869-1905
- Dates:
- 1869-1905
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000474
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Title:
- Records, 1893-1899
- Dates:
- 1893-1899
- Physical Description:
- Serials (publications), Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000046
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary
- Title:
- Records, 1925-1949
- Dates:
- 1929
- Physical Description:
- Black-and-white photographs, Collection descriptions, Black-and-white negatives, Serials (publications), Maps, Clippings, Manuscripts, Architectural drawings
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007005
- Creator:
- Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) 1872-1973
- Title:
- Charles G. Abbot Papers, 1889-1973, and Records of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Dates:
- 1889-1973
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 15-098
- Creator:
- Brown, Solomon G. 1829?-1906
- Title:
- Solomon G. Brown Papers, 1888 and undated
- Dates:
- 1888 and undated
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Digital images, Color photographs
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000034
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary
- Title:
- Correspondence, 1887-1907
- Dates:
- 1887-1907
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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