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- Creator:
- 57th Congress, Sess. 1, 1902
- Title:
- An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes
- Dates:
- 06/28/1902
- Physical Description:
- Public Law
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 20-134
- Creator:
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of the History of Technology
- Title:
- Curatorial Records, 1904-2005
- Dates:
- 1904-2005
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Brochures, Drawings, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white negatives
- Link:
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Publication
- Local Number:
- SIA2012-0424 and SIA2012-0425 and SIA2012-0426
- Creator:
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878, Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Title:
- Joseph Henry's Letter to Edward Sabine (May 12, 1853)
- Date:
- May 12, 1853
- Physical Description:
- Document, Paper
- Link:
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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- Joseph Henry's First European Tour
- Date:
- March 14-October 2, 1837
- Link:
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Regents
- Title:
- Felton, Cornelius Conway (11/06/1807-02/26/1862)
- Date:
- Regent Tenure: 02/27/1856-02/26/1862
- Physical Description:
- Biographies
- Link:
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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- Freer Archaeological Expedition Leaves for China
- Dates:
- Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 15-042
- Creator:
- National Museum of American History (U.S.)
- Title:
- Website Records, 2014
- Date:
- 2014
- Physical Description:
- Electronic records, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007409
- Creator:
- Jones, Frank Morton 1869-
- Title:
- Frank Morton Jones Papers, circa 1940-1959
- Dates:
- circa 1940-1959
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Clippings
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000428
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany
- Title:
- Records, circa 1947-1990, with related records from 1926
- Dates:
- circa 1947-1990, with related records from 1926
- Physical Description:
- Audiotapes, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
- Link:
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- Local Number:
- SIA2012-2913 and SIA2012-2914 and SIA2012-2915
- Creator:
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878, Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Title:
- Joseph Henry's Letter to Gideon Hawley (July 1, 1847)
- Date:
- July 1, 1847
- Physical Description:
- Document, Paper
- Link:
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