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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- Tunnel Between SIB and A&I Constructed
- Date:
- 1901
- 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
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SLD
- Creator:
- 97th Congress. Sess. 1, 1981
- Title:
- An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes
- Dates:
- 12/23/1981
- Physical Description:
- Public Law
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- Local Number:
- SIA2012-7638 and SIA2012-7639
- Creator:
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878, Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Title:
- Joseph Henry's Letter to Isaac W. Jackson (March 23, 1867)
- Date:
- March 23, 1867
- Physical Description:
- Document, Paper
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SI History Bibliography
- Title:
- Deplorable Disaster: Destruction of the Smithsonian Institution by Fire
- Date:
- January 24, 1865
- Link:
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- Local Number:
- SIA2012-6792 and SIA2012-6793
- Creator:
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878, Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Title:
- Joseph Henry's Letter to Felix Flugel (August 12, 1865)
- Date:
- August 12, 1865
- Physical Description:
- Document, Paper
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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- Site Designated for the Smithsonian Institution Building
- Date:
- January 20, 1847
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- Local Number:
- SIA2012-7621 and SIA2012-7622 and SIA2012-7623 and SIA2012-7624 and SIA2012-7625 and SIA2012-7626 and SIA2012-7627 and SIA2012-7628 and SIA2012-7629 and SIA2012-7630
- Creator:
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878, Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Title:
- Joseph Henry's Letter to Louis Agassiz (November 24, 1870)
- Date:
- November 24, 1870
- Physical Description:
- Document, Paper
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 15-216
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution
- Title:
- Website Records, 2015
- Date:
- 2015
- Physical Description:
- Electronic records, Collection descriptions
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Publication
- Local Number:
- SIA2012-2708 and SIA2012-2709 and SIA2012-2710
- Creator:
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878, Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Title:
- Joseph Henry's Letter to Benjamin Silliman, Sr. (December 2, 1850)
- Date:
- December 2, 1850
- Physical Description:
- Document, Paper
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