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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- Jane Turner Appointed Library Clerk
- Date:
- 1857
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SI History Bibliography
- Creator:
- Harrell, David
- Title:
- 'We Contacted Smithsonian': The Wetherills at Mesa Verde
- Date:
- July 1987
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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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Agency History
- Local Number:
- SIA AH00006
- Creator:
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- Title:
- Agency history, 1889-
- Dates:
- 1889-
- Physical Description:
- Mixed archival materials
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SI History Bibliography
- Creator:
- Holden, Edward Singleton
- Title:
- Sketch of Professor S. P. Langley
- Date:
- 1885
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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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SI History Bibliography
- Title:
- The Expanding Role of the Smithsonian Institute in Aviation and Education
- Date:
- September 1955
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SI History Bibliography
- Title:
- The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of its First Half Century
- Date:
- 1897
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SI History Bibliography
- Title:
- For The Air Age -- A National Museum
- Date:
- September 1955
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Authority Record/EAC
- Local Number:
- SIA RS00773
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary
- Title:
- Bequests, Estates, Gifts, Trusts, and Wills, 1884-1984
- Dates:
- 1884-1984
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Maps
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