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Record Unit 65,  Smithsonian Institution, Chief Clerk,  Forms, Circulars, Announcements, 1846-1933

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Smithsonian Institution, Chief Clerk
Title: Forms, Circulars, Announcements
Dates: 1846-1933
Quantity: 2.3 linear meters.
Collection: Record Unit 65
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

This record unit consists of forms and circulars of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; forms and circulars of the United States National Museum, Exchanges, Ethnology, Correspondence Clerk, Disbursing Clerk, International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, Library, and the National Zoological Park; lists of Smithsonian Institution employees; and invitations to Smithsonian Institution events.

Descriptive Entry

This collection consists of forms and circulars of the Secretary, 1846-1888; forms and circulars of the National Museum, Exchanges, Ethnology, Correspondence Clerk, Disbursing Clerk, International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, Library, and National Zoological Park; forms ordered, 1860-1933; lists of Smithsonian employees, 1846-1910, with salaries; and invitations to Smithsonian events, circa 1915-1925.

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 65, Smithsonian Institution, Chief Clerk, Forms, Circulars, Announcements

Container List

Box 1

Volume 1 Blanks and Circulars, Joseph Henry, 1846-1878

Box 1 of 17

Box 2

Volume 2 Blanks and Circulars, S. F. Baird, 1878-1888

Box 2 of 17

Box 3

Volume 3 Blanks and Circulars, Correspondence, Disbursing Clerk, Documents, Catalogue of Scientific Literature, Library, Miscellaneous, Zoological Park

Box 3 of 17

Box 4

Volume 4 Blanks and Circulars, National Museum, Exchanges, Ethnology

Box 4 of 17

Box 5

Volume 5 Chief Clerk 1846, 1933, Forms and Letters

Box 5 of 17

Box 6

Volume 6 Chief Clerk 1846, 1933

Box 6 of 17

Box 7

Volume 7 Invoices, January 1882 to 1885

Box 7 of 17

Box 8

Volume 8 Invoices, Printing, 1886

Box 8 of 17

Box 9

Volume 9 Chief Clerk, 1846-1933

Box 9 of 17

Box 10

Volume 10 [No Description]

Box 10 of 17

Box 11

Volume 11 [No Description]

Box 11 of 17

Box 12

Volume 12 Invoices

Box 12 of 17

Box 13

Original Hodgkins Circulars

Box 13 of 17

Hodgkins Circulars issued since January 1, 1894

Box 13 of 17

Hodgkins Circulars (2 folders)

Box 13 of 17

Russia, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Austria

Box 13 of 17

Smithsonian Institution departmental chart under Secretary Walcott

Box 13 of 17

Hodgkins Circulars

Box 13 of 17

Box 14

Forms, Circulars, and Blanks, Assorted

Box 14 of 17

Langley to Rathbun Re: Color and Binding of SI Publications, December 18, 1900

Box 14 of 17

Cards - Assorted

Box 14 of 17

Cards and Forms - Assorted

Box 14 of 17

Form Letters - Assorted

Box 14 of 17

Circulars - Blank

Box 14 of 17

List of Documents and Other Publications, June 15, 1889-May 17, 1892

Box 14 of 17

Anthropological Society, The Biological Society - Society Public Lectures - Schedules

Box 14 of 17

Miscellaneous Forms - Assorted

Box 14 of 17

Forms - Proposals and Designs, 1890s

Box 14 of 17

Forms, Letters, and Catalogues, etc., 1858-1916

Box 14 of 17

Printing Orders, November 1890-

Box 14 of 17

Book of Forms

Box 14 of 17

Box 15

Forms

Box 15 of 17

Box 16

Invitations (2 folders)

Box 16 of 17

Invitations and Announcements

Box 16 of 17

Postcards

Postcard of the Natural History Building, 1933
Postcard of an Extinct Reptile Skeleton, 1933
Postcard of African Lions, 1933
Postcard of a West African Gorilla, 1933
Postcard of Dik-Diks, 1933
Postcard of Horned Dinosaur Skeletons, 1933
Postcard of Toltec Indians, 1933
Postcard of Tuxtla Statuette, 1933

Box 16 of 17

Box 17

Correspondence Addressed to Secretary Langley

Box 17 of 17

Scrap Book, Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary

Box 17 of 17

Scrap Book, Chief Clerk Correspondence and Memoranda

Box 17 of 17