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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

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: 4.76 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box) (7 12x17 boxes) (7 bound volumes)
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 Institution employees, 1846-1910, with salaries; and invitations to Smithsonian events, circa 1915-1925.

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Preferred Citation

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

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Container List

Box 1

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

Box 1 of 17

Box 2

Volume 2 Blanks and Circulars, Spencer Fullerton 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

Miscellaneous blank forms from the Smithsonian, circa 1880s. (Image nos. SIA2017-086962 to SIA2017-086991)
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

Sepia postcard of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07809 (front) and SIA2013-07810 (back)]
Postcard of an extinct reptile skeleton on display at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07791 (front) and SIA2013-07792 (back)]
Grayscale postcard of two skeletons of horned dinosaurs on exhibit at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07803 (front) and SIA2013-07804 (back)]
Grayscale postcard of dik-diks on exhibit at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07799 (front) and SIA2013-07800 (back)]
Grayscale postcard of the Tuxtla statuette on exhibit at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07807 (front) and SIA2013-07808 (back)]
Postcard of a West African gorilla on exhibit at the US National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07797 (front) and SIA2013-07798 (back)]
Postcard of African lions in the Mammal Hall of the US National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07795 (front) and SIA2013-07796 (back)]
Postcard of the Natural History Building of the US National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07789 (front) and SIA2013-07790 (back)]
Color postcard of the Great Flight Cage in the Bird House at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07818 (front) and SIA2013-07819 (back)]
Color postcard of two elephants in their enclosure at the National Zoological Park, showering themselves with dust, 1935. [IMage nos. SIA2013-07824 (front) and SIA2013-07825 (back)]
Color postcard of a mother and baby llama at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07826 (front) and SIA2013-07827 (back)]
Grayscale postcard of the Wright Army Plane, also known as the 1909 Wright Military Flyer, flying above trees, 1942. [Image nos. SIA2013-07814 (front) and SIA2013-07815 (back)]
Color envelope containing a booklet of eleven assorted postcards from the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07816 (front) and SIA2013-07817 (back)]
Color postcard of a wart hog at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07834 (front) and SIA2013-07835 (back)]
Color postcard of four European brown bears at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07838 (front) and SIA2013-07839 (back)]
Color postcard depicting drawings of soldiers wearing 1777 Continental uniforms, 1942. [Image nos. SIA2013-07812 (front) and SIA2013-07813 (back)]
Color postcard of Soko the chimpanzee getting a manicure at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07820 (front) and SIA2013-07821 (back)]
Color postcard of three Barbary sheep standing on an artificial cliff at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07836 (front) and SIA2013-07837 (back)]
Color postcard of a Komodo Dragon at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07822 (front) and SIA2013-07823 (back)]
Color postcard of a maned wolf at the National Zoological Park, 1935. [Image nos. SIA2013-07840 (front) and SIA2013-07841 (back)]
Color envelope for postcards, with an image of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, on the left side, 1936. (Image no. SIA2013-07811)
Grayscale postcard of Toltec Indians on exhibit at the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07805 (front) and SIA2013-07806 (back)]
Grayscale postcard of a dress worn by Martha Washington at the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07793 (front) and SIA2013-07794 (back)]
Sepia postcard of the Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh's plane, hanging in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, above display cases, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07787 (front) and SIA2013-07788 (back)]
Grayscale postcard of the Franklin Press on exhibit at the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, 1933. [Image nos. SIA2013-07801 (front) and SIA2013-07802 (back)]
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

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