Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 96
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian News Clippings File, 1852-1971
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Smithsonian Institution |
Title: | Smithsonian News Clippings File |
Dates: | 1852-1971 |
Quantity: | 11.48 cu. ft. (16 document boxes) (5 16x20 boxes) (1 oversize folder) |
Collection: | Record Unit 96 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | The clipping file consists of news clippings and magazine articles concerning persons and events in Smithsonian Institution history. |
Descriptive Entry
The clipping file consists of news clippings and magazine articles concerning persons and events in Smithsonian Institution history.
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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 96, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian News Clippings File
Container List
Box 1
Letter: December 10, 1906, from E. L. Springer to Dr. Adler
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution Re: Management, 1854-1855
Press clippings, Celestial subjects, 1891-1892
Press clippings, Miscellaneous, October 1880, February 1902
Washington Post, Friday, March 9, 1883
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1892, 1901
Press clippings, Dr. W. T. Hornaday resignation, May-June, 1890
Notice of book publication, Frederic A. Lucas, December 1901
Press clipping, Aerodrome accident, December 9, 1903
Press clipping, Legacy of Dr. W. L Abbott, n.d.
Weather records, 1870s, 1882
Gift of American paintings to the National Gallery, William T. Evans, March 1907
Death of Major J. W. Powell, September 1902; Original documents and Chicago World's Fair
Press clippings, United States Government and Smithsonian Institution, late 1890s; Letter: James Scott Thompson
Smithsonian clippings from scrapbook, 1850s-1890s
Press clippings, Poems, Johnstown flood, Religious, 1889
Press clippings, Early Americans, 1930s
Press clipping, Fiftieth anniversary of Smithsonian Institution corner stone, May 1, 1897
Press clippings, Dr. Charles G. Abbot
Press clippings, Dr. Cyrus Adler
Press clippings, Aeronautics and Smithsonian
Press clippings, Art
Washington Post, Front Section, Friday, April 13, 1945, Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (original)
Box 2
Baird - Brookings
Bombing Raids - Buildings Donated
"C" Subject clippings
Freer Gallery of Art
Gellatly Art Collection
Gross, Frank E. - Kress Art Presentation
Langley
Langley, S. P. - Lindbergh, Charles
Meier, Dr. Florence E. - Myer, Gertrude Walden
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Mellon, Andrew Gift-Trust, and National Gallery
National Gallery of Art
National Museum
Old Museum Building
Ordnance and Fortification, Board of - Owen, Robert Dale
Perkins, John U. - Porter, Henry Kirke
Radiation and Organisms, Division of - Royal Society
Sand Paintings (Navajo) - Sunspots (Abbot, C.G.)
Tainter, Charles Sumner - Ulrich, Edward O.
Walcott, Hon. Frederic C. - World War (I) Cannon
Wright Brothers (2 folders)
Box 3
Wyer, Samuel S.
Zahm, Albert F. - Zoological Park, National
Newspaper clippings, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1915
Freer Gallery, 1905-1925
Scrapbook - sample copies of articles furnished to newspapers
Smithsonian clippings, 1912, 1913
"Notices of K's sale to H" - Toledo Journal, Cleveland Sun, August 1885
Scrapbook clippings, 1905-1910
Newspaper clippings, 1912
Scrapbook and newspaper clippings, 1912, 1913
Theodore Roosevelt cartoon cover, 1915 - Nature Magazine, 1944
Random Smithsonian clippings, 1905-1945
Clippings, scrapbook, 1911-1915
Scrapbook of clippings, 1914, 1915
Scrapbook - Press statements, August 1915-June 1917
Scrapbook - Smithsonian clippings, February 1916-January 1925
Scrapbook, 1925-1927 - Smithsonian clippings, including Langley-Wright controversy
Box 4
Newspaper clippings, 1928-1953
Lindbergh plane to Smithsonian, April 18, 1928-May 3, 1928
1847 Cornerstone
Scrapbook - Smithsonian clippings, 1923-1924
Newspaper clippings, 1927-1928
New York Evening Post, September 16, 1933
New York Evening Post, September 18, 1933
The Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 1945
New York Evening Post, September 14, 1933
Aeronautics - Patent Situation
New York Post, September 13, 1933 - Last Big Format Issue
Additions to the Fish Fauna of the District of Columbia, 1911
New York Evening Post, September 15, 1933
Newsweek clipping on Smithsonian Institution, May 15, 1967
Smithsonian and Universal Pictures in Africa, 1919
Zoo clippings
T. Roosevelt in Africa, April 1908-May 1911
Box 5
Tuberculosis Newspaper clippings, 1908 (2 folders)
Hodgkins Medal clippings (2 folders)
Miscellaneous Wright Brothers/Langley clippings
Dr. Abbot, Clippings, 1926-1928 (2 folders)
Box 6
Dr. Abbot, Clippings on Mt. Burkkaros Observatory, April-September 1926
Dr. Abbot, Clippings, 1926-1928
Dr. Abbot, Clippings concerned with paper by H. H. Clayton on Abbot's theory of Solar Variation
Dr. Abbot, Clippings, American Solar Observatory in Southwest Africa completed, October-November 1926
Dr. Abbot, Clippings, Search for new sun station, February-May 1926 (See additional clippings pasted in scrapbook)
Dr. Abbot, Clippings, July-August 1926
Dr. Abbot. Clippings, 1926
Dr. Abbot, Clippings, May 1927, January 1928
Dr. Abbot and the Wright/Langley controversy, Spring 1928; Miscellaneous, March-April 1928
Comments by English journalists
News prior to Dr. Abbot's offer, March 4, 1928
Dr. Abbot's offer of March 4, 1928
Wright's side of controversy
Editorial comments favorable to Dr. Abbot
Editorial comments unfavorable to Dr. Abbot
Action by the Board of Regents
Box 7
Articles - 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1955; Correspondence - 1954, 1955
Articles - 1941, 1948, 1951, 1952; Correspondence - 1946, 1948, 1950-1952, 1956, 1957
Articles - 1948, 1949 (German); Correspondence - 1950
Articles - 1949-1951, 1953; Correspondence - 1951, 1953
Articles - 1927, 1934, 1953, 1955, 1956; Correspondence - 1955
Articles - 1948, 1949, 1951; Correspondence - 1946, 1949
1944 Press clippings (primarily "Kalish statues")
1944 Press clippings (primarily "Eisenhower desk and chair")
1945 Press clippings
1946 Press clippings
1947 Press clippings
1948 Press clippings
1951 Press clippings
Box 8
1952 Press clippings
1953 Press clippings
1952-1953 Smithsonian Institution (SI) and Carmichael press clippings
1953 Modernization request press clippings
1954 Press clippings
1954 SI and Carmichael press clippings
1954 Wildflowers press clippings
1954 Enlargement of SI: New Museum of History and Technology (MHT) building requested press clippings
1955 Press clippings (3 folders)
1956 Washington papers press clippings
Box 9
1956 Out-of-town press clippings (2 folders)
1956 Press clippings
1958 Press clippings (14 folders)
Box 10
1958 Press clippings (3 folders)
1958-1959 Press clippings (2 folders)
1959, 1960, 1961 Press clippings
1960 Press clippings
1961 Press clippings (3 folders)
1962 Press clippings (3 folders)
Box 11
Opening of new National Museum press clippings, 1909, 1910
Opening of new National Museum original clippings, 1909, 1910
Opening of new building press clippings, 1909, 1910
Opening of new building original clippings, 1909, 1910
New building during construction press clippings, 1909, 1910
New building during construction original clippings, 1909, 1910
National Museum press clippings, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
National Museum original clippings, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
Box 12
1933-1958 Press clippings
1905-1912 National Museum clippings
1905-1912 National Museum original clippings
1911-1914 National Museum clippings
1911-1914 National Museum original clippings
1964 Museum of History and Technology press clippings (2 folders)
1964 Museum of History and Technology press clippings (originals in Box 17)
1964-1967 Press clippings
1965 Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial Press (original in Box 17)
1965 Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial Press clippings
Box 13
1965 Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial Press clippings (3 folders)
1965-1966 Press clippings
1967 Press clippings
1967-1968 Press clippings (2 folders)
1968 Press clippings
1968 2nd Annual Festival of American Folklore
Box 14
1968 Press clippings (3 folders)
Scrapbook received 1971: Clippings from 1891-1917 relating to astronomical and astrophysical subjects
Box 15
X-ray tube, Roentgen, August 24, 1956
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Hossein Behzad's paintings illustrating fifty quatrains, December 3, 1956
Press clippings, Hope Diamond Acquisition, November 1958
Press clipping, Dice, April 1960
Press clippings, Southern Railway System, June 1962
Press clipping, Pre-Hispanic Mexico, September 1962
Mr. Beggs named special assistant to director of Fine Arts, June 1964
Press clipping, Seneca Indians, Gertrude P. Kurath, June 1964
Press clipping, Bermuda shipwreck explored, June 1964
Press clipping, "Fireside Chat" microphone, June 1964
Press releases rejected, 1948-1961 (6 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1927, 1959, 1964, 1976, n.d.
Press clippings, 1935, n.d.
Box 16
Press clippings, 1963-1965
Press clippings, 1965
Press clippings, 1966
Press clippings, 1966-1967
Press clippings, 1967-1971
Box 17
Museum of History and Technology, Press clippings, 1964 (originals)
Museum of History and Technology, Washington Post, January 23, 1964 (copy and original)
The Smithsonian: A Milestone on the Mall, Washington Post, September 5, 1965 (copy and original)
Smithsonian Institution Bicentennial - 1965, Washington Star, September 12, 1965 (original)
Photo essay: Smithsonian Workshops, Washington Post, November 17, 1968 (copy and original)
Exhibit: Growth of the United States, 1640-1045, Toledo, The Blade, November 26, 1967 (copy and original)
Box 18
Press clippings, Roosevelt's expedition to Africa, 1908-1934 (8 folders)
Correspondence, Roosevelt's expedition to Africa, 1910
Box 19
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1907-1911 (3 folders)
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1945-1955 (4 folders)
Box 20
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926 (6 folders)
Box 21
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1931-1933 (2 folders)
Press clippings, press releases, photographs, Smithsonian Institution, 1957 (3 folders)
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1966 (2 folders)
Press clippings, Smithsonian Institution, Miscellaneous and Fragments
Johnstown Flood press clippings
Everyweek Magazine, August 10, 1936 - "The Weatherman Tries His Hand at Long-Range Forecasting," by Dr. Frank Thone
Washington Post, April 21, 1935, Rotogravure section and page 13
Washington Post, October 13, 1935, Charles Upson Clark
Sunday Star, July 23, 1939, Kress Art Presentation
Washington Post, January 10, 1937, Mellon Gift
Sunday Star, December 15, 1940
Sunday Star, March 9, 1941
Sunday Star, February 25, 1940, National Gallery of Art
New York Times, July 11, 1909, Wright Brothers, Ft. Myer, Virginia
Washington Star, November 8, 1942, Wright Controversy
New York Herald, February 19, 1928, Wright Brothers
Harpers Weekly, July 10, 1909, Wright Brothers
Sunday Star, January 5, 1941
Sunday Star, April 7, 1940
Washington Star, October 17, 1965
New York Times, October 18, 1927
Saturday Evening Post, November 23, 1946
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