Correspondence, 1927-1985

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Summary

  • Consists of correspondence documenting the activities of the division and curatorial staff, including Frank A. Taylor, Curator of the Division of Engineering, 1932-1948, and Department of Engineering and Industries Head, 1948-1957; Kenneth M. Perry, Associate Curator of the Section of Marine Transportation, 1954-1965; Smith Hempstone Oliver, Associate Curator, 1946-1956; Howard Irving Chapelle, Curator and Senior Historian, 1957-1971; John H. White, Assistant Curator, Associate Curator, Curator, and Senior Historian, 1958- ; Melvin H. Jackson, Associate Curator, Curator, and Honorary Curator, 1966-1979; George Woodman Hilton, Associate Curator and Curator, 1966- ; Donald H. Berkebile, Assistant Curator and Associate Curator, 1973-1980; Robert C. Post, Curator, 1980- 1981; and William L. Withuhn, Curator, 1983- .
  • Materials include correspondence with historians, transportation companies and associations, museums, historical associations, government agencies, publishers, model makers, ship builders, educational institutions, and hobbyists. Correspondence concerns public inquiries regarding the history of transportation, the Smithsonian's holdings, the availability of ship plans and photographs, making models for the collections, donations of objects, gifts and grants, budgets, exhibitions, fund raising, travel, staff publications, technical questions of museum procedures, and scholarly historical questions.

Subject

  • Taylor, Frank A (Frank Augustus) 1903-2007
  • Perry, Kenneth M
  • Oliver, Smith Hempstone
  • Chapelle, Howard Irving
  • White, John H. 1933-
  • Jackson, Melvin H
  • Hilton, George Woodman
  • Berkebile, Donald H
  • Post, Robert C
  • Withuhn, William L

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Notes

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Organization

Alphabetic

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1927
  • 1927-1985

Topic

  • Transportation
  • History
  • Transportation--History

Form/Genre

Manuscripts

Local number

SIA RS00442

Physical description

30.95 cu. ft. processed holdings

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