Agency history, 1901-1933

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Subject

  • Adler, Cyrus 1863-1940
  • Gunnell, Leonard C
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary in Charge of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature
  • International Catalogue of Scientific Literature Regional Bureaus United States Chief Assistant
  • International Catalogue of Scientific Literature Regional Bureau United States Assistant in Charge
  • International Catalogue of Scientific Literature

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1901, 1902, 1908, 1933
  • Smithsonian Institution personnel, card file, Leonard C. Gunnell
  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, 1996
  • The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature was begun in 1901 in an effort to create a classified author and subject catalog of the world's current scientific literature. Countries that supported the effort created regional bureaus that collected the necessary information from their publications and forwarded it to a central bureau in London. The Smithsonian Institution was the regional bureau for the United States, initially paying for the work from its own funds and then from federal appropriations after 1906. Catalogs were published from 1901 to 1914. The organization continued to exist, but did not publish again after 1914. The Smithsonian closed its operations as the American bureau in 1933 for lack of funds.
  • Cyrus Adler was Assistant Secretary in Charge through 1908. Leonard C. Gunnell served as Chief Assistant, Regional Bureaus, International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 1908, and Assistant in Charge of the Regional Bureau for the United States, International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 1909-1933.

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1901
  • 1901-1933

Topic

  • Scientific literature
  • International cooperation
  • Science

Form/Genre

  • Mixed archival materials
  • Bibliography

Local number

SIA AH00370

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