Agency history, 1916-1917, 1919-1933

Subject

• Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
• True, Webster Prentiss 1892-
• Smithsonian Institution Chief Clerk

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.
• Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, 1996
• Record Unit 298, Smithsonian Institution Archives
• Smithsonian Local Notes, called simply Local Notes until 1924, was a biweekly publication intended to acquaint members of the Smithsonian staff each other's work and with various Smithsonian events. Topics ranged from information on accessions and expeditions to notices of social events and war bond drives. It seems likely that the idea for such a publication began with Secretary Charles D. Walcott, and was for some years produced by the Office of the Chief Clerk. At some point that job passed to the Smithsonian's Editor, Webster Prentiss True. The publication was suspended as an economic measure in 1933 and never resumed.
• For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Repository Loc.

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

Date

• 1916
• 1916-1933
• 1916-1917, 1919-1933

Topic

• Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc
• Personnel management
• Newsletters
• Employees
• Social networks
• Museums
• Museums--Employees
• Employees--Social networks
• Museum publications

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00383

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