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Accession 05-123,  Smithsonian Institution,  Personnel Records, 1892-1952

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Smithsonian Institution
Title: Personnel Records
Dates: 1892-1952
Quantity: 10.75 cu. ft. (21 document boxes) (1 half document box)
Collection: Accession 05-123
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

This accession consists of early personnel records. Notable staff include C.G. (Charles Greeley) Abbot, Carl Whiting Bishop, John Wesley Powell, Mary Jane Rathbun, Richard Rathbun, William Jones Rhees, Robert Ridgway, Thomas W. Smillie, Leonhard Stejneger, Charles Doolittle Walcott, and Mary Vaux Walcott. Materials include offer letters, letters of dismissal, payroll records, correspondence from employees, biographies, death notices, and, for some personnel, identificaion photographs used for employee badges. These records were transferred to the National Archives prior to the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, where they became part of Record Group 106. While there, the records were titled, Personnel Records of Deceased Employees, 1892-1952. On March 18, 2005, these records were returned to the Smithsonian Institution and were added to the Archives collections.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of early personnel records. Notable staff include C. G. (Charles Greeley) Abbot, Carl Whiting Bishop, John Wesley Powell, Mary Jane Rathbun, Richard Rathbun, William Jones Rhees, Robert Ridgway, Thomas W. Smillie, Leonhard Stejneger, Charles Doolittle Walcott, and Mary Vaux Walcott. Materials include offer letters, letters of dismissal, payroll records, correspondence from employees, biographies, death notices, and, for some personnel, identification photographs used for employee badges.

These records were transferred to the National Archives prior to the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, where they became part of Record Group 106. While there, the records were titled, Personnel Records of Deceased Employees, 1892-1952. On March 18, 2005, these records were returned to the Smithsonian Institution and were added to the Archives collections.

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-123, Smithsonian Institution, Personnel Records

Container List

Box 1

Abbot, Charles G.

Box 1 of 22

Abbot, William L.

Box 1 of 22

Adams, Albert F.

Box 1 of 22

Adams, Washington I.

Box 1 of 22

Adams, Willard E.

Box 1 of 22

Adler, Cyrus

Box 1 of 22

Aldrich, J. M.

Box 1 of 22

Allen, Richard A.

Box 1 of 22

Allen, Thomas

Box 1 of 22

Altizer, Oza W.

Box 1 of 22

Ash, Charles E.

Box 1 of 22

Ashmead, William H.

Box 1 of 22

Baer, John L.

Box 1 of 22

Baker, Arthur B.

Box 1 of 22

Baldwin, S. W.

Box 1 of 22

Barnes, J. T.

Box 1 of 22

Barrett, John M.

Box 1 of 22

Bean, Barton A.

Box 1 of 22

Beckwith, Jerry

Box 1 of 22

Beckwith, Paul E.

Box 1 of 22

Box 2

Belt, Robert L.

Box 2 of 22

Benedict, J. E.

Box 2 of 22

Benjamin, Marcus

Box 2 of 22

Bennett, Ava L.

Box 2 of 22

Berman, Harry

Box 2 of 22

Bern, James H.

Box 2 of 22

Berry, F. V.

Box 2 of 22

Bishop, Carl W.

Box 2 of 22

Blackshear, Israel

Box 2 of 22

Blackwell, Thomas

Box 2 of 22

Blake, William F.

Box 2 of 22

Boehmer, Lucy C.

Box 2 of 22

Bond, Gladys T.

Box 2 of 22

Boswell, Joseph H.

Box 2 of 22

Burke, James P., Sr.

Box 2 of 22

Boylen, George

Box 2 of 22

Box 3

Brannon, Eustace S.

Box 3 of 22

Braxton, Louisa

Box 3 of 22

Bray, Thomas

Box 3 of 22

Bray, William H.

Box 3 of 22

Brill, Frederick R.

Box 3 of 22

Broacker, A. F.

Box 3 of 22

Brockett, Paul

Box 3 of 22

Brown, Arthur

Box 3 of 22

Brown, Edward J.

Box 3 of 22

Brown, R. S.

Box 3 of 22

Brown, Sarah

Box 3 of 22

Brown, S. C.

Box 3 of 22

Brown, William A.

Box 3 of 22

Brunner, Milton J.

Box 3 of 22

Bryant, Herbert S.

Box 3 of 22

Bryant, Lula

Box 3 of 22

Buchanan, Alberta

Box 3 of 22

Buehne, August N.

Box 3 of 22

Bumbry, Katie E.

Box 3 of 22

Bundy, John

Box 3 of 22

Burdine, B. W.

Box 3 of 22

Burgess, A. C.

Box 3 of 22

Box 4

Bushnell, D. I., Jr.

Box 4 of 22

Byrd, John

Box 4 of 22

Cahillane, M.

Box 4 of 22

Campbell, A. P.

Box 4 of 22

Campbell, Robert M.

Box 4 of 22

Carey, M. R.

Box 4 of 22

Carlsson, Carl A.

Box 4 of 22

Carpenter, Mathilde M.

Box 4 of 22

Carroll, Charles W .L.

Box 4 of 22

Carter, Howard

Box 4 of 22

Carwithen, B. T.

Box 4 of 22

Casanocwicz, I. M.

Box 4 of 22

Cassedy, Edwin G.

Box 4 of 22

Candell, A. N.

Box 4 of 22

Chance, John H.

Box 4 of 22

Box 5

Chapman, Wilbur H.

Box 5 of 22

Cheeks, F. M.

Box 5 of 22

Chism, William H.

Box 5 of 22

Clarinval, Lucille

Box 5 of 22

Clark, A. Howard

Box 5 of 22

Clark, B. Preston

Box 5 of 22

Clark, Dan

Box 5 of 22

Coakley, Frank H.

Box 5 of 22

Coe, Benjamin F.

Box 5 of 22

Cole, Alexander M.

Box 5 of 22

Coleman, Michael

Box 5 of 22

Collins, C. E.

Box 5 of 22

Colohan, Michael

Box 5 of 22

Combs, Stafford C.

Box 5 of 22

Cook, Orator F.

Box 5 of 22

Crane, G. E.

Box 5 of 22

Crist, Frank

Box 5 of 22

Cross, Frank J.

Box 5 of 22

Cross, Whitman

Box 5 of 22

Cudmore, James F.

Box 5 of 22

Culp, Everett A.

Box 5 of 22

Box 6

Cusick, J. W.

Box 6 of 22

Daily, Ivory S.

Box 6 of 22

Dall, William H.

Box 6 of 22

Damiano, Joseph R.

Box 6 of 22

Decker, E. B.

Box 6 of 22

Denmark, Clayton R.

Box 6 of 22

DePue, Anne J. B.

Box 6 of 22

DeRiemer, William E.

Box 6 of 22

DeRoncery, M. Estelle

Box 6 of 22

Devlin, E.

Box 6 of 22

Diggs, Meredith S.

Box 6 of 22

Dimmick, T.

Box 6 of 22

Dodge, Clarence

Box 6 of 22

Dolan, J. J.

Box 6 of 22

Dorsey, E. E.

Box 6 of 22

Box 7

Dorsey, Nicholas W.

Box 7 of 22

Downing, Robert B.

Box 7 of 22

Dudley, Ernest R.

Box 7 of 22

Dunston, William

Box 7 of 22

Dyar, Harrison G.

Box 7 of 22

Dyer, I. S.

Box 7 of 22

Eadie, Guy L.

Box 7 of 22

Earnhart, Jacob C.

Box 7 of 22

Ellicot, H. J.

Box 7 of 22

Ellicot, William

Box 7 of 22

Ellis, Marie

Box 7 of 22

Emmert, George

Box 7 of 22

Ezell, Maria

Box 7 of 22

Fant, Andrew L.

Box 7 of 22

Ferguson, Walter J.

Box 7 of 22

Fewkes, Jesse W.

Box 7 of 22

Field, George W.

Box 7 of 22

Fillmen, L. A.

Box 7 of 22

Fisher, Albert K.

Box 7 of 22

Box 8

Flegel, August

Box 8 of 22

Foerste, August F.

Box 8 of 22

Ford, Ernest R.

Box 8 of 22

Forney, Andrew H.

Box 8 of 22

Forsyth, Henry A.

Box 8 of 22

Forte, Robert W.

Box 8 of 22

Fowle, F. E.

Box 8 of 22

Frazee, W. S.

Box 8 of 22

Freeman, Israel

Box 8 of 22

Fullalove, T. R.

Box 8 of 22

Furbush, Edgar

Box 8 of 22

Gallagher, J. J.

Box 8 of 22

Gallaher, Kate A.

Box 8 of 22

Gallaher, Louise B.

Box 8 of 22

Gass, Frank E.

Box 8 of 22

Geare, Randolph I.

Box 8 of 22

Gibson, Henry

Box 8 of 22

Gidley, James W.

Box 8 of 22

Box 9

Gilmore, C. W.

Box 9 of 22

Glennan, Owen

Box 9 of 22

Godbold, Leonard L.

Box 9 of 22

Godnell, George

Box 9 of 22

Goldman, Edward A.

Box 9 of 22

Goldsmith, W. H.

Box 9 of 22

Goodlow, George L.

Box 9 of 22

Gordon, Blanche

Box 9 of 22

Grace, James J.

Box 9 of 22

Grant, Samuel M.

Box 9 of 22

Graves, Lucy M.

Box 9 of 22

Gray, Gus

Box 9 of 22

Gray, Jennie

Box 9 of 22

Gray, Walter

Box 9 of 22

Green, Ambrose

Box 9 of 22

Green, Edward

Box 9 of 22

Gregory, William

Box 9 of 22

Griffin, Maggie M.

Box 9 of 22

Gronberger, Sven M.

Box 9 of 22

Gunnell, L. C.

Box 9 of 22

Hall, M. C.

Box 9 of 22

Hamilton, Edward W.

Box 9 of 22

Hamilton, Thomas

Box 9 of 22

Haney, Thomas F.

Box 9 of 22

Box 10

Hanks, Louis B.

Box 10 of 22

Hanson, Peter

Box 10 of 22

Harrison, Edward J.

Box 10 of 22

Harrod, Lucius, Jr.

Box 10 of 22

Hartley, Charles D.

Box 10 of 22

Haskell, Thomas

Box 10 of 22

Hawkins, Eldridge

Box 10 of 22

Helvestine, William

Box 10 of 22

Hewitt, J. N. B.

Box 10 of 22

Hightower, Gurney I.

Box 10 of 22

Hilder, F. F.

Box 10 of 22

Hill, James H.

Box 10 of 22

Hitchcock, A. S.

Box 10 of 22

Hollister, Ned

Box 10 of 22

Box 11

Hoffman, Walter J.

Box 11 of 22

Holmes, William H.

Box 11 of 22

Horne, Thomas J.

Box 11 of 22

Hough, Walter

Box 11 of 22

Houghton, Irving

Box 11 of 22

Hrdlicka, Ales

Box 11 of 22

Iddings, Joseph P.

Box 11 of 22

Jackson, Alberta

Box 11 of 22

Jackson, Jennie T.

Box 11 of 22

Jackson, Lisbon

Box 11 of 22

Johnson, Glen Earl

Box 11 of 22

Johnson, Iris W.

Box 11 of 22

Johnson, John E.

Box 11 of 22

Johnson, Maggie E.

Box 11 of 22

Johnson, Robert W.

Box 11 of 22

Johnson, Wade H.

Box 11 of 22

Box 12

Johnston, Earl S.

Box 12 of 22

Jones, C. S.

Box 12 of 22

Jones, Harry S.

Box 12 of 22

Jones, Lewis

Box 12 of 22

Jones, M. I.

Box 12 of 22

Jordan, David S.

Box 12 of 22

Jouy, Marion S. F.

Box 12 of 22

Keefer, P. B.

Box 12 of 22

Kimball, William H.

Box 12 of 22

Kinnison, Harrison M.

Box 12 of 22

Knab, Frederick

Box 12 of 22

Knowles, W. A.

Box 12 of 22

Knowlton, Frank H.

Box 12 of 22

Kurtz, Chauncey F.

Box 12 of 22

Lancaster, Samuel J.

Box 12 of 22

Box 13

Large, W. H.

Box 13 of 22

Leary, Ella

Box 13 of 22

Leavy, Joseph B.

Box 13 of 22

Lee, Russell

Box 13 of 22

Lee, William H.

Box 13 of 22

Lenahan, Charles T.

Box 13 of 22

Lewis, Evan D.

Box 13 of 22

Linkins, Henry B.

Box 13 of 22

Lloyd, James O.

Box 13 of 22

Lockhart, John W.

Box 13 of 22

Lodge, John E.

Box 13 of 22

Longley, William H.

Box 13 of 22

Lorance, M. M.

Box 13 of 22

Lowe, William T.

Box 13 of 22

Lynn, James W.

Box 13 of 22

MacCurdy, G. G.

Box 13 of 22

MacDonald, Donald

Box 13 of 22

Mace, Joseph

Box 13 of 22

Mangum, Riley Earl

Box 13 of 22

Mann, A.

Box 13 of 22

Marlow, Francis B.

Box 13 of 22

Marrs, William H.

Box 13 of 22

Marsh, C. Dwight

Box 13 of 22

Box 14

Mason, Otis T.

Box 14 of 22

Matheny, George E.

Box 14 of 22

Maxon, William R.

Box 14 of 22

Mayforth, Mark

Box 14 of 22

Maynard, George C.

Box 14 of 22

McDowell, Samuel

Box 14 of 22

McGuire, J. D.

Box 14 of 22

McKinnon, William C.

Box 14 of 22

Mearns, Edgar A.

Box 14 of 22

Merriam, C. Hart

Box 14 of 22

Merrill, George P.

Box 14 of 22

Merritt, William A.

Box 14 of 22

Metcalf, M. M.

Box 14 of 22

Meyer, James C.

Box 14 of 22

Michelson, Truman

Box 14 of 22

Miller, Charles J.

Box 14 of 22

Mirguet, Charles E.

Box 14 of 22

Mohl, John M.

Box 14 of 22

Molloy, Michael A.

Box 14 of 22

Moodey, Margaret

Box 14 of 22

Box 15

Mooney, James

Box 15 of 22

Moore, Annie T.

Box 15 of 22

Moore, Riley D.

Box 15 of 22

Morgal, L. E.

Box 15 of 22

Morris, Samuel P.

Box 15 of 22

Morton, Jefferson D.

Box 15 of 22

Mudd, Emma C.

Box 15 of 22

Mudd, George P.

Box 15 of 22

Mullen, Frank W.

Box 15 of 22

Murphy, Thomas

Box 15 of 22

Murray, William T.

Box 15 of 22

Myers, L.

Box 15 of 22

Nedd, Fannie

Box 15 of 22

Nelson, Bertha

Box 15 of 22

Nelson, E. W.

Box 15 of 22

Newman, Charles B.

Box 15 of 22

Nolan, Charles

Box 15 of 22

Nugent, George R.

Box 15 of 22

Oliver, George H.

Box 15 of 22

Olmsted, Helen A.

Box 15 of 22

Painter, Joseph H.

Box 15 of 22

Palmer, Joseph

Box 15 of 22

Palmer, William

Box 15 of 22

Parker, Henry A.

Box 15 of 22

Peale, A. C.

Box 15 of 22

Box 16

Perry, L. E.

Box 16 of 22

Pinckney, John F.

Box 16 of 22

Pittier, Henri

Box 16 of 22

Poole, A. J.

Box 16 of 22

Powell, John Wesley

Box 16 of 22

Price, Edward

Box 16 of 22

Quinlan, William L.

Box 16 of 22

Rathbun, Mary J.

Box 16 of 22

Rathbun, Richard

Box 16 of 22

Ravenal, William de Chastignier

Box 16 of 22

Reed, M. Landon

Box 16 of 22

Reed, R. Luther

Box 16 of 22

Reese, T. W.

Box 16 of 22

Reimer, Henry A.

Box 16 of 22

Resser, Charles E.

Box 16 of 22

Rhees, William J.

Box 16 of 22

Richmond, C. W.

Box 16 of 22

Box 17

Ridgway, Robert

Box 17 of 22

Riley, Joseph H.

Box 17 of 22

Robinson, J. H.

Box 17 of 22

Robinson, William

Box 17 of 22

Roche, William E.

Box 17 of 22

Rock, Joseph F.

Box 17 of 22

Rose, Joseph N.

Box 17 of 22

Rose, Rodney

Box 17 of 22

Rossak, Peter

Box 17 of 22

Ryan, Richard

Box 17 of 22

Sammond, W. J.

Box 17 of 22

Sanders, James P.

Box 17 of 22

Sargent, Edward R.

Box 17 of 22

Schaeffer, Loula V.

Box 17 of 22

Schaus, William

Box 17 of 22

Schilke, Paul

Box 17 of 22

Schriver, Ollie M.

Box 17 of 22

Scollick, Joseph W.

Box 17 of 22

Scudder, Newton P.

Box 17 of 22

Searles, Stanley

Box 17 of 22

Sebastian, R.

Box 17 of 22

Seeger, G. A.

Box 17 of 22

Seville, M. W.

Box 17 of 22

Box 18

Sheehy, Patrick

Box 18 of 22

Sherwin, C. Allen

Box 18 of 22

Sherwood, George H.

Box 18 of 22

Shields, William G.

Box 18 of 22

Shindler, A. Z.

Box 18 of 22

Shoemaker, C. W.

Box 18 of 22

Slaughter, E. M.

Box 18 of 22

Smillie, Thomas W.

Box 18 of 22

Smith, Frank

Box 18 of 22

Smith, Hugh M.

Box 18 of 22

Smith, Narcissa O.

Box 18 of 22

Smith, Robert F.

Box 18 of 22

Sowersby, Ora A

Box 18 of 22

Spier, George W.

Box 18 of 22

Stanford, Thomas N.

Box 18 of 22

Steele, Edward S.

Box 18 of 22

Stejneger, Leonhard (Folders 1-2 of 3)

Box 18 of 22

Box 19

Stejneger, Leonhard (Folder 3 of 3)

Box 19 of 22

Stem, Charles W.

Box 19 of 22

Stephan, Luella G.

Box 19 of 22

Stricker, William O.

Box 19 of 22

Stousland, Charles E.

Box 19 of 22

Strong, Albert

Box 19 of 22

Stuntz, Stephen C.

Box 19 of 22

Swales, Bradshaw H.

Box 19 of 22

Sweeney, Thomas W.

Box 19 of 22

Swingle, W. T.

Box 19 of 22

Tabler, Elizabeth D.

Box 19 of 22

Tasker, Henry

Box 19 of 22

Tegeler, Robert G.

Box 19 of 22

Thomas, Jessie E.

Box 19 of 22

Thornton, Richard

Box 19 of 22

Tolson, George W.

Box 19 of 22

Tolson, Morsell A.

Box 19 of 22

Box 20

Traylor J. G.

Box 20 of 22

Ulrich, E.O.

Box 20 of 22

Upham, Edwin P.

Box 20 of 22

Vanneman, William H.

Box 20 of 22

Vasey, Flora M.

Box 20 of 22

Vaughan, T. W.

Box 20 of 22

Veit, J. J.

Box 20 of 22

Walcott, Charles D.

Box 20 of 22

Walcott, Mary Vaux

Box 20 of 22

Walker, Delbert A.

Box 20 of 22

Wallingford, W. W.

Box 20 of 22

Ward, Lester F.

Box 20 of 22

Ware, Clarence

Box 20 of 22

Warner, Harry C.

Box 20 of 22

Washington, Charles S.

Box 20 of 22

Washington, James

Box 20 of 22

Wassem, Harriet

Box 20 of 22

Waters, Robert A.

Box 20 of 22

Watkins, M. A.

Box 20 of 22

Watts, Thomas C.

Box 20 of 22

Weber, George L.

Box 20 of 22

Box 21

Weeden, W. C.

Box 21 of 22

Weil, George A.

Box 21 of 22

Weiskoff, E. J.

Box 21 of 22

West, Frank

Box 21 of 22

West, Frederick M.

Box 21 of 22

Wheeler, M. C.

Box 21 of 22

White, David

Box 21 of 22

White, Eleanor C.

Box 21 of 22

Whiting, C.

Box 21 of 22

Whitley, Emma D.

Box 21 of 22

Wicks, William F.

Box 21 of 22

Williams, John H.

Box 21 of 22

Willy, Jacob

Box 21 of 22

Wilson, Charles Branch

Box 21 of 22

Wilson, James

Box 21 of 22

Wolford, H. C.

Box 21 of 22

Wood, C. A.

Box 21 of 22

Wood, Carter C.

Box 21 of 22

Wood, Nelson R.

Box 21 of 22

Woodhouse, Samuel W.

Box 21 of 22

Box 22

Woodland, Roland S.

Box 22 of 22

Worch, Hugo

Box 22 of 22

Wright, Eva M.

Box 22 of 22

Young, Andrew L.

Box 22 of 22

Zirkle, David H.

Box 22 of 22

Zublake, Sam

Box 22 of 22