Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution, Book Two February 11, 1927

Summary

• Report of the first Smithsonian-wide strategic planning conference.
• A Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution is convened in the Smithsonian "Castle" on February 11, 1927, by the Smithsonian Board of Regents "to advise with reference to the future policy and field of service of the Smithsonian Institution." William Howard Taft, Chancellor of the Board of Regents, presides, with assistance from Assistant Secretaries Charles G. Abbot and Alexander Wetmore. Regents are Chief Justice Taft, Vice President Dawes, Reed Smoot, George Wharton Pepper, Woodbridge N. Ferris, Albert Johnson, R. Walton Moore, Walter H. Newton, Charles F. Choate, Jr., Henry White, Robert S. Brookings, Irwin B. Laughlin, Frederic A. Delano, and Dwight W. Morrow.

Subject

• Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
• Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
• Board of Regents
• Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution
• Report

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

• 1927
• February 11, 1927

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

• Strategic planning
• Smithsonian Institution Strategic Plans

Form/Genre

Report - Smithsonian

Physical description

Number of pages: 48; Page numbers: 1-48

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