Letter from Charles G. Abbot to Captain G.T. McCourt

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Summary

Letter from Assistant Secretary Charles G. Abbot to Captain G.T. McCourt regarding the return of a loaded shell to the U.S. Army and a request that all ordinance sent to the museum for display be unloaded.

Subject

  • McCourt, G. T
  • United States National Museum
  • United States. Army
  • War Collection
  • Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The United States National Museum instituted a significant effort to collect material related to World War I during the war's final years and immediately after the war. These materials were immediately put on prominent display throughout the United States National Museum.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 194, Folder: 4

Contact information

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

Date

  • January 25, 1919
  • 20th century

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Assistant Secretaries
  • WW I
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Weapons
  • Secretaries
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Firearms
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2014-07014

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Color Size: 8.5w x11h Type of Image: Letters Medium: Paper

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