Principal Events in the History of the Institution
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PrintA comprehensive chronology of the events in the history of the Smithsonian Institution from the writing of the will of James Smithson until the Smithsonian's fiftieth anniversary in 1896.
Smithson, James 1765-1829
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Copy located in Record Unit 7081, Box 38, Folder 1, in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collection.
The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century (Book)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1897
pp. 833-842