Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1906

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Summary

The Board of Regents, under encouragement from President Theodore Roosevelt, resolves to accept the gift of the art collection belonging to Charles Lang Freer to the Smithsonian Institution. Includes correspondence of Mr. Freer, President Roosevelt and Secretary Samuel P. Langley.

Subject

  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • Board of Regents
  • United States President

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • Regents Minutes
  • Title 20, Education
  • Board of Regents - Resolutions

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Board of Regents, Minutes, Volume 3 (Minute book)

Contact information

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

Date

January 24, 1906

Topic

  • Art, Asian, Art
  • Art
  • Art, American
  • Secretaries
  • Museums
  • History
  • Benefactors
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Art museums, Wills
  • Gifts
  • Bequest
  • National Collections
  • Private collections
  • Art--History
  • Art, Asian, Art--Private collections
  • Art, Chinese
  • Art, Japanese
  • Art, Korean
  • Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

Board of Regents

Physical description

Number of pages: 10; Page Numbers: 25-33

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