Legal Status of the Smithsonian Endowment
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PrintRefers to correspondence from Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian, to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pertaining to the legality of employing Messrs. Tamblyn & Brown for the purpose of increasing the endowment of the Smithsonian Institution by one million dollars. Minutes include a copy of the response, forwarded to Walcott, from the Attorney General Harlan F. Stone to President Roosevelt on the legal status of the Smithsonian endowment.
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Topics covered in the December 1924 minutes include the death of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, a Smithsonian Regent, the status of the Smithson Fund, and the government audit of Smithsonian trust funds.
Board of Regents, 1846- , Minutes of Meetings (Documents)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
12/23/1924
Number of pages: 6; Page Numbers: 648-653