Results for "Joseph Henry Papers Project"

Records and Information Management Month: The Librarian

• Date: April 28, 2010
• Creator: Jennifer Wright
• Description: A clause in the last will and testament of English scientist James Smithson eventually led to his estate being left to the United States "to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” There was much debate as to what constituted such an establishment, but many of the proposals