Description: Born in 1829 to free black parents along the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, Solomon Galleon Brown would become, at age 23, the first black employee of the Smithsonian. Starting out as a laborer in the Exchange Office, he ultimately became the personal assistant of Spencer Baird, the second secretary of the Smithsonian. By the time of his 1904 retirement,
Description: This document is intended for Smithsonian staff responsible for organizing and managing electronic records. It describes Smithsonian Institution Archives’ guidelines regarding file formats used for the long-term preservation of electronic records.