Manuscripts

Smithsonian Institution receipts

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Description: Acknowledgements of receipt of Smithsonian Institution annual reports, bulletins, and other publications, some with accompanying letters. Items are filed alphabetically by sender and are still in their original envelopes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1868-1882.
Call number: mssSI
Creator: Smithsonian Institution(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of 2020.
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Smithsonian Institution records

Manuscripts

The collection comprises papers, mostly correspondence, documenting routine activities of the Smithsonian Institution; materials relating to the first Smithsonian secretaries -- Joseph Henry (1797-1878) and Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), and miscellaneous items relating to the National Museum, Library, and encouragement of research.

mssRH Boxes 36-55

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Smithsonian Institution acknowledgment to General Montgomery C. Meigs

Manuscripts

This document acknowledges the gift of an "Indian Stone implement" by General Montgomery C. Megis to the Smithsonian Institution. It is dated August 23, 1873, and is signed by Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian.

mssHM 81288

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Photographs of the gunboat Philadelphia at the Smithsonian Institution

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A collection of ten photographs of the USS Philadelphia, a gunboat from the Revolutionary War recovered from Lake Champlain, shown in its permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (previously the National Museum of History and Technology). There are wide views of the ship, as well as photographs of individual details, such as the guns. The photographs are captioned in some detail on the verso in ink by naval historian Philip K. Lundeberg, who was a curator in the NMAH's Division of Naval History. The prints are from Smithsonian Institution negatives.

photCL 151

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Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries : explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Manuscripts

Ms. notes throughout; typed, photocopied, or carbon-copy notes and photocopied illustrations laid in; photograph taped facing p. 92. Prefatory material signed: Joseph Henry, Secretary Smithsonian Institution; J.W. Powell. Includes segments by A.H. Thompson, Elliott Coues, and G. Brown Goode. Folded map and 1 folded ill. in pocket.

mssMarston Box 188 (2)

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Smithsonian Institution

Manuscripts

Although assembled chiefly for its autograph value, the collection contains various groups of related materials. In addition to the collections of Alexander Dallas Bache, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and Smithsonian Institution, the collection contains correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents. Personal correspondence of William Jones Rhees and correspondence with Sons of the American Revolution, particularly the chapter at Washington, D.C. This portion of the collection holds letters from Dorothea Lynde Dix. Letters and addresses to the United States Pension Bureau contain routine letters regarding pensions or applications. Letters and papers relating to Indian affairs pertain to various Indian agents and factors, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Hull, William Irvine, Return Jonathan Meigs, and others. There are also 134 letters collected chiefly for their autograph value, and receipts for Smithsonian publications. The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache, 1827-1867; National Institution for the Promotion of Sciences 1816-1858, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1815-1874, and Smithsonian Institution, 1831-1906 have been organized in separate sub-units.

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