These records consist of memoranda from the office in immediate charge of the United States National Museum, usually the Office of the Assistant Secretary, to staff of the Museum and other divisions of the Smithsonian. Most memoranda originate from subordinates. A volume list follows.
This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence written by Walcott.
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
These records consist of receipts from the National Museum for specimens loaned or given to individuals and institutions. Before 1891, substantial correspondence is included; after that date, there are mostly copies of receipts. See Specimen Distribution Records and Specimen Distribution Record Books (Record units 119 and 120). A volume l...
These records consist of correspondence from the National Museum to persons who sent in specimens for examination. Most correspondence is signed by subordinate officials. A volume list follows.
These records comprise the primary outgoing correspondence of the officer in immediate charge of the United States National Museum from the appointment of George Brown Goode as Assistant Director in 1880. Volumes are numbered sequentially with the prefix "L." Records from the years 1879-1881 mostly pertain to the United States Fish Commission,...
These records document the tenures of Assistant Secretaries Spencer F. Baird, 1850-1881; and G. Brown Goode, 1881-1896, including the years 1881-1887 when he served as Assistant Director of the Museum without the title of Assistant Secretary.
This accession consists of a correspondence register, apparently used as in index to photographs of correspondents. Although provenance is unclear, the index appears to be a register of cartes de visite of prominent scientists solicited and received by Spencer F. Baird and G. Brown Goode, who was Assistant Secretary in charge of the United ...