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Weather Bureau

Title: Weather Bureau

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/356 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

Conover, Obadiah M., 1825-1884. Papers, 1843-1924.

Title: Papers, 1843-1924.

Personal papers of Conover, a University of Wisconsin professor of ancient languages and literature, and reporter for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, including writings by Conover on religion and on the University; diaries kept by Conover as a Princeton University student and at various times later; poetry by Conover and by his daughter, Edith; notes on Conover family genealogy; and correspondence pertaining to the Wisconsin State Colonization Society (founded to assist Afro-American colonization of Liberia), to the reorganization of the University in 1858, to religion and social life in Madison, and to family business affairs. Correspondents include John G. McMynn, Lyman C. Draper, Carl Schurz, Henry Barnard, Paul A. Chadbourne, Josiah L. Pickard, his future wife Sarah Fairchild Dean, and Conover family members.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145782010 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Eaton, Samuel Witt, 1820-1905. Samuel Witt Eaton papers, 1838-1905 (inclusive).

Title: Samuel Witt Eaton papers, 1838-1905 (inclusive).

The Samuel Witt Eaton Papers consist largely correspondence from classmates at Yale College, among them Timothy Dwight, James Hadley, and John A. Porter. The letters discuss theology and the ministry as well as life at Yale College. Also in the papers are materials relating to the Civil War, during which Eaton served as chaplain. Included is his "Sketches from a three year experience in the army."

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702169211 View

Pickard, J. L. (Josiah Little), 1824-1914. Papers of Josiah L. Pickard, 1878-1887.

Title: Papers of Josiah L. Pickard, 1878-1887. [1878-1887].

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261160216 View

Pickard, J. L. (Josiah Little), 1824-1914. Writings, 1905-1906.

Title: Writings, 1905-1906.

A typewritten autobiography and two brief historical essays by educator Josiah Pickard. The autobiography concerns his youthful education in Massachusetts and Maine, graduation from Bowdoin College, teaching at the Platteville Academy in Wisconsin (1846-1859), membership in the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, service as Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1860-1864), and experiences as the Chicago Superintendent of Schools (1864-1878) and as president of the State University of Iowa.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145795204 View

Kent, Lindley Coates. Papers, 1880, 1974.

Title: Papers, 1880, 1974.

Letters (photocopies) re: co-education by presidents of six universities, written in response to inquiry by Kent, 1880; also copy of letter with biographical information on Kent.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232007316 View

Kent, Lindley C., Sr. Lindley C. Kent papers, 1862-1880.

Title: Lindley C. Kent papers, 1862-1880.

Letters concerning coeducation written to Lindley C. Kent from Edward H. Magill, President, Swarthmore College; Charles H. Eliot, President, Harvard University; J.L. Pickard, President, State University of Iowa; John Bascom, President, University of Wisconsin; Noah Porter, President, Yale University; and James B. Angel, President, University of Michigan. Also Civil War letters and reminiscences.

ArchivalResource: .1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64071677 View

McMynn, John Gibson, 1824-1900. Papers, 1848-1925.

Title: Papers, 1848-1925.

Papers of a Wisconsin educator consisting of copies of his essays and addresses; of his journal from a trip through Scotland, England, France, and Germany, 1858-59, with observations on their school systems; of letters by McMynn to Mrs. B. F. Walker; and of his Civil War letters and diary, describing his service as an officer on the 10th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

ArchivalResource: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes); plusadditions of 0.1 c.f.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145785425 View

Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915.

Title: Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915.

Correspondence and manuscripts of American writer and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier and his American biographer Samuel Thomas Pickard.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (5.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00386/catalog View

Henry Carter Adams papers

Title: Henry Carter Adams papers

Professor of economics at University of Michigan, 1880-1921, statistician for the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-1911, developed standard accounting procedures for railroads. Papers include personal and professional correspondence, diaries, travel journals, drafts of books, letter books, reports and printed materials concerning his work with the Interstate Commerce Commission, his activities as an expert witness in railroad compensation and tax cases, and University of Michigan affairs.

ArchivalResource: 30.3 linear ft.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-851790?rgn=main;view=text View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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Smithsonian Archives. William Jones Rhees Collection.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. William Jones Rhees Collection.

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Folwell, William Watts, 1833-1929. William Watts Folwell papers, ca. 1856-1929.

Title: William Watts Folwell papers, ca. 1856-1929.

Collection contains biographical material regarding William Watts Folwell, first President of the University of Minnesota. Historical references to early Minnesota and University of Minnesota history are referred to in correspondence and notes compiled by Fowell for his many speeches and addresses.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62698957 View

Pickard, J. L. (Josiah Little), 1824-1914. Letter to whom it may concern. Iowa City, IA. 1880 Dec. 13.

Title: Letter to whom it may concern. Iowa City, IA. 1880 Dec. 13.

Recommending Emerson Hough.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/148535795 View

Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as 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.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

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