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Van Ackeren family. Van Ackeren family papers, 1917-1953.

Title: Van Ackeren family papers, 1917-1953.

This collection consists of letters by Francois Van Ackeren, a Belgian soldier in World War I and other members of his family to William McLain and his family of Brookline, MA. The letters, written in both French and English, fall predominately between the years 1917 to 1918 and 1945 to 1946. They discuss Francois's injury and convalesence during World War I, family matters, and the Van Ackeren's difficulty in re-establishing a normal life after the German occupation of Belgium in World War II.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.2 cu. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30066734 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

Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. American Colonization Society Papers.

Title: Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. American Colonization Society Papers.

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Rutan, Lucy,. Lucy Rutan collection, 1865.

Title: Lucy Rutan collection, 1865.

Three letters of the McLain and Lowery families of Hillsdale, Michigan. One each from T.J. Lowery, 1865; from the chaplain of the Michigan 4th Infantry (reorganized in 1864); and from W.R. Conrnelius, 1865. A notice for receipt of body sent to William McLain, 1865.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276770284 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

Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU7060 View