Safford family papers, 1833-1947.

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Safford family papers, 1833-1947.

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Include letter from William Henry Safford to his brother, 1833; papers of his son, Hiram Sprague Safford, including an 1864 Civil War letter and his incomplete autobiography, concerning his childhood and education in New York State and his experiences during the Civil War; letter from Alexander Wetmore written for the Smithsonian Institution to Mrs. Elizabeth Safford, and clippings about her.

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

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(Frank) Alexander Wetmore (1886-1978), ornithologist, avian paleontologist, and science administrator, was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1945 to 1952. He was born in North Freedom, Wisconsin, the son of Nelson Franklin and Emma Amelia (Woodworth) Wetmore. He developed an early interest in birds and at the age of eight made his first field journal entry--an observation on the pelican recorded on a family vacation to Florida in 1894. His first published paper, "M...

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Safford, Hiram Sprague, 1843-1931,

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