Personnel Records, 1892-1952

Object Details

Notes: Electronic List in accession file.; Folder List in accession file.; For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization: Alphabetic
Summary: This accession consists of early personnel records. Notable staff include C.G. (Charles Greeley) Abbot, Carl Whiting Bishop, John Wesley Powell, Mary Jane Rathbun, Richard Rathbun, William Jones Rhees, Robert Ridgway, Thomas W. Smillie, Leonhard Stejneger, Charles Doolittle Walcott, and Mary Vaux Walcott. Materials include offer letters, letters of dismissal, payroll records, correspondence from employees, biographies, death notices, and, for some personnel, identificaion photographs used for employee badges. These records were transferred to the National Archives prior to the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution Archives, where they became part of Record Group 106. While there, the records were titled, Personnel Records of Deceased Employees, 1892-1952. On March 18, 2005, these records were returned to the Smithsonian Institution and were added to the Archives collections.
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Creator: Smithsonian Institution
Subject: Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) 1872-1973; Bishop, Carl Whiting 1881-1942; Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902; Rathbun, Mary Jane 1860-1943; Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918; Rhees, William Jones 1830-1907; Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929; Stejneger, Leonhard 1851-1943; Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927; Walcott, Mary Vaux 1860-1940; Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917

Type: Clippings; Collection descriptions; Manuscripts; Black-and-white photographs

Physical description: 10.75 cu. ft. (21 document boxes) (1 half document box)