Letter from Charles D. Walcott to President Woodrow Wilson, November 26, 1917
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Object Details
- Author
- Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
- Subject
- Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924
- United States National Museum
- United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance
- Natural History Building
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The Bureau of War Risk Insurance was founded in 1914 by the US Congress to ensure the availability of marine insurance during WWI. The bureau was located within the US Department of the Treasury and provided insurance policies and paid claims to sailors during WWI.
- Summary
- Letter from fourth Smithsonian Secretary Charles D. Walcott in response to President Woodrow Wilson's request to use all of the Smithsonian's Natural History Building for the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Secretary Walcott enumerates all of the delays and difficulties in making space available and offers other suggestions, such as building temporary quarters on Smithsonian grounds.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 192, Box 194, Folder: 1
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- November 26, 1917
- 20th century
- Standard number
- SIA2014-06990 and SIA2014-6991
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Letters (correspondence)
- Paper
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 2 Color: Color Size: 8.5w x11h Type of Image: Letters Medium: Paper
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- World War, 1914-1918
- Record ID
- siris_sic_14242
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply