Letter from Henry White to Richard Rathbun
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Object Details
- Author
- White, Henry 1850-1927
- Subject
- Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918
- United States National Museum
- United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance
- Natural History Building
- Regents Smithsonian Institution
- Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The Bureau of War Risk Insurance was founded in 1914 by the United States Congress to ensure the availability of marine insurance during World War I. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance was established within the Treasury Department to provide insurance policies and pay claims to sailors during World War I.
- Summary
- Letter from Henry White, Smithsonian Regent and Chairman of the Committee on the Use of the National Museum Buildings, informing Richard Rathbun, Assistant Secretary and Director of the United States National Museum, that the Board of Regents has adopted a resolution to close the Natural History Building for use by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance during World War I.
- 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
- July 15, 1918
- 20th century
- Standard number
- SIA2014-06993
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Letters (correspondence)
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Color Size: 8.5x11 Type of Image: Letters Medium: Paper
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Assistant Secretaries
- Museum directors
- World War, 1914-1918
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Wartime Activities
- Record ID
- siris_sic_14243
- Metadata Usage (text)
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