Subject:

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Natural History Building  Search this

United States. Army  Search this

United States Dept. of the Navy  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

United States Dept. of the Treasury  Search this

United States President  Search this

Date:

1917

Category:

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes:

"Local Notes," 10/17/1917, p. 1

Summary:

At the request of President Wilson, approximately 15,000 square feet of space in the foyer and adjoining rooms of the new building of the new National Museum Building, now the National Museum of Natural History, has been assigned to the United Stated Treasury for the use of the staff of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. The bureau was necessary in order to carry into effect the recent law for providing insurance, compensation, and indemnity for the enlisted men in the Army and Navy in World War I.

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Wartime Activities  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_419