Correspondence received by the Smithsonian on meteorological matters, filed chronologically. The following persons important in meteorological work are included
among the correspondents: James Henry Coffin, James Pollard Espy, Arnold Guyot, Joseph Henry, Elias Loomis, and Charles Anthony Schott. Each volume is indexed separately.
The records are related to records in the National Archives.
Collection Restrictions:
Microfilm copies of incoming correspondence, 1852-1861, 1868, are available.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 60, Smithsonian Institution, Meteorological Project, Records