The Papers of Joseph Henry


List Of Short Titles

AAAS Proceedings
Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
APS Proceedings
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
BDAC
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 (Washington, 1950).
DAB
Dictionary of American Biography.
Desk Diary
A set of thirteen manuscript volumes in Boxes 14 and 15 of the Henry Papers, Smithsonian Archives.
DNB
Dictionary of National Biography.
DSB
Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
Dupree, Science in the Federal Government
A. Hunter Dupree, Science in the Federal Government: A History of Policies and Activities to 1940 (1957; New York, 1980).
Elliott, Dictionary
Clark A. Elliott, Biographical Dictionary of American Science: The Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Centuries (Westport, Connecticut, 1979).
Fleming, Meteorology
James Rodger Fleming, Meteorology in America, 1800-1870 (Baltimore, 1990).
Goode, Smithsonian
George Brown Goode, editor, The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896: The History of Its First Half Century (Washington, 1897).
Hageman, Princeton
John F. Hageman, History of Princeton and Its Institutions, 2d ed., 2 vols. (Philadelphia, 1879).
Henry Papers
Nathan Reingold et al., editors, The Papers of Joseph Henry, vols. 1-5 (Washington, 1972-1985).
Marc Rothenberg et al., editors,
The Papers of Joseph Henry, vols. 6- (Washington, 1992- ).
Phil. Trans.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Princeton Catalogue
General Catalogue of Princeton University, 1746-1906 (Princeton, 1908).
"Record of Experiments"
Henry's three-volume laboratory notebook in Box 21, Henry Papers, Smithsonian Archives.
Rhees, Documents (1879)
William J. Rhees, editor, The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History, 1879, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 17 (Washington, 1880).
Rhees, Documents (1901)
William Jones Rhees, compiler and editor, The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History, 2 vols., 1901, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vols. 42 and 43 (Washington, 1901).
Rhees, Journals
William J. Rhees, editor, The Smithsonian Institution: Journals of the Board of Regents, Reports of Committees, Statistics, Etc., 1879, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 18 (Washington, 1880).
SI Contributions
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge
Silliman's Journal
American Journal of Science and Arts.
Smithsonian Report for . . .
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, 1847- ). The short title refers to the year covered by the report (e.g., Smithsonian Report for 1855). The only exception is the first report, which consists of the journal of proceedings of the regents from September 7, 1846, through March 1, 1847, but is cited as Smithsonian Report for 1846.
Squier and Davis
E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley: Comprising the Results of Extensive Original Surveys and Explorations, 1848, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, vol. 1 (Washington, 1848).