G. P. Marsh - S. F. Baird Correspondence
Collection Overview
A leading 19th century authority on North American wildlife, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) is now remembered as a science administrator. He was the first director of the United States National Museum, second secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and founder of the U.S. Fish Commission, the forerunner of the Oceanographic Institute at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He placed naturalists on all major government-sponsored expeditions, and created an international network of scientific exchange for the United States.
Baird met Marsh through his wife, Mary Churchill Baird, who had known the Marshes when she was a schoolgirl in Burlington. Baird and Marsh shared many professional interests, worked hard to further each other's careers, and corresponded regularly from 1847 until Marsh's death 35 years later. As a member of the governing Board of Regents, Marsh recommended Baird for the position of assistant secretary at the Smithsonian, collected specimens for him during his term as U.S. Minister to Turkey, and furthered connections between the Smithsonian and learned societies in Italy and elsewhere.
Most of Marsh's letters are housed at the Archives of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC while Baird's letters are part of the Marsh Collection in the Special Collections Department, at the University of Vermont. Biographical information can be found in William H. Dall, Spencer Fullerton Baird. A Biography. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1915) and E. F. Rivinus and E. M. Youssef, Spencer Baird of the Smithsonian. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1992).
Parent Collections
George Perkin Marsh Online Research Center
Published: November 26, 2008, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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- Marsh, George Perkins1801-1882 [55]
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton1823-1887 [50]
- Smithsonian Institution--History--19th century [13]
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Recipient: ("Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882")
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated February 5, 1854.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1854-02-05
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated February 9, 1851.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1851-02-9
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 14, 1849.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1849-01-14
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 14, 1859.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1859-01-14
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 20, 1852.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1852-01-20
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 21, 1875.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1875-01-21
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 28, 1881.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1881-01-28
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 29, 1852.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1852-01-29
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 29, 1867.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1867-01-29
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 6, 1867.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1867-01-06
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 1, 1858.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1858-07-01
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 17, 1858.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1858-07-17
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 17, 1876.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1876-07-17
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 2, 1853.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1853-07-02
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 27, 1880.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1880-07-27
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 3, 1859.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1859-07-03
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 4, 1867.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1867-07-04
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated July 8, 1859.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1859-07-08
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 10, 1872.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1872-06-10
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 13, 1881.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1881-06-13
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 14, 1871.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1871-06-14
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 25, 1865.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1865-06-25
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 4, 1877.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1877-06-04
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June 5, 1851.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1851-06-05
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated March 1, 1867.
Creator: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Date: 1867-03-01
Resource type: letter
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