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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Creator(s)
- Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 [136]
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 [73]
- Baird, Mary Churchill [3]
Recipient(s)
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 [136]
- Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 [73]
- Baird, Mary Churchill [4]
- Marsh, Caroline Crane, 1816-1901 [1]
Format(s)
- text [209]
Genre(s)
- letter [209]
Topic(s)
- Marsh, George Perkins1801-1882 [178]
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton1823-1887 [173]
- Smithsonian Institution--History--19th century [24]
- Baird, Mary Churchill [3]
- Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature and Art [3]
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution--History--19th century [2]
- Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 [1]
- American Association for the Advancement of Science [1]
- Americans--Travel--Foreign countries [1]
- Americans--Travel--Italy--History--19th century [1]
- Botany--Middle East [1]
- Encyclopaedia of science, literature and art [1]
- Fishing stock--Vermont [1]
- Natural history--United States--History--19th century [1]
- Physical geography--Vermont [1]
- Rivers--Vermont [1]
- Scientific apparatus and instruments--United States--19th century [1]
- Travellers' writing, American--19th century [1]
- University of Vermont [1]
- Waldstein, Charles [1]
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Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER F. BAIRD, dated December 30, 1847.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1847-12-30
Resource type: letter
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1870-04-07
Resource type: letter
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1870-06-30
Resource type: letter
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1848-10-06
Resource type: letter
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1848-09-15
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 10, 1854.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1854-04-10
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 13, 1853.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1853-04-13
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 17, 1849.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1849-04-17
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 18, 1848.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1848-04-18
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 2, 1878.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1878-04-02
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 20, 1857.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1857-04-20
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 25, 1849.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1849-04-25
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 25, 1859.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1859-04-25
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 30, 1858.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1858-04-30
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 4, 1848.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1848-04-04
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 4, 1855.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1855-04-04
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 8, 1857.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1857-04-08
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 9, 1866.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1866-04-09
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated August 12, 1858.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1858-08-12
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated August 18, 1847.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1847-08-18
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated August 2, 1865.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1865-08-02
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated August 23, 1850.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1850-08-23
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated August 26, 1859.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1859-08-26
Resource type: letter
Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated August 4, 1852.
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1852-08-04
Resource type: letter
Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
Date: 1853-12-16
Resource type: letter
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