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      Fielding Bradford Meek

      • Date: December 13, 2017
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391599,size=250,left] “[T]he paleontologist is a queer character,” Robert Kennicott notes in his letter “Folks at Home”. “Indeed he [Meek] is very excellent and Honorable gentleman with fine feelings and extremely modest though he is now one of our best Paleontologists.”Meek was born on December 10, 1817 in Madison, Indiana, along with a brother and

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    3. Smithsonian Legal Document

      Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1856

      • Date: 1879 March 8, 1856
      • Creator: Board of Regents
      • Creator: Board of Regents

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    5. Finding Aid

      SIA RU007470, Reingold, Nathan 1927-, Nathan Reingold Papers, 1952-1991

      • Date: 1952 1952-1991
      • Creator: Reingold, Nathan, 1927-
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    7. Portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888)

      Portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888)

      • Date: 1887 March 1887
      • Creator: Pach Brothers (Firm)

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    9. Portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888)

      Portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888)

      • Date: 1876 Before 1876
      • Creator: Unknown

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    11. Portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888)

      Portrait of Asa Gray (1810-1888)

      • Date: 1876 Before 1876
      • Creator: Notman, William

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    13. Blog Post

      Discoveries Don’t Happen in an Armchair

      • Date: November 27, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: The 19th century was a transformative time for the natural sciences. New discoveries didn't just happen in an armchair. Scientists adventured into unfamiliar territory by land and sea on expeditions, and their new findings fed new theories. Groups like the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences formalized America's place

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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Olga Linares

      • Date: February 28, 2018
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Former Senior Staff Scientist, Dr. Olga Linares, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, greatly expanded the understanding of Central American human evolution, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1992. #Groundbreaker

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    17. Online Publications

      Joseph Henry's Letter to Asa Gray (March 22, 1870)

      • Date: March 22, 1870
      • Creator: Henry, Joseph 1797-1878,Joseph Henry Papers Project
      • Creator: Henry, Joseph 1797-1878,Joseph Henry Papers Project

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      The Smithsonian’s First Radiometers

      • Date: April 25, 2019
      • Description: When curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History looked at seven radiometers in storage, they learned the instruments had been at the Smithsonian for nearly one hundred fifty years.

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    21. Finding Aid

      SIA Acc. 98-131, Adams, Robert McC (Robert McCormick) 1926-2018, Robert McCormick Adams, Papers, c. 1943-1994 and undated

      • Date: 1943 1943-1994 c 1943-1994 and undated
      • Creator: Adams, Robert McC. (Robert McCormick), 1926-
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    23. John Adams

      A Founding Father's Day

      • Date: June 16, 2016
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: A closer look at Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the father-son duo's relationship to the Smithsonian.

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