Results for "Botanists"
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
- Date: May 1, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents some images from their collections.
- Blog Post
Flickr Visitor Profile: Penny Richards
- Date: May 29, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="Flickr member, Penny L. Richards"][/caption] I work with people across the Smithsonian to add photos to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Occasionally, something stands out in the daily summary of comments and tags I receive. Sometimes, it’s an exchange between Flickr members sparked by a single
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-021, Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond) 1908-1993, F. Raymond Fosberg Papers, circa 1953-1993
- Date: 1953 1953-1993 circa 1953-1993
- Creator: Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Field Work and a World War
- Date: July 12, 2012
- Description: An examination of some of the field books of Bohumil Shimek, who documented the effects of WWI while doing research in Europe.
Navigating Treatment of the Dawson Map
- Date: May 7, 2019
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Our treasures can pose significant—and often unexpected—challenges, like when a map has been attached to a hotel linen. See how our staff tackled a complex intervention in progress!
There's a new Acting Director at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute!
- Date: September 10, 2020
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: A brief look at the history and attitudes towards women and Latin Americans at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute amplifies the significance of Dr. Oris I. Sanjur’s formal appointment as acting director in 2020.
- Document
Torch 09/1975
- Document
Torch 09/1975
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1975 Box 1 Folder 9
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 98-039, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany, Departmental Records, c. 1984-1994
- Date: 1984 1984-1994 c 1984-1994
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Adventures in Adopt-a-Book
- Date: April 21, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Hear from Archives staff about some of the items up for “adoption” at the 2022 Adopt-a-Book salons and what makes them so special.
- Webpage
Folks at Home: February 17, 1863
- Date: December 4, 2017
- Description: “Folks at Home: February 17, 1863” was sent to the Smithsonian Institution Archives by The Grove National Historic Landmark. In this letter, Robert Kennicott, co-founder of the Megatherium Club, wrote about his life at the Smithsonian Castle and described his relationship to the club’s members. This letter acts as a great segue into further research of the Megatherium Club and
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007378, Archer, W. Andrew (William Andrew) 1894-1973, William Andrew Archer Papers, circa 1918-1973
- Date: 1918 1918-1973 circa 1918-1973
- Creator: Archer, W. Andrew (William Andrew), 1894-1973
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives