Results for "Botany"
Sneak Peek 9/2/2013
- Date: September 2, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Botanical and entomological specimens from collections at the National Museum of Natural History.
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See Here: 4/15/2016
- Date: April 15, 2016
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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See Here: 1/26/2018
- Date: January 26, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: "See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives."
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See Here: 2/23/2018
- Date: February 23, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: "See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives."
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See Here: 3/30/2018
- Date: March 30, 2018
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: "See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives."
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Deborah Bell
- Date: March 20, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Deborah Bell, Assistant Collections Manager for the U.S. Herbarium at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1975–2014, conserved, documented, and made accessible the collection of five million plant specimens. She participated in numerous expeditions, collecting specimens and training local students and staff. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Ashley Egan
- Date: July 25, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Research botanist Dr. Ashley Egan, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, works with the museum's 86,000 legume specimens to understand the processes and patterns that have formed biodiversity throughout the course of evolution. #Groundbreaker
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New Flickr Commons Set: Mary Agnes Chase Field Books
- Date: March 22, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: A new set of Flickr Commons images from the field books of Mary Agnes Chase—a grass specialist, botanist, and suffragist.
A Tasty Bite to Whet the Appetite
- Date: March 14, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: British botanist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957), born in Leigh, Lancashire, is best known for her research on the edible seaweed Porphyra laciniata (nori) which is used in sushi.
Robert Ridgway: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
- Date: April 30, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Robert Ridgway, known primarily for his extensive contributions to ornithology and as curator of birds for the United States National Museum, was also a keen observer of the changing landscape in areas where he conducted his detailed studies.
A Taste For Adventure
- Date: May 3, 2018
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: A couple of months ago, Tony Cohn, host of Smithsonian’s Sidedoor podcast, contacted the Archives about an upcoming episode they were preparing. Sidedoor highlights the unseen or little-known stories about collections at the Smithsonian. The Archives’ work was recently front-and-center of an episode of The Sidedoor Podcast about America’s first food spy.
Found in the Archives: The Trail of a Naturalist Pirate
- Date: September 19, 2017
- Creator: Jessica Lavin
- Description: Barbeque. Doughboy. Free trade. Pumple-nose. Smugglers. Cortan. Crockadore. Chopsticks. William Dampier, the 17th century explorer turned privateer/pirate, is credited with introducing these words, and more than 1,000 others, into the English vernacular. He was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe three times, and created the first detailed record of Australian Flora