Results for "Charters"
- Webpage
Smithsonian Digital Preservation Working Group
- Date: January 26, 2017
- Description: BackgroundIn July 2009, Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough spoke of the digital future of museums, libraries, and archives. "We have the capacity to tell the story of America and all its hopes, struggles, triumphs, creativity, contradictions, and courage." "Ultimately, we want to put all of our ... objects ... online so you can access them wherever you live. An overview of
Richard Rathbun at His Desk
- Date: c. 1880
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Title Page of the National Institute's Catalogue of "Extraordinary Curiosities"
- Date: 1859
- Creator: Hunter, Alfred d. 1872
- Creator: Hunter, Alfred d. 1872
- Authority Record/EAC
Howell, Arthur H. (Arthur Holmes) 1872-1940
- Date: 1872 1940
Letter from H. Meigs to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, January 21, 1822.
- Date: 1822 January 21, 1822
- Webpage
Who Was James Smithson?
- Date: February 7, 2017
- Description: James Smithson: The Man Behind the InstitutionWhile the institution named after James Smithson enjoys worldwide renown, we know little about the man who left $508,318 to the people of the United States to found such an institution.An English scientist who conducted research in chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, Smithson lived and traveled in several European countries. His
- Authority Record/EAC
Alaska King Crab Expedition, 1940-1941
- Date: 1940 - 1941
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act to incorporate a society in the District of Columbia by the name of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science
- Date: 1846 07/27/1842
- Creator: 27th Congress, Sess. 2, 1842
- Creator: 27th Congress, Sess. 2, 1842
Site and Planning Committee Travels to Find Architect
- Date: September 20-30, 1846
- SI History Chronology
Building Committee is Formed to Research SIB
- Date: September 7, 1846
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 05-054, Smithsonian Institution Archives Office of the Director, Committee and Council Records, 1985-2002
- Date: 1985 1985-2002
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Five dollar bill created by the National Currency Act of February 25, 1863
- Date: 1863
- Creator: Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Creator: Joseph Henry Papers Project
