Results for "Country life"
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part I
- Date: April 26, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: A look at the characteristics of the thirteen individuals who have led the Smithsonian.
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Microsoft Word - FINAL_Joseph_Henry_Quotations.doc
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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
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Theodore Nicholas Gill
- Date: December 13, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391595,size=300,left]Theodore Nicholas Gill, “Ichthyobranchius”, was many things: an ichthyologist, law student, professor of zoology, Senior Assistant Librarian of Congress, member of the Megatherium Club, and as Robert Kennicott described him “about the oddest fish I’ve come across.” His contributions to science were remarkable, producing more than
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Louis R. Purnell
- Date: August 23, 2016
- Description: A twentieth century Renaissance man, Louis R. Purnell lived a remarkable life. His career began in the skies above Italy and Germany, where he flew 88 combat missions as an original member of the Tuskegee Airmen. After the war, while working at the National Museum of Natural History, he traveled the world’s oceans collecting marine specimens, taught himself geology and
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In Her Own Image
- Date: March 30, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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SIA Acc. 19-166, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.), Website Records, 2018
- Date: 2018
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Torch 12/1967
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1967 Box 1 Folder 12
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Lonnie Bunch
- Date: August 23, 2016
- Description: Historian Lonnie Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian’s 19th museum. Growing up with a love of history and a sense that African Americans deserved “a voice,” his education and early career gave him the research, museum, and management experience that allowed him to successfully develop an idea into a
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Science Service, Up Close: Emma Reh Paints Fruits and Flowers with Words
- Date: July 10, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_306419,size=200,left]During World War II, Science Service correspondent Emma Reh (1896-1982) spent several years living and working in Paraguay. Her letters home, like the ones written when she worked in Mexico and the American West, typically combined personal and professional news with her colorful descriptions of the countryside and people.Emma had
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Killip, 1948
- Date: 1948 19480101 19481114
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William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History
- Date: July 17, 2018
- Description: Ron Vasile teaches AP U.S. History, U.S. History and Anthropology at Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois.We bring to you the story of a dedicated naturalist turned museum pioneer.