Results for "Explorers Club"
Watson Perrygo, Cristobal Sánchez, Ratibor Hartmann at Ana Luz
- Date: April 16, 1949
- Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
- Creator: Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
- Blog Post
A Life on the Wild Side: Lucile Quarry Mann
- Date: March 15, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Robert Kennicott, Explorer, in Field Outfit
- Date: c. 1860s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Alexander Wetmore, Sixth SI Secretary
- Date: 1944
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 01-052, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Office of the Director, Professional Activity Files, 1983-1998
- Date: 1983 1983-1998
- Creator: National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Lucy Hunter Baird
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_388904,size=300,left]Lucy Hunter Baird, though not a regular attendee of the Megatherium Club, held its members near and dear to her heart, and “assumed, like her mother a maternal attitude toward these young gentlemen.” She watched out for the members of the club and reported back on the rumors and reports that were spreading about the club’s
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 96-150, Zisfein, Melvin B, Melvin B. Zisfein Papers, c. 1944-1995
- Date: 1944 1944-1995 c 1944-1995
- Creator: Zisfein, Melvin B.
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Love Interests
- Date: December 5, 2017
- Description: During the time of the Megatherium Club, there were rumors among neighbors and friends that some of the members had special relationships with women visiting the Castle. Some indication of this occurring comes from Pamela M. Learn about some love interests of the Megatherium Club's members!
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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
Well-played!
- Date: August 29, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Castle halls were alive with adventure this summer! From July 7th to August 27th, we piloted a live game for teens, The Mystery of the Meghatherium Club: Mayhem and Mustaches. A look at some of the early feedback received on the Smithsonian's pilot of a history game, "The Mystery of the Meghatherium Club: Mayhem and Mustaches."
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William Stimpson
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391602,size=250,left]William Stimpson, co-creator of the Megatherium Club, was not only an exceptional zoologist, but also considered an extremely modest, warm-hearted friend, according to Robert Kennicott. Stimpson collected specimens for the Smithsonian’s invertebrate collection, of which he described 948 species.Stimpson was born on February 14,
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Edward Drinker Cope
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391590,size=250,left]Edward Drinker Cope, a paleontologist and a “very hard worker with a very good head” offered a great deal of findings to the Smithsonian and the world of science. Fellow Megatherium Club member Robert Kennicott notes in his letter “Folks at Home” that Cope is, “…bound to be one of the first naturalists of the age,” stating that
