Results for "Geography"
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: June 10, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- Webpage
Ephraim George Squier
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_13396,size=200,left]Ephraim George Squier was a self-educated journalist and diplomat who made substantial contributions to the archaeology and ethnology of the Americas. Born in 1821, he worked as a journalist in New York and Connecticut before moving to Ohio. There Squier developed an interest in the large earthen mounds believed to
William Henry Holmes
- Date: November 29, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The multi-talented William Henry Holmes contributed to the Smithsonian as an artist, explorer, geologist, archeologist and museum director.
Joseph Henry Hypes Hypsometers
- Date: October 29, 2019
- Description: Although initially skeptical about the effectiveness of the hypsometer, Secretary Joseph Henry soon recognized the value of the instrument, which he discovered from his colleagues in the scientific field.
Hot Topics in Archives Research
- Date: February 18, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- Authority Record/EAC
Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934
- Date: 1855 1934
- Webpage
Sharing Plants, Animals, and Friendships
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9227,size=110,left]Exchanging specimens is essential in botanical research: Herbaria swap their duplicates in return for specimens they lack. Such international trading is based on relations established through correspondence and research trips, relations that endure through generations of botanists. By the early twentieth century,
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 99-024, Smithsonian Institution Institutional Studies Office, Reports and Research Notes, 1989-1993
- Date: 1989 1989-1993
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Institutional Studies Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 00-110, Smithsonian Associates, Audiotapes, 1999-2000
- Date: 1999 1999-2000
- Creator: Smithsonian Associates
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 20-089, McGee, W J 1853-1912, William John McGee Papers, circa 1883, 1890
- Date: 1883 1883-1890 circa 1883, 1890
- Creator: McGee, W J, 1853-1912
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 19-204, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Office of Education and Museum Programs, Exhibition Records, 1992-2008, 2015-2016
- Date: 1992 1992-2008 1992-2008, 2015-2016
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Education and Museum Programs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
WWII: Staff Supporting the War Effort
- Date: June 27, 2016
- Description: When the men and women of the Smithsonian heard the call to duty in World War II, they again took up the call as they had during World War I. Secretaries Charles G. Abbot and Alexander Wetmore provided leadership that brought the Smithsonian’s resources to the aid of the nation, while safeguarding its primary mission: the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Once again,