Results for "History -- Sources -- Publishing"
First Smithsonian Guidebook Published
- Date: September 1857
- Webpage
Solomon Brown, "Fifty Years To-day," poem commemorating his 50th anniversary (1902) of employment at the Smithsonian Institution, published in 1903
- Date: September 20, 2012
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- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 16-223, Joseph Henry Papers Project, Project Records, 1966-2004
- Date: 1966 1966-2004
- Creator: Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Increase and Diffusion of Data
- Date: October 19, 2021
- Description: Research has been at the core of Smithsonian’s mission from the beginning, and sharing that research—through activities like publishing papers and data—is still key to fulfilling that mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”
- Webpage
Island Voyagers: Caribbean Archaeology and Natural History
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish] Smithsonian scientists have a long history of collaborative research in the Caribbean. In 1914 a Smithsonian expedition traveled to western Cuba and the Colorados reefs to study land and marine geology, flora, and fauna. John Brooks Henderson, a member of the Smithsonian's Board of Regents, had collected marine mollusks in southern Florida and wanted a
- Blog Post
Please Feed the Visitors!
- Date: August 3, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_7706" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="First eBook made by Dan Cohen, Director of the Center for History and New Media, August 2, 2010"]You [/caption] Update: You can read a follow-up post about the Anthologize project and process here. As Head of Web & New Media, I'm always looking for ways we can engage visitors with our papers, photographs,
- Authority Record/EAC
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Fishes
- Date: 1880
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Fishes
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 16-143, Joseph Henry Papers Project, Administrative Records, 1966-2007
- Date: 1966 1966-2007
- Creator: Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Joseph Henry's Life
- Date: March 20, 2012
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- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 11-158, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology, Curatorial Records, 1903-2003
- Date: 1903 1903-2003
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
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- Webpage
Postcard History
- Date: September 19, 2013
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_13918,size=350,right] Postcards, as we are familiar with them today, have taken a considerable amount of time to develop. First restricted by size, color, and other regulations, postcard production blossomed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Postcards were popular because they were a quick and easy way for individuals to communicate with each other.
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1966-
- Date: 1966 1966-
- Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Catalog of American Portraits
