Description: Biographical information can be found throughout the Archives’ holdings. These collections are especially rich in material documenting Smithsonian staff and scientific collaborators. Accession 05-123, Smithsonian Institution, Personnel Records, 1892–1952 This accession consists of early personnel records. Notable staff include: C.G. (Charles Greeley) Abbot, Carl Whiting
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
Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9227,size=200,left]La especialista de gramíneas más importante de su tiempo completó sus estudios formales en primaria. Empezó a ilustrar y coleccionar plantas a la edad de veinte años, consiguiendo un puesto en el Field Museum de Chicago en 1901 y después como ilustradora de botánica para el departamento de agricultura del gobierno