Results for "Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937"
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000105, United States National Museum Division of Birds, Records, circa 1854-1959
- Date: 1854 1854-1959 circa 1854-1959
- Creator: United States National Museum. Division of Birds
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
William Healey Dall: Alaskan Explorer
- Date: September 14, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007223, Longley, William Harding 1881-1937, William Harding Longley Papers, 1892-1904, 1913-1935 and undated
- Date: 1892 1892-1935 1892-1904, 1913-1935 and undated
- Creator: Longley, William Harding, 1881-1937
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Historic Pictures
Image Gallery: William Healey Dall
- Date: September 24, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Bison Lost, Bison Found
- Date: February 23, 2017
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Join us as we recount how the Archives’ crayon enlargements depicting American bison were traced back to their probable origin.
Animals Behind the Castle: The Department of Living Animals
- Date: July 18, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Before Congress created the National Zoo, the Smithsonian's Department of Living Animals kept it’s collection of animals behind the Castle.
Archives Puzzles: Bringing Up Bison
- Date: April 19, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo
- Date: May 27, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A number of animals who used to call the National Zoological Park home are no longer there.
- Webpage
Case Study: Saving the Bison Enlargements
- Date: May 5, 2017
- Description: These photographic crayon enlargements, associated with William Temple Hornaday (founder of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo), were made on sensitized paper that was later adhered to a linen “canvas” stretched around wooden frames. Brittle paper, handling and water damage, and the deteriorating frames all presented risks to the items’ future. The goal of our treatment was to
Re-mounting the American Bison
- Date: February 25, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: One of our recent projects, these photographic crayon enlargements, associated with founder of the National Zoo William Temple Hornaday, were made on sensitized paper that was then adhered to a linen “canvas” stretched around wooden frames. The paper had become brittle, and handling at some point in the past led to a number of punctures and tears through both the paper and the
National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies, 1937
- Date: 1937 1937 1937
Link Love: 5/25/2012
- Date: May 25, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.