Results for "International relations"
- SI History Chronology
International Fisheries Exhibit, London
- Date: May 1, 1883
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, to make changes in the laws relating to those agencies, to make changes in the Foreign Service personnel system, to establish policies and responsibilities with respect to science, technology, and American diplomacy, and for other purposes
- Date: 1980 10/07/1978
- Creator: 95th Congress, Sess. 2, 1978
- Creator: 95th Congress, Sess. 2, 1978
- Smithsonian Legal Document
Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977; International Communication Agency
- Date: 1980 12/12/1977
- Creator: 95th Congress, Sess. 1, 1977
- Creator: 95th Congress, Sess. 1, 1977
- Webpage
An International Exploring Expedition
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish]The first international scientific expedition sponsored by the United States circumnavigated the globe between 1838 and 1842, gathering natural history collections so vast they were estimated to weigh 40 tons. The U.S. Congress resolved to preserve these artifacts "collected at the expense of the government...Information about the first international
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009613, Smithsonian Institution-Cuba Relations Oral History Interviews, 1998
- Date: 1998
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Francine Berkowitz
- Date: November 2, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: As the Smithsonian Women's Council Career Development Chair, Francine Berkowitz, former Director of the Office of International Relations, established career planning workshops to help women and minorities advance at the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker
- SI History Bibliography
The View From the Castle: Mankind's natural and cultural legacy, already eroded on many sides, is now threatened by international politics
- Date: March 1975
- Creator: Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
- Creator: Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
International Migratory Bird Day
- Date: May 5, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: To celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on May 9th, we will be releasing recently digitized specimen drawings by ornithologist Robert Ridgway (1850-1929.) Ridgway's career with the Smithsonian began in 1864 when he wrote asking for help identifying a bird. As they say, the rest is history. Starting in 1869, Ridgway became curator at the Smithsonian's United States
- SI History Chronology
Librarian Cyrus Adler Represents the United States Government at the second Conference on an International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 1898
- Date: October 11, 1898
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 86-117, Smithsonian Institution Office of International Activities, Event Files, 1971-1984
- Date: 1971 1971-1984
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Activities
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Unity for International Migratory Bird Day
- Date: May 10, 2018
- Creator: Matt Peterson
- Description: The theme of this year’s International Migratory Bird Day is unity. The Smithsonian has a longstanding history of commitment to the natural world. No figure in the Institution’s history better exemplifies the theme of unity surrounding migratory species than sixth Smithsonian Secretary and ornithologist Alexander Wetmore. He knew the importance of the role that birds play in
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-080, Smithsonian Institution Office of Government Relations, Records, 1985-1995
- Date: 1985 1985-1995
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Government Relations
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives