Results for "Inventors"
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Joseph Henry's Life
- Date: March 20, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Letter from Alfred Vail to Samuel Morse, January 11, 1857
- Date: January 11, 1857 19th century
- Creator: Vail, Alfred
- Creator: Vail, Alfred
- Document
JHP_Who_Was_He.pdf
Joseph Henry's Letter to Alexander Bache (July 30, 1864)
- Date: July 30, 1864 Civil War, 1861-1865
- Creator: Henry, Joseph 1797-1878,Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Creator: Henry, Joseph 1797-1878,Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Blog Author
Pamela M. Henson
- Date: April 5, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 98-041, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of the Director, Subject Files, circa 1977-1992
- Date: 1977 1977-1992 circa 1977-1992
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Color Our Collections 2021
- Date: February 4, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Stuck inside and looking for a fun activity? Color the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives collections!
- Blog Post
A First Sight
- Date: December 24, 2009
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3939" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Prehistoric paintings, Lascaux caves, France. Photo courtesy of Prof saxx, Wikimedia Commons."][/caption] Roger Shattuck, teacher, writer, and cultural critic (The Banquet Years, his study of turn of the 20th century French avant-garde stands as one of the best cultural histories ever produced), once wrote
- Blog Post
Too Many to Count
- Date: September 24, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Untitled, by Thomas Smillie, c. 1890, Smithsonian Institution Archives."][/caption] One of the things people often want to know about photography at the Smithsonian is, “How many photographs do you have?” with the quick follow-up, “Have you counted all of them?” No one knows for certain, but statistical sampling suggests
To Post-it or Not to Post-it
- Date: September 5, 2013
- Creator: Kirsten Tyree
- Description: Although fun and easy to use, post-it notes are often harmful to archival records, as seen with the conservation of Cordelia Rose’s recently acquired scroll.
- Document
JHP_Henry_Namesakes_Notes.pdf
Science Service, Up Close: The Microvivarium
- Date: May 12, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Today’s science museums build on the efforts of biologist George Roemmert (1892-1952), whose “Microvivarium” projected images of amoebas and other microscopic creatures.
