Results for "Klein, William H. (William Harvey)"
William H. Dall: He had Malacology Down to an Art
- Date: August 16, 2012
- Description: Explorer, Biologist, and former Smithsonian employee, William Healey Dall, also had artistic talent.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sylvia H. Williams
- Date: October 18, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: African art scholar Sylvia H. Williams, directed the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, 1983-1996, and was one of the few women, and the only African American woman, serving at the time as director of a major American museum. #Groundbreaker
M*A*S*H: Binding Up the Exhibit
- Date: July 30, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Thirty-six years ago today, M*A*S*H: Binding Up the Wounds opened at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and the response was overwhelming.
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Science Sits for Art
- Date: April 29, 2010
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Heads and Fragments of Heads of Humeri, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section, 1865, by William Bell, Albumen print on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen
A Father, a Son, and a Nobel Prize
- Date: December 10, 2015
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look at the unique journey to discovery of father-son Nobel Laureates William Henry and William Lawrence Bragg. The Braggs won the Nobel Prize in Physics 100 years ago.
Paper Painting: Using Acrylics to Repair Leather Bindings
- Date: August 7, 2014
- Description: In paper conservation, it’s not just about the paper. Here I’ll explain the process in using acrylic paint and adhesive to repair the leather bindings of field books.
Spotlight: George Tsaroff
- Date: September 30, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: This blog post was edited in October 2021 for clarification. While surveying and collecting specimens in the Aleutian Islands in 1871-1872 for the United States Coast Survey, later renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, naturalist William Healey Dall befriended George Tsaroff (1858-1880), an Unangan (Aleut) teen from Unalaska Island who had been hired as local
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The Smithsonian Castle: Tragic Death, a Mystery, and Strange Occurrences
- Date: March 29, 2016
- Description: On this day in 1850, a young man was killed in the Castle, the first of four deaths to occur within its walls. William H. Page was working in the building, which was still under construction at the time, when he fell to his death.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Cheryl R. Ganz
- Date: May 26, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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Archives Puzzles: Getting Succ’d In
- Date: November 16, 2020
- 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.
Sneak Peek 9/14/2015
- Date: September 14, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Headkeeper William H. Blackburne holds snakes outside of the Reptile House at the National Zoological Park, NZP-1265.
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See Here: 4/8/2010
- Date: April 8, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="395" caption="Dr. William H. Holmes, first curator of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), now the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), (standing, right) with William H. Jackson (standing, left), Story B. Ladd (seated, left) and George B. Chittenden (seated, right), c. 1930, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian