Results for "Mineralogy"
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000268, United States National Museum Division of Mineralogy and Petrology, Correspondence, 1932-1963
- Date: 1932 1932-1963
- Creator: United States National Museum. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000336, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mineralogy, Records, 1958, 1964-1970
- Date: 1958 1958-1970 1958, 1964-1970
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mineralogy
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000421, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mineralogy, Correspondence, 1960-1989
- Date: 1960 1960-1989
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mineralogy
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Field Book
William F. Foshag's papers, circa 1935-1949 : various bound mineralogical notes.
- Date: 1934-1949 19340604 1949
- Creator: Foshag, William F (William Frederick), 1894-1956
Sneak Peek 9/10/2018
- Date: September 10, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Lynn Volpi demonstrates "By-Word" wand sound system in a mineralogy exhibit at National Museum of Natural History, November 26, 1975, by Harry Neufeld, SIA RU000371, 75-16336-11.
- Webpage
Who Was James Smithson?
- Date: February 7, 2017
- Description: James Smithson: The Man Behind the InstitutionWhile the institution named after James Smithson enjoys worldwide renown, we know little about the man who left $508,318 to the people of the United States to found such an institution.An English scientist who conducted research in chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, Smithson lived and traveled in several European countries. His
James Smithson at Oxford
- Date: September 12, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_6861,size=300,right] Some students look forward eagerly to the new school year; others dread the end of summer and the long year ahead. How did the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson (1765-1829), feel about school? Smithson attended Oxford University in England from 1782 to 1786, receiving a Masters of Arts degree in chemistry and mineralogy.
- Blog Post
Science Service, Up Close: Field Work at Yellowstone
- Date: July 2, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Who is the man at right, standing in Yellowstone National Park with Dutch geologist Henrik Albertus Brouwer?
Miscellaneous Mysteries of the Universe
- Date: October 28, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: In this next edition of our Miscellaneous Adventures, choose your own adventures by diving into the folders yourself in the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1963-
- Date: 1963 1963-
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mineralogy
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1897-1963
- Date: 1897 1897-1963
- Creator: United States National Museum Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
William F. Foshag
- Date: c. 1920
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
