Results for "Naturalists"
- SI History Bibliography
Notes on a Young Naturalist
- Date: March 1980
- Creator: Zochert, Donald
- Creator: Zochert, Donald
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 91-100, Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Records, 1971-1988
- Date: 1971 1971-1988
- Creator: Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Edward Drinker Cope
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391590,size=250,left]Edward Drinker Cope, a paleontologist and a “very hard worker with a very good head” offered a great deal of findings to the Smithsonian and the world of science. Fellow Megatherium Club member Robert Kennicott notes in his letter “Folks at Home” that Cope is, “…bound to be one of the first naturalists of the age,” stating that
Play Our New Game! “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem”
- Date: July 4, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: We are pleased to launch a new live-play mystery based on the Megatherium Club, an actual group of young naturalists who lived in dormitories in the Smithsonian's Castle. Geared toward teen visitors (you must be 13 years or older to play), “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem” runs July 8th-Aug. 27th, with limited timeslots daily. Spend an hour with your
- SI History Bibliography
Audubon: Influences on an American Naturalist
- Date: 1984
- Creator: Deiss, William A
- Creator: Deiss, William A
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Henry Bryant
- Date: November 27, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=300,left]Henry Bryant was a member of the Megatherium Club and one of the naturalists who helped build the Smithsonian’s collection during the 1850s and 1860s. Born on May 12, 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, Bryant gained an early education at Mr. Thayer’s school before proceeding to college at Mr. Welles’ school in Cambridge. His education
- SI History Bibliography
Elliott Coues: Naturalist and Frontier Historian
- Date: 1981
- Creator: Cutright, Paul Russell,Brodhead, Michael J
- Creator: Cutright, Paul Russell,Brodhead, Michael J
- SI History Bibliography
Martha Maxwell, Rocky Mountain Naturalist
- Date: 1986
- Creator: Benson, Maxine
- Creator: Benson, Maxine
- SI History Bibliography
Graceanna Lewis: Portrait of a Quaker Naturalist
- Date: 1985
- Creator: Bonta, Marcia Myers
- Creator: Bonta, Marcia Myers
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 09-241, Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Records, 1955-2002
- Date: 1955 1955-2002
- Creator: Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Naturalist of the Americas: Alexander Wetmore
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_6874,size=185,left]Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and avian paleontologist, was the Smithsonian's sixth Secretary (1945-1952). As a young biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, Wetmore conducted extensive fieldwork in Latin America. He spent 1911 in Puerto Rico studying bird life, and later traveled through South
Found in the Archives: The Trail of a Naturalist Pirate
- Date: September 19, 2017
- Creator: Jessica Lavin
- Description: Barbeque. Doughboy. Free trade. Pumple-nose. Smugglers. Cortan. Crockadore. Chopsticks. William Dampier, the 17th century explorer turned privateer/pirate, is credited with introducing these words, and more than 1,000 others, into the English vernacular. He was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe three times, and created the first detailed record of Australian Flora