Results for "Naturalists"
Sidedoor Podcast: Megatherium Club
- Date: June 22, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=250,left]A staff-favorite story in the Smithsonian’s history is that of the Megatherium Club — a revolving group of young naturalists who made the Castle their temporary home in between expeditions to the outer reaches of the United States. Who could not be intrigued by this photo of the Club where they look to be sharing a joke, or a plan?
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SIA Acc. 12-619, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education and Outreach, Naturalist News Newsletter, 1999-2006
- Date: 1999 1999-2006
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Aug 15 SI Naturalist Find New Bird Species in Gabon, Africa | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 12-613, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education, Natural Enquirer: Newsletter of the Naturalist Center, 1977-1995
- Date: 1977 1977-1995
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 12-590, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education and Outreach, Naturalist Center History Files, 1977-2011
- Date: 1977 1977-2011
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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William Henry Holmes
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish]Born near Cadiz, Ohio, in the year the Smithsonian was founded, 1846, Holmes's life was intimately tied to the institution from the time he was twenty-five until his retirement in 1932 when he was 86.He began work as an artist drawing specimens for a number of naturalists in the employ of Spencer Fullerton Baird, then Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian
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SIA Acc. 11-219, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education and Outreach, Naturalist Center History Files, 1976-2007
- Date: 1976 1976-2007
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 02-183, Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Records, 1900, 1947-1997
- Date: 1947 1947-1997 1900, 1947-1997
- Creator: Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 12-593, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education and Outreach, Naturalist Center Operation Manuals, circa 1979-2011
- Date: 1979 1979-2011 circa 1979-2011
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_arc_296726,size=200,left]Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta was the foremost Cuban naturalist of his era, following in the footsteps of Felipe Poey. De la Torre was a naturalist of the old school, with broad interests in natural history. He focused his research on mollusks, both living and paleontological specimens. He collaborated for many
Can We Keep to a Schedule, Please?
- Date: October 12, 2017
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: The Smithsonian’s scientists and naturalists were, and still are, constantly on the move. When they weren’t in the field, they were in the museum studying collected specimens, writing papers, and getting ready for the next series of trips. Dr. Waldo LaSalle Schmitt (1887-1977) was no exception.Logistics is a special skill, an essential one when traveling on scientific
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SIA Acc. 13-137, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Education and Outreach, Naturalist Center History Files, 1978, circa 2011, undated
- Date: 1978 1978-2011 1978, circa 2011, undated
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives