Results for "Ornithology"
- Field Book
France, 1938 : to attend IX International Ornithological Congress and meeting of the International Committee for Bird Preservation in Rouen; Correspondence, programs, travel and field notes, expense records, maps, and memorabilia; Correspondents include Jean Theodore Delacour
- Date: 1938 19380515 19380523
Spotlight: Carl William Schuermann, Jr., Property Clerk
- Date: October 28, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: We're taking a closer look at Carl William Schuermann, Jr., a Smithsonian property clerk with an interest in ornithology.
Link Love: 4/7/2017
- Date: April 7, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress were able to pool funds to purchase a rare photo of a young Harriet Tubman. [via Washington Post]The Audobon profiles Smithsonian scientist, Roxie Laybourne, who started the field of forensic ornithology which identified birds involved in plane strikes and led to improved
- Field Book
Venezuela, 1954 : to take part in a ornithological expedition sponsored by William H. Phelps; Correspondence, travel notes, expense records, itineraries, provisions lists, maps, reports, and reference materials; Correspondents include James H. Kempton, William H. Phelps, Jr., and Helena M. Weiss
- Date: 1953-1954 19530928 19540805
- Creator: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
Link Love: 3/29/2019
- Date: March 29, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Roxie Collie Laybourne: Remembering a Groundbreaker
- Date: March 26, 2013
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Roxie Collie Laybourne pioneered the field of forensic ornithology through her study of bird feathers, which has meant improved aviation safety.
Lucy Hunter Baird: Much More Than a Devoted Daughter
- Date: March 5, 2020
- Description: Lucy Hunter Baird did not shy away from her father’s towering legacy in American science, she embraced it. As the only child of Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lucy Baird developed a passion for her father’s discipline of ornithology (the study of birds) and strove to chronicle his extraordinary life in a biography. Although she was
- Blog Post
Almost here … World Migratory Bird Day 2019!
- Date: May 9, 2019
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: While only two years old, World Migratory Bird Day is just one of the latest evolutions in conservation awareness. Related celebrations go back more than twenty-six years and draw on over a century of research.
- Collection
John Southgate Yeaton Hoyt and Sally Foresman Hoyt Papers, 1938-1964
- Date: 1938 1938-1964
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 14-202, Smithsonian Institution, Website Records, 2014
- Date: 2014
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Women in Science Wednesday: Roxie Collie Laybourne
- Date: August 19, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Forensic ornithologist, Roxie Collie Laybourne, created the field of forensic ornithology which has improved air safety through the use of bird data, by making modifications to flight plans and creating programs to scare away birds at some airports. #Groundbreaker
- Blog Post
Roxie Laybourne: A Bird of Many Feathers
- Date: March 24, 2016
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: A brief biographical sketch of Roxie Laybourne, an Ornithologist who specialized in feather identification and pioneered the field of forensic ornithology.