Results for "Paleontology, Vertebrate"
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: October 9, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Photograph of field site worked on by Frank C. Whitmore and his colleagues
- Date: Undated
Smithsonian Open Access-iversary
- Date: February 25, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Take a look at CC0 content we have posted in the year since the Smithsonian Open Access launch!
- Blog Post
Going Back to the Smithsonian’s Future
- Date: February 8, 2018
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Today on The Bigger Picture, we are highlighting the anniversary of the 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian which brought together people from across the country – scientists, academics, politicians, and private citizens – to advise on the future role of the Smithsonian. For this, we bring you a piece from Smithsonian Archives Program Assistant Lisa Fthenakis,
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000328, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Paleobiology, Records, 1930-1932, 1937-1984 and undated, with related materials from 1882
- Date: 1882 1882-1984 1930-1932, 1937-1984 and undated, with related materials from 1882
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Smithsonian Scientists at Work
- Date: April 20, 2017
- Description: [view:sia_slideshow==75408]Scientific research has been integral to the Smithsonian, from its founding to today. The Smithsonian's founder, Englishman James Smithson, saw in the U.S. (according to his biographer, Heather Ewing) "a place of the future" that could support "science and progress for humanity." He believed that scientists were "citizens of the world" and that the
Stumbling Upon . . . Calvin Coolidge
- Date: December 5, 2013
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: The science and method of conducting research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 99-038, Smithsonian Institution International Exchange Service, Records, 1989-1992
- Date: 1989 1989-1992
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. International Exchange Service
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
A Twofer
- Date: February 10, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: The Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian took place on February 11, 1927, raising awareness of the activities of the Smithsonian and at the same time served as a venue to raise money.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 01-243, Science Service, Records, circa 1926-1967
- Date: 1926 1926-1967 circa 1926-1967
- Creator: Science Service
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Rolling Up Our Cardigans with Record Unit 95
- Date: June 4, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Thanks to a generous grant from the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, the Archives will digitize, catalog, and make available 7,500 historic photographs of the Smithsonian from Record Unit 95.
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WWII: Staff Supporting the War Effort
- Date: June 27, 2016
- Description: When the men and women of the Smithsonian heard the call to duty in World War II, they again took up the call as they had during World War I. Secretaries Charles G. Abbot and Alexander Wetmore provided leadership that brought the Smithsonian’s resources to the aid of the nation, while safeguarding its primary mission: the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Once again,
