Results for "Relations Between the Smithsonian and the Congress"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-091, Smithsonian Institution Directorate of International Activities, Event Files, 1984-1987
- Date: 1984 1984-1987
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Directorate of International Activities
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
A Founding Father's Day
- Date: June 16, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A closer look at Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the father-son duo's relationship to the Smithsonian.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009525, Phillip S. Hughes Oral History Interviews, 1985
- Date: 1985 1969-1974 1974-1977
- Creator: Hughes, Phillip S., interviewee
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Document
JHP_Interruptions_and_Embarassments_-_The_Smtihsonian _during_the_Civil_War.pdf
- SI History Bibliography
The Smithsonian Abolition Lecture Controversy: The Clash of Antislavery Politics With American Science in Wartime Washington
- Date: December 2000 Civil War, 1861-1865
- Creator: Conlin, Michael Francis
- Creator: Conlin, Michael Francis
- Webpage
Exchanging Ideas and Specimens
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish]International exchange has always been a major part of the Smithsonian's mission. To acquire publications from leading scientific societies, Secretary Henry offered in exchange the journal, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Henry and assistant secretary Baird also distributed publications from U.S. colleges, museums, scientific societies, and scientists
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 97-046, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Department of Painting and Sculpture, Curatorial Records, 1966-1995
- Date: 1966 1966-1995
- Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Painting and Sculpture
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Exhibiting the Enola Gay
- Date: June 25, 2020
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, controversy surrounded the context in which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.
Marching Our Way to the Smithsonian
- Date: November 6, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Sure, you’ve heard of famed composer John Philip Sousa. But did you know that Sousa composed a march just for the Smithsonian?On November 6, 1854, the “March King” John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. With roots in Southeast Washington near the Marine Barracks, where his father played trombone in the United States Marine Band, it should have been of no surprise to
- Gallery
Washington DC
- Date: September 13, 2013
- Description: Although America declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776, Washington, DC, did not become the nation’s capital until July 1790. Today Washington is home to many historic national monuments and landmarks. The postcards in this gallery provide scenic views of a selection of these monuments and landmarks, including several of the Smithsonian’s museums.
Wait. Did That Really Happen? Potential Poison on the Polaris
- Date: August 13, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: We thought our work was done when a social media follower helped us identify our popular “unidentified male model” as German naturalist Emil Bessels. Then we discovered he may have murdered his captain during the 1871–73 Polaris Expedition.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 05-057, American Arachnological Society, Records, 1926-2004
- Date: 1926 1926-2004
- Creator: American Arachnological Society
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives