Results for "Relations Between the Smithsonian and the Congress"
Letter from Charles D. Walcott to President Woodrow Wilson, November 26, 1917
- Date: November 26, 1917 20th century
- Creator: Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
- Creator: Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
- SI History Bibliography
Cold-Shower Time at the Smithsonian
- Date: September 1977
- Creator: Ross, Irwin
- Creator: Ross, Irwin
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007382, Richmond, Charles Wallace 1868-1932, Charles Wallace Richmond Library Catalog and Lists, 1906-1908 and undated
- Date: 1906 1906-1908 1906-1908 and undated
- Creator: Richmond, Charles Wallace, 1868-1932
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1992-
- Date: 1992 1992-
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Office of Special Events and Protocol
- Webpage
Career as Science Administrator
- Date: March 21, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 12/18/2015
- Date: December 18, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Whole new world - The Audubon Mural Project is a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery to commission murals of climate-threatened birds surrounding the old neighborhood of John James Audubon. [via Colossal]Barriers to entry - The exhibition, Y.C. Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding
Telegraphs, Controversy, and the Board of Regents
- Date: December 11, 2014
- Description: Board of Regents minutes might not sound exciting, but they have plenty of drama: including mudslinging over the telegraph’s invention.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 97-127, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of the Director, Administrative Records, 1986-1995
- Date: 1986 1986-1995
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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
- Smithsonian Legal Document
House Of Representatives Doc. No. 256, Report of the Secretary of State and accompanying documents
- Date: 1977 03/19/1838
- Creator: 25th Congress, Sess. 2
- Creator: 25th Congress, Sess. 2
- Webpage
An International Exploring Expedition
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish]The first international scientific expedition sponsored by the United States circumnavigated the globe between 1838 and 1842, gathering natural history collections so vast they were estimated to weigh 40 tons. The U.S. Congress resolved to preserve these artifacts "collected at the expense of the government...Information about the first international
- Webpage
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents
- Date: March 9, 2011
- Description: Information on the Board of Regents through the Smithsonian's history.