Results for "Road Reports Across America (Blog)"
- Webpage
Theodore Nicholas Gill
- Date: December 13, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391595,size=300,left]Theodore Nicholas Gill, “Ichthyobranchius”, was many things: an ichthyologist, law student, professor of zoology, Senior Assistant Librarian of Congress, member of the Megatherium Club, and as Robert Kennicott described him “about the oddest fish I’ve come across.” His contributions to science were remarkable, producing more than
- Blog Post
Link Love: 5/13/2011
- Date: May 13, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Six children play on the sculpture "Uncle Beazley," the 25 foot long replica of a triceratops, placed on the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1976, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 23, Negative Number:
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000557, Smithsonian National Associate Regional Events Program, Records, circa 1975-1986
- Date: 1975 1975-1986 circa 1975-1986
- Creator: Smithsonian National Associate Regional Events Program
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Diary, February 5-April 29, 1900
- Date: 1900 19000205 19000429
- Creator: Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
- Blog Post
Breaking Ground and Blessing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: September 21, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: On September 28, 1999, representatives of dozens of tribes from across the hemisphere gathered on the National Mall for the groundbreaking of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. On the overcast morning, several hundred people packed under three tents during a ceremony that featured blessings from the four cardinal directions. After the ceremony, some
Calling All First Ladies
- Date: August 27, 2013
- Description: A closer look at the First Lady’s social obligation to exchange calling cards in the early 19th century.
- Blog Post
Robert Ridgway – From Protégé to a Leading Ornithologist
- Date: February 27, 2020
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: As a teenager, Robert Ridgway was tapped by the Smithsonian’s Assistant Secretary to be an expedition zoologist. In 1881, when the US National Museum opened its doors, he was the curator of Birds. Download and reuse some of bird illustrations today through Smithsonian Open Access.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 19-203, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Museum Learning and Programs, Departmental Records, 1984-2018
- Date: 1984 1984-2018
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Museum Learning and Programs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-009, Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction, Project Files (Microfiche and Microfilm), 1993
- Date: 1993
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Disk Diving: A Born Digital Collections Survey at the Smithsonian
- Date: September 13, 2012
- Description: Details of a physical inventory/survery that is ongoing at the Smithsonian. The project is focused on finding and documenting born digital items at different archival units.
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes
- Date: 1905 03/03/1905
- Creator: 58th Congress, Sess. 3, 1905
- Creator: 58th Congress, Sess. 3, 1905
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SIA Acc. 13-286, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Website Records, 2008-2013
- Date: 2008 2008-2013 Civil War, 1861-1865
- Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives