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    Torch 02/1979

    • Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1979 Box 1 Folder 2

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  3. The Smithsonian and the Civil War, April 12, 1861, Smithsonian Archives - History Div.

    The Smithsonian and the Civil War

    • Date: April 12, 1861 Civil War, 1861-1865

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  5. SI History Bibliography

    The Smithsonian Building and Grounds

    • Date: 1897
    • Creator: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896
    • Creator: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896

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    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

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  9. SI History Bibliography

    The Astrophysical Observatory

    • Date: 1897
    • Creator: Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
    • Creator: Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906

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  11. SI History Bibliography

    The Benefactors of the Institution

    • Date: 1897
    • Creator: Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
    • Creator: Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906

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    Credits

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish]The exhibition from which this website is derived was exhibited at the Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Gallery in 1996 to commemorate the Smithsonian Institution's 150th anniversary.This online exhibition was developed and written by a working group consisting of Dr. Jane MacLaren Walsh, Dr. Pamela M. Henson, and Dr. Margaret R. Dittemore and

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  15. SI History Bibliography

    Bibliography

    • Date: 1897
    • Creator: Bolton, Henry Carrington
    • Creator: Bolton, Henry Carrington

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  17. GIF of someone navigating the introduction page of the web exhibition. It includes a graphic of photographs of people in black-and-white and a portrait painting of James Smithsonian in color.

    Introducing Smithson to Smithsonian

    • Date: August 10, 2022
    • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
    • Description: As the Smithsonian geared up to celebrate its 175th anniversary, the Libraries and Archives decided to revisit the online exhibition From Smithsonian to Smithsonian, created a quarter of a century ago. Today, on the Smithsonian’s birthday, we are pleased to celebrate the launch of a new, refreshed and greatly expanded web exhibition, Smithson to Smithsonian.

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    Link Love: 12/23/2016

    • Date: December 23, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: From the look of this 16th Century book, Swedes sure knew how to deal with winter. [via Smithsonian Libraries]A rediscovered Christmas drinking song! [via Fine Books & Collections]Just in time for the solstice, ancient Japan's 72 seasons in a calendar app! [via Hyperallergic]The historic precursor to Amazon's delivery drones (a curator from our National Postal Museum weighs

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  21. SI History Chronology

    U.S. National Herbarium Moved to SI

    • Date: July 28, 1894

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    Exploration of the Southern Continent

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_13396,size=150,left]Much of the Smithsonian's early natural history collections came from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. The fourth Annual Report (1850) discusses several Latin American expeditions, in particular the exploration of islands near Nicaragua by Ephraim G. Squier, who served as U.S. charge d'affaires

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