Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Acting Assistant Secretary for Science"
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Emily Niekrasz
- Date: October 10, 2018
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
The Smithsonian Castle Construction Begins
- Date: March 19, 2019
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, or the “Castle,” is the most iconic of all the Smithsonian’s 769 facilities, which include its nineteen museums, nine research centers, National Zoo, and all of its other establishments. The Castle was the first building constructed specifically for the Smithsonian after it was founded in 1846. On March 19, 1847, a contract was signed with
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 13-024, Smithsonian Material Culture Forum, Program Records, 1988-2009
- Date: 1988 1988-2009
- Creator: Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Spirit of St. Louis Was Star Attraction for Smithsonian
- Date: April 30, 2015
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: April 30 marks the anniversary of when Charles Lindbergh flew his Spirit of St. Louis to the Smithsonian Institution to donate.
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SIA Acc. 14-101, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Correspondence, 1896, 1916, 1944, 1960-2013
- Date: 1896 1896-2013 1896, 1916, 1944, 1960-2013
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smokey Bear
- Date: September 5, 2019
- Description: 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of Smokey Bear, and, considering the rise in wildfires during the past decade, Smokey and his message of wildfire prevention and wildlife preservation is needed now more than ever. The U. S. Forest Service maintains a very informative website regarding Smokey’s history and a wealth of wildfire statistics may be found on the National Interagency
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Credits
- Date: February 21, 2017
- Description: AcknowledgementsThe web version of From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution was adapted from an exhibition that appeared from July 1996 to January 1997 in the Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition Gallery in the National Museum of American History. It was one of the official projects that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the 1846 founding of the Smithsonian
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SIA Acc. 10-199, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Office of Public Affairs, Audiovisual Records, 1989-2003
- Date: 1989 1989-2003
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Public Affairs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Neil Judd Reconstructing Pots from Pot Shards
- Date: circa 1930s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
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SIA RU009573, Meredith L. Jones Oral History Interview, 1990
- Date: 1990
- Creator: Jones, Meredith L., interviewee
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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The Smithsonian Castle: Tragic Death, a Mystery, and Strange Occurrences
- Date: March 29, 2016
- Description: On this day in 1850, a young man was killed in the Castle, the first of four deaths to occur within its walls. William H. Page was working in the building, which was still under construction at the time, when he fell to his death.
