Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research"
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From the Science Service Collection: Dr. John Thomas, Jr.
- Date: February 22, 2018
- Creator: Matt Peterson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_392292,size=800,center]Dr. John Thomas, Jr., M.D. was a renowned clinician, epidemiologist, and research scholar who taught at Meharry Medical College for more than half century. When this photograph was made, he had just been appointed Research Collaborator at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he was engaged in a study of the precursors of
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The Anniversary of the National Museum of African Art: A Gift in August
- Date: August 13, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: On August 13, 2012 the National Museum of African Art, founded by Warren M. Robbins, became a part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Sneak Peek 12/17/2018
- Date: December 17, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission research station, possibly along the Potomac River, 1880s, Glass negative [double exposure], SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-5600.
Digitization Sneak Peek: Summer in Phoenix (Islands)
- Date: November 20, 2018
- Creator: Charles Zange
- Description: Check out a few warm weather photos from the newest digitization efforts of our Field Book Project team.
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Merging Chemistry and Nutrition: Pauline Gracia Beery Mack
- Date: March 17, 2011
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="284" caption="Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (1891-1974), by Underwood & Underwood, Date unknown, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, SIA Acc. 90-105 (SIA-SIA2008-5750)."][/caption] For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be
The Legend of the Beer Machine
- Date: September 30, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Oktoberfest is here! So sit back relax and learn about a Smithsonian beer legend!
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Fishes and Frogs and Birds, OH MY!
- Date: May 26, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="378" caption="Cruriraja cadenati, 6 Oct 1959, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, USNM 196443. "][/caption] The Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, just launched nearly 2 million records on the Smithsonian Collections Search Center related to their vertebrate
Link Love: 05/14/2021
- Date: May 14, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Louise Daniel Hutchinson
- Date: August 22, 2018
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Louise Daniel Hutchinson (1928-2014) was founding Research Director at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, now the Anacostia Community Museum, and was a pioneer in both oral and community history. #Groundbreaker.
Sneak Peek 4/15/2019
- Date: April 15, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission (USFC) staff member monitors McDonald hatching jars for the hatching of buoyant fish eggs at USFC research station, circa 1880s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-5611.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Dolores Piperno
- Date: March 14, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Archaeologist & curator emerita, Dr. Dolores Piperno, Smithsonian Tropical Research Center, greatly expanded the knowledge of pre-Columbian cultures and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Olga Linares
- Date: February 28, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Former Senior Staff Scientist, Dr. Olga Linares, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, greatly expanded the understanding of Central American human evolution, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1992. #Groundbreaker