Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research"
Sneak Peek 2/17/2020
- Date: February 17, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Office of Executive Assistant to the Secretary in the east wing of the Smithsonian Institution, or Castle, April 10, 1912, with John U. Perkins, Harry Woodward Dorsey (chief clerk), and James G. Traylor (appointment clerk), SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B37_F02_008.
Sneak Peek 7/23/2018
- Date: July 23, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Senior administrators stand next to their bicycles outside the Arts and Industries Building during an energy conservation campaign, 74-4912-01.
Sneak Peek: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Date: March 11, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Series of photographs of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute buildings and facilities at Barro Colorado, Naos, and Galeta islands, Panama, 1960s, SIA RU000095.
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Candles on the Water
- Date: February 3, 2011
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: [caption id="attachment_11206" align="aligncenter" width="219" caption="Bells Rock Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, c. 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative number: MAH-48182H."][/caption] We recently digitized a series of lighthouse images that led me on a surprising research path.
You Spin Me Right Round
- Date: May 17, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: William Wetmore Story's statue of Smithsonian
Sneak Peek 11/4/2019
- Date: November 4, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Drawing of "Neptune Baird," dog belonging to Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, circa 1840s, SIA RU000095, SA-270.
Spotlight: Oscar Loew, Office of the Chemist
- Date: August 26, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: a closer look at Oscar Loew, the first person to hold the Office of Smithsonian Chemist.
Robert Ridgway: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
- Date: April 30, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Robert Ridgway, known primarily for his extensive contributions to ornithology and as curator of birds for the United States National Museum, was also a keen observer of the changing landscape in areas where he conducted his detailed studies.
Sneak Peek 7/1/2013
- Date: July 1, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Research in Smithsonian Institution Archives on the fourth floor of the Castle.
Sneak Peek 8/8/2016
- Date: August 8, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and daughter, Lucy, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, MAH-3461.
Sneak Peek 6/16/2014
- Date: June 16, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Secretary S. Dillon Ripley and two unidentified administrators with the Resolute desk, on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in 1966 and 1967.
Sneak Peek 9/21/2015
- Date: September 21, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Secretary S. Dillon Ripley greets Pope John Paul II upon his arrival at the Smithsonian Institution, 79-13064.