Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science. African-American Program"
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The Megatherium Club
- Date: December 1, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=200,left]The Megatherium Club, named after a giant extinct sloth that once roamed South America, consisted of an eccentric group of young naturalists aiming to build the Smithsonian’s collection. The club was formed in 1857 under zoologist William Stimpson, who held the club’s first meeting in his cottage before the members were asked to set
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Lisa Fthenakis
- Date: July 29, 2015
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SIA Acc. 11-223, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Administrative Records, 2006
- Date: 2006
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers: Smithsonian Volunteers
- Date: April 19, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12022,size=250,left]Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since its earliest years. The Institution has always been “dependent on the kindness of strangers.” Volunteers make tremendous contributions to Smithsonian operations every day in virtually every corner of the globe. The Smithsonian's paid staff of some 6,000 employees is
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An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes
- Date: 1991 11/05/1990
- Creator: 101st Congress, Sess. 2, 1990
- Creator: 101st Congress, Sess. 2, 1990
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SIA Acc. 11-044, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Office of the Director, Subject Files, 1990-2006
- Date: 1990 1990-2006
- Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Solomon Brown
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Description: Born in 1829 to free black parents along the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, Solomon Galleon Brown would become, at age 23, the first black employee of the Smithsonian. Starting out as a laborer in the Exchange Office, he ultimately became the personal assistant of Spencer Baird, the second secretary of the Smithsonian. By the time of his 1904 retirement,
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This Day in SI History - november | Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 82-018, Smithsonian Institution Office of Programming and Budget, Records, 1963-1979
- Date: 1963 1963-1979
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 94-041, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Asia Program, Records, c. 1979-1991
- Date: 1979 1979-1991 c 1979-1991
- Creator: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Asia Program
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Torch 04/1974
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1974 Box 1 Folder 4
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National Museum of Natural History
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: Natural history specimens and ethnographic artifacts were among the earliest collections of the US National Museum. In 1910, the National Museum of Natural History building opened to showcase these collections. Wings were added in the 1960s, and a collections storage facility in Maryland opened in 1983 to help house the National Museum of Natural History’s 126 million objects.