Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science"
Early 20th-Century Women Computers at the Smithsonian
- Date: August 12, 2021
- Description: Learn about Florence A. Graves, Gladys Thurlby Bond, and Nancy Prichard, three 20th century women computers who advanced solar research.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Elaine Heumann Gurian
- Date: July 1, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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Decoding Taxonomic Mysteries in Secretary Baird’s Correspondence
- Date: May 17, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: The Archives was recently gifted an 1860 letter from Spencer F. Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian, to George N. Lawrence, fellow naturalist. The donor requested that, along with a digital version, a transcription be provided, which I undertook alongside a simple treatment. The letter was in overall excellent condition: the thin paper exhibited only a pair of small
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Secretary and Outdoorsman: Alexander Wetmore
- Date: June 21, 2018
- Creator: Tatiana Swann
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12035,size=350,center]June is National Camping Month, and to celebrate we are recognizing one of the Smithsonian’s original outdoorsmen: Alexander Wetmore. The Smithsonian’s sixth Secretary thrived outside. Annually for 20 years Wetmore would make the trip south to Panama, to the same spot, Isla Iguana. There he would conduct his observations, record
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Going Back to the Smithsonian’s Future
- Date: February 8, 2018
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Today on The Bigger Picture, we are highlighting the anniversary of the 1927 Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian which brought together people from across the country – scientists, academics, politicians, and private citizens – to advise on the future role of the Smithsonian. For this, we bring you a piece from Smithsonian Archives Program Assistant Lisa Fthenakis,
Designed for Change: The Experimental Gallery, 1991-1994
- Date: July 5, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: For a period of time in the early 1990s, the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building played host to an experimental exhibition gallery space.
Lucy Hunter Baird: Much More Than a Devoted Daughter
- Date: March 5, 2020
- Description: Lucy Hunter Baird did not shy away from her father’s towering legacy in American science, she embraced it. As the only child of Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lucy Baird developed a passion for her father’s discipline of ornithology (the study of birds) and strove to chronicle his extraordinary life in a biography. Although she was
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Family Affair
- Date: November 9, 2010
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-1878), and his wife, Harriet Henry, and their daughters Caroline, Helen and Mary with croquet mallets on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution Building, c.
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part II
- Date: April 28, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The 1846 legislation that established the Smithsonian Institution provided for a Secretary, appointed by the Board of Regents, who would run the day-to-day affairs of the Institution. When David Skorton became Secretary last year, he was the thirteenth person to take on that responsibility. In our last blog, we discussed the first six and now we’ll look at seven through
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part I
- Date: April 26, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: A look at the characteristics of the thirteen individuals who have led the Smithsonian.
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Robert Ridgway – From Protégé to a Leading Ornithologist
- Date: February 27, 2020
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: As a teenager, Robert Ridgway was tapped by the Smithsonian’s Assistant Secretary to be an expedition zoologist. In 1881, when the US National Museum opened its doors, he was the curator of Birds. Download and reuse some of bird illustrations today through Smithsonian Open Access.
A Crafty Way to Support the Smithsonian
- Date: May 14, 2019
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Tracing the history of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, created in 1966 to raise funds to support the Institution, especially its educational programs.