Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science"
Harrison Lomax: Smithsonian Employee, Civil War Veteran, Husband, Father
- Date: September 1, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: As a laborer at the Smithsonian from 1882 until his death in 1918, Harrison Lomax served the Institution’s top leaders. A letter in our collections that he wrote to Secretary Samuel P. Langley is an example of the ways in which African American employees advocated for themselves in order to earn promotions and raises.
- SI History Chronology
Secretary Samuel Langley Dies
- Date: February 27, 1906
- Collection
Subject Files, 1963-1993
- Date: 1967 1967-1993 1963-1993
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Assistant Provost for the Sciences
Welcome to Smithsonian History on Our New Website!
- Date: October 18, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Secretary Langley with Family and Friends
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Webpage
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,
- Document
73-1633-2
- SI History Chronology
Secretary Attends International Congress
- Date: Spring, 1954
- SI History Chronology
Secretary Emeritus Abbot Dies
- Date: December 17, 1973
Secretary's Office, East Wing, Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle
- Date: 1976 March 18, 1976
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Office of Printing and Photographic Services
- Webpage
Charles Greeley Abbot, 1872-1973
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 05-162, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1903-1925
- Date: 1903 1903-1925
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
