Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Development Committee"
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Science Service, Up Close: Up in the Air for a Solar Eclipse
- Date: January 24, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: On January 24, 1925, for the first time in over a century, a total solar eclipse would be visible across the northern part of the United States. How scientists used a dirigible to observe the phenomenon.
Field Book Narratives of Volcanologist James F. Luhr
- Date: August 18, 2016
- Description: A look into the field books of volcanologist James F. Luhr.
#AskAnArchivist 2020: Sharing From Home
- Date: October 8, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: You asked. We answered. On October 7, 2020, six Archives staff members were excited and ready to answer questions on Twitter and Instagram for #AskAnArchivist Day.
Fatherhood in the field: Horton Hobbs aka “Crawdaddy”
- Date: June 19, 2016
- Description: Horton H. Hobbs Jr. and his work in the field with his son, Horton H. Hobbs III.
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Science Service, Up Close: Telephone Books, Wax Turkeys, and Talking Chickens
- Date: March 8, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Exhibits, Margaret Jane Russell Roller (1888-1973) had begun to specialize in fabricating lifelike wax models of food and animals.
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Science Service, Up Close: Charles Bittinger and the Worlds of Science and Art
- Date: December 6, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: The work of painter Charles Bittinger, bridging the worlds of science and art.