Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Quadrangle Complex"
- Field Book
Ohio and New York, 1966 - 1968
- Date: 1966 - 1968 19660830 19680731
- Creator: Oliver, William Albert, 1926-2005
- Webpage
Collections Access Policies
- Date: March 7, 2011
- Description: Learn about the Archives' policies for accessing and using its collections.
- Webpage
Lonnie Bunch
- Date: August 23, 2016
- Description: Historian Lonnie Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian’s 19th museum. Growing up with a love of history and a sense that African Americans deserved “a voice,” his education and early career gave him the research, museum, and management experience that allowed him to successfully develop an idea into a
- Blog Post
A Living Exhibition
- Date: July 19, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey
- Field Book
Holt, notes, c. 1955 - 1974
- Date: 1955-1974 1955 1974
- Creator: Holt, Perry C. (Perry Cecil)
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 87-040, Smithsonian Institution Office of Design and Construction, Project Files, c. 1973-1985
- Date: 1973 1973-1985 c 1973-1985
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: December 27, 2016
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives Reference Team handles an average of around 6,000 queries per year, and if you us what people have been researching at the Archives recently, you'll get some pretty interesting responses. Although not comprehensive, here's a snapshot of the diverse range of information encompassed by the history of the world's largest museum complex!
Houdini Escapes the Smithsonian
- Date: December 26, 2011
- Description: Harry Houdini visits Aleš Hrdlička at the National Museum to get measured and declines giving his remains to the Smithsonian.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000613, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Administrative Records, 1972-1984
- Date: 1972 1972-1984
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Webpage
Alexander Wetmore
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_6874,size=185,left]Alexander Wetmore was the sixth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He developed an early interest in natural history and published his first paper on birds at the age of thirteen. He received a B.S. from the University of Kansas (1912) and and M.S. and Ph. D. from George Washington University (1916 &
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 01-241, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Office of Public Affairs, Ephemera, 1986-1994
- Date: 1986 1986-1994
- Creator: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of Public Affairs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part II
- Date: June 15, 2017
- Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.