Results for "Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975"
- SI History Bibliography
Exploring Ancient Panama by Helicopter
- Date: 1950
- Creator: Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975
- Creator: Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975
- SI History Bibliography
Bringing Wildlife to Millions: William Temple Hornaday, The Early Years, 1854-1896
- Date: 1975
- Creator: Dolph, James Andrew
- Creator: Dolph, James Andrew
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Inter-American Cooperation
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_7144,size=200,right]During construction of the Panama Canal at the start of the century, many laborers died of malaria and yellow fever. To find ways to control the diseases, North American biologists came to the isthmus of Panama. Some of these scientists were so impressed by the diversity of the natural environment that they later
- Authority Record/EAC
Smithsonian Institution - National Geographic Society Expedition to Panama, January - April, 1949
- Date: 1949 - 1949
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution - National Geographic Society Expedition to Panama, January - April, 1949
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La Cooperación Interamericana
- Date: May 2, 2017
- Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_7144,size=200,right]A principios de este siglo, durante la construcción del Canal de Panamá, muchos trabajadores murieron de malaria y fiebre amarilla, situación que motivó la llegada de biólogos norteamericanos para combatir estas enfermedades.Esta página describe la parte Smithsonian en la conservación científica y cultural del medio
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William and Lucile Mann
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9793,size=200,left] William and Lucile Mann forged a natural history career together, combining his skills as a scientist and institution builder with her skills as a writer and publicist.William Mann ran away from his Helena, Montana, home as a child to join the circus. John Ringling discouraged his interests and advised him to pursue
Album 1 Guatemala and Honduras, 1936
- Date: 1936-1939 19361031 19390415
- Creator: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
Album 2 Panama, 1948
- Date: 1948 1948 1948
- Creator: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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William Henry Holmes
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish]Born near Cadiz, Ohio, in the year the Smithsonian was founded, 1846, Holmes's life was intimately tied to the institution from the time he was twenty-five until his retirement in 1932 when he was 86.He began work as an artist drawing specimens for a number of naturalists in the employ of Spencer Fullerton Baird, then Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian
- Document
MNH-055
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MNH-055A
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000192, United States National Museum, Permanent Administrative Files, 1877-1975
- Date: 1877 1877-1975
- Creator: United States National Museum
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives