Results for "Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975"
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Naturalist of the Americas: Alexander Wetmore
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_6874,size=185,left]Alexander Wetmore, ornithologist and avian paleontologist, was the Smithsonian's sixth Secretary (1945-1952). As a young biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, Wetmore conducted extensive fieldwork in Latin America. He spent 1911 in Puerto Rico studying bird life, and later traveled through South
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SIA RU000541, Cooper-Hewitt Museum Office of the Registrar, Loan Files, 1958, 1975-1987
- Date: 1958 1958-1987 1958, 1975-1987
- Creator: Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Registrar
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 01-015, Smithsonian Institution Office of International Relations, Grant Records, 1975-1997
- Date: 1975 1975-1997
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Relations
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Sharing Plants, Animals, and Friendships
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9227,size=110,left]Exchanging specimens is essential in botanical research: Herbaria swap their duplicates in return for specimens they lack. Such international trading is based on relations established through correspondence and research trips, relations that endure through generations of botanists. By the early twentieth century,
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Intercambio de Ideas y Especimenes
- Date: May 2, 2017
- Description: [view in English]El intercambio internacional siempre ha sido una parte importante de la misión de la Institución Smithsonian. A fin de obtener publicaciones de sociedades científicas, el secretario Henry ofreció a cambio la publicación Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Henry y el subsecretario Baird también distribuyeron publicaciones de universidades, museos,
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Island Voyagers: Caribbean Archaeology and Natural History
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish] Smithsonian scientists have a long history of collaborative research in the Caribbean. In 1914 a Smithsonian expedition traveled to western Cuba and the Colorados reefs to study land and marine geology, flora, and fauna. John Brooks Henderson, a member of the Smithsonian's Board of Regents, had collected marine mollusks in southern Florida and wanted a
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An International Exploring Expedition
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish]The first international scientific expedition sponsored by the United States circumnavigated the globe between 1838 and 1842, gathering natural history collections so vast they were estimated to weigh 40 tons. The U.S. Congress resolved to preserve these artifacts "collected at the expense of the government...Information about the first international
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The Smithsonian in Latin America Today
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: [view in Spanish]Smithsonian scientific interchange with Latin America continues in the depth and breadth demonstrated by the historical record. The tradition of collegial relationships across the Americas derives new meaning from concerns over the responsible stewardship of the earth's natural resources. In Belize, the National Museum of Natural History leased a small island
Composite Group Portrait of Touring Lecturers for the American Literary Bureau
- Date: 1868 Circa 1868-1869
- Creator: American Literary Bureau
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Records of the Assistant Secretary
- Date: April 20, 2011
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12311,size=230,right]These records are amongst the most frequently used collections, and the most historically important records, in the Archives. US National Museum (USNM) incumbents included: Spencer F. Baird, 1850–1881G. Brown Goode, 1881–1896, including the years 1881–1887 when he served as Assistant Director of the Museum without the title of
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La exploracion del sur del continente
- Date: May 1, 2017
- Description: [view in English][edan-image:id=siris_sic_13396,size=200,left]Gran parte de las primeras colecciones de historia natural de la Institución Smithsonian provino de México, el Caribe y América Central y del Sur. En el Cuarto Informe Anual (1850) se reseñan varias expediciones latinoamericanas, en particular la exploración de las islas cercanas a Nicaragua por Ephraim G.Esta
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SIA Acc. 99-069, Sando, William Jasper, William Jasper Sando Papers, 1951-1995
- Date: 1951 1951-1995
- Creator: Sando, William Jasper
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
