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    JHP_Henry_Namesakes_Notes.pdf

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    • Smithsonian Legal Document

      An Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men

      • Date: 1862 08/10/1846
      • Creator: 29th Congress, Session 1, 1846
      • Creator: 29th Congress, Session 1, 1846

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    • Smithsonian Libraries and Archives logo with the sunburst.

      Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

      • Date: December 8, 2020
      • Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

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    • Faded color map of the United States as it was in 1839.

      Pursuing Knowledge in Unfamiliar Country

      • Date: November 15, 2018
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: In mid-19th century America, some believed that world-class discoveries came exclusively from Europe. But early Smithsonian leaders had a sense of urgency to disseminate an authoritative body of knowledge, pursue further discoveries, and provide a deeper understanding to the public at a time when American society was changing.

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    • Blog Post

      50 Years of Folklife

      • Date: June 29, 2017
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10193,size=175,left]Fifty years ago the Smithsonian embarked on a new venture to bring the culture on display in the museum to life with the first Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Then called the Festival of American Folklife, it set out to show that the crafts shown inside museums are also still alive and well across the country.

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    • Scan of a 1938 Washington Post article.

      Camera Craze Comes to the Smithsonian

      • Date: April 26, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: It would be hard to imagine stepping into a Smithsonian museum today and not seeing a single camera. Digital cameras and smart phones with cameras are so completely a part of today’s museum-going experience that - unless a flash goes off in your face – you probably wouldn’t notice the camera next to you. However, in 1938, you would have seen a very different sight. On August

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    • Blog Post

      The Smithsonian’s First Garden

      • Date: May 31, 2018
      • Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9273,size=500,center]Have you ever heard of Smithsonian Park? If you are visiting the Smithsonian today, probably not. But if you had visited the Smithsonian in the 1850s, it would have been one of the first things you experienced.Smithsonian Park occupied the area between the Smithsonian Institution Building, or the Castle, and Downtown Washington,

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    • Blog Post

      Wisdom is in the head, and not in the beard...

      • Date: March 24, 2010
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Lucille St. Hoyme (1924-2001), J. Lawrence Angel (1915-1986), and Thomas Dale Stewart (1901-1997), 1967, by Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Lucille St. Hoyme (1924-2001), J. Lawrence Angel (1915-1986), and Thomas Dale Stewart (1901-1997), 1967, by Smithsonian Institution

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    • Map of expedition sites in Sumatra, 1901

      The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Astronomers Often Go Awry: The 1901 Sumatra Eclipse Expedition

      • Date: August 17, 2017
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Astronomers travel far and wide to see solar eclipses but sometimes their best laid plans don’t work out..

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    • Blog Author

      Kira M. Sobers

      • Date: April 5, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    • Field Book

      POBSP, Field Notes, Ely, Fitch, Fleet, Gill, volume 53

      • Date: 1963-1965 19631200 19650600
      • Creator: Ely, Charles A. (Charles Adelbert), 1933-

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    • The David Crockett Graham Field Book Collection: A Portal for Chinese Culture and Biodiversity

      • Date: June 21, 2012
      • Description: A closer look into the life and work of biologist, anthropologist and missionary David Crockett Graham.

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