Results for "Turning of the Joseph Henry Statue"
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SIA Acc. 13-261, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Website Records, 2013
- Date: 2013
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 16-085, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Website Records, 2009-2015
- Date: 2009 2009-2015
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007101, Dyar, Harrison G (Harrison Gray) 1866-1929, Harrison Gray Dyar Papers, 1882-1927
- Date: 1882 1882-1927
- Creator: Dyar, Harrison G. (Harrison Gray), 1866-1929
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
William Stimpson and the Golden Age of American Natural History
- Date: July 17, 2018
- Description: Ron Vasile teaches AP U.S. History, U.S. History and Anthropology at Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois.We bring to you the story of a dedicated naturalist turned museum pioneer.
- Blog Post
With a Little Unpaid Help From My Friends
- Date: August 15, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Late in July, LENS, a New York Times blog that focuses on images and issues photographic, posted an interesting story by James Estrin. Magnum Photos, the legendary co-operative photo agency founded after World War II by photographers including Robert Capa and Henri Cartier Bresson, announced that to boost the visibility (and paid use) of the hundreds of thousands of images it
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SIA Acc. 86-042, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Bequests, Estates, Gifts, Trusts, and Wills, circa 1884-1984
- Date: 1884 1884-1984 circa 1884-1984
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Keeping up with our #Volunpeers – SIA’s Transcription Center Accomplishments
- Date: September 14, 2017
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: When it comes to the Smithsonian Transcription Center, there’s always more to discover, more material with which to engage. It can be easy to lose track of just how much our crowd of #volunpeers accomplished and why it is so important to us. We’re not done yet, but after four years, it’s a good time to take a step back and see what has been accomplished through the effort of
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SIA RU007181, True, Frederick William 1858-1914, Frederick William True Papers, circa 1886-1910
- Date: 1886 1886-1910 circa 1886-1910
- Creator: True, Frederick William, 1858-1914
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
#587-#778; #1316A-#1448 A. A. S. Hitchcock : British Guiana, 1919-1920, Washington, D.C., including SI and Rock Creek Park; Cuba; Colorado and Wyoming, 1918
- Date: 1918-1920 1918 1920
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Microsoft Word - MH Journal Writing EduAct.doc
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part II
- Date: April 28, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The 1846 legislation that established the Smithsonian Institution provided for a Secretary, appointed by the Board of Regents, who would run the day-to-day affairs of the Institution. When David Skorton became Secretary last year, he was the thirteenth person to take on that responsibility. In our last blog, we discussed the first six and now we’ll look at seven through
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Solomon Brown
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Description: Born in 1829 to free black parents along the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, Solomon Galleon Brown would become, at age 23, the first black employee of the Smithsonian. Starting out as a laborer in the Exchange Office, he ultimately became the personal assistant of Spencer Baird, the second secretary of the Smithsonian. By the time of his 1904 retirement,