Results for "United Nations Development Programme"
The Impossible Case of Harrison G. Dyar
- Date: May 12, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Starting tomorrow through next week, we will be digging into the life of entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar (1866-1929). Dyar was honorary custodian of the Smithsonian's United States National Museum's collection of Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, etc.) for more than thirty years. As a scientist, Dyar was noted for his work concerning mosquito-borne diseases. He also developed a
She Blinded Me With . . . Software?
- Date: March 7, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: In this interview, Roberta Williams describes how she creates the story and graphics for a computer game, King's Quest.
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes
- Date: 1976 08/31/1974
- Creator: 93d Congress, Sess. 2, 1974
- Creator: 93d Congress, Sess. 2, 1974
- Webpage
Career as Scientist
- Date: April 18, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Webpage
Henry, Science Administrator
- Date: March 21, 2012
- Description: Highlights of Joseph Henry's career as a science administrator.
- Document
Torch 03/1975
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1975 Box 1 Folder 3
Record Unit 548, National Museum of Natural History Division of Meteorites Folder: India - Miscellaneous
- Date: 1970-1977
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000332, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Records, 1956-1988 and undated
- Date: 1956 1956-1988 1956-1988 and undated
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Document
Torch 12/1974
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1974 Box 1 Folder 12
- Historic Pictures
National Portrait Gallery
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: Although planning began in 1919, the National Portrait Gallery was not created until 1962, and it opened to the public in the historic Patent Office Building in 1968. Known for its iconic collections of portraits of a broad spectrum of Americans, the gallery is also noted for its Hall of Presidents. History of the National Portrait GalleryAdditional Historic Images of the
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-112, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Armed Forces History, Exhibition Records, circa 1952-1989 with related materials from 1883
- Date: 1952 1952-1989 circa 1952-1989 with related materials from 1883
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Exhibiting the Enola Gay
- Date: June 25, 2020
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, controversy surrounded the context in which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.