Results for "United States Entomological Commission"
- Blog Post
Television and the Smithsonian: Worldly Success
- Date: December 18, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/9/2011
- Date: May 9, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="310" caption="Foster Henderson Benjamin (1895-1936), lepidopterist, was with the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, There he assisted in the investigations of the Mexican (Texas, 1927) and Mediterranean (Florida, 1929) fruit flies, c. 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Sepia photographic print, Smithsonian
- Blog Post
The National Park that Never Was
- Date: August 25, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: This month marks the centennial of the National Park Service—learn about one that was planned but never built.
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC)
- Date: February 10, 2022
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Learn more about the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center and the impact this unit had in the study of marine science worldwide.
- Blog Post
See Here: 5/16/2011
- Date: May 16, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="307" caption="Wilhelm Carl Paul Gottlieb Heinrich (1880-1955) in 1913 joined the United States Department of Agriculture, He first worked on applied entomology but later switched to the classification of Lepidoptera, c. 1940, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7427, Box 1,
Scientific Sweethearts: Research Couples in the Archives
- Date: February 11, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look at the life and work of husband and wife Smithsonian scientists researching in the field.
Smithsonian Backs Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Date: April 1, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: In 1864, Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth sparked people’s imagination, but have you heard that before the novel was published, the Smithsonian attempted a journey of its own.
JAM: A Month of Musical Celebration
- Date: April 3, 2012
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: April is Jazz Appreciation Month. In addition to events across the globe, you can find jazz nuggets in various archives.
Sneak Peek 3/13/2017
- Date: March 13, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: McDonald hatching jars in the hatchery on the lower deck of the U.S. Fish Commission research vessel "Fish Hawk," MAH-8069.
A Beaver Corral, Fried Owl, and Pueblos: Adventures with Vernon Orlando Bailey
- Date: August 20, 2013
- Description: Examination and conservation treatment of V.O. Bailey’s field book chronicling a 1906 expedition through Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas.
- Blog Post
100 Years of the Natural History Building
- Date: June 17, 2010
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="U.S. National Museum, May 3, 1917, seen from the National Mall, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Box 79, Folder: 10, Neg. SIA2009-2203."][/caption] As part of my work as the historian for the history of the Smithsonian, I’ve been working for the past year on
Sneak Peek 4/30/18
- Date: April 30, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: U.S. Fish Commission hatchery, with unidentified staff member and tray of roe in view, 1880’s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-8062.