Results for "United States. Bureau of Entomology"
- 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
What’s Bugging Us
- Date: May 27, 2021
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Brood X cicadas are here, which inspired us to see what buggy treats we have in the archives.
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/25/2011
- Date: March 25, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Visitors, including children, are viewing entomology exhibits in the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, June 1954, by United States Department of Agriculture, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 10, Negative Number:
A Salute to Scrapbooks
- Date: May 6, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In honor of National Scrapbooking Month, the Archives highlights the scrapbook of William and Lucile Mann from their trip to Argentina in 1939.
Science Service, Up Close: Making Do
- Date: June 4, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Science Service: Up Close - Looking at the "defense fashions" for female workers during World War II.
- 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,
A Wonderful Wetmore Adventure
- Date: May 31, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Thanks to our volunteers who transcribed the entirety of the Alexander Wetmore photo album collection!
- Blog Post
Doris Holmes Blake and the Fight for Women’s Right to Paid Employment
- Date: May 3, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: How the marital status provision of the 1932 Economy Act impacted one Smithsonian scientist.
Skating Smithsonian
- Date: February 6, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: You don’t have to go to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia to learn about ice dancing. Check out the Smithsonian ice dancers who used the sport as a great way to unwind and stay warm in the winter.
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/20/2010
- Date: December 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="426" caption="Clerks of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance work at makeshift desks packed into areas not meant for offices, such as one of the display spaces of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History Building, 1918, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives,
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.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website
- Date: January 9, 2020
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.