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    An International Exploring Expedition

    • Date: April 4, 2017
    • Description: [view in Spanish]The first international scientific expedition sponsored by the United States circumnavigated the globe between 1838 and 1842, gathering natural history collections so vast they were estimated to weigh 40 tons. The U.S. Congress resolved to preserve these artifacts "collected at the expense of the government...Information about the first international

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  3. Smithsonian Legal Document

    Joint Resolution To authorize the President of the United States to issue a proclamation to announce the occasion of the celebration of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution and to designate and to set aside September 26, 1971, as a special day to honor the scientific and cultural achievements of the institution

    • Date: 1972 09/29/1971
    • Creator: 92d Congress, Sess. 1, 1971
    • Creator: 92d Congress, Sess. 1, 1971

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  5. A Fish Story

    • Date: April 18, 2013
    • Creator: Ginger Yowell
    • Description: The United States Navy often consulted staff at the Smithsonian Institution when naming their submarines after fish.

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    Transparency in the Archives: From Our Earliest Days

    • Date: August 16, 2018
    • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
    • Description: From the point in 1838 when the United States Congress accepted James Smithson’s bequest, it was recognized as a cultural resource, a public trust held by the federal government. Smithson had stipulated that the funds be used for an “establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Being a cultural resource set aside for public use, the government bore the

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  9. Portrait of William Jervis Hough, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1845-1847, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no. 2002-32241.

    Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink

    • Date: May 22, 2014
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.

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    Legal History

    • Date: June 13, 2011
    • Description: Information on the legal history of the Smithsonian.

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  13. Senator Goldwater, Representative Boggs & Secretary Ripley

    Senator Goldwater, Representative Boggs & Secretary Ripley

    • Date: 1977
    • Creator: Unknown
    • Creator: Unknown

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  15. Link Love: 11/9/2012

    • Date: November 9, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    Governmental Relations Records, 1907-1971

    • Date: 1907 1907-1971
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary

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  19. Polar Bear at the National Zoo, Record Unit 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives, neg. no, 2002-10612.

    Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo

    • Date: May 27, 2014
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: A number of animals who used to call the National Zoological Park home are no longer there.

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  21. Smithsonian Legal Document

    An Act To authorize the Secretaries of Interior and the Smithsonian Institution to expend certain sums, in cooperation with the territory of Guam, the territory of American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, other United States territories in the Pacific Ocean, and the State of Hawaii, for the conservation of their protective and productive coral reefs

    • Date: 1971 09/26/1970
    • Creator: 91st Congress, Sess. 2, 1970-71
    • Creator: 91st Congress, Sess. 2, 1970-71

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  23. Architectural History of the National Museum of Natural History, 1904

    Architectural History of the National Museum of Natural History, 1904

    • Date: 1904-1911

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