Results for "United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development"
The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!
- Date: June 28, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines
- Document
Torch 07/1956
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, Box 1 Folder 7
- Webpage
Career as Science Administrator
- Date: March 21, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Webpage
Joseph Henry, 1797-1878
- Date: March 9, 2011
- Description: Joseph Henry,the first Smithsonian Secretary, served from 1846 to 1878 and was a physicist who conducted pioneering research in electromagnetism.
- SI History Bibliography
James Smithson: Founding Donor of the Smithsonian Institution
- Date: September-October 2004
- Creator: Ewing, Heather Peale
- Creator: Ewing, Heather Peale
- Document
97105 Smih Text.pdf
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000135, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Canal Zone Biological Area Records, 1912-1965
- Date: 1912 1912-1965
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- SI History Bibliography
Dollars for Research: Science and its Patrons in Nineteenth-Century America
- Date: 1970
- Creator: Miller, Howard Smith
- Creator: Miller, Howard Smith
Leland Ossian Howard as a Young Man
- Date: c. 1890s
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
Edward Oscar Ulrich
- Date: 1937
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Authority Record/EAC
International Indian Ocean Expedition (1960-1965)
- Date: 1960 - 1965
- SI History Bibliography
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
- Date: 2001 Civil War, 1861-1865
- Creator: Worster, Donald 1941-
- Creator: Worster, Donald 1941-
