Results for "United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development"
- SI History Chronology
SI Gets Free Postal Privileges
- Date: March 3, 1879
- Webpage
A National Collection
- Date: February 16, 2017
- Description: Spencer Fullerton Baird - Smithsonian Secretary, 1878-1887 ". . . a National Museum, of which (let me whisper it) I hope to be director." -Letter from Spencer Fullerton Baird to George Perkins Marsh, Smithsonian Regent, July 2, 1853 Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), an avid naturalist and collector, served as an assistant to Secretary Joseph Henry from 1850 to 1878. This
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1885-1931
- Date: 1885 1885-1931
- Creator: United States National Museum Administrative Assistant
- SI History Chronology
International Exchange Service No Longer Delivers Government Publications
- Date: 1992
- SI History Chronology
1872 Interagency Collection Transfers
- Date: 1872
Marguerite Henrich Kellogg Donates Scientific Library
- Date: 1970 December 18, 1970
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007321, Ward, Lester Frank 1841-1913, Lester Frank Ward Papers, 1882-1913, with related materials to circa 1965
- Date: 1882 1882-1913 1882-1913, with related materials to circa 1965
- Creator: Ward, Lester Frank, 1841-1913
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- SI History Bibliography
A Step Toward Scientific Self-Identity in the United States: The Failure of the National Institute, 1844
- Date: 1971
- Creator: Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory
- Creator: Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory
- Webpage
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
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009546, Margaret J. Geller Videohistory Interviews, 1989-1990
- Date: 1989 1989-1990
- Creator: Geller, Margaret J., interviewee
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
A Founding Father's Day
- Date: June 16, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A closer look at Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the father-son duo's relationship to the Smithsonian.
Smithsonian Women in Science in the Nineteenth Century
- Date: October 24, 2019
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Learn more about some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian.
