Results for "Walcott Family"
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Exploring the National Parks
- Date: August 1, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: August is National Parks Month, but the Smithsonian has celebrated the National Park Service for decades! Enjoy a selection of national parks images from the Archives' collection.
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Family Affair
- Date: November 9, 2010
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="251" caption="Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-1878), and his wife, Harriet Henry, and their daughters Caroline, Helen and Mary with croquet mallets on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution Building, c.
- SI History Bibliography
Women in glaciology, a historical perspective
- Date: December 2010 2010
- Creator: Hulbe, Christina L,Wang, Weili,Ommanney, C. Simon L. 1942-
- Creator: Hulbe, Christina L,Wang, Weili,Ommanney, C. Simon L. 1942-
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WWI: Staff Supporting the War Effort
- Date: June 17, 2016
- Description: The men and women of the Smithsonian are the Institution’s most important asset, a fact which was as true in the 1910s as it is today. The staff of the Smithsonian work together to fulfill their mission: ‘the increase and diffusion of knowledge,’ working for the public good and engaging the world. During World War I, this mission expanded beyond academic knowledge to support
The Life and Legacy of Alphonso Lorenzo Jones
- Date: February 17, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Alphonso Lorenzo Jones joined the Smithsonian in 1924 as a mechanic. He retired 41 years later as the chief of the Institution’s duplicating office.
- Blog Post
Documenting a Life of One’s Own
- Date: March 24, 2022
- Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.
The Last of Mr. Lincoln
- Date: October 4, 2012
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: A file in the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ accession records tells the story of an historic piece of Lincoln memorabilia that didn't wind up in the Smithsonian’s collections.
- SI History Bibliography
An Exhibition of Secretaries' Portraiture Honors the Institution's History
- Date: Fall 1994 1994
- Creator: Muldoon, Peter L
- Creator: Muldoon, Peter L
Star-Spangled Banner
- Date: 1907
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
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James Thomas Gant
- Date: August 25, 2016
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_8206,size=350,right]Born around 1815, James Thomas Gant was one of twelve children born to free parents on a plantation a few miles northeast of the Washington DC-line.1 As a free black man who lived through nearly the entire nineteenth century, he would see the Civil War, the destruction of slavery, the rise and fall of an all-too-brief period of
- SI History Bibliography
I Have Considered the Days
- Date: 1941
- Creator: Adler, Cyrus 1863-1940
- Creator: Adler, Cyrus 1863-1940
Making the Most of Vacation Memories
- Date: June 24, 2014
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Summer means family vacations and making memories. Here are some ideas for before and during the trip.
