Results for "Younge, Robert"
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007167, Ridgway, Robert 1850-1929, Robert Ridgway Papers, circa 1850s-1919
- Date: 1850 1850-1919 circa 1850s-1919
- Creator: Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Field Book
Field catalogs, Stephens F, Stevenson, D H, Streeter D D, Surber, M, Taylor, W P, Trapier, P E, Vars, H N, Walker, E P, Wyman, L E, Young, R J
- Date: 1890-1931 18900130 19310825
- Creator: Stephens, F.
- SI History Bibliography
Notes on a Young Naturalist
- Date: March 1980
- Creator: Zochert, Donald
- Creator: Zochert, Donald
Associates Tour of the HMSG
- Date: 1986
- Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Creator: Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Document
86-4461-16
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007174, Young, Stanley Paul 1889-1969, Stanley Paul Young Papers, 1921-1965
- Date: 1921 1921-1965
- Creator: Young, Stanley Paul, 1889-1969
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
William Stimpson
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391602,size=250,left]William Stimpson, co-creator of the Megatherium Club, was not only an exceptional zoologist, but also considered an extremely modest, warm-hearted friend, according to Robert Kennicott. Stimpson collected specimens for the Smithsonian’s invertebrate collection, of which he described 948 species.Stimpson was born on February 14,
- Webpage
The Megatherium Club
- Date: December 1, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_5844,size=200,left]The Megatherium Club, named after a giant extinct sloth that once roamed South America, consisted of an eccentric group of young naturalists aiming to build the Smithsonian’s collection. The club was formed in 1857 under zoologist William Stimpson, who held the club’s first meeting in his cottage before the members were asked to set
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009567, Bouché, Adrien M. Jr 1923-, Adrien M. Bouché, Jr. Reminiscences, 1992
- Date: 1992
- Creator: Bouché, Adrien M., Jr. 1923-
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Historic Pictures
Image Gallery: William Healey Dall
- Date: September 24, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Webpage
Edward Drinker Cope
- Date: November 20, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391590,size=250,left]Edward Drinker Cope, a paleontologist and a “very hard worker with a very good head” offered a great deal of findings to the Smithsonian and the world of science. Fellow Megatherium Club member Robert Kennicott notes in his letter “Folks at Home” that Cope is, “…bound to be one of the first naturalists of the age,” stating that
- Webpage
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
- Date: November 27, 2017
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391596,size=250,left]Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, a geologist and original Megatheria, was an eccentric club member, according to Robert Kennicott. Hayden’s early life began in Westfield, Massachusetts on September 7, 1828. Hayden’s parents, Asa Hayden and Melinda Hawley, were a somewhat troubled pair. His father, an alcoholic, passed away when Hayden
