Office of the Secretary (Charles D. Walcott, Charles G. Abbot, Alexander Wetmore), 1925-1949 Records.

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary

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The Secretary of the Smithsonian, appointed by the Board of Regents, is the Institution's chief executive officer. Secretaries have included Joseph Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer F. Baird, 1878-1887; Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906; Charles D. Walcott, 1907-1927; Charles G. Abbot, 1928-1944; Alexander Wetmore, 1944-1952; Leonard Carmichael, 1953-1964; S. Dillon Ripley, 1964-1984; Robert McCormick Adams, 1984-1994; Ira Michael Heyman, 1994-2000; Lawrence M. Small, 2000-2007; Cristiâan Samper, Acting Secr...

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

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Art museum; Washington, D.C. From the description of National Gallery of Art exhibition catalog, 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553233 ...

Division of Radiation and Organisms. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. International Art Program.

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Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978

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(Frank) Alexander Wetmore (1886-1978), ornithologist, avian paleontologist, and science administrator, was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1945 to 1952. He was born in North Freedom, Wisconsin, the son of Nelson Franklin and Emma Amelia (Woodworth) Wetmore. He developed an early interest in birds and at the age of eight made his first field journal entry--an observation on the pelican recorded on a family vacation to Florida in 1894. His first published paper, "M...

Office of Scientific Research and Development.

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Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench, 1933.

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Mr. Eldridge Johnson approached the Smithsonian Institution offering the use of his yacht Caroline, to be completely outfitted, at his own expense, with the most modern devices for oceanographic work. The Institution detailed Dr. Paul Bartsch to the expedition. Work was concentrated at the rim of the deep because of the short time span of the expedition. Marvelous catches of marine organisms, from vertebrates to protozoa, and aquatic plants were made, many of which were previously unknown to sci...

National Gallery of Art. National Collection of Fine Arts.

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Division of Aeronautics (USNM). National Air Museum.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Editorial Office (NCFA)

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National Collection of Fine Arts. National Museum of American Art.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Publication Editor (NCFA)

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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

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Smithsonian Scientific Series.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of Exhibition and Design (NCFA)

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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

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Robert C. Child was appointed Assistant in the Astrophysical Observatory (APO) in 1893. In 1894 his title was changed to Aid, Acting in Charge, APO, a position he retained until 1896. Charles G. Abbot joined the APO as an Assistant in 1895. The following year he became Aid, Acting in Charge, APO. From the description of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1893-1899 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78228384 Robert C. Child was appointed assistant in the Astrophysica...

Ethnogeographic Board.

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Smithsonian-Johnson Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench, 1933.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Dept. of Painting and Sculpture (NCFA)

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National Academy of Sciences. Daniel Giraud Elliot Fund.

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Abbot, C. G. 1872-1973.

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National Air Museum. National Air and Space Museum.

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Canal Zone Biological Area. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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National Research Council. Institute for Research in Tropical America.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. National Gallery of Art.

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Wright-Langley Controversy.

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National Air Museum (U.S.)

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Saarinen, Eliel

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Langley Medal.

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Office of the Secretary.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of Exhibitions Abroad (NCFA)

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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...

National Zoological Park. Dept. of Living Animals (USNM)

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Mellon, Andrew

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Dept. of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture (NCFA)

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Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945

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Physicist. From the description of Letters of Robert Hutchings Goddard, 1920-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450492 From the description of Scrapbooks of Robert Hutchings, 1904-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067686 Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), a pioneer in modern rocket research, was aided by the Smithsonian at an early and crucial point in his work. This collection consists of copies of letters from Goddard to the Smithsonian Institution. ...

Tamblyn and Brown Conferences.

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River Basin Surveys

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Eighth American Scientific Congress, 1940.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Dept. of Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture (NCFA)

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Renwick Gallery.

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National Air Museum. Division of Aeronautics (NASM)

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Conference on the Future of Smithsonian (1927)

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Dept. of Contemporary Art (NCFA)

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Division of Radiation and Organisms. Radiation Biology Laboratory.

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Walcott, Charles D.

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National Geographic Society (U.S.)

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The eruption of Mount Katmai on the Alaska Peninsula in 1912 was one of the great volcanic events of modern history. The eruption covered the town of Kodiak with almost one foot of ash and the explosion was reportedly heard as far away as Juneau, 750 miles distant. To study this phenomena, the National Geographic Society launched several scientific investigating expeditions to Katmai and surrounding areas affected by the eruption. There was a brief expedition to Kodiak and Afognak Islands, led b...

Daniel Giraud Elliot Fund. National Academy of Sciences.

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Radio Smithsonian.

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National Collection of Fine Arts. Smithsonian Gallery of Art.

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