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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"The Smithsonian Institution"”.
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A museum of history and technology for the Smithsonian Institution
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1957.
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An American institution: the Smithsonian, 1846-1878
In 1846, Congress created the Smithsonian Institution. Congressmen expected the Institution to advance the cause of American science as did Joseph Henry, the organization's first secretary. The Institution fulfilled that role in a manner consistent with its congressional mandate. Henry, however, …
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Science Under Siege: Joseph Henry's Smithsonian, 1846--1865
This study traces the development of the Smithsonian Institution from its beginning in 1846 to the end of the Civil War in 1865. As the leading antebellum patron of the natural, physical, and social sciences in the United States, the Smithsonian exerted great force on the shape of the American …
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The path to prominence: Nationalism and the Library of Congress, 1835-1897
… century American nationalism influenced the creation of a national library in the United States. Manifest destiny, mission, nativism, and cultural nationalism provided the impetus to build an institution that preserved, symbolized, and spread national thought and ideals. Five major …
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A Plan for Managing the Alexander Graham Bell-Joseph Henry Rare Book Collection in the Smithsonian’s Dibner Library
<p>The Alexander Graham Bell-Joseph Henry Rare Book Collection, housed at the Dibner Library at the Smithsonian Institution, comprises the two scientists’ private libraries and was donated to the Smithsonian Libraries by Bell’s family in 1970s.</p> <p>The prominence of both Bell and Henry in the …
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Visualizing the Cherokee Homeland through Indigenous Historical GIS: An Interactive Map of James Mooney's Ethnographic Fieldwork and Cherokee Collective Memory
In 1887, the Bureau of American Ethnology appointed James Mooney to work among the Eastern Band of Cherokee. From 1887 to 1916, Mooney documented the sites and stories of the Cherokee homeland as shared with him by members of the community. Mooney's working maps and field notes were recently …
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A Paradigm Shift in African Cultural Exhibits at the National Museum of Natural History
As the National Museum, the Smithsonian Institution echoes American identity and promotes U.S. values. In a 1999 article, From Dioramas to Dialogics: A Century of Exhibiting African at the Smithsonian, anthropology curator, Mary Jo Arnoldi stated that the 1967 Cultures of Africa exhibit in the …
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Prophet singer: the voice and vision of Woody Guthrie
This project discusses the cultural and political significance of a number of lyrics by songwriter and political activist Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie. By drawing on both the singer's personal experiences and relevant American history, I lay out how larger political and cultural forces in society …
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Using diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis to determine age at death
… used it to create a new technique for estimating the age at death of older human skeletal remains (age ≥40). Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a condition characterized spinally by ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament resulting in fusion of vertebrae; and extraspinally by …
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The Shape of Kubler: George A. Kubler in Peru, 1948-49
… George Kubler’s seminal 1962 publication The Shape of Time is, according to his own words, representative of a “crossroads between the history and anthropology of art.” This work does not stand alone, but is rather part of a larger corpus of study through which Kubler recurred to …
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Digital Docent: An Analysis of Accessibility in the Digital Music Space
<p>The world is constantly changing and growing, most often seen through advances in technology. When it comes to the world of music, the same can be said, and digitization of musical material is moving at a faster rate than ever before. With the influence that music has on society and considering …
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Variations in shell form in the gastropod genus Diodora
Recent specimens of the genus Diodora from the Smithsonian Institution Mollusc Collection were examined for the neontological portion of this study. Species included were D. cayenensis, D. listeri, D. sayi, and D. tanneri. Fifty eight measurements were made on each specimen and recorded with …
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The Social History of a National Collection: Anthropology, Repatriation and the Politics of Identity
In this dissertation I analyze the social history of an anthropological collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Combining archival and historical research with interviews, I trace the Army Medical Museum (AMM) collection from its origin in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The …
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Imperial recollections: The colonial contexts and postcolonial predicaments of exhibiting Native American cultures and histories in the contemporary United States
In this dissertation, I examine the imperial structures of American culture, outline an interpretation of the changing intersection of anthropological and historical techniques of representation, while documenting prevailing uses and understandings of Native American cultures and histories within …
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Low Risk, High Threat, Open Access Security in a Post 9-11 World: A Study of the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Protection Services
The events of 9-11 resulted in a slew of policy, procedural, and organizational changes within many government departments as the U.S. government took many steps to enhance security to prevent future terrorist attacks. The emphasis on high threat targets by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …
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Use of Noninvasive Methods to Document the Characteristics of Sewing Thread Used in US Women's Dress Ensembles From 1880 to 1909
… an historical garment study that investigated the similarities and differences between variables for thread characteristics, such as thread configuration, degree of twist, direction of twist, color, and color match grades of sewing thread used in assembling American women's dresses and suits …