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Skin & Bones - Animal Life: Mandrill

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National Museum of Natural History  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2015-01-12T18:09:45.000Z
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Science & Technology  Search this
Topic:
Natural History  Search this
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National Museum of Natural History
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Barry Farm Dwellings Resident Carolyn Richardson

Creator:
Anacostia Community Museums Collections and Research  Search this
Type:
Interviews
YouTube Videos
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2018-06-13T15:40:32.000Z
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Education  Search this
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
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Anacostia Community Museums Collections and Research
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Anacostia_Community_Museums
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The Views of the Olympic Mountains Are Truly Godlike

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2013-07-29T16:03:53.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Smithsonian Channel
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How the Desert Oryx Stops Its Brain From Frying

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2017-03-03T12:00:02.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Smithsonian Channel
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Why Is Wisconsin Called the Badger State?

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2015-04-17T04:00:01.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Smithsonian Channel
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Two Lizards Fight for the Right to Claim a Tree as their Home 🦎 | Smithsonian Channel

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Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2022-06-14T16:00:12.000Z
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Entertainment  Search this
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Journal

Creator:
March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this
Names:
Yanjing da xue  Search this
Ferguson, John Calvin, 1866-1945  Search this
March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this
Priest, Alan Reed  Search this
Rowe, Dorothy, 1898-1969  Search this
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968  Search this
Collection Creator:
March, Benjamin, 1899-1934  Search this
Extent:
182 Items (typed unbound pages with solid wood covers)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Place:
China
Beijing (China)
China -- Description and Travel
Date:
1925-1926
Scope and Contents note:
Binding removed, 9 ½" x 6". 182 pages. First entry, 30 June 1925. Last entry, 13 March 1926. Inscribed, "The Memoirs of MA". Wood cover. In the introduction, March wrote, "Chronicles of Benjamin" had, for three years, served as a journal, notebook, and record for himself of places he visited. Said that since he's now not alone that it is fitting to rename his notes, "Memoirs of MA." (Chinese name of his family). ["Chronicles of Benjamin" may be found in Series V, subseries B, photo albums.]
Scope and Contents:
A diary typed by the young Chinese art scholar Benjamin March from June 1925 to March 1926 describing his life in China. Events include March's marriage to the author Dorothy Rowe (1898-1969) in Nanjing, their honeymoon in Hangzhou and Suzhou, and their subsequent life in Beijing. March describes hikes through scenic areas in Hangzhou and Beijing; his acquaintance with scholars such as John Calvin Ferguson and Alan Priest; attending performances by Ruth St. Denis and Mei Lanfang, and his work at Yenching University.
The Memoirs of Ma
Biographical / Historical:
East Asian art historian, curator and lecturer, Benjamin Franklin March Jr., was born in Chicago on July 4, 1899 to Benjamin and Isabel March. He studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and China and through his works gained respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. March was East Asian art lecturer at the University of Michigan, and curator of Asian art at the Detroit Institute of Art. Although he lived only thirty-five years, Benjamin March was a respected and influential scholar of Asian art.
Local Numbers:
FSA A1995.10 2.3
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
No restrictions on use.
Topic:
Art, Asian  Search this
Art, Asian -- Research  Search this
Art, Chinese  Search this
Chinese language -- Terms and phrases  Search this
Painting, Chinese  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Collection Citation:
Benjamin March Papers, FSA.A.1995.10. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Judith March Davis, 1995
Identifier:
FSA.A1995.10, File FSA A1995.10 2.3
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Benjamin March Papers
Benjamin March Papers / Series 2: Diaries
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc36bd63e4b-4db8-4872-ac06-0002023d7c84
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a1995-10-ref40
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Ancestors of worthy life plantation slavery and black heritage at Mount Clare Teresa S. Moyer ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel

Author:
Moyer, Teresa S. 1976-  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Shackel, Paul A  Search this
Subject:
Mount Clare (Baltimore, Md. : Building) History  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore (Md.)
Date:
2015
Topic:
Slavery--History  Search this
Historic buildings  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Slaves--Dwellings--History  Search this
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Buildings  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Slaves--Dwellings  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Call number:
F190.N4 M69 2015 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
Non-linear
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147325

Barry Farm Dwellings Resident Carolyn Richardson

Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Type:
Interviews
YouTube Videos
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2023-05-24T20:28:32.000Z
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Nonprofits & Activism  Search this
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
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Anacostia Community Museum
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Divine Dwellings: The Architectural Context of Khmer Sculpture

Creator:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2010-10-20T15:25:57.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, Asian  Search this
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FreerSackler
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
YouTube Channel:
FreerSackler
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edanmdm:yt_-xeb22B5dLI

Houstonia caerulea L.

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
F. R. Fosberg  Search this
Place:
Litchfield County, Torrington, Edge of sparse wood with little undergrowth, near dwelling, Connecticut, United States, North America
Collection Date:
28 May 1949
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Gentianales Rubiaceae Rubioideae
Published Name:
Houstonia caerulea L.
Barcode:
02357084
USNM Number:
3499636
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a8edbf1c-f99a-4ff6-a018-c2559a3ffaf1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13740497

Solanum dulcamara L.

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Edward S. Steele  Search this
Mrs. E. S. Steele  Search this
Min. Elevation:
667  Search this
Place:
The Alleghenies, mostly from Craig County, VA., and Monroe and Allegheny Counties, West VA. Sweet Springs, near dwelling., West Virginia, United States, North America
Collection Date:
8 Sep 1903
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Solanales Solanaceae
Published Name:
Solanum dulcamara L.
Barcode:
02828493
USNM Number:
490229
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3017bb2ec-3151-4d3c-89e7-ff268c533e7d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14054680

Winter's Tale. Act IV. Scene III, (graphics)

Artist:
Fitler  Search this
Wheatley (copy after)  Search this
Medium:
Engraving
Type:
Graphic arts
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
Literature--Shakespeare--Winter's Tale  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--Cottage  Search this
Literature--Poetry  Search this
Occupation--Farm--Shepherd  Search this
Performing Arts--Circus--Clown  Search this
Control number:
AECI 05660014
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_104163

The Blind Fiddler, (painting)

Artist:
Braun  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this
Performing Arts--Music--Fiddle  Search this
Figure(s) In Interior--Domestic  Search this
Architecture--Domestic--Cottage  Search this
Figure group--Elderly  Search this
Children  Search this
Control number:
AECI 02400119
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_47633

Glory, (painting)

Artist:
Unknown  Search this
Roberts (copy after)  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
History--United States  Search this
Occupation--Military  Search this
Figure--Child  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Physical Disability  Search this
Architecture--Domestic--Cottage  Search this
Figure(s) In Interior--Domestic  Search this
Control number:
AECI 02400306
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_47820

The Pension Agent, (painting)

Painter:
Johnson, Eastman 1824-1906  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor Lincoln Park San Francisco California 94121 Accession Number: 1943.6
Date:
1867
Topic:
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Figure group--Family  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Physical Disability  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
Control number:
IAP 71068717
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_145213

Spirit That Won the War, (painting)

Painter:
Matteson, Tompkins Harrison 1813-1884  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
History--United States  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Object--Weapon--Gun  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Physical Disability  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Cane  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
Object--Foodstuff  Search this
Control number:
IAP 80041918
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_175471

Helen Keller (1880-1968), (sculpture)

Title:
Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Hlavka, Edward 1964-  Search this
Subject:
Keller, Helen  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: clad with panels of Alabama white marble
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
United States Capitol Capitol Visitor Center Washington District of Columbia 20201
Date:
Ca. 2009
Topic:
Portrait female--Child  Search this
Portrait female--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Deaf  Search this
Landscape--Alabama--Tuscumbia  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Control number:
IAS 08850020
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_436817

Harry S Truman

Artist:
Kitt Sapp, 20th century  Search this
Sitter:
Harry S. Truman, 8 May 1884 - 26 Dec 1972  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Dimensions:
76.2 x 88.3cm (30 x 34 3/4")
Type:
Painting
Date:
20th century
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Architecture\Building\House  Search this
Nature & Environment\Snow  Search this
Exterior\Architecture\Porch  Search this
Architecture\Door  Search this
Human Figures  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Male  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Captain  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Politics and Government\US Senator\Missouri  Search this
Harry S. Truman: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
Object number:
1478 HSTL
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46adbd7ae-aeb7-41a3-a4b6-ce8962fb2365
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1478_HSTL

Washington at Valley Forge

Alternate Title:
George Washington and Unidentified Group
Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Stretcher (estimate): 75.9 x 101.4cm (29 7/8 x 39 15/16")
Type:
Painting
Date:
mid 19th century
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this
Exterior\Landscape  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Exterior\Sky  Search this
Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Flag  Search this
Architecture\Building\House  Search this
Nature & Environment\Fire  Search this
George Washington: Male  Search this
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War Army officer  Search this
George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman  Search this
George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this
George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this
George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this
George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor  Search this
George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Object number:
1971.83.20 NGA
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44fdf4d02-c5e9-4e26-98f4-ce407f8e1dbe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1971.83.20_NGA

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