The Smithsonian Institution has grown and prospered since the first edition of this book
appeared in 1970, and Paul Oehser's revised edition is badly needed. New and expanded …

Honorable mention, National Council on Public History Book Award Outstanding Academic
Title, Choice In 1994, when the National Air and Space Museum announced plans to display …

In 1796, George Washington, in his farewell address to his fellow-countrymen, said:"
Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of …

This general work on the history of the Smithsonian Institution begins with an overview on
the Smithsonian, which includes sections on" The Vision of James Smithson Made Real by …

A coffee-table volume that surveys the history and scope of the Smithsonian Institution, from
its founding to the present, produced for the Institution's 150th anniversary in 1996. The book …

The Smithsonian Institution has been America's museum since 1846. What do its vast
collections--from the ruby slippers to a piece of Plymouth Rock, first ladies' gowns to …

This article is a detailed but very readable popular history of the United States National
Museum. Its story is prefaced by a review of the Smithsonian Institution's formation in 1846 …

In her illuminating and dramatic biography The Stranger and the Statesman, New York
Times bestselling author Nina Burleigh reveals a little-known slice of history in the life and …

THE Works consulted in the preparation of this volume are" The true Travels, Adventures
and Observations of Captain John Smith in Europe, Asia, Africke and America," Stith …

Coming to the University of Washington in 1897, as J. Allen Smith did, was still pioneering. 1
Seattle was an overgrown frontier town with a breezy sense of destiny-and troubles. The city …