1st Edition
The Smithsonian Institution Second Edition
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 structures (the Air and Space Museum, the Hirshhorn, the National Museum of American Art, the National Portrait Gallery) and new undertakings (Smithsonian magazine, the Handbook of North American Indians series, the Woodrow... Read more
Westview Library of Federal Departments, Agencies, and Systems -- Foreword -- Preface -- The Beginnings: James Smithson, his will and the Congress of the United States -- Joseph Henry, His "Programme," and the Early Years -- The Continuum -- "The Smithsonian is not a Museum" -- Museums as Repositories and as Centers of Learning -- Smithsonian Research -- Galleries and the Arts -- Publications, Information, and the Performing Arts -- The Buildings -- The Smithsonian's Finances and Friends -- Quo Vadimus? -- Career Opportunities at the Smithsonian -- Selected Smithsonian Publications -- An Act to Establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men -- Joseph Henry's "Programme of Organization" for the Smithsonian Institution
Biography
"Paul H. Oehserserved as editor of the publications of the United States National Museum, as chief of the Editorial and Publications Division (now the Smithsonian Institution Press), and as public-relations officer for the Institution. Louise Heskett, editor and research associate for this edition of the book, was a senior editor at the Smithsonian Institution Press until her retirement in 1981."
