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Bibliography on the History of the Smithsonian Institution

    • Field, Cynthia R., Richard E. Stamm, and Heather P. Ewing. The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.

    • Hellman, Geoffrey T. The Smithsonian: Octopus on the Mall, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1978.

    • Hinsley, Curtis M., Jr. The Smithsonian and the American Indian: Making Moral Anthropology in Victorian America, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994.

    • Jones, Bessie Z. Lighthouse of the Skies: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory: Background and History, 1846-1955, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1965.

    • Mergen, Alexa. From Bison to Biopark: 100 Years of the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.: Friends of the National Zoo, 1989.

    • Meyer, Agnes E. Charles Lang Freer and His Gallery, Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1970.

    • Moyer, Albert E. Joseph Henry, The Rise of an American Scientist, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.

    • Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1983.

    • ---. Sons of Science: The Story of the Smithsonian Institution and its Leaders, New York: Henry Schuman, 1949.

    • Park, Edwards. "Secretary S. Dillon Ripley Retires After Twenty Years of Innovation." Smithsonian (September 1984): 77-85.

    • Reingold, Nathan, ed. The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volumes 1-5. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1985.

    • Rivinus, Edward F., and Elizabeth M. Youssef. Spencer F. Baird of the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.

    • Rothenberg, Marc, ed. The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volumes 6-8. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992, 1996, 1998.

    • Washburn, Wilcomb E. "Joseph Henry's Conception of the Purpose of the Smithsonian Institution." A Cabinet of Curiosities: Five Episodes in the Evolution of American Museums, 106-166. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1967.

    • Yochelson, Ellis L. National Museum of Natural History: 75 Years in the Natural History Building, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985.

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