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• Devra Kleiman - Conservation Biologist with a specialty in panda behavior and reproduction! [http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/archival-legacy-devra-kleiman][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_308821?back=%2Fsearch%2Fsia_search_findingaids%2Fdevra%2520kleiman][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_300659][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_8773?back=%2Fsearch%2Fsia_search_collections%2Fdevra%2520kleiman Please take Public Domain Image!]
• Roxie Collie Laybourne - Forensic ornithologist[http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_251625][http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/3321968137/][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_8052][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_11712][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_249480]Image on Commons
• Lucile Quarry Mann - Zoologist[http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217450][http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/life-wild-side-lucile-quarry-mann][http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/family-vacation][http://siarchives.si.edu/search/sia_search_collections/Lucile%20Quarry%20Mann][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217681][http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_246982]Image on Commons
• Biologia Centrali-Americana Information in Cullman vertical file
• Joachim Johann Nepomuk Spalowsky Information in Cullman vertical file
• Robert Ridgway Information in Cullman vertical file (currently insufficiently sourced)
• Encyclopédie Méthodique Information in Cullman vertical file
• Prideaux John Selby Information in Cullman vertical file
• Mary Vaux Walcott Information in Cullman vertical file
• Wilkes Expedition Information in Cullman vertical file
• Global Volcanism Program info on website [http://www.volcano.si.edu/index.cfm Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program]
• Guiana Shield info on website [http://botany.si.edu/bdg/ Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield (BDG) program]
• Margaret Harwood (1885-1979), astronomer
• I created this one as a little stub but there is still lots to do. I added links to a couple references and website to help get started. Kumioko (talk) 20:53, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
• Johann Bartholomeus Adam Beringer link to existing article Beringer's Lying Stones (Information in Cullman vertical file)
• François-Nicolas Martinet naturalist
• George Edwards naturalist
• Eleazar Albin naturalist
• Priscilla Susan Bury naturalist
• Illustrations of the Nest and Eggs of Birds of Ohio. Information at: http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/nestsandeggs/essay.htm
• Joachim Jungius - 2 [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)] Resources:

1. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10671 Historia vermium]
2. [http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2009/06/book-of-week-taxonomy-before-linnaeus.html BHL Book of the Week.]

• George Shaw - 2 BHL Resources:

1. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42675 Musei Leveriani explicatio...]
2. [http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2011/09/book-of-week-memory-of-museum-dissolved.html BHL Book of the Week.]

• Timothy Abbott Conrad - 2 BHL Resources:

1. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10686 American Marine Conchology]
2. [http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2009/09/book-of-week-fun-with-shells.html BHL Book of the Week.]

• Edward Wesley Janson - 2 BHL Resources:

1. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9052 British Beetles]
2. [http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2009/10/bhl-book-of-week.html BHL Book of the Week.]

• Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei - 2 Resources:

1. [http://eol.org/pages/314247/overview EOL Species Page]
2. [http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2009/08/book-of-week-bhl-eol-and-marine-life.html BHL Book of the Week.]

• John Gould - 2 BHL Resources:

1. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51056 A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds]
2. [http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/06/book-of-week-monograph-of-trochilid.html BHL Book of the Week.]

• Frederic Augustus Lucus - 2 BHL Resources:

1. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14833 Animals of the past]
2. [http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2011/01/book-of-week-animals-of-past.html BHL Book of the Week.]

Art

• Continue adding Archives of American Art's [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Archives_of_American_Art Commons images] to relevant Wikipedia articles.
• Adopt an American artist from [http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=Archives_of_American_Art-related&importance=Top-Class&quality=Stub-Class our list of "stubby" artist bio pages]!
• Emma Amos (painter) - the Archives of American Art has an [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-emma-amos-11451 oral history interview] with Amos
• Oscar Florianus Bluemner - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oscar-bluemner-papers-5735/more online finding aid], and his papers have been digitized
• Charles Henry Caffin - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/charles-henry-caffin-papers-8566/more online finding aid], and his papers have been digitized
• Dorothy Dehner - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/dorothy-dehner-papers-9686/more online finding aid] and an [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interviews-dorothy-dehner-13105 oral history interview] in the Archives of American Art
• Viola Frey - the Archives of American Art has an extensive [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-viola-frey-12554 oral history interview] with Frey (126 pages long)
• Palmer Hayden - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/palmer-c-hayden-papers-5588/more online finding aid], and his papers have been digitized
• Leon Kroll - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/leon-kroll-papers-9170/more online finding aid], and his papers have been digitized
• Doris Lee - the Archives of American Art has an [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-doris-emrick-lee-12289 oral history interview] with Lee
• Fairfield Porter - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/fairfield-porter-papers-8946/more online finding aid], and his papers have been digitized
• Jose de Rivera has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jos-de-rivera-papers-9304/more online finding aid], and [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-jos-de-rivera-12594 oral history interview] with the Archives of American Art
• Leon Polk Smith - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/leon-polk-smith-papers-6162/more online finding aid], and his papers have been digitized
• Prentiss Taylor - has a detailed [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/prentiss-taylor-papers-9232/more online finding aid], and his papers have been digitized
• Adja Yunkers - the Archives of American Art has an extensive [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-adja-yunkers-12342 oral history interview] with Yunkers (50 pages long)

• Add images from the Smithsonian Libraries' [http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imageGalaxy_MoreImages.cfm?book_id=SIL-007-343 cartes de visite] to articles on American artists.

History

• Add images from the Smithsonian Libraries online exhibition [http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Caldwell/ Shedding Light on New York] to the article the lighting manufacturer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_F._Caldwell_%26_Co. Edward F. Caldwell & Co.]

• Add images to articles on specific companies from [http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imageGalaxy_collResult.cfm?term=Products%20and%20Advertisements Smithsonian Libraries trade literature.]
• Example: Expand the article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon_and_Healy Lyon & Healy], a musical instruments manufacturer, using images from [http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imageGalaxy_MoreImages.cfm?book_id=SIL-038-56 a trade catalog.]
• Samuel Pierpont Langley - Astrophysicist & third Smithsonian secretary[http://siarchives.si.edu/history/samual-pierpont-langley]
• Charles Doolittle Walcott - Paleontologist & fourth Smithsonian secretary[http://siarchives.si.edu/history/charles-doolittle-walcott]
• Alexander Wetmore - Ornithologist & sixth Smithsonian secretary[http://siarchives.si.edu/history/alexander-wetmore]

• Smithsonian Gardens - There is no overview article that brings all the gardens across Smithsonian together in one place. There are bits and pieces here and there, in articles like National Mall, Enid A. Haupt Garden, etc.
• Perry Hunt Wheeler - A notable mid-20th century garden designer. Profiled in [http://books.google.com/books?id=IAXYOQAACAAJ&dq=Shaping+the+American+landscape+:+new+profiles+from+the+pioneers+of+American+landscape+design+project&source=bl&ots=Knm884KqJN&sig=eh-7CW23lNxZsnYOFCnWXEX8RX0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-WVsUOnwLciy0AH654DgBA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA this book] and this [http://www.gardens.si.edu/collections-research/aag-wheeler-collection.html web page].
• J. Horace McFarland - Landscape architect. There is an [http://www.gardens.si.edu/collections-research/aag-mcfarland-collection.html collection of his slides and photographs] in the Archives of American Gardens
• Thomas Sears - Landscape architect. A [http://www.gardens.si.edu/collections-research/aag-sears-collection.html collection of his negatives, slides, and architectural drawings] is held by the Archives of American Gardens

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The Smithsonian Libraries holds over 1.5 million volumes in 20 branches serving the museum and research centers of the Smithsonian Institution. The main focus is science, art, history and culture, and museology. The digital collection of the Smithsonian Libraries includes (link to resource):

• [http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/ Digital Repository]
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/tl-2/ Taxonomic Literature]
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/ Smithsonian Contributions] series (managed by the Libraries)
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalLibrary_Browse.cfm?area=BHL The Biodiversity Heritage Library] (BHL)
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/Galaxy.cfm?id=1.11 Expeditions and Explorations]
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/tradeliterature/index.cfm Trade Literature]
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/ Galaxy of Images]
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/scientific-identity/explore.htm Scientific Portraits] from the Dibner Collection
• [http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imageGalaxy_MoreImages.cfm?book_id=SIL-007-343 Cartes de visite] portraits of 19th century artists

In addition, the Libraries provides onsite access to dozens of subscription databases, online journals, and more through its [http://www.sil.si.edu/research/ Tools for the Researcher] page.

The Smithsonian Libraries has a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smithsonian_Institution_Libraries Wikimedia Commons Page] as well.