APPENDIX H: Research in Progress Lecture Series

David G. Smith, Museum Specialist, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, NMNH and Jeffrey Williams, Collections Manager, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, NMNH. "The Great Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910." RIP lecture presented on October 16, 1997.

Victor G. Springer, Curator, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, NMNH. "Kumataro Ito, Japanese Illustrator Aboard the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross during the Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910." RIP lecture presented on October 16, 1997.

Helena Wright, Curator of Graphic Arts and Acting Chairman of the Division of Information Technology & Society, NMAH. "The First Smithsonian Purchase: The Marsh Collection of Engravings." RIP lecture presented on December 18, 1997.

"Samuel P. Langley, the Enigmatic Secretary." RIP Panel Discussion presented on March 20, 1998.
John Anderson, Chair, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Maryland, "Langley's Aeronautics."
Tom Crouch, Chair, Department of Aeronautics, National Air and Space Museum, "Langley as Others Viewed Him."
Melissa Draper, Student, Dartmouth College, "Langley and the Aesthetic Sensibility."
Pamela M. Henson, Director, Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, "Langley, the Embattled Secretary."
Cynthia R. Field, Chair, Architectural History and Historic Preservation, Office of Physical Plant, Moderator and Closing Comment, "Langley, Do We Know Him Now?"

Catherine Christen, Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow. "Smithsonian Neotropical Field Science: On and Off the Mall." RIP lecture presented on May 14, 1998.

Pamela M. Henson, Director, Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives. "Baird's Dream: A History of the Arts and Industries Building." RIP lecture presented on September 29, 1998.