Div. of Radiation and Organisms Funded

Object Details

Category: Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1942. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, p. 9.
Summary: The Division of Radiation and Organisms becomes a branch of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and receives a Congressional appropriation for the support of its researches. The Division was originally founded in 1929. The work of the Division comes under three headings: Photosynthesis, plant growth and radiation, and development of apparatus and methods.
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Subject: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Division of Radiation and Organisms; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC); United States Congress

Topic: Radiation Biology Laboratory; Expenditures, Public; Biophysics; Botany; Solar radiation