Posts tagged with: World History

See Here: 9/14/2012

by Kira M. Cherrix on September 14, 2012

Maxie Anderson visits NASM library, by Hrabak, Dale, September, 14 1978, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, 78-14770-5A.

Categories: Collections in Focus

Tags: See Here, World History

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See Here: 9/10/2012

by Kira M. Cherrix on September 10, 2012

Apollo 11 Command Module Moving Out of A&I, by Farrar, Richard, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, 75-11095-11 or SIA75-11095-11.

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Tags: See Here, Science, World History

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See Here: 9/3/2012

by Kira M. Cherrix on September 3, 2012

Kokichi Mikimoto, by Henderson, Edward Porter, 1945, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, 85-11399.

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Tags: See Here, Anthropology, World History

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Link Love: 8/31/2012

by Catherine Shteynberg on August 31, 2012

Fun new images in Historypin: Princess Di and John Travolta dance in the White House, jazz greats, and suffragettes.
We blogged a few months ago about photo morgues at newspapers across the country, and the Springfield, Illinois State Journal-Register’s newspaper photography digitization project. Because of a photo a young woman pilot included in the Journal-Register’s project, a family learned the story of their daredevil flier relative, 80 years later [via Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig, SIA].
Old Maps Online: a massive database aggregating beautiful map collections from around the world [via Effie Kapsalis, SIA].
Why you should take your little kids to a museum.
Remembering Neil Armstrong.
Are you dealing with lots of born-digital content in your archive? A new report, with input by our own Ricc Ferrante, deals with just this issue. Read “You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media” and watch an introduction below:

In this video, OCLC Research Senior Program Officer Ricky Erway describes her new report, "You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media."

Categories: What Gets Saved

Tags: American History, World History, Digitization, Link Love

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See Here: 8/17/2012

by The Bigger Picture on August 17, 2012

Carrie M. Derick (1862-1941), standing outside building, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0430].

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Tags: See Here, Science, World History

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