The Bigger PictureBlog Posts Latest Articles: Sneak Peek 11/18/2019 November 18, 2019 by Marguerite Roby Carte-de-visite of James Law (1838-1921), first veterinary professor at an American university, by Purdy & Frear. Link Love: 11/15/2019 November 15, 2019 by Deborah Shapiro Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history. We Apologize for the Inconvenience: Shutting Down the Smithsonian November 14, 2019 by Emily Niekrasz In 2019, the Smithsonian faced the repercussions of the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown, but the institution is no stranger to the dreaded furlough. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Joan W. Nowicke November 13, 2019 by Emily Niekrasz Dr. Joan W. Nowicke, Curator, Department of Botany, was an internationally recognized palynologist specializing in pollen morphology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1972–99. Nowicke earned special recognition in the 1980s for her work studying “Yellow Rain,” which some governments alleged was a form of chemical biological warfare. #Groundbreaker “A Wildlife Paradise”: International Collaboration on the DMZ Ecology in the 1960s November 12, 2019 by Jieun Shin, Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution Archives The DMZ ecology project reveals the Smithsonian’s commitment to ecological research programs as well as the complexity and contingency of an international collaboration. Sneak Peek 11/11/2019 November 11, 2019 by Marguerite Roby Cyanotype, Camp F.L. Guenther, U.S. Coast Artillery at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901. Link Love: 11/8/2019 November 8, 2019 by Deborah Shapiro Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history. Science Service, Up Close: Two Haunting Portraits of Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley November 7, 2019 by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette A proud mother responded to news service’s request for a photograph of her physicist-son killed during World War I. Wonderful Women Wednesday: Priscilla L. Strain November 6, 2019 by Emily Niekrasz Priscilla L. Strain has worked for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies since 1974 as a Research Assistant, 1974-79, Geologist, 1979-87, and Program Manager, 1987–present. She is currently the curator of the museum’s lunar rock collection and manages the center’s exhibits and programs. #Groundbreaker Welcoming Smithsonian Secretaries November 5, 2019 by Pamela M. Henson Lonnie G. Bunch III was installed as the Fourteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian on November 1, 2019 in the historic Arts and Industries Building. To celebrate this new day in Smithsonian history, let’s take a look back at installations past! Pages« first‹ previous…535455565758596061…next ›last »Produced by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. For copyright questions, please see the Terms of Use.