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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 15-164

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations

Website Records, 2013-2015

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations
Title:Website Records
Dates:2013-2015
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Collection:Accession 15-164
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of two websites and a Tumblr blog maintained by the Smithsonian Gardens.The primary Smithsonian Gardens website, crawled February 3, 2015, includes information about the gardens; educational resources and opportunities; and the Smithsonian Garden's collections, including those of the Archives of American Gardens.The "Community of Gardens" website, crawled February 9, 2015, is a participatory archives to which users contribute images, stories, videos, and oral histories in order to preserve the history of gardens in the United States. The website includes information about the project, user-submitted materials, and terms and conditions. The "Community of Gardens" Tumblr blog, crawled February 10, 2015, serves as an additional access point for much of the content contributed through the website. The blog launched in November 2013. Materials are in electronic format.

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This accession consists of two websites and a Tumblr blog maintained by the Smithsonian Gardens. The primary Smithsonian Gardens website, crawled February 3, 2015, includes information about the gardens; educational resources and opportunities; and the Smithsonian Garden's collections, including those of the Archives of American Gardens. The "Community of Gardens" website, crawled February 9, 2015, is a participatory archives to which users contribute images, stories, videos, and oral histories in order to preserve the history of gardens in the United States. The website includes information about the project, user-submitted materials, and terms and conditions. The "Community of Gardens" Tumblr blog, crawled February 10, 2015, serves as an additional access point for much of the content contributed through the website. The blog launched in November 2013. Materials are in electronic format.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-164, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, Website Records

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Electronic Records

Smithsonian Gardens website, crawled February 3, 2015

Electronic Records

"Community of Gardens" website, crawled February 9, 2015

Electronic Records

"Community of Gardens" Tumblr blog, 2013-2015, crawled February 10, 2015

Electronic Records