Accession 18-188

Smithsonian Institution. Archives

Website Records, 2009-2017

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of the Smithsonian Institution Archives website as it existed on November 21, 2016, and again on December 12, 2016. The website includes information for researchers, staff, and the general public regarding reference, records management, and preservation. It also includes publications, resources for teachers, online exhibitions, historical images, and narrative histories of the Smithsonian Institution and its museums, research centers, activities, and staff as well as the blog, "The Bigger Picture: Exploring Archives and Smithsonian History," with posts dating from January 2009. In addition, a new online exhibition "African American Contributions to the Smithsonian: Challenges and Achievements" was crawled on January 11, 2017, and an older online exhibition "Spencer F. Baird's Vision for a National Museum" was crawled on May 11, 2017. This accession does not include detailed collections information and some videos are missing. Materials are in electronic format.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• Smithsonian Institution
• The Bigger Picture: Exploring Archives and Smithsonian History (Blog)
• Spencer F. Baird's Vision for a National Museum (Online exhibition)
• African American Contributions to the Smithsonian: Challenges and Achievements (Online exhibition)
• Artists at Work: Creativity at the Smithsonian (Online exhibition)
• Baird's Dream: History of the Arts and Industries Building (Online exhibition)
• Historic Pictures of the Smithsonian (Online exhibition)
• Joseph Henry: A Life in Science (Online exhibition)
• The Smithsonian at the Turn of the Century (Online exhibition)
• Stories from the Smithsonian (Online exhibition)

Subject

• Web sites
• Blogs
• Archives -- Public relations
• Museums -- Educational aspects
• Museum archives
• Publications
• Records -- Management
• Museums -- Employees
• Museum exhibits

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Electronic records

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-188, Smithsonian Institution. Archives, Website Records

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