Results for "American Institute for Yemeni Studies"
Summer School
- Date: August 7, 2012
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: The Archives’ conservation lab hosts the FAIC "Master Studies" Workshop: "Conservation of Transparent Papers" with Hildegard Homburger.
Recapping "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study"
- Date: December 24, 2019
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: Last week, on December 17 and 18, folks from across the Smithsonian and the public gathered to listen, learn, and discuss at "Working Women: The Smithsonian Institution as a Case Study," a two-day symposium, organized by the American Women’s History Initiative. Presenters celebrated women working at the Smithsonian and explored how they represent the broader experience for
Lucy Hunter Baird: Much More Than a Devoted Daughter
- Date: March 5, 2020
- Description: Lucy Hunter Baird did not shy away from her father’s towering legacy in American science, she embraced it. As the only child of Spencer Fullerton Baird, second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lucy Baird developed a passion for her father’s discipline of ornithology (the study of birds) and strove to chronicle his extraordinary life in a biography. Although she was
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jacqueline Hicks Grazette
- Date: June 24, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Forging a Legal Path: Marie Malaro
- Date: September 18, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Marie Malaro, 1933-2018, entered law in 1957 when few women were admitted to the bar, and then taught generations of museum professionals how law and ethics applied to their work every day.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Magdalena Mieri
- Date: November 3, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Women in Humanities
- Date: March 3, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: To kick off Women's History month, a look at some of the women in humanities represented in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.
Smithsonian Optimism for the Blue Planet
- Date: April 27, 2017
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: An overview of the history of environmental conservation activities at the Smithsonian, since its founding in 1846.
Is there a place for paleography in archives?
- Date: January 23, 2018
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: As we digitize the Archives’ collections to make them available online, I am constantly being exposed to handwriting from the past two centuries. As a result, I have a deeper appreciatiation of how many different things influence the way a person’s writing appears on the page, things beyond the quality of their penmanship. Writing on the deck of a ship, on horseback or on
Take This Job & Shoot It!
- Date: September 10, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Career advice from our Preservation Coordinator
- Date: May 1, 2018
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: This is post is part of our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professional. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Smithsonian Institution Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Don’t be afraid to let us know who you might like to hear from next!What is preservation? This is a
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Carol Farrington Jopling
- Date: October 28, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.