Results for "American Science and Engineering, Inc."
Top 10 Photos on the Smithsonian Flickr Commons
- Date: July 3, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: A profile of the top ten photos on the Smithsonian Flickr Commmons—from scientists to babies sent in the mail.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2019
- Date: December 26, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been researching recently, and you’ll get into some
From Plantations to Islands of Science: Travels in Costa Rica and Panama - Part II
- Date: January 31, 2013
- Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.
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Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”
- Date: September 1, 2020
- Description: Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals.
The Smithsonian Seismological Institute
- Date: August 26, 2014
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A
- Date: November 4, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and
Happy 2019! The Archives Takes a Look Back at a Busy 2018
- Date: January 1, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2019, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2018.
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Calling all Flashlights!
- Date: September 22, 2009
- Description: [caption id="attachment_2093" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="R•I•T Big Shot No. 1, HIGHLAND HOSPITAL, Rochester, New York USA, produced by The Highland Hospital, The RIT Biomedical Photographic Communications Dept., Other Students, Faculty & Friends of RIT Photography, December 4, 1987."][/caption] In December of 1987, professors William DuBois and Michael Peres of
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The Woman with the Gramophone
- Date: April 2, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_396" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption="Save Our Sounds Postcard, Photo Courtesy of National Anthropological Archives"][/caption] For the last few years, I’ve had this postcard up in my office promoting Save Our Sounds, a program by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Library of Congress dedicated to restoring,
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Link Love: 7/5/2013
- Date: July 5, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2021
- Date: April 8, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
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Let’s Play the Name Game: Identifying Women Scientists on the Flickr Commons
- Date: April 12, 2012
- Creator: Susannah Wells
- Description: The Flickr Commons community helps the Archives identify images of Women in Science from our Science Service collections.