Results for "Archives of American Art. Texas Project"
Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions Thursday, October 22
- Date: October 15, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: In honor of Archives Month, it’s time for the Smithsonian’s annual Facebook Q&A where the public can ask questions about preserving and organizing their own collections!
Link Love: 8/19/2016
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Link Love: 4/28/2017
- Date: April 28, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Very early "big data" tracking mortality rates in 17th-century London. [via Smithsonian Magazine]The Mellon Foundation has funded an $887,000 project to develop community-driven archives! [via Info Docket]See what questions archivists across the country answered yesterday for #AskAnArchivist. [via SAA]What album would you be....if you could preserve yourself in a vinyl record.
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Link Love: 12/5/2014
- Date: December 5, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
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Link Love: 12/17/2010
- Date: December 17, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="The first flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with Orville Wright at the controls of the Wright Flyer, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 25 Folder 41, Negative Number: 2002-12169."][/caption] On this day in 1903 the Wright Brothers
Link Love: 8/26/2011
- Date: August 26, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: How photos from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Gardens help preserve the memory of gardens (such as the Middlegate Japanese Gardens pictured above) that are now gone. The Museum of the Future has a great roundup of videos and blogs about museums, technology, and media. An update on earthquake damage at the Smithsonian, and hear Smithsonian Secretary (and earthquake
Link Love: 4/6/2012
- Date: April 6, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall
- Date: December 17, 2020
- Description: The AIDS Memorial Quilt has a long history with the National Mall and the Smithsonian Institution starting with its first appearance on the Mall in 1987.
Link Love: 11/6/2020
- Date: November 6, 2020
- Description: 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.
Link Love: 7/6/2018
- Date: July 6, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: 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.
Volunteer Spotlight: Joan Gilder
- Date: April 24, 2018
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: Joan Gilder has been a volunteer with the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Preservation Team for two decades, and has worked to treat many of our collections in order to increase their lifespan and improve access. She has been an invaluable asset to the Archives since she first began, and we are thrilled to share a little more about her story.What did you do before you began
Wait, there are bigger map cases? An Intern's Journey in the Oversized Collections
- Date: August 30, 2016
- Description: At the end of Summer 2016, an overview of an intern's work in the archive's oversize collections in the map cases.