Results for "Archives of American Gardens"
- Blog Post
Understanding the Magic Lantern
- Date: October 2, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Thornewood Estate in Takoma, Washington, by Asahel Curtis, August 1933, Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens."][/caption] Just the other day we received a comment on one of our photos in the new Flickr Commons set of lantern slides from the Archives of American Gardens. A visitor was interested to know whether or not
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
- Blog Post
Conservation and Chrysanthemums
- Date: September 7, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Glass lantern slide of Roscrana in Glencoe, Illinois, 1930. The garden includes white tulips, blue forget-me-nots and allee of trees. Unidentified Photographer. Archives of American Gardens, Smithsonian Institution. "][/caption] In the 1960s, during the process of planning a kitchen remodel at its headquarters in New York
- Blog Post
Link Love: 2/11/2011
- Date: February 11, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 11-311, Smithsonian Institution Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, Website Records, 2011
- Date: 2011
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Autumn in the SI Collections
- Date: October 7, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="179" caption="Nehemiah Hubbard Homestead, fall leaves on the mossy terrace, Middletown, Connecticut, by Elizabeth M. Bazazi, 1998, Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens."][/caption] It’s October already and the beginning of full-fledged fall in D.C. Autumn is . . . [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Great Basin
- Blog Post
November Across the Collections
- Date: November 3, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Dans La Foret: Stone lantern resting on moss in autumn, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, November 2001, by Unknown photographer, 35mm slide, Archives of American Gardens, Local number: PA627005."][/caption] It’s November, and the leaves are almost gone. And so is the growing season, so put away what you’ve got! [caption id=""
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 22-046, Smithsonian Facilities, Website Records, 2012-2020
- Date: 2012 2012-2020
- Creator: Smithsonian Facilities
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 18-067, Smithsonian Facilities, Website Records, 2017
- Date: 2017
- Creator: Smithsonian Facilities
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 14-057, Smithsonian Institution Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, Website Records, 2012-2013
- Date: 2012 2012-2013
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 15-164, Smithsonian Institution Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, Website Records, 2013-2015
- Date: 2013 2013-2015
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Collection
Subject Files, 1995, 2003-2019
- Date: 2003 2003-2019 1995, 2003-2019
- Creator: Smithsonian Gardens Office of the Director