Results for "As They Really Are (Video recording : 1991)"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 09-082, Smithsonian Productions, Productions, 1967, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994-1995, 1998, 2001, undated
- Date: 1994 1994-1995 1967, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1991, 1994-1995, 1998, 2001, undated
- Creator: Smithsonian Productions
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Did the Curator Really Do It? Popular Culture at the Smithsonian
- Date: August 1, 2013
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: How has the Smithsonian been portrayed in popular culture – fiction writing, movies and television, over the last 160 years and has its popular imaged changed?
Wait. Did That Really Happen? Murder at the Museum
- Date: January 16, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: On January 16, 1907, a man carrying packages asked a carpenter for directions to a former colleague's office in the U.S. National Museum. Minutes later, that man pulled a rifle out of one of the packages and murdered an illustrator working for the Smithsonian.
- Blog Post
Wait. Did That Really Happen? Snake Smashin’
- Date: April 4, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Explore what happened in 1969 when a man brought a hatchet and butcher knife to Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to attack a display of snakes.
Wait. Did That Really Happen? Potential Poison on the Polaris
- Date: August 13, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: We thought our work was done when a social media follower helped us identify our popular “unidentified male model” as German naturalist Emil Bessels. Then we discovered he may have murdered his captain during the 1871–73 Polaris Expedition.
Glass-blower John Breda "This 'trombonist' really plays hot."
- Blog Post
That's a Wrap! - Showcasing the Archives Through Video
- Date: August 29, 2013
- Description: When I first applied for an internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, I admittedly did not know much about it. For my internship, I was asked to make a video that would explain to the general public what the Archives was, as well as what resources it could offer them. On my first day here I was told that the Archives held the records and history of the Smithsonian
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 99-171, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Contracts and Procurement Office, Grant Proposals, 1991-1999
- Date: 1991 1991-1999
- Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000632, Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Office of Public Affairs, Records, 1974-1991
- Date: 1974 1974-1991
- Creator: Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. Office of Public Affairs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
You Asked, We Answered: 2015 Ask an Archivist
- Date: November 10, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On Thursday, October 22nd, four of our archivists/conservators 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 fifth year hosting
Link Love: 01/29/2021
- Date: January 29, 2021
- 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.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 8/12/2011
- Date: August 12, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: The Smithsonian’s Around the Mall blog has an interview with our Smithsonian Historian, Pam Henson, about the famous, real-life Smokey the Bear (you can also read our earlier post on the subject). Need to get a 17th century recipe for almond cakes? The Wellcome Library’s online Recipe Manuscripts is the place for you. This is a really fun collection to browse [via Marcel
