Results for "Bento: Art Outside the Box (Blog)"
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Everyone's a Curator, Now
- Date: November 15, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Cybill Shepherd at the "Castle" during the filming of "Chances Are," where she plays an SI curator, 1988, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Negative Number: 88-10752-31. "][/caption] The frequency with which the words “curator” and “curating” pop up continues to
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Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 1
- Date: July 29, 2010
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: This piece is part one in a series of posts about Smithsonian Institution Archives’ (SIA) paper conservator and interns working on stabilizing a 1921 panoramic photo of air mail pilots and crews that is being moved to the National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. You can see Part II here. In addition to being the Paper Conservator for the Smithsonian
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The More I See You, the More I Want You
- Date: September 25, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Goodbye, 2019. Hello, 2020!
- Date: December 31, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Before the Archives gears up for new projects in 2020, we’re looking back at our accomplishments and highlights in 2019.
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Civil War
- Date: March 21, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)
- Date: August 10, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!
- Blog Post
Doris Holmes Blake and the Fight for Women’s Right to Paid Employment
- Date: May 3, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: How the marital status provision of the 1932 Economy Act impacted one Smithsonian scientist.
Putting It All Together: The Assembly and Rehousing of Glass Plate Negatives
- Date: August 21, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang
- Date: May 26, 2022
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/13/2009
- Date: November 13, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="353" caption="Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Equipment Outside Smithsonian Institution Building, 1931, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005 Box 187 Folder 12 and Record Unit 95 Box 52 Folder 14, Negative Number:9772-A."][/caption]
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See Here: 1/19/2010
- Date: January 19, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Wright Brothers standing outside carriage after receiving Langley Medal for Aerodromics, February 10, 1910, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 11, Negative number: 82-3350."][/caption]
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See Here: 6/18/2010
- Date: June 18, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Janet Solinger, Director of the Resident Associates Program (RAP), outside the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), also known as the "Castle," 1983, by Nora Kengle, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: January 1983, Negative Number: 2002-32291."][/caption]