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The Hirshhorn Adventures: A Museum for the Mall
- Date: December 11, 2018
- Description: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has been located on the National Mall since 1974, but before that, Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn spent years considering which city or country the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden would call home.
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part II
- Date: April 28, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The 1846 legislation that established the Smithsonian Institution provided for a Secretary, appointed by the Board of Regents, who would run the day-to-day affairs of the Institution. When David Skorton became Secretary last year, he was the thirteenth person to take on that responsibility. In our last blog, we discussed the first six and now we’ll look at seven through
Celebrating Handwriting with the Hungerford Deed
- Date: January 21, 2021
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Handwriting is a personal passion of mine, despite it having become something of a lost art. Today, when most people think of handwriting at all, it is as a greatly individual method of writing recognizable characters, regardless of the writing system, but in the past, when you could make a living as a scribe, there were highly standardized styles.
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No We Can't
- Date: December 16, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Tips and Lessons from the Opening of the Renwick Gallery
- Date: June 11, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: In the midst of Smithsonian's busy season, we’re providing tips for visitors through the lens of photographs from the opening of the Renwick Gallery in 1972.
Link Love: 2/1/2019
- Date: February 1, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- 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.
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Do you remember . . . ?
- Date: August 26, 2010
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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"To Have and to Hold”: Parsing the Legal Framework of the Hungerford Deed
- Date: May 12, 2020
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Now that we know more about the Hungerford Deed, dive in with us as we seek to understand its legal framework and context.
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Tomorrow is the “Ask the Smithsonian” Q&A on Facebook
- Date: October 11, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
The History of Email at the Smithsonian
- Date: July 21, 2015
- Description: Many of us read, write and send emails every day, but when did it all start at the Smithsonian? In 1980 Smithsonian staff had typewriters and telephones on their desk, with one or two FAX machines per office. The Smithsonian operated a single general purpose computer, the Honeywell mainframe, for all Smithsonian data processing applications and which did not include an email
Speak Softly . . .
- Date: November 3, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: This summer witnessed an exciting find by interns Shereen Choudhury and Rachel Midura, who identified Teddy Roosevelt in one of the broken glass plate negatives they were inventorying. This glass plate comes from a collection of images that have all been numbered, but have minimal descriptive records indicating what they may represent.
Who's Answering Your Questions
- Date: October 16, 2012
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Meet the people who will be answering your questions about your personal archives from 10-5, today, October 17th, 2012.