Results for "College Art Association of America"
James Smithson at Oxford
- Date: September 12, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_6861,size=300,right] Some students look forward eagerly to the new school year; others dread the end of summer and the long year ahead. How did the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson (1765-1829), feel about school? Smithson attended Oxford University in England from 1782 to 1786, receiving a Masters of Arts degree in chemistry and mineralogy.
Connecting the Oceans: 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal
- Date: August 14, 2014
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: 100 years ago in August of 1914, the Panama Canal opened to commercial shipping. Smithsonian scientists knew the canal would create major environmental changes and have spent the last 100 years documenting them.
Sneak Peek 8/5/2019
- Date: August 5, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-41054.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Shari Rosenstein Werb
- Date: July 15, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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Serena Katherine “Violet” Dandridge: Suffragist and Scientific Illustrator
- Date: August 4, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: As one of the first women to work in scientific illustration at the Smithsonian, Violet Dandridge made her mark at the United States National Museum.
A Crafty Way to Support the Smithsonian
- Date: May 14, 2019
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Tracing the history of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee, created in 1966 to raise funds to support the Institution, especially its educational programs.
Transcription Beyond Description: Engaging Opportunities and Weaving Webs of Knowledge
- Date: June 11, 2013
- Description: From crowdsourcing transcription to building Wikipedia articles, opportunities abound to weave webs of knowledge with SIA collections.
Scientific Sweethearts: Research Couples in the Archives
- Date: February 11, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look at the life and work of husband and wife Smithsonian scientists researching in the field.
The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 1 of 2: The Photographer Behind the Lens
- Date: September 3, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In a world drowning in images, where we swipe past photos of friends, relatives, and selves in mere seconds, a set of remarkable portraits taken in the 1910s and 1920s by Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) deserve more considered attention. Sometimes, his subjects appear immersed in work, surrounded by microscopes, beakers, or stacks of books, as if unaware of the photographer.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the SIA Website
- Date: October 15, 2019
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.
Skating Smithsonian
- Date: February 6, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: You don’t have to go to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia to learn about ice dancing. Check out the Smithsonian ice dancers who used the sport as a great way to unwind and stay warm in the winter.
Crowned Heads
- Date: September 10, 2013
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Royalty visits the Smithsonian Institution