Results for "From Reliable Sources: The Archives of American Art (Motion picture : 1987)"
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Forget Me Nots
- Date: January 19, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_4140" align="aligncenter" width="296" caption="Auguste Deter, Alois Alzheimer's patient in November 1901, first described patient with Alzheimer's Disease, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons."][/caption] From the moment we began to conceptualize the content of click!, it became obvious that we’d need to investigate photography’s relation to memory from a
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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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With a Little Unpaid Help From My Friends
- Date: August 15, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Late in July, LENS, a New York Times blog that focuses on images and issues photographic, posted an interesting story by James Estrin. Magnum Photos, the legendary co-operative photo agency founded after World War II by photographers including Robert Capa and Henri Cartier Bresson, announced that to boost the visibility (and paid use) of the hundreds of thousands of images it
Color History with the Smithsonian Recap!
- Date: April 5, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On a cloudy Saturday afternoon, over 30 volunteers showed up at the National Museum of the American Indian to write minority women into digital history during a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in honor of Women's History Month. On the to-do list were artists, educators, activists, Smithsonian employees, the first Chinese-American female dentist, and the African-American woman who
Smithsonian History/Map Mashup on Historypin
- Date: October 4, 2011
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Can Buildings Stack Up to the Images Made of Them?
- Date: November 18, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3043" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photograph of the Ames Monument, Wyoming, courtesy Phil Patton."][/caption] Looking at an illustrated real estate listing or brochure, have you ever been mesmerized by a wide angle and luxurious photograph of what you suspect is, in fact, a tiny studio apartment? Have you ever had the experience where all
Color our Collections
- Date: October 22, 2020
- Description: Grab your colored pencils. It’s National Color Day!
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Please Feed the Visitors!
- Date: August 3, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_7706" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="First eBook made by Dan Cohen, Director of the Center for History and New Media, August 2, 2010"]You [/caption] Update: You can read a follow-up post about the Anthologize project and process here. As Head of Web & New Media, I'm always looking for ways we can engage visitors with our papers, photographs,
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Beautiful Dreamers
- Date: December 15, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3320" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The Haggard Family II, February 2005, courtesy of Sandy Puc’ and the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation."][/caption] When we began work on click!, it seemed obvious that somehow, someway, we’d have to find someone to explore how photography impacts our encounters with death. Many writers about
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Photographic Opportunity
- Date: December 10, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="172" caption="The Steiner Ambrotype, June 18, 1857, by Unidentified photographer, Ambrotype, National Air and Space Museum, Image ID: 2001-5358. "] [/caption] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="190" caption="First Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 24, 1950, by U.S. Air Force, Gelatin silver print, National Air and Space
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The Near Faraway
- Date: December 3, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Some Archival Career Advice
- Date: April 26, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Commonly asked questions and answers about becoming an archivist.