Results for "Law"
Link Love: 10/30/2015
- Date: October 30, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Lord of the Rings fans! A newly-discovered map annotated by Tolkien. [via Open Culture]A last call for Archives Month to contribute your stories and memories of gardens and gardening to the Community Gardens digital archive. [via Smithsonian Gardens]Gorgeous fly-throughs of 17th Century London before The Great Fire from a talented group of students at De Montfort University. A
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A Surprise from Th Jefferson
- Date: January 6, 2011
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="221" caption="At the turn of the century, visitors are entering and leaving the United States National Museum Building, now Arts and Industries Building, via the North Entrance, c. 1900, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 32 Folder 8, Negative Number:
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With Eyes (and Other Data Receptors) Open Wide
- Date: May 18, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: In a storm of reporting, hundreds of articles published online and in print over the past couple of days, have focused attention on a story that touched on issues both photographic and archival.
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The Time Has Come
- Date: February 8, 2011
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: [caption id="attachment_11359" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup Design for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Courtesy NMAAHC."][/caption] The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be celebrating African American History Month throughout February with a series of related posts on THE BIGGER
Legislative Logjam to Kitchen Sink
- Date: May 22, 2014
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: In the spring of 1846, after years of debate, the legislative logjam over what the Smithsonian would be was finally broken with compromise legislation by New York Congressman, William Jervis Hough.
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This Day in Smithsonian History: National Air and Space Museum Authorized
- Date: September 6, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: On September 6, 1958 President Eisenhower authorized preparation of plans for the construction of what is now the National Air and Space Museum.
Link Love: 3/6/2015
- Date: March 6, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
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‘Oh, I’m Glad That’s on the Mall’: NMAAHC Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary
- Date: September 23, 2021
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture marks its fifth anniversary.
Link Love: 2/21/2020
- Date: February 21, 2020
- 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.
The World Is Yours: Christmas in the Colonies
- Date: December 24, 2020
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Take a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours titled “Christmas in the Colonies.”
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Anna Escobedo Cabral
- Date: August 18, 2021
- 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.
Link Love: 6/19/2015
- Date: June 19, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.