Results for "Lectures and lecturing"
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.
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Battle for the Castle
- Date: November 15, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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The Burning of the Smithsonian
- Date: January 23, 2015
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: One hundred fifty years ago, on January 24, 1865, a massive fire erupted in the west wing of the Smithsonian Castle.
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Solomon G. Brown, Renaissance Man
- Date: February 1, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be celebrating African American History Month throughout February with a series of related posts on THE BIGGER PICTURE. “I have engaged in almost Every Branch of work that is usual and unusual about S.I.”[edan-image:id=siris_sic_5597,size=150,left] These words, written by Solomon G. Brown to Secretary Spencer F. Baird on August 12,
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Link Love: 9/11/2015
- Date: September 11, 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.
Link Love: 3/27/2020
- Date: March 27, 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.
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OUCH: Scary Pictures of Broad Daylight
- Date: April 30, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Waikiki, No.
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See Here: 1/4/2011
- Date: January 4, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Talking and Doing About Emergency Preparation
- Date: May 1, 2012
- Creator: Sarah Stauderman
- Description: Every May 1 is a chance to do one thing about Emergency Preparation; here’s how the Smithsonian Institution Archives is doing it.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Rosemary Fallon
- Date: October 27, 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: 2/8/2013
- Date: February 8, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Link Love: 5/22/2015
- Date: May 22, 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.