Results for "Library of Congress Paper Film Collection (Motion picture)"
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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.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2020
- Date: October 15, 2020
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
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.
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Archiving the Smithsonian’s presence on the Internet
- Date: September 2, 2010
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Ask an Archivist: Bring Your Questions October 29th
- Date: October 28, 2013
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Ask Smithsonian conservators and archivists questions about your personal collection on Facebook, Tuesday, October 29th.
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Hey You, Get Off Of My Cloud!
- Date: June 16, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Some Digital Archivist Career Advice
- Date: March 1, 2018
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: This is the second post in our series on career advice for the aspiring archives professional. Each edition features information and career advice from a different member of the Archives team, regarding what they do, how they got here, and how you can too. Check out the first , and don’t be afraid to let us know who you might like to hear from next! Many picture an archivist
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2019
- Date: December 26, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been researching recently, and you’ll get into some
Conserving Archival Collections Suffering from Fungal Attack
- Date: July 26, 2016
- Description: This summer Visiting Professional Laura Wahl had the chance to learn more about how to respond to the problem of mold residues found on archival materials. The Smithsonian Affiliations’ Visiting Professionals Program allowed her to spend time at the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ conservation lab researching this topic.
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Link Love: 7/30/2010
- Date: July 30, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="Portrait of a City Marshal by Barr & Wright, 1870-1880, National Museum of American History, Catalog number 77.43.1678."][/caption] Help the Smithsonian ID a Houston city marshal from the 1870s in the picture on the right. The extremely flammable nitrocellulose film used before 1951 led to an estimated 80 percent of silent
You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A
- Date: November 4, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and
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What are You Watching?
- Date: August 22, 2013
- Description: How open source helps us save film and video recordings digitally . . . no matter how bizarre the subject matter.