Results for "Library of Congress Paper Film Collection (Motion picture)"
- Blog Post
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
- Document
Torch 04/1974
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1974 Box 1 Folder 4
- Blog Post
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.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 20-004, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Information Technology and Society, Exhibition Records, 1920-1976, 1991, 1996, 2000-2001
- Date: 1920 1920-2001 1920-1976, 1991, 1996, 2000-2001
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Civil War
- Date: March 21, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 9/6/2013
- Date: September 6, 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.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000565, Smithsonian Institution Buildings Management Department, Records, 1899-1958
- Date: 1899 1899-1958
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Exhibition Records, 1920-2008
- Date: 1920 1920-2008
- Creator: National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Information Technology and Society
Serendipity and Unexpected Connections
- Date: April 23, 2020
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Sometimes the research process reveals more than an answer to a single question. This is the story of the Smithsonian bison that inspired the “Buffalo Bill.”
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000586, Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications, Production Records, c. 1963-1988
- Date: 1963 1963-1988 c 1963-1988
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Gaining an Appreciation for the Archives
- Date: December 7, 2017
- Description: For the past month, I have been immersed in the complexity that is the world of digital archiving as an intern for the Smithsonian Institution Archives. As a digital preservation intern, I have discovered aspects about archiving that I would have never considered previously, such as the processes required to document accessions, recording information for accessibility and
