Results for "Million Man March (1995: Washington, D.C.)"
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Meet Sarah Stierch: The Archives’ Wikipedian in Residence
- Date: March 28, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives hosts Sarah Stierch as Wikipedian-in-Residence for Spring 2012.
The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio
- Date: June 8, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.
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Science Service, Up Close: Of Princes, Princesses, and Science
- Date: June 12, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: As editor E. E. Slosson began setting up the Science Service news office, his mail was flooded with inquiries from potential contributors. Writers and photographers described their accomplishments and submitted samples of their work. One such letter, from Albert Harlingue on April 13, 1921, must have piqued Slosson’s interest, for it coincided with the Washington visit of “a
The Hirshhorn Adventures: A Museum for the Mall
- Date: December 11, 2018
- Description: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has been located on the National Mall since 1974, but before that, Joseph and Olga Hirshhorn spent years considering which city or country the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden would call home.
You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
- Date: August 22, 2019
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been man’s best friend. In honor of writing a second blog for National Dog Day, let’s take a look at the pooches that pop up around the Smithsonian Institution.[view:sia_slideshow==87224]Related Resources"Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo," The Bigger Picture"Me
The First Quest for a National African American Museum
- Date: September 22, 2016
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: As National Museum of African American History and Culture opens, let’s look at the first efforts to establish a National African American Museum.
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The Smithsonian’s First Woman Employee: Jane W. Turner, Librarian
- Date: March 27, 2014
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Jane Turner was the first paid female employee at the Smithsonian, eventually becoming the Smithsonian’s Librarian.
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Family Vacation
- Date: March 24, 2009
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the third in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month.
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Television and the Smithsonian: Worldly Success
- Date: December 18, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
“Ding” Darling’s Ducks and What’s Good for the Earth
- Date: May 7, 2020
- Description: Throughout his twenty-five years as a Science Service journalist, Frank Thone maintained an active correspondence with fellow scientists and conservationists. His letters in the Smithsonian Institution Archives both preserve his wit and offer a glimpse at the informal networking that helped shape how Americans perceived the natural world. One of Thone’s correspondents was a
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Save the Silver!
- Date: September 4, 2012
- Description: During the Civil War, Solomon G. Brown protected valuables from the approaching Confederate Army.
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Fun Facts: The Surprises You Find When Writing Wikipedia With the Archives
- Date: May 31, 2012
- Description: Learn some of the surprising facts about people and places from the Smithsonian Institution Archives that we have came across while writing Wikipedia articles using SIA materials.