Results for "National Anthropological Archives"
- SI History Bibliography
Searching the Source: Origins of Indian Painting in the National Anthropological Archives
- Date: Winter 2000
- Creator: Wade, Edwin L
- Creator: Wade, Edwin L
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Jane Walsh
- Date: July 4, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Curator Emeritus Dr. Jane Walsh, Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, developed a specialty in pre-Columbian lapidary technology to better understand the technological advancements of ancient cultures. #Groundbreaker
- Blog Post
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Gabriela Pérez Báez
- Date: June 13, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Curator of Linguistics Dr. Gabriela Pérez Báez, Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, works to preserve endangered languages and tries to retain the research of pre-Columbian Zapotec languages within the Mexican community. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler
- Date: June 20, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Curator of Oceanic Ethnology Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler, Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, is an expert on Tongan dance and was honored by the YWCA as a leading female scientist whose work increased the understanding of native cultures. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Paula Richardson Fleming
- Date: November 27, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Paula Richardson Fleming, Photo Archivist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1970–2003, organized exhibitions, authored numerous publications on Native American photography, and lectured around the world. #Groundbreaker
- Webpage
Born Digital Collections Holdings Survey
- Date: May 2, 2017
- Description: To address the challenges of preserving born-digital collections across the Smithsonian, the Archives kicked off a survey of born-digital collections material across the Institution.
- Blog Post
Documenting a Life of One’s Own
- Date: March 24, 2022
- Description: Consider the courage it took for some of the earliest women in science at the Smithsonian to donate their personal papers to the Institution.
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- Blog Post
Behind the Portrait: Frances Densmore and Mountain Chief
- Date: April 28, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Mountain Chief, Chief of Montana Blackfeet, in Native Dress With Bow, Arrows, and Lance, Listening to Song Being Played On Phonograph and Interpreting It in Sign Language to Frances Densmore, Ethnologist, March 1916, by Harris & Ewing, Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives"][/caption] I received an interesting
Harry Houdini Escapes the Smithsonian II: Magic by Numbers
- Date: February 2, 2012
- Description: Details of a Smithsonian anthropometric measurement sheet made by physical anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička for escape artist Harry Houdini in 1926.
- Blog Post
The Woman with the Gramophone
- Date: April 2, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_396" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption="Save Our Sounds Postcard, Photo Courtesy of National Anthropological Archives"][/caption] For the last few years, I’ve had this postcard up in my office promoting Save Our Sounds, a program by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Library of Congress dedicated to restoring,
- Blog Post
Look Again
- Date: April 1, 2010
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="View of Canyon, 1873, by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount, National Anthropological Archives, SPC Sw Gen NM 113605 01861700, Local Number: NAA INV 01861700."][/caption] I paid another visit to the Timothy O’Sullivan exhibition now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and a