Results for "National Museum of American History (U.S.). Program of Hispanic American History"
Many Happy Returns to the Washington Monument!
- Date: October 22, 2013
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Washington Monument marks its 125th anniversary on October 9, 2013.
- Blog Post
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Carol O’Donnell
- Date: November 4, 2020
- 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.
- Blog Post
Publicity, Politics, and Physics
- Date: March 10, 2010
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Long ago and far away, before gray hairs and creaky knees, before history became my passion, I was an undergraduate physics major. Physics seemed fascinating and beautiful, if difficult. Later, after career paths led into history and science policy, I learned that physics, however elegant, did not reside in a cultural vacuum. Its people and discoveries coexisted with
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Janice Majewski
- Date: May 19, 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: 6/9/2017
- Date: June 9, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Ouch — the Society of Women Engineers has a collection of rejection letters sent to women attempting to gain entry to engineering programs. [via Atlantic]A new discovery of 300,000 year old remains of Homo sapiens shows that our species evolved in multiple locations on the African continent. [via NY Times]iNaturalist.org is launching an app that will help you identify plants
Celebrating National Radio Day
- Date: August 18, 2022
- Description: We’ve shared a lot about The World Is Yours, the Smithsonian’s first educational radio show, but this National Radio Day, we are highlighting some of the other radio programs in our collections.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: October 5, 2021
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Smithsonian Crowdsourcing Since 1849!
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Design + Archives: Posters
- Date: February 11, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Posters at the Smithsonian display a wide range of exhibitions and programs, each with a design that is visually intriguing and purposeful in conveying information.
Another Smithsonian Gem
- Date: November 19, 2019
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Archives also preserves ecological research.
The Oval Office meets the Castle: Presidents at the Smithsonian
- Date: November 8, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: The Smithsonian Castle sits just over a mile away from Washington D.C.’s most notable address,1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We are more than just a short walk away from the White House, however—we are directly tied to it and its occupants. Not only does the Smithsonian collect the history of United States Presidents (including, yes, Lincoln’s top hat and even the hair of a few
Keeping Your Cool: Advertising Air Conditioning
- Date: June 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look back at some historic, pre- and post-World War II air conditioning advertising.