Results for "National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Computer History Project"
Bug Hunting
- Date: September 16, 2014
- Description: In the early years of the National Museum of Natural History’s Insect Zoo, staff members, volunteers and their family ventured out to local field, streams and even monuments to collect specimens.
- Blog Post
The Smithsonian’s First Radiometers
- Date: April 25, 2019
- Description: When curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History looked at seven radiometers in storage, they learned the instruments had been at the Smithsonian for nearly one hundred fifty years.
Field Work and a World War
- Date: July 12, 2012
- Description: An examination of some of the field books of Bohumil Shimek, who documented the effects of WWI while doing research in Europe.
- Blog Post
Another Wonderful Winter of Wetmore
- Date: January 12, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: On this day, 72 years ago, ornithologist Alexander Wetmore became Smithsonian Secretary--continuing his life-long dedication to field research! Help transcribe Wetmore’s extensive research and make it available for a new generation of field scientists.
Link Love: 2/3/2017
- Date: February 3, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The history behind the film, Hidden Figures, from Curator Paul Ceruzzi. [via National Air and Space Museum]Umbra Search African American History now has over 500,000 items from more than 1000 libraries, museums and archives. [via OCLC and University of Minnesota Libraries]A Twitter tribute to Holocaust victims who were turned away by the U.S. in 1939. [via Atlantic]Library of
Link Love: 12/20/2013
- Date: December 20, 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.
Link Love: 6/8/2012
- Date: June 8, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian
- Date: April 6, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.
Volunteer Spotlight: John Churchman
- Date: April 22, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: To celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month, we would like to recognize John Churchman, a research associate who has been documenting the history of computing at the Smithsonian.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Linda Edquist
- Date: June 12, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Linda Edquist, Conservator and Head of Preservation, National Postal Museum, 1993–2018, managed conservation projects, staff, and exhibitions at the museum. Edquist first arrived at the Smithsonian as a Conservation Technician at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, 1990–92. #Groundbreaker
Link Love: 9/22/2017
- Date: September 22, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales reconstructed the daunting Underground Railroad route in pictures. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Teachers! Incredible footage, objects, and images of WWI from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and the National WWI Museum and Memorial, in the new app, Remembering WWI. [via History Pin] Save the date for
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See Here: 4/28/2011
- Date: April 28, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="Photograph of the west court, looking toward the south pavilion and rotunda, and showing the projection of one of the stair towers of the U.S. National Museum Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, c. 1913, by Unidentified photographer, Black and white photographic print, Smithsonian Institution