Results for "National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Field Book Project"
Link Love: 7/12/2019
- Date: July 12, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
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Collecting Stories. Saving Treasures. Building a New Museum.
- Date: February 16, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives will be celebrating African American History Month throughout February with a series of related posts on THE BIGGER PICTURE. When I interviewed Lonnie Bunch, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, as part of the Smithsonian Photography Initiative’s online project click! photography changes
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A Quirk, a Chase and the Power of a Crowd
- Date: March 13, 2014
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: People everywhere are helping the Smithsonian Institution Archives make more of its collections deeply accessible through helping transcribe field books, journals, and diaries in our collections.
Link Love: 8/24/2012
- Date: August 24, 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.
Link Love: 11/20/15
- Date: November 20, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: In anticipation of its Fall 2016 opening, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) did something beautiful. A film, by Stanley J. Nelson and Marcia Smith, was projected on NMAAHC's new building representing the history of African Americans in the U.S. You can check out all the images from the projection mapping on their Pinterest
A Pop-ular Analysis: Paul Allen and His Kernels
- Date: December 13, 2012
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Paul Hamilton Allen, botanist, writes in his field book about testing different varieties of corn to determine which is the best for popcorn.
Link Love: 4/13/2012
- Date: April 13, 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.
Cocktails, Cubs, & Costinika
- Date: September 27, 2012
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: A slideshow of images from the Field Book Project.
Link Love: 6/24/2016
- Date: June 24, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Stanford David Rumsey Map Collection now has over 69,000 historic maps available online. [via KQED]Incredible color photos of Martin Luther King, some of which are part of our National Museum of African American History and Culture. [via NPR]Great news for geneologists! The Digital Public Library of America & FamilySearch International have signed an agreement that will
Increasing Access: The Smithsonian Transcription Center
- Date: August 28, 2014
- Description: How the projects are selected for inclusion in the Smithsonian Transcription Center and how the digital volunteers who contribute their work help make collections accessible.
Link Love: 5/1/2015
- Date: May 1, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
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It’s a Squirrelly Kind of Day
- Date: January 21, 2020
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: While squirrels get their own special day, the Smithsonian did have an expert about these familiar creatures.