Results for "National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)"
Leonard Carmichael, Seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian
- Date: July 7, 2022
- Creator: Tatiana Swann
- Description: Dr. Leonard Carmichael led the Smithsonian Institution through many changes during his tenure as the seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian. He presided over new museums and facility openings, special acquisitions, and exciting exhibitions. Because Carmichael was hired from outside of the Smithsonian, he brought a new perspective, his academic background, and skills to thrust
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Link Love: 4/11/2014
- Date: April 11, 2014
- 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: 12/16/2016
- Date: December 16, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Japanese are taking fall to a new level! [via Bored Panda]The 25 most instagrammed museums includes the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. [via Hyperallergic] Ireland's National Web Archive in Ireland let the public choose 10 websites to preserve. [via Info Docket]There's a podcast for everyone, including research librarians...check out the episode on Global Web Preservation.
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See Here: 3/19/2010
- Date: March 19, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="431" caption="Exhibit of Contemporary Hungarian Artists under auspices of the American Federation of Arts and the American-Hungarian Foundation, at the National Gallery, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in the Museum of Natural History, April 23-May 31, 1930, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
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A Life on the Wild Side: Lucile Quarry Mann
- Date: March 15, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Link Love: 6/11/2010
- Date: June 11, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Telling the Story: Illuminating Native Heritage through Photography
- Date: November 23, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Heart of Glass
- Date: October 5, 2017
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Since our move to Smithsonian Institution Support Center, in the fall of 2015, the Archives have been able to work on longer-term projects using the photographic negatives stored in our cold storage vault. One of these projects is systematically scanning the collection of glass plate negatives from the United States National Museum, Division of Graphic Arts Photograph
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: July 2, 2020
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
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Valentine’s Day: Love is Blooming
- Date: February 14, 2012
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Need a date idea for Valentine’s Day? Let the Smithsonian help you out with a tour of its Enid Haupt Garden.
What Did the Smithsonian Exhibit When it First Opened?
- Date: May 22, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: An overview of what the Smithsonian collected and displayed when it first opened to the public in 1855.
Hot Topics in Archival Research, Fall 2022
- Date: November 3, 2022
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch tantalizing glimpses of our patrons’ manifold research topics.The reference team fields thousands of questions per year.