Results for "National Public Radio (U.S.)"
Science Service, Up Close: The Sleeplessness Study, Part 1 - Insomniacs
- Date: August 18, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In 1925, seven George Washington University students volunteered to stay awake for sixty hours, and drove, danced, sang, and swam in an effort to remain alert.
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Hot Topics in Archival Research, Winter 2018
- Date: January 16, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_10581,size=200,left]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 around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been
Adventures in Adopt-a-Book
- Date: April 21, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Hear from Archives staff about some of the items up for “adoption” at the 2022 Adopt-a-Book salons and what makes them so special.
Science Service: Up Close
- Date: May 19, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Each Smithsonian Institution Archives collection has a life story. That narrative, much like the biography of a person, can explain how a collection's photographs, letters, and documents relate to each other. Closer inspection may also reveal hidden connections to other archival materials and can help in identifying photographers and writers. This new blog series will turn a
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Preserving “The World Is Yours”
- Date: January 23, 2020
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Here is a look into how the mixed media project of preserving The World Is Yours got its start.
Hearing Voices
- Date: October 20, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Re-Prized
- Date: December 9, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Highlight the women scientists in the Archives collections who have broken boundaries to capture the elusive Noble Prize.
The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian
- Date: January 9, 2018
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.
You Asked, We Answered: 2014 Archives Facebook Q&A
- Date: November 4, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On Monday, October 27th, four of our finest were available on the Smithsonian's Facebook page to answer questions about preserving your own archival collections. The four archivists at the Q&A have specialties in the preservation and organization of audio/visual material, photos, and digital records (email, digital video, etc.) This is our fourth year hosting this event and