Results for "National Zoological Park (U.S.). Office of Animal Programs"
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2022
- Date: April 28, 2022
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
Tips for Online Research at the Archives
- Date: October 6, 2011
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Going Wild with Golden Lion Tamarins
- Date: July 25, 2019
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: In 1984, the National Zoo began reintroducing golden lion tamarins to the wild resulting in a conservation success.
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Passwords and Paper Printouts: Preserving the Electronic Records of the Devra Kleiman Papers
- Date: July 28, 2011
- Description: In the course of my internship at the Smithsonian Archives’ Digital Services Division I’ve worked with myriad digital records, converting both new material and past accessions into formats that can be more easily preserved. But the most exciting part of my time here came when I was given my very own accession, the Devra G. Kleiman Papers, to work on. My task was to copy all of
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Explore the Arctic with Operation Windmill
- Date: January 28, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: View amazing photos from Operation Windmill, a surveying expedition of Antarctica conducted by the US Navy in 1947-48.
Otterly Awesome Otter Day Post
- Date: May 20, 2021
- Creator: Andrew Whitesell
- Description: Taking time to appreciate these mustelids is something we otter do.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Winter 2022
- Date: January 12, 2022
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!
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
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.
Link Love: 9/12/2014
- Date: September 12, 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.
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part I
- Date: April 26, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: A look at the characteristics of the thirteen individuals who have led the Smithsonian.
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Animal Collecting in Liberia - 1940
- Date: July 29, 2014
- Description: Newly digitized footage gives us a glimpse of the 1940 Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia.