Results for "Orchids"
- Blog Post
Cabinet of Curiosities
- Date: September 7, 2010
- Creator: Sarah Stauderman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_8083" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="The mysterious cabinet of curiosities with assorted film cameras perched on top, 2010, by Michael Barnes, SIA."][/caption] Last fall a piece of furniture showed up in the Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) reception area. Aside from a few nicks, it is a large, handsome cabinet with drawers and double
Science Service, Up Close: Books, Readers, and Recommendations
- Date: December 3, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Need a new book to read? Look no further than these recommendations from Smithsonian Science Service staff writers during the 1920s and 1930s.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 08-084, Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications, Productions, 1981-1991, 1996, 1999
- Date: 1981 1981-1991 1981-1991, 1996, 1999
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 05-245, Smithsonian Institution Office of Facilities Management Horticulture Services Division Office of the Director, Subject Files, 1989-2003
- Date: 1989 1989-2003
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Management. Horticulture Services Division. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 08-159, Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Central, Model Shop Project Records, 2002-2006
- Date: 2002 2002-2006
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Smithsonian Gardens
- Date: September 4, 2018
- Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-035, Smithsonian Institution Office of Physical Plant Horticulture Services Division Office of the Director, Records, 1972-1990
- Date: 1972 1972-1990
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Physical Plant. Horticulture Services Division. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Link Love: 8/16/2019
- Date: August 16, 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.
- Document
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- Document
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- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-146, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Exhibits, Exhibition Records, c. 1982-1990
- Date: 1982 1982-1990 c 1982-1990
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Science Service, Up Close: Science Reporters on the Hunt
- Date: April 18, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Photographs from the Science Service collections preserve behind-the-scenes glimpses of the newsgathering process for science reporters.