Results for "Popular culture"
- SI History Bibliography
Africa in the American Mind, 1870-1955: A Study in Mythology, Ideology and the Reconstruction of Race
- Date: 1997 Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
- Creator: Sears, Cornelia
- Creator: Sears, Cornelia
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 93-125, Washburn, Wilcomb E, Wilcomb E. Washburn Papers, 1962-1990
- Date: 1962 1962-1990
- Creator: Washburn, Wilcomb E
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Music in the Castle 1854–1862
- Date: February 12, 2019
- Description: As part of the Smithsonian Year of Music 2019, the Smithsonian Castle Collection curator chronicles music in the Castle during its early years.
- Webpage
Solomon Brown
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Description: Born in 1829 to free black parents along the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, Solomon Galleon Brown would become, at age 23, the first black employee of the Smithsonian. Starting out as a laborer in the Exchange Office, he ultimately became the personal assistant of Spencer Baird, the second secretary of the Smithsonian. By the time of his 1904 retirement,
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 08-090, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Counselor to the Secretary, Administrative Records, 1988-2000
- Date: 1988 1988-2000
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Counselor to the Secretary
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- SI History Bibliography
Seeing the Smithsonian: The Offical Guidebook to the Smithsonian Institution, Its Museums and Galleries
- Date: 1973
International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part I
- Date: June 13, 2017
- Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.
- Blog Post
The Family of Man, as Told by the Family of Man
- Date: September 20, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Periodically—given the fleeting nature of life and the ubiquity of photographic imagery—it’s seems like someone’s always trying to hatch another ambitious image-based cultural project to prove that, despite our differences, we’re pretty all much the same.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-044, Washburn, Wilcomb E, Wilcomb E. Washburn Papers, 1951-1993
- Date: 1951 1951-1993 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Creator: Washburn, Wilcomb E
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Mori Arinori: Japanese Statesman
- Date: May 30, 2013
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: In 1872, at the young age of twenty-five, Mori Arinori (1847-1889) traveled to America as the first Charge d’Affaires from the Meiji government. His trip included a visit to the Smithsonian where he established a close relationship with Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 10-220, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Exhibition Records, 2009-2010
- Date: 2009 2009-2010
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-097, Cooper-Hewitt Museum Education Department, Records, 1976-1993
- Date: 1976 1976-1993
- Creator: Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Education Department
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives