Results for "Rare books"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 85-226, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Records, circa 1966-1983
- Date: 1966 1966-1983 circa 1966-1983
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Link Love: 6/17/2011
- Date: June 17, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: For those of us too young to have understood the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and to those who watched breathlessly as the it came down, this should interest you: an augmented reality app that projects a 3-D rendering of the Berlin Wall at its former site with the help of a smartphone. It was as big as a . . . The US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Link Love: 10/19/2018
- Date: October 19, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: The Theodore Roosevelt Papers are now digitized and available online through the Library of Congress Digital Collections. Don't try browsing all at once—there are over 450,000 images! [via Library of Congress][edan-image:id=siris_sic_9575,size=300,center]With the help of ground-penetrating radar, the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Research has discovered a thousand-year-old
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 88-171, Dibner Library, Records, 1986-1988
- Date: 1986 1986-1988
- Creator: Dibner Library
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 06-036, Smithsonian Institution Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services, Project Files, 1975
- Date: 1975
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Link Love: 9/10/2010
- Date: September 10, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="168" caption="Canna indica L., identified by P.J.M. Maas & H. Maas, Cusco, Peru, National Museum of Natural History, Botany Department, Catalog Number: 1998001."][/caption] The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Botany Department just added over 1,300 images to the Smithsonian Collection Search Center! Some gorgeous
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Fall 2019
- Date: December 26, 2019
- 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 around 6,000 queries per year. Ask us what people have been researching recently, and you’ll get into some
An Interview with Director Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Date: February 4, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives recently welcomed Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty as our inaugural director. Join us as we get to know the new leader of our organization!
Letter from Herbert Friedmann to S. Dillon Ripley
- Date: November 21, 1944
- Creator: Friedmann, Herbert 1900-1987
- Creator: Friedmann, Herbert 1900-1987
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 06-053, Dibner Library, Subject Files, 1984-1985
- Date: 1984 1984-1985
- Creator: Dibner Library
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Date: December 8, 2020
- Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000217, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Records, 1865-1951
- Date: 1865 1865-1951
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
