Results for "Save our Sounds (Project)"
The Puget Sound Biological Station
- Date: August 25, 2022
- Description: We’re exploring the storied history of Friday Harbor Labs, a MarineGEO site, in Washington State.
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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.
Link Love: 5/11/2018
- Date: May 11, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum looks at the history of rapid change in Washington D.C., the ensuing inequality, and neighborhood activism with A Right to the City. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Check out the newly released 2018 National Design Award winners from the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt. [via Architect Magazine]There may be a developing love story at our
Link Love: 4/27/2012
- Date: April 27, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
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SIA Acc. 09-281, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Exhibits Media Office, Project Files, 1973, 1992-1996
- Date: 1992 1992-1996 1973, 1992-1996
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Exhibits Media Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 1
- Date: December 13, 2011
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: This is the first of two posts on the Archives' conservators’ work with the Smithsonian’s Haiti Cultural Recovery project, which works to rescue and safeguard objects damaged by the 2010 earthquake.
Link Love: 9/22/2017
- Date: September 22, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Photographer Jeanine Michna-Bales reconstructed the daunting Underground Railroad route in pictures. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Teachers! Incredible footage, objects, and images of WWI from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and the National WWI Museum and Memorial, in the new app, Remembering WWI. [via History Pin] Save the date for
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SIA Acc. 15-217, Joseph Henry Papers Project, Depository Files, 1960-2008
- Date: 1960 1960-2008
- Creator: Joseph Henry Papers Project
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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An Intern’s Guide on How to Digitize a Field Book
- Date: August 14, 2018
- Description: What is a field book and how do you digitize one? These were the first two questions I asked when I came on board at the Archives as the Summer 2018 Field Book Project Digitization Intern. During the course of my internship, I discovered the answer to both questions and learned a lot about digitization practices and standards at the Smithsonian.According to the Biodiversity
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SIA Acc. 08-098, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Program Records, 1978-2002
- Date: 1978 1978-2002
- Creator: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Biodiversity Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Volunteer Appreciation: Kathy Boi
- Date: April 14, 2016
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Kathy Boi, an oral history project volunteer.
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"If you feed them, they will come."
- Date: May 23, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Operation Moonwatch created an international network of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer sky-watchers of both genders and from every walk-of-life. These citizen-scientists joined professional astronomers to track and report on satellites travelling through the night sky. Food and location played a role in keeping volunteers engaged with Operation Moonwatch.