Results for "Scrapbooks"
- Blog Post
Quick Tips for Preserving Your Family’s Past
- Date: November 26, 2019
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: As the holiday season approaches, here are a few quick tips on some preservation strategies for your family’s treasures.
- Blog Post
What Does a Photograph Archivist Do?
- Date: April 7, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Photo shoebox upset, by Stephen Cummings, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] I recently took a position as photograph archivist at the Smithsonian Institution Archives and hope to be able to share through this blog some of the processes we are undertaking to make our photographic collections more useful and
Hearing Voices
- Date: October 20, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000074, National Zoological Park (U.S.), Records, 1887-1966
- Date: 1887 1887-1966
- Creator: National Zoological Park
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-095, Swinney, H. J (Holman J.) 1919-, Holman J. Swinney Papers, 1941, 1956-1990
- Date: 1956 1956-1990 1941, 1956-1990
- Creator: Swinney, H. J. (Holman J.), 1919-
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Joseph Henry, 1797-1878
- Date: March 9, 2011
- Description: Joseph Henry,the first Smithsonian Secretary, served from 1846 to 1878 and was a physicist who conducted pioneering research in electromagnetism.
Celebrating One Year and Many More to Come: National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date: September 26, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Just two days ago, the Smithsonian celebrated the one-year anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). It seems like just yesterday that we were all waiting for the doors to open; yet, so much has happened in the past year. Since President Barack Obama rang the bell that opened the museum, long lines and happy faces are
Archiving Family Traditions
- Date: December 10, 2013
- Description: Holiday family traditions are some of the things that people look forward to throughout the year. For my family, that would be the annual Christmas party. This is an unusual tradition in a Jewish family that emigrated from Russia at the turn of the 20th century.That's my Grandmother, Sally, on the lower left, her 4 brothers and sisters and her mother. It was her younger
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000581, Smithsonian Institution National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, Project Records, circa 1960-1975
- Date: 1960 1960-1975 circa 1960-1975
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 93-132, Clarke, J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates) 1905-1990, J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates) Clarke Papers, circa 1929-1970s
- Date: 1929 1929-1970 circa 1929-1970s
- Creator: Clarke, J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates), 1905-1990
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Tropical Travels of George C. Wheeler - Part I
- Date: January 10, 2013
- Description: George C. Wheeler and his travel in the Caribbean illustrate the interplay between science and tourism in Latin America.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU007089, Bartsch, Paul 1871-1960, Paul Bartsch Papers, 1901-1963
- Date: 1901 1901-1963
- Creator: Bartsch, Paul, 1871-1960
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives