Results for "Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access"
Born Digital - Video Recording in the 21st Century
- Date: October 5, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers: Smithsonian Volunteers
- Date: April 19, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12022,size=250,left]Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since its earliest years. The Institution has always been “dependent on the kindness of strangers.” Volunteers make tremendous contributions to Smithsonian operations every day in virtually every corner of the globe. The Smithsonian's paid staff of some 6,000 employees is
“Muse of Scientific Literature”: Leila Forbes Clark
- Date: March 13, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: In honor of Women’s History Month and the 50th anniversary of Smithsonian Libraries, let’s learn about Leila Gay Forbes Clark (1887-1964), the second woman to direct the Smithsonian’s library. She was beloved by the researchers she worked with (really loved in one case….) and began the restructuring of the many small libraries across the Smithsonian.
The Smithsonian Secretaries: That Tall Man from New York, Part II
- Date: April 28, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The 1846 legislation that established the Smithsonian Institution provided for a Secretary, appointed by the Board of Regents, who would run the day-to-day affairs of the Institution. When David Skorton became Secretary last year, he was the thirteenth person to take on that responsibility. In our last blog, we discussed the first six and now we’ll look at seven through
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Date: August 31, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Family Memories at Thanksgiving
- Date: November 23, 2010
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: What better time to capture family memories and stories than when you and your relatives gather to celebrate Thanksgiving? For the past several years, several organizations have encouraged families to listen to one another and record family history over the Thanksgiving weekend. StoryCorps, for example, has launched The National Day of Listening. So put down that pumpkin pie
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“Dependent upon the Kindness of Strangers”: Volunteers and the Smithsonian
- Date: April 10, 2012
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: An overview of the contributions volunteers have made at the Archives and across the Smithsonian.
War Correspondents
- Date: July 26, 2012
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Discusses the opening of an exhibit When Time and Duty Permit: Smithsonian Collecting in World War II and the correspondence files that will be displayed.
Smithsonian Optimism for the Blue Planet
- Date: April 27, 2017
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: An overview of the history of environmental conservation activities at the Smithsonian, since its founding in 1846.
Smithsonian Marine Biology Station in Florida
- Date: October 16, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Did you know the Smithsonian has a Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida, where visiting researchers can study marine organisms onsite?
William Henry Holmes
- Date: November 29, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The multi-talented William Henry Holmes contributed to the Smithsonian as an artist, explorer, geologist, archeologist and museum director.
"The whole Smithsonian was like one big family . . . "
- Date: March 12, 2013
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: For forty years, Miss Helena Weiss kept the Smithsonian running smoothly as a clerk, stenographer, director of the Office of Correspondence and Documents, and Registrar. When she retired, her position was divided into seven separate jobs.