Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
Link Love: 7/8/2016
- Date: July 8, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Full Steam Ahead: The Motorcycle’s Bicycle Beginnings
- Date: May 24, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look at the steam tricycle and other bicycle innovations during the turn of the 20th century.
Scientific Snack Breaks: Picnics in the Field Books
- Date: July 13, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Go on a picnic through the field book collection, with a look at scientific snack breaks.
Sketching with William Henry Holmes
- Date: December 8, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Celebrate the life and work of William Henry Holmes with coloring pages created from sketches in his field notes!
A Wonderful Wetmore Adventure
- Date: May 31, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Thanks to our volunteers who transcribed the entirety of the Alexander Wetmore photo album collection!
Happy Thanksgiving!
- Date: November 24, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Happy Thanksgiving from the Smithsonian Institution Archives!
Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions
- Date: February 28, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: An introduction to our new Archives Technicians.
Spooky, Scary Page Frights!
- Date: October 13, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: This October cultural institutions around the world will be getting a little spooky and scary for Page Frights, a month-long look at our creepiest collection finds.
Alexander Wetmore: Observing the Making of a Scientist
- Date: January 5, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: On National Bird Day, a look at the long and illustrious ornithology career of Smithsonian Secretary Alexander Wetmore.
A Father, a Son, and a Nobel Prize
- Date: December 10, 2015
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look at the unique journey to discovery of father-son Nobel Laureates William Henry and William Lawrence Bragg. The Braggs won the Nobel Prize in Physics 100 years ago.
Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions
- Date: March 9, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: An introduction to the newest Field Book Project Digital Imaging Technicians.
A Founding Father's Day
- Date: June 16, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A closer look at Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the father-son duo's relationship to the Smithsonian.