Results for "Smithsonian Collections Blog"
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November Across the Collections
- Date: November 3, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Dans La Foret: Stone lantern resting on moss in autumn, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, November 2001, by Unknown photographer, 35mm slide, Archives of American Gardens, Local number: PA627005."][/caption] It’s November, and the leaves are almost gone. And so is the growing season, so put away what you’ve got! [caption id=""
Fitting Unusual Collections into Standard Boxes
- Date: April 23, 2019
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: In celebration of Preservation Week, we’ll take a look at a recently created custom housing for a fragile fabric-covered box found within Accession 18-009.
Wait, there are bigger map cases? An Intern's Journey in the Oversized Collections
- Date: August 30, 2016
- Description: At the end of Summer 2016, an overview of an intern's work in the archive's oversize collections in the map cases.
- Blog Post
Saving the Smithsonian’s Web
- Date: August 25, 2011
- Description: This post is an update to Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig's post “Archiving the Smithsonian’s Presence on the Internet” from September 2, 2010. The Smithsonian Institution has had a presence on the Internet for more than sixteen years. It’s come a long way since then. Documenting the Smithsonian’s various websites falls under the purview of the Smithsonian Institution Archives...but how
Board of Regents: Providing Guidance to the Stewards of the National Collections
- Date: September 8, 2016
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: With the help of digital volunteers, we will make over a century’s worth of Smithsonian Board of Regents Meeting Minutes searchable, via the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Smithsonian Collections, But Make It Fashion: An Archival Mystery Solved
- Date: June 30, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: For Social Media Day, we’re recapping how a Facebook follower solved an archival mystery by giving a name to our most popular “unidentified male model.”
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Documenting the Smithsonian’s Pandemic Response
- Date: March 16, 2021
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: While teleworking for the last year, the Archives has been busy capturing web content that documents the Smithsonian’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perplexing Panoramas: Taking Charge of Housing Oversized Collections
- Date: September 1, 2016
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: With the ongoing reorganization of the map cases at the Archives, collections containing panoramic photographs, drawings, and maps require unique housing that provides adequate support when storing and handling.
Link Love: 2/3/2012
- Date: February 3, 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.
Fishing for Collections at the U.S. National Museum
- Date: December 10, 2019
- Description: Spencer F. Baird and George Brown Goode used their diverse, and sometimes quirky, contacts from the U.S. Fish Commission to fill exhibit cabinets in the U.S. National Museum.
Link Love: 1/20/2012
- Date: January 20, 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.
Color our Collections
- Date: October 22, 2020
- Description: Grab your colored pencils. It’s National Color Day!