Results for "Smithsonian Environmental Research Center"
Link Love: 11/30/2018
- Date: November 30, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth
- Date: January 28, 2021
- Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.
Link Love: 01/22/2021
- Date: January 22, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
- Blog Post
Celebrating Women’s History Month with #HerNaturalHistory
- Date: March 7, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This month, we invite you to follow along as we participate in the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s Her Natural History campaign to highlight women natural scientists in our collections. And don’t forget to head to the Smithsonian Transcription Center to help us transcribe notes from women working in the field.
A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang
- Date: May 26, 2022
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.
- Blog Post
The Anniversary of the National Museum of African Art: A Gift in August
- Date: August 13, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: On August 13, 2012 the National Museum of African Art, founded by Warren M. Robbins, became a part of the Smithsonian Institution.
Link Love: 4/24/2020
- Date: April 24, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
- Blog Post
Science Service, Up Close: Before DNA Made Them Famous - Crick, Wilkins, and Watson
- Date: February 27, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_391843,size=300,center]By the 1960s, Science Service had been acquiring photographs of scientists, obscure as well as famous, for over four decades. Portraits of Edison or Einstein were always in demand, but experience had also shown that bright, accomplished young people might someday be awarded a major prize or make a discovery deemed
Link Love: 07/10/2020
- Date: July 10, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Records Shed Light on How Exhibitions Come to Life
- Date: May 28, 2013
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Planning a museum or gallery exhibition takes a lot of work as seen through exhibition records that contain images, layouts, object labels, memos, and other important materials.
JoGayle Howard: Pioneer in Endangered Species Reproduction
- Date: March 28, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Theriogenologist JoGayle Howard was a pioneer in the assisted reproduction of many endangered species.
Volunteer Appreciation: Marianne Green
- Date: April 2, 2019
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: To celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month, we would like to recognize Marianne Green, a volunteer in the Digital Services Division who digitizes and reviews documents, letters, and photographs requested by researchers, helping provide access to our collections.