Results for "Smithsonian Fantastic Journey (Video recording: 1996)"
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.
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Behind the Portrait: Frances Densmore and Mountain Chief
- Date: April 28, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Mountain Chief, Chief of Montana Blackfeet, in Native Dress With Bow, Arrows, and Lance, Listening to Song Being Played On Phonograph and Interpreting It in Sign Language to Frances Densmore, Ethnologist, March 1916, by Harris & Ewing, Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives"][/caption] I received an interesting
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Link Love: 1/28/2011
- Date: January 28, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Ph.D. Pioneers
- Date: September 15, 2010
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Speak Softly . . .
- Date: November 3, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: This summer witnessed an exciting find by interns Shereen Choudhury and Rachel Midura, who identified Teddy Roosevelt in one of the broken glass plate negatives they were inventorying. This glass plate comes from a collection of images that have all been numbered, but have minimal descriptive records indicating what they may represent.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Barbara Tuceling
- Date: September 29, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
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
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Photos, Guns, Africa, Stanley, & Kalulu
- Date: August 26, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Cryptic Content in The Stacks
- Date: December 28, 2017
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Collections here at the Archives span over 171 years of Smithsonian history and include personal papers of the many notable people who have been part of its work in science and culture. Cryptic and coded content is not unusual here. One would expect special vocabulary in the accessions of scientific observations. For example, notations of depth, temperature, and sounding and
Hot Topics in Archival Research
- Date: July 7, 2015
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly review of topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
A Beaver Corral, Fried Owl, and Pueblos: Adventures with Vernon Orlando Bailey
- Date: August 20, 2013
- Description: Examination and conservation treatment of V.O. Bailey’s field book chronicling a 1906 expedition through Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas.
An Intern Learns from Those Who Came Before
- Date: August 16, 2016
- Description: A brief tale of a Smithsonian summer internship and the experience, knowledge, and change that ensued.