Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Administrative Service Center"
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Smithsonian Online Paved the Way for Today’s Online Offerings
- Date: August 3, 2017
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Smithsonian Online (SOL) was an online platform through AOL that included Smithsonian images, chats, message boards and other features during the 1990s.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Amy Kotkin
- Date: March 23, 2022
- 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.
Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files
- Date: December 1, 2011
- Description: Smithsonian Institution museums, buildings, electronic records preservation, CAD files, PDF/E
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Volunteer Appreciation: Peter Finkel
- Date: January 17, 2011
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="attachment_10960" align="aligncenter" width="376" caption="Peter Finkel, volunteer at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. "][/caption] Here at the Archives, we have 25 fulltime staff members, and half as many volunteers and interns at any given moment.
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Breaking Ground and Blessing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: September 21, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: On September 28, 1999, representatives of dozens of tribes from across the hemisphere gathered on the National Mall for the groundbreaking of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. On the overcast morning, several hundred people packed under three tents during a ceremony that featured blessings from the four cardinal directions. After the ceremony, some
A Twofer
- Date: February 10, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: The Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian took place on February 11, 1927, raising awareness of the activities of the Smithsonian and at the same time served as a venue to raise money.
An Audio Anniversary: Groundbreaking at the Hirshhorn
- Date: January 12, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Celebrate American Archives Month with the Smithsonian
- Date: September 20, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="232" caption="The flag pole on the top of the Flag Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building with the American flag and the new flag of the Smithsonian Institution, 1996, by Eric Long, Color photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 97-074, Box 1, Folder, Birthday Party on the Mall Bell and Flag, Negative Number:
Deconstructing a “Man’s World” One Woman at a Time
- Date: August 2, 2018
- Description: Ellen Roney Hughes’ supposition in 1999 was “Well, I think it’s still a man’s world at the Smithsonian.” This may hold some validity due to recent discoveries at the Smithsonian.
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Smithsonian Archives Fair Tommorrow, October 22nd
- Date: October 21, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 1
- Date: July 29, 2010
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: This piece is part one in a series of posts about Smithsonian Institution Archives’ (SIA) paper conservator and interns working on stabilizing a 1921 panoramic photo of air mail pilots and crews that is being moved to the National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. You can see Part II here. In addition to being the Paper Conservator for the Smithsonian
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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: July 3, 2018
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collection information to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.[edan-image:id=siris_arc_394342,size=500,center]New Finding Aids Online:National Air and Space Museum, Space History Department, Exhibition Records, 2000-2004, 2010-2016, Accession