Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Archives"
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Born Digital Collections Holdings Survey
- Date: May 2, 2017
- Description: To address the challenges of preserving born-digital collections across the Smithsonian, the Archives kicked off a survey of born-digital collections material across the Institution.
- Blog Post
Candles on the Water
- Date: February 3, 2011
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: [caption id="attachment_11206" align="aligncenter" width="219" caption="Bells Rock Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, c. 1880s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic negative, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative number: MAH-48182H."][/caption] We recently digitized a series of lighthouse images that led me on a surprising research path.
Challenges of Appraising Records in the Digital Age
- Date: October 12, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: With the proliferation of records maintained electronically, appraisal has become more challenging and time-consuming.
Happy National Chemistry Week!
- Date: October 25, 2012
- Creator: Kirsten Tyree
- Description: Here are some of the scientific discoveries made while conserving Joseph Henry’s Record of Experiments Book I on electromagnetism.
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See Here: 12/18/2009
- Date: December 18, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Owls, named "Increase" and "Diffusion", lived in the West Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1977, by Michael Johnson, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder June 1977, Negative Number:96-929."][/caption]
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See Here: 1/8/2010
- Date: January 8, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Cybill Shepherd at the “Castle” during the filming of “Chances Are,” where she plays a Smithsonian Institution curator, 1988, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Negative number: 88-10752-31."][/caption]
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: October 5, 2021
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.
Benjamin the Anti-Christ's Doomsday Prophecy
- Date: December 21, 2012
- Description: In 1866, Benjamin the Anti Christ predicted earthquakes, war, and brain paralysis for the world—a prophecy that reached the SI Archives.
- Blog Post
See Here: 11/24/2009
- Date: November 24, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="272" caption="Joseph Henry, First Smithsonian Secretary, 1862, by Titian Ramsay Peale, Card photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 27-B, Negative Number:10603. "][/caption]
One Lens for Multiple Archives: A Pan-Institutional Survey of Born Digital Holdings
- Date: May 28, 2015
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Summary of pan-Smithsonian survey of born digital collections holdings at archives and museums at the Smithsonian.
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