Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Administration. Step-Up 90 Program"
Museum Computer Network and the Smithsonian Institution: Support and Encouragement
- Date: April 18, 2017
- Description: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Museum Computer Network, this second blog explores the early interactions of MCN with the Smithsonian.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila P. Burke
- Date: November 18, 2020
- 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.
Smithsonian Spotlight: Carmen E. Turner
- Date: February 20, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: How does one climb from working as a clerk typist to being appointed second-in-command at the Smithsonian? Meet Carmen Turner.
Exhibiting the Smithsonian Institution Archives: A Look Back
- Date: May 15, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_13754,size=400,center]When people think of a Smithsonian exhibit, they probably don’t think of one filled with documents from an archives! A piece of paper doesn’t grab your attention from across the room, as the Fénykövi elephant or Chuck Berry’s car do. But on closer inspection, handwritten scraps have fascinating stories to tell. They can be
William Henry Holmes
- Date: November 29, 2016
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The multi-talented William Henry Holmes contributed to the Smithsonian as an artist, explorer, geologist, archeologist and museum director.
Science Conversations in the Shenandoah
- Date: September 6, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In February 1975, twenty Smithsonian scientists gathered at the National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia to talk about their research and the future of science at the Smithsonian.
Ch-ch-ch-changes, 2015 edition!
- Date: November 5, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: It is with sadness that I report that Mitch Toda is stepping down as the blog coordinator. Since 2011, Mitch Toda has been the man behind-the-scenes making sure everything runs smoothly. As a staff archivist, he works daily with the records he takes in from Smithsonian museums and offices such as the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Office of
Fifty Years and Many More to Come!
- Date: September 12, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Friday, September 15th, 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum. Originally named the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Secretary Ripley envisioned this as a place to reach out to black residents of Washington, DC who were not seeing themselves in the museums on the Mall. Reporting on the opening of the museum, Secretary Ripley writes that
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marsha E. Sitnik
- Date: June 1, 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.
Welcoming Smithsonian Secretaries
- Date: November 5, 2019
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Lonnie G. Bunch III was installed as the Fourteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian on November 1, 2019 in the historic Arts and Industries Building. To celebrate this new day in Smithsonian history, let’s take a look back at installations past!
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Yes, We’re Still Talking About Email
- Date: August 4, 2015
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Archives and libraries are seeking various ways to preserve and to make email collections available to researchers.
Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives Website
- Date: January 12, 2021
- Description: See new collection highlights posted to the Smithsonian Institution Archives website.