Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research"
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A Tale of Coffee and Collecting
- Date: November 30, 2010
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Archives are often used by genealogists to create their family histories. Often it's a tedious process that can involve many repositories throughout the country or even the world, but the final product can be fascinating. Take, for instance, Melbourne ("Mel") Romaine Carriker's Vista Nieve: The Remarkable True Adventures of an Early Twentieth Century Naturalist and His Family
Preserve Us From Particulates: Celebrating N95 Day
- Date: September 4, 2018
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: N95 Day is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to promote the safe and proper use of N95 face respirators.
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In Living Color
- Date: January 12, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_4178" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Levi Hill often photographed color lithographic prints, mostly European images, when attempting to perfect his Hillotype color process. This print of a girl and small animal shows his achievement in capturing natural colors on a daguerreotype plate, circa 1851-56."][/caption] Excepting the 8% of males and
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A Surprise from Th Jefferson
- Date: January 6, 2011
- Creator: Tad Bennicoff
- Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="221" caption="At the turn of the century, visitors are entering and leaving the United States National Museum Building, now Arts and Industries Building, via the North Entrance, c. 1900, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 32 Folder 8, Negative Number:
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Serena Katherine “Violet” Dandridge: Suffragist and Scientific Illustrator
- Date: August 4, 2020
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: As one of the first women to work in scientific illustration at the Smithsonian, Violet Dandridge made her mark at the United States National Museum.
Dr. Donald Fleming Squires (1927-2017)
- Date: February 13, 2018
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14492,size=500,center]Dr. Squires was a pioneer in the application of computer technology in science museums and the founding father of data processing at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He died on his 90th birthday, December 19, 2017 in Tasmania, Australia, after a short illness. Squires received an B.A. from Cornell
Architect Victor Lundy at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 1, 2013
- Description: As the architect Victor Lundy turns 90, we look back at the redwood shade structures he designed in the mid-1960s for the terrace of the new Museum of History and Technology (today the National Museum of American History).
Miscellaneous Mysteries of the Universe
- Date: October 28, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: In this next edition of our Miscellaneous Adventures, choose your own adventures by diving into the folders yourself in the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Link Love: 7/6/2018
- Date: July 6, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- 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.
What Our Experts Want You to Know About Digitization
- Date: May 19, 2020
- Description: Our digitization experts answer questions about the complicated and time-consuming process of digitizing our collections.
Minute by Minute: Preparing Board of Regents Records for Digitization
- Date: September 10, 2015
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Take a look behind the scenes at the Archives as conservation staff prepares one of our important collections for digitization.
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African American Women Educators at the Smithsonian
- Date: February 2, 2016
- Description: The contributions of African American women educators Tracy Carpenter, Louise Hutchinson, and Amina Dickerson to the Smithsonian.