Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts . Jazz and American Culture Program."
Science Service, Up Close: Informal Moments
- Date: May 8, 2018
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Formal portrait photographs of scientists tend to preserve the stiffness of the moment, rather than capture the sitter’s personality. Perhaps that is the reason that candid photographs of celebrities like Albert Einstein stick in public memory.A 1931 photograph of three Nobel laureate physicists illustrates why we tend to remember the informal photos of scientists more than
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 84-009, Smithsonian Institution Office of Equal Opportunity, Administrative Files, 1963, 1977-1981
- Date: 1963 1963-1981 1963, 1977-1981
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Equal Opportunity
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA Acc. 11-221, National Zoological Park (U.S.) Department of Zoological Research, Animal Research Records, circa 1962-2000
- Date: 1962 1962-2000 circa 1962-2000
- Creator: National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009584, Neal Griffith Smith Oral History Interview, 1990
- Date: 1990
- Creator: Smith, Neal Griffith, 1937- , interviewee
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-020, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Biodiversity Program, Program Records, 1986-1992
- Date: 1986 1986-1992
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 12-582, Lemelson Center, Program/Project Records, 1989-2010
- Date: 1989 1989-2010
- Creator: Lemelson Center
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Solomon Brown
- Date: August 19, 2016
- Description: Born in 1829 to free black parents along the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, Solomon Galleon Brown would become, at age 23, the first black employee of the Smithsonian. Starting out as a laborer in the Exchange Office, he ultimately became the personal assistant of Spencer Baird, the second secretary of the Smithsonian. By the time of his 1904 retirement,
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 06-099, Smithsonian Productions, Productions, 1998-1999
- Date: 1998 1998-1999
- Creator: Smithsonian Productions
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Recommended Preservation Formats for Electronic Records
- Date: April 26, 2017
- Description: This document is intended for Smithsonian staff responsible for organizing and managing electronic records. It describes Smithsonian Institution Archives’ guidelines regarding file formats used for the long-term preservation of electronic records.
- Blog Post
A Peek into an Electronic Records Archivist’s Toolbox
- Date: November 29, 2011
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Open source tools, CERP, JHOVE, DROID, Heritrix, for electronic records archivists to use in preserving digital files like WAV, PST, websites, and email.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 18-217, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology, Correspondence, 1949-1998
- Date: 1949 1949-1998
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Keeping Your Cool: Advertising Air Conditioning
- Date: June 20, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: A look back at some historic, pre- and post-World War II air conditioning advertising.