Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Executive Resources Board"
Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects
- Date: October 15, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.
Science Service, Up Close: Honors and Honorees
- Date: August 4, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A selection from thirty years of engineering and scientific awards from the Science Service biographical morgue.
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Perspectives
- Date: February 8, 2010
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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The Inhabitants of "Defense Mansion"
- Date: July 14, 2011
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: This post is the second in a series this month that honors the anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial, held in Tennessee from July 10–21, 1925, and highlights a set of rare and newly digitized photographs, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives, of witnesses at the trial collections, which have been added to the Smithsonian Flickr Commons. In tone, composition, and setting,
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Scientists Arrive in Dayton...and Find a Mansion
- Date: July 11, 2011
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Television and the Smithsonian: Worldly Success
- Date: December 18, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: For six seasons, beginning in 1984, the television series Smithsonian World opened new windows on the research and scientists at the Smithsonian Institution.
Science Service: Up Close
- Date: May 19, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Each Smithsonian Institution Archives collection has a life story. That narrative, much like the biography of a person, can explain how a collection's photographs, letters, and documents relate to each other. Closer inspection may also reveal hidden connections to other archival materials and can help in identifying photographers and writers. This new blog series will turn a
The Life Behind the Photograph
- Date: March 28, 2013
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Thanks to the Flickr community, the Smithsonian Archives knows the context for a photograph of Norwegian biologist Kristin Bonnevie.
Election Collection: Calvin Coolidge
- Date: October 18, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In celebration of our friends at the National Archives’ #ElectionCollection campaign, we are sharing some unique photos of U.S. Presidents in our collection.
Election Collection: William Howard Taft
- Date: October 11, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In celebration of our friends at the National Archives’ #ElectionCollection campaign, we are sharing some unique photos of U.S. Presidents in our collection.
Election Collection: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Date: October 25, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In celebration of our friends at the National Archives’ #ElectionCollection campaign, we are sharing some unique photos of U.S. Presidents in our collection.
Election Collection: John F. Kennedy
- Date: November 3, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In celebration of our friends at the National Archives’ #ElectionCollection campaign, we are sharing some unique photos of U.S. Presidents in our collection. Check back on the blog weekly until November 8th for a new #ElectionCollection highlight, and make sure to follow the fun via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Related ResourcesJohn F. Kennedy, The White HouseSweet