Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Human Studies Film Archives"
Caught on Film: Archives Fair 2012 Film Festival
- Date: October 18, 2012
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The Smithsonian’s 2012 Archives Fair will feature a film festival this year where films fitting the theme “Hidden Treasures” will make their debut.
Coming Soon: Smithsonian 175th Film Fest
- Date: August 5, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Grab your popcorn! To mark the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary this year, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives will host monthly virtual programs featuring films from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Register today.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Pam Wintle
- Date: March 29, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: One of the 1st female moving image archivists in the U.S., Pam Wintle, founded the Human Studies Film Archives (now the National Anthropological Film Collection) in 1981 which contains over 5,000 hours of moving images spanning most of the 20th century. #Groundbreaker
Women in Humanities
- Date: March 3, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: To kick off Women's History month, a look at some of the women in humanities represented in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.
Link Love: 2/3/2012
- Date: February 3, 2012
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Recent Acquisitions - NMAI's Film and Video Center
- Date: July 25, 2017
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Highlighting the recent acquisition of the records of the National Museum of the American Indian's Film and Video Center in January 2017.
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Hot Topics at the Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Date: October 2, 2012
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Rewinding American Archives Month: #ArchivesAVTakeover
- Date: November 5, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This American Archives Month, we teamed up with archivists and conservators around the Smithsonian for five Instagram takeovers to highlight the breadth of the Institution's audiovisual collections.
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I Found It In the Archives
- Date: October 14, 2010
- Creator: Ginger Yowell
- Description: As you may know, the Smithsonian is celebrating Archives Month this October. This year, the Society of American Archivists is observing the month with the theme "I Found It in the Archives," which is meant to promote the treasures and gems that researchers find in archival collections, such as genealogical information about their families or materials related to their special
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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Carolyn E. Jones
- Date: February 2, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Carolyn E. Jones was the director of the Smithsonian’s Office of Human Resources between 1996 until her retirement in 2003. She initially joined the Institution in 1983 as a financial analyst and at various periods worked as the director of parking and as the chief financial officer for the Smithsonian’s mail order distribution division. Jones served as the chair of the
International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part I
- Date: June 13, 2017
- Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.