Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Development Committee"
Link Love: 12/30/2012
- Date: December 30, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Knowledge Begins in Wonder: The Design Behind the Smithsonian Children’s Room
- Date: March 1, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: The history of the Smithsonian’s Children’s Room, a project led by Smithsonian Secretary Langley and famous interior designer Grace Lincoln Temple.
Link Love: 1/10/2014
- Date: January 10, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Ann S. Campbell
- Date: March 2, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Ann S. Campbell was one of the first women managers at the Smithsonian. Between 1968 and 1980, she directed the Management Analysis Office, responsible for surveying the Institution’s offices on their objectives, staffing, and function and developing any necessary operational changes. Under Campbell, the office was also tasked with issuing Smithsonian directives, including
Smithsonian in Wartime – A New Web Exhibit!
- Date: August 9, 2016
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Announcing a new web exhibit exploring the Smithsonian’s role in the nation’s war efforts.
The Good Wife
- Date: September 28, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
The History of Email at the Smithsonian
- Date: July 21, 2015
- Description: Many of us read, write and send emails every day, but when did it all start at the Smithsonian? In 1980 Smithsonian staff had typewriters and telephones on their desk, with one or two FAX machines per office. The Smithsonian operated a single general purpose computer, the Honeywell mainframe, for all Smithsonian data processing applications and which did not include an email
Link Love: 11/25/2011
- Date: November 25, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 3/31/2017
- Date: March 31, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: There are 145 collection items at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, and their new Objects of Wonder exhibit looks at how scientists use these collections to further our understanding of the world! (via Buzzfeed)Get cozy while you research! Folger Shakespeare Library lends out handmade shawls to visitors. [via Atlas Obscura]Students from the College of
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Francine Berkowitz
- Date: November 2, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: As the Smithsonian Women's Council Career Development Chair, Francine Berkowitz, former Director of the Office of International Relations, established career planning workshops to help women and minorities advance at the Smithsonian. #Groundbreaker
Janet Harmon Bragg: Female Aviator
- Date: March 22, 2011
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: For the month of March, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about interesting women from our collections in honor of Women’s History Month. Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of watching the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ Video History Collection interviews while they were digitized. One of my favorites is Black Aviators (RU 9545) because of
Hoping it Will Help
- Date: December 2, 2014
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: How one dollar launched a fundraising campaign in 1925.