Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Office of Educational Research"
New Archives Resources for Teachers
- Date: November 3, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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My Day With Henry
- Date: June 6, 2012
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: SIA just launched a new web resources dedicated to Joseph Henry, the first Smithsonian Secretary, his scientific career and his work at the Smithsonian.
Just Me and My Photos: Zoe Martindale SIA Image Cataloger
- Date: April 16, 2013
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has roughly six thousand volunteers and without them the work we do would not be possible. Here at the Smithsoinan Institution Archives, we have dedicated volunteers who help fufill our mission. One such volunteer is Zoe Martindale, who for sixteen years has carefully cataloged thousands of images and helped get them online for the public.
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Searching the Archives’ Collections
- Date: October 25, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
All Shook Up: A History of Earthquakes at the Smithsonian
- Date: September 21, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Here at the Smithsonian we love to observe. So of course on August 23, 2011, at 1:51 PM, when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Washington, DC region and many of us with it, we immediately started to observe what happened and how we could document it. As the Institution's historians, inevitably we needed to know, had this happened before and what were the effects? After
Celebrate National Teacher's Day with Education Resources at the Archives
- Date: May 8, 2012
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: In honor of National Teacher's Day, the Archives shares some of its K-12 teaching resources and lesson plans.
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Louis Purnell, Airman and Curator
- Date: February 22, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Miscellaneous Adventures: Exhibit Photographs
- Date: July 31, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Look inside the Smithsonian Institution Archives as we open up an exhibits folder of miscellaneous images.
Folklife Festival 2011: Colombia and the Smithsonian
- Date: July 5, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Teachers’ Night 2012
- Date: October 9, 2012
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives helps celebrate education at Teachers’ Night 2012.
A Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse
- Date: May 24, 2011
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Mori Arinori: Japanese Statesman
- Date: May 30, 2013
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: In 1872, at the young age of twenty-five, Mori Arinori (1847-1889) traveled to America as the first Charge d’Affaires from the Meiji government. His trip included a visit to the Smithsonian where he established a close relationship with Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry.