Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Office of Information"
And Action: The Ins and Outs of DVD Video Preservation
- Date: September 3, 2013
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: Archives face many challenges when it comes to preserving digital video on DVDs.
Depression-Era Pen Pals: A Correspondence Between Two Hard-Working Women
- Date: January 7, 2020
- Description: Ruth B. MacManus and Gertrude Brown bonded over their heavy workloads and shared experiences as working women in the Great Depression. Together, they helped improve a publication that does not bear their names: the Smithsonian Scientific Series.
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With Eyes (and Other Data Receptors) Open Wide
- Date: May 18, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: In a storm of reporting, hundreds of articles published online and in print over the past couple of days, have focused attention on a story that touched on issues both photographic and archival.
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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.
The Increase and Diffusion of Data
- Date: October 19, 2021
- Description: Research has been at the core of Smithsonian’s mission from the beginning, and sharing that research—through activities like publishing papers and data—is still key to fulfilling that mission for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.”
Quidditch in Henry Park?
- Date: April 3, 2014
- Description: This coming weekend muggles from around the world will be participating in the International Quidditch Association’s World Cup; but did you know that this growing sport may have a Smithsonian connection?
Burn This Disc: Treating Fire-Affected Optical Discs, Part I
- Date: September 2, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This is part one of three in a series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. This month, we’ll introduce the project.
Turn up the Volume - The Electric Guitar
- Date: March 5, 2019
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In November of 1996, the electric guitar, its history and its makers, were the focus of attention at the National Museum of American History.
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Postcards on the Edge
- Date: February 18, 2010
- Description: One of the largest collections of real photo postcards at the Smithsonian can be found in the conveniently titled “post card collection” in the Eliot Elisofon Archives at the National Museum of African Art. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Madagascar - Le bel album venu de France, c. 1905, by Unknown photograher, Postcard, National Museum of African Art,
Board of Regents: Providing Guidance to the Stewards of the National Collections
- Date: September 8, 2016
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: With the help of digital volunteers, we will make over a century’s worth of Smithsonian Board of Regents Meeting Minutes searchable, via the Smithsonian Transcription Center.
Staff Matters: Meet Our New Additions
- Date: August 15, 2019
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Meet the newest members of the Archives team in our continuing series on introducing new staff.
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Adventures in the Morgue
- Date: March 16, 2009
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this is the second in a series of installments from Smithsonian Institution Archives staff highlighting women in science photographs. We will post portraits of women science here throughout the month. In a 1930s movie about hotshot newspaper reporters, you might hear the star (Jimmy Cagney, probably) yell